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Speaker 1: hosts this weekend are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson, and
Speaker 1: we're both ten pounds heavier. Yeah, baby, that means you're
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Speaker 1: as I like to mention pretty much annually to our listeners, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're not eating pumpkin. You're eating squash of canned pumpkin
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Speaker 1: Not only that, not cool Pickinson squash, which that's the
Speaker 1: worst kind of squash exactly unless you're a big Iron
Speaker 1: Maiden fan. It is the worst of all possible squashes.
Speaker 1: I like it. No, it's squashed. I don't like mountain dew,
Speaker 1: but you're not drinking fresh dew off of a mountain.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a great point. That's that's irrefutable launching
Speaker 1: right there. Can't top that plenty to get you over
Speaker 1: the course of the show, we will go through our
Speaker 1: three tough questions. We'll give you nine players upon whom
Speaker 1: you can take a chance. Premature speculation coming at the
Speaker 1: end of the show, and of course we will break
Speaker 1: down every matchup fantasy style like we always do, and
Speaker 1: we begin with the Chicago Bears facing the Jets. Matt,
Speaker 1: We're not yet sure if Justin Fields is gonna go,
Speaker 1: but let's assume he does. With the bad shoulder, gotta
Speaker 1: believe we're gonna get less rushing Justin Fields if he
Speaker 1: does play. Yeah, I was gonna mention that he was
Speaker 1: limited in practice all week with a left shoulder injury.
Speaker 1: That's his non throwing shoulder. Uh. I imagine the Bears
Speaker 1: still do suit him up and have him play, but
Speaker 1: I do think they take away a few rushing attempts
Speaker 1: and a few hits off of fields due to the injury,
Speaker 1: still giving him a solid be The Jets did allow
Speaker 1: Josh Allen to go for eighty six and two scores
Speaker 1: on the ground just two games ago, and man, if
Speaker 1: if you're if you're scared to take rushing away from fields,
Speaker 1: they probably shouldn't play fields at all. Right, Well, I
Speaker 1: think from the Bears perspective, you're talking fantasy. No from
Speaker 1: from the Bears. I think they want him to to
Speaker 1: continue to develop as a past Okay, so there we go.
Speaker 1: I think they would like to see what he can do.
Speaker 1: Trevor Simeon the gross backup. By the way, I hope
Speaker 1: Fields played in the Spike game. The Jets took Zach
Speaker 1: Wilson picks before justin Fields spite games science had that
Speaker 1: one in the holster for I just know him. Alan
Speaker 1: Forever had memorized all this spite practically. Um. David Montgomery
Speaker 1: returned to bell cow status last week with Khalil Herbert
Speaker 1: on I R twenty touches last week, including all of
Speaker 1: the RB targets. The Jets are good run defense, but
Speaker 1: they have allowed a fair amount of success to running
Speaker 1: backs in the passing game. They ranked ninth most in
Speaker 1: receptions and receiving yards allowed to the position. So Montgomery
Speaker 1: gets a B. I think he gets a lot of
Speaker 1: work in this game. Darnell Mooney has been better, but
Speaker 1: only in the fact that he scored in two of
Speaker 1: the last three weeks. He's top sixty yards only once
Speaker 1: in the last five games, though, He's just way too inconsistent.
Speaker 1: The Jets are top four and receptions and yards allowed
Speaker 1: to the wide receiver position. For that reason, Mooney and
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool both on the bench and Cole commet he's
Speaker 1: a complete dart throw. Last week he sunk you with
Speaker 1: a three for thirty five against Atlanta. In the prior
Speaker 1: three weeks he had five touchdowns, though, but he didn't
Speaker 1: score once in weeks one through seven. So which cole
Speaker 1: commit is it? It's probably the bad one this week.
Speaker 1: The Jets have not allowed a tight end touchdown all year,
Speaker 1: and you're pretty dependent on that stat for commit to
Speaker 1: be startable. So I'll give him the lowest possible C
Speaker 1: grade in the tight end waste comme. Yeah, I was
Speaker 1: just saying, really really low, low sestosterone grade. Alright, Mike
Speaker 1: White is your new starter for the Jets. Zack Wilson
Speaker 1: was dropped below Joe Flacco to third on the depth chart.
Speaker 1: Will probably be inactive this week. I think he will
Speaker 1: be inactive the rest of the year. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: about that. I think they might just want to give
Speaker 1: him a couple of weeks off to clear his head here,
Speaker 1: maybe maybe get right. Uh many of you remember Mike
Speaker 1: White from his four hundred five yard three touchdown outburst
Speaker 1: in his second career game last year against the Bengals.
Speaker 1: His other two and a half games in the league
Speaker 1: were pretty brutal though. Uh and he offers absolutely zero
Speaker 1: running ability. He does not run. He has a stand
Speaker 1: in the pocket and chuck the ball passer. And the
Speaker 1: Bears are a pretty good past defense. They have like
Speaker 1: one of the league's worst defense against running quarterbacks, which
Speaker 1: kind of it's a it's a little bit of a
Speaker 1: head scratcher here that Zack Wilson, who is a little
Speaker 1: mobile isn't at least active in this game for that
Speaker 1: kind of thing. But oh well, uh so it's because
Speaker 1: he's bad. Okay, sure he has bad. I keep White
Speaker 1: on the bench. Twa and Dak are the only quarterbacks
Speaker 1: to throw for multiple scores on the Bear since Week two,
Speaker 1: and with that, I'm leaving the rest of the receivers
Speaker 1: on the bench as well, including Garrett Wilson, a Jets
Speaker 1: wide receiver, has not scored a touchdown since Week four,
Speaker 1: which is why Zach Wilson isn't starting anymore. Uh. The
Speaker 1: last Jet to mention is Michael Carter. He gets a
Speaker 1: C grade here. Carter snap percent percentage still hovering around fifty,
Speaker 1: with James Robinson and Ty Johnson splitting the remainder of
Speaker 1: the snaps. The Jets are a good matchup for Carter
Speaker 1: to get something going this week. Their bottom five in
Speaker 1: rushing yards and touchdowns allowed to opposing backs this year,
Speaker 1: and they have allowed of rushing score to a running
Speaker 1: back in six of the last seven games. So Carter
Speaker 1: gets the c I think Carter had like fifteen catches
Speaker 1: and that Mike White game. Ye, Mike White is a
Speaker 1: dump off pass or big time that could absolutely help
Speaker 1: him here. Tampa Bay takes like Cleveland Brian for the
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay offense outside of Leonard for Nett, who is
Speaker 1: now the backup. Really that this is as healthy as
Speaker 1: this offense has been all year A most all the receivers,
Speaker 1: the starting receivers are all healthy. Brady's healthy and Rashad
Speaker 1: White healthy. So I've got a little optimism here for
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Bucks going up against a Cleveland defense
Speaker 1: that's been pretty bad lately. Yeah, Bucks coming off there
Speaker 1: by too, So a lot of start starting grades here,
Speaker 1: We'll start running back. I'm giving Rashad White b even
Speaker 1: if for Net goes for nets kind of if he
Speaker 1: with this hip injury, he's been practicing in a limited fashion,
Speaker 1: but it's it's White show at this point. Feels like
Speaker 1: so I got for net on the bench and Rashad
Speaker 1: White with a B, whether for Net plays or not.
Speaker 1: Over the Browns last three games, opposing backs are averaging
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game, and on the season, Cleveland has
Speaker 1: surrendered the most total touchdowns to the position. Brown's also
Speaker 1: allowing more than five catches per game to running back.
Speaker 1: So I might be talking to myself into an A
Speaker 1: here for I think I just did and changing it
Speaker 1: all right from B to and A. I wish I
Speaker 1: could have done that on many report cards as a kid,
Speaker 1: but I could not. Anyway, over to the wide receiver side,
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna give a seed to Mike Evans, who
Speaker 1: hasn't scored a touchdown since Week four. But the Browns
Speaker 1: have surrendered six wide receiver touchdowns over the last five games,
Speaker 1: so Evans has a shot to snap his scoreless street here.
Speaker 1: That said, he should see plenty of coverage from Denzil
Speaker 1: a Ward, who has looked great over the last two
Speaker 1: weeks since returning from injuries. Surrendering just five catches for
Speaker 1: fifty scoreless yards in his last two games, and those
Speaker 1: came against Miami and Buffalo elite pass offenses. So just
Speaker 1: to see for Evans, but a B for Chris Godwin,
Speaker 1: who plays around his snaps from the slot, which means
Speaker 1: we'll see a lot of cornerback A J. Green, and
Speaker 1: I don't mean the wide receiver, but he might be
Speaker 1: a better court cornerback then A J. Green the cornerback,
Speaker 1: but a J. Green the cornerback. Here was first start
Speaker 1: of the season last week due to the loss of
Speaker 1: Greg Newsome, who who will be out again this week.
Speaker 1: Green only played twenty two snaps in coverage, but he
Speaker 1: was targeted four times and gave up three catches for
Speaker 1: twenty one yards and a touchdown. So throw it his
Speaker 1: way and Chris Godwin should be uh in line for
Speaker 1: a big day. Julio Jones, who looked great in that
Speaker 1: Germany game. I got bench here. I'll switch it to
Speaker 1: a C. It's not the greatest matchup, but I just
Speaker 1: kind of want to see him do it one more
Speaker 1: time before I trust him to put in my starting
Speaker 1: line up. The Browns are allowing less than eleven catches
Speaker 1: per game to wide receivers as a whole, which is
Speaker 1: not a lot. I like Godwin and Evans more. But
Speaker 1: if you're in a pinch, I'll give Julio the Sea,
Speaker 1: but I will not give a C to k dot
Speaker 1: And or Cameron Bred. They're back to splitting time, so
Speaker 1: they're both on the bench and to be for Tom Brady.
Speaker 1: The Browns have allowed multiple touchdown passes and two of
Speaker 1: their last three games. Josh Allen should have had multiple touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Last week, Stephon Diggs dropped one, and I just think
Speaker 1: that the trio of Tampa based wide receivers and child
Speaker 1: White can do enough damage through the air to make
Speaker 1: Brady a QB one this week, so he gets to
Speaker 1: the Sea. Over the Cleveland side. Nick Chubb gets a B.
Speaker 1: As I mentioned, the Bucks are coming off their by
Speaker 1: so they'll be well rested and over the Over their
Speaker 1: last two games, they're allowing turned very good on against
Speaker 1: the running, allowing just forty three rushing yards per game
Speaker 1: to imposing backs and no touchdowns. And that includes holding
Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker to just seventeen rushing yards on ten carries
Speaker 1: in their last game. So just a B for Chubb.
Speaker 1: Uh b inn for Kareem Hunt, barely rosterable at this point,
Speaker 1: he hasn't topped I agree, I think he's certainly a
Speaker 1: drop candidate. Hasn't top fifty rushing yards since Week two,
Speaker 1: he hasn't caught a touchdown since week one, hasn't topped
Speaker 1: thirty receiving yards all season, and over his last two
Speaker 1: games he has total just fourteen touches. So easy bench
Speaker 1: for Hunt. He's really just an insurance policy in case
Speaker 1: anything happens at job. He was always like a flex
Speaker 1: worthy player, but now he's pretty much as a handcuff
Speaker 1: chubbed books. Fine knock on wood, he'll stay healthy. So yeah,
Speaker 1: if you gotta drop Hunt, I don't blame you. Definitely
Speaker 1: don't drop a Marie Cooper. You actually want to start
Speaker 1: him again with a B. He's played great at home
Speaker 1: and in Detroit at a neutral site, but this is
Speaker 1: a home game, and although it isn't the best matchup
Speaker 1: on paper, the Bucks have surrendered three wide receiver touchdowns
Speaker 1: over their last two. So I like Cooper here and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna continue to like Donovan People's jones. He gets
Speaker 1: to see finally hit paydirt last week, and uh, dudes
Speaker 1: just been consistent over the last two months. Uh DPJ
Speaker 1: has notched at least fifty receiving yards in seven straight
Speaker 1: games and the top seventy yards and five of those
Speaker 1: seven games. So keep rolling them out. There is a
Speaker 1: wide receiver three and I he seems like a pretty
Speaker 1: safe play, David and Joeku somewhat safe. He gets to see.
Speaker 1: The Bucks have allowed at least six catches to opposing
Speaker 1: tight ends and two of the last three games, and
Speaker 1: we'll take that production in the tight end waste land.
Speaker 1: And lastly, Jacoby Brissette and what could be his last
Speaker 1: start of the season because DeShawn Watson's eligible today. Previously
Speaker 1: claimed that they were gonna make the switch no matter
Speaker 1: what as soon as Watson was available, and I guess
Speaker 1: his contract would suggest that that will be the case.
Speaker 1: Per Sette played really well last week. I think he's
Speaker 1: overall QB one. If not, he was the top three
Speaker 1: quarterback and he's gonna want to go out in a
Speaker 1: blaze of glory. I'm giving him a see here. The
Speaker 1: Bucks have surrendered multiple touchdown PA passes in three of
Speaker 1: their last four games, and they also on the sixth
Speaker 1: highest opponent passing play percentage on the road, Superset will
Speaker 1: have his chance to air it out. You can say
Speaker 1: he's gonna go on a blaze of glory and then
Speaker 1: give him a cee. Well starting to go. See that's
Speaker 1: that's that's the Jacobe prisets like blaze of glory. Startable,
Speaker 1: that's it. That's it. Baltimore takes on Jacksonville. Let's go through. Uh,
Speaker 1: let's really just a handful of lukewarm starters for a
Speaker 1: Baltimore offense that has struggled a lot. Mark Andrews is
Speaker 1: not in question, obviously after returning in full strength last week,
Speaker 1: and the Jaguars prior to last week's by got blown
Speaker 1: apart by you know, the Kansas City tight Ends, which granted,
Speaker 1: you know they're really good. Uh, still a grade for
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews. But where things get a lot dice here
Speaker 1: is for Lamar Jackson since week three, and it was
Speaker 1: a long time ago. It was September, it was warm outside,
Speaker 1: the trees hadn't changed yet, Tom Brady was still married.
Speaker 1: He scored seven touchdowns total rushing and receiving. He's typically
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's typically being outscored by whichever other quarterback you
Speaker 1: have on your roster still HiT's Jacksonville Giras have allowed
Speaker 1: the most broken tackles, which could bode well for Jackson
Speaker 1: on the ground, and it's a bit of a plus
Speaker 1: matchup for him through the air as well. Posing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: are averaging two D fifty eight passing yards and one
Speaker 1: and a half touchdowns per game against Jacksonville. I would
Speaker 1: take one and a half touchdowns at this point for
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. You can't start any of his wide receivers
Speaker 1: since Bateman has gone down. These receivers as a group
Speaker 1: are averaging sixty eight yards per game among all of them.
Speaker 1: It's a disaster, and we're not chasing DeMarcus Robinson's random
Speaker 1: explosion last week. They're all on the bench B grade
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson. If I didn't give him an actual
Speaker 1: letter grade, I'm going be here just because of the
Speaker 1: rushing upside that he's got. Then over to Gus Edwards
Speaker 1: if he plays and when we don't know for sure
Speaker 1: if he's going to or not startable as a touchdown
Speaker 1: option against the team allowing a rushing touchdown per game
Speaker 1: since Week four. And reminder, last time Gus Edwards played
Speaker 1: in his only other full game the immediately game sixteen
Speaker 1: carries and two and he scored two rushing touchdowns, so
Speaker 1: they won't hesitate to give him the ball to stripe
Speaker 1: again here as well, Kenyan Drake comes into the C grade.
Speaker 1: He's had at least ten touches in each of the
Speaker 1: last five games while averaging seventy two total yards and
Speaker 1: almost a score per game. Um. But the catch here again,
Speaker 1: if Gus Edwards plays, then he's not getting those touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Those will probably go to Edwards. The Jaguars allowed the
Speaker 1: tenth most total yards per game to opposing running backs,
Speaker 1: and they're particularly vulnerable through the air. But Drake does
Speaker 1: not catch, so that does not help him, and that's
Speaker 1: why he has a C grade along with Gus Edwards
Speaker 1: C grade. All right, let's go to Jacksonville. You got
Speaker 1: a handful of starters here. Tricky game for Travis E.
Speaker 1: T N. In the two games since Baltimore acquired linebacker
Speaker 1: ro Kwan Smith, they're giving up third scoreless rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game. That's it. That includes, by the way, in
Speaker 1: those two games they faced Alvin Kamara and Donta Foreman.
Speaker 1: Those are two pretty good backs. Both. Well, we'll actually
Speaker 1: talk more about one of those players in great detail
Speaker 1: a little bit later in the show. Um, they do
Speaker 1: remain vulnerable through the air. They're seeing the sixth most
Speaker 1: receptions of fifth most receiving yards, and Travis E. T
Speaker 1: N can catch a bit, but they don't use him
Speaker 1: that much as much as you think they would. He's
Speaker 1: averaging three targets per game. He's hauled in three receptions
Speaker 1: in half of his games this season. So I just
Speaker 1: I don't see a lot coming here. You need a
Speaker 1: touchdown really for Travis e t N, which he might get,
Speaker 1: and that's why I've got a C grade on him
Speaker 1: and not a bench grade altogether. In a brutally tough
Speaker 1: matchup they could work in. They claimed Darryl Henderson to
Speaker 1: they've they've Alrea will not be a factor this week.
Speaker 1: I'm happy to say Christian Kirk gets a B grade
Speaker 1: as my highest graded Jaguar this week. Unlikely. He's been
Speaker 1: an unlikely top ten wide receiver so far this season,
Speaker 1: but consistently helpful. Kirk has averaged sixty eight yards. He's
Speaker 1: reached pay dirt four times in his last five games.
Speaker 1: His primary defender in the slot is rookie cornerback de
Speaker 1: Marian Williams. He has the third lowest Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: grade among all cornerbacks. It's a glorious matchup for Christian Kirk,
Speaker 1: who comes in with a B grade. Here. The rest
Speaker 1: of the Jacksonville receivers, including the Jacksonville Joneses, our benchable.
Speaker 1: We are not keeping up with the Joneses. They've They're
Speaker 1: barely rostered anywhere anyway. It's a brutal matchup which you
Speaker 1: do not like. And since week for only one receiver
Speaker 1: has top seventy six yards against Baltimore. How about we
Speaker 1: call them Jacksonsville Jacks Jacksons, maybe Jacksons jack I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think it's a stretch. I'll be honest. Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 1: is a c gre He's been a viable Fantasy star,
Speaker 1: but I do not like this matchup. Baltimore has only
Speaker 1: surrendered multiple touchdowns twice all season. They've been dominant over
Speaker 1: the last month, allowing just to score since weeks six.
Speaker 1: So Trevor Lawrence with a tricky matchup in just the
Speaker 1: sea grade in this game when we come back, take
Speaker 1: a chance on me. Nine players upon whom you can
Speaker 1: take a chance. These are guys not normally in your
Speaker 1: starting lineup. Many of these players are available off the
Speaker 1: waiver wire. We will tell you who they are when
Speaker 1: we return to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back. Take your
Speaker 1: chance at me nine players you would not normally start.
Speaker 1: Many of these guys available on the waiver wire. Let's
Speaker 1: begin at the quarterback position, at Matt Harrison. I'll use
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, who has looked all right since re taking
Speaker 1: over the starting job with new coach Jeff Saturday. We're
Speaker 1: quick to forget that Ryan has three games of over
Speaker 1: three fifty passing yards this season, and he's thrown every
Speaker 1: single one of the Colts passing scores this year. Uh,
Speaker 1: the Steelers have allowed the fourth most passing yards and
Speaker 1: the third most passing scores, and out of the ten
Speaker 1: quarterbacks they faced, eight of them have had at least
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty yards or multiple touchdowns. All right, Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan in the house. Let's go to your quarterback, Brian.
Speaker 1: I got Ryan Tannehill at home against the Bengals. Over
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, the Titans that faced the number
Speaker 1: one in number five pass defenses and the Broncos and
Speaker 1: the Packers, and Tannehill has average passing game with four
Speaker 1: touchdown passes over those two games, not too shabby. Now
Speaker 1: draws the Bengals, who just let Kenny Pickett throw for
Speaker 1: two sixty and a touchdown, which should have been too Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I really should have to bring that up again because
Speaker 1: it costs me like two grand and daily if George
Speaker 1: Pickens holds onto that ball. So I'm gonna turn off
Speaker 1: my mic and cry now. H Taylor Heineke is no
Speaker 1: need to cry here. He has been named the full
Speaker 1: time starter for Washington. He's looked good on paper. What
Speaker 1: does not look good? Atlanta UM They look like an
Speaker 1: improved secondary, but in the last month they have faced
Speaker 1: the modest passing of p J Walker, Justin Fields, p J. Walker,
Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert without his whiteouts. Prior to those games,
Speaker 1: the Falcons are getting destroyed by quarterbacks three or eighteen
Speaker 1: yards and almost two touchdowns per game. Heineke probably does
Speaker 1: not bring three eighteen and two to the table. It's
Speaker 1: not his kind of upside. In fact, he hasn't scored
Speaker 1: in back to back games, but a solid game probably
Speaker 1: coming here running from the outside. Terry McLaurin has got
Speaker 1: very nice matchups. We'll talk more about him later, or so,
Speaker 1: just if only for Terry mclaurin's upside, we can start
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke this week. Terry, Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position. Raheem most Stirt is a must start this
Speaker 1: year or this week. Yes, most are to said single
Speaker 1: digit carries in both games since Jeff Wilson came to town.
Speaker 1: But also yes, the Texans are that bad where eight
Speaker 1: or nine carries for most are it might be enough.
Speaker 1: They're basically bottom three in every category against running backs,
Speaker 1: but the most notable one should be they've allowed the
Speaker 1: most running back combo yards in the league this year
Speaker 1: at a hundred and eighty four per game. It's insane,
Speaker 1: and the third most total touchdowns to running backs at
Speaker 1: fourteen through ten games. So most are it's got a
Speaker 1: decent chance at eighty and a score here in a
Speaker 1: backup role. Here, in a backup role, Brian, you're running back,
Speaker 1: take a chance on me. Player uh Deonta foreman of
Speaker 1: the Panthers at home against the Broncos. He falls back
Speaker 1: into take on range sadly after his gud game last week,
Speaker 1: but he could bounce back against the Broncos defense has
Speaker 1: softened against the run. Over their last four games, opposing
Speaker 1: backs are averaging rushing yards per game on nearly five
Speaker 1: yards per carry against Denver, and you know the Panthers
Speaker 1: will want to lean on the run game with Sam
Speaker 1: Donald starting at quarterbacks. So I'm going back to the
Speaker 1: well with foreman all right, might take a chance of
Speaker 1: me running back him? Probably Littavius Murray, last man standing
Speaker 1: again the Denver back. Is it the dawning of the
Speaker 1: age of Lottavius again again? He could be Mike Boone,
Speaker 1: by the way, as a reminder, still on the injured reserve.
Speaker 1: He's a good take a chance. I mean, our pre's
Speaker 1: been sure speculation. We might talk about him more later.
Speaker 1: His only competition for touches for Latavius Murray's Marlon Mack,
Speaker 1: who has already been cut twice this year. Murray could
Speaker 1: be looking at a lot of volume against the Panther's
Speaker 1: team allowing the sixth most rushing yards the fifth most
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. And despite Denver's
Speaker 1: offensive woes, Murray's been solid. He's scored in three or
Speaker 1: five games. He's averaged sixty ish total yards in the
Speaker 1: other two games. He's been a solid contributor anyway. Now
Speaker 1: he's gonna get the aster majority of the work. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the wide receiver position. Well, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with the tight end position. I'm going really, really, really
Speaker 1: deep into the tight end waste land chargers, backup tight ends.
Speaker 1: Tray McKitty, you're not going Donald Palm, No, he's not.
Speaker 1: I rude. Oh that's pretty good. Yeah, I was gonna
Speaker 1: see if we had a meal. I think I think
Speaker 1: we have a horse nee. Yeah, I've got anyway, that's
Speaker 1: that's technically a mongoose, but you know they got four legs.
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett does look like he'll play this weekend. He's
Speaker 1: a good start too, but it's a groin injury for Everett.
Speaker 1: Those tend to recur a little bit. Donald Palm on
Speaker 1: I r so here, McKitty kitty, Uh, McKitty saw six
Speaker 1: targets in Week ten against the forty. Niners dominated the
Speaker 1: snap count last week and Everett's absence, and this week
Speaker 1: he gets the Cardinals, who are the worst tight end
Speaker 1: defense in the league. They have allowed the most receptions,
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns to tight ends this year, which is
Speaker 1: why they are the worst. Let's go to Brian your
Speaker 1: take a chance of me receiver. I got Mac Hollands
Speaker 1: of the Raids at at Seattle. Over Seattle's last two games,
Speaker 1: opposing wide receivers are averaging fifteen catches and a hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty plus yards per and they've total three touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Those are good numbers for the opposition, and you have
Speaker 1: to expect that Davante Adams will command lots of double
Speaker 1: coverage from the Seahawks. So I think Mac will find
Speaker 1: some space in this one. And most importantly, there is
Speaker 1: a spike game angle here and draft. The Seahawks selected
Speaker 1: Amara Darbo exactly twelve picks before mac hollins, and he's
Speaker 1: gonna rub it in their face on Sunday. When was
Speaker 1: mccollins drafted like the six early fourth mccollins literally has
Speaker 1: a most of them three times. Paris Campbell has surged
Speaker 1: to life with Matt Ryan under center, and Campbell's last
Speaker 1: four games with Ryan he scored three in time. In
Speaker 1: those four games, He's averaging seven catches for sixty eight
Speaker 1: yards and Matt Ryan's starts impressive. There is no reason
Speaker 1: to believe the Steelers will slow down Paris Campbell's momentum
Speaker 1: running from the slot. He's gonna face Arthur Malllett, one
Speaker 1: of the league's shakiest slock corners. Male I got roasted
Speaker 1: for eighty one yards in a score last week and
Speaker 1: he owns up PF ranking as the one hundred six cornerback.
Speaker 1: It's an excellent opportunity for Paris Campbell. Just so you
Speaker 1: guys know, when you're doing scientific spike game research, you
Speaker 1: have to break the draft into tears and you look
Speaker 1: at like, I'm not gonna Let's say Matt Collins. You know,
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson was draft and it was different drafts. You
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It's a spike game. You'll do
Speaker 1: anything to find his spike games. Uh, Matt, let's go
Speaker 1: to Houston taking on Miami. We have already touched. Uh
Speaker 1: did we touch on this game? Yeah, well a little bit.
Speaker 1: But let's start with Houston, who has another new quarterback.
Speaker 1: It's Kyle Allen, who seems primed to get the start.
Speaker 1: Davis Mills. He'd be close to take a chance on
Speaker 1: me player this week because Miami tends to get into
Speaker 1: track meets with opposing teams. However, the Dolphins have been
Speaker 1: pretty decent against backup level quarterbacks in the last six weeks,
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, Jacoby Brissette, and Kenny Pickett have all been
Speaker 1: held under to sixty yards and limited to one or
Speaker 1: zero touchdowns. Alan has two starts in the last three years,
Speaker 1: and the best game of those was for the Washington
Speaker 1: football team, where he threw for two eight and two
Speaker 1: against the then horrible Giants. Everything else was bad. I'm
Speaker 1: keeping him on the bench. Uh. Nico Collins and Brandon Cooks,
Speaker 1: I'll give them both SEA grades just because it's probably
Speaker 1: a little bit of a game script situation here. Collins
Speaker 1: has led Cooks in targets and catch totals in each
Speaker 1: of the last two games that both have played, and
Speaker 1: in the last three games, four different wide receivers have
Speaker 1: topped ten PPR points against the Dolphins, So both startable here.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about Nico Collins later in the show. Sure,
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce just a B grade here. It was It's
Speaker 1: closer to a CEE than an A. By the way,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins have been great against the run. They're allowing
Speaker 1: the fourth fewest combo yards per game to opposing runners.
Speaker 1: The bright spot is the Dolphins are allowing just over
Speaker 1: a tight end or sorry a touchdown per game to
Speaker 1: opposing runners, and Pierce gets almost all the work, so
Speaker 1: he should be able to claw his way to like
Speaker 1: eight yards in a score here also a bit of
Speaker 1: a homecoming game. Oh yeah, there we go, right he
Speaker 1: mostart might take a chance on me runner and for
Speaker 1: similar points already made. Jeff Wilson gets an A grade
Speaker 1: in this one. Yes, I love Jeff. I think I
Speaker 1: have Jeff Wilson number three running back. I mean it's Houston,
Speaker 1: It's it's okay. Hey, can we consider an art Vark
Speaker 1: for Jeff Wilson. No, that's silly, he's not that he's
Speaker 1: there's most starts still there, I got I got art
Speaker 1: Varks later in the show for so many uh um,
Speaker 1: all right back to uh the Dolphins. Despite no one
Speaker 1: passing on the Texans and it's so easy to run
Speaker 1: against them, I'll still give Tyrek and a grade and
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle a B. Davante Adams A J Brown, Darius
Speaker 1: Slayton each put up quality Fantasy days against the Texans
Speaker 1: in the last month, and the talent of Hill and
Speaker 1: Waddle just should be able to do the same even
Speaker 1: with limited touches. Mike Kasiki is totally touchdown dependent, and
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that this is a favorable touchdown matchup
Speaker 1: as the Texans have only allowed four scores the position
Speaker 1: in ten games. So I'll keep him on the bench.
Speaker 1: If I like Hill and Waddle, I gotta like Tah
Speaker 1: enough to give him a B grade. He has three
Speaker 1: touchdown passes in three straight games. I think he can
Speaker 1: do enough to cobble together a fourth straight multi touchdown
Speaker 1: game here. So TA is good to go alright TOA
Speaker 1: is good to go TOA is going to end up
Speaker 1: finishing the season as your yardage leader even with his
Speaker 1: missed games. That is very possible. Yeah, Patrick Mahomes might
Speaker 1: have something to say about that. That's that's gonna be
Speaker 1: the tricky That's gonna be the tricky one. But I'm
Speaker 1: team two on this one, in particular. When we come
Speaker 1: back Denver takes on Carolina, we'll tell you if any
Speaker 1: we already told you one Denver player we like, we'll
Speaker 1: tell if there's any others that we like in this
Speaker 1: really ugly matchup. D J Moore startable yes, no drop
Speaker 1: herble yes no. Plenty To get to four segment number
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Speaker 1: Denver takes on Carolina. This is the crappiest matchup of
Speaker 1: the weekend. Brian. Yeah, what's the opposite of a barn burner,
Speaker 1: barn raiser? It's the Amish barn raising and day. That's
Speaker 1: the opposite right there. I would probably rather watch the
Speaker 1: Amish raiser bar in this football game over under in
Speaker 1: this game is six. Start with Latavius Murray. He was
Speaker 1: charges take a chance on me running back, basically the
Speaker 1: only running back active for the Broncos. So yeah, I
Speaker 1: like that. Start Um Courtland Sutton and Jerry Judy. I'll
Speaker 1: give them both the seed. Judy, keep your eye on him.
Speaker 1: He might not play, but if he suits up, I'll
Speaker 1: give him the See here, the Panthers secondary has struggled
Speaker 1: without starting corner Dante Jackson. Loss. Yeah, they allowed to
Speaker 1: wide receiver touchdowns. The Falcons in Week ten. Last week
Speaker 1: to Marcus Robinson had nine catches for a dy yards
Speaker 1: against them. So Sutton end or Judy can get something
Speaker 1: done here. But I only think it'll be one of them.
Speaker 1: It's because J. C. Horns on the other side, right,
Speaker 1: and he's awesome. And we'll talk about their quarterback in
Speaker 1: a minute to uh in not a very nice way.
Speaker 1: I can't wait for that anyway. Let's talk about the
Speaker 1: tight end quick. Greg Dalson she gets to see has
Speaker 1: a decent matchup this week, as the Panthers are allowing
Speaker 1: five catches in fifty yards per game to tight ends,
Speaker 1: and over their last five games, Carolina has yielded nine
Speaker 1: targets to the position, So I like doll sits here
Speaker 1: nine times nine times. Lastly, though Russell Wilson, he is
Speaker 1: on the bench, has thrown for zero or one touchdown
Speaker 1: in every game but one, so he now needs five
Speaker 1: touchdown pass I didn't do this reach research. I wish
Speaker 1: I could attribute this. I don't know who initially came
Speaker 1: up with this, but he needs five touchdown passes to
Speaker 1: equal the number of toilets he has in his house,
Speaker 1: which is reportedly twelve twelve. He's got twelve toilets. He
Speaker 1: started the season with twelve, and they're speculating that he
Speaker 1: has not added anymore toilets to his house nor subtracted
Speaker 1: anymore any toilets from his house. So they've got that
Speaker 1: at twelve. But if what if you put in like
Speaker 1: a yurnal or something, well, I don't think you were
Speaker 1: count I don't mean. I think a guy that sits
Speaker 1: down to pe every time, so I think in his house.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Russell, you're just too easy to pick on anyway.
Speaker 1: Over to the Panther's side, Uh don'te Foreman was my
Speaker 1: Are you gonna give Russell a grade? Uh? Bench toilet toy?
Speaker 1: I'll put him on the throne. He can pick one
Speaker 1: of his toilet. He can sit on the bench, or
Speaker 1: he can sit on the toilet on the throne, is
Speaker 1: what I hear you say. All right, let's ride to
Speaker 1: the other side. Over to the Panthers. Dante Foreman was
Speaker 1: my take a chance on me running back. Denver's d
Speaker 1: softened as of late, so I like him in this
Speaker 1: matchup to bounce back. I do not like Tchuba Hubbard.
Speaker 1: He use on the bench. Since his return in week ten,
Speaker 1: Cuba has nine carries for fourteen scoreless yards in a
Speaker 1: very bad fumble. So I don't see him doing much here.
Speaker 1: I don't see Terrace Marshall or d J. Moore doing
Speaker 1: much either. They're on the bench with Sam Donald as quarterback,
Speaker 1: and the Broncos are only allowing eleven catches one yards
Speaker 1: per game to wide receivers. They've surrendered just five touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the position. Granted, four of those five touchdowns have
Speaker 1: come over the last two weeks. Nick Westbrook, A Keene
Speaker 1: and Davante Adams both top the hundred yards and scored
Speaker 1: toys against Denver over the last two weeks. But again,
Speaker 1: Sam Donald, as you're starting cornerback quarterback, I can't go
Speaker 1: there with more or Marshall, and I'm certainly not gonna
Speaker 1: start Tommy Tremble or Sam Donald, of course certainly not.
Speaker 1: All right, let's just can we agree just drop d J. Moore.
Speaker 1: I mean, think about good. It's gonna did a long
Speaker 1: time ago. I mean, yes, and I missed the one
Speaker 1: good game he had, right, it is about one good game.
Speaker 1: You're gonna feel so good. I mean, do they play
Speaker 1: Atlantic again? At least want to have him for the
Speaker 1: Atlantic game? No, they played it twice twice three weeks.
Speaker 1: It's over. It's over when you hit the drop button
Speaker 1: and confirm to just unshackle yourself from d J. You're
Speaker 1: talking redraft only the of course I wouldn't drop him
Speaker 1: in Dynasty. They have to do that with Kyle Pitts
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, too, did you I did
Speaker 1: got ahead of you. You You dropped him in Dynasty. No,
Speaker 1: Atlanta takes on Washington and we've got exactly one starter
Speaker 1: and it's we're back to this. It's Drake London. London
Speaker 1: is you have to see more than forty receiving yards
Speaker 1: since week three, but the Commanders have allowed the most
Speaker 1: wide receiver touchdowns over the past five weeks. In London's
Speaker 1: got that big frame, well suited friend zone news. His
Speaker 1: most common individual matchup is against cornerback Ben st Juice,
Speaker 1: a neutral matchup, and he's given up a lot of touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So on the hope that if you think Marcus Mariota
Speaker 1: is good for one touchdown, one touchdown pass, Drake London's
Speaker 1: got to be the guy. No, Kyle Pitts, We've already
Speaker 1: covered that. Moments ago. I can see Pitts just standing
Speaker 1: on the sideline and Mariotta throw us at him and
Speaker 1: he's like, oh, now you do, Now you throw He's
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna catch three balls on the sideline an
Speaker 1: out out more fantasy points that he's had in nice.
Speaker 1: He was having a good game last week before he
Speaker 1: got hurt. That's that's all you've got left, don't you.
Speaker 1: Before his season ending injury, he was doing well. You
Speaker 1: had a few good games. Let's talk about your bench players,
Speaker 1: including Marcus Mariotta. You already know the Falcons rarely passed.
Speaker 1: They thirty one and passing plays per game thirty one
Speaker 1: and passing percentage. How funny would it be for Kyle
Speaker 1: Pitts owners if Mariotta throws like fifty passes in this
Speaker 1: game and all to the tight end. Right, Well, he's
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. So with Pitts gone, it removes on
Speaker 1: of Mariota's few aerial weapons. London is gonna need to
Speaker 1: single handedly power the passing offense, something he's not proven
Speaker 1: he's able to do. You're really you're starting Mariota with
Speaker 1: the hope of rushing. Washington has allowed quarterback rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: and back to back games, so you could throw a
Speaker 1: I guess you could throw a dart market Mariota, but
Speaker 1: I've got a bench good on him, and I don't
Speaker 1: recommend it. All the running backs, Patterson, Algier, Huntley Williams.
Speaker 1: What a what a mess for fantasy owners. It's a
Speaker 1: matchup that features the league's ugliest running back by committee
Speaker 1: with the league's best run defense. So they're all on
Speaker 1: the bench. Commanders have held their last six opponents under
Speaker 1: one rushing yards, and on the season, only one runners
Speaker 1: top seventy six yards against Washington. Only two backs have
Speaker 1: scored rushing touchdowns against Washington since the opener. A brutal matchup.
Speaker 1: So they're all on the bench. Let's go to Washington
Speaker 1: side of this, or we do have more we have
Speaker 1: more optimism for their players. Taylor Heineke was might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me quarterback Terry McLaurin, I mentioned, and
Speaker 1: when I was tign about Taylor, Heineke was saying, Terry mccluy,
Speaker 1: nice matchup a grade Terry McLaurin. Sence, Heineke took over McLaren,
Speaker 1: averaging a robust nine targets and eighty five yards per game.
Speaker 1: McLaren can dominate an Atlanta secondary that's allowed the most
Speaker 1: receptions and the most yards to wide receivers, along with
Speaker 1: the third most touchdowns. Cornerback A J. Terrell is allowed
Speaker 1: the most coverage touchdowns of any player in the league
Speaker 1: and an astoundingly high one D thirty one passer rating
Speaker 1: on passes thrown into his coverage. Terry McLaurin a grade
Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel, though on the bench. He was getting a
Speaker 1: ton of you so with Carson Wentz, but very little
Speaker 1: with Heineke, averaging just two catches per game over the
Speaker 1: last month. We're gonna keep him on the bench. The
Speaker 1: running backs Robinson and Gibson both gets C grades in
Speaker 1: this one. For Robinson, over the last three games only
Speaker 1: Chicago is run the ball at a higher percentage than Washington,
Speaker 1: which gives Robinson ample opportunity to get basically stuff that
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage because that's what he does. He
Speaker 1: ranks fifty first out of fifty three running backs in
Speaker 1: yards before contact. He has not averaged more than three
Speaker 1: point nine yards per carrying any game this year. Atlanta
Speaker 1: has however, seen a running back score against them in
Speaker 1: five consecutive games. And that's the only reason I have
Speaker 1: a starting grade on Brian Robinson is the expectation that
Speaker 1: he could get a touchdown in this game on a
Speaker 1: short run. Antonio Gibson factors into the C grade. I
Speaker 1: went back and forth with him on a C grade
Speaker 1: versus bench if you factor in the receptions, Gibson is
Speaker 1: getting as many touches as Robinson lately, and he's doing
Speaker 1: more with them. Both Gibson and Robinson got carries inside
Speaker 1: the five yard line last weeks, so you've got the
Speaker 1: hope for a touchdown for Gibson as well. And I
Speaker 1: mentioned before Atlanta is giving up running back touchdowns. The
Speaker 1: Falcons aren't giving up a lot of running back reception.
Speaker 1: So I don't think Gibson helps you out a lot
Speaker 1: from a PPR standpoint, but hopefully in totality can cobble
Speaker 1: together a good game. Let's work in another matchup, Matt
Speaker 1: New Orleans taking on San Francisco. Alvin Camara has let's
Speaker 1: just say it, he's been bad. We're gonna talk more
Speaker 1: about him next segment. What do you think about this
Speaker 1: matchup with San Francisco. I was gonna call him topsy turvy,
Speaker 1: but a hundred and fifty eight yards and three scores
Speaker 1: against the Raiders now four weeks ago. Since then, he's
Speaker 1: averaged sixty five total yards and had zero scores in
Speaker 1: the next three games. Now. He did that facing two
Speaker 1: top ten run defenses there, and he gets another one
Speaker 1: this week in San Francisco. The Niners have allowed the
Speaker 1: fewest rushing yards this season. They've only allowed five total
Speaker 1: touchdowns to the position all year. He also hasn't practiced
Speaker 1: this week due to an illness. I gonna give Kamara
Speaker 1: a C grade, but he's more of a flex consideration
Speaker 1: than a solid starter at running back, and I'd rather
Speaker 1: have him on the bench if I have any better options.
Speaker 1: This week. Andy Dalton has been Andy Dalton, and uh
Speaker 1: that's about as good as you can say for the
Speaker 1: Saints starting quarterback. Solid but not spectacular, multiple touchdowns in
Speaker 1: three or five games. Problem is, the Niners have allowed
Speaker 1: two total touchdown passes in the last three games, and
Speaker 1: they're starting to get healthy at the right time, so
Speaker 1: Dalton is probably not start worthy. In a week with
Speaker 1: thirty two teams playing, Chris O Lave gets the best
Speaker 1: matchup of the wide receivers against Diamador Lenore, who's allowing
Speaker 1: a passer rating of one oh one in his coverage.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a B O. Lave managed a hundred
Speaker 1: yards in a score last week, and despite Juwan Johnson
Speaker 1: scoring five touchdowns in his last five games, he Taysom Hill,
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, and the rest of the Saints passing game
Speaker 1: is on the bench. It's just not a very favorable
Speaker 1: match up against the Niners. Over on the San Francis
Speaker 1: go side, Christian McCaffrey, he gets an A grade. The
Speaker 1: Saints have allowed the eighth most rushing yards this year,
Speaker 1: and McCaffrey has scored a touchdown in three straight games
Speaker 1: against New Orleans. Now, granted those were all with Carolina,
Speaker 1: but here we go. Deebo Samuel still nursing a hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: He's been limited in practice all week. He only played
Speaker 1: in fifty eight percent of the snaps last week, mostly
Speaker 1: because the game script didn't really need him in there.
Speaker 1: Against the Cardinals, he'll probably play, but if the Niners
Speaker 1: are able to get up early, they might just ease
Speaker 1: off Debo in the second half altogether. So just a
Speaker 1: C grade on Debo, and it's a very contrarian angle.
Speaker 1: I just think that if they were up by that
Speaker 1: much hasn't Debo already helped your team a lot, not
Speaker 1: necessarily because Brandon I Yuke has been great, Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: is awesome. George Kittles had a great couple of games.
Speaker 1: So I think that there's just other weapons there and
Speaker 1: Debo just might be the odd man out. They might
Speaker 1: want to treat him with kid gloves, get him ready
Speaker 1: for the playoff run. Brandon I Yuk I am giving
Speaker 1: an eight grade to five scores in his past five
Speaker 1: of games. Eighty yards are a score in five straight games. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Saints have been better against wide receivers lately, but
Speaker 1: they've played the Ravens without Bateman, the Rams without Cup,
Speaker 1: and the Steelers wide receiver groups in the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: The Saints are allowing the ninth most yards in the
Speaker 1: eleventh most touchdowns per game, so it's a good matchup
Speaker 1: for wide receivers. George Kittle gets a C because the
Speaker 1: Saints are actually the best tight end defense in the
Speaker 1: league and it's not very close. They've only allowed one
Speaker 1: tight end score this year, and the best tight end
Speaker 1: day that anyone has had against the Saints was last week.
Speaker 1: It was Tyler Higbee who was the only guy on
Speaker 1: the Rams roster. I'm pretty sure he had four catches
Speaker 1: for forty five yards. That was the best day. Now
Speaker 1: Kittle is the best tight end they've faced, and he's
Speaker 1: just coming off eighty four yards and two scores. So
Speaker 1: he's still startable here. But the matchups pretty tough. Jimmy
Speaker 1: G gets a C grade. It's the middle of the
Speaker 1: PAC matchup for him. The Saints do not intercept the ball.
Speaker 1: That's good for Jimmy G. They've only got two on
Speaker 1: the season, and Garoppolos coming off multiple touchdown game in
Speaker 1: five of his last six, so I like him with
Speaker 1: a C grade. Kind of closer to a bee than
Speaker 1: a bench. Though that sounds like a C grade to me,
Speaker 1: it does a lot like a secret. I know. I'm
Speaker 1: just giving you know, some context and layering to where
Speaker 1: my C grade stands. All right, understood, I've got a
Speaker 1: couple of questions for you guys. From the Thursday Thanksgiving games,
Speaker 1: Ramondre Stevenson looked very good. But now Damien Harris, we
Speaker 1: don't know the full status of his injury situation. Harris
Speaker 1: actually started that game. We we we loved Romandi Stevenson
Speaker 1: when when Damian Harris was out like you know he was.
Speaker 1: He was getting a grades most weeks when Harris was out.
Speaker 1: Then Harris came back. Uh in the last couple of games,
Speaker 1: he got a bunch of work. In fact, he was,
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, starter on Thursday. But now it looks
Speaker 1: like he might be out again for a while. Where
Speaker 1: is Ramondre Stevenson rest of season? Because I think I
Speaker 1: think he's an RB one automatic start the rest of
Speaker 1: the way, inside the top ten easily. I saw among
Speaker 1: all running backs he's fourth in target percentage only behind
Speaker 1: like McCaffrey, Kamara and Ekeler and then they're there's Stevenson
Speaker 1: and they they're they're more of a run first team.
Speaker 1: We didn't really see that on Thursday night, but they
Speaker 1: were throwing to Stevenson a ton, So yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: ten targets on Thursday. Harris is a fine player, went healthy,
Speaker 1: but it's getting to the point where it's like you
Speaker 1: just gotta play Stevenson. He's like too good. He's just
Speaker 1: too good. Yeah, I agree with everything you said. I
Speaker 1: think Stevenson's probably six seven right in there at that
Speaker 1: range for running backs you'd want the rest of the year,
Speaker 1: right there talk to me about I'm on Ross St. Brown,
Speaker 1: who's replicating last year's end of season tear right now
Speaker 1: with another big game on Thursday night, and it looks like,
Speaker 1: much like last year, this offense is going to go
Speaker 1: through him. He's kind of a beast. Remember when Jared
Speaker 1: Goff had Cooper Cup and just kept feeding Cooper Cup
Speaker 1: the ball? I do. I think him on Ross St.
Speaker 1: Brown his his new Cooper Cup. I think that this
Speaker 1: ey's the limit for him right here, and he could
Speaker 1: be And I think that I was saying in the break,
Speaker 1: I think he's my number one wide receiver as we
Speaker 1: head into draft season next year. So you're right now,
Speaker 1: right now, I'm looking at the Monross st. Brown. I
Speaker 1: think he's my number one wide receiver going into it
Speaker 1: for Justin Jefferson. Yeah, I think that he just gets
Speaker 1: so much target share in Detroit. I think it's gonna
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be fun watching him. There's one
Speaker 1: potential speed bump rest of the season and next year,
Speaker 1: and it's Jamison Williams. That's true, but that's gonna help
Speaker 1: the whole offense too, so it might be great. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's gonna it's gonna hurt him more
Speaker 1: than it's gonna help him. But and and they might
Speaker 1: have a new quarterback in town next year to that
Speaker 1: is possible. Dalton Schultz two touchdown game, looks healthy, looks
Speaker 1: like a totally different player that we saw in the
Speaker 1: first half of the season. Now with the dearth of
Speaker 1: tight ends out there, where do you believe he ranks
Speaker 1: a tight ends off top of the head? I mean
Speaker 1: he's behind Kelsey of course, with Mark Andrews, and that's
Speaker 1: about it until Alice Goddard comes back hopefully. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: definitely a top five I think rest of the way,
Speaker 1: I can't name anybody out of the other than those two. Well,
Speaker 1: and really the things weren't working out because Doc was
Speaker 1: out or Dalton was out for those first first few
Speaker 1: games there. And now that they're both back and healthy,
Speaker 1: he's he's being targeted in the red zone like just
Speaker 1: all the time. You can throw Kiddle in that mix too,
Speaker 1: of course, behind Kelsey obviously, but yeah, he's right up there.
Speaker 1: What do you do if you're playing against any of
Speaker 1: the three guys that we just broke down Stevenson amand
Speaker 1: Ross st Brown or Um Justin Jefferson. Well, if you're behind,
Speaker 1: point of if you're behind by a lot heading into
Speaker 1: this weekend, how does it change your draft? How does
Speaker 1: it change your lineup strategy for the weekend. I mean,
Speaker 1: we kind of cover this every time a huge go
Speaker 1: off game happens on a Thursday night. But you get
Speaker 1: a little more risky with your with your decisions, not
Speaker 1: not necessarily the safety. You go for the guy who
Speaker 1: can get you a hundred and fifty yards and scores,
Speaker 1: but also might get you thirty and nothing, righte most
Speaker 1: in a very juicy matchup as an auto starter, and
Speaker 1: then try and pair a quarterback with the pass catcher,
Speaker 1: stack them up, hope hopefully the quarterback goes off to
Speaker 1: to your guys. That's right. I think that's Those are
Speaker 1: the two I think the two most straightforward strategies. If
Speaker 1: you're already down by thirty and get away from a
Speaker 1: quarterback if the other team as a receiver for the
Speaker 1: quarterback redvice first, you can't you can't afford to do
Speaker 1: that if you're Yeah, because then they both they both
Speaker 1: go together. Yeah. Absolutely, it makes a ton of sense
Speaker 1: as well. Our number two of Fantasy Football Weekly coming
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Speaker 1: It's our number two Fantasy football weekly. This is a
Speaker 1: segment we like to call three tough questions. We encourage
Speaker 1: you to play along and see if you can go
Speaker 1: three and oh. Tough question number one. Should we drop
Speaker 1: Leonard four Net from our rosters? We begin with Matt Harrison.
Speaker 1: I don't think so. He's still getting double digit touches
Speaker 1: and basically every game, and he's getting run in the
Speaker 1: red zone, which is most important. Uh. The interesting was
Speaker 1: the snap count two carries last week for the Bucks.
Speaker 1: For Net was only on the field for twenty two snaps.
Speaker 1: That was only of the share, but he touched the
Speaker 1: ball fifteen times and twenty two snaps. That's a pretty
Speaker 1: heavy workload for only twenty two snaps. Uh. They have
Speaker 1: some plays that they want to run with four NET.
Speaker 1: That's what that means. They have some things that they're like,
Speaker 1: this is a for Net play. This isn't a Rashod
Speaker 1: White play, but good on ra shod White to really
Speaker 1: take over the backfield and have the past protection lockdown.
Speaker 1: That's the thing that rookies need to do, and he's
Speaker 1: really done that. So I don't think it's ready to
Speaker 1: drop for Net time the right. So you say no
Speaker 1: on dropping four net, Brian Johnson, Are we dropping Leonard
Speaker 1: four net? H screw it? I'll say yes. Basically, he
Speaker 1: needs something to happen to Chad White to be a well,
Speaker 1: you need to get healthy first and foremost. He's got
Speaker 1: this hip issue. Um to Concerner, he's gonna go on
Speaker 1: I R or anything like that. But he's been losing
Speaker 1: snaps a week over week to Shad White, who both
Speaker 1: Bucks backs aren't really doing anything on the ground. But
Speaker 1: White's been a little better. He's a better pass catcher
Speaker 1: and his snap percentage has been going up. So of
Speaker 1: course there's a lot of stipulations like weeks eye, YadA, YadA, YadA,
Speaker 1: but blanket statement, yes, drop Leonard for Nett, I originally
Speaker 1: authored this question to say, sabotage drop Leonard four Nette.
Speaker 1: But I don't even know if this is the sabotage
Speaker 1: criteria because I don't know that anybody's gonna be like
Speaker 1: Leonard four net. I'm not gonna pick him up and
Speaker 1: put him in my lineup. I don't think anybody's gonna
Speaker 1: don't think anybody's that done. Nobody's gonna drop like all
Speaker 1: their fab on Leonard four net. For no, they're not.
Speaker 1: He is a backup running back on an offense that
Speaker 1: ranks twenty seventh in points, dead last in rushing yards,
Speaker 1: dead last in rushing touchdowns, and dead last in yards
Speaker 1: per carry. And he's the backup behind that team. Shod
Speaker 1: White hasn't looked a lot better. Granted a little better,
Speaker 1: not a lot better. But if you're the Bucks, you
Speaker 1: know exactly what you've got in Leonard four net and
Speaker 1: it's not working. So I think we've got a long
Speaker 1: runway on Rashad White to see if it turns out
Speaker 1: he can develop and to provide Tampa with some upside
Speaker 1: that four net clearly isn't providing. And four net is
Speaker 1: just he's just a name on the on the back
Speaker 1: of a jersey that you recognize at this point. But so,
Speaker 1: the Bucks are the worst offering rushing offense in the NFL.
Speaker 1: The second worst rushing offense is the Rams. Would you
Speaker 1: roster the Rams backup running back Kyren Williams right now
Speaker 1: in the hopes that he becomes the number one. Look
Speaker 1: at their playoff run. You want both Cam Akers and
Speaker 1: Kirraen Williams both stashed deep on your bench for that
Speaker 1: playoff run because if one figures it out, that's fun.
Speaker 1: We're gonna drop Leonard four Nett and you go pick
Speaker 1: up Kiren william There you go. You are so inclined tough.
Speaker 1: Question number two, what is the appropriate level of concern
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson? Is it none, some or a bowl
Speaker 1: loosening level of existential dread? Brian, I'm not blowed on
Speaker 1: l Jack's just yet, but I am somewhat concerned. As
Speaker 1: you mentioned earlier in the show, Jackson total twelve touchdowns
Speaker 1: from week one through Week three. Since then, he has
Speaker 1: total just seven, which is a Yeah, You've been better
Speaker 1: off benching Jackson in most cases, but I like you
Speaker 1: this week against Jacksonville. Denver is tough in Week thirteen,
Speaker 1: or should be tough, but that's a home game at
Speaker 1: least for the Ravens. But Jackson will see Pittsburgh twice
Speaker 1: the rest of the way in weeks fourteen, in weeks
Speaker 1: and in weeks seventeen and picked Pittsburgh has been the
Speaker 1: fifth easiest team UH for quarterbacks to face. So I'm
Speaker 1: somewhat concerned, but I'm not blowed on l Jacks. Matt,
Speaker 1: What is the appropriate level of concern for Lamar Jackson?
Speaker 1: Is it none, some, or blowed? I don't think I've
Speaker 1: ever answered blowed and one of these questions not maybe
Speaker 1: just I'm just calm, I'm cool. I have no concern
Speaker 1: on Lamar Jackson. By the way. He's still doing enough
Speaker 1: on the ground to keep you and float afloat. And
Speaker 1: that's why you drafted Lamar for the rushing numbers, and
Speaker 1: the passing is really gravy for Lamar. He's ran for
Speaker 1: at least fifty eight yards or a rushing score in
Speaker 1: eight of his last nine games. That that's six points
Speaker 1: right off the top. They're just on the running at least.
Speaker 1: So I don't have concern about Lamar Jackson. This is
Speaker 1: who he is. You get the passing scores when Mark
Speaker 1: Andrews gets going and gets hot, then he gets the
Speaker 1: spike week games. But he's getting you, you know, fifty
Speaker 1: points in a standard league every week. The correct answer
Speaker 1: is some for Lamar Jackson some level of concern. Since
Speaker 1: Week four, he's quarterback twenty in scoring twenty, averaging one
Speaker 1: hundred seventy five passing yards and zero point eight passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game. Sure does the rushing help the sixty
Speaker 1: yards he's averaging sixty yards per game? Well, okay, that's
Speaker 1: six fantasy points. But the problem is the passing is
Speaker 1: giving you not giving you any other points to go
Speaker 1: with it, or very few other points to go with it.
Speaker 1: He's only scored one rushing touchdown in the last seven games,
Speaker 1: and when Gus Edwards returns, Edwards is going to vacuum
Speaker 1: up all the short rushing scores for Shot Bateman. Done
Speaker 1: for the year. He's got the worst set of receivers
Speaker 1: in the league, and the schedule it's so so. A
Speaker 1: couple of positive matchups left Pittsburgh in Atlanta, the rest
Speaker 1: of its neutral are bad. There's not much to like
Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson. Appropriate level of concern is some tough
Speaker 1: question number three? What is the appropriate level of concern
Speaker 1: for Alvin Kamara? Is it none, some, or a bowel
Speaker 1: loosening level of existential dread. I definitely have some concern here.
Speaker 1: I'll mention some of the stats in the matchup. Well,
Speaker 1: I did already, but he's just not faring well against
Speaker 1: good run defenses. Against San Francisco this week in Tampa
Speaker 1: next week, there are both borderline bench grades for Camara.
Speaker 1: Then he has a Week fourteen buy, so it's tough
Speaker 1: to start him for three straight weeks. But after that
Speaker 1: the Fantasy playoffs look better. Atlanta in week fifteen and
Speaker 1: Cleveland in week sixteen are both very positive matchups, and
Speaker 1: he exploded against a similarly bad defense the Raiders in
Speaker 1: the recent past. So it's a two pronged answer to
Speaker 1: this charch um. If you're dependent on Camara to get
Speaker 1: you into the Fantasy playoffs right now, it's it's full
Speaker 1: blowed because he's not going to get you there. Well,
Speaker 1: it's it's we're still like four weeks out of the
Speaker 1: Fantasy three weeks for away from the Fantasy playoffs, you've
Speaker 1: got three weeks left. Most people still need wins. If
Speaker 1: you if you're solid and you're you're gonna be in,
Speaker 1: and you know you're gonna be in, then it's just some.
Speaker 1: But if you need him to get in, was he
Speaker 1: answered some or is it blow slowed? You're okay? You
Speaker 1: can't you care if you can't give two answers. Brian
Speaker 1: the appropriate level of concern for Alvin Kamara none, Some
Speaker 1: or blowed based on where he was going in drafts
Speaker 1: in late summer, which was basically before Nick Chubb and
Speaker 1: some other big names. I'm I'm blowed on Camara. All
Speaker 1: of his touchdowns came in one game. I was against
Speaker 1: the Raiders a few weeks ago, and Matt mentioned the schedule.
Speaker 1: It's not as good as he thinks it is, at
Speaker 1: least in my opinion. San Francisco, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Cleveland,
Speaker 1: and Philly. Yes, Atlanta is the good matchup, but that's
Speaker 1: the only home game during that stretch. The rest is
Speaker 1: on the road on grass or turf, but not the
Speaker 1: fast turf. And really the home game against Atlanta, it's
Speaker 1: Atlanta plays an Adul. That's the one away game you
Speaker 1: would rather have have based on that schedule. So it's
Speaker 1: Week sixteen. I don't know, I don't I don't love it.
Speaker 1: It's not a stopper, but I'll be at blow. He's
Speaker 1: been he's been bad. I don't even think this was
Speaker 1: I don't even think this was close. If you took
Speaker 1: his name Remember I said earlier that letter for nets
Speaker 1: just a name, you know, on the back of a jersey.
Speaker 1: If you took that name off his box score, you
Speaker 1: wouldn't even consider starting Alvin Kamara. Most weeks he's giving
Speaker 1: you nothing, and he's getting worse. Over his last four games,
Speaker 1: averaging three point four yards per carry. He hasn't even
Speaker 1: topped sixty three rushing yards in any game he has.
Speaker 1: I think, to my eyes, one and a half good
Speaker 1: matchups left. You guys just talked about these, and he's
Speaker 1: basically unstartable. The next three weeks, Matt touched on this
Speaker 1: San Francisco Tampa by the Saints. Battered offensive line ranks
Speaker 1: twenty five, So that doesn't seem to be something where
Speaker 1: you can go, well, that line is gonna just suddenly
Speaker 1: start dominating in open holes. Not gonna happen. If you
Speaker 1: don't already have a massive case of blowed you should
Speaker 1: now with Alvin Camaron, it's working a matchup Cincinnati takes
Speaker 1: on Tennessee. Brian, You've seen the Cincinnati offense look better lately,
Speaker 1: but no Joe Mixon in this game. Fascinated to think
Speaker 1: what find out what you think about somaj P Ryan's
Speaker 1: matchup without Joe Mixon coming off a two touchdown game.
Speaker 1: I believe it was a three touchdown was the three
Speaker 1: r three receiving touchdowns susdown game? Multiple touchdown game. Their
Speaker 1: bases are covered. But yeah, it's you're excited if you
Speaker 1: got p Ryan on roster, but you want to pump
Speaker 1: the brakes this week just a little bit. I'm just
Speaker 1: giving him a c here, even with Joe Mixon ruled out.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned charge, the Titans are a tough draw
Speaker 1: off running backs. They're allowing just a hundred and five
Speaker 1: combo yards and zero point two touchdowns per game to
Speaker 1: the position. That means they've given up two total touchdowns
Speaker 1: to running backs this season. The last running back to
Speaker 1: rushed for a touchdown against Tennessee was se Kwon Barkley
Speaker 1: in Week one. Wow. So it's a brutal matchup, but
Speaker 1: you obviously have to start p Ryan, who will see
Speaker 1: the Lion's share of work out of since his backfield.
Speaker 1: I should I should have said the Bengals share of
Speaker 1: working There we go. Yeah, Hey, the Titans have given
Speaker 1: up the most receptions to opposing backs though, and that's
Speaker 1: kind of p Ryan's bread and butter. That's how he
Speaker 1: scored all of his touchdowns last week. Fair point, You're
Speaker 1: certainly gonna start him, but you don't expect three receiving touchdowns.
Speaker 1: But if that okay, I don't expect now what. We
Speaker 1: don't really know what to expect from Jamaar Chase. He's
Speaker 1: been practicing all week. On Friday, he was seen running
Speaker 1: red zone routes. You like to hear that, um, but
Speaker 1: it's his status is still up in the air. It
Speaker 1: looks like he'll be a game time decision to to
Speaker 1: return from that hip injury. If he goes, I'll give
Speaker 1: him a C. The Titans are top five and the
Speaker 1: most catches and touchdowns surrendered to wide receivers UH this season.
Speaker 1: These teams met in the divisual round Divisional round of
Speaker 1: the playoffs last year. If you recall, Chase had five
Speaker 1: catches for a hundred nine yards in that game. So
Speaker 1: if he if he returns, I give him the SEA
Speaker 1: now over the other two wide receivers. Of course, Chase's
Speaker 1: status will affect both of these grades. If he comes
Speaker 1: back Jamar Chase, I'll give t Higgins a B. If
Speaker 1: Chase does not return, I'll give Higgins the A with
Speaker 1: Chase sidelined, Higgins saw target totals of six, eight, and thirteen,
Speaker 1: so he didn't really see a huge spike and looks
Speaker 1: with Chase on the sideline. UM. But Chase's return probably
Speaker 1: helps Higgins more than it hurts. But I just mentioned
Speaker 1: the Titans are top five in the most of everything
Speaker 1: surrender to wide receivers, So Higgins is a strong play. Uh.
Speaker 1: He had seven catches for for ninety six yards in
Speaker 1: that playoff game with the Titans last year. Now over
Speaker 1: to Tyler Boyd. I got him on the bench if
Speaker 1: if Jamaar Chase comes back. In the games without Chase,
Speaker 1: Boyd is in the three games without Chase, Boyd is
Speaker 1: total just ten catches for yards. And now we all
Speaker 1: thought that we all thought of those extra those extra
Speaker 1: targets would largely go to Tyler Boyd and it hasn't
Speaker 1: worked out that way at all. Yeah, he did score
Speaker 1: a touchdown during that three game span. Um. Again, it's
Speaker 1: a great matchup on paper. So if Chase is out,
Speaker 1: I'll give Boyd the sea. But if Chase comes back,
Speaker 1: I got Boyd on the bench. And each of the
Speaker 1: last two games of the titans last two games, though,
Speaker 1: three different wide receivers totaled at least fifty yards, so
Speaker 1: that would if you're in a it's a tough one
Speaker 1: with Boyd. Uh, definitely a start. If Chase sits, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna I'm holding with the bench grade if Chase comes
Speaker 1: back for Boyd. He only had two catches for seventeen
Speaker 1: yards in that playoff game against the Titans last year,
Speaker 1: and over to the tight end for the Bengals Hayden Hurst.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have a single game this season with over
Speaker 1: fifty receiving yards, and he hasn't found the end zone
Speaker 1: since Week five. Also, the Titans have allowed just two
Speaker 1: receptions to tight ends and each of their past two games,
Speaker 1: and the aven't allowed a tight end touchdown since Week four.
Speaker 1: So I got Hurst on the bench even in the
Speaker 1: tight end wasteland, but it's certainly not benching Joe Burrow.
Speaker 1: Regardless of Jamaar Chase returning or not. Tennessee owns the
Speaker 1: highest opponent passing play percentage in the league, and as
Speaker 1: a result, they have surrendered these second most passing yards
Speaker 1: and passing touchdowns to quarterbacks despite already having their by
Speaker 1: Burrow did not throw a touchdown in that playoff game.
Speaker 1: I've mentioned a few times, but he did have eight yards.
Speaker 1: So I've got an A on Joe Burrow over the
Speaker 1: Titan side, easy A for Derrick Henry. Since Week eight,
Speaker 1: Henry has five rushing touchdowns. He's averaged a rushing touchdown
Speaker 1: per every nineteen carries during that span, which is very good.
Speaker 1: During that same span, the Bengals have allowed a rushing
Speaker 1: touchdown per every fourteen carries. So that math is adding
Speaker 1: up to uh, it's a very good chance Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: scores at least one touchdown in this game. He had
Speaker 1: twenty carries for sixty two yards and a touchdown against
Speaker 1: the Bengals in that Divisional round game, and he had
Speaker 1: a metal plate sticking out of his foot for that one.
Speaker 1: So I like Henry and this one he gets literally
Speaker 1: sticking out of his foot, probably pretty close. He probably
Speaker 1: need another surgery. It was fresh steel, very fresh steel.
Speaker 1: Over to the wide receivers trail on Burks. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give him a B. Last week. Yeah, he led the
Speaker 1: Titans and targets, receptions and yards. Posting the first game
Speaker 1: of his career year. It won't be his last. It
Speaker 1: might not happen this week, as the Bengals will allowed
Speaker 1: just two receivers to go for a hundred plus yards,
Speaker 1: but they have surrendered a wide receiver touchdown in five
Speaker 1: straight games, So if a wide receiver is gonna score
Speaker 1: a touchdown for the Titans, that's gonna be trail on.
Speaker 1: Burke's I got Robert Woods on the bench finally had
Speaker 1: a decent showing last week. But the Bengals are only
Speaker 1: allowing ten catches per game to wide receivers, and if
Speaker 1: we're going to start a Titans receiver, it's Burke's. I
Speaker 1: will give Austin Hooper a C grade coming off this
Speaker 1: big game. The Bengals are allowing five catches for fifty
Speaker 1: yards per game uh two tight ends, and last week
Speaker 1: they yielded fifteen targets to Pittsburgh's tight end, so Hooper
Speaker 1: should see some opportunities here. End and Ryan Tannhill I
Speaker 1: like his matchup this week. US might take a chance
Speaker 1: let me quarterback. Yeah, well done, Rams take on Kansas City.
Speaker 1: We come back find out if for the first time
Speaker 1: in I don't know, maybe the history of this show,
Speaker 1: are there no Rams to start find out? When we
Speaker 1: come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, Yah, Welcome back Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly, Poltiarchi, Matt Harrison, Brian Johnson with you Rams
Speaker 1: take on the Kansas City Chiefs. As I mentioned going
Speaker 1: into our break, the Rams do not have anybody to start.
Speaker 1: There's an official is easy. He's on the bench. Game.
Speaker 1: Everyone is on the bench. Bryce Perkins is your starting quarterback,
Speaker 1: backed up by Case Cookus, Coocus, Case Cookers, Tase Cookus
Speaker 1: maybe very well making an appearance in this game because
Speaker 1: Bryce Perkins is playing behind an offensive line that is
Speaker 1: starting their ninth, tenth and eleventh string offensive lineman. He
Speaker 1: could we could actually we could see Bryce Perkins get
Speaker 1: beaten into the ground and get Case Cookus into the game.
Speaker 1: Bryce Bryce Perkins had a sneaky thirty nine rushing yards
Speaker 1: last week. That that's that's that's the upside. There so
Speaker 1: no starters on this Rams team, and I was trying
Speaker 1: to figure out the last time that maybe we had
Speaker 1: a matchup in the history of the show which there
Speaker 1: were no starters. In twenty eleven, the Rams were a
Speaker 1: to win operation. Steven Jackson was there and he had
Speaker 1: he put up a yard season, so I gotta believe
Speaker 1: he was pretty much a starter every week he was okay,
Speaker 1: So it's possible. If not, then it's possible. The history,
Speaker 1: the twenty whatever eight year history of the show, we've
Speaker 1: never said bench all Rams. Well, it had to be
Speaker 1: pretty Kurt Warner for sure. That's old old St. Louis Rams.
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe that's it. I don't know, I don't think.
Speaker 1: I don't even know if I have to go into
Speaker 1: any detail on any of this stuff. But you know
Speaker 1: we had Allen Robinson was unstartable when he had Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford as his quarterback, and Cam Akers is dead last
Speaker 1: and rushing efficiency and yards, Tyler Higby is the closest
Speaker 1: Ram to a starting grade, and Perkins through to him
Speaker 1: three times last week. He's not healthy, and the Chiefs
Speaker 1: are a good tight end defense. There's nobody to start
Speaker 1: all the Rams on the bench. I will demand a
Speaker 1: peacock from my Allen Robinson take on last week. Though
Speaker 1: not a good game, I will yield to your demand.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Let's go to the Kansas City side every week.
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey obvious a's and especially coming off
Speaker 1: the performance from last week, Holy cow, Judus miss Schuster
Speaker 1: expected to play in this game. Yeah, they took him
Speaker 1: off the injury report just recently. I like it. The
Speaker 1: fantasy funds he was at that game too, the fantasy actual,
Speaker 1: the real fun. Henry Winkler himself. He seems like he'd
Speaker 1: be one of the great actors to hang out with.
Speaker 1: He seems like a cool guy. Absolutely, well, he was
Speaker 1: literally the coolest guy ever in hindsight. Wasn't he kind
Speaker 1: of a d bag? Though? No? No, no, everybody says
Speaker 1: he's the nicest guy in Hollywood. No, I'm talking just
Speaker 1: about the Fonzie character like he was. I don't know,
Speaker 1: I don't want. I mean he lived in the Cunningham's garage.
Speaker 1: He did not need to live there. In the three
Speaker 1: games prior to Juju's injury, he was averaging a hundred
Speaker 1: eight yards per game and reached pay dirt twice. He
Speaker 1: will face the hollow shell of the cornerback once known
Speaker 1: as Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey's allowing a career worst one hundred
Speaker 1: seventeen passer rating in his coverage and he's given up
Speaker 1: at least seventy one receiving yards in three straight games.
Speaker 1: When Juju lines up in the slot, he'll face Troy Hill,
Speaker 1: who's giving up a passer rating of a hundred and three.
Speaker 1: So no what, no matter where Juju is, he's got
Speaker 1: a strong individual matchup B grade. Juju Smith Schuster Ka
Speaker 1: Darius Tony not expected to play in this game, and
Speaker 1: we'll keep him on the bench in MVS. I'm a
Speaker 1: little bitter because he flopped badly last week and I
Speaker 1: was really excited. That's the fantasy mongoose right there. He
Speaker 1: eats the peacock. That's what we mongoose, the natural. How
Speaker 1: about you just eat some crow church, Yeah, maybe it's oh,
Speaker 1: there we go. Thank you very much. I gave you.
Speaker 1: I gave you a C grade and MVS last week
Speaker 1: and he was terrible. So he's lost all I've lost
Speaker 1: all faith. He's off. Half of his last six games
Speaker 1: have been zero or one catch. That is way too
Speaker 1: much risk for me. Let's go to the running backs.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Pacheco hundred seven yards last week, the most by
Speaker 1: a Kansas City running back in how long do you
Speaker 1: think Kareem Hunt was there? Maybe forty two games? Since
Speaker 1: some running backs at a hundred seven yards for Kansas City.
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards a layer now on I R. So the
Speaker 1: ground game is totally his tough matchup against a Rams
Speaker 1: team allowing the seventh fewest rushing yards and the seventh
Speaker 1: fewest touchdowns per game. No back has hit one hundred
Speaker 1: receiving yards. Uh at well rush no back is at
Speaker 1: one hundred rushing yards against the Rams. The last three
Speaker 1: leadbacks to face the Rams ran for nineteen yards, sixty
Speaker 1: eight yards, and forty two yards and three yards per carry.
Speaker 1: There's still a great Rams defense, but the Rams evens
Speaker 1: are gonna be on the field a lot because their
Speaker 1: offense is gonna be three and out constantly. So Potako
Speaker 1: gets a C grade here. I can I flirted with
Speaker 1: a B grade, but I can't quite get myself to
Speaker 1: go there against the Rams. Jerick McKinnon, if you're in
Speaker 1: a spot, consider him here. He's gonna get some extra
Speaker 1: work and could be a contributor via the air. In
Speaker 1: weeks nine and ten he caught six passes. Alvin Kamara
Speaker 1: posted forty seven air yards against the Rams last week.
Speaker 1: So you know, if we can get forty seven are
Speaker 1: yards out of Jerick McKinnon and probably equals a C grade.
Speaker 1: Our next matchup is the Chargers taking on the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Chargers side of this. You already gave us the backup
Speaker 1: ight end. Yeah, Trey McKinney, you know, line up all
Speaker 1: of your animal sounds for this one charge because this
Speaker 1: is like a fantasy zoo. We're plugging in all the chargers.
Speaker 1: I like that, plug in the chargers. Austin Ekeler, he's
Speaker 1: an art vark, just an air bear. He's a bear
Speaker 1: and also an art charger grades for both of them. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's like a fight right there. Keenan Allen got in
Speaker 1: a full practice this week. He's an A after playing
Speaker 1: two thirds of the snaps Lady's at the zoo. Uh.
Speaker 1: Mike Williams did not practice yet this week. I don't
Speaker 1: think he plays. But Josh Palmer is gonna play and
Speaker 1: he gets an A grade. And Gerald Everett he's even
Speaker 1: a solid B grade here. And here's why the Cardinals
Speaker 1: are a bottom ten defense in the following categories, passing
Speaker 1: completions and yards allowed, passing touchdowns, rushing yards to opposing quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: receptions to wide receivers, running backyards per carry, running back receiving,
Speaker 1: and combo yards allowed, seaving touchdowns to opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: And they already highlighted that the worst tight end defense
Speaker 1: in the league, which is why Trey McKitty kitty was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on the receiver. All of the
Speaker 1: above stats work in favor of the Chargers. Start them
Speaker 1: all on the cardinal side, it's a bit more thorny. Uh.
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray was a full participant in practice this week,
Speaker 1: so it looks like he'll return after missing two weeks
Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury. See, this is the thing that
Speaker 1: worries me is if if I'm not gonna get rushing
Speaker 1: out of Kyler Murray, I'm really not that interested in
Speaker 1: what his arm is gonna give. So the Chargers have
Speaker 1: not given up a ton through the air to the
Speaker 1: posing quarterbacks. It's not a particularly good matchup, and they
Speaker 1: have allowed multiple passing scores and six of two six
Speaker 1: of the last ten quarterbacks they've faced. I'll give Kyler
Speaker 1: a C grade here, but this is about the time
Speaker 1: of the year every year where Kyler is made up
Speaker 1: and Kyler fades into nothingness, he stops running. The hamstring
Speaker 1: injuced injury certainly plays into that, and I'm a little
Speaker 1: nervous that with the weirdness on the sideline with him
Speaker 1: and Cliff Kingsbury. If they don't go right in the
Speaker 1: first half, he could just get flat out benched for
Speaker 1: Colt McCoy in this McCoy is healthy enough to go,
Speaker 1: that is a possibility. There was I forget which which
Speaker 1: channel did the Cardinals game last week? It was ESPN.
Speaker 1: It's rare that your ESPN pregame devotes like a whole
Speaker 1: segment to how the team is happier with Colt McCoy's
Speaker 1: for quarterback and how he's galvanized the locker room and
Speaker 1: the players all love him, and it was all of
Speaker 1: these back it's handed. Yeah, it's all it was. So
Speaker 1: don't get a lot of that. I don't think Kyler
Speaker 1: and Cliff are both in Arizona next year. Arizona is
Speaker 1: carrying on hard knocks right now. This in season hard
Speaker 1: knocks the Canras out of here. Keep in mind, nobody's
Speaker 1: gonna pick up Kyler's contract. No, nobody wants that deal.
Speaker 1: By the way, Cliff Kingsbury's house, I feel like you
Speaker 1: get an STD from ringing the doorbell that wow, this
Speaker 1: guy things are happening. He gives off five just like
Speaker 1: so bring some Claros wipes to the ring doorbell. Portrait
Speaker 1: of like a lion wearing a crown. He just like
Speaker 1: he's so gone. Um sorry, I understand Marks Brown is
Speaker 1: possible to play, but media reports say if he does play,
Speaker 1: he'll be on a snap count. Yeah, they have him
Speaker 1: on a pitch count from what for what we see.
Speaker 1: But Ron Dale Moore doesn't look like he's going to
Speaker 1: go with a groin injury. Greg Dortch looks like he'll
Speaker 1: miss this week with a thumb injury. And of course
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz is on I R. So it's all DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: I'm giving him an A grade here. Uh, he's gonna
Speaker 1: be targeted copiously in this game. How many times is
Speaker 1: Hopkins catching a ball per game? Right now? Church? Um?
Speaker 1: Oh that's correct, Charch, good job. It is nine times
Speaker 1: per game. And the Charger secondary is allowing almost a
Speaker 1: passing score per game to opposing wide receivers. So Hopkins
Speaker 1: gets an A. There's another tray mix tend to say
Speaker 1: how many? How many Trey gonna have? Trey McBride is
Speaker 1: not startable, but I like Trey McKitty. I thought he
Speaker 1: would be startable due to the dearth of other available options. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just don't try Tyler that much, but I'm I'm
Speaker 1: giving James Conner a B grade here. He scored thrice
Speaker 1: in the last two weeks. Faces a Chargers defense that
Speaker 1: has been straight up bad against the run. They have
Speaker 1: allowed five point seven yards per carry this year, which
Speaker 1: lends to the averages of one hundred sixty one combo
Speaker 1: yards and one point three touchdowns per game allowed to
Speaker 1: opposing backs. I don't think Kyante Ingram steals enough work
Speaker 1: from Connor to make a dent here, so Connor should
Speaker 1: get to a hundred yards at least in this one.
Speaker 1: Probably a coin flips chance at a score. Alright, let's
Speaker 1: see if we can sneak in one more matchup, and
Speaker 1: I'm hoping it doesn't take long, at least not on
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas side. Brian, Las Vegas is at Seattle
Speaker 1: for this game. There has been a very inconsistent Las
Speaker 1: Vegas offense. It has well outside of Josh Jacobs and
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, so I'm giving a grade to both. Will
Speaker 1: start with Jacob's real quick Seahawks allowing nearly a hundred
Speaker 1: fifty compo yards per game to opposing running backs. That's
Speaker 1: the fifth most. Jacobs is also top nine and targets
Speaker 1: and receptions among all running backs. He hasn't been much
Speaker 1: of a pass catcher in the past, so and a
Speaker 1: for Jacobs and easy for Davante Adams. Last three games
Speaker 1: one and two and two, he's on absolute fire. UH
Speaker 1: wide receivers are averaging fifteen catches and a hundred fifty
Speaker 1: plus yards per game, and they've totaled three touchdowns against
Speaker 1: Seattle's against Seattle over their last two. That's why mac
Speaker 1: hollins might take a chance on a wide receiver. I
Speaker 1: like him this week. I also like Foster, not Morow.
Speaker 1: It doesn't sound like it's spelled. That's his problem, not ours.
Speaker 1: That's well, it's kind of it is our problem, isn't it. Anyway,
Speaker 1: he gets to see opposing tight ends are averaging five
Speaker 1: catches seventy four yards per game against Seattle. Yes, those
Speaker 1: numbers are a little skewed by t. J. Hockenson's blow
Speaker 1: up game against them in Week four, you have like
Speaker 1: a hundred eighty yards. But still, since then, Seattle has
Speaker 1: allowed a tight end to top fifty yards or score
Speaker 1: a touchdown in five of six games. So Morrow is
Speaker 1: startable in the waste land. UH Dereck by Derek B.
Speaker 1: Derek c as in Car gets a B. Car in
Speaker 1: the later Raiders are left for dead after getting blanked
Speaker 1: by the Saints, But over the last three weeks he's
Speaker 1: been killing it. Yes, thanks in most part to Davante Adams.
Speaker 1: But the Seattle is the middle of the road matchup.
Speaker 1: But they are allowing two fifty and one and a
Speaker 1: half passing touchdowns per game. Should be a safe floor
Speaker 1: for Car here. You're going to give him a B
Speaker 1: over to the Seattle side, Ken Walker easy A. Over
Speaker 1: their last four games, the Raiders have surrendered seven touchdowns
Speaker 1: and to one yard rushing performances to opposing backs. Vegas
Speaker 1: has also allowed the fourth most catches to the position,
Speaker 1: which also bodes well for Walker, who has totaled nine
Speaker 1: catches over his last two games. DK Metcalf Tyler Lockett
Speaker 1: can give both of them a B over the last
Speaker 1: three games, Metcalf has scored in two of three and
Speaker 1: Lockett has scored in every one. The Raiders are allowing
Speaker 1: thirteen catches, five yards and nearly a touchdown per game
Speaker 1: to opposing wide receivers. So I love Metcalfine Lockett. This week,
Speaker 1: I don't love Noah Fanton will death Slack. They're both
Speaker 1: on the bench. They continue to split time and neither
Speaker 1: have scored since week four. And lastly, a B for
Speaker 1: Gino Smith. Gino has scored multiple touchdowns and eight of
Speaker 1: his ten games played, and since Week four, he's also
Speaker 1: averaged nearly thirty rushing yards per game, which pretty much
Speaker 1: equates to a bonus touchdown past He's been great. I was,
Speaker 1: I was trying ye go about that. Yeah, well, the
Speaker 1: frequency is I don't know the frequency of touchdown, but
Speaker 1: is a frequency good like good frequency? We assume high
Speaker 1: octane frequency. I don't know. I don't know if that's
Speaker 1: a thing. Is it? You know what is a thing?
Speaker 1: Premature speculation. We're gonna give you three guys to pick
Speaker 1: up this week that everybody else is gonna be trying
Speaker 1: to pick up next week. But those players are already
Speaker 1: on your tape. Stay tuned Premature speculation and our final
Speaker 1: sets of matchups coming up in the final segment of
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. It's a final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly.
Speaker 1: Paul Charchy and Matt Harrison, Brian Johnson with you. This
Speaker 1: is a segment we like to call premature speculation. Blamo Blamo.
Speaker 1: Three players that you'll want to pick up this week
Speaker 1: that everybody else will be trying to pick up next week.
Speaker 1: We begin with Matt Harrison, who is your premature speculation.
Speaker 1: I actually don't necessarily think people are going to try
Speaker 1: to pick him up this week, but I want to
Speaker 1: put on your radar for your playoff matchups to pick
Speaker 1: up Tyler Conklin, the tight end for the Jets. Three
Speaker 1: absolute cake matchups for Conklin and the fantasy playoffs to
Speaker 1: try right, Jacksonville and Seattle. And if you go to
Speaker 1: Week eighteen for some crazy reason in your fantasy playoffs,
Speaker 1: they get Miami in that week and that's also a
Speaker 1: good tight end matchup. So top ten matchups for Tyler
Speaker 1: Conklin in your fantasy playoffs. I do not like, Just
Speaker 1: to be clear, I do not like playing in Week
Speaker 1: eighteen for anything. I know you just to be just
Speaker 1: want to make sure that you've never played in Week
Speaker 1: eight teen ever, never, Brian, your premature speculation player, you
Speaker 1: haven't played in the one year history of the weekend. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was was going for that. I know him in
Speaker 1: Week seven. Yeah, that's that's always been dumb um. I
Speaker 1: don't like my guy as much as Matt likes his.
Speaker 1: But I got Bears rookie running back Treston Ebner, and
Speaker 1: the angle here is he's probably gonna become a warm
Speaker 1: body that sees double digit touches down the stretch. You
Speaker 1: think you might rest Montgomery. The Bears are from Montgomery.
Speaker 1: It's a contract here from Montgomery, so they could run
Speaker 1: them into the ground. But what's the point there, three
Speaker 1: and eight. It's so they're probably gonna resign montgo. I
Speaker 1: know they're gonna want to see what they have in Edner.
Speaker 1: I just think they'll give him some extended books. So
Speaker 1: it's just a running back stash if you're desperate down
Speaker 1: the stretch. Trust and Ebner is out there and he's free.
Speaker 1: And we're really running out of guys at this point
Speaker 1: in the season segment of the show. But so trusting
Speaker 1: Ebner is my guy. UH one guy that we never
Speaker 1: run out of. Because I don't think any show talks
Speaker 1: about Nico Collins as much as this one does. But
Speaker 1: roster for Nico Collins emerging is the go to receiver
Speaker 1: for the Texans UH ten targets and seven targets the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. Over the last month, He's averaging four
Speaker 1: catches for fifty five yards. That isn't all all bad.
Speaker 1: He scored two weeks ago. And the fantasy playoff run
Speaker 1: for Nico Collins Chiefs, Titans, Jaguars that those are pretty good.
Speaker 1: Maybe this passing offense gets a boost. Davis Mills, who
Speaker 1: I admit I was. I was very optimistic about Mills
Speaker 1: heading into this season to be better than last year,
Speaker 1: and you was wrong. I was wrong. He's worse than
Speaker 1: he was last year. They've benched him. Maybe Allen is
Speaker 1: the is part of the answer year. I was Nico
Speaker 1: is one of my preseason sleepers, but I failed to
Speaker 1: mention you want just want to wait until November. And
Speaker 1: if you're Houston, Brandon Cooks is gonna be gone this offseason, right,
Speaker 1: so you may as well develop your in house next
Speaker 1: year's number one receiver, Nico Collins in these last handful
Speaker 1: of games that don't mean anything to you. So, Nico Collins,
Speaker 1: let's go to our final two sets of matchups. The
Speaker 1: first one Sunday Night football, green Bay taking on Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: On the green Bay side, Let's begin with the mere
Speaker 1: curial Aaron Rodgers. You think Rogers has been as inconsistent
Speaker 1: as the team has been because usually as the quarterback goes,
Speaker 1: the teams goes. But he's actually been a very reliable
Speaker 1: fantasy asset, scoring in every game this year since the opener,
Speaker 1: and he has thrown multiple touchdowns in eight of ten games.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles are an elite past defense and maybe
Speaker 1: the best. They've shut out three of the past four
Speaker 1: opposing quarterbacks, and on the season, they're giving up zero
Speaker 1: point nine touchdown passes per game. That is not good.
Speaker 1: And I do not like Rogers receivers matchups, and we'll
Speaker 1: talk about those right now, beginning with and if I
Speaker 1: didn't say it, I don't think I did C grade
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers just the C grade and Christian Watson five
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the last two games, and all five of
Speaker 1: Aaron rodgers last touchdowns have gone to him. But he
Speaker 1: runs overwhelmingly from the outside, and there he's running right
Speaker 1: into the teeth of philly Secondary elite cornerbacks Darius Slay
Speaker 1: and James Bradberry. Philadelphia has allowed the fifth fewest receiving
Speaker 1: yards and the sixth fewest touchdowns to receivers behind the
Speaker 1: elite play of cornerbacks Darius Slay, and James Bradberry. Neither
Speaker 1: cornerback is allowed more than one touchdown, neither has allowed
Speaker 1: more than fifty of the targets, and their coverage should
Speaker 1: be caught. So I'm given Christian Watson a C grade
Speaker 1: mostly on the momentum of his past couple of games,
Speaker 1: but this is a very tough match up here. Randall
Speaker 1: Cobb is my favorite of the receiver matchups. In his
Speaker 1: first game back last week, caught all six of his
Speaker 1: targets for seventy three yards and he led the team
Speaker 1: in both categories. And because he runs from the slot,
Speaker 1: Cobb avoid Slay and Bradberry, and the normal starting slot
Speaker 1: cornerback of Matos is on I R. So this is
Speaker 1: a premo spot for Randall Cob with a B grade.
Speaker 1: I feel like we've seen this movie before and Randall
Speaker 1: Cobb comes out with one catch on three targets for
Speaker 1: twelve yards. Absolutely possible, but on paper anyway, he's got
Speaker 1: the most favorable matchup by a mile of anybody among
Speaker 1: the pack of receivers. How old did you guess Randall
Speaker 1: Cob ist one? I was thinking older, like four. He
Speaker 1: started young. He's got an eighth of a tank left
Speaker 1: and eighth of a tank. Might the gaslights on, but
Speaker 1: you can still get somewhere. Let's go to the running backs.
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones B grade. The Eagles have have a struggling
Speaker 1: run defense and a great past defense. So if you're
Speaker 1: gonna win against the Eagles, screen Bay has to run
Speaker 1: the ball. Here. In games where Jones has gotten fifteen
Speaker 1: or more carries, which I think he's gonna get in
Speaker 1: this game, he's averaged over one hundred thirty rushing yards
Speaker 1: in the game. Since Elephantine defensive tackle Jordan Davis went
Speaker 1: on injured reserved, Philadelphia has given up an average of
Speaker 1: a hundred twenty five rushing yards per game. So that
Speaker 1: puts Aaron Jones really on pace for between a hundred
Speaker 1: twenty five and a hundred thirty rushing yards. We'll call
Speaker 1: it a hundred and twenty seven and a half. The
Speaker 1: addition of Linval Joseph and and Dominican su are not
Speaker 1: likely to help. Those are aged veterans, and I do
Speaker 1: not think that's going to change the equation here. A J.
Speaker 1: Dillon's on the bench. He has not scored since the opener.
Speaker 1: He's being dramatically outplayed by Aaron Jones. And he does
Speaker 1: not catch a j Dillon hasn't topped eleven yards as
Speaker 1: a receiver in any game since the opener. He and
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt has been absolutely worthless. They have they're going
Speaker 1: to be this big helper. I thought Dylan was gonna
Speaker 1: be That was another preseason I was not like that
Speaker 1: was we're with you. I thought he was gonna be
Speaker 1: just a helper if nothing else, nothing. It was the
Speaker 1: nothing part of nothing else. Let's go to Philadelphia. Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts obviously great, although let me say this, he doesn't
Speaker 1: look the same without Dallas Goddard. I mean, it's starting
Speaker 1: to really think Dallas Goddard is the was the engine
Speaker 1: that made that passing offense go, because it's been inconsistent
Speaker 1: since then. After allowing just four passing touchdowns in the
Speaker 1: first six games of the year, the Packers have really
Speaker 1: regressed on past defense, allowing eleven touchdowns in the past
Speaker 1: five games. Last week, and Brian alluded to this earlier.
Speaker 1: Conscious passer Ryan Tannehill posted three three yards against Green
Speaker 1: Bay that was the most they had given up in
Speaker 1: a year. The two mobile quarterbacks to face the Packers,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Daniel Jones, seven and forty nine rushing yards,
Speaker 1: and I think we will get at least to that
Speaker 1: number for Jalen Hurts here, so I still have an
Speaker 1: A grade on him um, but again that passing offense
Speaker 1: has not looked the same without Dallas Goddard Among the receivers.
Speaker 1: Let's go to A. J. Brown be great on him.
Speaker 1: Green Bay has allowed the fourth most yards and receptions
Speaker 1: to receivers since Eric Stokes went down to Week nine,
Speaker 1: and the funny thing is Stokes wasn't any good, but
Speaker 1: since he's left their way worse without him, Ground leads
Speaker 1: the NFL and yards per route run against man coverage. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: J R. Alexander's allowing the six most yards per reception
Speaker 1: while in man coverage. I like that individual matchup the
Speaker 1: Packers secondary, though still good. Brown isn't automatic, but it
Speaker 1: is a more promising situation than it felt a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago against green Bay. B grade on A. J. Brown.
Speaker 1: DeVonta Smith has been the primary beneficiary of Dallas Goddard
Speaker 1: going out his He's led the Eagles and receptions, yards
Speaker 1: and targets since that time since the Stokes injuries. I
Speaker 1: mentioned Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas tends to stay on the
Speaker 1: opposing number two receiver and in that span he has
Speaker 1: given up on the targets in his coverage. So I
Speaker 1: gotta be grade on DeVonta Smith as well. And then
Speaker 1: the only other uh filled off your player you care
Speaker 1: about is Miles Sanders. I think the bounce back game
Speaker 1: is coming after a couple of dud games. For eight
Speaker 1: consecutive games, Green Bay has seen a running back top
Speaker 1: sixty seven yards on the ground against them. They ranked
Speaker 1: thirty and rushing yards allowed on the season. Miles Sanders
Speaker 1: has been held to one scoreless yards over the last
Speaker 1: two games. Prior to that, though averaging eighty seven yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown in the previous five. I think he
Speaker 1: gets back to that. I think he's sitting around ninety
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown in this one. Weirdly, Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: who can catch total non factor in the receiving as
Speaker 1: one catch in the last month. That is it. Our
Speaker 1: final matchup of this show is Pittsburgh taking on Indianapolis
Speaker 1: on Monday night. Naji Harris Matt has been a resurgent
Speaker 1: over the past couple of weeks. Well, yeah, that's because
Speaker 1: Jalen Warren is out with a hamstring and help. I
Speaker 1: don't think he goes this week, so it's all Harris
Speaker 1: alone again, probably a bell cow against the Colts defense
Speaker 1: that is seeing the second most touches allowed to running
Speaker 1: backs on the year at twenty nine point two per game,
Speaker 1: So it seems like twenty five touches for nag Harris
Speaker 1: might be in the cards. He's no worse than a
Speaker 1: solid B if that's the case. Considering that the Colts
Speaker 1: are middle of the pack against the run, it's a
Speaker 1: bit tougher. In the passing game for the Steelers. Kenny
Speaker 1: Pickett has looked respectable but not spectacular in any game.
Speaker 1: His two sixty five last week was his career high,
Speaker 1: but he hasn't thrown for more than one touchdown pass
Speaker 1: in any game this year. That's really killing his receivers
Speaker 1: more than anything. Deonte Johnson hasn't scored all year. George
Speaker 1: Pickens has managed to run and catch a touchdown in
Speaker 1: the past two weeks, but the Colts are top four
Speaker 1: in receiving yards and touchdowns allowed to wide receivers, so
Speaker 1: I'm trending toward benching Pickett, Pickens, and Deonta All in
Speaker 1: this one. Yeah, I don't blame you. You can is
Speaker 1: one of the biggest busts of the year. Yeah. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: you can throw a dart at Pat fryar Muth though
Speaker 1: he gets a C grade here. Uh pick wow? Did
Speaker 1: you always get hit by the dark you? Yes, you are.
Speaker 1: Pick It targeted him twelve times last week and he
Speaker 1: caught eight of them for seventy nine yards. And the
Speaker 1: Colts defense will be they're weaker against the tight end
Speaker 1: than they are against wide receivers. They've allowed the twelveth
Speaker 1: the most receiving yards and basically a tight end score
Speaker 1: every other game this year. Deante Johnson is ninth among
Speaker 1: wide receivers and targets and he has zero touchdowns. It's
Speaker 1: not amazing that that's impressive. I'm not gonna lie. On
Speaker 1: the indie side, I mentioned Matt Ryan was might take
Speaker 1: a chance on me quarterback, although he will see t J.
Speaker 1: Watt coming against him this week in his first game
Speaker 1: back from I R. Paris Campbell, Alec Pierce, and Michael
Speaker 1: Pittman basically split snaps and targets almost evenly last week
Speaker 1: against Philly, all of which was on the field for
Speaker 1: at least of the snaps. I'll give a nod to
Speaker 1: Pittman and seized both Pierce and Paris Campbell, who was
Speaker 1: also take take a chance on me worthy from charge.
Speaker 1: Pittman has the most yardage potential here, and he is
Speaker 1: a Steelers defense that that's allowing two two receiving yards
Speaker 1: per game to opposing wide receivers, second highest mark in
Speaker 1: the league. They're also allowing touchdowns to white outs at
Speaker 1: an amazing clip. They've given up fourteen this year. It's
Speaker 1: also second most in the league. Don't mess with the
Speaker 1: Colts tight ends. Mo Ali Cox is getting most of
Speaker 1: the work, but it's not a good tight end matchup.
Speaker 1: And finally, Jonathan Taylor, he's an A grade. This is
Speaker 1: not the run stuffing Steelers from the past. And since
Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday took over as head coach, they're feeding Taylor
Speaker 1: like it's Thanksgiving and it's bread and butter right here.
Speaker 1: Twenty two carries in both games, a couple of receptions
Speaker 1: in each game. Better yet, he scored in both games
Speaker 1: since Saturday took over. So you're gonna start Saturday's favorite
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor on Sun Sunday. Absolutely, We're going to you
Speaker 1: know where's as as We're talking about the Steelers struggling offense.
Speaker 1: This is a bad season for them. Everybody talks about
Speaker 1: Belichick without Brady and how he's effectively a five hundred
Speaker 1: coach since Brady left. Comlin might be starting to get
Speaker 1: some of this scrutiny, right since Ben left? What has Tomlin?
Speaker 1: You know that it's not yet. Well know, he was
Speaker 1: working with the shell of Ben Roethlisberger for the last
Speaker 1: couple of years too, and it hasn't looked as great.
Speaker 1: But uh yeah, that's you know, that might be a
Speaker 1: developing story. I never thought Ben was all that great.
Speaker 1: He had it prime Antonio super Bowls. He had a
Speaker 1: prime Santonio homes Seahawks super Bowl. He was awful and
Speaker 1: that was rig Ben. You go back, it was Seahawks
Speaker 1: fans will agree with me on that. But anyway, yeah,
Speaker 1: specifically for you, although Matt you can chime in. I
Speaker 1: was thinking about there was a kicker Jinks on on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Can can you jinks your you know, and fantasy players
Speaker 1: never want to talk about, like say, right now, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna win the championship, right, Nobody wants to jinx themselves.
Speaker 1: Can you jinks? A best ball team? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: because you can make you can't change anything. I think
Speaker 1: I've jinx like three hundred of mine. But you need
Speaker 1: you need is one at the end of the day.
Speaker 1: But you can't make any moves, you can't trade, you
Speaker 1: can't screw up anything anymore. I've played a lot of
Speaker 1: Best Ball past summer, and I've been gone through every roster,
Speaker 1: But just to go through one and find a complete
Speaker 1: roster with no like season ending injuries is like the
Speaker 1: Holy Grail. I think it's it's been brutal. This has
Speaker 1: been so you say, yes, you can jinks. I can speak,
Speaker 1: and I can speak into reality. My team losing, my
Speaker 1: best ball team losing. Yeah, I try to reverse jinks.
Speaker 1: That doesn't work as much. But uh yeah, I think
Speaker 1: the jink's only really exists in fantasy football. In this
Speaker 1: fantasy realm sounds like a bunch of high jinks. Here,
Speaker 1: kicker jinks is what you say. No, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I've I've got a best ball team that I'm watching
Speaker 1: very closely that has a chance to do something special.
Speaker 1: But then I feel like I can't say anything about it. Well,
Speaker 1: if you know how to reverse the kicker jinks, uh
Speaker 1: call up Greg Joseph, you needs it to help me.
Speaker 1: He does need some help on It's the anti kicker
Speaker 1: Jinks for sure. Thank you for listening to everybody. If
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