WEBVTT - Week 8 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.119 Football Weekly on the Fan, presented by Green Built Premium 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:10.480 and Devanny's, your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:16.119 football speculation and advice. Fantasy Football Weekly is brought to 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:22.880 you by fanball dot Com, town Hall Family, Greater Twin Cities, 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:29.440 Honda Dealers, Shoe Sensors, Hudson Ford and by Park Tavern 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:35.880 now Wow, along with fanball dot Com Scott Fish, Matt Harrison, 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:42.559 and Brian Johnson. Here's the fans, Paul Charchi in Welcome 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.840 to Week number eight. Fantasy players. 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We will take a handful of calls, 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.440 maybe even before Lightning round, which might happen as well. 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.720 We will also give you premature speculation nine players upon 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:40.120 whom to take a chance. And let's dive into the 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:44.480 Eagles and the Jaguars, another early Saturday game. I know 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.480 some of you got screwed on this deal with Melvin 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:53.160 Gordon last week. Yeah, yeah, just go set your Saturday 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.160 lineup right now for Saturday morning and a clock. Yeah, 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.000 and the alarm clock. I tweeted that to literally set 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.560 because we saw this on Saturday, so like midday Saturday, 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.800 when Melvin Gordon was going to be a game time decision, 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:09.000 I said, look, you're Melvin Gordon owner, it's not crazy 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.000 to set your alarm clock for seven o'clock so you 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.160 know if he's in or out, um and that as 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:16.880 it turned out, that would have probably been a good move. 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:19.400 But I know some of you got burned on this. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.120 Hopefully that won't be the case here, Scott. Let's jump 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.480 into Eagles taking on the Jaguars. Jack for all the 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:28.760 problems that Jaguars have. Defense is still pretty good and uh, 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:33.120 London is a great place for Bortles, so again, it's 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.800 got a good London track Lewis last year. Yeah, but 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.760 I'll start on the eagle side with Wentz in that 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.920 passing game. The Jaguars have been pretty tough, but they 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.360 are missing going to be missing three corner three, three 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.440 defensive backs for this one, two of them that didn't 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:52.960 even make the trip, including a j Bowie boy. Excuse me. Uh, 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.200 Wentz has at least two hundred and seventy five yards 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.480 and multiple touchdowns in four straight The Jags have held 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:02.600 everyone but Mahomes under two thirty five. They're barely allowing 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:06.040 passing yards, but Mahomes had three hundred, Prescott had two touchdowns, 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.760 Brady had two touchdowns. I think it's an okay matchup 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:10.800 for Wentz here. I gave him a B grade in 0:04:10.840 --> 0:04:13.760 the passing game. Jeffrey also gave a B grade. The 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:18.280 Jags allowing the fewest receiving yards and just the second 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:22.760 fewest receiving touchdowns to wide receivers this year. It's pretty 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.440 pretty tough. But since returning from injury, he has at 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.520 least seventy yards and at least one touchdown in three 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.839 of those four games, and he's averaging over ten targets 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.400 a game, seven catches in each. The only dud was 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.120 against the Vikings. I think he's going to be solid here. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.760 I I give him a B grade. I very close 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.880 to him in A grade. But I think this Jags 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.400 defense still going to be pretty tough C grade for 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.400 with all those defensive back injuries. I think that he's 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:50.839 gonna you know, and the third string against lot corners, 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:55.280 the third string slot corner. I like Nelson game. Yeah. 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.800 The only problem is is insanely low, like seven yards 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:02.000 per catch rate he's got. He's got five games under 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.280 forty five yards and in all those games he had 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.839 like four or five six seven catches. You know, it's 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:08.920 that's the problem there. Cole Beasley from the slot a 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:11.200 couple of weeks ago had a really good game, so 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:13.680 I did get agg egg RC grade. I think he's 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:17.880 startable arts A grade. The Jags have held down most 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.200 of the tight ends they faced, but allowed Kelsey to 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.320 explode on them. The difference, he was the only tight 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.839 end to see over five targets on the Jags. Art's 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.760 is Averagina eleven per game. He's gonna have no trouble. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.240 He's gonna have no trouble at all for a small 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:34.960 Wood and Clement. Uh small Wood is he's starting and 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:39.279 he's out snapping. Clement so and he's getting goal and works. 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.600 So although the Jags are top ten against running backs 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.720 this season, they are bottom half in the last three weeks. 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.159 Uh so recently they're not quite as good their number 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.520 one against backs in the receiving game. That's tough. I 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.920 do like Smallwood for a C grade and Clement for 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.640 a bench grade. Though the last three running backs to 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.640 play the Jags all topped eighty seven yards. Right, that's good. 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.520 I'm gonna give a caveat there. It took twenty two carries, 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.080 and over the last two years, no Eagles back has 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.039 had more than eighteen carries. That's the problem. Ya, small 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:10.360 was not going to get that, but he's going to 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.400 get the majority. He's barely startable, but I did give 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.560 him se grade. On the Jag side, London, Blake Bortles 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.000 has eight touchdowns in the last three games in London. 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:21.840 The Eagles have a lot of multiple touchdowns and or 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.279 three hundred yards to three of the last four quarterbacks 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.159 they played. It would be just like the NFL for 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.200 portals to look just dreadful. Then show up for this 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.440 you your Super Bowl champion Eagles, and then have a 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.800 big game. Exactly. That's I gave him a C grade 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.560 because he could be benched by halftime, or he could 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:43.640 be London Blake Bortles. Uh, Cole I benched killing Cole Westbrook. 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.440 I also benched. His numbers have gone down every week 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.560 since Week four for Cole, four games under forty five 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:52.479 yards in the last five chart, seven targets out of 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.520 nowhere last week. But he's still bench. We can't trust him. 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.360 I'm giving a SEA grade to Donte Moncrief. Weirdly, Blake 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.479 Bartles has targeted his big receiver, whether it be the 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.400 tight end or a big receiver, in most of those 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.799 eight touchdowns in London, and uh, he's a mon Creef 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:08.799 has had thirty three targets in the last four games 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.400 over seventy five yards, and three of them kind of 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.800 craped the bat against Dallas. But Phil is allowing the 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.360 third most receptions and fifth most yards to wide receivers. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.680 I think mon Creeve is playable here all right. As 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:22.000 for Hide and yelled in I had this flipped, but 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.920 I'm gonna flip it again right here. With reports that 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.840 Hyde might see six of the touches, I'm flipping over 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.480 to I think I might flip to Bench and both 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.679 honestly until I see what I think you showed against 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.239 the Eagles. I was going to give Hide a bench 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.800 and yelled in a see because through the through the 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:41.280 area the Eagles can be you know, played against. But 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:43.760 I'm just benching now with these new reports that Hides 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.920 canna see more work. Yeah, and for Hide now you can't. 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:48.880 You don't really want to start him against a great 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:52.200 Eagles run defense, maybe the best in the NFL, and 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:54.040 his first game back, we don't know how much the 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.480 playbook even knows and ever what his usage will be. Yeah, 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.880 then he gets to buy. Then he gets Leonard for 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.800 Net coming back. And this is why I've been saying, 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:03.680 you know, there's a real scenario out there where you 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.520 could just drop Hide or try to trade Hide maybe 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:12.400 come now, you know you know that's there? Is that right? 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.400 I mean? The Fortnet thing is still a huge, huge 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.160 question mark. And if Fortnette doesn't come back, well, then 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.200 Hide becomes a quasi flex player every week. Who knows, 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:25.239 But I gotta believe for net by now after after 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.520 two weeks from now, he's got to be ready, right, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:33.920 you think you'd think Let's move on Brown's taking on 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.640 the Steelers. Brian Um expected a lot more from the 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.719 Browns against a terrible Tampa secondary last week, and now 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.600 they get another bad secondary. Do you feel better about 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.920 Baker Mayfield this week? And do you think he improves 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.800 upon a mediocre performance last week? Yeah, you would hope. 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.720 So these teams didn't meet in Week one with the 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:56.320 Browns entirely different team. Tyrod Taylor started that game. Carlos 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:57.840 Hide was on the team. They were also playing in 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.559 the tail end of a hurricane. Literally that's you never 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.240 think whatever hit Cleveland, but yeah I did. So let's 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.240 start with you know, Hide obviously gone. Let's start with 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.440 Nick Chub real quick. Hide had twenty two carries in 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.839 that Week one game against pitt Pittsburgh, but since then, 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.040 only one other opposing running back has top to eleven 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.280 carries against the Steelers. UH teams are running under thirty 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.120 five percent of the time against them. Game scripts do 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.280 not favor backs on the ground. Chubb actually had twenty 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:23.320 one yards on three carries in the opener, so if 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.680 you extrapolate that seven yards per carry, he gets fifteen. 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.320 But he's only in a flexi level play for me 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:30.600 because of the volume, it's not gonna be their fifteen 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.160 carries is very ceilings. So just to see for him, Uh, 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:34.960 you think could be a game for Duke Johnson, but 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.000 it is not. He's on the bench. The Steelers have 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:38.960 given up a league low three point five catches and 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.280 only twenty one receiving yards per game to running backs. 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.000 Duke Onie Mustard twenty five combo yards in the first 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.920 meeting on one catch, so he's on the pine Jarvis 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.800 Landry complete opposite. He is in with an A grade 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.079 fifteen targets in week one. Only Adam Feeland has logged 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.680 more games with at least ten targets and the ten 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.640 wide receiver touchdowns the Steelers have allowed, which is a lot, 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:02.439 six have gone to spot Seavers and Landry had a 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.640 great game in the opener, so he's a safe, safe play. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.640 Antonio Callaway. Though he's on the bench. He's had frying 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.720 panhans of late, lots of drops, only two targets last week. 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.640 Just mentioned that Landry saw fifteen targets in the first meeting. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.600 All the other Cleveland wide receivers combined for only eight 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.000 targets in that first game. Callaway had just one, So 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.800 he's on the bench. But David and Joku another a 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.360 for Cleveland. Pittsburgh has allowed the most receptions, the sixth 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.360 most yards, and been tied for the seven most touchdowns 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.000 allowed to tight ends. The Ravens tight ends total ten 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.920 catches for ninety nine yards against the Steelers, and Joco 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.920 was in a smash spot here this week. I can't 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.440 I can't argue that by any means. And then Baker Mayfield, 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.080 I'm gonna give him a conservative sea here. But you 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.760 love Njoku, you love Landry. Mayfield is startable h posing 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.600 the quarterbacks passing forty one times per game against the Steelers, 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.520 So Mayfield will be thrown in this one. Over to 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.280 the Steelers side. A lot of good stuff to talk about, 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:57.319 starting with James Conner, who Cleveland steamer the Browns one 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:01.320 for a hundred ninety plus combo yards to touchdown. Uh 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.880 No Levy on Bill yet again. And here's one great 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.920 stat I found on Twitter from Graham Barfield. Connor is 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:11.040 averaging over five yards per carry on seventy seventeen point 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:13.640 five percent of his attempts when facing a stacked box. 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.520 Levan Bell is averaging three point two yards per carry 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.640 over the last two years when facing stack box stack 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.760 box on sevenercent of his carry So basically, Connor is 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:24.480 just as good as Levy on Bill, there's a stead 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.440 he wasn't. I I talked to somebody at the Friday 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:31.079 Football Feast yesterday yesterday. Excuse me who was selling Connor 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.000 on the cheap because he, you know, he firmly believed 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:35.520 that Bell is gonna come back and take his job. 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.800 I'm like, why would that happen? He's playing every bit 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.240 as well, if not better than Bell ever played, So 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:43.760 why would the team suddenly up end their depth chart? 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:45.520 And if you remember I did that in the past 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.400 when Bill was suspended in D'Angelo Williams was playing very well. 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.160 Everyone thought when Bill came back it was gonna be 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:54.040 a timeshare. But nope, Bill, they don't timeshare. No, they 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.559 never timeshare. And Connor's your starter when Bell comes back. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.520 Connors a starter for a team that never time sharrees 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:02.280 agreed can today Antonio Brown obviously your starter and your 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:05.720 fans lineup easy A worth mentioning starting quarterback E J. 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.120 Gaines is out for Cleveland and free safety da Marius 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:11.079 Randall questionable to play. So easy A for Brown, I'll 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:14.040 give out Juju Smith Schuster a b uh. He will 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:17.200 be facing the latest three names slot cornerback in the NFL, 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.320 Brian Body Calhoun. Does he have to change his last 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:26.240 name like Lake Calhoun anymore? But Juju has average seven 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.120 catches and a hundred thirty one yards over his last 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.600 two against Cleveland. Very safe B grade as uh vans 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:33.800 McDonald will get as well. He missed the first game 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.720 between these two teams with Jesse James had sixty yards 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:38.880 in that game. Cleveland has given up the seventh most 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:41.480 catches to tight ends. So Vance is in a good 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.440 spot and Big Ben gets an A at home. That's simple. 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.360 This is actually his uh first home game against Cleveland. 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.800 Those missed the last two because of injury. But for 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.079 what it's worth, in that last meeting, three seventy nine 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.320 and three might be a safe floor for Ben in 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.440 this one. Yeah. I like I like that a lot. 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:00.360 I think he I've got him at quarterback number six 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.719 six this week. Yeah, I'd like been a lot in 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.520 this game. Uh, let's I'm gonna try to squeeze in 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:10.160 the Redskins taking on the Giants. Let's start with Adrian Peterson. Um, 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.480 I've been I've every week. I'm kind of more and 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.960 more surprised. I not that I thought he wouldn't be good. 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.480 I just figured by now we'd be hurt, dinged up 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.640 things that have just somehow gone off the rails. Nope, 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.400 he's He's been terrific. H New York has given up 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.480 a touchdown to a running back in all seven of 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.480 their games. One way or now. They're not all rushing 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.560 but mostly rushing. They rank eleventh and rushing yards allowed 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.840 eleventh and rushing yards per carry, which is pretty good. 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:37.080 And Chris Thompson's still not right. And even if Chris 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:40.000 Thompson goes, he's a game time decision. APS got forty 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:42.480 one out of the forty five team rushing attempts the 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.480 last few weeks. A beast b great on Adrian. Don't 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:47.760 forget no more snacks, Harrison. So those nobs. That's a 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.560 great point. That's you're absolutely right. That's very fair point, 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:52.880 by the way, about Matt. About Matt Harrison, our co host. 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:56.200 We should start calling him Snack Harrison with one s. Oh. 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:01.079 I like that Snack Harrison Harrison. All right, Uh, maybe 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:05.559 it's snap because he's one t snat Harrison. Let's go 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:07.760 to the passing Chris Thompson. Let me just one other 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.800 running back mentioned here. I think he might play, but 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:12.880 before the injury, he was trending in the wrong direction. 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.280 I'm nervous about starting him here. The Giants pass defense 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.240 broadly has been very good, and they're giving up just 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.160 forty three receiving yards through the air two runners. So 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:23.640 let's just wait and see. On Chris Thompson, I'm seeing 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.360 get him dropped in some leagues. This is the wrong 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:27.200 time to drop him. He's coming back, but I don't 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.520 want to start him here. Let's go to the passing game. 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.480 C grade on Alex Smith. Giants pass defense has been 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.880 beating up pretty badly over the last three weeks, but 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.680 that was against Cam Newton, Carson Wentzon, Matt Ryan. Those 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.680 are elite level quarterbacks. Alex Smith is not playing at 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:44.400 that level, especially with his receivers all banged up. Jamison 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:48.080 Crowder won't play. Paul Richardson's a maybe Elia Apple is 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:52.440 gone and Grant Haley will fill in. Brian, what is 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:58.000 Grant Haley? Yeah, it's just he's just some guy. He's 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.440 a he's a thing now, all right, So you'll get 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.640 him Grant. I had Alex Smith as a as a 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.680 bench before the trade. I've got him as a C 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.200 grade right now. Paul Richardson, if he goes, you could 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.040 throw a dart here and gamble that he plays in that. 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:13.080 The Giant secondary discombobulated in its first game without Eli Apple. 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.680 Apple played one side of the field, So if Grant 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:17.600 Haley is going to play that side, they can just 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.520 put Paul Richardson on that side every play if they 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:22.400 want to. They could be way more combobulated without Eli Apple. 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.840 It could be additioned by subtraction. That is possible. Actually, 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:28.240 I looked up Eli's uh uh every I looked up 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:31.000 all of his His coverage numbers on Pro Football focuses 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:32.920 are actually pretty good. He was actually having a pretty 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:34.800 good season. I think he's only given up one touchdown 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:38.360 in his coverage all year. Um. Lastly, Jordan read on 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.320 the bench to what a massive disappointment he's been. If 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:42.920 I had told you guys at the beginning of the 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.400 season that through eight weeks he had play healthy and 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:48.920 playing every single week. What kind of numbers do you 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:52.600 think you would have gotten out of Jordan Reed? Way 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:57.480 better ones and far better. Right might be outscoring him 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.840 right now, or it's got to be pretty close watch. 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.360 I think it is probably pretty close between those guys. 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.520 Jordan read right now as we enter a week eight, 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:10.480 has one touchdown two hundred sixty eight yards and by 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.760 the way, that's forty yards of game forty. That's it. 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.640 It's been. It's been a disaster for Jordan Reid. We're 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:18.320 gonna put him on the on the bench. The Giants 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.280 have been great against tight ends all season. They've given 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:22.760 up just four receptions to the position per game. They've 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.160 only given up one tight end score all year. Flipping 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:29.240 quickly to the Giant side, sat Kwon Barkley has a 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.400 tough match up against Washington, the team that just held 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.840 Zeke to their second lowest rushing total of his career. 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.520 No back has top sixty one yards on the ground 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:40.960 against them worst over the past three games. They've held Zeke, 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:46.480 Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara, and mark Ingram four outstanding RB 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:52.400 ones to a total of one thirty rushing yards. That's amazing. 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:54.760 So se Kwan is gonna have to do it. It's 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:56.600 gonna have to find a way into the endzone, which 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:58.880 is done in almost every game, and it's been a 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.800 series of torutal matchups. I'm tired of saying this for 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.400 Barkley for once. I want to just have an easy 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.119 matchup and even coast through. But this is not going 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.280 to be a testament to Peterson because he's running so 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.320 well that are able to control the clock and running 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.399 might be part of it. All right, Let's go to 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.560 the passing games C grade and Eli Manning dreadful and 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.200 his two matchups against Washington last year. Get this against 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.520 the Redskins last year. One hundred thirteen yards. One hundred 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:27.960 thirty two yards. That's a starting NFL quarterback, terrible Redskins 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.480 of the twelfth ranked secondary. It's not great, and Josh 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.720 Norman is awful, but it's a It's a lot better 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.800 than what we saw against Atlanta last week. Eli's averaging 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.000 just one touchdown per game, and aside from Odell Beckham, 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.240 I don't see a lot of positive matchups among his receivers. 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:43.639 Just to see grade here. Odell Beckham sums to a 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:46.639 C grade as well. Against Washington, He's average one hundred 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.920 six receiving yards and one touchdown over the last five games, 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.760 which I love. Redskins defense has allowed at least two 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:55.000 hundred fifty passing years and or multiple touchdown passes in 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.000 every game. Um, actually, I don't think I sho meant 0:17:58.000 --> 0:17:59.600 to have him as a SEA. Wait a minute, and 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:01.159 I think I need to have him up as an 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.560 A or B hanging. I'm double checking my notes on this. 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.320 Oh yeah, he's an A. Sorry A grade on Oldell 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.879 Beckham had him slott in the wrong place. I'm like 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:10.639 reading this, going, this is all good news for Beckham. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.879 The whole thing's good night. What am I talking about? 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.399 Redskins best cornerback Quinn Dunbar is missing practice with a 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:20.679 mysterious nerve ailment and he may not go and so 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:25.320 Beckham potentially getting backup work behind him at the cornerback position. 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:29.000 So I Beckham a start C grade and I think 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.480 this one is correct for Sterling Shepherd. Shepherd accounts of 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:35.880 Eli Manning's passing yards five reception seventy three yards on average. 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.840 This is a This is significant for an offense that 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.240 passes a lot more than any other team in the league. 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.440 The Redskins starting slack corner Fabium Row suffering ankle injury 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.800 and Sunday, and if he doesn't go, Sterling Shepherd could 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:53.879 have backup coverage on him too. Then lastly, Evan Ingram 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.320 quiet last week in his first game back. Redskins rank 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:58.320 in the top half of the league and yards fantasy 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.040 points allowed to tight ends through six games, though they 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:03.080 have not allowed a single tight end to go for 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:05.160 fifty yards. I've just got a C grade and Evan Ingram. 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.440 We're gonna be cautious on on Ingram in this matchup. 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.359 Um Sterling Shepard could could will vault up to a 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:16.200 B start if we If Fabian Moreau is out. Washington 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.680 has allowed five wide receiver touch shows last like two 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:21.119 or three weeks, and part of Josh and Norman has 0:19:21.119 --> 0:19:23.199 given up almost hey like half of them. He's a 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:26.119 disaster out there. He's all He's all name and reputation. 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.800 At this point, when we come back, nine players not 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.160 normally in your starting lineup, take a chance on us 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:37.240 after this. This is Fantasy Football Weekly presented my green 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:42.480 Bell Premium on the Van size does matter. Hey, it's 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:50.280 Mark Rosen at six ft five. It is take a 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.359 chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup. 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.680 Three quarterbacks, three on the backs, three receivers. We begin 0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:02.679 at the quarterback position. Scott got turned on Mike. I 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.240 have mitched Robinsky. I actually really sneakily like both the 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.840 quarterbacks in this game. But Mitch Dusk, that's you really 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:11.560 should have gone with the other quarterback in this game 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:15.240