WEBVTT - Thanksgiving Leftovers 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:09.760 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:14.040 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:22.959 advice Now League dot com. Here's your host. Welcome you 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:27.479 a Thanksgiving weekend edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. My co 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:33.279 hosts this weekend are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson, and 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:36.360 we're both ten pounds heavier. Yeah, baby, that means you're 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:41.360 doing it right, unless it's ten pounds of pumpkin pie. Because, 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:45.960 as I like to mention pretty much annually to our listeners, yeah, 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:51.640 you're not eating pumpkin. You're eating squash of canned pumpkin 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:58.200 is Dickinson squash. You are eating a cold squash pie. 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:02.520 Not only that, not cool Pickinson squash, which that's the 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:05.880 worst kind of squash exactly unless you're a big Iron 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:09.000 Maiden fan. It is the worst of all possible squashes. 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:12.479 I like it. No, it's squashed. I don't like mountain dew, 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.360 but you're not drinking fresh dew off of a mountain. 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:20.119 I mean, that's a great point. That's that's irrefutable launching 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:22.640 right there. Can't top that plenty to get you over 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:24.560 the course of the show, we will go through our 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.280 three tough questions. We'll give you nine players upon whom 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.480 you can take a chance. Premature speculation coming at the 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:33.840 end of the show, and of course we will break 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.640 down every matchup fantasy style like we always do, and 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:42.839 we begin with the Chicago Bears facing the Jets. Matt, 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.040 We're not yet sure if Justin Fields is gonna go, 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:49.800 but let's assume he does. With the bad shoulder, gotta 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.880 believe we're gonna get less rushing Justin Fields if he 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:54.920 does play. Yeah, I was gonna mention that he was 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.640 limited in practice all week with a left shoulder injury. 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:01.080 That's his non throwing shoulder. Uh. I imagine the Bears 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:03.480 still do suit him up and have him play, but 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.080 I do think they take away a few rushing attempts 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.600 and a few hits off of fields due to the injury, 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.400 still giving him a solid be The Jets did allow 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:14.000 Josh Allen to go for eighty six and two scores 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:17.600 on the ground just two games ago, and man, if 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.960 if you're if you're scared to take rushing away from fields, 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.280 they probably shouldn't play fields at all. Right, Well, I 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.600 think from the Bears perspective, you're talking fantasy. No from 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:29.600 from the Bears. I think they want him to to 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:31.800 continue to develop as a past Okay, so there we go. 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:33.639 I think they would like to see what he can do. 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.799 Trevor Simeon the gross backup. By the way, I hope 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.760 Fields played in the Spike game. The Jets took Zach 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:44.880 Wilson picks before justin Fields spite games science had that 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.200 one in the holster for I just know him. Alan 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:51.400 Forever had memorized all this spite practically. Um. David Montgomery 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:54.359 returned to bell cow status last week with Khalil Herbert 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.520 on I R twenty touches last week, including all of 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:01.000 the RB targets. The Jets are good run defense, but 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.120 they have allowed a fair amount of success to running 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:06.080 backs in the passing game. They ranked ninth most in 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:09.600 receptions and receiving yards allowed to the position. So Montgomery 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.440 gets a B. I think he gets a lot of 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:14.480 work in this game. Darnell Mooney has been better, but 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.280 only in the fact that he scored in two of 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.240 the last three weeks. He's top sixty yards only once 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:22.840 in the last five games, though, He's just way too inconsistent. 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.680 The Jets are top four and receptions and yards allowed 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.239 to the wide receiver position. For that reason, Mooney and 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.280 Chase Claypool both on the bench and Cole commet he's 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.800 a complete dart throw. Last week he sunk you with 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.880 a three for thirty five against Atlanta. In the prior 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.520 three weeks he had five touchdowns, though, but he didn't 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.160 score once in weeks one through seven. So which cole 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.440 commit is it? It's probably the bad one this week. 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:49.080 The Jets have not allowed a tight end touchdown all year, 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.560 and you're pretty dependent on that stat for commit to 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.200 be startable. So I'll give him the lowest possible C 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:59.600 grade in the tight end waste comme. Yeah, I was 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:06.760 just saying, really really low, low sestosterone grade. Alright, Mike 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.880 White is your new starter for the Jets. Zack Wilson 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:13.200 was dropped below Joe Flacco to third on the depth chart. 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.640 Will probably be inactive this week. I think he will 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:18.120 be inactive the rest of the year. I'm not sure 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:19.920 about that. I think they might just want to give 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.000 him a couple of weeks off to clear his head here, 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.080 maybe maybe get right. Uh many of you remember Mike 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.200 White from his four hundred five yard three touchdown outburst 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.120 in his second career game last year against the Bengals. 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.520 His other two and a half games in the league 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:38.280 were pretty brutal though. Uh and he offers absolutely zero 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:41.200 running ability. He does not run. He has a stand 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.479 in the pocket and chuck the ball passer. And the 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:46.080 Bears are a pretty good past defense. They have like 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.360 one of the league's worst defense against running quarterbacks, which 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:51.200 kind of it's a it's a little bit of a 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.640 head scratcher here that Zack Wilson, who is a little 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.719 mobile isn't at least active in this game for that 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.400 kind of thing. But oh well, uh so it's because 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.760 he's bad. Okay, sure he has bad. I keep White 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.480 on the bench. Twa and Dak are the only quarterbacks 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:07.839 to throw for multiple scores on the Bear since Week two, 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.280 and with that, I'm leaving the rest of the receivers 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.279 on the bench as well, including Garrett Wilson, a Jets 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:16.400 wide receiver, has not scored a touchdown since Week four, 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.200 which is why Zach Wilson isn't starting anymore. Uh. The 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.640 last Jet to mention is Michael Carter. He gets a 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:27.760 C grade here. Carter snap percent percentage still hovering around fifty, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.640 with James Robinson and Ty Johnson splitting the remainder of 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.200 the snaps. The Jets are a good matchup for Carter 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.599 to get something going this week. Their bottom five in 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.720 rushing yards and touchdowns allowed to opposing backs this year, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.839 and they have allowed of rushing score to a running 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.640 back in six of the last seven games. So Carter 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.560 gets the c I think Carter had like fifteen catches 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:52.000 and that Mike White game. Ye, Mike White is a 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.680 dump off pass or big time that could absolutely help 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.560 him here. Tampa Bay takes like Cleveland Brian for the 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:01.360 Tampa Bay offense outside of Leonard for Nett, who is 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.880 now the backup. Really that this is as healthy as 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.120 this offense has been all year A most all the receivers, 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.600 the starting receivers are all healthy. Brady's healthy and Rashad 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:13.360 White healthy. So I've got a little optimism here for 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.480 the Tampa Bay Bucks going up against a Cleveland defense 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.520 that's been pretty bad lately. Yeah, Bucks coming off there 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.600 by too, So a lot of start starting grades here, 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.839 We'll start running back. I'm giving Rashad White b even 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:26.720 if for Net goes for nets kind of if he 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.960 with this hip injury, he's been practicing in a limited fashion, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.159 but it's it's White show at this point. Feels like 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.400 so I got for net on the bench and Rashad 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.320 White with a B, whether for Net plays or not. 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.760 Over the Browns last three games, opposing backs are averaging 0:06:41.640 --> 0:06:44.600 rushing yards per game, and on the season, Cleveland has 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.240 surrendered the most total touchdowns to the position. Brown's also 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.920 allowing more than five catches per game to running back. 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.359 So I might be talking to myself into an A 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.960 here for I think I just did and changing it 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.000 all right from B to and A. I wish I 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.240 could have done that on many report cards as a kid, 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.200 but I could not. Anyway, over to the wide receiver side, 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:05.720 I'm just gonna give a seed to Mike Evans, who 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:09.159 hasn't scored a touchdown since Week four. But the Browns 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:12.840 have surrendered six wide receiver touchdowns over the last five games, 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.720 so Evans has a shot to snap his scoreless street here. 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.560 That said, he should see plenty of coverage from Denzil 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.760 a Ward, who has looked great over the last two 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:24.400 weeks since returning from injuries. Surrendering just five catches for 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.080 fifty scoreless yards in his last two games, and those 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.720 came against Miami and Buffalo elite pass offenses. So just 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.600 to see for Evans, but a B for Chris Godwin, 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:37.720 who plays around his snaps from the slot, which means 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.560 we'll see a lot of cornerback A J. Green, and 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.360 I don't mean the wide receiver, but he might be 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.800 a better court cornerback then A J. Green the cornerback, 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.680 but a J. Green the cornerback. Here was first start 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:50.960 of the season last week due to the loss of 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.360 Greg Newsome, who who will be out again this week. 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.960 Green only played twenty two snaps in coverage, but he 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.040 was targeted four times and gave up three catches for 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.760 twenty one yards and a touchdown. So throw it his 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.120 way and Chris Godwin should be uh in line for 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.360 a big day. Julio Jones, who looked great in that 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:11.440 Germany game. I got bench here. I'll switch it to 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:13.840 a C. It's not the greatest matchup, but I just 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:15.960 kind of want to see him do it one more 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.280 time before I trust him to put in my starting 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.840 line up. The Browns are allowing less than eleven catches 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.480 per game to wide receivers as a whole, which is 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:25.400 not a lot. I like Godwin and Evans more. But 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.840 if you're in a pinch, I'll give Julio the Sea, 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:29.520 but I will not give a C to k dot 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:32.680 And or Cameron Bred. They're back to splitting time, so 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.120 they're both on the bench and to be for Tom Brady. 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.480 The Browns have allowed multiple touchdown passes and two of 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:41.440 their last three games. Josh Allen should have had multiple touchdowns. 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.160 Last week, Stephon Diggs dropped one, and I just think 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.720 that the trio of Tampa based wide receivers and child 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.080 White can do enough damage through the air to make 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:50.880 Brady a QB one this week, so he gets to 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:54.520 the Sea. Over the Cleveland side. Nick Chubb gets a B. 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.160 As I mentioned, the Bucks are coming off their by 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.720 so they'll be well rested and over the Over their 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.760 last two games, they're allowing turned very good on against 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.559 the running, allowing just forty three rushing yards per game 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.640 to imposing backs and no touchdowns. And that includes holding 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.240 Kenneth Walker to just seventeen rushing yards on ten carries 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.240 in their last game. So just a B for Chubb. 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:19.720 Uh b inn for Kareem Hunt, barely rosterable at this point, 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.520 he hasn't topped I agree, I think he's certainly a 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.400 drop candidate. Hasn't top fifty rushing yards since Week two, 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.800 he hasn't caught a touchdown since week one, hasn't topped 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:32.000 thirty receiving yards all season, and over his last two 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.600 games he has total just fourteen touches. So easy bench 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.680 for Hunt. He's really just an insurance policy in case 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:39.840 anything happens at job. He was always like a flex 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.400 worthy player, but now he's pretty much as a handcuff 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.880 chubbed books. Fine knock on wood, he'll stay healthy. So yeah, 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.280 if you gotta drop Hunt, I don't blame you. Definitely 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.280 don't drop a Marie Cooper. You actually want to start 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:54.160 him again with a B. He's played great at home 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.160 and in Detroit at a neutral site, but this is 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.560 a home game, and although it isn't the best matchup 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:02.200 on paper, the Bucks have surrendered three wide receiver touchdowns 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.199 over their last two. So I like Cooper here and 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.960 I'm gonna continue to like Donovan People's jones. He gets 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.559 to see finally hit paydirt last week, and uh, dudes 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.440 just been consistent over the last two months. Uh DPJ 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.240 has notched at least fifty receiving yards in seven straight 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.560 games and the top seventy yards and five of those 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.040 seven games. So keep rolling them out. There is a 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.080 wide receiver three and I he seems like a pretty 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.720 safe play, David and Joeku somewhat safe. He gets to see. 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.240 The Bucks have allowed at least six catches to opposing 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.480 tight ends and two of the last three games, and 0:10:31.520 --> 0:10:33.640 we'll take that production in the tight end waste land. 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.760 And lastly, Jacoby Brissette and what could be his last 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:40.720 start of the season because DeShawn Watson's eligible today. Previously 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.200 claimed that they were gonna make the switch no matter 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:46.839 what as soon as Watson was available, and I guess 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.400 his contract would suggest that that will be the case. 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.000 Per Sette played really well last week. I think he's 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.400 overall QB one. If not, he was the top three 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:55.920 quarterback and he's gonna want to go out in a 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.120 blaze of glory. I'm giving him a see here. The 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.719 Bucks have surrendered multiple touchdown PA passes in three of 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.679 their last four games, and they also on the sixth 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.920 highest opponent passing play percentage on the road, Superset will 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.280 have his chance to air it out. You can say 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:11.000 he's gonna go on a blaze of glory and then 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:15.320 give him a cee. Well starting to go. See that's 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:20.080 that's that's the Jacobe prisets like blaze of glory. Startable, 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:24.880 that's it. That's it. Baltimore takes on Jacksonville. Let's go through. Uh, 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.960 let's really just a handful of lukewarm starters for a 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.040 Baltimore offense that has struggled a lot. Mark Andrews is 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:35.120 not in question, obviously after returning in full strength last week, 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.880 and the Jaguars prior to last week's by got blown 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:41.040 apart by you know, the Kansas City tight Ends, which granted, 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:44.280 you know they're really good. Uh, still a grade for 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.920 Mark Andrews. But where things get a lot dice here 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:51.360 is for Lamar Jackson since week three, and it was 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:54.880 a long time ago. It was September, it was warm outside, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.400 the trees hadn't changed yet, Tom Brady was still married. 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:04.280 He scored seven touchdowns total rushing and receiving. He's typically 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:08.160 Lamar Jackson's typically being outscored by whichever other quarterback you 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:12.160 have on your roster still HiT's Jacksonville Giras have allowed 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.280 the most broken tackles, which could bode well for Jackson 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.439 on the ground, and it's a bit of a plus 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.000 matchup for him through the air as well. Posing quarterbacks 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.800 are averaging two D fifty eight passing yards and one 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.120 and a half touchdowns per game against Jacksonville. I would 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.000 take one and a half touchdowns at this point for 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:33.840 Lamar Jackson. You can't start any of his wide receivers 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.880 since Bateman has gone down. These receivers as a group 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:44.680 are averaging sixty eight yards per game among all of them. 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.720 It's a disaster, and we're not chasing DeMarcus Robinson's random 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.480 explosion last week. They're all on the bench B grade 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.200 for Lamar Jackson. If I didn't give him an actual 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.640 letter grade, I'm going be here just because of the 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:00.319 rushing upside that he's got. Then over to Gus Edwards 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.040 if he plays and when we don't know for sure 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.160 if he's going to or not startable as a touchdown 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.960 option against the team allowing a rushing touchdown per game 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.800 since Week four. And reminder, last time Gus Edwards played 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.800 in his only other full game the immediately game sixteen 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.560 carries and two and he scored two rushing touchdowns, so 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.600 they won't hesitate to give him the ball to stripe 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.640 again here as well, Kenyan Drake comes into the C grade. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:23.480 He's had at least ten touches in each of the 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.560 last five games while averaging seventy two total yards and 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:30.080 almost a score per game. Um. But the catch here again, 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.800 if Gus Edwards plays, then he's not getting those touchdowns. 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:36.240 Those will probably go to Edwards. The Jaguars allowed the 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.280 tenth most total yards per game to opposing running backs, 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.000 and they're particularly vulnerable through the air. But Drake does 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:43.760 not catch, so that does not help him, and that's 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.280 why he has a C grade along with Gus Edwards 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.440 C grade. All right, let's go to Jacksonville. You got 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:51.439 a handful of starters here. Tricky game for Travis E. 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:56.359 T N. In the two games since Baltimore acquired linebacker 0:13:56.440 --> 0:14:02.040 ro Kwan Smith, they're giving up third scoreless rushing yards 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:06.199 per game. That's it. That includes, by the way, in 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:11.079 those two games they faced Alvin Kamara and Donta Foreman. 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:17.000 Those are two pretty good backs. Both. Well, we'll actually 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.200 talk more about one of those players in great detail 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.640 a little bit later in the show. Um, they do 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:25.080 remain vulnerable through the air. They're seeing the sixth most 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.320 receptions of fifth most receiving yards, and Travis E. T 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:30.720 N can catch a bit, but they don't use him 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:32.360 that much as much as you think they would. He's 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:36.560 averaging three targets per game. He's hauled in three receptions 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.400 in half of his games this season. So I just 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:40.760 I don't see a lot coming here. You need a 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.440 touchdown really for Travis e t N, which he might get, 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:45.160 and that's why I've got a C grade on him 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.640 and not a bench grade altogether. In a brutally tough 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.880 matchup they could work in. They claimed Darryl Henderson to 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.880 they've they've Alrea will not be a factor this week. 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:58.200 I'm happy to say Christian Kirk gets a B grade 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.760 as my highest graded Jaguar this week. Unlikely. He's been 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.920 an unlikely top ten wide receiver so far this season, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:09.800 but consistently helpful. Kirk has averaged sixty eight yards. He's 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.760 reached pay dirt four times in his last five games. 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:17.400 His primary defender in the slot is rookie cornerback de 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:22.040 Marian Williams. He has the third lowest Pro Football Focus 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:26.400 grade among all cornerbacks. It's a glorious matchup for Christian Kirk, 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.040 who comes in with a B grade. Here. The rest 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:33.160 of the Jacksonville receivers, including the Jacksonville Joneses, our benchable. 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.720 We are not keeping up with the Joneses. They've They're 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.720 barely rostered anywhere anyway. It's a brutal matchup which you 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.560 do not like. And since week for only one receiver 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:45.520 has top seventy six yards against Baltimore. How about we 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:54.920 call them Jacksonsville Jacks Jacksons, maybe Jacksons jack I don't know. 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.040 I think it's a stretch. I'll be honest. Trevor Lawrence 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.880 is a c gre He's been a viable Fantasy star, 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.000 but I do not like this matchup. Baltimore has only 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:08.280 surrendered multiple touchdowns twice all season. They've been dominant over 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:11.440 the last month, allowing just to score since weeks six. 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:15.120 So Trevor Lawrence with a tricky matchup in just the 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:19.520 sea grade in this game when we come back, take 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.040 a chance on me. Nine players upon whom you can 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.760 take a chance. These are guys not normally in your 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.680 starting lineup. Many of these players are available off the 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:30.280 waiver wire. We will tell you who they are when 0:16:30.280 --> 0:17:08.280 we return to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back. Take your 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.760 chance at me nine players you would not normally start. 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.640 Many of these guys available on the waiver wire. Let's 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.640 begin at the quarterback position, at Matt Harrison. I'll use 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:22.040 Matt Ryan, who has looked all right since re taking 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:25.080 over the starting job with new coach Jeff Saturday. We're 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.200 quick to forget that Ryan has three games of over 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:30.719 three fifty passing yards this season, and he's thrown every 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.040 single one of the Colts passing scores this year. Uh, 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:36.359 the Steelers have allowed the fourth most passing yards and 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.800 the third most passing scores, and out of the ten 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.600 quarterbacks they faced, eight of them have had at least 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.320 two hundred fifty yards or multiple touchdowns. All right, Matt 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.160 Ryan in the house. Let's go to your quarterback, Brian. 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.240 I got Ryan Tannehill at home against the Bengals. Over 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.679 the last two weeks, the Titans that faced the number 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:56.439 one in number five pass defenses and the Broncos and 0:17:56.480 --> 0:18:01.520 the Packers, and Tannehill has average passing game with four 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.960 touchdown passes over those two games, not too shabby. Now 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:08.399 draws the Bengals, who just let Kenny Pickett throw for 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:12.480 two sixty and a touchdown, which should have been too Yeah, yeah, 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:14.880 I really should have to bring that up again because 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:16.960 it costs me like two grand and daily if George 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.280 Pickens holds onto that ball. So I'm gonna turn off 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.359 my mic and cry now. H Taylor Heineke is no 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:24.320 need to cry here. He has been named the full 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:27.280 time starter for Washington. He's looked good on paper. What 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:30.560 does not look good? Atlanta UM They look like an 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.320 improved secondary, but in the last month they have faced 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:38.040 the modest passing of p J Walker, Justin Fields, p J. Walker, 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:42.040 and Justin Herbert without his whiteouts. Prior to those games, 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:44.920 the Falcons are getting destroyed by quarterbacks three or eighteen 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.959 yards and almost two touchdowns per game. Heineke probably does 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.080 not bring three eighteen and two to the table. It's 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:51.960 not his kind of upside. In fact, he hasn't scored 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:55.080 in back to back games, but a solid game probably 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:57.960 coming here running from the outside. Terry McLaurin has got 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.480 very nice matchups. We'll talk more about him later, or so, 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.200 just if only for Terry mclaurin's upside, we can start 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.600 Taylor Heineke this week. Terry, Let's go to the running 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.400 back position. Raheem most Stirt is a must start this 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:14.200 year or this week. Yes, most are to said single 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.280 digit carries in both games since Jeff Wilson came to town. 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.640 But also yes, the Texans are that bad where eight 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:23.000 or nine carries for most are it might be enough. 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:26.760 They're basically bottom three in every category against running backs, 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.560 but the most notable one should be they've allowed the 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.240 most running back combo yards in the league this year 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:35.119 at a hundred and eighty four per game. It's insane, 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:38.360 and the third most total touchdowns to running backs at 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.679 fourteen through ten games. So most are it's got a 0:19:41.800 --> 0:19:44.280 decent chance at eighty and a score here in a 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:48.240 backup role. Here, in a backup role, Brian, you're running back, 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:51.600 take a chance on me. Player uh Deonta foreman of 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:54.400 the Panthers at home against the Broncos. He falls back 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.720 into take on range sadly after his gud game last week, 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:00.240 but he could bounce back against the Broncos defense has 0:20:00.240 --> 0:20:03.440 softened against the run. Over their last four games, opposing 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:07.080 backs are averaging rushing yards per game on nearly five 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:10.360 yards per carry against Denver, and you know the Panthers 0:20:10.400 --> 0:20:12.119 will want to lean on the run game with Sam 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:14.679 Donald starting at quarterbacks. So I'm going back to the 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:16.960 well with foreman all right, might take a chance of 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:20.920 me running back him? Probably Littavius Murray, last man standing 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:23.359 again the Denver back. Is it the dawning of the 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:27.320 age of Lottavius again again? He could be Mike Boone, 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:29.479 by the way, as a reminder, still on the injured reserve. 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.520 He's a good take a chance. I mean, our pre's 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:34.640 been sure speculation. We might talk about him more later. 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:38.240 His only competition for touches for Latavius Murray's Marlon Mack, 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:40.680 who has already been cut twice this year. Murray could 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:42.480 be looking at a lot of volume against the Panther's 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:45.520 team allowing the sixth most rushing yards the fifth most 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:50.320 touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. And despite Denver's 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.280 offensive woes, Murray's been solid. He's scored in three or 0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:56.199 five games. He's averaged sixty ish total yards in the 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:59.360 other two games. He's been a solid contributor anyway. Now 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:01.760 he's gonna get the aster majority of the work. Let's 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:03.879 go to the wide receiver position. Well, I'm gonna go 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.800 with the tight end position. I'm going really, really, really 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:11.800 deep into the tight end waste land chargers, backup tight ends. 0:21:12.880 --> 0:21:15.800 Tray McKitty, you're not going Donald Palm, No, he's not. 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:21.840 I rude. Oh that's pretty good. Yeah, I was gonna 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:23.520 see if we had a meal. I think I think 0:21:23.520 --> 0:21:28.400 we have a horse nee. Yeah, I've got anyway, that's 0:21:28.480 --> 0:21:31.480