Speaker 1: That about that. I am Paul charging my coast today
Speaker 1: or Jay Clemens and Brian Johnson. Hello, guys, good, thank you.
Speaker 1: There's um let's just talk briefly about what to do
Speaker 1: if you're in a big hole, which could have happened
Speaker 1: when there were eighty point game on Thursday. You're in
Speaker 1: a big hole coming into this Sunday. I think the
Speaker 1: angle here is I try to put together quarterback wide
Speaker 1: receiver hookups and hope you get at least one and
Speaker 1: maybe two touchdowns out of that hook up. And that's
Speaker 1: a way that you can you know, you're adding risk,
Speaker 1: but you're also adding a reward into your mix, and
Speaker 1: I think that makes uh. I think that's one of
Speaker 1: the ways that you can overcome try to overcome the
Speaker 1: big the big lead. If you're like me and played
Speaker 1: a sicko who had the goth girly Watkins stack on out. Yep,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna shoot for the moon this week. You gotta
Speaker 1: you know. I'm having some regret. I liked the Rams
Speaker 1: to bounce back, and if you recall back to our
Speaker 1: Week one show, I had Jared goff as might take
Speaker 1: a chance at the quarterback. I wish I'd just spread
Speaker 1: that analysis out over the whole season, you know, and
Speaker 1: just said, you know, for the whole season. I think
Speaker 1: Jared gott and I did think that. I thought the
Speaker 1: whole rams are going to be better, but I should
Speaker 1: have been a little bolder about about season long predictions
Speaker 1: with that. Um Any quick thoughts on Cooper Cup after
Speaker 1: too straight disappointing games in the big week one, probably
Speaker 1: a drop in redraft leagues. I'm holding in dynasty though.
Speaker 1: I think he's got potential and you never know with Watkins,
Speaker 1: he could go down at any moment. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: we need a little perspective. There was a pass I
Speaker 1: think it was in the third quarter where it was
Speaker 1: basically in Cup's hands and it was not loose just
Speaker 1: at the very last second. Uh. He might have scored
Speaker 1: on that play as well. So it's one of those
Speaker 1: things where if he gets that play, maybe we don't
Speaker 1: even have these kind of negative feelings going forward. There's
Speaker 1: been a lot of jeering over my preseason optimism for
Speaker 1: the forty Niners offense, but they played two great defenses
Speaker 1: in weeks one and two, and I think what we
Speaker 1: saw what they can do when they when they get
Speaker 1: a more standard opponent. I do think there's still remains
Speaker 1: a lot of upside with those Niners harder than us either. No, yeah,
Speaker 1: he looks, he looks. He How about that catche catch
Speaker 1: of the year is already in the books. It's over.
Speaker 1: That was catch of the year. I don't care what
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham does the rest of the season. That was
Speaker 1: catch of the year. Over the course of the show,
Speaker 1: we'll do our five tough questions are premature speculation, um,
Speaker 1: and we will give you nine guys upon whom you
Speaker 1: can take a chance. We begin rolling right into our matchups.
Speaker 1: We've got a full slide of games to get to.
Speaker 1: We begin with the Steelers taking on the Bears. J Okay,
Speaker 1: let's go Big Bend. I've got him as a B
Speaker 1: for the week. The positives are of the Bears brank
Speaker 1: against the past. A noticeable departure from last year's top
Speaker 1: ten ranking. On the bad side or the math side, uh,
Speaker 1: Big Ben is accounted for just zero or one touchdown
Speaker 1: in seven of his last ten road outings and plus
Speaker 1: for the regular season last year, Ben only at nine
Speaker 1: touchdown passes any completion rate below on the road. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he averages one touchdown pass per road game over the
Speaker 1: last three seasons. Uh. For Leivian Belle, I've got him,
Speaker 1: you know in a UM. I know he struggled a
Speaker 1: little bit, but you know, the Bears have already allowed
Speaker 1: three touchdowns to opposing running backs this year and they
Speaker 1: had the NFL's six worst rushing defense from last year.
Speaker 1: Plus Bell is in that third week where you perceive
Speaker 1: him did finally be in football shape. Um. He's getting
Speaker 1: the touches, he's getting the carries. James Connor is not
Speaker 1: a threat. I'm absolutely confident that Bell will be top
Speaker 1: five this week among the receivers. I've got. Antonio Brown
Speaker 1: is an a. UM. You know his last fifteen road outings. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's had a hundred totaly yards indoor, one touchdown ten times.
Speaker 1: He's not going against Davy roads. He's an easy a.
Speaker 1: I've got Martvis Bryant for a b um. He made
Speaker 1: the most of his four targets last week, three catches,
Speaker 1: ninety one yards and a touchdown going against Trey Wings.
Speaker 1: We kind of figured that would do go well. Um.
Speaker 1: Ed Bouchett of the Pittsburgh He's big Pittsburgh guy, Sather's columnist.
Speaker 1: He was saying that Brian has been the best player
Speaker 1: they've had in camp, preseason, all summer. UM, So I
Speaker 1: take that into account. UM. The Bears whole bottom ten
Speaker 1: rankings with passing yards, points allowed, and defensive interceptions this season. UH.
Speaker 1: The only positive I can say is the Chicago secondary
Speaker 1: has held the opposing wide receiver two to just four
Speaker 1: and a half catches, forty three yards and zero touchdowns
Speaker 1: through two weeks. That's said, I still like Brian in
Speaker 1: the beak category. UH. For Jesse James, I've got him
Speaker 1: as a C. On the good side, he has collected
Speaker 1: five targets in his last four outings, including the playoffs. UH.
Speaker 1: For this season through weeks one and two, the Bears
Speaker 1: have cumulatively allowed a hundred and sixty nine yards receiving
Speaker 1: and one touchdown to opposing tight ends. So that makes
Speaker 1: James semi relevant. Yeah. On the downside, James has never
Speaker 1: scored a touchdown against the non conference foe. I know
Speaker 1: that's not a big deal, but it it's just worth noting.
Speaker 1: And he might have missed his window in terms of
Speaker 1: getting consistent red zone targets. Now that Bryant is, you
Speaker 1: know of clear mind, clear body, and Bell should be
Speaker 1: getting a lot. So there we go. All right, let's
Speaker 1: flip to the other side of the ball. Okay, for
Speaker 1: the Bears, UM, let's start with Mike Glennon. I didn't
Speaker 1: give him a grade this week at all, So yeah,
Speaker 1: he's a bench uh. For the running backs, chat Cohen,
Speaker 1: I gave him a b. Uh. He is one of
Speaker 1: only eight NFL Plakers playmakers to have at least twenty
Speaker 1: targets through week two. Uh. He has an eight two
Speaker 1: catch the target ratio on the season. UM. That's a
Speaker 1: great one. Yeah, that's what you want. Um. And the
Speaker 1: Steelers d currently ranked second in sacks, so if you
Speaker 1: want to take the positive from that, that means that
Speaker 1: glenn will have to perhaps do a lot of checkdowns
Speaker 1: and the number one primary option in the checkdown would
Speaker 1: be Terak Cohen. So solid B. On the downside, he
Speaker 1: only has a one point eight six yards per carry
Speaker 1: uh last week. Last week, that's that's deplorable. UH. For
Speaker 1: the other running back, Jordan Howard, I've got him as
Speaker 1: a C grade for the week. On the good side,
Speaker 1: he collected a hundred total yards and or wasn't touchdown
Speaker 1: thirteen times in his last fifteen games. However, he's dealing
Speaker 1: with the shoulder concerned that played itself out last week
Speaker 1: and I think it will play it out this week
Speaker 1: as well. Plus, the Steelers have allowed only a hundred
Speaker 1: forty yards rushing and two games and have yet to
Speaker 1: surrender a rushing touchdown to an actual old tailback and
Speaker 1: actual only fictional tailbacks. Well like they've given up rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns to other positions, but not though not running backs. Okay, fine,
Speaker 1: all right? Uh? Then um for none of the receivers.
Speaker 1: Are all the receivers benched? And then I've got Zach
Speaker 1: Miller B grade for the week he wrecked. He ranks
Speaker 1: among the top eight tight ends for both receptions and targets.
Speaker 1: This year he leads the Bears and UH tight ends
Speaker 1: and wide receivers and targets, and last year UH, the
Speaker 1: Steelers d ranked twenty or lower against PPR tight ends
Speaker 1: in the categories of targets allowed, receptions allowed, and net
Speaker 1: yards given up as well. Thank you, Jay. Brian Denver
Speaker 1: takes on Buffalo. Trevor Simeon leads the NFL in quarterback
Speaker 1: touchdowns with seven, but I'm tough matchup here as he
Speaker 1: travels to Buffalo. Well, yeah, he's on pace for fifty
Speaker 1: six total touchdown that happen, I'll take you over on that. Seriously,
Speaker 1: he should fall back to earth a little bit here.
Speaker 1: Buffalo is looking like a better run defense than past defense.
Speaker 1: But it's a matter of how much will the Broncos
Speaker 1: have to throw the ball. But I'll give us, I
Speaker 1: mean I'll give to me to see this week. We'll
Speaker 1: talk a little bit more about him later over to
Speaker 1: the well to let's talk about as receivers to Mary's
Speaker 1: Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders. I'll give both of them and
Speaker 1: be rarely do they both go off in the same game.
Speaker 1: So I took a little look at the home road
Speaker 1: splits for each since the start of Demry's, Thomas is
Speaker 1: averaging about the same amount of targets on the road
Speaker 1: versus at home. Emmanuel Sanders, on the other hand, is
Speaker 1: averaging an extra three and a half targets per game
Speaker 1: on the road, so we gets leaned on a little
Speaker 1: more there. So you're starting both. But if you're playing
Speaker 1: on a site like Fanball, I'm using the targets as
Speaker 1: a tiebreaker between the two, So I like Sanders a
Speaker 1: little more at a cheaper price. Tach um over the
Speaker 1: running backs. C J. Anderson twenty carries twenty five carries
Speaker 1: in his first few games, getting true bell cow treatment.
Speaker 1: We're gonna get a bell cow sounder today. Fantasy bell
Speaker 1: cow was given me a grief on Twitter that he
Speaker 1: didn't have. We do we need a bell We do
Speaker 1: need the bell sounder, bell Cow. Let's let's work that, Zack.
Speaker 1: Buffalo Rundey looking at Tony. I'm sorry, Buffalo Rundy's looking tough.
Speaker 1: They've allowed just eighty eight yards on thirty six combined
Speaker 1: carries between the Jets and Panthers running backs. You gotta
Speaker 1: keep rolling out c g though he looks great. Only
Speaker 1: he and Mike gillissly have double digit red zone rushes
Speaker 1: so far this year. So he's an easy be almost
Speaker 1: an A. But it was a tough matchup and I'm
Speaker 1: benching Jamal Charles. You just want more expected points from
Speaker 1: the opposition to put Charles in play. So he's on
Speaker 1: the bench this week. Not much to talk about for
Speaker 1: Buffalo Lashawn McCoy gets a B in career games following
Speaker 1: a sub seventy yard rushing performance, as he had last week.
Speaker 1: He follows up with ten yards per game and he's
Speaker 1: had quite a few. He's a good bounce back player.
Speaker 1: Tough matchup against It is a tough matchup against Denver.
Speaker 1: That just the run defense just took the love of
Speaker 1: the game out of Zeke. Yeah, but there's no real
Speaker 1: desire and so you could tell he quit halfway through
Speaker 1: that game. But yet eight yards on nine carries for Zeke.
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, Shady, you'll have a little bit better day.
Speaker 1: You can't bench him, obviously. It's another tough matchup for him.
Speaker 1: And Charles Clay is the only other Bill Worth talking
Speaker 1: about really in this one. I'll give him a ce.
Speaker 1: Covering tight ends has proven to be a crack in
Speaker 1: the arm of Denver's defense in recent years. They allowed
Speaker 1: the seventh most catches the tight ends. Last year, Jason
Speaker 1: Witten was just targeted thirteen times for ten catches a touchdown.
Speaker 1: So Clays and play. He's been on the injury report,
Speaker 1: but he'll be suiting up on Sunday for sure. He's
Speaker 1: inside my top ten among tight ends. This early Saturday
Speaker 1: morning game. It's in London and it's the early start.
Speaker 1: So be sure to get you really today. Now go
Speaker 1: get go, make sure your lineups are set for these guys.
Speaker 1: For whatever it's worth, dating back to twelve of the
Speaker 1: eleven games played in London, the average points are fifty
Speaker 1: three points per outing. That's a courtesy of Jay sent
Speaker 1: me that stat Thank you for that. So we tend
Speaker 1: to think of those games as being moro abund But
Speaker 1: actually there's been a lot of points to be had
Speaker 1: in the past few games. But I don't love this matchup,
Speaker 1: and I'm only got starting grades on a couple of guys.
Speaker 1: All that said, uh C grades for Terence West. He's
Speaker 1: a game time decision with a thigh injury. I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna play. Jaguars are a better past defense than
Speaker 1: a run defense. They've allowed two rushing touchdowns last week,
Speaker 1: although frankly Derrick Henry is way way better back than
Speaker 1: Terence West. There they're giving a hundred seven rushing yards
Speaker 1: per game. But this is the Ravens first game without
Speaker 1: their elite guard, Marshal Yanda, and they have no real
Speaker 1: answer for his loss. So I'm nervous about West. I'm
Speaker 1: nervous about Buck Allen, who gets a C grade as well.
Speaker 1: He'll be the in the Danny woodhead role and he'll
Speaker 1: he'll get some receptions here. Jaguars have only allowed seven
Speaker 1: receptions to the position all year, though, and no running
Speaker 1: back has scored through the air against the Jaguars in
Speaker 1: two years. So I'm nervous about Buck Allen too, so
Speaker 1: just to see grade for him the whole the rest
Speaker 1: of all passing games on the bench, including Joe Flacco,
Speaker 1: Jaguars quietly have an elite past defense, giving up just
Speaker 1: one four yards per game one touchdown per game. I
Speaker 1: think that's about what Joe Flacco gets about a Buck
Speaker 1: eighties seven and one here, which is would be a
Speaker 1: very Flacco type type game. Ben Watson, I need more
Speaker 1: than one game sample to show that Ben Watson's back
Speaker 1: from the dead. I can't trust him. Jeremy Macklin is
Speaker 1: scoring back to back games, but draws a much tougher
Speaker 1: assignment this week against Jacksonville's slot cornerback Aaron Colvin. He's
Speaker 1: on the bench, then, Mike Wallas has done nothing, Andy
Speaker 1: draws Jalen Ramsey. Let's go to the Jaguars side of
Speaker 1: this matchup, where there's only one player to start, and
Speaker 1: that's Leonard Fournette. The Ravens excellent defensive tackle Brandon Williams
Speaker 1: has been ruled out of this game, and that's gonna
Speaker 1: open up the door for the game plan that the
Speaker 1: Jaguars want to employ basically every game, which is try
Speaker 1: to win on the ground, minimize Blake Bortles, and let
Speaker 1: your defense carry you to and a short victory and
Speaker 1: a quick game. The Ravens have been very good against
Speaker 1: the run, but that was with Williams, Brandon Williams, and
Speaker 1: I like Fournette as a result. He's He's also a
Speaker 1: better pass catcher than people think. And the Ravens have
Speaker 1: allowed running backs fifty six yards per game so far,
Speaker 1: and that's an area where Fournette, I think, is gonna
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty involved. You get targeted five times last week,
Speaker 1: so I think Fournette get turns those five or so
Speaker 1: five or six receptions into close to fifty receiving yards
Speaker 1: as well. Leonard Fournette is a B grade let response time.
Speaker 1: Um is Burnett could be a bell cow this week.
Speaker 1: Oh there, we are very nicely done. Look at Tony
Speaker 1: in the span of one matchup. He's got it on
Speaker 1: the button button to the whole passing games on the bench.
Speaker 1: Bortles Lee hearns. The Ravens have allowed one touchdown pass.
Speaker 1: They've netted eight receptions one touchdown pass allowed eight interceptions.
Speaker 1: I think I may have said receptions, yes, yes, eight
Speaker 1: interceptions for some perspective on the eight interceptions through two games.
Speaker 1: Last year, four teams had eight interceptions on the season,
Speaker 1: and here comes Blake portals an arsenal of errors. The
Speaker 1: Bordau Party. The Bordeau Party. Uh and Lee and Hearns
Speaker 1: have got negative matchups against Jimmy Smith and Ladarius Webb.
Speaker 1: I don't like any part of that passing game. When
Speaker 1: we come back, take a chance on me. Nine players
Speaker 1: not normally in your starting lineup will tell you who
Speaker 1: you can start this week from the bench. When we
Speaker 1: can nine players not normally in your lineup, guys who
Speaker 1: are in many is available on the waiver wire, we
Speaker 1: will tell you who they are right now, Beginning at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. In Jay Clemens, I've got Carson Palmer
Speaker 1: we're talking is facing a Cowboys defense that heading into
Speaker 1: the season, Pro Football Focus had as the thirty secondary.
Speaker 1: Plus now they've got injuries to to a woozy Carroll
Speaker 1: and Scandrick that are testing that depth. His last four
Speaker 1: home games, Carson Palmer has not three hundred yards passing
Speaker 1: each time. J J. Nelson has emerged as the number
Speaker 1: two receivers also, and I know of his last eight
Speaker 1: non divisional home games against NFC opponents, Palmer has seven
Speaker 1: times against during that at time, he's averaging three yards
Speaker 1: and a robust two and a half touchdown that you
Speaker 1: have already you've already housed. Random stat of the week Territory, Brian,
Speaker 1: Thank you, I got in these. Jacoby Brissette at home
Speaker 1: against the Browns. Brissette didn't do anything special against the
Speaker 1: Cardinals last week, but that's because they're the Cardinals. This
Speaker 1: is the Browns. So Brisette is a threat to run
Speaker 1: and throw at least a touchdown in this game. Going
Speaker 1: back to last season, Cleveland has allowed at least two
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns, and six of their last seven games, only
Speaker 1: Kyrod Taylor failed to do so in the snow in Buffalo.
Speaker 1: The Browns have also just faced two running threats at
Speaker 1: quarterback since the start of last year. Marcus Mariotta had
Speaker 1: seven carries for sixty four yards and Tyrod Taylor had
Speaker 1: seven for forty nine. So Brisettes a dual threat this week.
Speaker 1: We all think the Dolphins are gonna double off the
Speaker 1: Jets by points, right, and chure j Gi is gonna
Speaker 1: get a lot of that. But why don't we dumpster
Speaker 1: dive and a guy who can capitalize on a giant success.
Speaker 1: What's to say that the giant is gonna get all
Speaker 1: the touchdowns? I think Color looked pretty good and is
Speaker 1: knocked the rustoff game last week his first time in
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins. Now he gets this week's matchup against
Speaker 1: the Jets, who are currently allowing two and a half
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. My biggest concern just
Speaker 1: really just does a giant house everything? But there's a
Speaker 1: good chance that he doesn't, and he just merely sets
Speaker 1: up a passing game for some easy touchdowns. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the running back position. Jay My Palmer endorsement was
Speaker 1: all sets, but for running back, I'm going with d J.
Speaker 1: Pro Syce purely based on a hunch this week. Um
Speaker 1: he was targeted six times last week in a very
Speaker 1: close game against forty niners. I refused to believe the
Speaker 1: seahawks muddled backfield situation has suddenly become the Chris Carson
Speaker 1: Show against opposing tailbacks. Last year, the Titans owned middling
Speaker 1: rankings with both targets allowed, receptions allowed and receiving yards
Speaker 1: given up and plus Vegas is under selling this matchup
Speaker 1: with an over under at forty one, so if we're
Speaker 1: going over, pro Syce will definitely factor into that. All right,
Speaker 1: You like him as a PPR option. I kind of
Speaker 1: do too, Brian, Yeah, pro sys is sneaky, especially on
Speaker 1: fanball only three play there. I've got Darren Sprawls at
Speaker 1: home against my miserable Giants. The Giants allowed more than
Speaker 1: five catches per game to running backs last year. Sprowls
Speaker 1: is clearly a pass catching back UH, one of ten
Speaker 1: running backs with at least twelve targets so far this year.
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz was sacked six times by the Chiefs last week.
Speaker 1: The Giants should bring similar heat, meaning Wentz might have
Speaker 1: to check down a little more than than he's used to.
Speaker 1: And yes, Darren Sprowls has just as many red zone
Speaker 1: carries as le Garrett Blunt, which is ridiculous eat or something.
Speaker 1: But he will take the lead on Sunday because Blunt
Speaker 1: is cooked. We'll talk more about that matchup a little later.
Speaker 1: Theo Reddick goes up against Atlanta, and for all the
Speaker 1: success the Falcons had last year, they got destroyed by
Speaker 1: running backs through the air. They allowed the most receptions
Speaker 1: to running backs last year, the most receiving yards to
Speaker 1: running backs last year, and the most receiving touchdowns the
Speaker 1: running backs last year. That is a trifective defensive ineptitude
Speaker 1: right there. This year, the Falcons are allowing the most
Speaker 1: receptions there running backs, the most touchdowns through the air
Speaker 1: to running backs with two already. And here comes the
Speaker 1: Lions pass catching specialist, Theo Reddick. Money in the bank.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the wide receiver position. People know that
Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with PPR leagues, and you need to catch
Speaker 1: the target ratio of at least otherwise I would even
Speaker 1: cross the street to kick you in the ribs. Okay,
Speaker 1: that said, Dante Moncreeve has a catch target ratio this year,
Speaker 1: but I'm willing to overlook that because Jacobycent literally got
Speaker 1: into Indians a couple of weeks ago. So he is
Speaker 1: my guy for this position going against the Browns secondary
Speaker 1: that ranked heading into the preseason according to Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: and that was with without Joe hayden Um in the lineup.
Speaker 1: UH last year. Opposing receivers for when facing the Browns
Speaker 1: at six catch target rate against the Browns. Uh In
Speaker 1: fact under uh well Greig Williams, who was not who
Speaker 1: was with the Rams last year. The Rams last year
Speaker 1: were bottom ten in targets allowed, catches allowed, and receiving
Speaker 1: yards given up to opposing white up. All right, So
Speaker 1: Dante Moncreve you got, I'm going to Shard Higgins at
Speaker 1: the Colts in the same game. People are at his calling.
Speaker 1: Higgins is out of nowhere practice squad player, but he
Speaker 1: was a fifth round pick at a Colorado State university.
Speaker 1: He had ninety six catches for sevred and fifty yards
Speaker 1: and seventeen touchdowns. So he's he's he's not just in
Speaker 1: the nobody eleven targets last week for seven catches and
Speaker 1: ninety five yards two catches of twenty plus yards run
Speaker 1: out of the slot. Yeah, is very good size and
Speaker 1: Colts rookie slot corner Nate Harrison is in the bottom
Speaker 1: third of Pro Football Focuses quarterback grades. So look out
Speaker 1: for Higgins this week. He's gonna have a good game,
Speaker 1: all right. Devin Funches is my player and I love
Speaker 1: this matchup. Look, any more body gets the Saint secondaries
Speaker 1: automatically in play. But the Saints secondary is ravaged right now.
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lattimer, who had been there quote top cornerback, is
Speaker 1: out for this game, and that means that they're gonna
Speaker 1: be going to war with guys like Davante Harris who
Speaker 1: was killed by Stefan Diggs and Chris Hogan. Harris should
Speaker 1: see a lot of time on funches based on how
Speaker 1: these guys tend to play on the which sides of
Speaker 1: the field. And get this, Harris Franks dead last at
Speaker 1: the cornerback position by Pro Football Focus, ranking one hundred
Speaker 1: six among cornerbacks in the NFL. I didn't know there
Speaker 1: were one hundred six cornerbacks in the NFL. Devin Funchius
Speaker 1: effectively free on Fanball at one hundred dollars. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to our first, our first matchup of this
Speaker 1: segment and probably our only matchup of this segments. Who
Speaker 1: try to keep onto our clock, and that is Falcons
Speaker 1: taking on the Lions. Obviously, this feels like a good
Speaker 1: opportunity for for Julio Jones. They all are yes, I've
Speaker 1: got him as an eight grade. Uh, you know, he
Speaker 1: lit up the Peckers last week for five cuts of
Speaker 1: hundred eight. Uh. He is going against Darius Slay, so
Speaker 1: there's some concern there, but he's an automatic A. U.
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, I have him for a B this week. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's going against a Lions defense that currently ranks against
Speaker 1: the past but only ninth and points allowed. Uh. He
Speaker 1: his Uh. He have sixty percent completion rate this year,
Speaker 1: but at the same times he's lost receiving opportunity or
Speaker 1: passing opportunities because with the new O C they're getting
Speaker 1: more running opportunities to both DeVonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. Uh.
Speaker 1: Speaking of which, I've got Freeman as an easy A
Speaker 1: for the week. Uh. His last four road games indoors,
Speaker 1: he's averaging a hundred forty two yards and one point
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. Yes, the Lions have the the NFL's number
Speaker 1: for rush defense, but I'm not concerned. Uh. Tevin Coleman,
Speaker 1: I have him as a C this week. Everyone knows
Speaker 1: I love Coleman, but at the same time, he got
Speaker 1: a face the reality here he is he is averaged
Speaker 1: only ten touches in fifty two total yards through two games.
Speaker 1: Last year, at this time he was averaging thirteen touches
Speaker 1: and eighty nine yards a game. UM, And as I mentioned,
Speaker 1: the Lions have the number four rush defense. I will
Speaker 1: say though the coleman has scored in six of his
Speaker 1: last seven games, including the playoffs. Said something good. Uh,
Speaker 1: at receiver, I got my Huliore with a NA. I've
Speaker 1: got Mohammed Sanew with the C grade. Here's the thing
Speaker 1: I love SNeW he's actually adapted to Steve Sarkisian as
Speaker 1: the UOC. He's called eleven of fifteen balls among receivers.
Speaker 1: He ranks in the top fifteen for both catches and targets. Uh.
Speaker 1: He's accounted for eighty five yards into a one touchdown
Speaker 1: in four of his last six games. Say yes, exactly,
Speaker 1: So it's a C plus, it's a pretty good, it's
Speaker 1: a pretty wealth plus a lot of leagues. And then
Speaker 1: for at tight and I've got Austin Hooper for an
Speaker 1: eight grade this week. Uh. He has posted a touchdown
Speaker 1: in three of his last six outings. In the last
Speaker 1: calendar year, the Lions have allowed either eighty five plus
Speaker 1: yards or one touchdown to the lakes of Jason Winton,
Speaker 1: Kyle Rudolph Evan, Ingram de Laney Walker see Dave Fedora, which,
Speaker 1: Richard Rodgers, Kobe Fleiner, the list goes on and on. Uh.
Speaker 1: So I've got him for an a alright Lion side
Speaker 1: of the ball. Okay, Matthew Stafford, I've got him as
Speaker 1: an eight grade. He is my number two quarterback for
Speaker 1: the week. He's off to a blazing start. His last
Speaker 1: eleven games against NFC South opponents, He's hit three hundred
Speaker 1: yards passing and or three touchdowns all eleven times. Uh.
Speaker 1: For running backs, I've got a Mere Abdullah for a
Speaker 1: C grade. Yes, he ran for a career best eighty
Speaker 1: six yards last week against the Giants, but the Lions
Speaker 1: basically went into operations shutdown with the passing game once
Speaker 1: they got up by two touchdowns. Um. Plus, the Falcons
Speaker 1: have allowed uh more receptions to a posting tailbacks than
Speaker 1: any other team this season. That technically falls to theoretic
Speaker 1: who gets a C grade? Uh A Meir didn't get
Speaker 1: targeted at all last week, so all that good stat
Speaker 1: for going against Atlanta de essentially applies to Riddick. Riddick,
Speaker 1: Cohen Um, Terry Coleman, and Time Montgomery combined for fourteen catches,
Speaker 1: eight yards and two touchdowns their very first two weeks
Speaker 1: against the Falcons, Riddick has collected five or more targets
Speaker 1: than seven of his last ten games at the Lions. UH.
Speaker 1: For receivers, let's go Golden Tate B grade. The Falcons
Speaker 1: UH ranked and passing yards last season this year. They
Speaker 1: ranked in the same category last year tat average six catches,
Speaker 1: ninety four yards and two touchdowns against defenses that played
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that gave up that had thirty or more touchdown
Speaker 1: passes on the bedside. Desmond Truffont ranked seventh among quarterbacks
Speaker 1: last year in yards allowed for snap. But there's no
Speaker 1: guarantee that he'll be guarding tight for every snap anyway. UH.
Speaker 1: For Eric Ebron at tight end, I've gotten a B grade. UH.
Speaker 1: Ebron checked this out. UH. He in his office. Last
Speaker 1: nineteen games, he has collected five or more targets seventeen times.
Speaker 1: He's not garbage. UH. He caught all five of his
Speaker 1: targeted balls last week for forty two yards one touchdown. UH.
Speaker 1: And then last week Martella Spending of the Packers collected
Speaker 1: eleven targets. That was his highest helly in two seasons. UH.
Speaker 1: And one last guy, I've got Kenny Golladay the receiver
Speaker 1: C grade. Fantasy owners should feel compelled to take a
Speaker 1: chance on him at the flex spot because he had
Speaker 1: two touchdowns an opening week and as I mentioned before,
Speaker 1: the Lions essentially went into operations shut down against the Giants.
Speaker 1: So do not take what happened last week and kind
Speaker 1: of make it seem like it's going to be the
Speaker 1: case every week. The Lions still need to throw the
Speaker 1: ball to win. Eric Hebron has scored his first touched
Speaker 1: down in a year last week. You're are you're a
Speaker 1: little higher on him than I am. Well, the PPR
Speaker 1: I need. I need him to score. I need him
Speaker 1: to find the M zone. Well, we need everyone to score.
Speaker 1: But from a PPR, I can live with the guy
Speaker 1: that gets five targets every single game. When we come back,
Speaker 1: Giants taking on the Eagles, Giants offense has been brutal
Speaker 1: to this point. Brian will tell you whether or not
Speaker 1: there are some options for fantasy players in that offense
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Speaker 1: Paul Giarchie and j Clemen, So Brian Johnson with you.
Speaker 1: Plenty more matchups to get you on a full slate
Speaker 1: of games today. We begin with the Giants taking on
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Brian, the Giants offense has obviously been a disaster,
Speaker 1: but they get in theory healthy Odell Beckham for this game.
Speaker 1: He was great against the Eagles last year. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: gotta give Beckham in a based on his two games
Speaker 1: against Philly last year, the most recent game twenty targets,
Speaker 1: eleven catches for a hundred and fifty, had two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the first meeting. So, as you said, he's been
Speaker 1: practicing all weeks, should be further along from that ankle injury.
Speaker 1: We'll see how much healthier Odell Beckham. As I wouldn't
Speaker 1: go a because I just you know, it was only
Speaker 1: on the field for thirty two snaps and they only
Speaker 1: target him like four times last week. I worry that
Speaker 1: does that turn into like four, you know, four catches
Speaker 1: in forty yards this week? Is he fully there? I
Speaker 1: think they'll shoot him up enough. Will he'll fully be
Speaker 1: there to be able to run around? You're right? So
Speaker 1: I hope you're right. I'm I'm more I'm more nervous
Speaker 1: than you are. His battery made Brandon Marshall epitomizes the
Speaker 1: grossness of the Giants right now. I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: see though. Could have had a nice line last week,
Speaker 1: dropped a thirty yard or uh failed to high point
Speaker 1: in ed zone target, could have had a touchdown. Just
Speaker 1: looked gross, but the opportunities were there. Uh here's the
Speaker 1: silver lining. Secondary wide receivers did well against Philly last
Speaker 1: year as they focused on Odell Beckham. Victor Cruz had
Speaker 1: eight catches for eighty four yards. Roger Lewis Junior scored
Speaker 1: in the other meeting as the number two receivers. So
Speaker 1: there is hope for Marshall here, as there is for
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd. Oh b J has obviously been hurt, but
Speaker 1: Shepherd leads Giants wide receivers in targets and he scored
Speaker 1: in both meetings against the Eagles last year. I'm putting
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram on the bench this week. I had starting
Speaker 1: grades on him the first two weeks and those paid
Speaker 1: off sort of, uh definitely last week. But um Philly
Speaker 1: has allowed since two thousand and eleven point to five
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game. It's crazy. So Ingram was on the
Speaker 1: bench this week. Eli Manning, you can give him a
Speaker 1: set six yards and a touchdown his last time in Philly.
Speaker 1: Oh line is a serious concern, as you mentioned, but
Speaker 1: the Giants are throwing the ball more than seventy two
Speaker 1: percent at the time. You gotta give Eli one more
Speaker 1: chance here. If he doesn't get it done against Philly, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's probably droppable. Sadly, Uh to the running backs, Shane Veren,
Speaker 1: you gonna give him a see third among running backs
Speaker 1: in receptions, caught six balls for seventy two yards in
Speaker 1: his last game against Philly. Chris Thompson had a nice
Speaker 1: game against the Eagles in Week one with four catches
Speaker 1: for fifty two yards and a touchdown. And Verreen are
Speaker 1: very similar players, So Areen is in play this week,
Speaker 1: but I'm putting out Orleans dark Wall and Paul Perkins
Speaker 1: on the bench. Dark Wae deserves more. Run average five
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry against Detroit last week on
Speaker 1: only three carries, but Paul Perkins one point four yards
Speaker 1: per carry on seven attempts. He's brutal. He droppable to
Speaker 1: easily droppable. You like Manning more than I do. You
Speaker 1: can talk all about the matchup last year. This offensive
Speaker 1: line is so much worse than last year's offensive line
Speaker 1: that I'm I'm very very nervous about, very nervous, but
Speaker 1: I I started on the three wider starting grades on
Speaker 1: the three wide receivers. So Manning is in play. It's
Speaker 1: a bottom bottom level ce but he's somewhat in play.
Speaker 1: But over to the Philly side, Carson Wentz, as hot
Speaker 1: as he's been, I'm only gonna give him a c
Speaker 1: only one touchdown to three interceptions and two games against
Speaker 1: New York as a rookie obviously not a rookie anymore.
Speaker 1: But this Giant's defense is still very legitimate. It certainly
Speaker 1: matters up Genorris Jenkins plays in this game. He didn't.
Speaker 1: The whole thing pivot on genors Jenkins um, assuming he plays.
Speaker 1: The Giants haven't allowed more than two passing touchdowns since
Speaker 1: Week fifteen of they've allowed more than one passing touchdown,
Speaker 1: and by that I mean too obviously because they haven't
Speaker 1: led more than two just three times last year. So
Speaker 1: it's a legitimate secondary, very good defense as bad at
Speaker 1: as bad as the offense is. Wentz is not an
Speaker 1: auto start, but he is a sea level start, as
Speaker 1: is Alshon Jeffrey. For Jeffrey, doesn't it all just hinge
Speaker 1: on whether or not Jens Jenkins goes. Do I like him?
Speaker 1: If I like him? If Jenkins is out and I
Speaker 1: don't like him. If Jenkins plays, that that's the bottom line. Really,
Speaker 1: he's a b. If Jenkins sits, see if Jenkins starts, Uh,
Speaker 1: let's just assume Jenkins is playing. The Giants allowed seven
Speaker 1: team catches the Philly wide receivers in two games last year.
Speaker 1: That's eight and a half wide receiver catches per game.
Speaker 1: That's brutal. So I'm benching Nelson Aguilar and Tory Smith.
Speaker 1: Torry Smith might even play in this game, by the way,
Speaker 1: zach Ertz, that gets to be uh. Starting middle linebacker
Speaker 1: b J. Goodson looks like no go again for the Giants. Uh.
Speaker 1: Earth's had two good games against New York last year,
Speaker 1: and UH both tight ends they faced this season, Jason
Speaker 1: Winn and Eric Ebron scored a touchdown, so Arts is
Speaker 1: certainly startable. Darren Sprowles was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: me running back, and La Garrett Blunch, who was more
Speaker 1: like le Garrett Roach if you know what I'm talking
Speaker 1: about us on the bench. Because he's coming off the
Speaker 1: zero carry performance last week. He was he was on
Speaker 1: the field for one play. They threw him and he
Speaker 1: didn't catch it. Uh, that one's tricky. I I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be surprised if they go back to black that you
Speaker 1: can't trust the now hold them, start them, you hold them.
Speaker 1: Maybe he scores, you keep them. If not, you can
Speaker 1: just drop them. Tampa takes on the Minnesota Vikings and
Speaker 1: on Tampa side have got some B grades to hand out,
Speaker 1: including let's start with the passing game. Jameis Winson, who
Speaker 1: has now scored in thirty two of his thirty three
Speaker 1: career games. You can bank on at least one touchdown
Speaker 1: and maybe not much more than that though. Over the
Speaker 1: past two seasons, Minnesota's just giving up one point three
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game, and Winston's go to target, Mike
Speaker 1: Evans star was one of his toughest matchups of the year.
Speaker 1: That's Xavier Roads, and we'll use that as our segue
Speaker 1: to Evans, who also has a B great Over the
Speaker 1: last eight teen games, the top wide receiver against the
Speaker 1: Vikings has reached eighty five yards one time. That's the
Speaker 1: Xavier Rhads factor. So we always talked the receiver's tough starts.
Speaker 1: Roads who's the head Thomas Thomas, Antonio Brown and no kidding,
Speaker 1: no kidding, and uh last week held Antonio Brown under
Speaker 1: the fact, held Antonio Brown to one hundred twenty fewer
Speaker 1: yards than Antonio Brown had in the opening game. Yeah. Uh.
Speaker 1: This on Jackson though, is also get to be grade
Speaker 1: because of the matchup that he's got, which should be
Speaker 1: with Trey Wayne's speed receiver Martavis Bryant roasted Wayne's last week.
Speaker 1: And so here's Jackson who led the NFL with twenty
Speaker 1: yards per catch indoors last year, twenty and he's the
Speaker 1: deep speed guy. And we've seen deep speed beat Tray before.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna give him a B grade. Uh. Bright
Speaker 1: and Howard at tight end are sharing snaps and targets,
Speaker 1: so I think that neutralizes both of them there on
Speaker 1: the bench. C grade for Jackies Rogers, who looked ordinary
Speaker 1: last week, Well he is ordinary, so he looked like himself,
Speaker 1: but he was playing with the flu last week, So
Speaker 1: there's your excuse. Vikings only giving up three point one
Speaker 1: yards per carry and even a lite talents like laby
Speaker 1: On Bell Bell needed thirty touches to get to ninety yards.
Speaker 1: That's it against Minnesota. So Rogers is a c at best.
Speaker 1: You could keep him on the bench and then'll be fine.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Vikings case Keenum will be your
Speaker 1: quarterback again. I thought he looked pretty darned bad last week,
Speaker 1: and he makes me very nervous about all parts of
Speaker 1: the passing offense. Although they should be better this week,
Speaker 1: easier defense. They're at home and a second start for Keenum,
Speaker 1: so I'm giving cautious Sea grades on feeling Diggs and Rudolph.
Speaker 1: Rudolph scored a touchdown on the opener, but just nine
Speaker 1: targets in the two games. The Bucks have allowed three
Speaker 1: touchdowns to tight ends in their last twenty six outings.
Speaker 1: That's it. So Rudolph gets to see and it's a
Speaker 1: hesitant Sea at that I have to ask real quick charge. Yes,
Speaker 1: should people be adding Teddy Bridgewater in two quarterback leagues
Speaker 1: right now? No? Uh? Stefan Diggs uh conscious two passes
Speaker 1: last week with Keenum. Keenum didn't get time to go
Speaker 1: to Digs deep. That worries me. He's also gonna get
Speaker 1: cornerback Brent Grimes, who was shockingly great last year after
Speaker 1: being shockingly awful the year before that. We'll call him inconsistent.
Speaker 1: Diggs gets a C grade here. You can start him.
Speaker 1: I like Theelan's matchup a lot better. He goes up
Speaker 1: against corner Robert McClean, who currently ranks one dred third
Speaker 1: among cornerbacks by Pro Football Focus. And as a slot guy,
Speaker 1: you know he's gonna get his targets, and I like
Speaker 1: that for feeling. The best start, though, of the Vikings,
Speaker 1: the one you can feel good about is Dalvin Cook.
Speaker 1: You can safely assume that the Vikings are going to
Speaker 1: de emphasize case Keenum and that means giving the ball
Speaker 1: to Cook a lot. He does go up against the Bears,
Speaker 1: the Bucks defense that held the Bears Runners to just
Speaker 1: one yard per carry last week, but Jordan Howard was
Speaker 1: injured and Cook should be better. He's average nineties six
Speaker 1: total yards per game, and he should be a factor
Speaker 1: in through the air as well. To recoon eight receptions
Speaker 1: against this Bucks defense last week. So it'd be grade
Speaker 1: for Cook, and I think he you absolutely keep him
Speaker 1: in your line. Let's go to Saints versus Panthers. JA.
Speaker 1: This is a this is a kind of a thorny
Speaker 1: one because the Panthers defense has been really really good.
Speaker 1: So a lot of the sort of auto starts Saints
Speaker 1: guys are max a little bit nervous about. We will
Speaker 1: give the Panthers problems for having the number two past
Speaker 1: defense and the number one scoring defense, but keep in
Speaker 1: mind their their first two quarterbacks where Brian Hoyer and
Speaker 1: Tyrode Taylor. Yeah, and I've said Drew Brees. I've got
Speaker 1: him with an A grade. Michael Thomas receiver also has
Speaker 1: an eight grade for the week, but regarding Breeze, of
Speaker 1: his last six trips the Carolina's stadium, where there's a
Speaker 1: lot of high grass, he owns rock solid averages three
Speaker 1: yards passing and one point eight touchdowns. I've got a
Speaker 1: Greek grade B B grade. Sorry about that. For mark
Speaker 1: ingram and running back. Uh, yes, I know it's a
Speaker 1: modeled situation there. But at the same time, he leads
Speaker 1: the threesome in both touches and total yards for weeks
Speaker 1: one and two. He has also scored four touchdowns in
Speaker 1: his last eight games against the Panthers. Uh. For the
Speaker 1: C grade, let's go Alvin Kamara. I've got no grade,
Speaker 1: by the way, bench grade for Peterson. Alvin Kamara, this
Speaker 1: is the only thing that keeps me, keeps my sanity
Speaker 1: Right now, he's averaging six and a half targets in
Speaker 1: his first two games at the receiving spot. We have
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas for an a Brandon Coleman. I will give
Speaker 1: him a C for this reason. Uh, he doubled his
Speaker 1: production with targets and receptions from week one while scoring
Speaker 1: a touchdown last weekend. I can take some positivity from that.
Speaker 1: Keep in mind, this is still the Panthers, the same Pets.
Speaker 1: Panthers secondary. They got lit up for three hundred yards
Speaker 1: by Julio Jones last weekend. They're just not magically better.
Speaker 1: And for Coney Kobe Bleiner, Kobe Fleaners say that three
Speaker 1: times fast, I've got a B grade. He has scored
Speaker 1: a touchdown in both games. And if we've learned anything
Speaker 1: from Kobe Fleaner, you ride the hot wave it all times.
Speaker 1: For the Panthers, we've got Cam Newton with the B.
Speaker 1: I'll keep it short. He is not three hundred yards
Speaker 1: passing and or three touchdowns and four of his last
Speaker 1: five outings against the Saints, and the Saints have allowed
Speaker 1: five hundred yard passing games their last seven times going
Speaker 1: against the posing cornerbacks. I've got a B grade for
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. The Saints are the only team to give
Speaker 1: up cumulative of averages of five hundred plus total yards
Speaker 1: for both weeks one and two, Plus the Panthers playmakers
Speaker 1: must account for Greg Olsen's targets and red zone touches.
Speaker 1: That vacuum needs to be full, and I think first
Speaker 1: up goes to Christian McCaffrey. I love McCaffrey. I gotta
Speaker 1: solid a grade on him in this game because New
Speaker 1: Orleans is dead last in the NFL and receptions and
Speaker 1: receiving yards to running backs, and without Greg Olson, I
Speaker 1: see the middle of the field turning into McCaffrey territory,
Speaker 1: running out of the slot, coming out of the backfield
Speaker 1: and into the middle of the field. I think he's
Speaker 1: going to be your prime beneficiary to greg Olsen's demise here.
Speaker 1: That's fine. I've I've got a B plus grade basically
Speaker 1: for him. Uh, you don't even have to agree with me.
Speaker 1: I'm wrong a lot. I don't want to agree with you,
Speaker 1: but this is rather out. It's it's against the Saints.
Speaker 1: I'd like Brannan's chances against the Saints frankly, Uh, Jonathan Stewart,
Speaker 1: I've got a C grade, and I don't mean that
Speaker 1: in a negative way. Either. The Saints currently ran against
Speaker 1: to run the scenes have also surrendered either a hundred
Speaker 1: yards rushing and or one touchdown to the opposing to
Speaker 1: the primary running back of the opposing team for both
Speaker 1: weeks one and two. For the receivers, I've got Devin
Speaker 1: Funches as a C grade. I know that sounds preposterous,
Speaker 1: been keep in mind the Saints have given up five
Speaker 1: hundred total yards cumutively for weeks one and two. I
Speaker 1: believe there's uh no mar Marshawn Latimer and Sterling Moore
Speaker 1: for Week two, So I think that means Keenan Lewis
Speaker 1: might defend uh Funchius. I think he mentioned this on
Speaker 1: a on a different radio show, charge that Keenan Lewis.
Speaker 1: I think it was ranks a hundred and sixteen among
Speaker 1: the cornerbacks in Pro football focuses ranking something like that.
Speaker 1: So you definitely gotta go Devin Funches. Uh. For my
Speaker 1: final receiver, Kelvin Benjamin B grade. The Saints easily the
Speaker 1: worst past events in the NFL three ninety seven yards
Speaker 1: the game Benjamin has also caught six of eight U
Speaker 1: caught six of eightd targeted balls last week for seventy
Speaker 1: seven yards against the Bills, who are respectable defense plus,
Speaker 1: the Saints have allowed a wide receiver to gain either
Speaker 1: seventy five yards or score a touchdown twenty seven times
Speaker 1: over their last thirty two games. Unfortunately, at Dixon as
Speaker 1: the number one tight end in place of Greg Olson,
Speaker 1: he doesn't warrant a grade at all. Along with the
Speaker 1: mere beard Russell Shepherd and five Whittaker Brown's takeown the Colts,
Speaker 1: Brian and for Isaiah crow Well, it has been a
Speaker 1: dismal start. Tell me this is the game where you
Speaker 1: can put him in your your lineup with confidence. I
Speaker 1: don't know about with confidence, but it's a game where
Speaker 1: you can put him in your lineup. Even though the
Speaker 1: Colts are surprisingly allowing two point five yards per carrying.
Speaker 1: Uh those numbers are kind of propped by the clown
Speaker 1: college backfield of the Cardinals sans David Johnson last week.
Speaker 1: But Crowell is averaging just two point six yards per
Speaker 1: carry himself. So if it's not you can start him
Speaker 1: this week. I'm giving him a sea. But if he
Speaker 1: doesn't get it done. Uh, it might be drops Ville
Speaker 1: time for him. It's not not drop, but you're gonna
Speaker 1: drop him from your consciousness. I think he's I think
Speaker 1: he turns into more like a flex guy with a
Speaker 1: bad game here. I think he already is a flex guy. Well,
Speaker 1: depending on your roster. But anyway, Duke Johnson, I'm putting
Speaker 1: him on the bench. Four carries on the season and
Speaker 1: catch totals of two and three so far. So do
Speaker 1: something first, Duke, and then we'll talk about you a
Speaker 1: little more. Richard Higgins was might take a chance on
Speaker 1: the wide receiver to shown Kaiser. It was here to
Speaker 1: take a chance on the quarterback. There's a nice little
Speaker 1: pairing we mentioned in the beginning of the show if
Speaker 1: you're chasing a lot of points from Rams or Niners players,
Speaker 1: So check your waiver wire there. Over the Colts, Uh,
Speaker 1: Tye Hilton, Tye t Y Hilton gets a b Cleveland
Speaker 1: surrendered big game Santonio Brown and Jeremy Macklin. So there's
Speaker 1: hope for Hilton this one. The Browns are obviously a
Speaker 1: bit of relief for him after facing the Rams on
Speaker 1: the road in Arizona last week. Much easier matchup for
Speaker 1: t y as it is for Donte Moncreeve. Who's Jays
Speaker 1: take a chance for me wide receiver Jack Doyle. I'm
Speaker 1: giving an a probably on fan ball for he's probably
Speaker 1: the top option. I would say it's gonna be very chalky,
Speaker 1: justifiably so, though he's in a great spot. Cleveland has
Speaker 1: been broodal against tight ends for years. They allowed two
Speaker 1: touchdowns to Jesse James in Week one, thirteen catches for
Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty one yards to Baltimore tight ends
Speaker 1: last week. Uh Doyle caught all the of his targets
Speaker 1: from Brissette last week. He'll continue to garner plenty of attention.
Speaker 1: Uh Jacoby respect Brissette. Speaking of might take a chance
Speaker 1: of the quarterback, this matchup is a riddle to take
Speaker 1: a chance of me players. But and then there's Frank Gore.
Speaker 1: Here's a nice stat from Jay. Uh sent it to
Speaker 1: me yesterday. In eight of their last nine road games,
Speaker 1: the opposing number one running back has topped one yards
Speaker 1: indoors score a touchdown against the Cleveland Browns, and Marlon
Speaker 1: Mack is out of this one, so Gore, we'll see
Speaker 1: even more carries. A very solid play. I would be outstanding.
Speaker 1: When we come back. Five hot questions, particularly for those
Speaker 1: owners of DeMarco Murray, you will want to see if
Speaker 1: you can go five and oh when we come back.
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Speaker 1: Hot Question number one, what's the appropriate level of panic
Speaker 1: for DeMarco Murray owners? None? Some or severe panic? Jay?
Speaker 1: I have none. Um there's a perception out there that
Speaker 1: Mary only dominates the action when the NFL world doubts
Speaker 1: his progress. There's some validity to that, but at the
Speaker 1: same time, once you get a healthy hamstring, I'm not
Speaker 1: worried about him resuming his role as the RB one
Speaker 1: for this year. All right, Shelley, revisit our storied history
Speaker 1: of DeMarco Murray, and he really should because last preseason,
Speaker 1: last preseason, where I was something of a soothsayer. The
Speaker 1: problem is my vision is my my ability to forecast
Speaker 1: is so good, Brian, that I'm oftentimes a full year
Speaker 1: ahead of myself. But but please continue, But then you're
Speaker 1: you're on. Well we'll find out. I have severe panic
Speaker 1: for DeMarco Murray. Uh. The bottom just fell out for
Speaker 1: him last year, starting in Week nine. From that point on,
Speaker 1: he hit twenty carries only twice and topped one hundred
Speaker 1: yards just once. Derrick Henry, on the other hand, after
Speaker 1: starting in Week nine average five. I'm sorry, he averaged
Speaker 1: five carries per game in his first seven weeks and
Speaker 1: did not score. Then after it's starting in week eight,
Speaker 1: he averaged ten plus carries and scored five touchdowns for
Speaker 1: the remainder of the season. He has looked great this
Speaker 1: season so far. Derrick Henry, that is averaging five point
Speaker 1: nine yards per carry. DeMarco Murray is averaging just three
Speaker 1: point three yards per carry. He's already banged up. He's
Speaker 1: looking bad, and I'm very very I'm severely worried. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: don't own him anywhere, which the correct answer is severe.
Speaker 1: While his hamstring is healing, he's giving Derrick Henry the
Speaker 1: platform to show his potential as a bell count running back.
Speaker 1: And what is he answered? Six yards per carry for
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry so far, Henry is uh, it's listen. I
Speaker 1: think if you were to replay last year, you're doing
Speaker 1: yourself at disservice here. Henry is an awesome back. He's
Speaker 1: built for goal line use. And while it will, it
Speaker 1: will return back to something of a time share, I'm
Speaker 1: sure of it when Murray is fully healthy. But the
Speaker 1: timeshare is gonna flip to what the opposite of what
Speaker 1: it was last year. This thing is gonna be seventy
Speaker 1: three seventy thirty Henry. And for Murray that's gonna mean
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a dicey flex guy most weeks, and
Speaker 1: a guy you're gonna be, You're gonna be hoping can
Speaker 1: cobble together a a meaningful fantasy game, much like Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry's owners were in that situation last year. Now it's
Speaker 1: gonna be Murray. You wouldn't drop him. But the appropriate
Speaker 1: level of panic for a guy that you you picked
Speaker 1: up at the end of the first round is severe.
Speaker 1: Question number two. Appropriate level of panic for a J.
Speaker 1: Green owners none, some or severe levels of panic? Brian,
Speaker 1: it's none for me. I only panic with A. J.
Speaker 1: Green if he's injured, coming off an injury, something along
Speaker 1: those lines. He's one of He's one of eleven wide
Speaker 1: receivers with double digit catches and at least a hundred
Speaker 1: and forty receiving yards so far this year, he's fifth
Speaker 1: and targets. He's an elite talent. I know the old
Speaker 1: line is very dicey for since, but Green isn't a
Speaker 1: one trick pony who needs four seconds to run down
Speaker 1: a stem route. He can get it done all over
Speaker 1: the field. The Bengals will get him the ball as
Speaker 1: long as he's healthy. I have no panic for EJ.
Speaker 1: Gen Alright, J we're talking about a guy. He was
Speaker 1: a reasonable candidate for a hundred catches, a hundred fifty targets,
Speaker 1: and fift hundred receiving yards last year had he not
Speaker 1: gotten injured. Okay, that ted catches one yards that he has. Now,
Speaker 1: if it was in a vacuum, it wouldn't be that
Speaker 1: big of a deal. I'm not really too worried about it. Plus,
Speaker 1: keep in mind, over the next what nine games, Green
Speaker 1: will face the Browns, the Colts, and the Titans. Uh,
Speaker 1: well face the Browns twice, so he'll have four opportunities
Speaker 1: against those teams over the next nine weeks. I do
Speaker 1: like the schedule analysis here, but you should have some
Speaker 1: level of panic on A. J. Green. Numbers aren't terrible,
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, but he hasn't scored. And here's why
Speaker 1: I'm worried. The offensive line is so bad. Dalton simply
Speaker 1: cannot set up for passes downfield. And that's what we've
Speaker 1: loved about A. J. Green, the explosive, big plays. Now
Speaker 1: he's a chain mover right now because they can't set
Speaker 1: up the downfield stuff. That's not going to change. We
Speaker 1: want for him to live up to the top five
Speaker 1: billing that most people gave him in the preseason. He
Speaker 1: needs downfield past attempts. That offense is not gonna let
Speaker 1: that happen. The offensive line will not let that happen.
Speaker 1: Vann's hot question Number three Trevor Simeon leads all quarterbacks
Speaker 1: with seven total touchdowns trend or mirage, Jay, this is
Speaker 1: an absolute mirrage basically over the last five years. To
Speaker 1: finish number ten among quarterbacks for for touchdowns, you're basically
Speaker 1: looking at it. Uh, you need thirty one, Okay, So
Speaker 1: to finish tenth touchdown Yeah, to finish tenth, about that,
Speaker 1: we'll see me in his career. But but to win
Speaker 1: the title, you need to have a pace of what
Speaker 1: two point eight touchdowns per game or is anything in
Speaker 1: that forty four range. Keep in mind, see me in
Speaker 1: has only hit that two point eight mark four times
Speaker 1: in his career out of sixteen starts. I'll buy that
Speaker 1: he is more confidence than ever. I'll buy that Thomason
Speaker 1: Sanders are doing well. But keep in mind, the Broncos
Speaker 1: have the number one rushing offense right now. There's just
Speaker 1: no way, uh Simeon gets gets to forty touchdowns? All right, Brian, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't have a whole lot to add there. I
Speaker 1: just I also don't like simeon schedule moving forward. UM
Speaker 1: this week against Buffalo, I don't think he's gonna need
Speaker 1: to throw the ball a ton. Broncos should win that game.
Speaker 1: Then he has Oakland next week. That's sort of a
Speaker 1: neutral matchup, but then it's his he has a by
Speaker 1: Giants at Chargers at Chiefs. Those are really tough matchups.
Speaker 1: And uh, find someone in your league whos a believer
Speaker 1: that this is the real deal, but that's not me,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, trade Simeon to that guy and
Speaker 1: feel pretty good about it. You know, I didn't really
Speaker 1: write the question the right way. What I meant it
Speaker 1: to more mean is, broadly speaking, Trevor Simeon as a
Speaker 1: good quarterback. Fan is a good fantasy quarterback Trenton Mirage.
Speaker 1: But the way I wrote the question, you guys answered it.
Speaker 1: Obviously he's not going to be the number one quarterback
Speaker 1: at the end of the year. I took your question
Speaker 1: is top ten, like that's how and that is how
Speaker 1: he meant. All right, good? Uh that for within the
Speaker 1: realm of effectively a top ten or top twelve a
Speaker 1: QB one, which is really where I was trying to
Speaker 1: go with that question. The answer is trend He's got
Speaker 1: viable targets all over the field. He's got two excellent receivers.
Speaker 1: He's even looking to Virgil Green. He's got two pass
Speaker 1: catching running backs and just eye test. If you if
Speaker 1: for everybody who's leaning on what you saw last year,
Speaker 1: and you didn't watch Trevor in the preseason and you
Speaker 1: didn't watch him through these two games, you don't realize
Speaker 1: that he is a different quarterback. Don't read last year.
Speaker 1: He was a jittery guy with a wobbly arm and
Speaker 1: an inaccurate passing. All that's disappeared this season. In this
Speaker 1: his second year of work, he has gotten dramatically better
Speaker 1: and he will be a QB one for the rest
Speaker 1: of the year. Devan, he's hot. Question number four, that's
Speaker 1: I don't love him this week. That's a tough matchup
Speaker 1: this week. And he's gonna come to Earth this week.
Speaker 1: And don't forget Dallas was forced to put a few
Speaker 1: cowgirls in their secondary last week. I think four touchdown
Speaker 1: pass that was certainly part of it. That was certainly
Speaker 1: it should Russell Wilson owners just drop him outright, Brian. So,
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson is second in rushing attempts and rushing yards
Speaker 1: among quarterbacks right now. That shows he's healthy on lake
Speaker 1: last year. He's also second in passes from inside the
Speaker 1: ten yard line, so he's active in the red zone
Speaker 1: throwing the ball, which is good to see. Yes, we
Speaker 1: know his offensive line is awful, but it was last
Speaker 1: year too, when he managed to average van d passing yards,
Speaker 1: one point eight passing touchdowns and twenty four rushing yards
Speaker 1: over his final eight games when he when he got
Speaker 1: sort of healthy at the end of last year. That's
Speaker 1: over twenty points per game in standard fantasy leagues. I'm
Speaker 1: not dropping him. I'm hoping he is a good showing
Speaker 1: against Tennessee a soft secondary, and the Colts next week
Speaker 1: another bad secondary, and then I'm trading and pisone who's
Speaker 1: looking for a quarterback? All right, jay Uh. It's one
Speaker 1: of those things. What can you live with? Basically at night,
Speaker 1: can you sleep well dropping a guy? If I dropped
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, He'd be picked up before I woke up
Speaker 1: in the morning. It's that simple. He had five games
Speaker 1: last year of three or more touchdowns. That's an elite level.
Speaker 1: That's basically Matthew stat like maybe a little shade of
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford category there. Um. The Seahawks finally have clarity,
Speaker 1: but they're passing attack in terms of Doug Ball win
Speaker 1: Hie Lockett Uh Paul Richardson, Jimmy Graham, and c J.
Speaker 1: Process as the receiving option. The Seattle O line isn't
Speaker 1: necessarily built for power rushing compared to years past. This
Speaker 1: tells me that he needs to throw the ball. And yes,
Speaker 1: I know, he's had three straight games of under sixty
Speaker 1: percent completion ray and no more than one touchdown. But
Speaker 1: this is a short term thing, especially when you have
Speaker 1: the Titans, Colts, Rams, forty Niners, Redskins, and Eagles all
Speaker 1: coming up. Drop him right now. He's quarterback twenty seven
Speaker 1: in fantasy scoring. I'm shocked you're saying, I know. It
Speaker 1: is hard to believe, isn't it. Um. Yeah, well he
Speaker 1: will he move up from twenty seven. Yeah, probably, but
Speaker 1: there's no help coming for this offensive line. They have
Speaker 1: no ability to make it better. The passing game is
Speaker 1: contained to just dump off stuff. He's rarely afforded a
Speaker 1: clean pocket. In the twenty games Russell Wilson has played
Speaker 1: since the start of last year, including his rushing, he's
Speaker 1: averaging one point three touchdowns per game. The context your
Speaker 1: question suggests that he should get dropped if if you
Speaker 1: bump him down to number two. That's basically in a
Speaker 1: twelve team league. That's twenty four guys. He can easily
Speaker 1: get in that top twenty four basically doing nothing. He's
Speaker 1: twenty seven right now. We're gonna drop him out right
Speaker 1: because you can go if you want, you gotta matchup
Speaker 1: you like, you can go find him. Somebody else will
Speaker 1: jump on him, and that's fine, and they can. They
Speaker 1: can enjoy his one point three touchdowns, his two hundred
Speaker 1: thirty passing yards per game. Enjoy that wasn't even that's two,
Speaker 1: aren't thirty? Going back to last year, at least try
Speaker 1: this year, at least try to trade Simeon. You can't.
Speaker 1: I love that. I love that. Let's absolutely do that.
Speaker 1: Hot question number five. In three games, Todd Gurley has
Speaker 1: already scored as many touchdowns as he scored all of
Speaker 1: last year. Are you selling high on Todd Gurley? Jay?
Speaker 1: I'm selling high in a public auction like where I
Speaker 1: tell every single owner that I'm selling and let's just
Speaker 1: see what we can get. Plus I have knowledge that
Speaker 1: uh in the next in the coming weeks, they've got
Speaker 1: two games with the Seahawks, two games with the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: and four outings against the a f C South, which
Speaker 1: is a lot better than you think against the run. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: and you failed to mention j in the matchup he
Speaker 1: has his by coming up at the Giants Houston at
Speaker 1: Minnesota following the bye. Those are all brutal matchups, but
Speaker 1: Gurly has looked good, especially catching the ball. Last year,
Speaker 1: the average two point seven catches and twenty received being
Speaker 1: yards per game, did not catch a touchdown. So far
Speaker 1: this year he's doubled those numbers everaging more than four
Speaker 1: catches per game for he seven yards and has two
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns. So yeah, you can get a king's ransom.
Speaker 1: So I'm selling high on Gurly hot yea, I'm selling
Speaker 1: high to look I'm and I'm a total believer in
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh and I think he's a butting offensive genius.
Speaker 1: But he's played the Colts, the Redskins and the forty
Speaker 1: Niners and now he gets into the meat of the
Speaker 1: schedule which you mentioned, Brian, and it is brutal, it
Speaker 1: is awful. He's got really one positive matchup between now
Speaker 1: and week seventeen when he sees the Niners again. That's it,
Speaker 1: just one really positive matchup. If you can get a
Speaker 1: king's ransom for Todd Gurley, go do it. Working one
Speaker 1: more matchup into the segment, and that is the Texans
Speaker 1: taking on the Patriots. Hang on, I just gotta flip
Speaker 1: a couple of pages here to get to that page.
Speaker 1: Here we go. Brady and gron robvious eight grades and
Speaker 1: Gronc should play through the groin injury practice all week
Speaker 1: on it. But let's just note this. Groin injuries are
Speaker 1: known to aggravate easily, so there's a little bit of
Speaker 1: danger and Gronc. Brandon Cooks also in a grade. Houston
Speaker 1: has not a lot of wide receiver touchdown this year,
Speaker 1: but they're giving up the sixth and they're giving up
Speaker 1: the six few s yards to the position. But injuries
Speaker 1: a huge factor this week. Cornerback Kevin Johnson already ruled
Speaker 1: out others. Starting quarnerback Jonathan Joseph left last week's game,
Speaker 1: and he's a true game time decision. Johnson's replacement is
Speaker 1: the untested Marcus Burley, which represents a great opportunity for
Speaker 1: Cooks and should draw. And Burley should draw Cooks most
Speaker 1: of this game. So I really like Brandon Cooks to
Speaker 1: break out of the two game mini slump that he's
Speaker 1: been in as a member of the Patriots. Let's stay
Speaker 1: with the passing offense a little further. Chris hogans if
Speaker 1: Jonathan Joseph is active, I like Hogan lasts. If he doesn't,
Speaker 1: I really like him a lot. Uh. Joseph would draw
Speaker 1: this matchup mostly, and Brady's gonna have better options around
Speaker 1: the field if Joseph is on the field, Dan Hogan, So,
Speaker 1: Hogan's a C grade here. If Joseph is inactive, you
Speaker 1: can bump Hogan up to an A grade. Danny Amandola
Speaker 1: gets a C grade. He draws Houston's only health. He's
Speaker 1: starting cornerback slock eyed Kareem Jackson, who is solid. Uh,
Speaker 1: not unbeatable, but he's solid. But I just think there's
Speaker 1: better options all around the field than Danny Amondola in
Speaker 1: this game. James White, as we segue to the running backs,
Speaker 1: Jaguars have allowed one running back receiving touchdown in their
Speaker 1: last twenties six games, so it's it's a tough matchup
Speaker 1: for James White here, and White was invisible in last
Speaker 1: year's meeting between these two teams. Rex Burkehead, though, will
Speaker 1: not play in this game, So I've got a barely
Speaker 1: starting grade on James White, and then there's Mike Gillisle.
Speaker 1: Mike Gillisle has one more touchdown than all of the
Speaker 1: rest of the Patriots. I keep getting these questions like,
Speaker 1: do I you know, can I start gillis Lee again? Yes,
Speaker 1: you can always start Gillislee if you think the Patriots
Speaker 1: are gonna score more than a couple of touchdowns, even
Speaker 1: one touchdown, the single most likely guy to score any
Speaker 1: given Patriots touchdown is Mike gillis Lee. So if you
Speaker 1: think the Patriots are gonna score this week, say four touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and Gillsy is the most likely guy to score any
Speaker 1: of them. And he's again, he scored more than the
Speaker 1: rest of the rest team combined. You have to keep
Speaker 1: starting him. The Patriots are gonna score as many touchdowns
Speaker 1: of the Asley can in this game because Bill O'Brien
Speaker 1: is of the Belichick tree, and Belichick loves to beat
Speaker 1: the ever living he does, doesn't he I won't say
Speaker 1: the word he's mercurial out of his former coaches and
Speaker 1: former teams. They throw against the Browns when they're up
Speaker 1: forty in the fourth quarter. It's amazing. When these teams
Speaker 1: played each other last year, Blunt la Garrett Blunt scored
Speaker 1: twice in the matchup. Gillis Lee is better than Blunt
Speaker 1: is I've gotta be grade on guilty because the yardage
Speaker 1: is not going to be there, but the touchdowns likely. Well,
Speaker 1: let's go to the Houston side. Lamar Miller gets a
Speaker 1: B grade. He's been home home to this point, averaging
Speaker 1: a scoreless sixty rushing yards per game. He has a
Speaker 1: good chance to end that streak this week, though, against
Speaker 1: the Patriots team that's allowed the most total yards to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs two hundred fourteen total yards to running
Speaker 1: backs on a per game basis. Thanks Kareem Hunt. Thanks
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt. That's a lot of it, of course. Also,
Speaker 1: though let's keep an eye Lamar Miller's a beat, let's
Speaker 1: keep an eye in on Donta Foreman, whose workload increased
Speaker 1: sharply last week. He's available on your waiver wire. I
Speaker 1: think he's a guy you should strongly consider going and getting.
Speaker 1: Last week, he got thirteen carries, Miller had eighteen. I
Speaker 1: thought Foreman looked better of the two. The Patriots are
Speaker 1: gonna keep allowing these huge days to runners that could
Speaker 1: feed two different runners, and I've actually got a C
Speaker 1: grade on form and it's starting grade on Foreman in
Speaker 1: this one. Last week, both mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara
Speaker 1: put up decent Fantasy gate days on the Patriots. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the passing game. The DeAndre Hopkins is the
Speaker 1: only guy you care about here. He leads the NFL
Speaker 1: and fourteen targets per game. But events, yeah, but against
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, do you want to be the guy that
Speaker 1: Belichick knows that he needs to stop? Usually not. I
Speaker 1: mean that's the deal on Belichick. He takes away whatever
Speaker 1: you do best. Well, the only guy that even throw
Speaker 1: too is DeAndre Hopkins. So it's accursed as much of
Speaker 1: a as much of a as it is a blessing.
Speaker 1: Where you get helped though, is that the pages have
Speaker 1: been torched by opposing receivers for two eleven yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown per game. So I'm keeping a B grade
Speaker 1: on DeAndre Hopkins. But there is danger there. Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: is benchable. His arm is not gonna get you wins.
Speaker 1: Maybe you could consider his legs here, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: Russian quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick put up thirty two scoreless yards
Speaker 1: against the Patriots last year. Tyrod Taylor had forty eight
Speaker 1: yards and one score, so maybe there's an angle with
Speaker 1: the legs, but I don't love Watson in this matchup.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll pound through many more matchups,
Speaker 1: including the Raiders taking on the Redskins. Marshawn Lynch. Will
Speaker 1: he be dancing on the sidelines again? Find out when
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Speaker 1: Raiders take on the Redskins. Marshall and Lynch turned only
Speaker 1: I think like thirty thirty plays into a pretty solid
Speaker 1: game last week. What do you do you like him
Speaker 1: here against the Redskins? JA? Yes, I do. I've got him,
Speaker 1: uh for a B grade. Keep in mind that Todd
Speaker 1: Gurley last week against the they thank you, thank you,
Speaker 1: he had a hundred and three six toty yards and
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. Then keep in mind that Marshawn of his
Speaker 1: last twelve games against the NFC East, he has notched
Speaker 1: a hundred total yards intoor one touchdown ten different times.
Speaker 1: And for that towards stretch with Seattle, he averaged a
Speaker 1: hundred twenty three tot yards and one point one touchdowns
Speaker 1: per game. I wish that the you know, the same
Speaker 1: NFC East guys were still on the field from three
Speaker 1: and four years ago. That would be great. I'm just
Speaker 1: saying he has had an incredible history against that division
Speaker 1: for whatever reason. I've got Derek Carr for an eight grade.
Speaker 1: He's my number one quarterback for the week, so I'll
Speaker 1: keep it short. Uh. Then I've got Michael Crabtree coming
Speaker 1: off a three touchdown game last week. He also has
Speaker 1: an A grade. Of his last twenty four regular season outings,
Speaker 1: he's accomplished either eighty five receiving yards in or one
Speaker 1: touchdown sixteen times, and during that span he's collected double
Speaker 1: digit targets nine times and produced two different games of
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. Amari Cooper gets a B grade, basically feeding
Speaker 1: off cars A grade for the week. Uh, he won't
Speaker 1: have the attention of Josh Norman or likely won't have
Speaker 1: it from the majority of the game, and of his
Speaker 1: last what six road games, Mari has collected eight or
Speaker 1: more targets five different times. At tight end, I've got
Speaker 1: Jared Cooke with the C grade. Cook shockingly owns top
Speaker 1: twelve tallies among tight ends for both catches and targets
Speaker 1: and for opposing teams the tight ends their team's reception.
Speaker 1: Of the last two weeks, We've got Zach Ertz and
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett basically leading their teams and receptions and targets
Speaker 1: against the Redskins. All right, for Cousins, I've got him
Speaker 1: number four for the week. I think Raiders Redskins will
Speaker 1: be the highest scoring game on Sunday, So I think
Speaker 1: Cousins number four grade. I'm not really worried about anything.
Speaker 1: I will say this. Of his last six nationally televised
Speaker 1: games since the two thousand fifteen playoffs, for that exclusive window,
Speaker 1: check this out. Cousins is average three and seventy six
Speaker 1: yards passing and one and a half touchdowns for whatever
Speaker 1: it is. Plus, the Raiders are twelve ranked against the
Speaker 1: past this year. Uh, Rob, here's the deal with the
Speaker 1: running backs, Rob Kelly, Chris Thompson's Magi Ryan. We don't
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen yet. We need to almost wait
Speaker 1: until Sunday night. But then we're gonna be in the
Speaker 1: bind because we don't know what's going on with Rob
Speaker 1: Kelly and his injured rip. You might miss the game.
Speaker 1: He might put on a flat jacket and test it.
Speaker 1: You know. I think for Kelly and p Ryan, p
Speaker 1: Ryan is basically a C grade. If Kelly sits. Uh.
Speaker 1: If Kelly plays, Kelly's a C grade and p Ryan
Speaker 1: you don't do anything for him. Chris Thompson, I'll give
Speaker 1: him a C plus basically because I think Kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: will need to rely on them in the passing game.
Speaker 1: But this, this whole segment is all about the receivers, Okay,
Speaker 1: and the tight end Tarrell Prior gets a B grade. Okay,
Speaker 1: Posing wide receiver ones have average what six and a
Speaker 1: half catches, sixty eight yards and one touchdown against Raiders
Speaker 1: this season. He had double digit targets at home. For
Speaker 1: Week one, Jamison Crowder, I'm going real quick on Prior. Sorry,
Speaker 1: it's a revenge game for him against the right. He's
Speaker 1: had like four other teams to have a revenge game.
Speaker 1: Back was going to play one team this week, and
Speaker 1: it's they gave up on quarterback Terrell Prior. Maybe they
Speaker 1: didn't give him a chance to be wide receiver and
Speaker 1: maybe that never No, now he's gonna show him. Yeah, Okay,
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder, I know he struggled since getting that essential
Speaker 1: promotion to the R wide receiver too, by I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a B grade this week. He's obviously he's going
Speaker 1: against the four rank pass defense plus. For Week one,
Speaker 1: Tessa's Corey Davis collected six catches, ten targets in sixty
Speaker 1: nine receiving yards. And for Week two, Jermaine Curse had
Speaker 1: two touchdowns sixty four yards against the Raiders, So I
Speaker 1: like him there. And for Jordan Read, Jordan Read is
Speaker 1: my number one tight end for the week. I know
Speaker 1: he's been nicked up a little, but he still has
Speaker 1: to catch the target ratio of eight percent this year
Speaker 1: while working himself back in the shape and then keep
Speaker 1: in mind the Raiders were bottom ten defense against the
Speaker 1: past last season and allowed Delaney Walker to register seven
Speaker 1: catches and seventy six yards a Week one Dolphins take
Speaker 1: on the Jets. For the Dolphins side, is there anything
Speaker 1: left after ja Agi gets done running through what was
Speaker 1: once a great Jets run defense and is now terrible.
Speaker 1: We'll see, But yeah, Ji, he gets the fantasy fons
Speaker 1: a this this week. A one of two running backs
Speaker 1: to carry the ball more than twenty five times last week.
Speaker 1: Hit that bell cow button if you want. Without Sheldon Richardson,
Speaker 1: the Jets are allowing five point four yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Music to my years that never gets old. And New
Speaker 1: York also owns the second highest opponent rushing play percentage.
Speaker 1: So with Ji, he's gonna eat in this one. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give Jarvis Landry a B and PPR and C
Speaker 1: and standard leagues. That's basically the story of his life
Speaker 1: and fantasy football. Only caught three passes in both games
Speaker 1: against the Jets last year, three in each game. Uh
Speaker 1: did see thirteen targets last week and Jets slot corner
Speaker 1: Buster Screen has been torched many time, many a time
Speaker 1: in his career and been ribbed on this show many
Speaker 1: times as well, So good matchup for Jarvis Landry as
Speaker 1: it is for Devanta Parker. Even though we only had
Speaker 1: one catch for seventeen yards and two catches for eight
Speaker 1: yards against the Jets last season, we also went Michael
Speaker 1: Crabtree did to New York last week. Davanta Parker is
Speaker 1: certainly cut from the same cloth. Went healthy. He was
Speaker 1: missing practice with an ankle injury, but he returned in
Speaker 1: full yesterday. But I just don't know how much the
Speaker 1: Dolphins are gonna need to throw in this game, so
Speaker 1: that's why he's getting a B and not in a
Speaker 1: Julius Thomas is going on the bench. Decent matchup, but
Speaker 1: the last time he topped thirty receiving yards was Week
Speaker 1: two of sen so he's got to prove it before
Speaker 1: he can play on anyone's fantasy team. And then Jay
Speaker 1: Cutler was going to take a chance on the quarterback chart,
Speaker 1: and then for the Jets. Not a whole lot to
Speaker 1: talk about here other than Jermaine Curse, who gets his.
Speaker 1: Of course, Jermaine Curs is tied for second and wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns with J. J. Nelson, Nelson Aghilar, Kenny Golladay
Speaker 1: and Benny Fowler two weeks into the season. Miami has
Speaker 1: allowed double digit PPR points to ten different wide receivers
Speaker 1: over the last six games, and Curs has been the
Speaker 1: only wide receiver worth throwing too. So we should see
Speaker 1: some heavy volume in this one, and then I'm benching
Speaker 1: the running backs. No back has more than fifteen carries
Speaker 1: or seventy yards on the season with a gun to
Speaker 1: my head. I'll play him at fourte because of his
Speaker 1: six catches and fifty eight receiving yards. But I'm not
Speaker 1: giving up on below palele charge. I haven't many leagues
Speaker 1: I'm holding four day is gonna retire. I'm sticking to that.
Speaker 1: What you better to stick to the narrative because it's
Speaker 1: been brutal so far. Has Um. Speaking of Jermaine Curse,
Speaker 1: I am starting him in the free to play Chase
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Speaker 1: you win a ticket to the Week seventeen Championship with
Speaker 1: a fifteen thousand dollar prize pool. Also wins some cash
Speaker 1: along the way. This week, you'd be remissed to not
Speaker 1: get in this game, correct, Cowboys take on the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Zeke mailed it in last week and now things don't
Speaker 1: get any easier this week against the Cardinals defense that's
Speaker 1: holding opposing running backs to two point five yards per carry.
Speaker 1: They ranked number one against the run last year, they're
Speaker 1: excellent against the run this year. Zeke's just a B
Speaker 1: starter for me, and honestly, he would trend more towards
Speaker 1: Seed than a let's go to the passing game or
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott is a C grade. It's only two games,
Speaker 1: but so far, Dak I don't to my eyes, Dak
Speaker 1: hasn't evolved as a sophomore. Trevor Simeons evolved more than
Speaker 1: I've seen Dak Prescott evolved in from year one to
Speaker 1: year two. Now it's in Parks. Turer Simming was a
Speaker 1: lot worse last year, but anyway, his accuracy has been
Speaker 1: worse than last year. It took him fifty passes Dac
Speaker 1: fifty passes last week to get to two hundred thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards. That's it. He'll travel to Arizona. He faces
Speaker 1: a solid secondary with Tony j Offerson and Patrick Peterson
Speaker 1: and Honey Badger. Speaking of Honey badger. You know, he's
Speaker 1: not that good anymore. He's he draws the slot coverage
Speaker 1: and that means cool Beasley. But he's been bad. He
Speaker 1: was shaky last year, he's been bad this year. I
Speaker 1: think it's a solid opportunity for col Beasley comes in
Speaker 1: with a C grade. Des Bryant C grade, that's it.
Speaker 1: And he ranked second in the NFL twenty three targets.
Speaker 1: So they're throwing the balls away a lot. But this
Speaker 1: is a tough matchup. He'll get Patrick Peterson for the
Speaker 1: whole game. Peterson held t Y Hilton to four receptions
Speaker 1: in forty nine yards last week. In their previous matchup,
Speaker 1: which was Peterson held Dez Bryant too to catches fifteen
Speaker 1: yards on ten targets, so a lot. Let him not
Speaker 1: like about Dez Bryant in this game. Let's flip over
Speaker 1: the Arizona side. Jay's take a chance to the quarterback
Speaker 1: was Carson Palmer. I've gotta be grade on him. I
Speaker 1: like him as well. Larry Fitzgerald should get some extra
Speaker 1: action this week because John Brown has already been ruled out.
Speaker 1: J J. Nelson may not play in this game. He
Speaker 1: looks like a true game time decision. The passing offense
Speaker 1: should go through Larry Fitzgerald here. Be sure to check
Speaker 1: out especially Orlando Scandrick's status. He is the slot cornerback
Speaker 1: who would guard him. Scandrick did not play last week,
Speaker 1: and he's a game time decision. If Scandrick doesn't go.
Speaker 1: I really like Fitzgerald and he would bump up to
Speaker 1: a potential A grade without Orlando Scandrick in As for J. J. Nelson,
Speaker 1: it's the hamstring injury that I mentioned earlier. He has
Speaker 1: scored in six of the last seven, so if he
Speaker 1: does go, still a good start. This is a secondary
Speaker 1: likely without cornerbacks Nolan Carroll and m Chi Dobie. A
Speaker 1: woozy I think is how you say it, a woozy.
Speaker 1: We're gonna go with that. You are correct, Yes, the
Speaker 1: first time I've gotten that right. If J J. Nelson
Speaker 1: doesn't go, consider Geron Brown as a sneaky pick up
Speaker 1: off the waiver wire and start against this beat up
Speaker 1: secondary on the bench. Kerwin Williams start be great on
Speaker 1: Chris Johnson, easily the most effective runner for the Cardinals
Speaker 1: last week, and he'll get the bulk of the carries.
Speaker 1: It gets a team that just allowed Denver to roll
Speaker 1: up one hundred seventy eight rushing yards last week. How
Speaker 1: hard was it for you to just say be john
Speaker 1: or be great for Chris Johnson? I hate you know,
Speaker 1: you know what I feel about christ Johnson. I'm not
Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of Chris Johnson at all, but
Speaker 1: the reality is he's the best runner on that team
Speaker 1: and this is a pretty darn good matchup. When we
Speaker 1: come back, we sell three more matchups to go. We've
Speaker 1: got premature speculation to go, and we will try to
Speaker 1: work in some phone calls as well. Enlightened final second
Speaker 1: Advantasy Football Weekly Fault Charchi and Brian Johnson, Jake Clemens
Speaker 1: with you premature speculation, guys, you can pick up this
Speaker 1: week that are I'm generally on the waiver wire that
Speaker 1: people will be trying to get next week, but you
Speaker 1: already got him. I love that, Jay who you got?
Speaker 1: I've got Davante Booker running for the Broncos his last
Speaker 1: ten games last year as a rookie, height total yards
Speaker 1: in or one touchdown six different times. For the final
Speaker 1: two weeks. He had ten targets of Week sixteen, and
Speaker 1: then a hundred nine totally yards and two touchdowns week seventeen. Basically,
Speaker 1: had he not gotten hurt, he might have been the
Speaker 1: guy right now, So go ahead and jump and get him.
Speaker 1: He's a must handcuff for anyone that owns C. J. Anderson.
Speaker 1: I'm going Jets tight end Austin Seferian Jenkins. I mean
Speaker 1: the guy who was so fat. They're not gonna lot
Speaker 1: on the field this week. That's not confirmed yet, guy
Speaker 1: just roll. That makes him more of a premature speculation
Speaker 1: because he will be further along next week. And I
Speaker 1: don't like the match up a whole lot this week.
Speaker 1: Uh But starting Week four Jacksonville, Cleveland, New England, Miami, Atlanta,
Speaker 1: those are all plus matchups outside of New England for
Speaker 1: tight ends I don't know right now, will Tie and
Speaker 1: Eric Tomlinson, who cares about those guys that are in
Speaker 1: John tight ends, A s J will come in and
Speaker 1: bump them right down on the depth chart. Don't forget
Speaker 1: Gary Barnage was a pro bowler because of Josh McCown.
Speaker 1: I could do the same for a s J, who
Speaker 1: is arguably the most physically talented pass catcher on that team,
Speaker 1: went in shape, transforming his life. Give him a shot.
Speaker 1: We'll see what you can do. My premature speculation guys
Speaker 1: Orleans dark Wa running back for the Giants. He's not
Speaker 1: a special talent, but Paul Perkins is averaging one point
Speaker 1: nine yards per carry. That makes dark One was career
Speaker 1: ravage of three point nine looking downright explosive. This is
Speaker 1: a desperate Giants team and a desperate coaching staff. They
Speaker 1: will be making changes to this offense and dark One
Speaker 1: could emerge as the primary ball carrier as quickly as
Speaker 1: this week, and frankly I would welcome it. We also
Speaker 1: touched on donte form and earlier in the show recommend
Speaker 1: him for the for as a pick upout opportunity as
Speaker 1: well if he is if he is available, All right,
Speaker 1: let's get down to our final set of matchups. Chiefs
Speaker 1: take on the Chargers. Jay cream Mont obvious start, Yes,
Speaker 1: obvious a tailback leader in rushing yards, receiving yards and touchdowns. Boom,
Speaker 1: Alex Smith, I've got a C grade for him. Yes,
Speaker 1: the Chargers have a good past defense statistically, but uh
Speaker 1: Smith last year two games average three hundred thirteen passing
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. I've got a B grade for
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. Uh. Slot receivers have either scored two touchdowns
Speaker 1: or posted double digit catches versus the Bolts this season.
Speaker 1: Brandon Flowers one of those slot defenders. He's allowed the
Speaker 1: third most yardage per snap of any quarterback last season
Speaker 1: night Travis Kelsey. It would be an A grade, but
Speaker 1: I do have one small caveat. He has never scored
Speaker 1: against the Chargers, so he's like a B plus. Uh.
Speaker 1: Then for the Chargers, h Philip Rivers has a B
Speaker 1: grade UH the Chiefs currently against the pass uh for
Speaker 1: this year, Rivers is either thrown for three hundred yards
Speaker 1: or or tally three touchdowns per outing. The only downside
Speaker 1: is he's never accounted for three hundred yards passing and
Speaker 1: or three touchdowns in his last six games against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon is an A grade. Just move on. Keenan Allen.
Speaker 1: A lot of people were doubting him, but I think
Speaker 1: he's risen up. Uh. It's Antonio Brown, DeAndre Hopkins and
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen are the only two NFL whiteos to have
Speaker 1: double digit targets for both weeks one and two. That's
Speaker 1: the list. Uh. Tybrell Williams, I've given him a great
Speaker 1: see He's average five catches sixty yards, six targets his
Speaker 1: last three games. That's not so great, but the Chiefs
Speaker 1: ranked seven against the past. Here's the thing. I don't
Speaker 1: see Marcus Peters defending Tybrell Williams very much. Marcus Peters
Speaker 1: was the number two cornerback according to Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: last year. Tyrrell is spared from that experience, and for
Speaker 1: a C grade at tight end, I've got Hunter Henry
Speaker 1: who bounced back from me an invisible Week one to
Speaker 1: post seven catches and eight yards last year. And then
Speaker 1: keep in mind Zach Ertz at five catches and ninety
Speaker 1: seven yards against the Chiefs in Week two. Bengals take
Speaker 1: out in the Packers the Bengals offense, and needless to
Speaker 1: say is everybody's fully aware no touchdowns. Yet you get
Speaker 1: on the board this time? I think so. A J.
Speaker 1: Green Starr with him. Give him an a just because
Speaker 1: ESPN's Teddy Bruski predicts the left two hundred yards in
Speaker 1: this game. So if he doesn't tweeked Teddy, it's his fault. Uh.
Speaker 1: Brandon LaFell gonna give him to see. La Fell has
Speaker 1: twelve targets this year, as opposed to Tyler Boy, John
Speaker 1: Ross and something called Cody core who have combined for
Speaker 1: six tarts in the day you did uh. Tyler Effort
Speaker 1: is out of this game, so Lafel has sneaky upside
Speaker 1: and a likely shootout scenario. Number two receivers have fared
Speaker 1: well against Green Bay. Joe Mixon is the only running back.
Speaker 1: I'm giving a starting great Joe and give him a sea.
Speaker 1: He is being out snapped by Joe Bernard, but has
Speaker 1: got more touches than any other Bengals running back. Last week,
Speaker 1: the Packers surrendered one forty five yards and three touchdowns
Speaker 1: with Lanta running backs, and offensive coordinator Bill Laser is
Speaker 1: on the hot seat. He's got to give him Mixing
Speaker 1: the ball and give him the ball first. What Kaye's yea,
Speaker 1: but he does not want to be on the hot
Speaker 1: seat like the old guy who wasn't giving the ball
Speaker 1: to Joe. I do believe there's a good scenario, a good,
Speaker 1: a good case to be made for trading four Joe
Speaker 1: Mixon right now because he's dirt cheap and it and
Speaker 1: Bill Laser will probably shake some things up, including let's
Speaker 1: get the most talented running back we've got on the
Speaker 1: field a lot more often. P Us he cannot like
Speaker 1: he cannot do any worse than they've already done. No, Yeah,
Speaker 1: to know where to go, but up basically what I
Speaker 1: was going with there than Andy Dalton desperation see a
Speaker 1: healthy ife road and make it more viable, and I'd
Speaker 1: rather go with to take a chance on the quarterback
Speaker 1: in this game. For the Packers, Aaron Rodgers a for
Speaker 1: auto start. Uh Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams. I'll give
Speaker 1: them both in a even though Jordi is a question
Speaker 1: questionable he is expected to play um Randall Cobb is out,
Speaker 1: that nice Geronimo or not out, but he's looking doubtful
Speaker 1: likely will be out. That makes Geronimo Allison a thing. Again.
Speaker 1: I would go grab him, especially if you're a Cobo
Speaker 1: and aren't expecting to start him in this game. With
Speaker 1: Cob about Alison could see a healthy amount of targets.
Speaker 1: I'll give Martell's Bennett a desperation see uh since he's
Speaker 1: not great against sight ends, but they've only faced Baltimore
Speaker 1: and Houston and uh so without Cobb, I think that
Speaker 1: opens up the middle to feel a little bit for Bennett.
Speaker 1: But Bennett had a bad, bad game last week. A
Speaker 1: bunch of drops and he was he looked terrible. Richard
Speaker 1: rod Richard Rodgers and Lance Kendricks are annoyances. They've combined
Speaker 1: to steal eight targets too. They always step in at
Speaker 1: the wrong time. So yeah, I'm a bench and Benett
Speaker 1: Now I've changed my mind, all right, and time Montgomery
Speaker 1: gets a b has garnered twenty nine of Green Bay's
Speaker 1: thirty three rushing attempts, but it's only gained eighty nine
Speaker 1: yards on twenty nine carries a long run of eight yards.
Speaker 1: With injuries on the Packers offensive line, Montgomery could see
Speaker 1: a lot more work in the passing game. Houston running
Speaker 1: backs had six catches last week, so that's probably how
Speaker 1: it makes make his head in this game Seattle. It
Speaker 1: takes on Tennessee as our final matchup, and Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: earlier I recommended that you just drop him out right.
Speaker 1: I've got a C grade on him here. I think
Speaker 1: gets startable, but you know, these first half the seasons
Speaker 1: are killing him. In the last three seasons and games
Speaker 1: played in the first half of the year, he's got
Speaker 1: just two games he's had more than one touchdown, and
Speaker 1: so I think we're looking at one and maybe we
Speaker 1: can eke out a second touchdown out of out of
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Here. Tennessee is allowed only only three passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the two games, So you know, we'll try
Speaker 1: to get to one touchdown here. If it's gonna go
Speaker 1: to somebody, it's probably gonna go to Baldwin, who's leading
Speaker 1: the team in every receiving category. That's not saying a
Speaker 1: lot though. Leading the team in every receiving category in
Speaker 1: Seattle means you're five catches for fifty two yards and
Speaker 1: no touchdowns. Uh, Tennessee allowed. The has allowed the seventh
Speaker 1: most yards and second most um touchdowns too wide receivers
Speaker 1: last year. So you know, maybe there's something to be
Speaker 1: had here for Baldwin. But I don't love it. Let's
Speaker 1: stay with that. Let's go with Jimmy Graham. He's gonna
Speaker 1: try to try to play hurt with an ankle injury,
Speaker 1: but just four catches for nine yards so far. They're
Speaker 1: making him staying in block and he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: game time decision, so he's on the bench. I don't
Speaker 1: think you can go with him here. And then for
Speaker 1: Richardson and Lockett, they kind of cannibalize each other. I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's enough success here to go around
Speaker 1: against against Tennessee for you to feel confident with either one.
Speaker 1: But they could share a touchdown. But I don't have
Speaker 1: a strong feeling for either one for which one might
Speaker 1: have more success. So I recommend to leave both on
Speaker 1: the bench, and I've got bench grades on them. Let's
Speaker 1: suck Chris Carson. Tennessee is not allowed more than seventy
Speaker 1: six rushing yards in any game and does lead. However,
Speaker 1: the Seahawks and all the Russian categories get twenty touches
Speaker 1: last week, which was great. Uh. The X factor here,
Speaker 1: those Thomas Rawls he rolled in last week's game is
Speaker 1: a game time decision with an ankle injury, and now
Speaker 1: he's healthy, He's not even on the injury report. Rawls
Speaker 1: may end up getting more looks than he got last week,
Speaker 1: and that could eat into into Carson. I've got a
Speaker 1: C grade on Carson against a good Tennessee run defense,
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Tennessee side. No Corey Davis in
Speaker 1: this game. He will not play, and that that hurts
Speaker 1: this passing offense. I've got C grades around for most
Speaker 1: of the members of the passing offense. Mariota's a sea.
Speaker 1: He has not scored multiple touchdowns since a way back
Speaker 1: in Week twelve of last year, and Seattle's past defense
Speaker 1: remains a lite. Aside from Aaron Rodgers. The average quarterback
Speaker 1: game against the against against the Seahawks going back to
Speaker 1: last year nine passing yards per game, just zero point
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. All right, and moving on, Let's go to
Speaker 1: uh tight end. Delanny Walker. Seattle is allowed just three
Speaker 1: tight end scores in the last twenty games, so he's
Speaker 1: only a C grade. As well. I mentioned Corey Davis
Speaker 1: is out. That means that Richard Matthews gets Richard Sherman,
Speaker 1: so he's dead to us. Opposite him, Eric Decker, if
Speaker 1: you want your five catches for fifty yards and at
Speaker 1: least he's not on Sherman, he can help you that way. Lastly,
Speaker 1: let's go to the running back. So he talked about
Speaker 1: Murray and Henry a lot. Murray comes into this game
Speaker 1: of the hamstring injury. Don't even know if he's gonna play.
Speaker 1: He hasn't topped forty four yards rushing in four straight
Speaker 1: games going back to last year. Henry's the man right now.
Speaker 1: Six yards per carry. Murray may not go. He gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. Fourteen carries last week, and he looked
Speaker 1: good in him in every game in which he has
Speaker 1: had four teen carries or more than throughout his career,
Speaker 1: he has scored a touchdown. Last week, Carlos Hide rolled
Speaker 1: up one hundred yards on Seattle. If you have Henry
Speaker 1: in your lineup, keep him in there even if Murray plays. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree with that. To him there be great for Henry,
Speaker 1: and I don't know that changes much with a hobbled
Speaker 1: Henry or hobbled Murray on the field. All Right, We're
Speaker 1: gonna try to work in a few phone calls here
Speaker 1: at the bitter end. I'm sorry it took this long,
Speaker 1: but we will do our best to get to your calls.
Speaker 1: Many of you have been on hold a long time,
Speaker 1: better part of two hours. Thank you, Mike, you are first.
Speaker 1: Hey guys, uh or uh idea for all and a
Speaker 1: non pr Adams are Crow well not PPR. I would
Speaker 1: go uh. I think I'll go Adams this week. Wade
Speaker 1: Europe next, Hello, good, thanks, we can't hear you. Wade.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you on hold. You can get us
Speaker 1: off a speaker Brian, you are next? Hi? Um, well,
Speaker 1: what I wanted to ask about. I have five running
Speaker 1: backs and from to start, but that's not gonna work
Speaker 1: for a no loan. I need you to bring it
Speaker 1: down to two, Brian. So how about I asked between
Speaker 1: two defenses? Okay, more or Minnesota. Oh I love Baltimore.
Speaker 1: Baltimore against Border Party all day. Yeah, there's a great
Speaker 1: opportunity for them. And one other question, why don't you
Speaker 1: guys go to three hours when they can get in
Speaker 1: more calls and they don't have to go I know,
Speaker 1: wouldn't that be nice? Saturday's it Sauce would be very
Speaker 1: very bitter with us. We did that, Wade. You're back, Hello,
Speaker 1: I am back. Yeah. I was saying I was on
Speaker 1: old a long time. You've been during again exactly. Um.
Speaker 1: So I need to pick a tight end up off
Speaker 1: the craft beat because I have Jimmy Graham. I don't
Speaker 1: want to start them. I need I need the short
Speaker 1: version here. Wait, I don't need the long version. Clay
Speaker 1: available and I have uh the tight end new I
Speaker 1: mean tight end available. Cleaner is available. Yeah, if for
Speaker 1: just this week, I've got cleaner higher, but clay long
Speaker 1: term out like a lot better because Willie s Need
Speaker 1: is gonna come back, and I think he will ultimately
Speaker 1: end up eating into somewhat Fleaner has given us. So
Speaker 1: that's that's how I would approach it. Brian in Portland,
Speaker 1: thank you for calling in again? Yeah, hi, uh dat
Speaker 1: Parson went Okay, I'm good Carson Wentz this week. Uh
Speaker 1: you know, no offense to a press cut, but basically
Speaker 1: went says the momentum, he's got the better receivers uh
Speaker 1: and and the better matchup. Yeah, and we can offend
Speaker 1: players all we want. Don't feel bad about that. Ben,
Speaker 1: You're up next a quick guy. Abdulah or I guess
Speaker 1: Abdula who or Funchius? Is that what you said? Yeah? Okay,
Speaker 1: I'm Atlanta is very bad against pass catching backs. I
Speaker 1: know read ricks in the mix, but Abdul will get
Speaker 1: his share there, So I'm gonna Abdulah, Joel and Duluth. Hello.
Speaker 1: I love the show, guys. Thank you what you do?
Speaker 1: Half point and team League. DeAndre Hopkins or Death Bryant.
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. I told you all these negative stats on
Speaker 1: Death Brian, and he only got a C grade for
Speaker 1: me in this game. And it looks like a brutal
Speaker 1: matchup with Patrick Peterson. So I just I don't like
Speaker 1: Dez this week. Andrew Hello, ah yeah, Brandon Coleman stefan
Speaker 1: big standard storing. I know I gave Coleman a C grade,
Speaker 1: but I'll go digs in this matchup, alright, Even with
Speaker 1: Case Keen and Paul, You're next PPR Carson Wins or
Speaker 1: derrith Con. I don't know who's gonna catch more s
Speaker 1: is in a PPR league between those two, but I'm
Speaker 1: going Derek Carr. Rich Your next full PPR Kyle Rudolph
Speaker 1: or Kobe Fleaner. I told you a lot of reasons
Speaker 1: I was worried Aboutkyle Rodolf this week. I'm going to
Speaker 1: Fleaner one more time. Thanks Rich, Andy, you our last
Speaker 1: call of the day. Um Hey, so halfway PPR Manny
Speaker 1: Sanders or Calvin Benjamin, I would go, I've got Sanders
Speaker 1: slightly below Benjamin, especially consistant Scope Benjamin. There. Yeah, Saints
Speaker 1: Secondary all beat up with injury and they were awful
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