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Speaker 1: Football Weekly, Week number ten. I am Paul Georgian by
Speaker 1: Coast Today or Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison. Hello, gentlemen,
Speaker 1: double digit weeks. Let's go double digit weeks. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: not quite the home stretch, but you know we're getting down.
Speaker 1: Is this officially nut cutting time? And who goes around
Speaker 1: cutting nuts anyway? I mean, other than like secans or
Speaker 1: something like that. Maybe I don't know, I mean you
Speaker 1: cut them. Maybe can't you just eat the whole thing?
Speaker 1: I think that maybe to get the shell off you
Speaker 1: must cut the shell. And so so I mean it,
Speaker 1: it's pecan pie season rights, so that means it's so
Speaker 1: it's not cutting time to get ready for your pecan pies.
Speaker 1: I'd rather have the pecan pie than the pumpkin pie. Delicious.
Speaker 1: The nutcutter sounds like the horror version of the Nutcracker.
Speaker 1: I'd rather go to the Rocky Horror. Over the course
Speaker 1: of the show, you will find nine players upon whom
Speaker 1: you can take a chance. We'll answer three tough questions,
Speaker 1: will premature speculation, and we'll break down every game fantasy style,
Speaker 1: beginning with the Eagles taking on the Giants. Brian, we're
Speaker 1: finally going to see the Eagles offense. We were promised
Speaker 1: in the preseason. It's only taken ten weeks to get here.
Speaker 1: But we've got everybody healthy. Unless you're denying Zach existence,
Speaker 1: but yes, So let's start with Miles Sanders, who will
Speaker 1: make his return, and more importantly, or is of equal importance.
Speaker 1: Right tackle Lane Johnson should also make his return for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. But I mean give Sanders a cautious be here,
Speaker 1: but there is a upside uh. These teams, by the way,
Speaker 1: played in Week seven, not long ago. We'll we'll reference
Speaker 1: that Matt up for sure. Sanders had not playing that
Speaker 1: first meeting. The Philly Backs, who were led by Boston Scott,
Speaker 1: total six eight rushing yards on sixteen carries and fifty
Speaker 1: eight receiving yards on seven catches. That's probably a floor
Speaker 1: for Sanders and this one on paper not a great matchup. Tho,
Speaker 1: the Giants have held the posing running backs to less
Speaker 1: than three point nine yards per carry this year, so
Speaker 1: B for Sanders again, but there is a upside here
Speaker 1: based on volume odd to the past game. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: start with Dallas Goddard, give him a B. The Giants
Speaker 1: have been pretty good against tight ends, allowing allowing these
Speaker 1: seventh fewest catches and fifth fewest touchdowns to the position.
Speaker 1: Goddard has yet to score in four career games against
Speaker 1: New York so far. But Dick rod Ricord Richard Rogers,
Speaker 1: back up to the backup Philly tight end, had six
Speaker 1: catches for eighty five yards against these Giants in Week seven,
Speaker 1: So I'm giving Goddard to be Now to the receiving game,
Speaker 1: which is all of a sudden, very muddied. The waters
Speaker 1: are very muddy, too much talent shock full of wide
Speaker 1: resus eivers now when they had none. We'll start with
Speaker 1: Travis Fulgum, who has earned the right to be called
Speaker 1: Philly's wide receiver one right now. Did pretty well in
Speaker 1: the first meeting, five catches for seventy three yards, primarily
Speaker 1: draped in James Bradberry throughout that game. The Giants top corner.
Speaker 1: But Philly has more weapons now that might take some
Speaker 1: of that burden off Fulgham, so gonna get Fulghum a
Speaker 1: safe sea here as well as Jalen Reagor saw six
Speaker 1: targets in his first game back. That was in Week eight.
Speaker 1: By the way, Philly is coming off thereby scored a
Speaker 1: touchdown in that game. The Giants have surrendered a wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdown in four straight games, and that includes the
Speaker 1: Eagles game. The touchdown went to Greg Ward, who was
Speaker 1: the secondary receiver at the time. That is now Jalen Reagor.
Speaker 1: So safe c for Reagor as well, and Alishan. Jeffrey
Speaker 1: is gonna make his season debut. I'm not gonna give
Speaker 1: him a grade here, but we might talk about him
Speaker 1: a little later in the show. And lastly, for Philly,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz bench grade a bench grade for Jef. I
Speaker 1: refused to give Alshan a grade of any kind. That's right,
Speaker 1: especially D. I will not give him. You make you
Speaker 1: make guests every care with al Sean. Give a player
Speaker 1: at D on this show. But Carson Wentz be the voices.
Speaker 1: The masses have spoken. They don't want the D. The
Speaker 1: letter grade, the D letter grade. We'll see. I don't
Speaker 1: know I want it. Don't you want it? Man? Frankly,
Speaker 1: you you brought it that YouTube do not matter. Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz not a B or A. D Wins gets a
Speaker 1: B three fifty nine and two passing in week seven,
Speaker 1: also added a rushing touchdown this time around. He basically
Speaker 1: has all his weapons back outside of zach ERTs, so
Speaker 1: a safety for Carson Wentz over to the Giant side.
Speaker 1: Not allow to talk about Davante Freeman a k A
Speaker 1: DeVante Seamer. You go. He's been placed on I R
Speaker 1: so he will not be playing. So Wayne Gallman and
Speaker 1: Alfred Morris left in the Giants backfield. I got him
Speaker 1: both on the bench though Philly holding opposing backs under
Speaker 1: three point four yards per carry, allowing just a hundred
Speaker 1: and eleven combo yards per game to the position. You
Speaker 1: can go. Gallman if very desperate, but I don't expect
Speaker 1: much from him. Darius Slayton not gonna expect much from
Speaker 1: him either. He's on the bench, only two catches for
Speaker 1: twenty three yards in the first meeting. He should see
Speaker 1: a ton of Darius slay again, who has returned to
Speaker 1: for him. So Slayton is on the bench for me,
Speaker 1: but Sterling Shepherd is not. He scored in the first meeting,
Speaker 1: also had six catches for yards, his best game of
Speaker 1: the year, and in the three games since he has
Speaker 1: seen double digit targets twice. Golden Tate also scored, but
Speaker 1: he heard his knee scored in the first game, heard
Speaker 1: his knee in practice, and he's in the doghouse because
Speaker 1: of his wife, so he's on the bench. Tate is,
Speaker 1: but Shepherd gets a B. He will be uh in
Speaker 1: the slot where I'll see Nickel Robie Coleman, an old
Speaker 1: friend of the show who was allowing a pass the
Speaker 1: rating of a hundred and twelve in his coverage. And
Speaker 1: the last Giant who gets a starting grade is Evan
Speaker 1: Ingram six forty six in the first meeting, basically hit
Speaker 1: his floor there. He's averaging roughly six catches and fifty
Speaker 1: nine yards against the Eagles over his career, who are
Speaker 1: also allowing the third most receptions and touchdowns to tight
Speaker 1: ends this season. So a B for Angram and Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones on the bench. This was the stumble game where
Speaker 1: he fell on that. Yeah, we tackled himself. We're not
Speaker 1: gonna rushing yards like he had in the first meeting.
Speaker 1: He did have two passing touchdowns with just a hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty seven yards, but Jones on the bench ye
Speaker 1: and pretty much every week. Unfortunately, I was hoping for
Speaker 1: better this year. Let's move over to the Jaguars taking
Speaker 1: on the Packers. Matt Weather, it could be a serious
Speaker 1: issue here this game. If you believe the early forecast,
Speaker 1: it appears this game looks a lot like that Viking
Speaker 1: game from two weeks ago where neither team could pass. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I mean there's still some some pretty good offensive
Speaker 1: numbers put up in that game by running back by
Speaker 1: a few guys. I would like to note randomly, I
Speaker 1: went to a Jaguars at Packers game in Lambeau Field
Speaker 1: where Byron Leftwich beat the Packers. You're an experts, so
Speaker 1: there's nobody better than me to this matchup right here.
Speaker 1: Let's start with James Robinson of the Jaguars. I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a solid B grade in this one. The Vikings
Speaker 1: showed the recipe for beating the Packers in Lambeau in
Speaker 1: this weather run at them all day long, and since
Speaker 1: Robinson is a clear bell cow averaging twenty one touches
Speaker 1: per game, he's got a shot. The Packers have had
Speaker 1: issues against bell cow running backs every runner who has
Speaker 1: had at least sixteen carries against Green Bay has recorded
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in a game or more, and Alvin Kamara
Speaker 1: did not hit that number with the rushing attempts, but
Speaker 1: he scored twice through the air against Green Bay in
Speaker 1: a game where he had nineteen touches. So the only
Speaker 1: reason he's not an a the game script just might
Speaker 1: get away from the Jaguars in this one, Jake Lewton,
Speaker 1: although the game script gets away from the Jaguars in
Speaker 1: almost every game, and he's the game script has already
Speaker 1: left the Jaguars. They haven't even got to Green Bay yet.
Speaker 1: They are improv there's no script. They're like whose line
Speaker 1: is it? Anyway of the NFL while their points don't matter.
Speaker 1: That's true, uh, Jake Lewton, he's on your bench. Who
Speaker 1: had half to be a really deep two quarterback or
Speaker 1: super flex league to start looting? To his credit, he
Speaker 1: did beat the Texans for three four yards and a
Speaker 1: score last week. But the Packers aren't thrown on a bunch.
Speaker 1: They're averaging only thirty one pass attempts per game, which
Speaker 1: translates to an average of two or fifty yards against
Speaker 1: and just over a passing score. So Luton's on the
Speaker 1: bench and the only receiver of his I'm going to
Speaker 1: give a starting grade two is dj Chark, who only
Speaker 1: gets a C. He's going to get the solo coverage
Speaker 1: from JayR Alexander. Although let's know there's a chance Alexander
Speaker 1: doesn't go in this one, and he's shaping up closer
Speaker 1: to a game time decision. Well, that would would help
Speaker 1: a little bit help, That might bump him up to uh,
Speaker 1: something between a CE something like that. Solid be a
Speaker 1: liquid be. You'd definitely be a liquid be if the
Speaker 1: Alexander is out. That is solid B movement for DJR.
Speaker 1: Let's continue. The game script does favor the Packers getting
Speaker 1: up early in this one, and then Chart should see
Speaker 1: double digit targets like he did last week with Luton.
Speaker 1: He converted those into seven catches a hundred and forty
Speaker 1: six yards in a score that included a seventy three
Speaker 1: yard touchdown strike. And it was clear if you look
Speaker 1: back at this game, Luton only wanted to throw it
Speaker 1: to Chark. It was like, oh, that's my guy. Okay,
Speaker 1: he did throw to one other guy though Chris Conley randomly, uh,
Speaker 1: And there's no consistency from week to week outside of
Speaker 1: Chark on this team, Um, everybody's getting to three targets
Speaker 1: except Chris Connley, who had eight targets last And Connley
Speaker 1: is gonna start this game with UM with Laviska out,
Speaker 1: so Conny will be on the field again a lot.
Speaker 1: And he wouldn't see jaire Alexander. You and if Alexander
Speaker 1: goes a little known fact real quick, Chris Connolly, this
Speaker 1: is the state of the Jaguars, by the way, is
Speaker 1: a captain of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yes, I saw the
Speaker 1: patch for myself. What didn't Chris Conley play for Wisconsin.
Speaker 1: It's just I think he did see if that rafted
Speaker 1: by the Chiefs, we know that. I'll look into all right,
Speaker 1: Davante Adams. Let's go over to the other side. He's easily,
Speaker 1: Oh Church, we gotta get the art Vark. Sound so
Speaker 1: owned out because Davante Adams is easily the art Vark
Speaker 1: this week, whether weather permitting. Hey guess what. He scored
Speaker 1: a handful of touchdowns in that game against the Vikings,
Speaker 1: weather permitting. So Chris Connelly went to University of Georgia.
Speaker 1: He's also not aren in Wisconsin. He was born in
Speaker 1: at in cure Lack Air Base in Turkey, so it's
Speaker 1: not at homecoming. Tricky for him to have the hole.
Speaker 1: What if he plays on Thanksgiving in the future, Remember
Speaker 1: that is like the ultimate, that's the Thanksgiving game. Wow,
Speaker 1: I'm glad. We're glad we got that settled. Uh, Aaron,
Speaker 1: we do not have We do not have a turkey
Speaker 1: of all the animals that we now have on this thing. No,
Speaker 1: we don't have. We do not have a turkey in
Speaker 1: the system right now. Brianne is Brianne is feverishly looking
Speaker 1: for a feverishly um. Aaron Rodgers is also getting an
Speaker 1: easy A grade. The Jaguars rank dead last in the
Speaker 1: league in Football Outsiders passing d v o A. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about his other receivers. Alan Lazard might return this week.
Speaker 1: He's been practicing, but the Packers don't need to activate
Speaker 1: him until next week. And I believe he was Churches
Speaker 1: premature speculation last week correct well, and he was Scott
Speaker 1: Scott Fishes the week before that. He's not gonna play here,
Speaker 1: so use him one more time this week. We could,
Speaker 1: but you probably want to pick him up. He did
Speaker 1: make the trip to San Francisco last week and has
Speaker 1: been practicing in a limited fashion. But I imagine that
Speaker 1: the Packers are going to exercise caution. They don't need
Speaker 1: him to beat the Jaguars, you think, And it sounds
Speaker 1: like the plan is not to use Alan Lazard here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and if he's not active, I think I'd give Marquees
Speaker 1: Veldez Scantling a C start dart in this one. That's
Speaker 1: the Chris Conley key right there. You know what's going
Speaker 1: to happen next week. Gonna sit down in front of
Speaker 1: all of our sounders here and there a turkey. But
Speaker 1: we should just label at Chris Conley, all right. Um.
Speaker 1: Robert Touny in he gets a C grade, but he
Speaker 1: was added to the injury report on Friday and was
Speaker 1: very limited in practice with an ankle injury, and he
Speaker 1: basically pitched a goose egg last week. He's done very
Speaker 1: little since Davante Adams return from injury. But I do
Speaker 1: like him this week because the Jags are allowing the
Speaker 1: third most yards and almost a touchdown per game to
Speaker 1: the tight end position. If he doesn't go, I think
Speaker 1: I'd throw a dart at Jace Sternberger. Yeah, let's hope
Speaker 1: Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Let's hope not.
Speaker 1: When we come back, take a chance on me. Nine
Speaker 1: players not normally in your starting lineup. These are all
Speaker 1: guys that you'll want to start this weekend. Many of
Speaker 1: them are are going to be available in the waiver
Speaker 1: wire for you to pick up if you decide you
Speaker 1: want to go that route. We'll tell you who those
Speaker 1: nine players are when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Brian Johnson, Matt Harrison with you.
Speaker 1: This is take a chance on me. We begin with
Speaker 1: three quarterbacks available on the waiver wire in most cases
Speaker 1: that you can start. This week. We begin with Brian Johnson.
Speaker 1: I put on for my city Drew Lock again. Baby.
Speaker 1: I'm going back to the well came through last week.
Speaker 1: It was it was. It looked bad for a long time.
Speaker 1: Maybe finishes like QV three on the week, So I'll
Speaker 1: take it and I have like his chances again this
Speaker 1: week at Las Vegas. Aside from the Raiders Typhoon game
Speaker 1: in Cleveland a couple of weeks ago, they've allowed at
Speaker 1: least passing yards and multiple touchdowns in four straight games.
Speaker 1: Lock should stay upright for the most part. Vegas is
Speaker 1: bottom five in sack percentage and quarterback hit rate, and
Speaker 1: this game should be a shootout. The over under is
Speaker 1: fifty point five, and each of Denver's last three games
Speaker 1: went north of eight. Sorry, fifty eight points a lot,
Speaker 1: a hell of a lot, Drew luck. All right, Matt,
Speaker 1: you'll take a chance at the quarterback. What time is it.
Speaker 1: It's two o'clock. It's two o'clock. Ye to A looked
Speaker 1: really good against the Cardinals last week. I thought he
Speaker 1: looked good. People, Okay, sorry, I'll take that. I'll take
Speaker 1: that really off. Their hyperbole has gone a little too
Speaker 1: far onto his game. Well, he led the Fins to
Speaker 1: the second win and as many starts as a rookie quarterback,
Speaker 1: and they haven't really let him cut loose with the
Speaker 1: offense yet. They've played things pretty simple, close to the vest.
Speaker 1: But as he continues to feel comfortable, I think the
Speaker 1: Dolphins will feed him more of the playbook. And I
Speaker 1: think that's this week when he plays a Chargers defense
Speaker 1: that people think is pretty legit. But they've allowed twenty
Speaker 1: nine points or more in each of their last five games,
Speaker 1: and each of those five quarterbacks has either topped three
Speaker 1: yards thrown for multiple scores or both. Plus with both
Speaker 1: of these teams sporting rookie quarterbacks and a severely injured
Speaker 1: running game, I think this is one of those air
Speaker 1: raid games that to a and air bear go after
Speaker 1: each other. That's the one. Oh yeah, baby, Now that's
Speaker 1: a real that's a real animal. Listen, turkeys, that's a
Speaker 1: that's the kind of animal. Definitely not a Sad Trombone.
Speaker 1: Nick Foles has been so lackluster. If Sad Trombone Ski,
Speaker 1: there we go wealthy. We would be talking about Sad
Speaker 1: Trombone Ski in this spot. But no, it's Nick Foles instead. Um,
Speaker 1: he's folds to struggle badly and other normal circumstances. I
Speaker 1: don't recommend him. But the Vikings are expected to be
Speaker 1: missing up to four cornerbacks on Monday night. They always are.
Speaker 1: They always even have that many cornerbacks to be missing.
Speaker 1: Cornerbacks one, three, four, and five are all expected to
Speaker 1: be missing this game. And as great as Mike Jimmer,
Speaker 1: Zimmer has done with just scotch taping this set in,
Speaker 1: they'rea together sooner or later. You can't keep trotting out
Speaker 1: fifth stringer, six stringer, seventh stringers, against guys as good
Speaker 1: as Allen Robinson. So I think here it catches up
Speaker 1: with the Vikings to some degree, and they have They
Speaker 1: have given up pretty big passing games pretty universally. So
Speaker 1: this is an opportunity for Nick Foles. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the running back position. Brian, I like that Jimmer for
Speaker 1: debt Frudian slip there. Like Mike Jimmer, I got Leonard
Speaker 1: four Nett at Carolina. Now, the timeshare in the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay backfield has been pretty frustrating this season, but over
Speaker 1: the last three weeks, four Nett has seen twice as
Speaker 1: many snaps as Ronald Jones. He is the proven third
Speaker 1: down pass catching back. The Panzo Panthers have allowed the
Speaker 1: most receptions in the fifth most receiving yards to running backs.
Speaker 1: Carolina also allows nine seven rushing yards and a rushing
Speaker 1: touchdown per game two running backs. And oh yeah, Leonard
Speaker 1: Fournette had one hundred plus rushing yards and two rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns when these teams met in Week two. And Ronald
Speaker 1: Jones is just bad. We'll talk more about him later
Speaker 1: in the show, just about how bad he is. Okay,
Speaker 1: sounds good. Your take a chance to me. Running back
Speaker 1: Matt If we want to talk about bad, let's talk
Speaker 1: about Klin Blage. That is an excellent segue right there. Um.
Speaker 1: Klin Blage now plays for the Chargers, and in his
Speaker 1: Chargers debut last week, he was the lead back after
Speaker 1: Justin Jackson went down with an injury in the opening
Speaker 1: seconds of the game. Blage ended up with seventeen touches
Speaker 1: eighty four total yards in a score. Not a soul
Speaker 1: in the entire world saw any of those fantasy points.
Speaker 1: There's not one person. This week, he faces a Dolphins
Speaker 1: defense that is allowing four point six yards per carry
Speaker 1: on the season and was ranked the nine ranked rushing
Speaker 1: defense by Football Outsiders d v o A. Also, Kyle
Speaker 1: van Noy and Christian Wilkins were placed on the COVID
Speaker 1: list and won't play this week. And oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: there's beef here. This is really a personal revenge game
Speaker 1: right here. The Dolphins traded Blage to Adam Gaze and
Speaker 1: the Jets for a bag of donuts earlier this year.
Speaker 1: Then Balash failed the physical was sent back to Miami.
Speaker 1: That had to be awkward, yes, and then the Jets
Speaker 1: ended up cutting him. Now he gets to face off
Speaker 1: against his old team. Oh, and he gets the Adam
Speaker 1: Gaze boost. Yes, the I've left Adam Gaze, so everybody
Speaker 1: gets better. I'm going with J. D. Mick kiss Yes.
Speaker 1: I at this point, I I think I just gotta
Speaker 1: call him. Do would you like to do an apology?
Speaker 1: I gotta kiss up to make kiss it would? I
Speaker 1: know you're a listener, Okay, I apologize for the inhumane
Speaker 1: treatment you've received. Maybe you gave him the motivation he
Speaker 1: needed on a week tweak basis. It's a good point
Speaker 1: because he saw a scalding of the snaps last week,
Speaker 1: establishing an instant rapport with a new starter, Alex Smith.
Speaker 1: Catching nine of fourteen targets last week for sixty five yards.
Speaker 1: They were all season highs with Alex Smith. He should
Speaker 1: be able to keep it going against a Lions defense
Speaker 1: that has been torched by opposing runners through the air.
Speaker 1: They're allowing the fourth most receiving yards, the most receiving
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game to the position, with back scoring receiving
Speaker 1: touchdowns in three of the last four against Detroit. J D.
Speaker 1: Mick kissing, let's go to the receivers, Brian, take a
Speaker 1: chance of me white out Cleveland's Rochard Higgins at home
Speaker 1: against the Texans. UH only one catch for Richard on
Speaker 1: three targets in Cleveland's first full OH B J less game,
Speaker 1: but that was the monsoon game against the Raiders. Is
Speaker 1: not going to read too much into that and the
Speaker 1: three games prior where Beckham was healthy for two and
Speaker 1: a half of them, Higgins either scored a touchdown or
Speaker 1: topped a hundred yards in all three. Houston is allowing
Speaker 1: one and seventy plus yards per game to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: They've already surrendered thirteen touchdowns to the position, that is
Speaker 1: second most. So I like me some Richard Higgins this week. Okay, bat,
Speaker 1: how about Mike Gassicki, who's by the way, fifty owned
Speaker 1: in ESPN leagues, which I can't why at this point.
Speaker 1: It's a tight end waste land out there, and I
Speaker 1: kind of like Gasicki here. Last December, Mike Gasicki was
Speaker 1: the tight end darling of the of the league. And
Speaker 1: I think we're gearing up for another one of those
Speaker 1: because last year Preston Williams got hurt in Week nine
Speaker 1: and went on I R just like he did this year.
Speaker 1: From Week ten on, Ghisicky became the de facto second
Speaker 1: passing option on that team and averaged over seven targets
Speaker 1: per game. This week, he gets a Chargers defense that
Speaker 1: has allowed five touchdowns to the tight end position in
Speaker 1: just the last five weeks. Mike Gassicky, go pick him up.
Speaker 1: Remember last December when Gisicky and Higbee were they blew
Speaker 1: up in December. We all roll into, you know, roll
Speaker 1: into the next season. Like those guys. You know they're young,
Speaker 1: they're both of them are on the waiver wire. They've
Speaker 1: both been awful this year. Josh Reynolds has an uninspired,
Speaker 1: tired play, but he's on the field seventy eight percent
Speaker 1: of the team snaps. I am interested in any carbon
Speaker 1: based life form that is on the field for sent
Speaker 1: of a team snaps against the worst past defense in
Speaker 1: NFL history. How bad is Seattle? The Seahawks are on
Speaker 1: pace to give up one thousand more passing yards than
Speaker 1: the next worst past defense of all time. Seattle allows
Speaker 1: two d eighty passing yards to wide receivers, sixty more
Speaker 1: than the next worst team. They're giving up a staggering
Speaker 1: twenty two receptions just to the wide out position, worst
Speaker 1: in the league, and Josh Reynolds has scored in two
Speaker 1: of the last three games, three out of the last four.
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds. Here we go. I think it. I think
Speaker 1: it all makes sense. Those some solid Reynolds wrap right there.
Speaker 1: Oh why didn't I think of that? I guess next next,
Speaker 1: next week. There's always a chance for somebody to wrap
Speaker 1: their Josh Reynolds. I want to hear you drop some bars.
Speaker 1: You do the beatbox Brian Ravens take on the Patriots.
Speaker 1: Let's begin with Lamar Jackson. This passing offense has not
Speaker 1: been good. He hasn't top two touchdown passes in a
Speaker 1: game since the opener. And even though Joe Flacco, of
Speaker 1: all people, just roasted the Patriots secondary, don't let recency
Speaker 1: bias make you forget that New England had gone three
Speaker 1: weeks without allowing a passing touchdown before that. Now, Stephon
Speaker 1: Gilmour probably misses this game, and that means to me
Speaker 1: Jackson is a pretty safe start. But I'm in a
Speaker 1: note here. The Patriots are allowing just fifteen quarterback rushing
Speaker 1: yards per game, so there is the opportunity for a
Speaker 1: major flop here for Lamar Jackson, but he usually finds
Speaker 1: his way to a decent not explosive game, so we
Speaker 1: have just to be grade for Lamar Jackson his receivers.
Speaker 1: Marquis Brown gets a C grade. New England said, can
Speaker 1: there is a lot of one yard receiver in three
Speaker 1: of the past four games, again mostly with Gilmore out
Speaker 1: and has they just surrendered a multi touchdown game to
Speaker 1: Brochard Payriman. Brown lines up on the right side most
Speaker 1: often where he will face J. C. Jackson in coverage,
Speaker 1: who allowed two scores in his coverage last week. So
Speaker 1: C grade for Marcus Brown. He's been a touchdown dependent
Speaker 1: receiver to this point. What Mark Andrews, speaking of the
Speaker 1: tight end waste land he's contributed, he has had. Out
Speaker 1: of the eight games so far, he's had three good
Speaker 1: games and five that have been straight up disaster grade games.
Speaker 1: He's the guy you're not going to see on many
Speaker 1: playoff teams at this rate based on his ADP. He's
Speaker 1: completely touchdown dependent well, and he's still the eighth ranked
Speaker 1: tight end in the league right now, which is which
Speaker 1: says a lot about the tight end position. Andrews recorded
Speaker 1: just two catches for twenty one yards against the Patriots
Speaker 1: last season, in a game in which the Ravens scored
Speaker 1: thirty seven points. He had twenty one scoreless yards. Andrews
Speaker 1: commands a thirty five percent share of the Ravens targets
Speaker 1: in the red zone, good good for third most league wide.
Speaker 1: So hopefully you'll pay off in a touchdown. And that's
Speaker 1: a C grade for Mark Andrews. Now, everybody else is
Speaker 1: on the bench that you might be tempted to start,
Speaker 1: including the running backs. Mark Ingram practiced on Friday, and
Speaker 1: it looks like we're back to one of the league's
Speaker 1: messiest rotations. Over the last four games, the Patriots have
Speaker 1: given up per game averages of a hundred thirty six
Speaker 1: rushing yards and one and a half scores and five
Speaker 1: yards per carry to running back. So there's something will
Speaker 1: probably get done here. But when you split that up
Speaker 1: three ways, it's hard to feel confident about any of
Speaker 1: the three. J. K. Dobbins in particularly not chipping in
Speaker 1: with the receptions like we thought he might, and nobody
Speaker 1: else is really getting him either, and he's been held
Speaker 1: under thirty four yards in five of the last six games.
Speaker 1: I've got them all on the bench, all right, let's
Speaker 1: go to Let's go to the Patriots side, where I've
Speaker 1: only got a couple of starters for you, Cam Newton.
Speaker 1: His is the rare rushing his quiz the rare rush
Speaker 1: touchdown dependent quarter back. He's a running back playing quarterback. Basically, yes, um,
Speaker 1: we're not going to chase last week's two rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: because he's not playing the Jets. The Ravens are only
Speaker 1: allowing sixteen quarterback rushing yards per game, although three quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have found the end zone against the Ravens. And that's
Speaker 1: I guess why he's getting a C grade here for
Speaker 1: the hopeful the rushing score. His passing is awful and
Speaker 1: the Ravens are a very good past defense. Who his
Speaker 1: arms gonna you just get a bonus on whatever his
Speaker 1: arms chip in? Uh. If he's gonna throw anything, it'll
Speaker 1: go to Jacoby Myers. Myers will face Marcus Peters most often,
Speaker 1: and while Peters has been inconsistent, it's still not a
Speaker 1: terribly favorable matchup here. The Ravens have allowed the eighth
Speaker 1: fewest yards to wideouts and the third fewest touchdowns. Myers
Speaker 1: runs from the slot a little bit, and if Marlon
Speaker 1: Humphrey can't go due to the COVID protocol, he's trying
Speaker 1: to get through that gives Myers a glimpse of hope,
Speaker 1: and that's why I've got a C grade on him.
Speaker 1: You know, Myers hasn't done anything at all this year
Speaker 1: on days where it wasn't his birthday. That's really a
Speaker 1: very birthday dependent wide receiver Jacoby Myers. And lastly, C
Speaker 1: grade on Damien Harris, and it's barely to see he's
Speaker 1: dealing with a knee injury. Looks like he's gonna play.
Speaker 1: Aside from one long mile Sanders run, Baltimore is held
Speaker 1: every back under seventy two rushing yards, Harris doesn't catch
Speaker 1: and his quarterback steals his goal line looks so you know,
Speaker 1: it's a C grade for the sixties scoreless guards that
Speaker 1: I expect him to get in this game. James White
Speaker 1: is on the bench. Baltimore has mostly handled other past
Speaker 1: catching specialists niakem Hinz twenty yards last week, Boston Scott
Speaker 1: five yards, j D Mkissic forty yards, Kareem Hunt nine
Speaker 1: yards through the air. That's it. They've only given up
Speaker 1: one touchdown two running backs through the air this year,
Speaker 1: that's all. And that's why you're not gonna start James
Speaker 1: White in this game. When we come back Houston takes
Speaker 1: on Cleveland. You'll find out about Duke Johnson's chances as
Speaker 1: the likely starter for the Texans as he goes up
Speaker 1: against Cleveland. Did he used to play for the Browns? Media?
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Speaker 1: for you and your family to play it Thanksgiving. Even
Speaker 1: if you're not able to see your family this year,
Speaker 1: print them off it. Do it from Afar. It's something
Speaker 1: to keep you guys together. I'm in fantastic um. Anything
Speaker 1: that means that I don't have to talk to my family,
Speaker 1: I think is a bonus. Well, and it forces you
Speaker 1: to watch more football. If people say, Paul, come through
Speaker 1: the dishes, you go, I gotta keep score on this
Speaker 1: game over here. Yeah, I have to watch football. Houston
Speaker 1: takes on Cleveland, and it looks like David Johnson will
Speaker 1: not clear the concussion protocol in time to participate in
Speaker 1: this game. So Duke Johnson, coming off the heaviest workload
Speaker 1: of his entire career, goes back to Cleveland where it
Speaker 1: all began. Yeah, the heaviest workload was sixteen carries and
Speaker 1: that was only the fifth time in his career that
Speaker 1: he's seen double digit carries for Duke Johnson, So this
Speaker 1: is like uncharted bell cow Territory, remember doing Isaiah Crowle
Speaker 1: was stealing his touches. That's right, I forgot. We changed
Speaker 1: the changed changed the cow bell down to one bell
Speaker 1: It's like how it's the literal bell. Duke control the
Speaker 1: bell a couple more times than that. It's not an
Speaker 1: amazing matchup. The Browns are coming off their by so
Speaker 1: the defense will be fresh. They're allowing a combo yards
Speaker 1: per game drawnning backs and a touchdown per game. The
Speaker 1: compoyards isn't great, but based on volume, Duke a safe b.
Speaker 1: Now to the past game, will Fuller gets an A.
Speaker 1: Now Will Fuller just playing in sixth straight games in
Speaker 1: the past was impressive, but now six straight games with
Speaker 1: a touchdown. I don't even know what to say right now.
Speaker 1: I'm at a loss for words. I'm hard. I'll hark
Speaker 1: and back as I as I, as I often like
Speaker 1: to hearken. You're a big Hearken fan, big hearkener known
Speaker 1: from my hearkening um back to the preseason when we
Speaker 1: said Will Fuller stays healthy, if you promised me he'll
Speaker 1: play sixteen games, he will be a top ten wide receiver.
Speaker 1: He's a top ten wide receiver. Yeah, and you could
Speaker 1: keep it rolling this week. Denzil Award is a great
Speaker 1: cornerback for Cleveland, but he's basically the last man standing
Speaker 1: in that secondary. Cleveland has allowed the fifth most catches
Speaker 1: and third most touchdowns to wide receivers who are also
Speaker 1: very active in the red zone. Against the Browns, Cleveland
Speaker 1: has yielded the most red zone targets and second most
Speaker 1: red zone touches to the position. So in A for
Speaker 1: Fuller and in A for Brandon Cooks, who was universally
Speaker 1: dropped essentially after Week four when he had zero catches
Speaker 1: on three targets against the Vikings. Since then, he's seen
Speaker 1: at least nine targets in four straight and has scored
Speaker 1: in three of those four games. So in A for
Speaker 1: Cooks and I don't give Darren Fells to see the
Speaker 1: Browns are allowing six catches per game to opposing tight ends,
Speaker 1: who are also averaging two red zone targets per game.
Speaker 1: That's the highest clip in the league. Bells has scored
Speaker 1: in two of his last three. So a CEE for
Speaker 1: Fells in the waste land and DeShawn Watson and easy
Speaker 1: A for me. Cleveland has allowed multiple passing touchdowns in
Speaker 1: five of eight games, at least three passing touchdowns in
Speaker 1: four of those five games, and in the three games
Speaker 1: they did not allow multiple passing scores. One was that
Speaker 1: Monsoon game that we keep referencing, and the other two
Speaker 1: were Ben Roethlisberger and Philip Rivers, who are not very
Speaker 1: comparable to Deshaun Watson at this point in his career.
Speaker 1: So I love Deshaun Watson with an a over to
Speaker 1: the Cleveland side. Nick Chubb looking like he's going to
Speaker 1: make his return. He is off, I r he will.
Speaker 1: I don't know. So we're looking at a fifty fifty
Speaker 1: split maybe sixty forty. I think I think he goes
Speaker 1: right back to he goes right back to what it was,
Speaker 1: but that was not that was like, and I think
Speaker 1: it might be more. Maybe maybe Hunt is the sixty
Speaker 1: and Chubb is the forty. This week we can talk
Speaker 1: more about Hunt and chubbing a little bit weekend. More importantly,
Speaker 1: they both get the return of right tackle Wyatt Teller
Speaker 1: this week. Um, it's a great matchup as well. Houston
Speaker 1: has surrendered the most rushing yards and running backs, and
Speaker 1: the Texans have also yielded the most red zone touches
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs and the second touches in gold
Speaker 1: to go scenarios to the position. They have only allowed. Uh.
Speaker 1: The texting that Texans that is one score to running
Speaker 1: backs through the air, and only one back was able
Speaker 1: to catch more than five passes against them. So I
Speaker 1: do like Chubb more than Hunting this one, even if
Speaker 1: Hunt sees more touches. But I'll give them both a
Speaker 1: very safe sea. I suppose with B upside for both
Speaker 1: uh stuff to gauge what's gonna happen here with with
Speaker 1: Chubb returning, UH, Jarvis Landry gets b saw Levin targets
Speaker 1: in his first game without oh. B J didn't do much,
Speaker 1: but coming off the by probably the healthiest he's been
Speaker 1: all year, should dominate slot corner Eric Murray, who owns
Speaker 1: a one passer rating in his coverage, Orchards Higgins. I
Speaker 1: like him as well. Was my take a chance on
Speaker 1: me wide receiver and Austin Hooper. Gonna give him a
Speaker 1: B if he returns, which he should. The Texans are
Speaker 1: allowing the eighth most receptions and seventh most yards to
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends. Houston has also surrendered a tight end
Speaker 1: and two of their last four games, and that's notable
Speaker 1: because the two teams that didn't score it tight in
Speaker 1: touchdown during that span are actually one team. It was
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, who they played twice over the last four games,
Speaker 1: so B for Hooper and a B for Mayfield. Baker,
Speaker 1: Mayfield Houston who. Houston has allowed a three yard passing
Speaker 1: game to Jake Lewton last week and prior to that
Speaker 1: they allowed four touchdown passes and back to back games
Speaker 1: at least two touchdown passes in five of seven, so
Speaker 1: it was safe B for Baker. You don't really touch
Speaker 1: on the weather. I mean the weather in Cleveland right
Speaker 1: now is dangerously high winds, so there's they're not going
Speaker 1: to get the rain from the monsoon game. But they
Speaker 1: could very well have a game with wins that just
Speaker 1: make it so you can't pass. Like it was a
Speaker 1: few weeks ago, there was like five win games. They
Speaker 1: all came through on the over they except the Cleveland lost.
Speaker 1: They did think the Vikings game didn't either. I can't believe,
Speaker 1: but maybe it did. It did. No, there was another
Speaker 1: I mean it was a lot. I mean there were
Speaker 1: points scored. Let's put it that way. Just don't fade
Speaker 1: these games. The gales of November came early. Now, when
Speaker 1: you get to me, when you get wins in the
Speaker 1: forty fifty, I don't want anything do with the passing game.
Speaker 1: That's me, let's go to the Chargers taking on the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: For the Chargers, it's all about quarterback. Justin Air Bear,
Speaker 1: And I'd like to submit since I taught some kindergarteners
Speaker 1: earlier this week, justin Air Bear as a children's book,
Speaker 1: I think it's a great idea. Here we go. The
Speaker 1: air bear doesn't scare. Oh wait, you're not. You're not
Speaker 1: suggesting you're doing here? It comes okay, he doesn't care.
Speaker 1: He'll pass with flair. You know what's rare, an average
Speaker 1: of three oh seven yards pair and T T D
Speaker 1: passes maybe two point fair. The Dolphins d will surely
Speaker 1: dare air Bear, but they should be aware because they're
Speaker 1: allowing to seventy five through the air and within their lair.
Speaker 1: In Miami Fair, three of fair quarterbacks have gone for
Speaker 1: over three yards. So grab a chair and start to
Speaker 1: air Bear without a care. Because he's in a grade
Speaker 1: I will share. That's it, okay, and now and now
Speaker 1: Mike will Yeah, and now Mike Williams and Jalen Guiton.
Speaker 1: As an erotic novel, Uh not really. The Dolphins have
Speaker 1: two really good corners in Xavian Howard and Byron Jones.
Speaker 1: They stay on the outside. That's where Williams and Guiton
Speaker 1: will be. Keep them on your bench. But Keenan Allen
Speaker 1: runs almost exclusively from the slot. In the last three games,
Speaker 1: teams have absolutely attacked the slot. Against Miami, Cooper Cup
Speaker 1: had twenty one targets. The week before, Jamison Crowder had
Speaker 1: thirteen targets and seven catches. Only Davante Adams has more
Speaker 1: targets per game on the season than Keenan Allen, who's
Speaker 1: averaging eleven per game. This is setting up as a
Speaker 1: high volume game for Allen. I'm giving him an a. Also,
Speaker 1: Huntry Hunter. Henry, I'm giving him a be quietly ranks
Speaker 1: third among tight ends with six point six targets per game.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins have been pretty good against the tight end,
Speaker 1: but they did allow two touchdowns to the tight end
Speaker 1: position just last week against Arizona, and neither of them
Speaker 1: were Dan Arnold. Brian probably feels bad about that one.
Speaker 1: No doubt, the running game looks like a combo of
Speaker 1: Joshua Kelly and Klin Blage, as Justin Jackson and Troy
Speaker 1: Maine Pope are both if he at best due to
Speaker 1: their injuries. I use Klin Blage as might take a
Speaker 1: chance on the runner and it made me feel great.
Speaker 1: Really air quotes there. Uh, if Jackson specifically is cleared
Speaker 1: to play, I'd probably move Blage to the bench grade
Speaker 1: and and move that back to Jackson as a C.
Speaker 1: But Joshua Kelly is really also a C grade in
Speaker 1: this one because Miami's pretty bad against the run. Flip
Speaker 1: over to the Miami side where I talked about TOA
Speaker 1: and Mike Gasiki both take a chance on me. Participants
Speaker 1: Davante Parker, I'm giving a C grade in this one.
Speaker 1: Preston Williams hit I R this week with a foot injury,
Speaker 1: and they did trade away Isaiah Ford last week, So
Speaker 1: five six Jachim Grant is your wide receiver two in
Speaker 1: this offense? Or is it? Kasicki Parker gets the C
Speaker 1: grade because the Chargers are a top eight defense against
Speaker 1: both receiving yards and touchdowns allowed to the wide receiver position,
Speaker 1: and then the running back situation is gross because Matt
Speaker 1: Brito returns this week from a hamstring injury, but Miles
Speaker 1: Gaskin does not, so it's likely Burrito working between the twenties,
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard in at the goal line and Patrick Laird
Speaker 1: stealing some passing down work. So all of them are
Speaker 1: on the bench, and if you need one, it's probably
Speaker 1: Howard because he's got the best chance at a touchdown. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I want to say Matt Brita would be
Speaker 1: startable in a pinch, but I I don't see it
Speaker 1: coming together here. I don't either. Washington takes on Detroit.
Speaker 1: Let's start with the passing game. Alex Smith and spot
Speaker 1: duty has looked okay, let's call it inconsistent, but there's
Speaker 1: a reason for optimism here. For the first time, he
Speaker 1: gets a full week of practice with the first team offense,
Speaker 1: and he faces a dismal lie in set and Dary.
Speaker 1: Detroit ranks twenty six in passing touchdowns allowed. Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus ranks their pass rush, their coverage at Terry mclaurin's
Speaker 1: anticipated excess alone is Harry mccono matchup makes Alex Smith
Speaker 1: startable in this one. A C grade on Alex Smith,
Speaker 1: So let's go over to Terry McLaren with his A grade.
Speaker 1: Over the past three games of McLaren averaging ten targets
Speaker 1: ninety three yards, He's scored twice over those three games,
Speaker 1: and prior to the Lions break from facing a real
Speaker 1: passing attack. The past two weeks against a washed up
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers and a run focused Vikings, Detroit had allowed
Speaker 1: a receiver to top ninety yards and four straight games. Uh.
Speaker 1: The only other part of the passing game you'd want
Speaker 1: to touch Logan Thomas tight end. His score touchdowns and
Speaker 1: two of his last three weeks, the Lions have allowed
Speaker 1: the fewest yards to tight ends, but they've given up
Speaker 1: five touchdowns, including three in the past two weeks, and
Speaker 1: they've played no good tight ends as one other thing,
Speaker 1: and Logan Thomas isn't great, but he's on part with
Speaker 1: the guy just score touchdowns against Detroit, so we'll give
Speaker 1: him a B grade. Lastly, the running game, This is
Speaker 1: I believe your last chance to buy low on Antonio Gibson.
Speaker 1: He's gonna have a big game here and he's gonna
Speaker 1: have more of them coming forward. The Lions are allowing
Speaker 1: the second most rushing yards the fourth most receiving yards
Speaker 1: to the position for a league worst one eight seven
Speaker 1: total yards and two touchdowns per game allowed to running backs.
Speaker 1: It's been even worse lately, where they're giving up two
Speaker 1: hundred twenty total yards and almost three touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks. Antonio Gibson saw season lows
Speaker 1: in rushing attempts and rushing yards last week as Washington
Speaker 1: got out to an early early double digit deficit. But
Speaker 1: they're not getting into a big deficit against the Lions,
Speaker 1: so I think Gibson gets plenty of carries and he's
Speaker 1: sitting on a big game B grade for Antonio Gibson.
Speaker 1: Let's go over to Detroit where Matthew Stafford gets to
Speaker 1: see grade. He's thrown exactly one touchdown in three of
Speaker 1: last four games, and the other game was mostly stat
Speaker 1: padding in a blowout loss. He has no Kenny Golladay here.
Speaker 1: No quarterback has top two touchdowns against Washington all year,
Speaker 1: and five opposing teams have failed to even top two
Speaker 1: twelve passing yards. So that's why Stafford only gets the
Speaker 1: C grade. And I've only got one receiver with a
Speaker 1: starting grade. That's his tight end T J. Hockenson. He
Speaker 1: missed some time at practice this week, but appears to
Speaker 1: be okay. Hockinson has recorded at least five targets and
Speaker 1: receptions in three straight games and has scored in four
Speaker 1: the last five. He's got a great opportunity keep it
Speaker 1: rolling against the Washington unit that has allowed six touchdowns
Speaker 1: to opposing tight ends. We're gonna talk a little bit
Speaker 1: more about t J. Hockenson shortly, and then the last
Speaker 1: starter is DeAndre Swift. After getting trounced by the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Backs in Week three, Washington has been pretty good at
Speaker 1: keeping running backs in check since that game back in
Speaker 1: Week three. They've allowed ninety six rushing yards per game,
Speaker 1: which is pretty good with no back topping even sixty
Speaker 1: eight yards. Swift and have much value through the air,
Speaker 1: as Washington has allowed the third fewest receptions and second
Speaker 1: fewest receiving yards to opposing running backs, and that's where
Speaker 1: Swift has been helpful. He's chipped in a fair amount
Speaker 1: of of receptions. But I don't think it happens here
Speaker 1: for Marvin Jones and Danny Amendola. They're out. They need
Speaker 1: they need easier starts, and this isn't one of them here.
Speaker 1: And Marvin Jones, especially with a bad matchup Adrian Peterson. Also, well,
Speaker 1: you thought maybe there'd be a revenge narrative for Adrian
Speaker 1: Peterson last week against the Vikings. That didn't come together,
Speaker 1: and so another revenge narrative. Yeah, but if he's going
Speaker 1: to get the same light workload he's gotten over the
Speaker 1: last month, you can't start him. Did they play Arizona
Speaker 1: and New Orleans coming up to Yeah, I think I
Speaker 1: actually looked for that. I don't. I don't think he
Speaker 1: is going on the revenge tour unfortunately. UM at this stage,
Speaker 1: I've got three minutes left. If you can tuck in
Speaker 1: one more matchup, Brian, you can do it. If not,
Speaker 1: I've got some I got some things from the Thursday
Speaker 1: night game. I'd love to talk to you guys about.
Speaker 1: Let's go for it, all right, Tampa Bay at Carolina.
Speaker 1: These teams met week two. Will reference that quick, even
Speaker 1: though Tampa Bay is an entirely different teams, since they
Speaker 1: uh what the ones were in Week two. Let's start
Speaker 1: with the receivers. Overall, Atlanta has held I'm sorry, Carolina
Speaker 1: has held Atlanta's wide out scoreless twice this year. That's concerning.
Speaker 1: But over the last three weeks they've allowed four wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns in a hundred nine yards per game to
Speaker 1: the position. That's forty four yards more than on their
Speaker 1: season average. So I'm gonna give us see Trantonio Brown
Speaker 1: Mike Evans and Chris Godwin quick hitters on each. Antonio
Speaker 1: Brown five targets in his Bucks debut, caught three for
Speaker 1: thirty one scoreless yards. In week to Tampa Bay white
Speaker 1: at white outs called eleven passes, seven went to Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: but of course there was no Chris Godwin in that game.
Speaker 1: No Antonio Brown in that game, so Evans gets to see.
Speaker 1: He had the seven catches a hundred and four yards
Speaker 1: in a touchdown in that first meeting, but again there
Speaker 1: was no Godwin, there is no Brown, so temporary expectations
Speaker 1: with Evans, he gets to seeing. Chris Godwin, probably the
Speaker 1: safest option of wide receiver for Tampa Bay, missed the
Speaker 1: first game, but in his two meetings against the Panthers
Speaker 1: last year he had ten catches a hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: one yards and then eight catches a hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: one yards and a touchdown. He has the best matchup
Speaker 1: with slot corner Corn Elder. The dude's name is Corn Corn.
Speaker 1: So I like god when the most of these three,
Speaker 1: but we gotta see what happens with all of them healthy.
Speaker 1: So all sees for the Tampa Bay wide receivers over
Speaker 1: to Gronk could give him a B. The Panthers were
Speaker 1: just ripped by Travis Kelsey to the tune of ten
Speaker 1: catches and a hundred and fifty nine yards. Travis Kelsey
Speaker 1: used to be called baby Gronk. That's adorable right in
Speaker 1: his day and age. Uh Gronk certainly lesser than Kelsey
Speaker 1: these days, but he should be able to match the
Speaker 1: lines of Darren Waller, Hunter Henry and Hayden Hurst. Those
Speaker 1: three combined to average roughly five catches and fifty yards
Speaker 1: against the Panthers last year. Tom Brady easy be with
Speaker 1: all those weapons. Leonard Fournette might take a chance to
Speaker 1: me running back bench. Ronald Jones Mike Davis is the
Speaker 1: only Panther you can start with confidence. He gets to be.
Speaker 1: He had eight catches for seventy four yards against Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay after Christian McCaffrey got hurt. McCaffrey will miss this game.
Speaker 1: B for Evans just to be for Robbie Anderson fifth
Speaker 1: and targets third and catch this this year. Then you
Speaker 1: got a bench d J Moore, Curtis, Samuel Teddy, Bridgewater.
Speaker 1: It is a bad matchup for those guys. DJ more
Speaker 1: like five targets per games. There is enough volume. He's
Speaker 1: got to turn a couple of targets into a long
Speaker 1: game if he wants to get anything done, and that's
Speaker 1: been a problem. Do you people are dropping DJ more outright?
Speaker 1: When we come back? Three tough questions? See if you
Speaker 1: can play along and go three and oh Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: Weekly Returns and Moments. Welcome back, Mannessy Football Weekly, Paul
Speaker 1: Charchi and Matt Harrison. Brian Johnson with you. It is time.
Speaker 1: Four Three tough questions. Tough question Number one? Is t J.
Speaker 1: Hockenson the best dynasty and or Empire league tight end
Speaker 1: to own? Brian? So we're in a startup league next year, right,
Speaker 1: That's what we're going with this question exectively. Yes, you know,
Speaker 1: would you trade anybody if you are, if you're a
Speaker 1: t J. Hockenson owner in a dynasty or empire league,
Speaker 1: would you trade anybody for t J. Hockinson any existing
Speaker 1: tight end? Would you tried any tight end? One to one?
Speaker 1: So Ta Hawk turns twenty four in July. Gotta love that.
Speaker 1: From a dynasty perspective, here are the other guys are
Speaker 1: threatening him as the top empire tight end Dynasty Empire
Speaker 1: tight end Travis Kelsey thirty two in October, Darren Waller
Speaker 1: twenty nine in September, George Kittle twenty eight in October,
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews in September, Noah Fanse former teammates of t J.
Speaker 1: Hockinson at IOWA twenty three in November. So I like
Speaker 1: Hockinson from the age perspective, but I still think you
Speaker 1: can get through three or four years with Darren Waller,
Speaker 1: maybe even Travis Kelsey or George Kittle. And don't forget
Speaker 1: the incoming rookie tight end class is absolutely insane, led
Speaker 1: by Kyle Pitts, who will all get to know very soon.
Speaker 1: So long story short, Hopkinson is not my top target
Speaker 1: at tight end because you can make do with some
Speaker 1: of the older guys who are gonna outproduce him in
Speaker 1: the near future because Hockinson is not seeing enough targets.
Speaker 1: So no, no, he's not your top. So I'm not
Speaker 1: sure what making do has to has to do with this,
Speaker 1: But okay, I mean you could start your Dynasty team
Speaker 1: with someone else and I don't need to rely on
Speaker 1: Hopkinson for eight years. I know he's young, but he's different.
Speaker 1: To go out and get him based on his age alone,
Speaker 1: is what I'm saying. So he's not the best tight
Speaker 1: end to own. Somebody else is the best guy end
Speaker 1: to own? Basically all those other guys I talked about,
Speaker 1: no a fan everybody else? You'd rather most guys? Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: let's move on. I don't even know what question you
Speaker 1: just answered. The other options I had to Hockinson the
Speaker 1: best Dynasty or Empire League tight end to own, So
Speaker 1: I thought Travis Kelsey, George Kittle, and Mark Andrews were
Speaker 1: the only other ones that I think I'd consider above Hockinson.
Speaker 1: Right now, I'm gonna put Hockinson above Andrews barely because
Speaker 1: it seems like Lamar Jackson's passing limitations maybe somewhat real,
Speaker 1: and I'm a little bit afraid of Mark Andrews being
Speaker 1: so touchdown dependent. Uh. You could make a case for
Speaker 1: him above Kittle solely based on the quarterback situation. It's
Speaker 1: not the injury, it's the QB. Jimmy g Is he
Speaker 1: the answer next year? Are we sure? Probably not? Then?
Speaker 1: What then? What's passing to George Kittle next year? But
Speaker 1: I can't put him there. I can't put him at
Speaker 1: number two, and I can't put him above Travis Kelsey.
Speaker 1: He just turned thirty one. He's got the best quarterback
Speaker 1: in the league. He's probably noticed. How do you know
Speaker 1: what's how Brian has at his age. He's thirty two
Speaker 1: in October. Yeah, it's November, November. I have reason to
Speaker 1: believe right now, if you're the next year, then uh,
Speaker 1: he might have the best quarterback in the history of
Speaker 1: the game. It's still Travis Kelsey as the best tight
Speaker 1: end in dynasty. Uh. It is Travis Kelsey, who's got
Speaker 1: two or three more elite years in him and then
Speaker 1: probably like another four more really good years after that.
Speaker 1: And I want to win this year too. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't. I'm worried about but not a lot.
Speaker 1: I'd like to win one. That would be kind of nice.
Speaker 1: And really the clincher here for me is just this.
Speaker 1: I can't tell you who t J. Hockenson's quarterback is
Speaker 1: going to be next year. If I knew, if he had,
Speaker 1: if he had a young, promising quarterback, I think it
Speaker 1: would be t J. Hockenson. I think he's got a
Speaker 1: sure it's gonna be Matthew Stafford. I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think I get the feeling that any year could
Speaker 1: be Stafford's last, or he just is like, you know what,
Speaker 1: I'm done with this because that's what was right. And
Speaker 1: he's old, He's taken a million hits. At some point
Speaker 1: he's gonna walk away. That worries me. Tough. Question Number two,
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb is expected to return to the Browns on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Going forward, is Kareem Hunt and RB one, r B
Speaker 1: two flex or bench player Matt We begin with you.
Speaker 1: Stats Wise, he's the number eight ranked running back in
Speaker 1: most UH systems right now, so that makes him an
Speaker 1: RB one right now without Chubb for most of the season.
Speaker 1: Chubb's a really good player, will probably be the high
Speaker 1: end of the sixty split. But this is a Kevin
Speaker 1: Stefanski run heavy, passed to the back scheme without Odell Beckham,
Speaker 1: so I think he's going to stay very involved. Last year,
Speaker 1: in the games where both he and Chubb played, Hunt
Speaker 1: averaged about fifty eight yards about five receptions per game,
Speaker 1: pitched in a touchdown and every other That's good enough
Speaker 1: for a flex. But I see him as a slightly
Speaker 1: better version of what he was last year this year,
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna give him an RB two the rest
Speaker 1: of the RB two. All right, Brian, is Kareem Hunt
Speaker 1: going forward now that Nick Chubb is healthy and RB
Speaker 1: one r B two flex or punch? Yeah, we saw
Speaker 1: this last year when they're both healthy, and it was
Speaker 1: a flex floor for Hunt. And it's the third easiest
Speaker 1: remaining schedule for running backs that Cleveland has. So I'm
Speaker 1: with Matt, I'm going RB two. Uh. When Chubb was
Speaker 1: healthy for the three full games at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the year, Kareem Hunt was RB twelve overall in those
Speaker 1: three games. He's too good. He's just playing too good
Speaker 1: to be completely factored out of the offense. That's it.
Speaker 1: You know what's been really weird about Hunt. If they're
Speaker 1: not throwing to him. I'm like, this is the obvious
Speaker 1: thing to do with him is throw him the ball,
Speaker 1: and they just they're not his His receiving numbers have
Speaker 1: been strangely light. Um, it's a mixed schedule going forward
Speaker 1: for Kareem Hunt and the rest of the Browns, but
Speaker 1: only one stopper game left on the schedule, that's Baltimore
Speaker 1: Week fourteen. He'll be an RB two the rest of
Speaker 1: the way. Now, before we get to tough question, number three.
Speaker 1: To help make sense of it a little bit, I'd
Speaker 1: like to preface this with an explanation of the sabotage draw. Brian,
Speaker 1: will you tell listeners what the sabotage drop is. It's
Speaker 1: essentially dropping a big name player that will because I'll
Speaker 1: ruckus on the free agent waiver wire. But he's garbage.
Speaker 1: He's garbage moving forward, he's fool's gold. That's right, and
Speaker 1: you got you gotta do it right before a big
Speaker 1: waiver period as well or a good matchup. You can't.
Speaker 1: You can't. You can't sabotage dropped like on the weekend
Speaker 1: because somebody. You need somebody to pay something to make
Speaker 1: to pick up that player. You can't just get rid
Speaker 1: of the worst player on your roster. We want you
Speaker 1: to have to use a high waiver claim, spend a
Speaker 1: bunch of fab on this player. That's the key to
Speaker 1: the sabotage drop. And that's your backdrop for this tough question.
Speaker 1: Number three. If Ronald Jones flops this week against the Panthers,
Speaker 1: should fantasy managers sabotage drop him? Brian, Yes, and I
Speaker 1: would almost do it before the Panthers games. Again, man,
Speaker 1: you can't do it. On the weekend because nobody has
Speaker 1: to pay anything to make the pickup. It's not a sabotage.
Speaker 1: People could the people are using waiver wire priority incorrectly. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I'll say yes after the Carolina game. I don't like
Speaker 1: him going into this game. Mentioned earlier, Leonard Fournett over
Speaker 1: the last three weeks has out snapped Jones two x.
Speaker 1: During that same three week span, Jones has dropped four passes.
Speaker 1: That's a lot, especially for running back. He has managed
Speaker 1: sixty six yards on twenty three carries. That's two point
Speaker 1: eight seven yards per carry. And he had a costly
Speaker 1: fumble against the Giants a couple of weeks ago that
Speaker 1: almost costs him the game. And when you go in
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians doghouse, you're not coming out anytime soon. Leonard Fournett,
Speaker 1: barring injury, will be the lead back for the Bucks.
Speaker 1: This is a pass first, team first and foremost. So yes,
Speaker 1: sabotage drop Ronald Jones whenever you want, my mind, don't
Speaker 1: not whenever you want to do it. If you're a
Speaker 1: waiver wire prioritially do it now. Okay, never mind waivers
Speaker 1: already Ran, You're right charge My bat Matt too is
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones a sabotage drop if he doesn't perform against
Speaker 1: the Panthers. I was gonna say, to Brian's point, getting
Speaker 1: out of bruce Arians doghouse is only as long as
Speaker 1: it takes for somebody else to get in, because last
Speaker 1: year the Bucks didn't have a running back who led
Speaker 1: the team in touches in three consecutive weeks. Running back
Speaker 1: only did it two weeks in a row, and then
Speaker 1: they switched and he was losing out on touches to
Speaker 1: Peyton Barber last year. Also to Brian's point, it doesn't
Speaker 1: need to be a sabotage drop. You can just drop
Speaker 1: him because he sucks. And how about this, the sabotage
Speaker 1: drop might be Leonard four Net. You don't want anything
Speaker 1: to do with this Buck's running game. If you sabotage
Speaker 1: drop Leonard four Net after a few weeks or after
Speaker 1: a great week against Carolina, that's gonna cause the ruckus
Speaker 1: on your waiver wire right there. If you don't want
Speaker 1: anything to do with this Bucks running game, you sabotage
Speaker 1: drop Leonard four Nett. So yes, don sabotage away, dude, Okay, alright,
Speaker 1: vain He's like, oh my God, I guys can't answer
Speaker 1: the question. They're so tough, clearly says after he flops
Speaker 1: against the Panthers, Once you do drop him, Brian now said,
Speaker 1: he's clearly gonna flop against If he flops against the Panthers,
Speaker 1: he's gonna For four straight weeks, Ronald Jones has seen
Speaker 1: as rushing attempts and rushing yards dropped. He's been out
Speaker 1: snapped by four NET in every game since four NET
Speaker 1: returned from injury. That's said, And you guys have touched
Speaker 1: on this. Bruce arians completely inscrutable with his running backs.
Speaker 1: And even if Ronald Jones has a great game here
Speaker 1: and he outproduces Leonard Fournette, you couldn't even feel safe
Speaker 1: put him in your your line up. The next week,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be on your bench wing he does have
Speaker 1: the great game too. Every time you start Ronald Jones,
Speaker 1: you are bracing for a two point game. So you're
Speaker 1: all that together we are sabotage dropping him. This is
Speaker 1: the last chance, far as I'm concerned. And then the
Speaker 1: sabotage drop is a very real thing that's headed his way.
Speaker 1: Let's work in one more matchup into this segment. I
Speaker 1: believe we left off on forty Niners taking on the Saints.
Speaker 1: Matt for the forty Niners, we get Nick Mullins at
Speaker 1: the Helm have a presumably Jerick McKinnon led running game.
Speaker 1: I think so yeah maybe, Um so Nick Mullins. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna start by giving him a bench grade. Last week
Speaker 1: against Tom Brady was the first time the Saints did
Speaker 1: not allow multiple passing scores in a game. But I
Speaker 1: actually thought about him as might take a chance on
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Um. They still rank as one of the
Speaker 1: better past defenses in the game. Unless it's garbage time.
Speaker 1: I don't think you can trust Mullins for any points here,
Speaker 1: although Mullins kind of sounds like a cock word for garbage.
Speaker 1: Maybe so maybe it's Mullen's time. Yeah, I still on
Speaker 1: the bench. I don't even know again, no idea what
Speaker 1: you're talking about. He does get Brandon Ayuk back this week,
Speaker 1: and it looks like Kendrick Borne may clear COVID protocol
Speaker 1: before the game. But the Saints matchup I think is
Speaker 1: just too tough. Um, with the wide receivers, I'll give
Speaker 1: a Yuka. See, I'm gonna leave Kendrick Borne and Richie
Speaker 1: James on the bench. Mullins has targeted no player more
Speaker 1: than Ayuk this season. He missed last week after a
Speaker 1: close contact tested positive on the Niners. Ayuk was never sick,
Speaker 1: though Born did test positive. The team thinks it maybe
Speaker 1: false positives though, and he might play this weekend. Okay
Speaker 1: either way. The Saints are a strange break but don't
Speaker 1: bend defense. They have allowed the seventh fewest receptions to
Speaker 1: the position, but a robust a hundred and seventy one
Speaker 1: yards per game and the eighth most wide receiver touchdowns.
Speaker 1: We're gonna leave Ross Dwelly and Jordan Read on the bench,
Speaker 1: uh and Jerick McKinnon and Jamichael Hasty. Hasty can be
Speaker 1: cut now. He's only he only saw fifteen s apps
Speaker 1: and six touches compared to forty two snaps in fifteen
Speaker 1: touches for McKinnon last week. It doesn't matter now watch
Speaker 1: They're gonna flip it. Maybe, wouldn't it be? It would
Speaker 1: be so Shannahanigans, It would be so shannahanigans. Just flip
Speaker 1: the script and go all hasty now that everybody's forgotten
Speaker 1: about him and given up, McKinnon should be on your bench, though,
Speaker 1: as the Saints are allowing only seventy rushing yards per
Speaker 1: game to the position and only three point six yards
Speaker 1: per carry. Let's go to the Saints side where I'm
Speaker 1: giving Drew Brees a kind of a throwback A grade here.
Speaker 1: He's got Michael Thomas back and the forty Niners have
Speaker 1: been absolutely torched as of recent Aaron Jones or Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, and Russell Wilson each throw four touchdown passes
Speaker 1: against the Niners in the last two weeks, and two
Speaker 1: of the three quarterbacks before them tossed multiple scores as well.
Speaker 1: They're so incredibly injured throughout the entire defense that it's
Speaker 1: just not the same. Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara, they're
Speaker 1: both getting A grades as well. Even though Thomas didn't
Speaker 1: have a huge game last week against the Bucks, he
Speaker 1: did co lead the team and targets and receptions with
Speaker 1: Alvin Uh. We're not going as far as Latavious Murray
Speaker 1: in this one, as the Niners have been pretty stout
Speaker 1: against the run. Still, Uh, Kamara is just too versatile
Speaker 1: to hold down. A couple more guys. I want to
Speaker 1: mention tray Kwan Smith. He gets a C grade. Secondary
Speaker 1: receivers as such as Marquez Valdez, Scandling, David Moore, and
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds have each scored against the Niners in the
Speaker 1: last month, and tray Kwan Smith's worth a dart throw
Speaker 1: just for that. Jared Cook gets a C grade as well.
Speaker 1: He's totally touchdown dependent at this point, and the Niners
Speaker 1: have only given up two tight end touchdowns on the season.
Speaker 1: But still Cook is top twelve among tight ends in receptions,
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns per game. And if you have him
Speaker 1: on your roster, you're probably starting him. You probably don't
Speaker 1: have another tight end option. Yeah, that's a which, but
Speaker 1: that's everybody right now. Yeah, you know half two thirds
Speaker 1: of the league is bracing for a zero zero point
Speaker 1: game out of their tight end. Yeah, you're just looking
Speaker 1: for tight end touchdowns. Now, John Who? John Who? Runs
Speaker 1: in a touchdown and you're like, oh, thank god, I
Speaker 1: got I got something out of it. Does nothing else? Yes, Well,
Speaker 1: they threw him a bunchtimes and he was covered and
Speaker 1: none of them, none of them ended up working. Very frustrating.
Speaker 1: Let's let's take a break. When we come back, Seattle
Speaker 1: takes on the Rams and an epic matchup between dk
Speaker 1: Metcalf and Jalen Ramsey in this game. We'll tell you
Speaker 1: about that. And is this the explosive Tyler Locket that
Speaker 1: once a month explosive Tyler Lockett game. We'll talk about
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Speaker 1: Seattle takes on the Rams. Let's begin with Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: who gets in a grade here. The Rams are a
Speaker 1: good defense. The Rams have held six of eight opposing
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to zero or one passing touchdown. But Wilson's just unbenchable.
Speaker 1: So you know, no matter what the stats say, no
Speaker 1: matter anything else he's on, he's m v P pace
Speaker 1: and I still have an A grade on Russell Wilson.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about his matchup with DK metcalf It's fascinating.
Speaker 1: So Metcalfe saw a bunch of elite cornerback T Davious
Speaker 1: White last week, and when White was on him, White
Speaker 1: held him to three catches and thirty yards. But then
Speaker 1: White gets knocked out of the game and they feed
Speaker 1: metcalf a bunch and he ends up with a big game,
Speaker 1: but it didn't come when term Davious White was on him.
Speaker 1: Here comes another shut down cornerback, Jalen Ramsey, who was
Speaker 1: allowing twenty seven yards per game in his coverage. That's all,
Speaker 1: but on Friday, Ramsey said he's going to cover DK
Speaker 1: Metcalf and he's gonna cover everybody else too, So it
Speaker 1: sounds a lie if we believe he's going to cover
Speaker 1: multiple receivers at the same time. Play I got all
Speaker 1: of it. He's like, Fred Smoot, you know how to
Speaker 1: shut down Metcalf. He really shut down DK Metcalf. Just
Speaker 1: put three cones right in front of him. Okay, thank you. Wow.
Speaker 1: Some people can't get over the combine. Just nothing he
Speaker 1: can do. Um, so you it's and Ramsey could just
Speaker 1: be lying, right, I mean, do you do you are
Speaker 1: you gonna believe any player is gonna say anything publicly
Speaker 1: that actually Friday before a game? Then actually is any
Speaker 1: bearing on what's really gonna happen? Probably not. So point
Speaker 1: is it's an A grade for DK Metcalf because he's
Speaker 1: too good to not give an a grade to anything
Speaker 1: could happen. Maybe Ramsey doesn't go for And by the way,
Speaker 1: Ramsey doesn't usually go to the slot, and Metcalf does
Speaker 1: run a fair amount from the slot, so it's another
Speaker 1: way he can shake Ramsey a grade of Metcalf. So
Speaker 1: what about Tyler Lockett? Then he's been held under forty
Speaker 1: five scoreless yards in four of the last six games,
Speaker 1: so if he doesn't give you the explosive game, Lockett
Speaker 1: is killing you. Los Angeles is averaging the fewest allowed
Speaker 1: yards to receivers, just one four per game, and have
Speaker 1: only allowed four receivers to find the end zone all
Speaker 1: year long. Lock It should mostly avoid Ramsey, instead matching
Speaker 1: up with slot cornerback Troy Hill. The boast often, but
Speaker 1: Hill's really good. He hasn't allowed to touch down all season.
Speaker 1: The only angle here is that Hills a lot slower
Speaker 1: than lock It and could be on the wrong end
Speaker 1: of a long pass, but that's just a C grade
Speaker 1: for Locket. This feels way more dangerous than it does
Speaker 1: positive for Tyler Lockett um staying with the passing no
Speaker 1: moving over to the running game, and then you don't
Speaker 1: want to start any other secondary tertiary receivers. For Seattle,
Speaker 1: let's talk about Chris Carson, presuming he goes here, might
Speaker 1: see fewer carries due to the knee injury. Over the
Speaker 1: last five games, the Rams haven't allowed to single back
Speaker 1: to top sixty five rushing yards and have only allowed
Speaker 1: one touchdown. It was the Miles Gaskin all the way
Speaker 1: I'll by the way, that's over the last five games.
Speaker 1: It's a long time. Carson's average total yards per game
Speaker 1: against the Rams throughout his career, and for the most part,
Speaker 1: any game that Carson starts and finishes, he's awfully good.
Speaker 1: In a B grade for Carson. If he does not go,
Speaker 1: then DJ Dallas likely gets all the work here and
Speaker 1: he's just not good. So he would be a C
Speaker 1: grade and a dart throw at best in a tough matchup. Um,
Speaker 1: it does not appear that well. I can just say
Speaker 1: carlos IDE's not going in this game, so it would
Speaker 1: go back to d J Dallas in all probability. All right,
Speaker 1: so let's go to the ramp side. I'm worried Sean
Speaker 1: McVeigh is too smart for his own good. All you
Speaker 1: have to do to beat Seattle is a band in
Speaker 1: the running game and just pass all the time. Last week,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills rolled the Seattle defense
Speaker 1: because they only handed off the ball eleven times in
Speaker 1: the entire game. All the rest of it were past plays.
Speaker 1: So will Sean McVeigh je throw the ball or is
Speaker 1: he gonna have to be too smart and try something else?
Speaker 1: Established the rune on don't do it, don't do it.
Speaker 1: Let's hope that's not the case here, And based on that,
Speaker 1: I've got Jared Goff with an A grade. I know,
Speaker 1: I never thought it would happen. Jared Goff through the
Speaker 1: ball sixty one times last week. I'd like to see
Speaker 1: that happen again here. Even if let's go fine, Seahawks
Speaker 1: are allowing a league worse three or seventy seven passing
Speaker 1: yards per game, a pace that and on paste to
Speaker 1: shatter the all time in competency record. Every opposing quarterback
Speaker 1: has scored multiple touchdowns against the Seattle Seahawks. Cooper Cup
Speaker 1: gets an A grade, Robert Wood gets Woods gets an
Speaker 1: A grade for all of the same reasons that you
Speaker 1: already know, and cut by the way, has pounded this
Speaker 1: team in the past anyway, So a great opportunity for
Speaker 1: both Cup and Woods and Josh Reynolds was might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me a wide receiver, and you can
Speaker 1: use him in a pinch as well. Let's go to
Speaker 1: Darrell Henderson, who gets a C grade. He's coming off
Speaker 1: his lowest usage game since Week one. He got out
Speaker 1: snapped by both Malcolm Brown and Cam Akers and the Rams. Really,
Speaker 1: if I have my choice, they won't even run the
Speaker 1: ball in this game. Aside from being trampled by the
Speaker 1: Minnesota Backs, Seattle hasn't allowed to single back over fifty
Speaker 1: six rushing yards and they're allowing the third fewest rushing
Speaker 1: yards per game to the position. He's not much of
Speaker 1: a pass catcher, and the only reason I have a
Speaker 1: segret and Darrell Henderson is I think he finds his
Speaker 1: way to about fifties scoreless yards, and that's about all
Speaker 1: you get when you get a C grade. Nobody else
Speaker 1: left to talk about on the Rams, including their tight ends,
Speaker 1: who I do not trust in this game. Unless it
Speaker 1: turns out that either Higbie or Everett does not go
Speaker 1: in this game, then you could flip to the other one.
Speaker 1: But I think both are gonna play. All right, Let's
Speaker 1: go to our next matchup, which is the Bengals taking
Speaker 1: on the Steelers. Brian, this is a tricky matchup to
Speaker 1: me in that the Steelers are Pro Football focus is
Speaker 1: best pass rushing defense and the Bengals offensive line just stinks.
Speaker 1: Yeahs with Joe Burrow, then it's gonna give him a C.
Speaker 1: He's gonna take some hits in this game, but he's
Speaker 1: gonna air it out to No quarterback has topped two
Speaker 1: touchdown passes against the Steelers this year, but every opposing
Speaker 1: quarterback has scored at least once, and even Garrett Gilbert
Speaker 1: posted Fantasy relevant numbers against the Steelers. Yes, borrow north
Speaker 1: of forty past stemps for games, past dempsper games. So
Speaker 1: we've got to give him a C here. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to give a C to Tyler Boyd, especially on
Speaker 1: his birthday Sunday B for the birthday boy Boyd had
Speaker 1: one oh one receiving and a touchdown in his most
Speaker 1: recent matchup with Pittsburgh. That was last year. This is
Speaker 1: their first meeting, by the way, these two teams. He
Speaker 1: has total three touchdowns in his last three games against
Speaker 1: the Steelers as well, Boyd averaging nine targets seven catches.
Speaker 1: Basically unbeenchable at this point. If Boyd is a Birthday
Speaker 1: B and he's our favorite B grade, we've got what
Speaker 1: we we have our favorite A grade his the Fantasy
Speaker 1: yard Park. What's what do you mean? We're still we're
Speaker 1: still working out the details of their fight to the
Speaker 1: death between an art park. Carry on, our favorite it's
Speaker 1: gonna be at us. I'm pretty sure this kind of
Speaker 1: thing we do. We need more animals, Beyonce. I'm trying
Speaker 1: to find another animal in the show. Continue Brian plus
Speaker 1: matchup for birthday boy Tyler Boyd against safety Cameron Sutton,
Speaker 1: who man's this lot for Pittsburgh allowed a season high
Speaker 1: sixty six yards and his coverage last week. So do
Speaker 1: not bench Tyler Boyd, and don't bench Te Higgins or
Speaker 1: A J. Green either, and give them both a sea. Shockingly,
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh has surrendered the ninth most fantasy points and the
Speaker 1: third most touchdowns to wide receivers this year. Higgins and
Speaker 1: Green both in wide receiver three territory. This week, I
Speaker 1: will mention this is A J. Green's first game against
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's October. Oh you know, in Italy in October and
Speaker 1: they found a beaver for the first time in six
Speaker 1: hundred years. I heard that on some other show. It
Speaker 1: certainly wasn't about fantasy football. The lastly, for the Bengals,
Speaker 1: Geo Bernard, you gonna give him the c Joe Mixon
Speaker 1: not looking like he will play Pittsburgh has Pittsburgh has
Speaker 1: only allowed five rushing touchdowns, but in the last two games,
Speaker 1: Zeke and Tony Pollard combined for a hundred eight yards
Speaker 1: on the ground. The week before, Gus Edwards and j
Speaker 1: K Dobbin Dobbins combined for two hundred rushing yards on
Speaker 1: thirty one carries. So Bernard is startable. There's not much
Speaker 1: angle from a passing game perspective here. The Steelers have
Speaker 1: allowed just one receiving touchdown to running backs this year,
Speaker 1: and only see Kwon Barkley, remember him has caught more
Speaker 1: than two passes at the running back position against the Steelers,
Speaker 1: and that was in Week one. So just to see
Speaker 1: for geo Bernard over to the Steeler side, we'll start
Speaker 1: with Ben Roethlisberger and give him a see it might
Speaker 1: be for Covid. I don't know. Yeah, well, we'll see
Speaker 1: if he works. I think I think he plays in
Speaker 1: this game. We're gonna assume he plays in this one.
Speaker 1: I did a little I did a little Ben Roethlisberger
Speaker 1: recon this past week. He has become a check down quarterback.
Speaker 1: He is. He has the second lowest UH intended air
Speaker 1: yards and the second lowest I think third maybe it's
Speaker 1: third lowest average distance of pass I mean depth of
Speaker 1: four point five yards per completion. He's Teddy Bridgewater bar
Speaker 1: for Worthy for sure. Thirty percent of his passes of
Speaker 1: twenty plus yards are more are going for completions awful. Yes,
Speaker 1: the explosiveness is gone. It really it is. It's gone.
Speaker 1: But basically every quarterback cobbles together two passing touchdowns against
Speaker 1: the Bengals, right, But sadly that's Ben's ceiling in this one,
Speaker 1: although it is to be expected based on the Bengals
Speaker 1: being the Bengals. So a CEE for Roethlisberger, but keep
Speaker 1: your on him in case he doesn't play over his receivers.
Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster gonna give him a B. He has
Speaker 1: UH scored ind or logged a hundred yards and two
Speaker 1: of his last three meetings against Cincinnati and should be
Speaker 1: in line for similar success against slot corner Lashawn Simms,
Speaker 1: who's allowed four scores in his last five games, So
Speaker 1: would be for Juju just to see for Deonta Johnson
Speaker 1: and Chase Claypool though it's a tough matchup against UH
Speaker 1: cornerback William Jackson for the Bengals, but Jackson can't cover
Speaker 1: both of these guys, and opposing boundary receiver duos have
Speaker 1: had recent success against the Bengals, uh Corey Davis and A. J.
Speaker 1: Brown both scored. Davis went over a hundred yards and
Speaker 1: then the week before Richard Higgins topped a hundred yards
Speaker 1: and Donovan People's Jones at fifty plus yards and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: So I will start both Deonte Johnson and Chase Claypool
Speaker 1: with a C. Will also start Eric Ebron. He gets
Speaker 1: a B. The Bengals have allowed the seventh most receptions
Speaker 1: and third most yards and touchdowns to opposing tight ends.
Speaker 1: At one point they allowed six touchdowns to tight ends
Speaker 1: and three games in a three game span. And Eric
Speaker 1: Ebron has already scored against the Bengals as a Lion
Speaker 1: and a cult and it's coming as a steel oh
Speaker 1: B for Ebron. And lastly, James Conner. James Conner gets
Speaker 1: to be. Cincinnati has let running backs rack up a
Speaker 1: whopping five point four yards per carry. They have only
Speaker 1: allowed two scores to the position over the last seven games.
Speaker 1: But you basically have to start James Conner and hope
Speaker 1: he sees the bell cal volume, but be warned he
Speaker 1: normally doesn't. He has topped sixteen carries just four times
Speaker 1: in his last twenty three games Matt The Bills take
Speaker 1: on the Cardinals, Josh Allen coming off an explosive game
Speaker 1: after being after having no touchdown passes and two straight
Speaker 1: The Cardinals look good on paper, but they have faced
Speaker 1: some bad quarterbacking. Yeah, what do you think? UM? Vegas
Speaker 1: certainly thinks that they're going to have a high scoring
Speaker 1: game implied totals of twenty eight for both teams in
Speaker 1: this one, So Josh Allen's getting an A in this one.
Speaker 1: Similarly built Russian quarterbacks like Russell Wilson and Tua have
Speaker 1: faced the Cards over the last two weeks. Wilson had
Speaker 1: three eight and three with another eighty four run shing yards,
Speaker 1: to oh was to forty eight and two with thirty
Speaker 1: five rushing yards. And I think tah is a very
Speaker 1: safe floor for Alan, but I think he'll have more
Speaker 1: rushing yards than that. Uh, Stefan Diggs gets an A grade,
Speaker 1: He'll get Patrick Peterson, but that's not as scary anymore. UM.
Speaker 1: What is scary that is that slot receivers have absolutely
Speaker 1: torched the Cardinals, which is why Cole Beasley is getting
Speaker 1: a very solid B and just the last month, Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett went for two hundred yards and three scores. Jamison
Speaker 1: Crowder had eight for one sixteen in a score, so
Speaker 1: Beasley's full. All systems go right here. I like it.
Speaker 1: Even John Brown gets a C grade. He had eleven
Speaker 1: targets last week against Seattle and came up with eight
Speaker 1: catches for ninety nine yards and was taggled at the
Speaker 1: one yard line, which really would have gave him, you know,
Speaker 1: a touchdown plus the one yard bonus on DraftKings. I
Speaker 1: wonder if that affected anybody's lineups out there. Nobody, nobody
Speaker 1: at all. It's also a revenge game for John Brown.
Speaker 1: By the way, Hey, there we go back when he
Speaker 1: was smoke. Now he's just fire wo Zack Moss and
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary single Arry is on the bench until further notice.
Speaker 1: He had two carries for one yard last week. He
Speaker 1: didn't get three catches for thirty three yards. Well, Zack
Speaker 1: Moss only had eleven touches last week. He did gain
Speaker 1: more yardage and score a touchdown. Moss led the snap
Speaker 1: count thirty eight to thirty one, so I'll give him
Speaker 1: a C grade. The cards are a decent matchup, allowing
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty two total yards per game to
Speaker 1: the position. I just worry that single Tarry takes that,
Speaker 1: so Moss is just a See Kyler Murray gets an
Speaker 1: easy A grade, we don't need to talk about him.
Speaker 1: And on pace, I saw this, this a story that
Speaker 1: emerged about Kyle Kyler Murray this week. He's on a
Speaker 1: a higher scoring pace this year then Lamar Jackson was
Speaker 1: last year, and you know that was like, you know
Speaker 1: the story of the story of the season last year.
Speaker 1: Murray's like I think RB four right now and l
Speaker 1: Jackson was like RB eight nine last year. Well, he's
Speaker 1: out out pacing him as crazy. To that point, the
Speaker 1: Bills have allowed rushing touchdowns to Russ Cam Tannehill Goff,
Speaker 1: and Kyler's averaging one rushing touchdown per game. DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: is an a uh. He's literally alternated huge games with
Speaker 1: subpar yardage games all season. Over his last four one
Speaker 1: in a score, then seventy three, then one oh one
Speaker 1: on a score. Last week he only had thirty. He's
Speaker 1: going over a hundred yards this week. He won't get there.
Speaker 1: He will be beyond trade as White. But I think
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins wins that matchup. Christian Kirk won't get trade
Speaker 1: Avious White. He gets a B grade. He's leading the
Speaker 1: team in infrared zone target share, garnering garnering thirty six
Speaker 1: percent of the targets inside the ten, and coming up
Speaker 1: with four touchdowns from inside the ten this season. Finally
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds. I'm giving him a B grade. It's possible
Speaker 1: that Kenyan Drake returns this week. I think it might happen. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: if that happens, that might downgrade Edmunds a little bit.
Speaker 1: But um, I like him. I think he's talented. It's
Speaker 1: a good matchup. Team gives up four point four yards
Speaker 1: per carrying a hundred and thirty six totally yards. That's good.
Speaker 1: My major concern is he doesn't get any touches inside
Speaker 1: the ten, only one carry on the season. He's getting
Speaker 1: vultured by his own quarterback and Kenyan Drake. That happens unfortunately,
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray eighth and rushing yards. Four guys ahead of
Speaker 1: him have played one whole more game than him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. It's uh. You know, if you if you
Speaker 1: punted quarterback, You're like, I'm so smart, I'm gonna wait
Speaker 1: on quarterback. You got hammered this year. The strategy this
Speaker 1: year mostly was Russell. You know, those mid range quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have been the way to go for the most part.
Speaker 1: When we come back Premature Speculation. Three players you can
Speaker 1: pick up this week that everybody else will be trying
Speaker 1: to get next week when we return. Welcome back Fantasy
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Speaker 1: Premature Speculation. These are three players that we believe you
Speaker 1: should pick up now that other people are gonna be
Speaker 1: trying to pick up next week, and they're already on
Speaker 1: your team. Brian, who is your premature Speculation player? Newcomer
Speaker 1: wide receiver from the Eagles. His name is al Shan Jeffrey.
Speaker 1: I don't know have you ever heard of him, but
Speaker 1: he will make his season debut this week against the Giants.
Speaker 1: I don't like his prospects a whole lot for this week,
Speaker 1: but moving forward, he's got two great matchups in Cleveland
Speaker 1: and Seattle. Now, Jeffrey only thirty years old, he should
Speaker 1: have some gas, and you would think so should be healthy.
Speaker 1: So if he gets out of the Cleveland Seattle matchups,
Speaker 1: then the next two are Green Bay in New Orleans,
Speaker 1: which is bad Alexander Marshawn Lattimore. But Latimore has been bad,
Speaker 1: not against Mike Givans at least, But if he's seeing
Speaker 1: shadow coverage from those guys, it's a good thing. Because
Speaker 1: he popped off in the two weeks before against Cleveland
Speaker 1: and Seattle, and then in weeks fifteen and sixteen Arizona
Speaker 1: and Dallas for Philly. So if you're a wide receiver,
Speaker 1: stash alshon Jeffrey, see what happens. I'm buying on the
Speaker 1: whole Eagles offense. U Matt your premature speculation player. Let's
Speaker 1: pick up another kind of a retread guy, Alex Smith,
Speaker 1: the quarterback. He gets Detroit this week. I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna do well against Detroit. I gave him a starting grade.
Speaker 1: Let's follow that up with matchups against Cincinnati and Dallas.
Speaker 1: That problem is really good. His only stopper left on
Speaker 1: the schedule is Pittsburgh after that, But then he gets
Speaker 1: Seattle in your semi final week of your fantasy playoffs.
Speaker 1: Week fifteen. You want whoever's going against Seattle in your
Speaker 1: fantasy playoffs, and Alex Smith has one of those schedules.
Speaker 1: That's in a two quarterback league. He's definitely startable in
Speaker 1: those weeks. All right, Well, I'm gonna begin by reiterating
Speaker 1: the same name we've given three times now, and that's
Speaker 1: Alan Lazard. Go get him. But also let's go to
Speaker 1: a different player. Are you interested? Hey, Matt and Brian,
Speaker 1: are you interested in a running back averaging almost seven
Speaker 1: yards per carry who's getting an increasing workload in three
Speaker 1: straight games. I didn't get the script, but I'll say yes, Okay,
Speaker 1: good sounds good to me. Let's keep going. He runs
Speaker 1: behind and often injured starter. He plays for a run
Speaker 1: heavy offense on a playoff bound team, and we'll have
Speaker 1: home games in weeks fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen. I'll take
Speaker 1: three of them. I don't blame you. We're talking about
Speaker 1: Davante Booker, the Las Vegas Raiders, a team that is
Speaker 1: playoff bound right now. The play iff the playoffs started today,
Speaker 1: they'd be in He's arguably one of the most important
Speaker 1: handcuffs and fantasy football uh Las Vegas currently one of
Speaker 1: just to g two games over five hundred. They run
Speaker 1: the ball copiously. The seventh most that playoff schedule home
Speaker 1: home home one is the Colts. That is a tough matchup,
Speaker 1: I'll admit that. But then Chargers Miami, you could be
Speaker 1: starting him there. And if Josh Jacobs breaks down this
Speaker 1: year like he did last year, and he's already had
Speaker 1: nagging injuries throughout this season, Davante Booker potentially sitting on
Speaker 1: a nice spot later in the season, get him now.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Matt, because we'll get to the matchup soon.
Speaker 1: It's a revenge game for you know what. I think
Speaker 1: it's the old team in the Brown goes correct. The
Speaker 1: Monday Night game is the Vikings taking on the Bears
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook's and obvious A. Obviously the Bears are going
Speaker 1: to sell out to contain Dalvin Cook, but so did
Speaker 1: the last two teams. It didn't matter. You know, you
Speaker 1: know what the script is. You know you're gonna get
Speaker 1: a heavy dose of Dalvin Cook, and more often than not,
Speaker 1: A doesn't make any difference. Now, the Bears did just
Speaker 1: contain Derrick Henry last week, and so there is a
Speaker 1: scenario where they contain Dalvin Cook two But he's still
Speaker 1: in a grade. Let's go to the passing game, which
Speaker 1: has got a lot more interest I think for people.
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins remains an unreliable fantasy play because of his
Speaker 1: low volume, something that's likely to happen on Monday Night,
Speaker 1: but not an absolute lock to happen. Over cousins last
Speaker 1: nineteen games, his line of demarcation is thirty two attempts.
Speaker 1: When he's under thirty two attempts, Kirk cousins average game
Speaker 1: is just two hundred eleven yards and one and a
Speaker 1: quarter touchdowns. But what happens when he's over thirty two attempts?
Speaker 1: He balloons to two eight one yards and almost three
Speaker 1: touchdown passes. If he can go over thirty two attempts.
Speaker 1: The Bears have given up thirty two attempts six times
Speaker 1: this year. Cousins could get there now. He's only thrown
Speaker 1: over thirty two attempts twice this year. But there is
Speaker 1: a scenario where it happens here, And if that happens,
Speaker 1: then I tend to like him a little bit more,
Speaker 1: even against a good past defense. Justin Jefferson and Adam
Speaker 1: theland or see grades. Low passing volume is the problem.
Speaker 1: That's plaguing them lately as well, and you add into
Speaker 1: that a good Chicago past defense. The Bears allow the
Speaker 1: fifth few yards to wide receivers, just one hundred forty
Speaker 1: four per game. Jefferson will likely see the better matchup
Speaker 1: more often, and that's against rookie cornerback Jalen Johnson. Feeland's
Speaker 1: got the tougher matchup. That's Kyle Fuller, who's allowing him
Speaker 1: easily thirty yards per game in his coverage. Feeland's historically
Speaker 1: struggled against the Bears, failing to top sixty six yards
Speaker 1: or find the end zone in the team's past seven
Speaker 1: straight games, including by the way, Feeland put up a
Speaker 1: six yard game against the Bears in the first meeting.
Speaker 1: Even that that's not right. It's first meeting. That is
Speaker 1: not correct. They haven't met this year. I don't believe
Speaker 1: that's my memories failing me. Um IRV Smith. He's got
Speaker 1: a groin injury, um and you're probably not going to
Speaker 1: know his status before Sunday's kickoff if he gets ruled out.
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph becomes a fascinating places. The Bears really struggled
Speaker 1: against tight ends. But as it stands, right now is
Speaker 1: a Monday night game. You're probably not gonna know either way,
Speaker 1: so I don't think you can count on IRV Smith
Speaker 1: and we really it looks like a game time decision
Speaker 1: on the scrowing injury. All right, let's go to the
Speaker 1: Bear side. Beginning with the passing game. Nick Foles was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on me quarterback. He has a
Speaker 1: C grade in this game. Allan Robinson has an A grade.
Speaker 1: Over the past three games, Robinson has inexplicably seen fewer
Speaker 1: targets than Darnell Mooney and Anthony Miller. But I think
Speaker 1: that change is here. They Chicago's gotta change that. It
Speaker 1: gets a Vikings secondary allowing the fifth most yards to receivers,
Speaker 1: and he's likely as playing on the outside. He's gonna
Speaker 1: see sixth and seventh stringers at cornerback, Chris Boyd and
Speaker 1: Chris Jones. It's gotta be a good game for Allen
Speaker 1: Robinson here. I've got to believe Darnell Mooney is coming
Speaker 1: up in a loven target game and the Bears seemed
Speaker 1: to trust him a lot more now than earlier in
Speaker 1: the season, and this is his easiest matchup of a year.
Speaker 1: He'll get whichever of Chris Boyd and and and Chris
Speaker 1: Jones that Allen Robinson isn't on and then running out
Speaker 1: of the slot. You can even start Anthony Miller. He'll
Speaker 1: go up against Vikings rookie Jeff Gladden, who has allowed
Speaker 1: four touchdowns in the past three games. A C grade
Speaker 1: on Anthony Miller, a B grade on Darnell Mooney, and
Speaker 1: a B grade on Jimmy Graham. Vikings have only allowed
Speaker 1: three scores to opposing tight ends. However, t J. Hockenson
Speaker 1: found the end zone against them last week. In Minnesota's
Speaker 1: allowing the fourth most yards to opposing tight ends, So
Speaker 1: Graham potentially sitting on a pretty good game here. So
Speaker 1: let's talk about David Montgomery. Um, he's in the concussion protocol.
Speaker 1: We think, we don't know. It's just it's too early
Speaker 1: for us to know if he's gonna go or not.
Speaker 1: But even if he can play, there isn't much to
Speaker 1: like about this matchup. Since getting obliterated by Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: in Week three, no back against Minnesota has top seventy
Speaker 1: five rushing yards and only one has scored. They've given
Speaker 1: up nine receptions per game over the last two so
Speaker 1: Montgomery could chip in a little something through the ground.
Speaker 1: But I think that's probably the the way in which
Speaker 1: he can be helpful. All right, let's go to our
Speaker 1: final matchup, and that is the Broncos taking on the Raiders.
Speaker 1: He already told us you like Drew Lock earlier in
Speaker 1: the show, and he has you take a chance, I
Speaker 1: mean quarterback. So let's talk about the running game for Denver.
Speaker 1: By the way, the first meeting between these two division
Speaker 1: rivals of the season, Melvin Gordon and Philip Lindsay get
Speaker 1: both get a c Last week. Gordon out snapped Lindsay
Speaker 1: six to thirty eight percent, but Lindsay saw more touches. Uh.
Speaker 1: This is one of the worst backfield platoons in all
Speaker 1: of football, but a great matchup for both. Opposing backs
Speaker 1: are averaging four point seven yards per carry and nearly
Speaker 1: one fifty combo yards per game against the Raiders, who
Speaker 1: just surrendered touchdowns to lack backs. Those are charges running
Speaker 1: backs Klin Blage and Gave Neighbors score touchdown. Gabe Neighbors,
Speaker 1: you said, Gabe Neighbors is a football player who scores
Speaker 1: against He also was on Mr Rogers. Neighbors owns the Raiders.
Speaker 1: The Raiders also placed inside linebacker Corey Littleton on the
Speaker 1: COVID to Thursday, which would be huge for these backs
Speaker 1: catching the ball out of the backfield. One of the
Speaker 1: best coverage linebackers in the NFL, so keep your eye
Speaker 1: on Corey Littleton. Would also be huge for Noah fense,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about in a second. I will note quickly
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay, never scored against the Raiders, would be a
Speaker 1: grounder air in his career. He's overdue over to Jerry Judy.
Speaker 1: You can give him a B. Now this is the
Speaker 1: first of many. It's not a revenge game, but it's
Speaker 1: a you should have drafted me instead of Henry Ruggs game. Yes,
Speaker 1: it is so. Jerry Judy certainly motivated for this one
Speaker 1: against the Raiders, who have allowed four different wide receivers
Speaker 1: to top eighty yards over their last three games. Three
Speaker 1: of those wide receivers also scored a touchdown, so that
Speaker 1: secondary has been very leaky and for that reason, I
Speaker 1: like Tim Patrick as well, returned from injury last week,
Speaker 1: played in the snap, saw nine targets. He gets to
Speaker 1: be This game should be a shootout. The over under
Speaker 1: his fifty point five points I mentioned earlier and each
Speaker 1: of Denver's last three games went north of fifty eight points.
Speaker 1: So I like Hatrick a lot here. I want to
Speaker 1: like Noah Fant a lot, but just a little a
Speaker 1: C for him. He's a little banged up, Yeah, the
Speaker 1: ankle injury. He looked, he was clearly hobbled last week
Speaker 1: and now there's no more alack and this is the
Speaker 1: last time I'll mention him. I'm gonna try to pronounce
Speaker 1: his name Albert Oi kuai bunom and not I are
Speaker 1: will not be vulturing Noah Fanse in the red zone.
Speaker 1: But not a great matchup for fans. The Raiders have
Speaker 1: allowed the ninth viewest receptions and yards the tight end position,
Speaker 1: and since Week three the only tight ends to score
Speaker 1: on Vegas where Kelsey and Gronk. Gronk always scores in Vegas,
Speaker 1: by the way, and Fant only had three catches for
Speaker 1: thirty three yards again in the two games against the
Speaker 1: Raiders last year. So just a C for Noah Fanse,
Speaker 1: but not for Drew Lock. He's might take a chance
Speaker 1: on me quarterback. Would slap a be on him if
Speaker 1: I had to over to the Raiders side. Josh Jacobs
Speaker 1: b for him, should see a heavier normal workload this
Speaker 1: week against the Broncos, who have allowed on one combo
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown per game to running back over
Speaker 1: their last three. Jacobs had a hundred plus combo yards
Speaker 1: and two rushing touchdowns in his loan game against Denver
Speaker 1: last year, so a B for him, a A for
Speaker 1: Darren Waller that matchup is not great. The Broncos have
Speaker 1: allowed just two touchdowns to opposing tight ends this year.
Speaker 1: Both of those came in Week one against the Titans,
Speaker 1: by the way, but Atlantic tight ends did just combined
Speaker 1: for eight catches and seventy four yards, and Waller played
Speaker 1: well against Denver last year, averaging seven catches and ninety
Speaker 1: yards across both matchups. Benching Hunter, Renfro and Nelson Agil
Speaker 1: are not gonna get into that too much. And lastly,
Speaker 1: Derek Carr gets a B. Not in love with the
Speaker 1: receiving options as a whole, but he has the individual
Speaker 1: weapons who spread it around. Denver has allowed three passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns and back to back games. Derek Carr has been
Speaker 1: shockingly competent from a fantasy standpoint. Definitely, yeah, I was.
Speaker 1: That's you know, it's odd to say, and I don't
Speaker 1: think we expected it, but he's uh. He looks like
Speaker 1: a guy that might be able to help out in
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