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Speaker 1: hosts today are Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Hey guys, Hey,
Speaker 1: how's it going.
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Speaker 1: No, Colin mccochney, No, no, no, In fact, all.
Speaker 4: Right, I'll stay then I'll stick around it is.
Speaker 2: It is sad to report his his emergency issues at
Speaker 2: Mayo Clinic last week did.
Speaker 1: Not go well. No on life support.
Speaker 5: Yeah, sounds like Cony not gonna make it.
Speaker 1: We're considering it GoFundMe for Colin mccockney due to the
Speaker 1: staggering medical bills that he's he's heard while here. We're
Speaker 1: got plenty to go get do it.
Speaker 5: We'll definitely get to it.
Speaker 1: Yes, for sure, We've got a London game. We'll call
Speaker 1: and do it from bedside. Now find out absolutely not.
Speaker 1: We'll give you nine players upon whom you can take
Speaker 1: a chance. We'll answer three tough questions we'll give you
Speaker 1: premature speculation. Players will break down every game Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: Weekly style with letter grades on every meaningful player, and
Speaker 1: we're going to answer the really difficult questions surrounding the
Speaker 1: Indianapolis running game with Zach Moss and Jonathan Taylor excited
Speaker 1: to dive into that. Let's get right into the matchups,
Speaker 1: beginning with the Lions taking on the Buccaneers. Scott Lions
Speaker 1: offense has been really fantastic Later good No, Jamir Gibbs, Nope.
Speaker 1: I view David Montgomery as a top five fantasy running
Speaker 1: back at this moment.
Speaker 5: Yes, I completely agree.
Speaker 2: The way they're using him, the way they want to
Speaker 2: use him, he's bordering on automatic. A each week's territory
Speaker 2: is really what it is. His giant workload of twenty
Speaker 2: three point two five touches per game.
Speaker 5: You gotta love that.
Speaker 2: It's mostly carries, that's for sure, and backs have not
Speaker 2: done well against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers their opponent for
Speaker 2: this week. But outside of that Eagle and because outside
Speaker 2: of that Eagles game, no running back has had more
Speaker 2: than eleven carries.
Speaker 5: That's really what it is.
Speaker 2: The Eagles are the one team that truly went after
Speaker 2: the ground game against them, and they did that to
Speaker 2: the tune of thirty carries for one hundred and seventy
Speaker 2: three yards. So if you stick to the run game,
Speaker 2: it seems like they're beatable on the ground. I did
Speaker 2: give Montgomery an A grade in this one. Over to
Speaker 2: the passing game, Jared Goff's getting a B grade. Now
Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm gonna preface this with this matchup. The
Speaker 2: Bucks currently rank top I believe top seven or eight
Speaker 2: in almost in just top twelve, definitely in a bunch
Speaker 2: of defensive categories, but top seven or eight against every
Speaker 2: single position quarterback, running back, wide receiver, or to end,
Speaker 2: tight end. So it's not the best defensive matchup, not
Speaker 2: the best matchup for this offense. But I believe in
Speaker 2: Ben Johnson snapping balls between quarterbacks, legs to the running
Speaker 2: back and doing trick plays. I believe in Ben Johnson
Speaker 2: and this Lion's offense. Bucks sixpence defensive DVOA DVOA. Only
Speaker 2: one three hundred yard day for Jared Goff. In fact,
Speaker 2: his highest is two hundred and fifty three yards outside
Speaker 2: of that one day and only two multi score games,
Speaker 2: but he's safely been a two hundred and thirty plus
Speaker 2: and a score guy, which is sea level B or
Speaker 2: sea level you know, depending on what you.
Speaker 1: Have, you go see the downso see the downside. And
Speaker 1: golf is just Montgomery eats so many touchdowns.
Speaker 5: It is it is.
Speaker 2: I do have a bee here just because there's so
Speaker 2: many opportunities for this lion's offense to score. So I
Speaker 2: gave him. I gave him the upside of a B
Speaker 2: grade on this one. I'm on ros Saint Brow practice
Speaker 2: fully on Friday. We fully expect him to go.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 2: Cards are third toughest against the slot. But honestly, it's
Speaker 2: a Moanra. All but one lead receiver has went for
Speaker 2: one hundred plus on the Bucks full practices. Amra's a
Speaker 2: nine catch a game eighty two plus yards coin flip
Speaker 2: of a score.
Speaker 5: That's an A grade for me.
Speaker 1: What do you think of Josh Reynolds. I think is
Speaker 1: a much trickier decision.
Speaker 2: I actually have a C grade on him because Laporta
Speaker 2: has been not practicing. He went through walkthrough on Friday,
Speaker 2: but not practicing with that sea with that, with that injury,
Speaker 2: I believe that he might be a little limited.
Speaker 5: Sounds like he's gonna be good to go.
Speaker 2: But if it, if it flares up, he might Josh
Speaker 2: Reynolds might see extra work. Second wide receivers have topped
Speaker 2: fifty yards in every game and scored in all but one.
Speaker 2: Wow against this Tampa Bay team. Josh Reynolds, maybe he
Speaker 2: is a conservative grain for if you look at Josh Reynolds,
Speaker 2: He's had sixty six plus yards in four of the
Speaker 2: five games. He's had three to five catches in each
Speaker 2: of the games. Nine to twelve points is Sea territory.
Speaker 2: You do want the score though, So on him, I
Speaker 2: believe I said I mentioned Laporta.
Speaker 5: You know he's kind of questionable.
Speaker 2: He's an auto A. If he starts, he's a top
Speaker 2: five tight end. If he doesn't go, he doesn't go.
Speaker 2: But if you're starting Tom, if he goes over to
Speaker 2: the other side, the buck side. Baker Mayfield, I got
Speaker 2: a C grade on him. Lion's third best in d
Speaker 2: defensive d v O A lines of However, lines have
Speaker 2: allowed multiple scores to every QB they faced. Not named Desmond, right,
Speaker 2: So that's pretty good Baker.
Speaker 1: We had down. Look, we get plenty of things wrong. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we we identified Baker Mayfield and this early schedule really early.
Speaker 1: You know, in the preseason, we're like this, he's got
Speaker 1: this run of games or he's gonna have really positive opportunities.
Speaker 5: Right.
Speaker 2: And one thing that I didn't target before the season,
Speaker 2: but I really should have should have was their OC
Speaker 2: Dave Canalis made Gino Smith really something last year and
Speaker 2: he left and now Gino's Baker's having having some having
Speaker 2: kind of a heyday. By the way, those four corequarter
Speaker 2: backs that the Bucks of you know, the the Bucks
Speaker 2: have faced, also all got two hundred and forty five
Speaker 2: plus yards. So if you're if you're pegging in two
Speaker 2: hundred and forty five yards and a score or two
Speaker 2: for Baker Mayfield, we're talking Sea territory, maybe b if
Speaker 2: if he can. But he's only got one more one
Speaker 2: multi score game, so let's give him a see there.
Speaker 2: Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, I'm giving them both sees.
Speaker 2: It's kind of kind of frustrating that the first three
Speaker 2: weeks Mike Evans was the better one. He plays Marshawn Latimore.
Speaker 2: In week four, Chris Godwin has the better week. They
Speaker 2: both have, you know, a little bit of tougher matchups.
Speaker 2: Camp South Camp, Sutton allows a ninety five passer rating
Speaker 2: against fifty four percent completion against. That's going to be
Speaker 2: up against Mike Evans. Chris Godwin's going to get the
Speaker 2: easier matchup against Jerry Jacobs, allowing a lot easier. I think, Yeah,
Speaker 2: so I have c grades on them both. If I
Speaker 2: had to bet against one or bet for one, it
Speaker 2: would be Mike Evans, who in the non Marshall lane
Speaker 2: more games, had the better scores. A sneaky, sneaky, sneaky
Speaker 2: dart throw that I can't give a starting grade to.
Speaker 2: I just can't do it is Trey Pomer. He's only
Speaker 2: got one to two catches a game, but he's going
Speaker 2: in the slot where he's gonna get Will Harris, who's
Speaker 2: allowing nearly a half a fantasy point per route run,
Speaker 2: a one eighteen passer rating against an eighty seven percent
Speaker 2: completion percentage against. And he's allowing thirteen yards per attempt
Speaker 2: against thirteen yards per attempt against a slot corner.
Speaker 5: Like, that's a lot.
Speaker 1: Of yards per Palmer run from the slot that much.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think of Godwin as being more of
Speaker 1: the slot guy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's he's actually moved outside quite a bit. I
Speaker 2: could get I could get the I need it.
Speaker 1: Right this second.
Speaker 5: You don't need it right this U.
Speaker 1: But I am interested in attacking the slot against the
Speaker 1: Bucks or against the Lions rather with Chauncey Gardner Johnson out.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so I was going to try to I think
Speaker 5: for shot.
Speaker 1: White is probably the last guy of note.
Speaker 2: Right yeah, way, just the last guy of note. I
Speaker 2: was going to try to grab that. Uh Rashad White
Speaker 2: I actually have.
Speaker 5: On the bench.
Speaker 2: I guess he could be a dart throw because he's
Speaker 2: getting eighteen nineteen touches a game. But man, it took
Speaker 2: Ken Walker seventeen carries just to hit forty three yards.
Speaker 3: White.
Speaker 2: What he's doing with this nineteen touches is super inefficient.
Speaker 2: He's topped eleven Fantasy points just once. No touchdowns, no touchdowns. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: absolutely so it's it's.
Speaker 1: Just defense is turning into a beast.
Speaker 2: You could you could give him. You could give him
Speaker 2: the volume seed. By the way, Trey Palmer fifty five
Speaker 2: percent from the slot.
Speaker 1: Okay, thank you.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you could give him the volume seed.
Speaker 2: But I have him on the bench forced fourth worst
Speaker 2: rushing yards over expected for rush White this year.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Seahawks taking on the Bengals. Brian
Speaker 1: for the Seahawks side Kenneth Walker, the aforementioned Kenneth Walker
Speaker 1: has just turned into an automatic start at this point.
Speaker 6: He's more than that, he's getting the fan to see Fonsie.
Speaker 6: The Bengals own the highest opponent rushing yard percentage at
Speaker 6: forty four percent, meaning that nearly half of their opponent's
Speaker 6: total yards have come on the ground. That's a great
Speaker 6: ratio for running backs since he also allowing one hundred
Speaker 6: and seven rushing yards per game to running backs that
Speaker 6: is fifth most. And when we last saw the Seahawks
Speaker 6: in Week four, if they're coming off their bye in
Speaker 6: week five, they had one healthy starting offensive lineman, they
Speaker 6: expect all their starters back for this game. And despite
Speaker 6: having that bye week already, Walker has tied for third
Speaker 6: among running backs with five rushing touchdowns, also fifth in
Speaker 6: red zone carries, just one fewer than Isaiah Pacheco, who
Speaker 6: has played six games and Walker has played four. So
Speaker 6: the Fonsie for Kenneth Zach Charvina on the bench gets
Speaker 6: clearly clearly taken a back seat in that backfield over
Speaker 6: the wide receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett both get
Speaker 6: a C. I don't like the passing game nearly as
Speaker 6: much as the ground game for Seattle in this one.
Speaker 6: The Bengal are allowing just ten catches and one hundred
Speaker 6: and forty yards per game to wide receivers as a whole.
Speaker 6: That is not good when it comes to Metcalf and
Speaker 6: Lockett's prospects. But since he has surrendered surrendered a wide
Speaker 6: receiver touchdown in four straight games, so they are both
Speaker 6: still startable. Jackson Smith and Jigba not startable. Has yet
Speaker 6: to top thirty five yards. He is on the bench,
Speaker 6: as are all the tight ends for Seattle. He just
Speaker 6: can't trust any of them. Lastly, for Seattle, Gino Smith,
Speaker 6: I'll give him the see. Not the best match up here.
Speaker 6: The Bengals are allowing two hundred and thirteen passing yards
Speaker 6: and one point four passing touchdowns per game, so the
Speaker 6: touchdowns aren't too bad. That's why we'll start Gino still,
Speaker 6: but just barely. It's really all about Walker in this
Speaker 6: game over the Bengals side, starting with Joe Mixon going
Speaker 6: to give him a see. Mixon is playing seventy five
Speaker 6: percent of the snaps for the Bengals, which is great.
Speaker 6: He's getting a ton of volume, but he's not doing
Speaker 6: much with it, mixingan excuse me mixin. Averaging less than
Speaker 6: five yards per touch not good, just one total touchdown
Speaker 6: all season.
Speaker 2: His part of that is his up the middle like
Speaker 2: runs up the middle rate is second worse than the NFL,
Speaker 2: like something like sixty sixty five percent of his runs
Speaker 2: are straight.
Speaker 5: Up the middle. That's not gonna not mark it. That's
Speaker 5: not gonna be good.
Speaker 6: And what else isn't working? When he gets the ball
Speaker 6: inside the ten yard line? Oh for ten carries inside
Speaker 6: a touchdown from inside the ten so brutal.
Speaker 4: Just to see for mixing.
Speaker 1: Has he scored this year?
Speaker 6: I think he's got one one touchdown. It wasn't from
Speaker 6: inside the ten yard line. I can tell you that much.
Speaker 6: Who has scored more than once this year? Jamar Chase.
Speaker 6: He gets an a last week was cathartic if you
Speaker 6: drafted Jamar Chase, especially with the with the first overall pick,
Speaker 6: which I did in a fair amount of leagues, you know,
Speaker 6: bucking the trend and not daking Jefferson. Very solid matchup
Speaker 6: for Chase here as the Seahawks are allowing nineteen catches
Speaker 6: and two hundred and twenty yards per game to wide receivers,
Speaker 6: and they have surrendered five touchdowns the position over their
Speaker 6: last three games alone. So love Chase obviously, with an
Speaker 6: A A. T. Higgins trending towards playing with the rib injury,
Speaker 6: if he does, I will give him the sea. We've
Speaker 6: seen Higgins play when he's been on the fence and
Speaker 6: then leave that right. That was more of like a
Speaker 6: lower body injury. So if he plays, I'll give him
Speaker 6: the sea.
Speaker 3: I saw.
Speaker 1: I heard he's Scott. If he's gonna play, he has
Speaker 1: to take some kind of mid chest injection if it's
Speaker 1: a pain killer, if he's gonna try to play through it,
Speaker 1: which sounds like awful, like wedging a needle between the
Speaker 1: ribs or something.
Speaker 4: That's what they do when you get rabies.
Speaker 2: I think this kind of stuff is the fantasy killer
Speaker 2: Higgins when he's suiting up and not scoring, but he's
Speaker 2: in so you want to start him.
Speaker 1: I think I'm out on Higgins. T.
Speaker 4: Higgins is a dog.
Speaker 5: Though he's a dog, he's.
Speaker 4: Got that dog in him.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna I'm gonna throw a segar at Tyler Boyd
Speaker 6: either way, regardless of whether Higgins plays or not. Again,
Speaker 6: the Seahawks giving up a good production to opposing wide
Speaker 6: receivers Irv Smith Junior. Though he is on the bench,
Speaker 6: he wasn't even targeted last week when Joe Burrow threw
Speaker 6: for three hundred plus yards. Tight ends are fools goal
Speaker 6: the year in and year out. I will never draft
Speaker 6: one ever again. I promise you that I'm putting it
Speaker 6: on Wax. And lastly, speaking of Joe Burrow, he gets
Speaker 6: an a. The Seahawks on the eighth highest opponent completion
Speaker 6: percentage and as a result, opposing quarterbacks are averaging three
Speaker 6: hundred and five passing yards per game, and Burrow says,
Speaker 6: the calf feels great. Hopefully that injury is behind him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean look great last week. Let's hope that
Speaker 1: that continues. We want the old Joe Burrow back, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it when we come back. Ravens taking on
Speaker 1: the Titans Dereck Henry with a daunting matchup, coming off
Speaker 1: a dud game. What do you do with him when
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Speaker 1: Nine players not normally in your starting lineup, but begin
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. Scott Fish who you got yeah?
Speaker 2: For the quarterback position this week, I have Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 2: I know that he's like QB fifteen on the season,
Speaker 2: but man, he's throwing the ball a ton. The Cards
Speaker 2: are the third worst in defensive DVOA. No team has
Speaker 2: a lower pressure rate than the Arizona Cardinals that just
Speaker 2: twenty five percent, So they're not gonna even get to him.
Speaker 2: Finally had his first multi score game last week, and
Speaker 2: opposing quarterbacks are dropping two hundred and seventy four point
Speaker 2: four yards and two point two touchdowns per game to
Speaker 2: keep East, not to mention a seventy six percent completion percentage.
Speaker 2: By the way, the Rams lead the league in plays
Speaker 2: per game too, so there's a lot of opportunity.
Speaker 1: We talked last week about getting out of Kyron Williams.
Speaker 1: It's this feels like the time this thing's gonna start tilting.
Speaker 1: He's got all those touchdowns, things are going.
Speaker 3: To start tilting.
Speaker 4: I wasn't on the show last.
Speaker 1: Week, clearly not let's go to it. Look you're still right, hey,
Speaker 1: it doesn't change a great call. Don't give up on get,
Speaker 1: but now's the time to sell hide. Let's go to
Speaker 1: your your quarterback, take a chance on the quarterback.
Speaker 6: Broun Oh, you know I gotta go with a revenge
Speaker 6: game and Gardner Minshew at Jacksonville. The Jaguars are very
Speaker 6: much a pass funneling defense. Seventy six percent of their
Speaker 6: opponent's total yards have come through the air, that is
Speaker 6: third most. They are yielding a healthy thirty six pass
Speaker 6: attempts per game, and Jacksonville also owns the seventh highest
Speaker 6: allowed per yards allowed per pass attempt at seven point two.
Speaker 6: That is a very healthy number. These teams met in
Speaker 6: Week one the Colts and Jaguars, and Anthony Richardson started
Speaker 6: that game for Indy. He threw a respectable two hundred
Speaker 6: and twenty three yards and a touchdown in his very
Speaker 6: first game. Is a pro, but I expect Minshew to
Speaker 6: top those passing numbers. Three of the last four quarterbacks
Speaker 6: to face the Jags have thrown for at least two
Speaker 6: hundred and eighty yard cards and multiple touchdowns. The only
Speaker 6: one who failed to reach those benchmarks Desmond Rinter. We
Speaker 6: got to pick on him again.
Speaker 1: Josh Dobbs goes up against the Rams. He looks shockingly competent.
Speaker 1: Back to back multiple touchdown games against San Francisco and
Speaker 1: a good Cincinnati secondary. Rams defense not great. The rank
Speaker 1: twenty second in past rush win rate and thirty first
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus and Coverage, and he's got some
Speaker 1: sneaky value as a rusher as well. The Rams have
Speaker 1: been hammered by Jalen Hurts and Anthony Richardson over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks on the ground, Scott, your take a
Speaker 1: chance on me, Runner?
Speaker 2: Yeah, this one made a little bit easier with the
Speaker 2: news coming out Friday that Miles Sanders was not going
Speaker 2: to suit up. Chuba Hubbard was already working in on
Speaker 2: that split on Miles Sanders. He's the passing down back.
Speaker 2: He does a lot of long down and distant stuff.
Speaker 2: He's going to get all the work this week in
Speaker 2: a game that they're going to be playing catch up
Speaker 2: with Miami.
Speaker 1: Brian, you take a chance on me, Runner.
Speaker 6: I got the Cowboys Rico Dudele at the charger as
Speaker 6: Tony Pollard has been limited by a shoulder injury. So
Speaker 6: if you were to sit or leave this game early
Speaker 6: doubt it would be in a smash spot.
Speaker 4: I expect Pollard to.
Speaker 6: Play, but either way, there should be some meat left
Speaker 6: on the bone for dowdle against a very soft run defense.
Speaker 6: The Chargers are allowing one hundred and forty seven combo
Speaker 6: yards per game to running backs, and despite having their
Speaker 6: bye week already, Las surrendered the seventh most perceptions to
Speaker 6: the position.
Speaker 1: Arizona running back of Mari de Mercado showed up in
Speaker 1: a splashy way last week, and people are freaking out
Speaker 1: because Keante Ingram is listed on top of the Cardinals
Speaker 1: depth chart. I say, who cares? He has been awful
Speaker 1: in every opportunity he's had. Ingram as a career rushing
Speaker 1: average of one point seven yards per carry unfathomably bad. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: de Mercado, in his first ever meaningful work last week,
Speaker 1: rolled up forty five yards, showed some wiggle, scored a touchdown,
Speaker 1: and he can catch Rams are a middle of the
Speaker 1: pack run defense. There's a nice opportunity for super de Marcado,
Speaker 1: super dam Makara. I like it for our Spanish speaking friends. Scott,
Speaker 1: your receiver, take a chance on me, receiver.
Speaker 2: I'm going back to the Jacoby Myers well who has
Speaker 2: of this morning on sleeper has only fifty percent started
Speaker 2: revenge game versus the New England Patriots currently only fifty
Speaker 2: percent started. As I mentioned, ten plus targets, seven plus
Speaker 2: receptions in all Jimmy g starts, he'll see mostly JC Jackson,
Speaker 2: who was one of the worst quarterbacks last year. He
Speaker 2: was even benched this year inactive healthy scratch against the Vikings,
Speaker 2: got traded over New England and he's only.
Speaker 5: Been there for a cup of coffee.
Speaker 2: And now he's got to try to try to defend
Speaker 2: Jacoby Myers, who leads the NFL in targets inside the ten.
Speaker 1: If you want to know just how bad Bill Belichick
Speaker 1: is as a general manager, he let Jacoby Myers walk
Speaker 1: so he can sign Juju Smith Schuster to the same deal.
Speaker 5: Who won't play in this game.
Speaker 1: Oh, anyway, Brian, you take a chance on me receiver.
Speaker 4: I'm sticking with the Cowboys. Up the Chargers.
Speaker 6: I got Michael Gallup, finally a great matchup for the
Speaker 6: Cowboy offense, especially their wide receivers.
Speaker 4: The Chargers are.
Speaker 6: Allowing fifteen catches, two hundred and thirty two yards, and
Speaker 6: one point five touchdowns per game to opposing wideouts. Over
Speaker 6: the last three weeks, Gallup has seen eighteen targets, while
Speaker 6: Brandon Cooks has drawn fifteen looks. During that span, Gallup
Speaker 6: has total thirteen catches for one hundred and sixty seven yards.
Speaker 6: Cooks just seven catches for forty eight yards. He's not
Speaker 6: looking too good. Cooks that news.
Speaker 4: Cooks looking cooked.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 4: I got right itself there.
Speaker 1: kJ Osbourn goes up against Chicago and now is a
Speaker 1: lead role. He's going to take the Justin Jefferson routes.
Speaker 1: According to head coach Kevin O'Connell's a pretty straight shooter.
Speaker 1: Chicago's got an excellent cornerback Jalen Johnson, who's going to
Speaker 1: return for this game, but I think he's going to
Speaker 1: be shadowing Jordan Addison expected to go in this one.
Speaker 1: The rest of the Bear secondary very suspect, especially if
Speaker 1: Eddie Jackson misses another game. Bears are allowing the ninth
Speaker 1: most fantasy points to wide outs, and we've seen some
Speaker 1: other slippery players like kJ Osbourne, Curtis Samuel Romeo Dobbs
Speaker 1: have success against Chicago and when he runs out of
Speaker 1: the slot, he's got a fantastic matchup against Greg Stroman,
Speaker 1: the sausage King Chicago. Let's go to Ravens taking on
Speaker 1: the Titans. I want to start with the running game
Speaker 1: where we're putting both Justice Hill and Gus Edwards on
Speaker 1: the bench. Hill and Gus roughly even in snaps and
Speaker 1: touches over the past two weeks, with just waters down
Speaker 1: their efficiency. Zack Moss randomly destroyed the Titans last week,
Speaker 1: but that's way outside the norm. Prior to Moss last week,
Speaker 1: no back had top sixty seven yards in twenty one
Speaker 1: straight games against Tennessee. Non Zack Moss, runners have averaged
Speaker 1: only three point one yards per carry, and Tennessee ranks
Speaker 1: third and tackling by Pro Football Focus. So we're gonna
Speaker 1: bench both Hill and Edwards from the Ravens. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the passing game. Eight drops last week by the
Speaker 1: Ravens receivers eight including two sure fire touchdowns that were
Speaker 1: taken away from Lamar Jackson as he goes up against Tennessee. Now,
Speaker 1: Tennessee looks like their past evens has been better lately,
Speaker 1: but they goosegged a gimpy Joe Burrow and Gardner Minshew
Speaker 1: the past two weeks. The previous three quarterbacks to face
Speaker 1: Tennessee averaged three hundred yards and two scores, and that
Speaker 1: would be the upside for Jackson here who's throwing more
Speaker 1: downfield last two games nine yards per pass attempt. I
Speaker 1: like that. Tennessee's been very good at stopping quarterbacks via
Speaker 1: the ground, though last week in a short look, Anthony
Speaker 1: Richardson only had five yards. Last year, Jonathan Allen Josh
Speaker 1: Allen ran for ten yards, Jalen Hurts ran for twelve yards.
Speaker 1: So I can only get to a B grade here
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson, but I do like him as a
Speaker 1: solid starter. Mark Andrews coming off the game with three drops,
Speaker 1: including an easy touchdown. On the season, he leads all
Speaker 1: tight ends and drops and drop percentage. Titans have not
Speaker 1: allowed a tight end score, but they've also faced a
Speaker 1: lot of bottom tier tight ends. So far, eighty percent
Speaker 1: of the targets two tight ends have been completed against
Speaker 1: the Titans. So we're coming in with a B grade
Speaker 1: on Mark Andrews and a hopeful bounce back game off
Speaker 1: of last week's brutal endeavor. Zay Flowers dropped a touchdown
Speaker 1: last week as well. He's the team's leader in routes
Speaker 1: and his ten plus targets in three of five games.
Speaker 1: Titans allowing the third most receptions and the seventh most
Speaker 1: receiving yards per game to wide receivers. Flowers runs from
Speaker 1: all over the field, but it's got a particularly juicy
Speaker 1: matchup against cornerback Christian Fulton, who's PFF's sixth worst graded cornerback.
Speaker 1: Let's go over to the Titan side. There's only two
Speaker 1: players you care about. We begin with King Henry. He
Speaker 1: smoked these Ravens last year, piling up in one game
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty three yards in a score. But
Speaker 1: the good news for Derek Henry this week ends right there.
Speaker 1: Baltimore hasn't allowed a rushing touchdown. They haven't. They've given
Speaker 1: up two rushing touchdowns in their last fourteen games. Four
Speaker 1: or five opposing lead runners have failed to top fifty
Speaker 1: nine yards, and Baltimore ranked seventh and tackling by Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus and seventh in run defense by Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: Two of King Henry's last three games straight up duds.
Speaker 5: Taj Spears league winner.
Speaker 1: He could be a league winner down the road. We
Speaker 1: keep talking about it, but you can't start Tase Spier,
Speaker 1: by the way. See granted, Tarrick Henry, he's just not
Speaker 1: getting enough touches. You get five rushes and three catches
Speaker 1: that's not enough for Taj Spears. Maybe a prayer dart
Speaker 1: throw just on sheer talent for Taj Spears, who we love.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game. The only guy you'd
Speaker 1: consider starting in a tough matchup is DeAndre Hopkins. Finally
Speaker 1: had the breakout game last week, as suggested by this
Speaker 1: very show, but I do not like him here. Tannehill's
Speaker 1: been mostly ineffective. The Ravens secondary's gotten healthier with the
Speaker 1: return of Marlon Humphrey, although he got lit up by
Speaker 1: this similarly physical George Pickens in his debut last week.
Speaker 1: So I'll note that Baltimore allows the third fewest yards
Speaker 1: per reception to wide out and that Pickings touchdown last
Speaker 1: week was the only touchdown they've allowed to wide receivers
Speaker 1: all year. So they can only get you to a
Speaker 1: c great and DeAndre Hopkins and the rest of them
Speaker 1: are on the bench. And the only other guy for
Speaker 1: the Titans you might consider Chaga Konkuo. And you got
Speaker 1: to pick your spots for Jig And this is not it.
Speaker 1: Baltimore is a fantastic tight end defense. They haven't allowed
Speaker 1: a tight end touchdown in ten straight games. That's it.
Speaker 1: For that matchup, Brian, I don't think you can do
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers Browns in less than three minutes.
Speaker 4: You want to bet? Can you?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 1: Then go all right, thank you, Ken, Let's do it.
Speaker 6: This is an ugly look, ugly looking game over under.
Speaker 6: It just thirty six point five points, and I think
Speaker 6: all those points were implied for the San Francisco side.
Speaker 4: Christian McCaffrey not.
Speaker 6: Gonna say I'm easy A and give him an A here.
Speaker 6: It's a tough matchup against the Browns, but with Cleveland
Speaker 6: turning to PJ Walker, a quarterback, the forty nine Ers
Speaker 6: should dominate time of possession here, So I'm gonna stick
Speaker 6: with the A for McCaffrey, Brandon, I can Deebo Samuel
Speaker 6: just a see for these guys. A brutal matchup on
Speaker 6: paper for IUK and Samuel. The Browns are allowing seven
Speaker 6: catches at ninety one yards per game to wide receivers
Speaker 6: with just one touchdown all season, and I just fear
Speaker 6: the forty nine Ers pump the brakes when it comes
Speaker 6: to passing in this game.
Speaker 4: They're not really gonna need to throw.
Speaker 6: It a ton, So just a C for IUK and
Speaker 6: Samuel also a C for George Kittle coming off the
Speaker 6: hat trick. Tight Ends do fair the best when it
Speaker 6: comes to skill players against the Browns. Mark Andrews burned
Speaker 6: Cleveland in Week four with five catches for eighty yards
Speaker 6: and two touchdowns. But again, I don't think the forty
Speaker 6: nine ers are going to throw it a ton, and
Speaker 6: that is why Brock Perdy also gets a See the
Speaker 6: Browns own the lowest opponent completion percentage at fifty four percent.
Speaker 6: The Niners should not throw a lot in this one,
Speaker 6: but two touchdowns for Perdy is possible, so he gets
Speaker 6: the sea and over the Cleveland side. I just have
Speaker 6: a starting great on Jerome Ford with a C, probably
Speaker 6: because you have to based on volume. He should remain
Speaker 6: the lean lead back that is Ford, that is over
Speaker 6: Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 4: But this is a bad matchup.
Speaker 6: Opposing backs or averaging under eighteen touches per game for
Speaker 6: just seventy seven combo yards against San Francisco and you're
Speaker 6: benching the passing game. Ari Cooper, Elijah Moore, Dovin Peoples
Speaker 6: Jones twenty thirteen, Josh Gordon two thousand and seven, Brailn.
Speaker 5: Edwards, Hotel beckup oh, everyone.
Speaker 4: On the bench with PJ.
Speaker 6: Walker quarterback, including David and Joku. Of course it's gonna
Speaker 6: be an ugly game for Cleveland Josh Crimp speaking of.
Speaker 1: The Buckley Browns, David and Choku's face, good, lord man, Glad,
Speaker 1: he's okay.
Speaker 5: How did a toaster do that?
Speaker 3: I feel a.
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Speaker 1: I was still I was, dude, holy cow, Like I said, Glad,
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Speaker 1: at Paul Charcion Panthers take on the Dolphin.
Speaker 4: Scott.
Speaker 1: The Panthers offense has not looked great, and I've already
Speaker 1: talked about Cuba Hubbard take a chance on me. But
Speaker 1: let's turn our attention to a passing game that last
Speaker 1: week put up some solid garbage time opportunities and should
Speaker 1: have a similar situation exactly exactly.
Speaker 2: Opposing quarterbacks are throwing for an average of two hundred
Speaker 2: and fifty eight yards and one point five scores against
Speaker 2: the Dolphins, A lot of that in ketchup mode, which
Speaker 2: should be the game script this week. Bryce Bryce Young
Speaker 2: hasn't toped two hundred and fifty yards yet, but last week,
Speaker 2: in that similar game script against the Lions, where they
Speaker 2: were down bag they were playing catch up garbage time,
Speaker 2: he went for two hundred and forty seven yards and
Speaker 2: three touchdowns. I expect somewhat similar, maybe not three touchdowns again,
Speaker 2: will see yeah, but I expect something similar here. So
Speaker 2: I do have a C grade on Bryce Young. I
Speaker 2: think he gets there with the ketchup garbage time.
Speaker 1: Agreed.
Speaker 5: I have an A.
Speaker 2: Grade on Adam Thielen, and we maybe we very much disagree.
Speaker 2: You're ranked you're ranking him too low. This week, I
Speaker 2: looked at your ranks and I'm like, that is way
Speaker 2: too low.
Speaker 5: I have him.
Speaker 1: I will look at my ranking.
Speaker 2: I have him as a top twelve wide receiver this
Speaker 2: week Thelm's THELAN is lining up in the slot sixty
Speaker 2: three percent of the time. He's getting thirty eight percent
Speaker 2: of the red zone targets, thirty four percent of the
Speaker 2: first read targets. So when Bryce Young drops back to
Speaker 2: pass a third of the time, he's looking and throwing
Speaker 2: to THELAN twenty six percent target share, twenty nine percent
Speaker 2: are yards. I don't need to go on. He's getting
Speaker 2: all the work. Five plays of twenty plus yards. He's
Speaker 2: also going to see second year slot corner Cater k
Speaker 2: Who who's allowing a one hundred and thirty five point
Speaker 2: two passer rated against and a seventy one percent completion
Speaker 2: against seven plus receptions in four straight For Adam Thielen.
Speaker 1: He's been great everything that we hoped he could be
Speaker 1: in the preseason when this show wit contrary to basically
Speaker 1: every show in America. Yeah, yeah, on feeling.
Speaker 2: Honestly, if his ad out was more than seven in
Speaker 2: his yards after the catch was more than four HUD
Speaker 2: right up there with the top top wide receivers.
Speaker 5: The amount of volume he's getting.
Speaker 1: You've convinced me and I've moved him up my rank.
Speaker 5: There you go.
Speaker 2: I have DJ Shark on the bench. He's playing consistently
Speaker 2: ninety percent of the snaps, but he's only got a
Speaker 2: twelve percent target share. He's only seen two to four
Speaker 2: catches per game. The fifteen plus eight hot helps average
Speaker 2: depth of target, so when he when he gets the ball,
Speaker 2: it's it's deeper. But man, he needs this gord to
Speaker 2: be pre productive, and I can't count on that. Jonathan Mango,
Speaker 2: I'm giving a C grade here. I think it's a
Speaker 2: sneaky spot for him. Five for forty eight on seven
Speaker 2: targets last week in catch up mode. Similar spot here
Speaker 2: against the Dolphins. In his three full games, he's only
Speaker 2: played three full games. He's missed a game unlimited a
Speaker 2: game eighty seven percent, ninety eight percent and eighty six
Speaker 2: percent of snaps. He's on the field a ton twenty
Speaker 2: eight percent of air yards in those game games, twenty
Speaker 2: percent on third and fourth down, which is awesome. Also,
Speaker 2: he's getting Eliappole instead of Xavian Howard, who's gonna be
Speaker 2: on Chark shutting that down, So C grade on Jonathan Mingo.
Speaker 2: Over to the other side, the Miami Dolphins. How much
Speaker 2: do I need to talk about to a Tyrek and
Speaker 2: Waddle because I think they're automatic A's absolutely like Wattle,
Speaker 2: I have ranked a little lower, but I still think
Speaker 2: it's on Maca. No one's benching him. So I'm gonna
Speaker 2: go over to Raheem Mostard, who.
Speaker 1: Also should be an automatic gay honestly, particularly now that
Speaker 1: divon A chan Is is out on ir Yeah, and
Speaker 1: it looks like Jeff Wilson looks like Jeff Wilson won't go,
Speaker 1: so yeah, absolutely, Salvin achmed, Yes.
Speaker 5: I'm gonna mention with Mostard here.
Speaker 2: Lead backs not named Tony Jones Junior have all gone
Speaker 2: for ninety plus yards against the Panthers, and even Tony
Speaker 2: Jones Junior scored twice.
Speaker 5: Like he didn't get the yards, but he scored twice.
Speaker 2: No team has allowed more touchdowns to running backs than
Speaker 2: the Panthers, where he mostered also seven touchdowns rushing A grade.
Speaker 2: They're converted four of five inside the five. By the way,
Speaker 2: I know you love your inside the five to that
Speaker 2: eighty percent is nice. But I have a C grade
Speaker 2: on Salvin Achmed. Assuming Jeff Wilson does not go, there
Speaker 2: just should be enough. Once again, the Panthers have allowed
Speaker 2: the most rushing touch or much most touchdowns are running back.
Speaker 2: Miami has scored the most. They are running the ball
Speaker 2: in a lot UH this game. If it gets out
Speaker 2: of hand, they're thirteen and a half favorites. Solvin Achmed
Speaker 2: could get the mop up duty. I have a C
Speaker 2: grade on him.
Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. I think he's a sneaky play.
Speaker 2: I thought about a take on for him, and I
Speaker 2: was debating those two all week, but Jeff Wilson muddied
Speaker 2: it too long.
Speaker 4: Command Wilson's doubtful.
Speaker 3: He's not.
Speaker 4: He's not.
Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think. We don't think he's
Speaker 1: He was fun Friday. We don't think he's gonna go uh.
Speaker 1: Commanders take on the Falcons. I'm gonna start with Brian Robinson,
Speaker 1: who broke our hearts last week with a stone cold
Speaker 1: dud against the Bears, and now he gets a brutal matchup.
Speaker 1: Atlanta allows the fewest Fantasy points to running backs. That
Speaker 1: Atlanta defense is turning sneaky good. They're only one of
Speaker 1: three teams that hasn't allowed a running back touchdown. Robinson
Speaker 1: may be catching a little bit more than expected, but
Speaker 1: the Falcons have alsoled the fewest receptions and yards to
Speaker 1: running backs. Bench grade on Brian Wobinson in this one,
Speaker 1: even with some volume presumably coming his way, just can't
Speaker 1: do it. Let's go to the passing game. Curtis Samuel's
Speaker 1: been a nice little story this year, shockingly involved in
Speaker 1: eric enemy's offense, topping fifty one yards in four of
Speaker 1: five games. I really like his individual matchup against de
Speaker 1: Alford in the slot. He's allowed two touchdowns already and
Speaker 1: an opposer passer rating of one hundred and ten. Slot
Speaker 1: receivers Christian Kirk I'm on Ross Saint Brown posted very
Speaker 1: strong games against Atlanta. Curtis Samuel c grade in this one.
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin also gets to see grade leads the team
Speaker 1: in routes, targets, and receptions and yards. The problem is
Speaker 1: the Enemy's offense is so diverse that nobody's really a
Speaker 1: go to receiver, including Terry McLaurin. The Falcons underrated secondary
Speaker 1: top six in yards and receptions to wide receivers, and
Speaker 1: a very difficult individual matchup with cornerback aj Terrell.
Speaker 5: He's been good.
Speaker 1: He's been really good, allowing just a fifty nine percent
Speaker 1: completion rate and only twenty five yards per game in
Speaker 1: his coverage. I can only get Terry McLaurin to a
Speaker 1: C grade. My Josh dottson, we were wrong, John Yeah, Johns.
Speaker 1: Excuse me, John Dotson. You know we thought the breakout
Speaker 1: was coming.
Speaker 5: It's not well, that was offinished at the end of
Speaker 5: the year.
Speaker 1: I don't know, very disappointing. Obviously a bench grade for
Speaker 1: him until he proves to be a bigger part of
Speaker 1: this passing offense.
Speaker 5: What about.
Speaker 1: We're gonna get there, all right, I guys got to
Speaker 1: hit Logan Thomas first in three straight. In three straight weeks,
Speaker 1: the Falcons have been rocked by tight ends Sam Laporta,
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram, Dalton Scheltz. In four or five games, Atlanta's
Speaker 1: yielded a touchdown and or fifty nine plus yards to
Speaker 1: the Titan position. Thomas major part of the Commander's passing offense.
Speaker 1: He averages thirty five routes per game and only one
Speaker 1: fewer target per game than Terry McLaurin. B grade. Logan
Speaker 1: Thomas still available in over half a fantasy league.
Speaker 2: Well mostly because I dropped him in all of mine,
Speaker 2: like a week and a half.
Speaker 1: That's already got hurt.
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, it's a shame Scott was in that Fantasy
Speaker 6: Football Weekly training camp when Logan Thomas was one of
Speaker 6: my d nods. I like that, dudes, no one drafts
Speaker 6: at the time.
Speaker 1: It made sense. He has performed well. So I can
Speaker 1: only get Sam Howell to a C grade and they
Speaker 1: and I'm nervous about that, second only to Kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: and completions Sam Howell, who to guess that, and his
Speaker 1: accuracy has been really good. He's got the fifth best
Speaker 1: adjusted completion percentage. What's holding back Sam Howell's fantasy value
Speaker 1: is these two things. A complete lack of depassing and
Speaker 1: literally not one designed run this year for the very
Speaker 1: mobile Sam Howell. These are the two things I was
Speaker 1: counting on in the preseason to come together for Sam
Speaker 1: Howell to be a regular fantasy contributor. So far, they're
Speaker 1: not using him that way, and I can't get him
Speaker 1: to higher than a C grade. In this matchup, Let's
Speaker 1: go to Atlanta. Bijon Robinson obvious A grade. I believe.
Speaker 1: I don't think I need to spend any more time
Speaker 1: on Bijon Robinson other than.
Speaker 5: The fact his mom calls said his name is Bajan.
Speaker 1: Well, too bad. We are not going to even dignify that. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: there's there's an opportunity here for Well. I think we're
Speaker 1: just gonna go obviously mb John Robinson and just move.
Speaker 1: Ok okay good, Let's go to the passing game beginning
Speaker 1: with this guy, Drake London. Mixed bag for Drake London.
Speaker 1: In this game, Commanders have allowed the fourth most yards
Speaker 1: and the most touchdowns to wide receivers and rookie cornerback
Speaker 1: e Manuel Forbes. So they took in the first round
Speaker 1: getting killed out there. He's allowed the second most yards
Speaker 1: of any player and over twenty yards per reception. Drake
Speaker 1: London could be a very sneaky start here. Volume is
Speaker 1: always an issue with London. He ranks forty eighth in
Speaker 1: targets and that worries me a little bit because you
Speaker 1: can that's Arthur Smith, right, So for any other team
Speaker 1: this would be an A grade opportunity, but I can't
Speaker 1: do it with London because of Arthur Smith and the
Speaker 1: potential that he's sitting on a four target game. So
Speaker 1: just the B grade on Drake London. What about the
Speaker 1: tight ends? John new Smith backup tight end, Kyle Pitts,
Speaker 1: what about Van Jefferson and Jeff we're keeping We are
Speaker 1: keeping John hu Smith and Kyle Pitts on the bench.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, now, Johnny, I know what you're thinking, John,
Speaker 1: Who's got more receptions, more yards. He's an amazing athlete.
Speaker 1: I know that's what you're thinking right now.
Speaker 5: That's exactly it.
Speaker 1: But Washington's been very good against tight ends, allowing the
Speaker 1: fourth fewest fantasy points. They put very capable tight ends
Speaker 1: zach Ertz, Dawson, Knox, Dalton Kink, Dallas Goddard, all on
Speaker 1: bad games, and only Cole Comet has found the tight
Speaker 1: end front the end zone. The only tight end excuse me,
Speaker 1: no tight end? His top forty two yards against Washington,
Speaker 1: John Ojohnu and Kyle Pitts on the bench.
Speaker 4: It's a good thing. Kyle Pitts actually plays wide receiver though.
Speaker 1: So you say so, you say, all right, so where
Speaker 1: does that leave us on our quarterback? Desmond Ritter, coming
Speaker 1: off the best game of his career, his first three
Speaker 1: hundred yard game, winning and this is a home game
Speaker 1: and we and although the deal on his home road
Speaker 1: splits pretty positive matchup, so maybe keeps the juice flowing here.
Speaker 1: Only Josh Dobbs has failed to score multiple touchdowns against Washington,
Speaker 1: including the Justin Fields explosion last week against Washington. For
Speaker 1: all the talent to that Commander's defensive line, that looks
Speaker 1: you know, with all the first rounders, man, they don't
Speaker 1: do much. They ranked twenty sixth in pass rush win
Speaker 1: rate for all those fourth all those first rounders, very
Speaker 1: very weird. All right, let's move on Brian Colts taking
Speaker 1: on the Jaguars Gardner Minshew at the helm. As you've
Speaker 1: already mentioned.
Speaker 6: Yeah, he's might take a chance on me quarterback, which
Speaker 6: it generally equivocates to a CE, but I really have
Speaker 6: a B grade on him. It's a pass funnel defense,
Speaker 6: as I mentioned for the Jaguars, Minshew's former team. So
Speaker 6: for that reason, Michael Pittman gets an A his last
Speaker 6: three games. And by the way, these teams did play
Speaker 6: in Week one, Jacksonville won thirty one to twenty one
Speaker 6: in Indy, so we had some recent days to hear
Speaker 6: Pittman's last three games against the Jags starting with that
Speaker 6: Week one matchup this season, eight catches for ninety seven
Speaker 6: yards and a touchdown, thirteen catches for one hundred and
Speaker 6: thirty four yards, six catches for sixty four yards and
Speaker 6: a touchdown, and the Jaguars are allowing more than one
Speaker 6: hundred and eighty yards end a touchdown per game to
Speaker 6: wide receivers. So Pittman again, a grade for him, and
Speaker 6: watch out for rookie Josh Downs.
Speaker 4: He gets a B. Yeah.
Speaker 6: Downs has drawn a twenty four percent target share with
Speaker 6: Minshew's quarterback. That's some B squad chemistry from preseason right there,
Speaker 6: that spent a.
Speaker 4: Lot of time together.
Speaker 6: Got to love it Downs averaging seven targets and five
Speaker 6: catches over his last three games. And I smell a
Speaker 6: breakout game here on Sunday for the rookie. Not a breakout.
Speaker 6: I don't know if he's ever going to break out ever.
Speaker 6: And that's Alec Pierce. He is on the bench.
Speaker 1: I'm done with him.
Speaker 5: Catch totals field all the time he is.
Speaker 1: He's on the field like ninety one percent of the plays.
Speaker 1: They never thrown him ever.
Speaker 2: By the way, Josh Downs, my prespect two weeks ago.
Speaker 2: Hope you picked him up.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 6: Pierce catch totals one two, three, one one. He had
Speaker 6: one catch five yards against Jacksonville in Week one.
Speaker 1: I tried Josh Downs as they take a chance, I
Speaker 1: mean guy like two three weeks ago.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I was yeah, he wasn't ready. He wasn't ready.
Speaker 5: Not exactly right.
Speaker 1: Sorry, it was out Pierce. I tried all Piers, I missed,
Speaker 1: spoke well.
Speaker 5: Josh Downs wasn't he's yeah.
Speaker 4: And per usual we're off the Colts tight ends.
Speaker 6: Way too much of a rotation there until until Jolyns
Speaker 6: come back.
Speaker 5: Thank you.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 4: And of course we have.
Speaker 6: To talk about Zach Moss and Jonathan Taylor. We'll get
Speaker 6: into this more later. Let' let's focus on the matchup.
Speaker 6: Brutal matchup for both uh Taylor and Moss. Opposing running
Speaker 6: backs were averaging just ninety two combo yards when facing
Speaker 6: the Jaguars, who have surrendered just one total touchdown to
Speaker 6: the position this season. Deon Jackson, Jake Funk, and Evan
Speaker 6: Hole combined for fifty seven scoreless yards when these teams
Speaker 6: in Week one. So I have just a c on
Speaker 6: Moss and Taylor. You gotta like Moss a little more
Speaker 6: than Taylor. Going into this game, but just a see
Speaker 6: for both over to the Jacksonville side. It doesn't look
Speaker 6: like any of my high school report cards, because there
Speaker 6: are some good grades.
Speaker 4: Here, starting with Travis Etn.
Speaker 6: He gets an a one hundred and four combo yards
Speaker 6: in a score against the Colts in Week one. India
Speaker 6: has allowed three rushing touchdowns for running backs over their
Speaker 6: last two games, and Etn is getting bellcow usage as
Speaker 6: much to the chagrin of Paul Charchian and Tank Bigsby.
Speaker 6: We're not gonna call Bigsby a dead dat yet when
Speaker 6: you're bringing the Caddy shacks sounder, I like that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, It's like, all right, look, I just need to
Speaker 1: own up on this. I really thought Tank Bigsby would
Speaker 1: have be a much bigger part of the offense. I
Speaker 1: loved what I saw in the preseason. I was skeptical
Speaker 1: about Travis Etn. He's been good and he is an
Speaker 1: absolute belcow in a league where there's only about six
Speaker 1: of them, and he's one of them. Yep, I I
Speaker 1: was I was wrong.
Speaker 6: Sticking with the Calvin Ridley gets an a. He had
Speaker 6: eight catches one hundred and one yards in a touchdown
Speaker 6: when these teams met in Week one. Other notable wide
Speaker 6: receiver box scores against the Colts this year Nico Collins
Speaker 6: seven for one forty six and two, Tank Dell seven
Speaker 6: to seventy two and one, Puka Nakua nine catches one
Speaker 6: sixty three in a touchdown, and DeAndre Hopkins had eight
Speaker 6: catches for one hundred and forty yards against the Colts
Speaker 6: last week. Missed a touchdown by about half a shoe size,
Speaker 6: so he almost had a monster game. So Ridley in
Speaker 6: line for another big game. He gets the a Christian
Speaker 6: Kirk though, just to see he was invisible in this
Speaker 6: Week one matchup, just one catch for nine score less.
Speaker 1: I was in a panic at that point.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 6: Colt slot cornerback Kenny Moore is legit. He hasn't allowed
Speaker 6: a touchdown or more than five catches or sixty yards
Speaker 6: in a game this season. It's a much better matchup
Speaker 6: for boundary wide receivers. That's why Say Jones gets a
Speaker 6: start in great with the see he had five catches
Speaker 6: for fifty five yards in a touchdown in the Week
Speaker 6: one game.
Speaker 1: Well, you need to watch his injury stats, need to
Speaker 1: watch a real chance he does not play.
Speaker 6: If he doesn't play, obviously you're not going to play him.
Speaker 6: I would roll with him as a wide receiver. Three
Speaker 6: if he does suit up, the Colts are allowing nearly
Speaker 6: fifteen catches and one hundred and ninety yards per game
Speaker 6: to wide receivers, and again, a much stronger matchup for
Speaker 6: the boundary guys. And if Jones does sit, I might
Speaker 6: bump Kirk up to a beak because he can run
Speaker 6: from the outside. A good matchup for Evan Ingram. He
Speaker 6: gets a be five catches for forty nine scoreless yards
Speaker 6: in the Week one matchup, but that.
Speaker 4: Feels like a safe floor here.
Speaker 6: Over their last two games, the Colts have yielded twenty
Speaker 6: three targets to tight ends and lastly, easy a for
Speaker 6: Trevor Lawrence with all these starting grades on his receivers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Lawrence is sitting on a I think of a
Speaker 1: really nice game here. I think I've got him ranked
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Speaker 1: This is a segment we like to call three tough Questions.
Speaker 3: Tough Question Number one.
Speaker 1: Will Jonathan Taylor resume his role as a bell cow
Speaker 1: back at any point this year? Scott?
Speaker 2: So, when I first saw this, and in fairness, your
Speaker 2: question mentioned seventy percent plus carries, Yes, I thought that
Speaker 2: was an insanely high number until I look usage. Yeah,
Speaker 2: last year eight games over that, the year before eight
Speaker 2: games over that, like, and he missed games due to injury,
Speaker 2: so the majority of his games he's going over that.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 1: I didn't want a way down the listeners with yeah,
Speaker 1: and I wanted you guys to know what the standard was.
Speaker 2: Yeah, coming back from ankle surgery and you know his
Speaker 2: maybe he had it, maybe he didn't back issue. I
Speaker 2: would I would expect it to be know and with
Speaker 2: Moss playing the way he is, However, that investment they
Speaker 2: paid it, It's not like investing in a quarterback. They
Speaker 2: paid him to do some work out there. I think
Speaker 2: he's gonna have once he gets going, once he's fully healthy,
Speaker 2: I think he will have some games like that. I
Speaker 2: don't know how long Moss can keep this up, and
Speaker 2: if he's got the matchups for it, I think he
Speaker 2: might get to that in a few games going later
Speaker 2: in the season.
Speaker 5: Well, so the.
Speaker 1: Question was meant predominantly now predominantly like one game, okay,
Speaker 1: on on total? Will he go back to being a
Speaker 1: bell cow at some point this year? Where you know
Speaker 1: from that point.
Speaker 5: Didn't you know what?
Speaker 2: I'm gonna predominantly I'm gonna go now. I think they'll
Speaker 2: be just enough split.
Speaker 1: All right, Brian, Will Jonathan Taylor resume his role as
Speaker 1: a bell cow back at any point this season?
Speaker 4: I'm gonna say no, Zach Moss.
Speaker 6: I mean, let's talk about the timing of last week's
Speaker 6: breakout game. We've suffered through like three seasons of Zach Moss.
Speaker 1: Tell me about it. Well, I was right there with
Speaker 1: you taking for Zach Moss over the last three years.
Speaker 4: I was riding Shotgun.
Speaker 5: I was did you get a three year peak?
Speaker 4: But he broken't? I mean, he's RB six right now, Zach.
Speaker 1: West, you know what's gonna happen, Sorry to interrupt, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty seven, Tank Bigsby is gonna come alive playing for
Speaker 1: or I don't know, the Bears or something.
Speaker 2: In fairness here, if you're gonna get a running back
Speaker 2: like that, wrong, at least you're getting a double digit
Speaker 2: round running back.
Speaker 1: Right exactly. Nobody took Tank Bigsby before round fourteen? Anyway,
Speaker 1: all right, sorry, continue, Brian.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Moss currently orb sick in total points among running backs.
Speaker 4: He didn't even play in Week one.
Speaker 6: He went off for one hundred and ninety five combo
Speaker 6: yards and two touchdowns against the Titans last week were
Speaker 6: like the toughest run defense in the league at the time.
Speaker 6: So there's legitimacy here to Zach Moss. And now the
Speaker 6: Colts are invested in Jonathan Taylor for the next three
Speaker 6: years at least on paper. They're competing in the division,
Speaker 6: so they're not just gonna they want to know somewhat
Speaker 6: salage him for a playoff run.
Speaker 4: So I'm gonna say no, this is going to be a.
Speaker 6: Sixty forty split. It best for Taylor in his favor.
Speaker 1: This is a this is a tough question. It is
Speaker 1: this lives up to the title.
Speaker 3: Off question number one.
Speaker 1: I had a lot of many similar talking points and
Speaker 1: something about how good Zach Moss has been. You've hit
Speaker 1: on most of those, Brian. From just a pure talent standpoint,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor really should be way more talented given how
Speaker 1: insanely good he was, not just really the one season,
Speaker 1: but his rookie season after it took a while for
Speaker 1: him to ramp up, like second half of rookies season
Speaker 1: then the next year. Those two seasons he scored thirty
Speaker 1: two touchdowns and he averaged one hundred and three yards
Speaker 1: per game average. I mean, it was an insane run
Speaker 1: for him.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 1: Eventually, talent almost always prevails in the NFL. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: can it prevail at the seventy percent threshold? That's when
Speaker 1: Zach Moss has proven himself to be good. I lean know,
Speaker 1: and you know and it's funny. At first I thought, well,
Speaker 1: the contract, he's forty million dollars, you want to get
Speaker 1: a return on that. But then I started thinking, Okay,
Speaker 1: it's three years. They may want to not run him
Speaker 1: into the ground in year one. If it's three year deal.
Speaker 2: I think about this a fair amount. And this is
Speaker 2: a little bit of a segue. How much does coach
Speaker 2: he like? Do the coaches even care about that when
Speaker 2: they're on the field and trying to win a game?
Speaker 3: You know?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean in the heat of the battle.
Speaker 5: Yeah, coaches do whatever you like. We're trying to see.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we're going to go now.
Speaker 3: Tough. Question Number two.
Speaker 1: Is kJ Osborne going to be a viable weekly starter
Speaker 1: while Justin Jefferson is out?
Speaker 6: Brian Johnson, I'm gonna say no, you start him this
Speaker 6: week at Chicago a good matchup. Week seven, he has
Speaker 6: the forty nine ers. It's not as bad a matchup
Speaker 6: as you think against San Francisco because you have to
Speaker 6: throw a lot against them because the forty nine ers
Speaker 6: score a lot of points. But then at Green Bay
Speaker 6: a bad matchup versus Atlanta a bad matchup. Beyond that,
Speaker 6: in week ten, when when Justin Jefferson could be back,
Speaker 6: We're not sure if he will be. They have the
Speaker 6: Saints another brutal matchup and kJ Osborne you called them
Speaker 6: slippery earlier. Were you talking about his hands and how
Speaker 6: many drops he does?
Speaker 1: Too many drops?
Speaker 6: He was ducking, dodging, he diving, touched it. He can
Speaker 6: duck the pass he can so he can he can duck, dive, dodge,
Speaker 6: wrenches footballs. He's not a viable weekly starter. It's matchup
Speaker 6: base and right now, looking ahead, he doesn't have many
Speaker 6: good matchups outside of the Bears this week.
Speaker 4: So I'm gonna say, no, not viable.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Scott Fish. It's kJ Osbourne
Speaker 1: going to be a viable weekly starter while Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: is out.
Speaker 2: So when I started looking at this, I thought, yeah,
Speaker 2: duh at because it's while Justin Jefferson is out.
Speaker 5: You know, it's not for the season. Like for the season.
Speaker 2: I'd be like, I don't know once Jefferson's back, but
Speaker 2: while he's out, yes, the matchups are absolutely very tough.
Speaker 2: But also this Vikings team passes at the highest rate
Speaker 2: in the NFL, and it's actually not that close. It's
Speaker 2: insane how much they pass. He was already playing ninety
Speaker 2: percent of the snaps, but now thirty four percent of
Speaker 2: the team's target shaars, thirteen percent of the end zone targets,
Speaker 2: and forty eight percent of the air yards need to
Speaker 2: go somewhere. Maybe the offense isn't as good and there's
Speaker 2: little less, but it needs to go somewhere. And maybe
Speaker 2: if the offense is not as good, Minnesota will fall
Speaker 2: behind more in some of those tough matchups coming up,
Speaker 2: and they're gonna have to pass a lot. I think
Speaker 2: he's absolutely viable at minimum a wide receiver three on
Speaker 2: a lot of fantasy teams.
Speaker 1: The good on kJ As is he knows this offense.
Speaker 1: He likely knows all of justin Jefferson's routes. He's been
Speaker 1: migrated out of the slot this year. In the previous years,
Speaker 1: he had been like a sixty percent slot guy. This
Speaker 1: this year he's down to forty five percent, So he
Speaker 1: hadn't been just this pure slot guy like he had
Speaker 1: been much more in years past. You mentioned Kevin O'Connell
Speaker 1: loves to pass league's highest pass ratio. That's good. The
Speaker 1: drops have been ugly this year, But if you go
Speaker 1: back and look at the totality of his career. He's
Speaker 1: not a dropped ball guy. It's it's been unique to
Speaker 1: this season.
Speaker 2: And drops are one of the least sticky stats for
Speaker 2: wide receivers.
Speaker 5: I bet they're not sticky at all.
Speaker 1: Yeah, unless you are. I'm thinking of Williamson, Devin Williams,
Speaker 1: Troy Williamson.
Speaker 5: There you go.
Speaker 1: Now here's the real ketch fairness.
Speaker 5: He did drop. They just went through his arms.
Speaker 1: Capture too. Where JJ kills defenders is on the deep
Speaker 1: balls from the strong armed arm of Kirk Cousins. And
Speaker 1: then what he does after the catchdown field that's not
Speaker 1: kJ Osbourne. Get this. He has zero targets this year
Speaker 1: over nineteen yards. Last year he had four catches over
Speaker 1: nineteen yards. That's it. This is so it's so much
Speaker 1: harder to gain fantasy relevancy when you're not getting targeted downfield.
Speaker 1: Those those are the plays that you that where you
Speaker 1: roll up the fantasy points. We mentioned the negative schedule.
Speaker 1: If I imagine myself after Chicago this week talking about
Speaker 1: kJ Osborne, it's going to be bench and C bench, C,
Speaker 1: bench C kind of stuff. I don't think. I don't
Speaker 1: think he's going to be a viable weekly starter, not
Speaker 1: weekly starter. You know the question was phrase weekly starter.
Speaker 1: We're going to go now.
Speaker 3: Tough question number three.
Speaker 1: Kansas City wide receiver Rashid Rice will finish the year
Speaker 1: as a wide receiver one, a wide receiver two, a
Speaker 1: flex or a bench player.
Speaker 2: Scott Fish first hot take on Osborne. Maybe he didn't
Speaker 2: see those deep targets because Jefferson was.
Speaker 1: There over to Rashid. Right, we're on the Jefferson routes right,
Speaker 1: so you know, maybe wide receiver two.
Speaker 2: I'm going a little bullish. We've seen this many times
Speaker 2: before where it's taken some rookies a while to start hitting,
Speaker 2: and then they hit late in the season. We saw
Speaker 2: with John Dottson last year. Obviously, new new oci and
Speaker 2: all that stuff this year. So he gets thirty two
Speaker 2: percent targets per route run, meaning when he gets in
Speaker 2: the game, he gets he gets targeted just for the listeners,
Speaker 2: Jamar Chase twenty five percent, justin Jefferson twenty eight percent.
Speaker 2: Like so when Rashid Rice gets in they throw to him.
Speaker 2: It just says that they don't either fully trust him
Speaker 2: to be out there all the time, or he doesn't
Speaker 2: have all the routes down or whatever. He's getting worked
Speaker 2: in thirteen percent of the team's end zone targets when
Speaker 2: he's in the game. The Chiefs offense also hasn't really
Speaker 2: fully come together. They seem a little off so far
Speaker 2: early in this Once they get going, and for sure,
Speaker 2: you Rice starts taking more snaps, yeah, I like it.
Speaker 2: Wide receiver two later in the season.
Speaker 1: Brian Kansas City wide receiver Rashie Rice will finish the
Speaker 1: year as a wide receiver one, wide receiver two, flex
Speaker 1: or bench.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm gonna echo what most of Scott said. They're
Speaker 6: averaging less than five targets per games because he's not
Speaker 6: on the field enough. The snaps go up, the targets
Speaker 6: will go up, and you have to trust that's going
Speaker 6: to happen soon, hopefully, because he clearly looks like the
Speaker 6: best wide receiver on the team. And of course we're
Speaker 6: not talking about Travis Kelsey. He's a tight end who
Speaker 6: really plays wide receiver like Kyle Pitts. But I don't
Speaker 6: know how how quickly they're going to ramp up Rashi
Speaker 6: Rice's involvement in the offense, even though they really should.
Speaker 6: But I'm gonna play it safe and just say flex.
Speaker 6: But He's definitely gonna be startable most weeks down stretch.
Speaker 1: Yeah, normally you'd highlight the opportunity inherent in catching passes
Speaker 1: from Patrick Mahomes, but we all know that that has
Speaker 1: not equated into wide receiver success for anybody outside of
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill in the history of Patrick Holmes career. So
Speaker 1: there is massive opportunity though, for a Kansas City wide
Speaker 1: receiver to finally take command of that position group. This
Speaker 1: is the first guy that looks like eye test she
Speaker 1: Rice looks like he could be that guy. He's big,
Speaker 1: he's strong, and he's got shocking burst after the catch.
Speaker 1: He looks like a running back. I love that about him.
Speaker 1: The draft equity is good. It's second round pick, although
Speaker 1: that hasn't done anything for sky Moore.
Speaker 5: Was also a second round pick, first round pick.
Speaker 1: Or Mian kil Harmon. Great point, justin Watson's going to
Speaker 1: be out for a while round by the Giants. I
Speaker 1: think in totality we've finished the year. I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be flex. I want to believe wide receiver,
Speaker 1: I know in my heart, but I think the reality
Speaker 1: we always want these rookies to come along faster than
Speaker 1: they do, especially receivers almost always. I think the answer
Speaker 1: is going to be flex.
Speaker 5: The answer is flex. I just wanted to be fun
Speaker 5: and bullish.
Speaker 1: I like, you want to be bullish about a Patriots
Speaker 1: offense averaging eleven not even the offense as a team
Speaker 1: eleven points per game. The offense is even worse. Nope,
Speaker 1: this is a disaster situation for New England. Bill Belichick's
Speaker 1: two biggest most lopsided losses of his entire career back
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. General manager Bill Belichick has sunk
Speaker 1: the career of head coach Bill Belichick. Scott, talk to
Speaker 1: me about the Patriots. Is there anybody you're playing even
Speaker 1: against the Raiders?
Speaker 2: Nope, Nope, there is that Mac Jones. Has you know,
Speaker 2: been benched basically the last week or two, oh yeah,
Speaker 2: two weeks twice, yeah, twice, So we don't even know
Speaker 2: that he'll finish the game. Since the opener, Mac has
Speaker 2: barely been averaging two hundred yards and just two scores
Speaker 2: total in those four games. This fluttering offense puts all
Speaker 2: the pass catchers on the bench, even though Juju Smith, Schuster,
Speaker 2: and Tamario Douglas will be out. I can't even put
Speaker 2: Devonte Parker, anybody in your lineup? This this Pats offense,
Speaker 2: get this? Thirty four straight drives without a touchdown? Oh geez,
Speaker 2: thirty four straight drives.
Speaker 1: Thirty four cracks at the end zone and you can't
Speaker 1: do it?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 2: So do you do you want Hunter Henry, a mostly
Speaker 2: touchdown dependent tight end in there?
Speaker 5: Nope?
Speaker 2: Ramondre Stevenson has gone full split with Ezekiel Elliott over
Speaker 2: the last two weeks, and he's super inefficient. Third worst
Speaker 2: rush yards over expected, behind only Dalvin Cook and cab Akers.
Speaker 1: What happened to Ramondre Stevenson so dynamic?
Speaker 5: Get this three catches total in the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: As a as a good pass catcher as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Ramandre's snap percentages decreased five consecutive weeks. Zeke's increased
Speaker 2: four street But you're not starting either. Over to the Raiders,
Speaker 2: I had Jacoby Myers as might take a chance on me.
Speaker 2: Player DeVonta Adams is an automatic a every week. Just
Speaker 2: get him in your lineup, Jimmy g I do have
Speaker 2: on the bench though. The New England Patriots only allowing
Speaker 2: two hundred and eight yards per game and just four
Speaker 2: scores over five games they played.
Speaker 5: Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 2: They played Tua, they played They've played some quarterbacks and
Speaker 2: they've done that. Third hardest matchup for quarterbacks. Jimmy G's
Speaker 2: on your bench. But I think Davante and Jacoby just
Speaker 2: get the He can throw two hundred yards in one
Speaker 2: score and Joe Cooby and DeVante can be startable.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that is true.
Speaker 2: They'll get all of it, and they do. That's how
Speaker 2: their offense is set up. Josh Jacobs got a B
Speaker 2: grade on him. Seventy nine percent of the running back snaps,
Speaker 2: seventy five percent of the rushops opportunities, nineteen percent of
Speaker 2: the team targets. Been over twenty touches in four or
Speaker 2: five games. That's gonna get you the volume c anyway.
Speaker 2: But he's averaging nearly four or averaging four point six
Speaker 2: catches per game wiki, which gets his grade a little
Speaker 2: bit higher. And the path so the tenth easiest matchup.
Speaker 2: They just gave up ninety seven to Kamara and ninety
Speaker 2: to Kendrey Miller just last week in one game. Josh
Speaker 2: Jacobs gets everything B grade there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like a very strong opportunity for Josh Jacobs.
Speaker 1: It started slow, but Jacob's coming around now it sounds
Speaker 1: like we could be talking about Justin Fields, who started slow,
Speaker 1: coming around beautifully right now. Does he stay hot against
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings? Find out when we come back to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Georgian,
Speaker 1: Scott Fish, Brian Johnson with you. Vikings take on the Bears.
Speaker 1: It's a Vikings first game without Justin Jeffer, which obviously
Speaker 1: net hurts the whole offense, but it does provide more
Speaker 1: targets for kJ Osbourne, Jordan Addison, more runs for Alexander Madison.
Speaker 1: Bear secondary gets healthier here with Jalen Johnson coming back,
Speaker 1: Eddie Jackson expected back as well, that could be a
Speaker 1: huge boosts for them. Let's start with Alexander Madison. So
Speaker 1: I find this fascinating that finally a Vikings run heavy
Speaker 1: game plan should be coming here, not just because Jefferson
Speaker 1: is out, but also because the Bears run defense is bad.
Speaker 1: Chicago's allowed the third most points to running backs this season.
Speaker 1: They've allowed the third most tight ends to running backs
Speaker 1: eight already, did I say tight ends? Third most touchdowns
Speaker 1: to running backs eight already? Also the most receiving yards
Speaker 1: to running backs. Madison's not a gifted pass catcher, but
Speaker 1: he can pull in a few. The Vikings have the
Speaker 1: fifth best run block win rate, and the Vikings offensive
Speaker 1: line ranks number one by Pro Football Focus and run Blocking.
Speaker 1: I think Chris sitting on a really nice Alexander Madison game.
Speaker 1: This is the first one that I feel good about
Speaker 1: having in my lineup in all year.
Speaker 5: Viking offensive line number one.
Speaker 1: I never thought that would happen. It's a weird end
Speaker 1: of time stuff right here. Let's go to the receivers,
Speaker 1: beginning with TJ. Hockinson coming off a brutal game with
Speaker 1: three drops. He leads all tight ends in targets, probably
Speaker 1: drops two, and that won't diminish. With Jefferson out, He's
Speaker 1: going to continue to get a ton of looks for
Speaker 1: tight ends against the Bears. Volume equals success. Every tight
Speaker 1: end to get over fifty yards has also scored, and
Speaker 1: only one tight end has seen five or more targets
Speaker 1: and not scored. Eighty five percent of the tight end
Speaker 1: targets against the Bears have been completed. So even coming
Speaker 1: off a bad game for TJ, howkinson a grade on
Speaker 1: this opportunity? Boy, Let's see if it works out. Jordan
Speaker 1: Addison expected to go in this game. We're going to
Speaker 1: continue to monitor him up to game time. However, should
Speaker 1: continue running roughly the same route tree that he was
Speaker 1: before the Jefferson injury, but he should see more passes
Speaker 1: and Jefferson leaves behind ten targets per game. The Bears
Speaker 1: are bottom twelve in yards and touchdowns allowed to receivers,
Speaker 1: but as I mentioned, they are healthier now and should
Speaker 1: be better. I'm a little bit worried that Jalen Johnson,
Speaker 1: the one good cornerback the Bears have, that he's just
Speaker 1: going to shadow Jordan Addison and take that deep stuff
Speaker 1: that Jordan Adison has been good at take that away.
Speaker 1: That would worry me, and it subdues my ranking on
Speaker 1: Jordan Addison a bit. That, along with the injury, knocks
Speaker 1: him down to a C grade. kJ Osbourne was might
Speaker 1: take a chance on the wide receiver. He comes in
Speaker 1: with a C grade as well, and Kirk Cousins I've
Speaker 1: got I've got an A grade on Hockinson, I've got
Speaker 1: C grades on his receivers, so we'll split the difference
Speaker 1: and go B grade on Kirk Cousins. He's the NFL
Speaker 1: leader in completions and touchdown passes, and the Bears have
Speaker 1: allowed the second most passing touchdowns and the most passing yards.
Speaker 1: But again, as I mentioned, they should be getting healthier
Speaker 1: with Jalen Johnson and Eddie Jackson back. Bears ranked dead
Speaker 1: last and pass rush by Pro Football Focus, So Kirk
Speaker 1: should have some time in the pocket for a change
Speaker 1: for the NFL's most quarterback in back to back years.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the Chicago side. I think
Speaker 1: we've gone to a point where DJ Morris just obvious
Speaker 1: a guy now, but we don't have to really even
Speaker 1: talk about it. But rest assured none of the Vikings
Speaker 1: cornerbacks can hang with him, and a Caleb Evans, one
Speaker 1: of the starting cornerbacks, may not play in this game
Speaker 1: with a knee injury. That would only give more fuel
Speaker 1: to the fire for the A grade on DJ Moore.
Speaker 6: I saw justin Fields as a perfect passer rating when
Speaker 6: targeting DJ Moore this year.
Speaker 1: That's saying a lot because justin Field is not of
Speaker 1: a perfect passer rating in most other situations. But you
Speaker 1: know what, he does have the second most passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the league and the second most rushing yards among quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: That's why we drafted justin Field to begin with. The
Speaker 1: Vikings have surrendered multiple quarterback touchdowns in every game except
Speaker 1: Bryce Young and the only mobile quarterback they faced, Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: scored twice on the ground. The Vikings on the second
Speaker 1: worst opponent completion percentage and the second worst pass rush
Speaker 1: pressure by ranked by por Football Focus, so a grade
Speaker 1: on justin Field. Cole Komet comes in with a B grade.
Speaker 1: He's not three touchdowns in the last two weeks. He's
Speaker 1: topped forty five yards and four straight against Minnesota. He
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown last time they faced each other. The
Speaker 1: Vikings have allowed three touchdowns the tight ends already, including
Speaker 1: three in the last three games. Three different opposing tight
Speaker 1: ends have had six or more receptions against Minnesota. Darnell
Speaker 1: Mooney coming in with a starting grade YEP. He runs
Speaker 1: from the slot in three quarters of his plays and
Speaker 1: as a glorious matchup against Minnesota. The Vikings guard the
Speaker 1: slot with a lot of different ways, but most often
Speaker 1: the you struggling cornerback Byron Murphy. He's allowed three touchdowns already,
Speaker 1: including two last week, and he's giving up an approaching
Speaker 1: perfect opposer passer rating of one hundred and forty one
Speaker 1: for Byron Murphy. Minnesota's allowed the third most fantasy points
Speaker 1: to slot receivers like Darnell Mooney. Dust him off for
Speaker 1: this game. And lastly, Khalil Herbert's been ruled out. Roshawn
Speaker 1: Johnson's been ruled out, Travis Homer's been ruled out. DoD
Speaker 1: de Foreman last man standing. He'll give up virtually all
Speaker 1: the work here. Darrnton Evans, by the way, is your
Speaker 1: backup running back?
Speaker 5: What about blazing game car the fullback Viking to carry.
Speaker 1: The Vikings were destroyed at national television by DeAndre Swift,
Speaker 1: so I think there's a perception out there that they're
Speaker 1: really bad against the run. But non DeAndre Swift runners
Speaker 1: are averaging two point eight yards per carry, and the
Speaker 1: Vikings are giving up just sixty four rushing yards per
Speaker 1: game to non DeAndre Swift runners, which extrapolated across the
Speaker 1: whole league would be second best in the league. So
Speaker 1: it's actually a pretty decent run defense.
Speaker 6: And the Eagles offensive line, it's ridiculous, they're so proby
Speaker 6: the best in the NFL, probably run blocking at least.
Speaker 1: I'm only giving forman the c grade here. I think
Speaker 1: points are coming a lot in different ways, and the
Speaker 1: Vikings run defense is good in their past defense isn't
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Saints taking on the Texans. Brian
Speaker 1: Chris Olave had a nice bounce back game last week.
Speaker 1: What do you think about Chris o'lave this week against
Speaker 1: a surprisingly tough Texan secondary.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not.
Speaker 6: Liking Olave a whole lot this week. I'm not gonna
Speaker 6: bene them, but just to see for Olave, who is
Speaker 6: dealing with a toe injury, but he should play a
Speaker 6: bad matchup though Houston has allowed the eleventh fewest perceptions,
Speaker 6: the fifth fewest yards, and just one wide receiver touchdown
Speaker 6: all season. Houston cornerback Stephen Nelson has only allowed twelve
Speaker 6: catches on the season and no more than fifty three
Speaker 6: yards in a game. And it's a long shot, but
Speaker 6: Houston could get cornerback Derek Stingley back, who only allowed
Speaker 6: too soon okay receptions in his first two games of
Speaker 6: the season.
Speaker 4: That's TBD. You got to monitor that.
Speaker 6: But if he comes back, I'm still starting to olive,
Speaker 6: but I like him a whole lot less.
Speaker 4: But either way, just to see for Olave.
Speaker 6: But I have Michael Thomas Rashid Shaheed on the bench
Speaker 6: for this one as our tight ends. Taysom Hill, well,
Speaker 6: depending on what sight you're playing on, I'll call Taysom
Speaker 6: Hill a tight end and Juwan Johnson if he even
Speaker 6: makes his return this week, they're on the bench.
Speaker 4: As is Derek Carr.
Speaker 6: Carr has in top two hundred passing yards and three
Speaker 6: straight games and is total just three touchdowns during that
Speaker 6: same span. On the other side, By the way.
Speaker 1: As a quick note, some of us mentioned this repeatedly
Speaker 1: in the preseason. Derek Carr not really an upgrade over
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton at quarterback. In fact, we talked about that
Speaker 1: as a lateral move that might have been generous.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we call him emo Andy Dalton. Derek Carr.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Texans three passing touchdowns allowed all season, just two
Speaker 6: hundred and twenty nine passing yards per game by opposing quarterbacks.
Speaker 6: So Carr on the bench, but Alvin Kamara not on
Speaker 6: the bench?
Speaker 4: What year is it? Because he's getting a.
Speaker 6: Oh A for Alvin Kamara averaging nearly twenty five touches
Speaker 6: per game over the last two weeks. That's the highest
Speaker 6: clip in the league among running backs. During that span,
Speaker 6: the Texans are yielding more than twenty eight touches to
Speaker 6: opposing backs for more than one hundred and twenty five
Speaker 6: combo yards and a full touchdown per game. So, with
Speaker 6: Jamal Williams still on IR, I got an a on
Speaker 6: Alvin Kamara, and if you're really desperate, I'll throw a
Speaker 6: segar at Kendre Miller, who had sixteen touches, four catches
Speaker 6: for them being catches for fifty three yards. Granted it
Speaker 6: was a blowout win at New England, but if you're
Speaker 6: desperate for running back, Kendre Miller is startable against a
Speaker 6: Texans defense that is funneling their opposition to the run
Speaker 6: over to the Texans side on offense, starting with Damian Pierce.
Speaker 6: Another brutal matchup for Pierce. It's not entirely his fault.
Speaker 6: He's been dealing with a banged up offensive line. Awful matchups.
Speaker 1: They have the offensive line ranks dead last and run
Speaker 1: blocking by Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 6: They should be getting back left tackle Laramie Tunzel the
Speaker 6: Texans that is. That will certainly help, but even so,
Speaker 6: again an awful matchup for Pierce. The Saints are allowing
Speaker 6: just ninety six combo yards per game to running backs
Speaker 6: and they haven't surrendered a score to the position all season.
Speaker 6: So just to see on Pierce float this bad matchup
Speaker 6: by the Pierce manager and that he has a bye
Speaker 6: next week, and try to buy a low because the
Speaker 6: Sedle softens up big time after the Texans by in
Speaker 6: week seven.
Speaker 1: I need it because I got Damian Pierce all over
Speaker 1: the place, as you can imagine.
Speaker 4: I'm sure you do.
Speaker 6: I do as well. So we'll root for that soft schedule.
Speaker 6: It's starting in week eight. Nico Collins Robert Woods can
Speaker 6: give them both a ce. Tank Dell has been ruled
Speaker 6: out with the concussion. Scott, you had a concussion stat
Speaker 6: I don't think you've mentioned it.
Speaker 4: I think it's worth worthwhile.
Speaker 2: No, oh yeah, I looked it up with Kincaid and Russian.
Speaker 2: Johnson's obviously out now, but out of the sixteen players
Speaker 2: that have had concussions, fourteen of them missed the next game.
Speaker 2: The protocols have been tightened since the two of things
Speaker 2: last week, only two have come back. So if you
Speaker 2: see a player going out with the concussion, assume they're
Speaker 2: almost assume that they're.
Speaker 5: Going to miss the next week.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's good stuff right there.
Speaker 6: So Tank Dell ruled out, so there will be more
Speaker 6: looks for Collins and Robert Woods.
Speaker 4: Woods should play. He's dealing with a I.
Speaker 6: Believe a rib injury of his own, like t Higgins,
Speaker 6: but he should be suited up for this one. But
Speaker 6: it's a bad matchup. New Orleans allowing just one hundred
Speaker 6: and forty three yards and less than a touchdown per
Speaker 6: game to why receivers as a whole, So just a
Speaker 6: see for Nico Collins and Robert Woods. I have Dalton
Speaker 6: Schultz on the bench. He went off last week, but
Speaker 6: this is a bad spot against the Saints, who have
Speaker 6: allowed eleven catches, ninety nine yards and a touchdown to tight.
Speaker 4: Ends all season.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 6: Luke Musgrave was the only tight end to top twenty
Speaker 6: yards against New Orleans. But he is the fastest player
Speaker 6: on the Packers. I don't think Dalton Schultz is the
Speaker 6: fastest player.
Speaker 1: And by the way, twenty yards is nothing. That is
Speaker 1: a very low threshold.
Speaker 6: Oh it's a very low play. I think he had
Speaker 6: like forty nine yards, so he actually had a decent
Speaker 6: game musk Grave. But anyway, Schultz is on the bench
Speaker 6: and I was close to Benching CJ. Stroud, I do
Speaker 6: not like his receivers a whole lot. I will give
Speaker 6: him a see, even though the Saints are ranked the
Speaker 6: sixth against the pass by Pro Football Focus and the
Speaker 6: only second lowest opponent completion percentage at fifty seven percent.
Speaker 6: But you know what else has not been great? The
Speaker 6: opposing quarterbacks to face the Saints. We're talking Ryan Tannehill,
Speaker 6: Bryce Young, Jordan Love, Baker Mayfield, who actually had a
Speaker 6: great game. He had three touchdowns, yes, and then Mac
Speaker 6: Jones Bailey's appy last week. So Baker Bakyfield the only
Speaker 6: competent quarterback the Saints have faced, and c. J. Stroud
Speaker 6: certainly certainly looks more than competent, So I will give
Speaker 6: him a ce.
Speaker 4: But it's a pretty soft one.
Speaker 1: Scott Carter is taking on the Rams. I already mentioned
Speaker 1: Josh Dobbs was my take a chance, I mean quarterback.
Speaker 5: No, I think you mentioned to Mary Dear Marcotta was
Speaker 5: your running back.
Speaker 1: Both I got Bobbs was your quarterback. I was Baby's
Speaker 1: by quarterback. Oh man, So yeah, I like Josh Dobbs.
Speaker 1: What do you think of his receivers?
Speaker 5: The only one I actually have a grade on is. Oh, no,
Speaker 5: that's not true. I would do. I do true.
Speaker 1: Grand's got a lit of Mike Wilson in there.
Speaker 2: I nope, nopeh Marquise Brown. I do have a B
Speaker 2: grade on He's averaging five for sixty eight over the
Speaker 2: last four and scored three times. He's been over fifty
Speaker 2: yards in all four. If you're getting fifty yards and
Speaker 2: you're getting four catches and all that, you're at nine
Speaker 2: points right there, right, and it's a decent spot.
Speaker 5: Brown will run about excuse me.
Speaker 2: Brown runs about eighty one percent of his route against
Speaker 2: the spot where Akila Witherspoon is. It's a not a
Speaker 2: great matchup forty point nine percent catch right, thirty six
Speaker 2: point seven passer ratings.
Speaker 5: So I can't.
Speaker 2: I can't give him an A. That's if he moves around,
Speaker 2: he might get a better matchup. But B is the
Speaker 2: absolute best I can give him. I might even take
Speaker 2: it down to a sea bit it's a good enough matchup.
Speaker 2: I'll give him a B. The C grade is not
Speaker 2: going to Michael Wilson, who's had a few good games,
Speaker 2: but he's got a pretty tough matchup in the outside.
Speaker 2: It's going to Ronde Moore slot Rams allowed the ninth
Speaker 2: most of the slot, but mostly with Connor out, Rondel
Speaker 2: Moore is getting carries.
Speaker 5: He's getting deebo volume. He's getting three to four carries.
Speaker 1: He's spilled like a toothpick. Why is he getting carries?
Speaker 5: I don't tell him. I don't know. I think they
Speaker 5: just like him on stretch runs and jet sweeps and fourteen.
Speaker 6: Point five yards per carry for Rondell Moore.
Speaker 2: Yeah carries, yeah, yeah, if he's gonna get three four
Speaker 2: five carries, now that Josh, now that Connor is completely out.
Speaker 2: If he's gonna get three four five carries and he's
Speaker 2: going to get a few targets, it's a It's enough
Speaker 2: in a matchup against in the slot that I like.
Speaker 5: I'm giving him a C grade. It's probably more of
Speaker 5: a dart throw, honestly.
Speaker 2: Zach Ertz, I got a B grade on fifth best
Speaker 2: matchup for tight ends. Three scores allowed in just the
Speaker 2: last two weeks, including god Its explosion last week. He
Speaker 2: leads the team in red zone targets. Yeah, B grade
Speaker 2: on zach Ertz. Over to the Rams side, Matthew Stafford
Speaker 2: was might take a chance on me quarterback? Yep, I
Speaker 2: like Puka Nikoua with an A grade. Do I need
Speaker 2: to talk about Puka and Cup? I will say in
Speaker 2: a game Stafford only through thirty seven times, which was
Speaker 2: his second lowest mark of the season.
Speaker 1: Last week.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Cup and Nikoua each had ten plus targets. Those
Speaker 2: two combined for sixty two percent of the targets.
Speaker 1: Genious about two to two out. Well, you know who
Speaker 1: was absolutely fantasy viable up time on the bench. I
Speaker 1: think I think the runs over for him.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Cards are allowing third most to the slot where
Speaker 2: Puka and Cups switch off two two out. Well, just
Speaker 2: two catches on nine yards. I got him back on
Speaker 2: the last week in that return for Cup on the bench,
Speaker 2: Tyler Higby, I got on the bench too. They held
Speaker 2: Kittle to nine yards.
Speaker 1: Yeah that's not great's Oh.
Speaker 2: Wait, Kien Williams real quick converted for a five from
Speaker 2: inside the five I mentioned earlier in the year. According
Speaker 2: to next Gen stats, Kyed Williams is the only back
Speaker 2: with at least thirty tempts to not have faced the
Speaker 2: name box. But he's getting all the volume. Fifth worst
Speaker 2: rush yards over expectation, but all the volume I'm giving
Speaker 2: the volume. C I could be talked into a bee
Speaker 2: bit a volume C for Kien Williams.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's not a great player, but at the
Speaker 1: opportunity is absolutely great for Kyron Williams. Yeah, your opportunity
Speaker 1: to look like a genius is coming up next because
Speaker 1: we're gonna give you a bunch of players that you'll
Speaker 1: want to pick up this week that everybody else is
Speaker 1: going to try to pick up next week, and they're
Speaker 1: already on your roster, and you're gonna look and feel
Speaker 1: brilliant when we return to Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment
Speaker 1: of Fantasy Football Weekly for week number six. This is
Speaker 1: a segment we call premature speculation. We give you a
Speaker 1: player you want to pick up this week. Let other
Speaker 1: people be trying to bring up down the road, but
Speaker 1: you've already got him, Scott Fish.
Speaker 2: You know what, you already gave a C letter starting
Speaker 2: grade to the guy I was gonna go with. Who's
Speaker 2: that Darnell Mooney. I think he's got a great match
Speaker 2: up here against Minnesota. Next week he gets a decent
Speaker 2: slot match up, you know, bottom twelve Raiders against the slot. Okay,
Speaker 2: and then the week after that he gets the Chargers,
Speaker 2: who are just as bad as Minnesota defending the past
Speaker 2: he's got. You know, I don't know that I love
Speaker 2: Darnell for the full season, but it's a good three
Speaker 2: game stretch that might be flexworthy over buys.
Speaker 1: All right, Brian, your premature speculation player.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna give a two for a two for one.
Speaker 6: I have running backs from Tampa Bay Sean Tucker and
Speaker 6: from Cleveland Kareem Hunt, and the rational rationale is the
Speaker 6: same for both. There's one guy ahead of each YEP,
Speaker 6: and they could beat them on talent alone. If an
Speaker 6: injury were to happen, we got you got a starting
Speaker 6: running back in each case. And they both have had
Speaker 6: their buy in week five, So moving forward, okay, they
Speaker 6: could be a viable warm body, especially starting in week
Speaker 6: seven when there are six teams on buy and everyone's
Speaker 6: gonna be looking for running back.
Speaker 4: So Sean Tucker and Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 1: Neither one's done anything to this point, but it's about opportunity.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they'll be out. They're available.
Speaker 1: That's They're a warm body running back.
Speaker 2: That's why I said Keaton Mitchell last week. I'm like,
Speaker 2: you know, a running back behind some interfestion backs. Hopefully
Speaker 2: they plan.
Speaker 1: Home, all right, I've already mentioned Johnny Wood's name like
Speaker 1: three times in this show, and he's an on ir
Speaker 1: for Pete's sake. But it's a hamstring injury suffered in OTAs.
Speaker 1: For the love of God, this thing to timetable. It
Speaker 1: should be coming back soon.
Speaker 5: Find someone who loves you as much as Church loves july.
Speaker 1: Ts not possible. Colts tight Ends without him right now
Speaker 1: are averaging eight targets sixty two yards per game. They've
Speaker 1: scored in three out of five games. And that's the
Speaker 1: likes of Kyle Granson and Andrew Ogletree and Moe Ali
Speaker 1: Cox Jelohnny Woods is six foot seven, two hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty pounds. Last year he averaged thirteen yards per receptions
Speaker 1: and five yards after the catch. The dude is a
Speaker 1: freaking beast, an insane athletic specimen. He's rangy. He gets
Speaker 1: opened downfield, so much more talent than Moe Ali Cox
Speaker 1: Kyle Granson at some point, and I can only hope
Speaker 1: it sooner rather than later. Johnny Wood's going to make
Speaker 1: an impact at a position everybody needs help at tight end.
Speaker 1: I love it all right, Let's go back to our matchups.
Speaker 1: Eagles taking on the Jets. DeAndre Swift has entered into
Speaker 1: obvious a territory does not need any more really, I
Speaker 1: think discussion than that, except I'm going to mention this.
Speaker 1: It's coming off a game where we just had six
Speaker 1: receptions and the Jets are giving up the most reception
Speaker 1: and the second most receiving yards to runners. So he's
Speaker 1: going to help you two different ways. For Deandres Swift,
Speaker 1: let's go to the receivers. AJ Brown B grade in
Speaker 1: a tricky matchup, but he's red hot with over one
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five yards in three straight games. On
Speaker 1: one half of the field, the Jets have Sauce Gardner,
Speaker 1: a top ten Pro Football Focus coverage corner. On the
Speaker 1: other side, they have DJ Reid, who's expected to clear
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol by Sunday. Reid is not quite at
Speaker 1: saut Gartner's level, but he's still very good, and he
Speaker 1: has allowed a touchdown in nine straight games nine times
Speaker 1: going back to last year, the Jets have allowed the
Speaker 1: second fewest wide receiver yards and the fewest touchdowns to wideouts.
Speaker 1: So AJ Brown just the B grade DeVonta Smith C grade.
Speaker 1: He's got the same difficult matchup as AJ Brown against
Speaker 1: Sauce Gardner and DJ Reid, depending which side of the
Speaker 1: field you're on. But he just gets less volume than Brown,
Speaker 1: at least in recent weeks, unless they're going to try
Speaker 1: to force feed Smith to make up for the fact
Speaker 1: that AJ Brown's dominating right now and he's getting he's
Speaker 1: been kind of iced out of his own offense. So
Speaker 1: I've only got the C grade on Smith. You could
Speaker 1: convince me to go B, but I'm gonna go see
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard B grade, you know, because those outside corners.
Speaker 1: So the Jets are so good. Some teams attack New
Speaker 1: York with the tight end. The Jets have given up
Speaker 1: five touchdowns to five different tight ends, and they've given
Speaker 1: up the tenth most receptions ninth most yards to tight ends.
Speaker 1: The Jets us linebacker Quincy Williams for some of their
Speaker 1: tight end coverage, and he's very good. He's his second
Speaker 1: most pass breakups at the linebacker position. B grade for
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard coming off the best game of his season.
Speaker 1: So I've given you some little A stuff for DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift through the air and some b's and some c's.
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts comes out with a B grade. Tough matchup
Speaker 1: against the defense. That's one game removed from putting Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes on two hundred three yards and one touchdown.
Speaker 6: That's it.
Speaker 1: Opposing quarterbacks averaging just two hundred and eighteen yards and
Speaker 1: just over one touchdown per game against New York. They're
Speaker 1: averaging as quarterback twenty against the Jets, no quarterback has
Speaker 1: rushed for a touchdown, but they did give up six
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks last year, and Mahomes and Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson combined for one hundred rushing yards against them over
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. So I like Jalen Hurts on
Speaker 1: the ground enough to make up for the fact that
Speaker 1: this could be a tricky passing game. The B grade
Speaker 1: for Jalen Hurts Jets side, there's only two guys that
Speaker 1: you care about. This team did not get it done
Speaker 1: against Denver last week, so well one guy did, Price Alid, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was under the C grade here. He has assumed
Speaker 1: full control of the snapcount, with Dalvin Cook down to
Speaker 1: just seventeen percent of the snaps last week. Billy go
Speaker 1: brutal matchup, allowing the fewest fantasy points to running backs,
Speaker 1: including just one touchdown to running backs all year. No
Speaker 1: back has topped fifty three yards against Philadelphia, and since
Speaker 1: the opener Runners are averaging just fifteen receiving yards per game,
Speaker 1: Philly ranks number two run stuff win rate. There's nothing
Speaker 1: to like about this matchup for Breese Hall except volume
Speaker 1: and ability C grade. And then there's Garrett Wilson. I
Speaker 1: was tempted to put him on the bench, but fortunately
Speaker 1: Eagles best cornerback Darius Slay is out, so that normally
Speaker 1: Slay shadows the opposing best receiver in many games. Now
Speaker 1: that might be James Bradbury, who's good, just not as good. Still,
Speaker 1: you gotta have significant worry about Zach Wilson getting anything
Speaker 1: done against the Eagles. Eagles have the sixth best pass
Speaker 1: rush win rate and the seventh best pass rush ranking
Speaker 1: by Pro Football Focus. No Jalen Carter in this game, though,
Speaker 1: and that's a bit of a loss to the pass rush.
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson's so good he could turn any catch into
Speaker 1: a big play, so he remains startable. But this is
Speaker 1: one of the toughest matchups of Garrett Wilson's year.
Speaker 4: Let's go to the.
Speaker 1: Sunday night game that is the Giants. Speaking on the Bills.
Speaker 1: There are basically no giants left standing for this game.
Speaker 2: Yep, exactly, Tyra Taylor is gonna get the start. But
Speaker 2: this is a matchup for the passing game. Fourth toughest
Speaker 2: against quarterbacks, got tough against wide receivers as well. You
Speaker 2: wouldn't start any giants wide receivers anyway. You're not gonna
Speaker 2: start Taylor anyway. But is there anyone he might start?
Speaker 1: Maybe Darren Waller if he even plays in. If he plays,
Speaker 1: he's shaping up as a game time decision on a
Speaker 1: Sunday night.
Speaker 5: Exactly. I have a bench grade on him.
Speaker 2: If you think, if there's better news coming out before
Speaker 2: you know, before your Sunday morning lineups, you could slot
Speaker 2: him in. It's a tough matchup the Bills allowing thirty
Speaker 2: one scoreless yards to tight ends. But last week he
Speaker 2: got eleven targets, was used all over, was used in motion,
Speaker 2: used even on a screen. They were really really getting
Speaker 2: him involved in thirty three percent of Taylor's targets when
Speaker 2: he came in went to Waller. Okay, so in a
Speaker 2: game they should be behind. If you get better news
Speaker 2: before Sunday, I'd bump him up to a sky but
Speaker 2: with the news we have right now, probably a bench grade.
Speaker 1: Giants are gonna be missing three offensive linemen in this game.
Speaker 2: Saquon Barkley is the same deal, a deal three offensive
Speaker 2: linemen out. I have a bench grade on him. But
Speaker 2: if we hear better that he is going to go,
Speaker 2: and it sounded like he might go, but I would
Speaker 2: give him a C grade. But reminder that a few
Speaker 2: years ago he missed a bunch of games on an
Speaker 2: ankle injury, came back. Here is the ardage totals after
Speaker 2: coming back from that injury dealing with it. That's not
Speaker 2: good twenty.
Speaker 5: Five forty fifty five sixty four fifty.
Speaker 2: He did add three to six catches per game, which
Speaker 2: kept him in a nice sea level. Would you added,
Speaker 2: you know, three catches for thirty yards on top of it?
Speaker 2: It's for sure sea level. And Travis CTN just rolled
Speaker 2: over the Bills like a tank.
Speaker 5: Like a tank.
Speaker 2: Devin a Devon a Chan destroyed them the week before.
Speaker 2: Breest All also a major game against the Bills, So
Speaker 2: there is a chance. But if even if Barkley doesn't go,
Speaker 2: you don't want Gray or brid splitting carries anyway. Now
Speaker 2: on the Buffalo side, I think Josh Allen and uh
Speaker 2: Stefan Diggs are obvious a's at this point, so we
Speaker 2: will move on to Gabe Davis, who has six catches
Speaker 2: over twenty yards one over forty yards in his five games,
Speaker 2: and he's scored in four straight games. Get this, Get
Speaker 2: this gave on Gabe Davis. He's gonna get Trey Hawkins,
Speaker 2: who allows a one hundred and fifty eight point three
Speaker 2: passer rating against him at home.
Speaker 5: That's perfect. That's a perfect rating, and say one fifty
Speaker 5: eight point three on the road.
Speaker 2: Both both happening here beyond Gabe Davis, and that's and
Speaker 2: over to James Cook for the run game C grade,
Speaker 2: highest snap percentage, the percentage of the year last week,
Speaker 2: averaging fifteen touches per game. He's going to get the
Speaker 2: volume C against the Giants team allowing five point three
Speaker 2: yards per carry. I'm not trusting Murray or Harris. They
Speaker 2: need a touchdown to get in there. It is a
Speaker 2: good game though, good game script for them.
Speaker 1: Cowboys taking on the Chargers, Brian.
Speaker 6: I'll start with the Cowboys side. Tony Poter gets a B.
Speaker 6: I'm a little worried about this shoulder injury. You should play,
Speaker 6: but they might limit his workload. A great matchup though,
Speaker 6: the Chargers allowing one hundred and forty seven combo yards
Speaker 6: per game to running backs. That's why Rico Dowdell was
Speaker 6: might take a chance on me running back over a
Speaker 6: CD lamb. He gets an A. He's the squeaky wheel
Speaker 6: of the week. He's been upset with his usage and
Speaker 6: he should be. CD is averaging three point three yards
Speaker 6: of separation when targeted, that's fifth best, but he's not
Speaker 6: seeing the ten to twelve targets he needs. Hopefully that
Speaker 6: change is against the Chargers, who are allowing fifteen catches
Speaker 6: two hundred and thirty two yards at one point five
Speaker 6: touchdowns per game to opposing wide receivers. That's why Michael
Speaker 6: Gallup was, might take a chance on me wide receiver.
Speaker 6: I was attempted to go to Brandon Cook's so he's
Speaker 6: been invisible. So he's still on the bench even in
Speaker 6: a shootout scenario. But Jake Ferguson not on the bench.
Speaker 6: He gets an A. His route share has gone up
Speaker 6: in four straight games, from forty percent to fifty eight percent,
Speaker 6: sixty two percent to seventy three percent. Last week, he
Speaker 6: leads Dallas and targets per route run and is tied
Speaker 6: for second among all tight ends in that metric. The
Speaker 6: Chargers haven't faced much when it comes to tight ends,
Speaker 6: with TJ. Hockinson and Josh Oliver combined for ten catches,
Speaker 6: eighty two yard and a touchdown against them in Week three.
Speaker 6: So Dak Prescott he gets an A based on all
Speaker 6: these starting grades for his receivers. Over to the Chargers
Speaker 6: side B for Austin Eckler, who should make his return.
Speaker 6: The Cowboys have surrendered four touchdowns to running backs over
Speaker 6: the last three weeks, and they allowed six catches to
Speaker 6: forty nine Ers backs last week.
Speaker 4: Keenan Allen gets an A.
Speaker 6: With Trayvon Diggs out, the Cowboys secondary is nothing to
Speaker 6: be scared of. So you're obviously starting Keenan Allen, a
Speaker 6: top five wide receiver right now. Sure, I'm also starting
Speaker 6: both Josh Palmer and Quenton Johnson.
Speaker 1: In the show Wow Johnston.
Speaker 6: I like Josh Palmer a little more, but I think
Speaker 6: Quentin Johnson He's sitting on a breakout game one of
Speaker 6: these days, and this is a great spot for it
Speaker 6: to happen. He'll see plenty of double coverage against a
Speaker 6: secondary that is in shambles without Trayvon Diggs. And lastly,
Speaker 6: for the pass catchers Gerald Everard and Donald Parham.
Speaker 4: Here we go, both get a c A. As a whole.
Speaker 6: Chargers tight ends are Averjagts five catches in fifty yards
Speaker 6: per game, and despite having their buy all Edie, they
Speaker 6: have the second most tight end touchdowns. But all those
Speaker 6: touchdowns have gone to Parhum. Not my boy Gerald Everett,
Speaker 6: but he's still the starting tight end. George Kittle just
Speaker 6: scored thrice on the Cowboys. So if you're desperate, I
Speaker 6: think you're desperate, you start Parham. But safety on Gerald
Speaker 6: Everett and of course a very safe A on justin
Speaker 6: air Bear Herbert again Trayvon Diggs on the shelf. The
Speaker 6: Cowboys just lost linebacker Layton vander ash to injured. Reserve
Speaker 6: defensive tackle Neville Gallimore is questionable to play, as his
Speaker 6: linebacker Dumone Clark and safety juan Ye Thomas. A shootout
Speaker 6: it's gonna happen on Monday Night, the only game with
Speaker 6: an over under north of fifty points on the slate
Speaker 6: or all weekend.
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Speaker 1: part practice in full right to have him back oft injured.
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