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Speaker 1: today as they have been the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Hello, gentlemen. The a team
Speaker 1: that's so, that's what we're gonna call it while Matt's
Speaker 1: not here, which is probably the best way to handle that.
Speaker 1: We've got plenty to get to. This is for some
Speaker 1: people formally the playoffs. For other people, this is the
Speaker 1: week you have to win to get into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: which really makes it a playoff game for you, remember
Speaker 1: or not, even if you're not in the playoffs, what else?
Speaker 1: What better things do you have to do other than
Speaker 1: listen to this show and it's enjoy Yes, well, we hope.
Speaker 1: So we will get to all the usual stuff that
Speaker 1: we do, including take a chance on me. We will
Speaker 1: do the three tough questions. No premature speculation at this
Speaker 1: late stage of the season, we're retiring that as we
Speaker 1: have more games to get to in our allotted time. Um,
Speaker 1: but we will also break down all of the matchups,
Speaker 1: including the New Orleans Saints taking on the Atlanta Falcons. Brian,
Speaker 1: I've got to Taysom Hill take for you, which is
Speaker 1: he ain't finishing the game if he plays as badly
Speaker 1: this week as he did last week, specifically as a passer.
Speaker 1: I think they bring in Jamis Winston and they platoon
Speaker 1: Hill like they did with Drew Brees. Fantasy footballers would
Speaker 1: like to see that unless you have Taysom Hill on roster.
Speaker 1: Otherwise he's the most hated man in the the game. Basically. Uh,
Speaker 1: these teams actually played two weeks ago in Week eleven,
Speaker 1: so we'll certainly reference that game. That was Taysom Hill's
Speaker 1: first started quarterback. He did alright, passing two three yards
Speaker 1: eighteen of twenty three. That was just icing on the
Speaker 1: though he had two rushing touchdowns. He's basically got to
Speaker 1: do that again to remain relevant. And like you said,
Speaker 1: if he's not running the ball, and he's not can
Speaker 1: get it done with his arms. So I'll give him
Speaker 1: a CEE with there's a upside and then there's bench downside.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm kind of here there, So you know I
Speaker 1: picked your poison with Haysom Hill. He probably is poison,
Speaker 1: but just a CEE for him. Over to his pastcast
Speaker 1: pass catchers, Michael Thomas, Gonna give him a B. He
Speaker 1: had nine catches for a hundred and four in the
Speaker 1: first meeting, yet a fifty two target share in that game.
Speaker 1: That's absolutely insane. Has now topped a hundred yards and
Speaker 1: five of his last eight games against the Falcons. But again,
Speaker 1: tough to trust Taysom Hill. His passing was just so
Speaker 1: bad last week. But Atlanta's secondary allowing two yards per
Speaker 1: game to wide receivers, that second most in the league.
Speaker 1: So you're definitely starting Thomas with a B. And you
Speaker 1: know what I'm I think you give Emmanuel Sanders a
Speaker 1: see here. This is more of a gut feeling. It's
Speaker 1: to see her at bench. He had four for sixty
Speaker 1: six and that first meeting double digit PPR points. Just
Speaker 1: mentioned the heavy yardage surrender to wide receivers if Winston comes,
Speaker 1: and that certainly bill as well. For Sanders, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: of standards the sea, but he's certainly not a must start. Uh.
Speaker 1: Alvin Camara might not be a must start either. I
Speaker 1: don't think he is. I'm going to give him a
Speaker 1: B real quick, I should say. Jared Cook on the bench.
Speaker 1: One catch in the first meeting, one of the three
Speaker 1: catches he's had over his last four games. He he's
Speaker 1: dust at this point. But back to Kamara B. But
Speaker 1: it's borderline C territory with Hill at quarterback. We're gonna
Speaker 1: get into the brutal splits with Kamara and Hill later
Speaker 1: in the show. I'm sure. The first meeting again was
Speaker 1: Hill's first start. Kamar had thirteen carries for forty five
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown, did not catch a pass, had
Speaker 1: just one target, and the Falcons are tough against the run.
Speaker 1: They've allowed just four rushing touchdowns to the running backs
Speaker 1: this here. No back has topped ninety rushing yards and
Speaker 1: since Week six, opposing backs are action just two point
Speaker 1: five catches and seventeen and a half receiving yards against
Speaker 1: Atlanta with no receiving about that, that's Morris, that's when
Speaker 1: he took over. Since then, their run defense has been
Speaker 1: on top of it. Ye, it's a it's a different
Speaker 1: team right now. And lastly, for New Orleans, Octavius Murray
Speaker 1: on the bench to have big numbers against Denver. But
Speaker 1: you can't ask for a more positive game script than
Speaker 1: when the opposing team doesn't have a quarterbacks run the
Speaker 1: ball over and over Murray on the bench, over to
Speaker 1: the Atlanta side. Todd Gurley will start with him, should play,
Speaker 1: but it does not matter. I'm benching any starting running
Speaker 1: back for Atlanta. The Saints allowing only three point five
Speaker 1: yards per carried to opposing back, so they've only allowed
Speaker 1: five total touchdowns to the position. Atlanta backs total fifty
Speaker 1: two scoreless combo yards on fourteen touches in that week
Speaker 1: eleven matchup, just one catch total to the position for Atlanta,
Speaker 1: so they're all on the bench. Calvin Ridley never on
Speaker 1: the bench, just to be though. He had five catches
Speaker 1: for ninety yards in that first meeting, which is basically
Speaker 1: a floor game for him. Before facing the quarterbackless Broncos,
Speaker 1: the Saints were allowing one seven yards per game to
Speaker 1: wide receivers, so safe b for Ridley with a upside,
Speaker 1: and Julio Jones supposedly felt great in Friday's practice, so
Speaker 1: we're gonna towards him playing. He suffered the hamstring injury
Speaker 1: he's suffering through right now. When these teams first met
Speaker 1: in Week leven, he only had two catches for thirty
Speaker 1: nine yards. Understandably, but more shockingly, Julio hasn't scored on
Speaker 1: the Saints since the playoffs. Just three touchdowns in seventeen
Speaker 1: career games against New Orleans and awful against the past
Speaker 1: for a long time, a long long time until recently.
Speaker 1: I just you know, the Julio thing is going to
Speaker 1: win and lose games if you guess right on whether
Speaker 1: or not Julio is going to finish the game. And
Speaker 1: Julio can't tell you right now Julio is going to
Speaker 1: finish the game. You have to use your best judgment
Speaker 1: if you have him on roster and the Guillotine League,
Speaker 1: no danger. Yeah he's out, but in in seasonally it's
Speaker 1: up to you but to see if he suits up.
Speaker 1: But he might not finish the game. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: start hating her. Has had no catches in the first meeting,
Speaker 1: so he's on the bench for me and Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a see if Julio plays, but I
Speaker 1: think I might bench him if Julio sits two thirty
Speaker 1: two yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions in the first game.
Speaker 1: The Saints have only had one passing touchdown over the
Speaker 1: last four games, including that Falcons game. So soft bench
Speaker 1: Julio Matt Ryan's not the same guy this year. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if we're gonna get done with the
Speaker 1: season and they're gonna say, oh, by the way, we
Speaker 1: you know, we don't really mention it, but he's had
Speaker 1: this injury all year long or something that he is
Speaker 1: not the same guy. Rams take on the Cardinals, Scott,
Speaker 1: you know, for the Rams, trying to guess which running
Speaker 1: back may have a good game is usually a fool's
Speaker 1: erond do you have an angle on any of these
Speaker 1: three guys. Nope. I think that Acres is gonna start
Speaker 1: to get more and more work of this this season
Speaker 1: progresses here at the end of the season anyway. But
Speaker 1: I have Momll on the bench, only one runner his
Speaker 1: top seventy five yards rushing on the Arizona Cardinals since
Speaker 1: Week one and the best receiving day thirty one yards
Speaker 1: on these Cardinals run defense since week one. I have
Speaker 1: them all on the bench. The passing game, I hate
Speaker 1: Jared goff Man. I can't. I can never tell when
Speaker 1: he's going to be good or when he's gonna be bad,
Speaker 1: very hard to know. You look home road, You're like,
Speaker 1: you don't even know when it is. It's just random.
Speaker 1: I think, Uh, Golf drop three hundred plus in three
Speaker 1: straight before his dot against San Francisco last week. He
Speaker 1: was also averaging nearly fifty attempts per game in those three.
Speaker 1: I like that in this one with the Vegas highest
Speaker 1: over under here, and these are the two fastest paced
Speaker 1: offenses in the NFL, so I think that he could
Speaker 1: have a ton of attempts here. So I am giving
Speaker 1: him a C grade. I wouldn't be surprised if it's
Speaker 1: a B grade. Uh. Woods and Cup, I'm giving both
Speaker 1: B grades too as well. If you had to bet
Speaker 1: on a start here, it's probably woulds the guy with
Speaker 1: twenty seven targets in just the last two games. Uh.
Speaker 1: He also has twenty carries for a hundred and fifteen
Speaker 1: yards and two scores of the season, so he can
Speaker 1: get it done there too. But he has eighty plus
Speaker 1: yards in three the last four, cast five, cast five
Speaker 1: or more catches in each of the last four. He's
Speaker 1: the safe B grade. Cup is the boomer bust B grade.
Speaker 1: Only one game under forty yards and almost always has
Speaker 1: five catches. You have a safe four, but every once
Speaker 1: in a while, once or twice a year, and once
Speaker 1: or twice this year, he's gone over a hundred plus
Speaker 1: in the score. So that's that's I'm going to look
Speaker 1: forward to Beasley and Crowded both went over a hundred
Speaker 1: and a score on the same Cardinals team, and they've
Speaker 1: given up a lot of slot yards this year. So
Speaker 1: I'm giving a cup to b Reynolds. He's gonna CE
Speaker 1: grade two. As I said, it's gonna be high temple.
Speaker 1: I think. I think the run game is gonna be
Speaker 1: all split up at the passing game. Reynolds forty plus
Speaker 1: yards and six of his last seven. That's C grade worthy.
Speaker 1: When you're getting three to four catches for d yards,
Speaker 1: you can hope for more, but that's that's C grade
Speaker 1: right there. On the other side, Murray has not really
Speaker 1: been the same since his shoulder injury. Last week was
Speaker 1: really really rough, and this week the Rams their number
Speaker 1: the number one d against fantasy quarterbacks. This is a
Speaker 1: very tough matchup for Kyler Murray. Yes, they've allowed the
Speaker 1: sixth fewest yards and the fewest passing touchdowns six out
Speaker 1: of the eleven teams they faced, so over half the
Speaker 1: teams they faced failed to even record a passing touchdown
Speaker 1: against the Rams. It's a tough spot, but it's Murray
Speaker 1: and he does run, and I think that rushing gives
Speaker 1: him a little bit more. He can get two hundred
Speaker 1: plus yards. I'm still giving him the C grade, but
Speaker 1: know that it's a really rough matchup. So if you
Speaker 1: have a nice spot start, it might it might be
Speaker 1: hoover you to go with someone over Murray. And you know,
Speaker 1: for Murray, the schedule doesn't get a lot easier. So
Speaker 1: they've get a surprisingly robust Giants defense on the road.
Speaker 1: After this, they gotta go across coast. Then they go Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: We just saw Philadelphia put Russell Wilson on a tough game.
Speaker 1: Then they go San Francisco. That defense is rounding into shape.
Speaker 1: And for the horrible leagues that play Week seventeen, he
Speaker 1: goes back to the Rams again. So it is a
Speaker 1: tough stretch for Kyler Murray, who powered teams into the playoffs. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know that he gets you through the playoffs. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's yeah, that's a really rough stretch. He might
Speaker 1: be getting a lot of sea grades and just mostly
Speaker 1: off his rushing end name. Yeah, Uh, DeAndre Hopkins. I'm
Speaker 1: giving a B grade too. He has been a little
Speaker 1: rough lately, Yes, he has. Outside of that Hail Mary,
Speaker 1: and he's got a day with Jalen Ramsey perhaps so
Speaker 1: is the number one d against wide receivers fewest yards
Speaker 1: and fewest touchdowns to wide receivers. They go back Ramsey
Speaker 1: and Hopkins from Yeah, if it wasn't if it was
Speaker 1: anyone but Hopkins, he might get a C here. But
Speaker 1: he gets a B grade because fifty five catches and
Speaker 1: fifty yards is like his floor. Those are those are
Speaker 1: the bad games. We're talking about five or fifty, So
Speaker 1: anything better than that's probably B range. I have Kirk
Speaker 1: put back on the bench. Uh, it's We've already mentioned.
Speaker 1: It's a really, really tough matchup and uh he's been
Speaker 1: a missing act lately, having only top fifty yards once
Speaker 1: in the last five games. He hasn't scored in the
Speaker 1: last four games either. Kenyan Drake C grade here. The
Speaker 1: Rams are fifth best against fantasy running backs. They've allowed
Speaker 1: a running back to rush for more than fifty yards, uh,
Speaker 1: just once since Week six, and that was sixty five yards.
Speaker 1: Not not a great game. No, uh, they've allowed a
Speaker 1: few twenty five yard receiving days. Can catch the ball.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get that fifteen to seventeen touch volume. He's
Speaker 1: what I like to call on this show, the volume.
Speaker 1: See that's what that's that's what he gets. He gets
Speaker 1: the volume. See here. The final game of this matchup
Speaker 1: is the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears. I want
Speaker 1: to start with the complicated situation of DeAndre Swift, who
Speaker 1: cleared the concussion protocol but is now dealing with some
Speaker 1: kind of illness I had at full health. If we
Speaker 1: get to feel really much better about his illness status
Speaker 1: by Sunday, I've got a B grade on him. Chicago
Speaker 1: is seeing the fourth most rushing attempts and they've allowed
Speaker 1: the ninth most rushing yards per game. The way you
Speaker 1: beat Chicago is on the ground, not through the air.
Speaker 1: And these teams met in Week one. As you may remember,
Speaker 1: Swift had a bad game and then dropped the game
Speaker 1: winning touchdown on a pass in the end. And Daryl
Speaker 1: Bevil did say on Friday that DeAndre Swift, if he plays,
Speaker 1: might have a smaller package of place to scary for
Speaker 1: a fantasy start. It is because the reason I was
Speaker 1: hoping to give him the B greatest because prior to
Speaker 1: the concussion had worked his way up to a twenty
Speaker 1: one touch game, which was the first time he had
Speaker 1: really had a big share of the workload. So I
Speaker 1: was excited for that. But I just don't know that
Speaker 1: it comes altogether here. Plus add in Adrian Peterson saying
Speaker 1: that he looked you know, he looked funny and he
Speaker 1: wasn't thinking clearly midweek that that worries me a little
Speaker 1: bit too. So we'll watch Swift. If Swift doesn't go,
Speaker 1: or you need a dart throw, you could certainly try
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson here, who performed well with Swift out entirely
Speaker 1: two weeks ago. Well, I guess one week ago, but Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: Then let's go to the passing game. T J. Hockenson
Speaker 1: gets a B grade. He's scored against Chicago in the
Speaker 1: first meeting, and all season long, the Bears have been
Speaker 1: tormented by tight ends, allowing the fifth most receptions, the
Speaker 1: sixth most yards, and the second most touchdowns to tight ends.
Speaker 1: Hockinson is a very good start. And I've got one
Speaker 1: other starting grade with Kenny Golladay ruled out, and that's
Speaker 1: Danny Amendola. Why he runs from the slot. He's going
Speaker 1: to return from his hip injury in time to face
Speaker 1: the busted screen door, Yes, buster screen. He's been awful.
Speaker 1: He's allowed four touchdowns in the last five games. There's
Speaker 1: a great opportunity for Danny Amondola. Slow receivers get it
Speaker 1: done more than the outside receivers against the Bears, and
Speaker 1: then the whole rest of the Detroit's passing game, including
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford around the bench. Yes, the Bears were dissected
Speaker 1: by Aaron Rodgers last week, but on the whole they've
Speaker 1: been very good. No quarterback is at three yards or
Speaker 1: three touchdowns other than Rogers. Marvin Jones does nothing with
Speaker 1: without Goliday. It's in Matthew Stafford. By Matthew Staffords thumb still,
Speaker 1: he's still questionable the thumb injury because he's playing through it.
Speaker 1: The thumb still isn't right. He's trying to play there.
Speaker 1: There's a scenario where Stafford doesn't even finish this game.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the Chicago side. We've got
Speaker 1: a couple of plays here of most note to fantasy
Speaker 1: owners Allen Robinson got the rare Friday down grade and
Speaker 1: injury status to questionable with a knee injury. That's a concern.
Speaker 1: Guys who get downgraded on ride A ten two more
Speaker 1: often be ruled out. So watch this one closely now.
Speaker 1: If he goes, Robinson is a boom or bust play
Speaker 1: in true bisk true brisk too true, brisky, Mitch to brick.
Speaker 1: Why can't I see it? Mit Tbsky? Can I just
Speaker 1: do this? I thought you were tried for a joke,
Speaker 1: Mitch Troubinsky. I've said Sad Trombowsky so many times now
Speaker 1: I don't even know his real name in Mitch Trobinsky
Speaker 1: starts good heavens, Allen Robinson has average ten targets, even
Speaker 1: if it has resulted in just sixty yards per game.
Speaker 1: The Lions are allowing one hundred nine four yards per
Speaker 1: game to oceiver? Is that sound effect? Isn't it the
Speaker 1: worst trombone solo ever? Ah? Anyway, um, what was I saying?
Speaker 1: The Lions are allowing yard per game to opposing receivers,
Speaker 1: and its opponent's top receivers top one hundred yards and
Speaker 1: back to back games, so there's plenty of upside for
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson if true Whisky does what he normally doesn't,
Speaker 1: just keep throwing the bald Robinson, which is what I
Speaker 1: would do if I were Mitr Whisky and I wanted
Speaker 1: to try to save my job. Agreed. Next, I've got
Speaker 1: a nice sleeper play for you in Darnell Mooney. The
Speaker 1: Lions are expected to be without starting cornerback Jeff Okuda,
Speaker 1: and that means Desmond true Font is going to see
Speaker 1: extended time and Mooney predominantly plays on Desmond trud front
Speaker 1: side of the field. Pro Football Focus ranks true Font
Speaker 1: as cornerback one twenty one. There's only thirty two teams
Speaker 1: in the NFL, so if you're cornerback one one, you're
Speaker 1: not very good. Get this. Every single pass that's been
Speaker 1: thrown in true fronts coverage since Week eight has been
Speaker 1: a completion. So I like Darnell Mooney in this game.
Speaker 1: He's questionable too with the knee, but they said they
Speaker 1: expect him to go, so continue with the passing game.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham's on the bench. He's losing too much time
Speaker 1: to Cole Kemmet Commet, and he is a touchdown dependent
Speaker 1: player who has scored one time in his last seven games.
Speaker 1: The only other player you care about is David Montgomery,
Speaker 1: who's got a B grade in this game. The Lions
Speaker 1: allow the fourth most rushing yards, the third most receiving
Speaker 1: yards to running backs, a total of one sixty six
Speaker 1: yards per game, and Montgomery should get most of that
Speaker 1: one sixty six. There's nobody else to get a catch
Speaker 1: a pass or run the ball there mcnaate Matteneggie didn't
Speaker 1: use Montgomery nearly enough last week, despite a good game
Speaker 1: and a long run against the Bears, or sorry against
Speaker 1: the Packers because the Bears are down by a grillion
Speaker 1: points all time garbage time by David Montgomery last week.
Speaker 1: Just that long run was not garbage time. And you
Speaker 1: think I was stuck with him, but he didn't. But
Speaker 1: Detroit's not gonna get way out in front in this game.
Speaker 1: So Montgomery is a very safe play and he gets
Speaker 1: a B grade. Garbage time by Mark keys Brown on
Speaker 1: Thursday to Yeah, how about that? It was? Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: it changed a lot of outcomes, didn't it? On Wednesday? Absolutely? Wednesday? Sorry, yeah,
Speaker 1: no problem. How do we come back nine players not
Speaker 1: normally in your starting lineup? We call it take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. We'll tell you who those players are
Speaker 1: that you can start this week for a variety of reasons.
Speaker 1: Also will continue breaking down all of the matchups. If
Speaker 1: you're looking for all my player rankings, go to Guillotine
Speaker 1: leagues dot com. More fantasy football coming up in just
Speaker 1: a moment. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly Ball Arch and
Speaker 1: Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you just hate the song?
Speaker 1: I love it so I want more of it, every
Speaker 1: and louder every stag. I would rather hear the trombone
Speaker 1: solo again, turning up the voltage on the cold they
Speaker 1: go together? Could they co exist? The trombone solo makes
Speaker 1: the song better. Uh, this is nine players not normally
Speaker 1: and you're starting wind up beginning at the quarterback position. Scott,
Speaker 1: I have Baker Mayfield, the Titans of the fifth worst
Speaker 1: team against fantasy quarterbacks. Mayfield's top two d fifty yards
Speaker 1: just twice this year, but he's had a bunch of
Speaker 1: bad weather games, and in the four of the five
Speaker 1: games of twenty seven attempts or more he had multiple scores.
Speaker 1: The Titans have allowed twenty seven attempts or more to
Speaker 1: every single quarterback they face. It's it's it's just a
Speaker 1: game where he's gonna get to pass a lot more
Speaker 1: than he's been able to lately. Yeah, the volume is there.
Speaker 1: Titans are seeing forty passes per game, which is would
Speaker 1: be a huge uptick for Mayfield. And that's how he
Speaker 1: gets fed in this game. Bryan, you're take a chance
Speaker 1: in the quarterback the artist formerly known as Stu Beard,
Speaker 1: he's now Stu Stubbs. Ryan Fitzpatrick at home against the Bengals,
Speaker 1: assumed starter. He should be the starter. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: this game a little later. We're gonna assume he's starting
Speaker 1: right now for the segment. Fitzpatrick has eight passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: in his last three games against the Bengals. Has a dolphin,
Speaker 1: a buck, and a jet and that all came in
Speaker 1: the same year. That's a joke, but very recently so
Speaker 1: he carves up Cincinnati on the regular. The Bengals have
Speaker 1: only allowed one passing touchdown over their last two games.
Speaker 1: That was Alex Smith and then the Giants last week.
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones was carving them up, throwing bombs to the
Speaker 1: one yard line, but he got hurt. But before that game, uh,
Speaker 1: since he had surrendered well over three plus passing yards
Speaker 1: per game over their last four and fourteen passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: during that four game span. I've got Philip Rivers assuming
Speaker 1: he goes, he's trying to work through a toe injury.
Speaker 1: If he doesn't, Jacoby Brisette might even be a plausible
Speaker 1: answer here. Now Prost's already stealing goal line work from
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, but it's actually impacting the runners because he's
Speaker 1: running in touchdowns and Philip Rivers is actually scored multiple
Speaker 1: touchdowns in four of the past six games, So very
Speaker 1: favorable matchup with Houston. They've given, they get. They've recently
Speaker 1: given up three hundred four passing yards to Jake Lewton
Speaker 1: and Cam Newton doubled his per game average, ballooning up
Speaker 1: to three hundred sixty five passing yards against Houston Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: assuming he goes, let's go to the running back position, Scott. So.
Speaker 1: On the west coast, we have this beast blowing up
Speaker 1: the league by the name of de Kalin Metcalf. On
Speaker 1: the East coast, we have a guy that's about to
Speaker 1: start blowing up the league by the name of Jackalin
Speaker 1: Dobbins JK. Dobbins. Okay, he's coming for you. He had
Speaker 1: seventeen touches out of the twenty two running back touches
Speaker 1: last the last healthy game he played. He didn't play
Speaker 1: this last Wednesday, of course. Uh, he had six the snaps.
Speaker 1: He's had two games where he's at sixty plus percent
Speaker 1: of snaps six team one and seventeen for eighty five
Speaker 1: in a score. Kenyan Drake hundred sixty four yards, daven
Speaker 1: Cook a hundred and sixty yards, Gibson had a hundred
Speaker 1: eight against Dallas. Uh and they those three combined for
Speaker 1: seven touchdowns. And that was just in the last six weeks.
Speaker 1: I I got J. K. Dobbins blowing up Dallas. We're
Speaker 1: gonna talk more about Tim a little bit later in
Speaker 1: the show as well. Uh, let's lose your take a
Speaker 1: chance of me running back Billy's Boston Scott at Green
Speaker 1: Bay over the each in each of the last six games,
Speaker 1: Scott has been Phillies leading receiving running back for the Eagles. Yes,
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders was injured for some of that stint, but
Speaker 1: when since Sanders has returned, his touches have gone from
Speaker 1: seventy seven to seventy to fifty percent. Scott Scott's have
Speaker 1: gone up during that span, from eight percent to thirty percent,
Speaker 1: of the Packers have surrendered the second most receiving touchdowns
Speaker 1: and the most receiving yards to opposing running backs. It
Speaker 1: should be no surprise Green Bay has yielded the third
Speaker 1: most red zone targets and touches in Golden Ghost scenarios
Speaker 1: to running backs. I hate the wide receivers for Philly.
Speaker 1: In this game, it's gonna be all tight ends and
Speaker 1: running acts catching the ball. So Boston Scott playing from behind.
Speaker 1: I've got Miles Gaskin returning to the starting lineup, and
Speaker 1: I know sevon A Commen may come back as well.
Speaker 1: Umubtful now, and I think Gaskin is gonna get the
Speaker 1: overwhelming majority of the work against the Cincinnati defense that's
Speaker 1: given up the third most rushing yards, two backs and touchdowns.
Speaker 1: In four of the last five Gaskin has gotten at
Speaker 1: least twenty one touches and five is six starts. If
Speaker 1: he gets anywhere near twenty one touches in this game,
Speaker 1: he is sitting on a potentially goldmine game. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the receivers. Scott, who is your take a chance
Speaker 1: of me receiver? Gave Davis Gabriel Davis for the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: I gave him a starting grade last week, and I
Speaker 1: will do it here again this week. With Brown out,
Speaker 1: he had three for seventy nine and the score last week.
Speaker 1: If he's still out there, go get him because he's
Speaker 1: he's been good when Brown has been out. That all
Speaker 1: my buttons got moved and I could not find the
Speaker 1: peacock right away. But that's that is a delayed earned
Speaker 1: peacock right there. Brian, you take a chance of me, receiver,
Speaker 1: help me, but I'm going t Y Hilton at Houston now,
Speaker 1: you against the Texans. You might remember t Y Hilton
Speaker 1: from such box scores as one yards and three receiving
Speaker 1: touchdowns two three yards and a touchdown, one hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy five yards and two touchdowns in a hundred ninety
Speaker 1: nine yards just two years ago. But yes, those are
Speaker 1: in the past. But the Texans allowed more than one
Speaker 1: hundred sixty five yards per game to wide receivers, and
Speaker 1: if you take out they're bad weather game in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: We've mentioned the Raiders a game a bunch of times.
Speaker 1: Houston has surrendered thirteen touchdowns to wide receivers over their
Speaker 1: last eight games, so one time. T Y Hilton more
Speaker 1: of a double d Daily Dart, Daily Dart. I've got
Speaker 1: Keelan Cole against the Vikings because he runs out of
Speaker 1: the slot, which puts him up against Jeff Gladney. Jeff Gladen,
Speaker 1: he has allowed the most passing touchdowns and the second
Speaker 1: most yards in the league. That is a very favorable matchup.
Speaker 1: Cole has been active in this offense, more active since
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew was benched, averaging a healthy six targets per game.
Speaker 1: Since then, other slot receivers have posted Fantasy relevant games
Speaker 1: against the Vikings like Curtis Samuel, Ceedee Lamb, Danny am
Speaker 1: and Dola Marquez, Velda Scantling, Russell Gauge, Corey Davis, and
Speaker 1: Zach Pascal. If those guys can do it, why not
Speaker 1: Keelan Cole. Let's go to our next matchup, which is
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts taking on the Houston Texans. We've already
Speaker 1: talked about some of these Colts. I like the quarterback,
Speaker 1: presumably Philip Rivers. You liked receiver t Y Hilton. Let's
Speaker 1: stay with the passing game. What about the best receiver
Speaker 1: on the team. Yeah, Michael Pittman really quickly. I want
Speaker 1: to mention these teams haven't played yet. This will be
Speaker 1: the first meeting. They're gonna play again in week fourteen.
Speaker 1: Uh next week camp. But yes, Michael Pittman, hold on,
Speaker 1: I get a chance to use there is that is
Speaker 1: our crow crow eating right there? Wow, nicely done. Not
Speaker 1: still nine targets for Pittman though, and he is the
Speaker 1: lead receiver on this team now, it is not t
Speaker 1: Y Hilton. And again the Texans I just said allow
Speaker 1: more than hundred sixty five yards per game to wide receivers.
Speaker 1: Take out the bad weather game in Cleveland and thirteen
Speaker 1: touchdowns to the position over the last eight is what
Speaker 1: Houston has surrenders would be for Michael Pittman. T Y
Speaker 1: Hiltons might take a chance on the wide receiver and
Speaker 1: Trey Burton going to give him a c. Over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, he has more targets than Jack Doyle
Speaker 1: and mo Ali Cox combined, and he gets a nice
Speaker 1: match up here with Houston. Again, if you take out
Speaker 1: that bad weather game in Cleveland, Houston has allowed seventy
Speaker 1: two yards per game to tight ends over their last
Speaker 1: three So a C for Burton and to the running
Speaker 1: game for the Colts. Jonathan Taylor should make his return
Speaker 1: from the COVID list. Uh. The Texans have allowed these
Speaker 1: second most fantasy points and the most rushing yards who
Speaker 1: running backs, and going back to last year, they have
Speaker 1: let a running back score in seventeen of their last
Speaker 1: eighteen games. So yeah, I'm giving Taylor a b here,
Speaker 1: assuming he gets the bulk of the work. And that's
Speaker 1: why I'm gonna bench nihem Hines. Yes, the matchup is
Speaker 1: good on paper, but uh, Indie's line is a little
Speaker 1: banged up. Costanzo is out there their top guard, and
Speaker 1: I do expect Taylor to see the majority of touches
Speaker 1: and Houston has only surrendered one receiving touchdown to running back,
Speaker 1: so I got highs on the bench. Over to the
Speaker 1: Houston side, David Johnson hasn't officially been activated, but it
Speaker 1: sounds like he will get expected to the Texans. I'll
Speaker 1: give him a see. Before he was concussed, Johnson had
Speaker 1: scored or topped one hundred Comboy yards in three straights,
Speaker 1: so he was certainly serviceable. The Colts are a tough
Speaker 1: matchup as no back as top seventy two rushing yards
Speaker 1: against them, but it will be a big boon for
Speaker 1: David Johnson if DeForest Buckner misses his second straight game,
Speaker 1: Johnson is no Derrick Henry, but without DeForest Buckner, Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry just had his way with that Colts defense last week,
Speaker 1: So if he's out, Johnson might be a b um.
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks is a b The new lead receiver for
Speaker 1: the Texans has at least eighty yards and or a
Speaker 1: touchdown in five of his last seven games, averaging eight
Speaker 1: targets during that span. There are now seven extra targets
Speaker 1: per game up for grabs. With Will full Fuller suspended,
Speaker 1: India's a solid corner duo and Xavier Rose and Rocky
Speaker 1: Sin is it? Rock your sin is it? But the
Speaker 1: Colts have allowed a ninety eight yard and one d
Speaker 1: and six yard wide receiver outing over the last two games.
Speaker 1: So I'll give the B to Brandon Cooks and that
Speaker 1: leaves Kiki Cutie and Isaiah Coulter out of Rhode Island,
Speaker 1: where I went there my freshman year. I had forgotten
Speaker 1: that I had done that until I saw that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was like, oh yeah, I went to you are
Speaker 1: I I gotta like you know who that? Of course
Speaker 1: he does he's University of Rhode Island tape over here.
Speaker 1: Knowes what what high school he went to? Probably, but
Speaker 1: I got them both on the bench. Uh. Someone needs
Speaker 1: to step up in Fuller's absence. We gotta let this,
Speaker 1: see this, let this play out in a tough matchup
Speaker 1: against the Colts. Nonetheless, so they're both on the bench,
Speaker 1: as are Darren Fells and Jordan Nakins. Uh. The Colt
Speaker 1: steps surrender just one tight end touchdown all season, and
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, though not on the bench, of course, he
Speaker 1: gets to be. The loss of Will Fuller is massive uh.
Speaker 1: And the Colts have well the fourth views passing yards
Speaker 1: and touchdowns to quarterbacks, so it's not a good matchup.
Speaker 1: What Lamar Jackson did have thirteen carries for fifty eight
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown against the Colts, the only true
Speaker 1: mobile quarterback they've faced, and Watson is certainly in that ballpark.
Speaker 1: The Raiders take on the Jets Scott uh and for
Speaker 1: this one, Josh Jacobs is out. Dante Booker, they presumed
Speaker 1: starter and workhorse back in this one he is he is. Uh.
Speaker 1: Since Week five, the Jets have allowed just one touchdown
Speaker 1: and running backs that's pretty good sneaky good run. Yeah,
Speaker 1: in that street, in that stretch, teams just don't need
Speaker 1: to run because passing is so easy though too so.
Speaker 1: No back in the last five weeks has more than
Speaker 1: sixteen carries against them. They're not running the ball a lot.
Speaker 1: Uh right now, DeVante Booker, we don't have a lot
Speaker 1: to go on this season for good When he's gotten
Speaker 1: the ball, he's averaging five and a half yards per
Speaker 1: came where I was gonna go, well, not with the
Speaker 1: yards per carry, but he's had eight plus touches twice.
Speaker 1: He had sixty plus yards in both of those games,
Speaker 1: hit three touchdowns in those games. I have a B
Speaker 1: grade on Booker because I think he's just gonna get
Speaker 1: just gonna get the workload of fifteen touch workload. It
Speaker 1: could be it could be a C. But I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with a B on the Derek Carr. I have
Speaker 1: to give him a C grade because of the last
Speaker 1: five games, he's averaging a hundred eighty four yards, which
Speaker 1: is very, very bad for a starting quarterback in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He started so well too at the beginning of the year.
Speaker 1: The Jets, though they have allowed the fourth most yards
Speaker 1: to quarterbacks and only one quarterback failed to score multiple touchdowns,
Speaker 1: So I think this might be a little bit of
Speaker 1: a get right game. He hopes to have Aglar back
Speaker 1: or playing in this game. He's been missing practice all
Speaker 1: week with the angle injury. Limited practice on Friday. We
Speaker 1: think he should be back. If he's back, I give
Speaker 1: a the C grade because the Jets just as bad
Speaker 1: against the wide receivers as the Arthur quarterbacks. Fourth most
Speaker 1: yards allowed wide receivers. Nelson Aglar seventeen plus yards per reception.
Speaker 1: He's top fifty yards in five the last seven. He's
Speaker 1: averaging over five targets a game. He's the safe guy.
Speaker 1: I have Rugs and Renfro on the bench. I want
Speaker 1: to I want to put this though. If all does
Speaker 1: not go, I'm giving C grades to both Rugs and
Speaker 1: Renfroll because I think those targets, you know they're they're
Speaker 1: gonna get some targets anyway. Those targets have to spread out.
Speaker 1: I think they try to hit Rugs deep. I think
Speaker 1: Renfroll becomes the underneath safety valve. I think they might
Speaker 1: get enough work with targets moving from ail R to
Speaker 1: those two to make them both seaworthy. But as for now,
Speaker 1: it's just with the sea. I love Seaworthy, Yeah, seaworthy.
Speaker 1: What was the Melvin Gordon line you had before? Let's
Speaker 1: not go back now. If you're playing the Bucks, then
Speaker 1: you could really be you can be double ec worthy right.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, yes, our uh Darren Waller A grade. The
Speaker 1: Jets are fourth worst against tight ends. Raiders consistently look
Speaker 1: for their tight ends for scores. David David. Derek Carr
Speaker 1: has nineteen touchdowns this year, eight of them to tight ends.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of tight end touchdowns from Derek From
Speaker 1: Derek Carr. The Jets have given up huge days to
Speaker 1: wide receivers and tight ends. Uh. Ten ends who get
Speaker 1: seven or more targets. Uh, we're talking about nine of
Speaker 1: those wide receivers are tight ends with seven or more
Speaker 1: targets score scored. Eight of them had a hundred plus
Speaker 1: yard days. Wellard has seven or more targets in eight
Speaker 1: games this year. He's gonna get there, so he should
Speaker 1: have a really good day. On the other side, Sam
Speaker 1: Donald has three passing touchdowns in the last seven weeks.
Speaker 1: In his seven weeks and his best game is two
Speaker 1: and thirty yards. The question is are the Raiders defense
Speaker 1: bad enough for Donald to do much. I don't think
Speaker 1: they're that bad. I'm gonna give crowded. Yeah, they're not
Speaker 1: prop up darnal bad. I've given crowd of the C
Speaker 1: grade though, because the Raiders are one of the worst,
Speaker 1: one of the two worst in the league against slot receivers.
Speaker 1: Um Nim has had a nice game last week, but
Speaker 1: Crowder is the guy I would look to hear. Nine
Speaker 1: different slot receivers have top fifty plus yards against the Radars.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of them, So C grade for Crowder Gore,
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a C grade to uh, no worry
Speaker 1: about his top seventy yards against the Raiders since we three, however,
Speaker 1: they've allowed fifteen touchdowns and given Gore's twenty one touch
Speaker 1: usage last week and really no one to take Cary's
Speaker 1: from him. He's also getting the volume. See yeah, I
Speaker 1: think he's good for that seventy plus yards if he
Speaker 1: gets similar volume again when we come back. Jaguars take
Speaker 1: on the Vikings James Robinson coming off a big game.
Speaker 1: He's been uber consistent this year, but the Vikings run
Speaker 1: defense has rounded into form over the past month and
Speaker 1: a half, making this a tricky matchup. We'll tell you
Speaker 1: if you can start James Robinson when we come back
Speaker 1: to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul
Speaker 1: Jarchi in Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. A
Speaker 1: block of matchups coming up, beginning with the Jacksonville Jaguars
Speaker 1: traveling to the Minnesota Vikings. Let's start with the running
Speaker 1: game and James Robinson. Over the last eight Vikings games,
Speaker 1: only Zeke has top seventy five yards on the ground.
Speaker 1: They've given up just one rushing score and one receiving
Speaker 1: score to Runners in their last six games right now,
Speaker 1: right now, But I don't know he's better than the Runners.
Speaker 1: The Vikings are faced in six, seven or eight of
Speaker 1: the last games, and this is a sneaky, tough matchup
Speaker 1: um Robinson, though it seems a match up proof. I
Speaker 1: mean just he basically performs well, not usually explosively against
Speaker 1: just about everybody. He's provided at least nineteen touches and
Speaker 1: ninety four combo yards in his last five games. That's
Speaker 1: good enough to give him a B grade in this one.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the passing game, where Mike Glennon gets
Speaker 1: a C grade. I thought he looked decent last week
Speaker 1: against the Browns, and each of his receivers have got
Speaker 1: plus matchups over their cornerback counterparts. The Vikings secondary looks
Speaker 1: slightly improved lately, but remains highly suspect. Minnesota is just
Speaker 1: one game removed from giving up three touchdowns to Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: So you know, in a pinch, you could start Glennon,
Speaker 1: but you probably care more about his receivers. Already told
Speaker 1: you Keelan cole Was might take a chance on the
Speaker 1: wide receiver and he gets a B grade in this game.
Speaker 1: D J Chark with a B grade. He's trying to
Speaker 1: play through a rib injury. I think he'll do it here.
Speaker 1: Chark has commanded at least seven targets and four of
Speaker 1: the last five games he's been getting more use with
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew out and he's got a He has a
Speaker 1: score and a one hundred forty six yard performance over
Speaker 1: those last five games. Chark will face on the outside
Speaker 1: Chris Boyd and sometimes undrafted free agent Chris Jones on
Speaker 1: the outside, both of whom yield passer ratings north of
Speaker 1: one hundred twenty in their coverage. So B grade for
Speaker 1: d J Chark as well. Let's go over to the
Speaker 1: Viking side. This one's really interesting. Everybody feels and I
Speaker 1: do too, that they have to give Dalvin Cook less usage.
Speaker 1: Since his midseason injury, the Vikings have used him to
Speaker 1: the tune of twenty nine touches a game. He is
Speaker 1: visibly wearing down, and over the last three weeks his
Speaker 1: yards per carry have dropped from six down to three
Speaker 1: and a half. And that's because of the I believe
Speaker 1: because of the extra usage. So I think they dial
Speaker 1: in back some here. But the Jaguars allowed the six
Speaker 1: most rushing yards and the eighth most receiving yards to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, coughing up one d fifty total yards
Speaker 1: per game. That is the fourth most. So Cook remains
Speaker 1: an a start here. But don't expect another twenty nine
Speaker 1: touch game. I think it's closer to eighteen to twenty.
Speaker 1: And that's why Alexander Madison is a dart throw C
Speaker 1: grade here. If you believe like I do, that Cook's
Speaker 1: gonna see fewer touches, let's go to the passing game.
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is a B grade. Again. If Cook's gonna
Speaker 1: get less usage, that puts an emphasis on Cousins, and
Speaker 1: he throws a few more passes in this game. Volume
Speaker 1: is usually what keeps his numbers non fantasy relevant. In
Speaker 1: many cases, when he gets volume, he does very well.
Speaker 1: The Jaguars have allowed exactly two touchdowns in four straight games.
Speaker 1: I think Cousins is sitting out approximately two touchdowns in
Speaker 1: this swar and and he's thrown multiple touchdowns in four
Speaker 1: straight So a B grade for Kirk Cousins. A grades
Speaker 1: for Adam Theland and Justin Jefferson. Jaguars secondary starting undrafted
Speaker 1: free agents Trey Herndon, Luke bark Who and fourth round
Speaker 1: rookie Josiah Scott. This is a secondary right for Pilfering,
Speaker 1: and I like both Feeling and Justin Jefferson with A grades.
Speaker 1: Jaguars allowing two hundred eight yards per game just to
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. Both Feeling and Jefferson can get
Speaker 1: paid in this game. Lastly, Cal Rudolph is a C
Speaker 1: grade with IRV Smith out. Jaguars are a defense that's
Speaker 1: allowed the most tight end touchdowns nine So if you
Speaker 1: need to pivot a tight end, Kyle Rudolph's the guy
Speaker 1: you can use. We just mentioned in passing, Uh, well,
Speaker 1: actually we didn't. Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: I take that part back, Brian. Let's start on the
Speaker 1: Bengals side of the ball. Giovanni Bernard disappointed last week.
Speaker 1: I don't love his chances against a surprisingly decent Miami
Speaker 1: run defense. What do you think the Bengal is just
Speaker 1: gonna be mentioned in passing at the end of the show. Basically,
Speaker 1: I got the Geo on the bench. He didn't lead
Speaker 1: the way quote unquote lead the way with the leaven
Speaker 1: of the fourteen running back opportunities. Those are carries and
Speaker 1: targets for since he last week fourteen opportunities. That is
Speaker 1: not when you've when you've got Brandon Allen's quarterback quarterback.
Speaker 1: So you can't like Geo's prospects against the Dolphins. No
Speaker 1: opposing back as top to ninety yards rushing and only
Speaker 1: one back as top thirty five receiving yards all year,
Speaker 1: and that was the aforementioned James Robinson in Week three.
Speaker 1: So Geo safely on the bench here. Tyler Boyd is
Speaker 1: almost there. I'm gonna give him a see though Miami
Speaker 1: has surrendered just eight wide receiver touchdowns all season. That's
Speaker 1: not a lot, fourth fewest, but the Dolphins have allowed
Speaker 1: back to back one hundred yard games to the position.
Speaker 1: But keep in mind Brandon Allen had a hundred thirty
Speaker 1: six passing yards total last week, so it's gonna be
Speaker 1: tough to get to a hundred yards for Boyd. But
Speaker 1: he will face slot corner Nick need Um most often.
Speaker 1: He hasn't allowed to score all seasons, So very soft
Speaker 1: sea for Tyler Boyd and T Higgins. I got him
Speaker 1: on the bench. You can cover a J Green with
Speaker 1: a parking cone at this point. That means Higgins will
Speaker 1: draw Xavian Howard. Pro Football focuses number one rated cornerback
Speaker 1: in coverage and just overall in general. So Higgins is
Speaker 1: on the bench, and so it was Brandon Allen. Of course,
Speaker 1: over to the Miami side, Miles Gaskin was your to
Speaker 1: take a chance on me? Running back chart I love
Speaker 1: him a lot in this matchup. You have to Davante
Speaker 1: Parker love him too. Can give him an A. And
Speaker 1: again this is under the presumption Fitzer Ryan Fitzpatrick is
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback. I'm gonna give Parker in a B
Speaker 1: to but in A for Parker since he has surrendered
Speaker 1: the fourth most wide receiver touchdowns per game one point three,
Speaker 1: and over their last four games alone, the Bengals have
Speaker 1: surrendered seven wide receiver touchdowns and to one yard games
Speaker 1: to the position. Parker will face outside corner Tony Brown
Speaker 1: most who allowed seventy eight yards and a touchdown in
Speaker 1: his coverage last week wide receiver too. I'm tempted here,
Speaker 1: but Parker got all of the targets last week. Mac
Speaker 1: Collins saw three and jachiem Grant, a friend of the show,
Speaker 1: had too. It's a great matchup, but I'm putting them
Speaker 1: both on the bench here. I feared the negative game
Speaker 1: script for the wide receiver to for Miami, so they're
Speaker 1: both on the bench. But Mike Asiki is not gonna
Speaker 1: give him a b. The Bengals have allowed the seventh
Speaker 1: most receptions, the most yards, and eighth most touchdowns to
Speaker 1: opposing tight ends. They just got scorched by Evan and
Speaker 1: Gram last week for a hundred nine yards, and Gram
Speaker 1: had in top of the hundred yards since earlyen So
Speaker 1: you love Gaseki here, and I love Ryan Fitzpatrick of course,
Speaker 1: as do you charge might take a chance on the quarterback.
Speaker 1: I love it all right. Let's go to our final
Speaker 1: matchup of this segment, which is the Cincinnati Sorry, I
Speaker 1: don't know why I got these two teams backwards. Uh,
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns taking on the Tennessee Titans. We already
Speaker 1: talked about Baker Mayfield take a chance, I mean quarterback.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the rest of the matchup. Yeah. Since
Speaker 1: I like Mayfield here, I like Landry here. Last week
Speaker 1: was his first good weather game without O b J.
Speaker 1: And he had eight catches for a hundred forty three
Speaker 1: yards in a touchdown. He's getting He's getting a giant
Speaker 1: one of the largest target shares of his team's targets
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. Uh. He also had his
Speaker 1: first touchdown of the year, which was nice. Titans ninth
Speaker 1: worst against wide receivers. So Landry's got to be Higgins
Speaker 1: and Hodge. They have combined for one game with three
Speaker 1: or more catches this year. For more than three catches, yeah,
Speaker 1: I can I can't trust them. Hodge had a goose
Speaker 1: egg two weeks ago, but he was better than Higgins
Speaker 1: last week. You don't know where it's coming from. They're
Speaker 1: both on the bench. Austin Hooper. Titans are ninth worst
Speaker 1: against tight ends. They're they're just a bottom ten in
Speaker 1: a lot of defensive categories here, allowing three touchdowns in
Speaker 1: the last four games. In that span, they've averaged a
Speaker 1: five point five catches and sixty four yards two tight
Speaker 1: ends allowed. That's that is a lot for those that
Speaker 1: are not used to the average tight end of those
Speaker 1: are healthy numbers. Yeah, if you get sixty, if you're
Speaker 1: getting sixty yards out of the tight end, that's a
Speaker 1: really good day, especially in especially in twenty. It's a
Speaker 1: great matchup, so I'm giving, but the Browns and the
Speaker 1: Browns have a propensity to look for their tight ends
Speaker 1: in the end zone, so I'm giving. I'm given Hooper
Speaker 1: a C grade here, and it's just because of Hooper.
Speaker 1: He has so many low yardage total games this year
Speaker 1: that it's it's tough to trust him despite the great matchup.
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb gets an A. He's just really darned good.
Speaker 1: Titans are seventh worth against running backs. Every running back
Speaker 1: with seventeen and more touches top two hundred yards and
Speaker 1: our scores scored Nick Chubb nineteen plus touches in all
Speaker 1: three games since returning top two fourteen in all three
Speaker 1: of those. Hunt also very startable B grade here has
Speaker 1: at least ten touches in every single game he's played
Speaker 1: with Nick Chubb this week. When you're getting ten touches,
Speaker 1: you're getting decent volume, especially in a good matchup against
Speaker 1: As I mentioned, the Titans seventh worst against running backs.
Speaker 1: They have allowed three receiving touchdowns in the last five weeks,
Speaker 1: so it's a good matchup for Hunt. Here. On the
Speaker 1: other side, Derrick Henry is an A grade. I don't
Speaker 1: even think we need to talk. We don't even talked
Speaker 1: about him anymore in the past. I'll mention the Browns
Speaker 1: are a pretty good run defense, but it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: Did James Robinson just have a hundred fifty nine yards
Speaker 1: against them last week? And Derrick Henry is better than
Speaker 1: James right doesn't have always worked that way. He was
Speaker 1: out last week. Onto the passing game, Ryan Tannehill. Browns
Speaker 1: are eighth worst against quarterbacks. That should help maybe Tannehill's
Speaker 1: really really bad streak going on, But look at the
Speaker 1: look at the schedule they've played so the last several weeks.
Speaker 1: Chicago Indie, Baltimore Indie. That's a brutal run for for Tannehill.
Speaker 1: That's like a Deshaun Watson schedule. I'll talk more about
Speaker 1: that in just a minute. Ryan Tannehill Mike Glennon through
Speaker 1: for two thirty five yards and two touchdowns. Uh and
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz through for also two d thirty five yards
Speaker 1: had two touchdowns against this Cleveland Brown Brown's team. I
Speaker 1: think Tannehill is a little better than both of them. Uh.
Speaker 1: He has sixth straight under two hundred six yards. But
Speaker 1: the upside is there. I'm thinking little mid two hundreds,
Speaker 1: a couple of touchdowns for Tannehill. You here, I think
Speaker 1: I think that's be worthy. I think that's a solid
Speaker 1: safe outing A J. Brown. He was over analyzed last
Speaker 1: week by me. I admit it, Brown, I gotta B
Speaker 1: grade two or an eight grade to here this week.
Speaker 1: He's just too much of a stud. And Corey Davis.
Speaker 1: I'm giving a C grade to Brown's eleventh worst against
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Davis has at least three catches and at
Speaker 1: least sixty five yards in all but one game. That's
Speaker 1: surprising is surprising, isn't Yeah? I think Tannehill is sitting
Speaker 1: on a nice rebound to his season beginning here. A J.
Speaker 1: Brown could be somebody who becomes the highest scoring wide
Speaker 1: receiver the rest of the way. That's I'll stay. I'll
Speaker 1: plant my flag on that. Like when we come back.
Speaker 1: Three tough questions for a panel of experts. You can
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Speaker 1: But the way I agree, by the way, I didn't
Speaker 1: know I was biting into a pickle pizza today. It
Speaker 1: was so bad. Don't do it. For the love of God.
Speaker 1: Anybody tries to give you a so called cheese burger pizza,
Speaker 1: make sure they get the pickles up. The hot pickle.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you. It was in general, and I like
Speaker 1: pickles that you don't want any part of them. Do
Speaker 1: have some flaws. Three tough questions, beginning with tough question
Speaker 1: Number one, it is sabotage drop season. Should fantasy managers
Speaker 1: drop Deshaun Watson? What what Scott alluded to the last
Speaker 1: the last segment here, they have Indie Chicago Indians since
Speaker 1: he coming up, since he's not much Indie Chicago and
Speaker 1: Indie coming up on the schedule. It's a really really
Speaker 1: rough schedule coming up, and he's lost Will Fuller. I
Speaker 1: still don't think you could do it though Watson and
Speaker 1: Watson has run for two over thirty five yards last
Speaker 1: few games. Chicago's allowed four touchdowns passing in the first
Speaker 1: six weeks, but since then they've allowed multiple touchdowns in
Speaker 1: five straight both of both of those Indians Indians Chicago
Speaker 1: the early season is what got them in some really
Speaker 1: weak matchups on the schedule, games against like Minshew and
Speaker 1: Donald and Falls and Mayfield and Tannehill for Indie. I
Speaker 1: still think he's gonna be a borderline top twelve guy,
Speaker 1: and I just I just don't want to give an
Speaker 1: opponent a top you know, a guy that could perform
Speaker 1: at a top twelve level, even if you have better
Speaker 1: replacement options. Keep him on your bench and don't give
Speaker 1: him to anyone else, all Right, Brian, should fantasy managers drop,
Speaker 1: sabotage drop DeShawn Watson. Yeah, like Scott said, Colts Bears
Speaker 1: Colts over his next three But he gets the Bengals
Speaker 1: at home in week sixteen. Like Scott said, And even
Speaker 1: if I'm streaming quarterbacks the next three weeks, I'm finding
Speaker 1: a bench spot to stash Watson for that week's six
Speaker 1: team matchup in the event I'm still alive. But he
Speaker 1: could have a good game against the Colts. Who knows,
Speaker 1: it's the first meeting. And even if he has a
Speaker 1: bad game, you can essentially sabotage drop Watson after this
Speaker 1: game because his name value still brings a lot to
Speaker 1: the table, and the Bears matchup is bad. Yes, but
Speaker 1: I looked back at all the quarterbacks they face. They
Speaker 1: have not faced a quarterback comparable to Deshaun Watson over
Speaker 1: the last two seasons. Really like a truly mobile quarterback.
Speaker 1: He could be the skeleton key that gets to that defense.
Speaker 1: So don't drop Deshaun Watson, and h please don't cue
Speaker 1: the Beastie boys right now. Charge, don't do it. He's
Speaker 1: gonna do it. I can't find it alright there they
Speaker 1: are the whole boy of the sabotage drop. He is
Speaker 1: to put a good player who's gonna struggle on an
Speaker 1: opponent's roster. That's the whole point. This fits all of
Speaker 1: the criteria of the sabotage drop right year, right now.
Speaker 1: With the Shawn Watson here, let me let me phrase
Speaker 1: the question differently. Can Brandon Cooks carry a passing offense? Answer? No,
Speaker 1: he never has. He has always been a robin to
Speaker 1: somebody else's batman, and defensives are going to play to
Speaker 1: take Brandon Cooks away. And then who is Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: gonna pass to? Who's gonna carry him to fantasy glory?
Speaker 1: Isaiah Coulter from the University of Rhode Island. The point
Speaker 1: is nobody, and if he maybe he squeaks out one
Speaker 1: good game against this tough run. By the way, Indie
Speaker 1: ranks number four and passing yards allowed, number five in
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns allowed, their number three and fantasy points allowed
Speaker 1: to quarterbacks. The Chicago ranks sixth and fantasy points allowed
Speaker 1: to quarterbacks eighth and fantasy touch in passing touchdowns allowed,
Speaker 1: and they have an allowed of quarterback rushing touchdown all year.
Speaker 1: This is a brutal series of matchups. Ken, Watson have
Speaker 1: a good game against one of these teams, maybe he'll
Speaker 1: find a way. Maybe, but more than likely he's going
Speaker 1: to dud in one of these games, and he will
Speaker 1: knock out one of your opponents from the playoffs when
Speaker 1: he does. Now you might say, well, he's gonna rush
Speaker 1: me to victory. You're own Watson, apparently, because Watson has
Speaker 1: one rushing touchdown since the opener one. He has top
Speaker 1: fifty rushing yards zero times this year. He's not the
Speaker 1: same rushing quarterback that you think he is. He didn't
Speaker 1: need to add. Will Faller out there full fuller advantage drop.
Speaker 1: Who are you replacing him with? Who are we replacing him?
Speaker 1: You can find help by listening to this show and
Speaker 1: take a chance on me. Tough question number two, what
Speaker 1: is the appropriate level of concern for Alvin Kamara? None?
Speaker 1: Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? Bryan,
Speaker 1: My bowels are loosened, bricks are falling out right now, Rostering.
Speaker 1: I'm passing bricks, but I'll go with bow loosening level
Speaker 1: of existential dread. Just three targets over the last week,
Speaker 1: last two weeks for one catch for negative two yards.
Speaker 1: For Kamara, he was on pace to break Christian McCaffrey's
Speaker 1: record for receptions by running back set just last year.
Speaker 1: He was gonna like shatter it. And that's all going
Speaker 1: down the tubes. Taysom Hill is taking all the goal
Speaker 1: line work, the Tavia's Murray's arguably healthier and fresher right now.
Speaker 1: He's not a better running back. But until Drew Brees
Speaker 1: comes back, we're not going to see the Alvin Kamara
Speaker 1: we were used to for the majority of the season.
Speaker 1: So I am you know, you know the poopy pants
Speaker 1: scared right now? All right, Scott, what's the appropriate level
Speaker 1: of concern for Alvin Kamara? None? Some or the bowle
Speaker 1: loosening level of existential dread? See. Uh. When I start
Speaker 1: thinking about this question, my stomach starts to turn a little,
Speaker 1: and then I think my balls are gonna loosen, And
Speaker 1: then I think it is Taysom going to stay the starter?
Speaker 1: Is Jamis Winston gonna come in? And I think how
Speaker 1: far away are we from Breese really coming back? Because
Speaker 1: he's gonna want to end this season on a high
Speaker 1: note if this is his last year. I say just
Speaker 1: some because I think this might just be a short
Speaker 1: term thing and we'll be okay in the playoffs. The
Speaker 1: correct answer is a bowl loosening level of existential dread.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why. It's not even just Taysom Hill,
Speaker 1: which is a massive concern. The no targets to Alvin
Speaker 1: Kamara at the negative receiving yards and the siphoning off
Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns because as I said earlier in the show,
Speaker 1: I think Taysom Hill is gonna get benched sooner or
Speaker 1: later because he can't pass. The foot injury really worries me.
Speaker 1: This is this is no small deal. Remember last year
Speaker 1: when Alvin Kamara famously played through all those injuries and
Speaker 1: scored in two games all year. I think we might
Speaker 1: be back to that. He doesn't pass the eye test
Speaker 1: and the only way Lottavius Murray is getting equal playing time.
Speaker 1: That should never happen. If Alvin Kamara is healthy. He's
Speaker 1: not healthy. And I don't know that you get over
Speaker 1: a foot injury while you're playing on it. My bowels
Speaker 1: are loosened. Tough question number three. Last week, I asked
Speaker 1: you about dropping all the Rams and Bucks runners in
Speaker 1: this segment. This week, I'm asking about the Baltimore Runners.
Speaker 1: Now that everybody's healthy. Should Ravens running back managers drop
Speaker 1: them outright? Scott? First off, I think I might want
Speaker 1: to leave it. Both of your bowls and this this
Speaker 1: very small, very small studio. Yes, it's not that small
Speaker 1: of it anyway. You know how I feel about J. K. Dobbins.
Speaker 1: I think he's taking over the load. I already said
Speaker 1: it earlier. I think he's going to be the lead
Speaker 1: back going forward. I think he's led the lead in
Speaker 1: touch in snaps four straight games, and two of those
Speaker 1: games everyone was healthy. I think he starts to be
Speaker 1: the sixty plus percent of snaps fifteen to twenty touch
Speaker 1: guy for the rest of the season. I say no,
Speaker 1: I say keep Dobbins, right, Brian should Should fantasy owners
Speaker 1: drop all Ravens? Yeah, I'm with fish. Fifteen rush attempts
Speaker 1: for Dobbins in week eleven, then he got the VID
Speaker 1: as we all know this week twelve, but they were
Speaker 1: ready to give him an extended look. So I'm holding
Speaker 1: onto Dobbins, but I'll drop the rest of them. But
Speaker 1: so the answer is now, yeah, that is correct answer.
Speaker 1: Gus is too touchdown dependent, he's out Ingram's uses, too scattered,
Speaker 1: he's out we just have this one game sample size,
Speaker 1: and that's all it is on Dobbins, just the one game,
Speaker 1: the glimmer of hope. That's that game before his COVID
Speaker 1: designation was going to be legitimate. We got to really though.
Speaker 1: The other game that Markingham was out, he got sixty percentsion.
Speaker 1: I think Justice Hill looks pretty good, look pretty good.
Speaker 1: Could be four way rotation if we're not careful. I'm
Speaker 1: for at least one more week. I'm watching Dobbins. But
Speaker 1: if they go back to being another rotational team, even
Speaker 1: rotation between those runners, he's out. He's got a one
Speaker 1: game leash and that is it. Let's work in one
Speaker 1: final matchup into this segment, and that is the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys taking on the Baltimore Ravens. Not a lot to
Speaker 1: talk about on the Dallas side. Yes, I was gonna
Speaker 1: says Bryant revenge game. It is Bryant revenge. There was
Speaker 1: ever a revenge game. It might be this one. I know.
Speaker 1: It's too bad it's not in Dallas, so we can't
Speaker 1: go out to the Star. Uh, let's go. I have
Speaker 1: one starting grade on a Cowboy and it's a Marie
Speaker 1: Cooper and it's only a C grade. In Andy Dalton's
Speaker 1: three full games, Cooper is averaging yards and has scored twice.
Speaker 1: Baltimore is a top five defense and yardage allowed to receivers,
Speaker 1: and they've allowed among the fewest passing touchdowns. Cooper will
Speaker 1: get a healthy dose of Marcus Peters and Peters is
Speaker 1: is probably the easiest of the matchups in that secondary,
Speaker 1: depending on whether or not Jimmy Smith plays in this one,
Speaker 1: but either way it doesn't matter. It's a brutal matchup
Speaker 1: and Cooper is the only guy can start. Staying with
Speaker 1: the passing game. Andy Dalton's on the bench. I think
Speaker 1: that goes without saying. Against Baltimore. Ceedee Lamb also on
Speaker 1: the bench. Out of the slot. He has a very
Speaker 1: tough matchup with Marlon Humphrey and staying again with the
Speaker 1: passing game. Dalton Shaw, it's the tight end. No tight
Speaker 1: end is top fifty yards against Baltimore over their last
Speaker 1: eight games. He's on the bench too, and that leaves
Speaker 1: us with Zeke. It's come to this a straight up
Speaker 1: bench designation. Going back to weeks six, Elliott has topped
Speaker 1: three point eight yards per carry, which is not good.
Speaker 1: One time vikings. He has scored one time Vikings. He
Speaker 1: has topped sixty three yards one time Vikings, so he's
Speaker 1: not playing the Vikings. So it's just a bench grade
Speaker 1: for Ezekiel Elliott. Let's go over to the Baltimore side
Speaker 1: where things get a lot more interesting. Lamar Jackson expected
Speaker 1: back and man does he need to get right game
Speaker 1: and this might be it? Please please. Jackson has scored
Speaker 1: just one or two touchdowns in eight of the past
Speaker 1: nine games. He's been held under two hundred eight passing
Speaker 1: yards in the past eight of the nine games. Only
Speaker 1: the Jets throw for le yardage than the Ravens. Fortunately,
Speaker 1: Dallas can give up gigantic games to anybody. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in eight of ten games.
Speaker 1: I think Jackson is going to find his way to
Speaker 1: two or even three touchdowns air and ground this week
Speaker 1: and to B grade for Lamar Jackson. Marcus Brown had
Speaker 1: the the nifty touchdown late in Wednesday Night's game Wednesday
Speaker 1: afternoon's game. When he doesn't score those long touchdowns, though,
Speaker 1: you usually get you know nothing from Brown, so you
Speaker 1: know the risk here, high degree of variability, but the
Speaker 1: matchup very strong. Dallas allows the second most fantasy points
Speaker 1: to receivers. Brown runs from all over the field, but
Speaker 1: most often he'll see him he'll match up against back
Speaker 1: up cornerback Anthony Brown, who has allowed three scores in
Speaker 1: the past two games. So I like, I like Marquise
Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown here, and he's got to be grade for me.
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews another guy where we hope and expect to
Speaker 1: get through the COVID protocol by this time time for
Speaker 1: the game. If he plays, he faces a super rising
Speaker 1: the solid tight end defense giving up just four receptions
Speaker 1: per game to the position, but they give up touchdowns.
Speaker 1: And that's why we're starting Andrews anyway. Andrews always a
Speaker 1: threat in the red zone. He's seeing thirty of the
Speaker 1: team's target inside the twenty. That's fifth most across all
Speaker 1: NFL teams. So we'll start Andrews here with a B grade.
Speaker 1: And the aforementioned JK. Dobbins we just talked about him.
Speaker 1: We hope that he's going to go back to getting
Speaker 1: the high usage that he had, and I've got a
Speaker 1: C grade on him here. In the two games where
Speaker 1: Dobbins saw at least fifteen touches, he averaged one hundred
Speaker 1: three total yards and he played of the snaps. Let's
Speaker 1: just keep our fingers crossed that that's gonna happen here again.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys have allowed four of the past six starting
Speaker 1: running backs they face to put up a hundred fifteen
Speaker 1: rushing yards. They're vulnerable to bell cows. Please make JK.
Speaker 1: Dobbins the bell cow. Greg Roman, we're begging Ingram and
Speaker 1: Edwards are on the bench. As previously discussed, when we
Speaker 1: come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, a big block of
Speaker 1: matchups for you, including the New York Giants and the
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. I think Chris Carson is one of the
Speaker 1: trickiest guys to figure out across the entire slate of games.
Speaker 1: This week, Brian Johnson will tell you whether or not
Speaker 1: you can start Chris Carson when we come back to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Fantasy Football Weekly returns, We've got three
Speaker 1: matchups for you in this segment, beginning with the Giants
Speaker 1: taking on the Seattle Seahawks. Brian, for the Giants, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be Colt McCoy at the helm, and I think
Speaker 1: that pretty much means we're not starting any part of
Speaker 1: that passing offense. Would the possible exception of van van Ingram,
Speaker 1: What do you think. Yeah, I will say Daniel Jones
Speaker 1: put in a limited practice on Friday, he's doubtful. But
Speaker 1: even if he plays, you're not wanting to play Daniel Jones,
Speaker 1: nor Colton McCoy if he's the starter against the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: who have just been giving it up in masses through
Speaker 1: the air, but not so much a lot better. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that's coincided with the return of strong safety Jamal Adams,
Speaker 1: who is all the world. So for that reason, Darius Slayton,
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd, Golden Tate, I'm gonna give them all a sea.
Speaker 1: They're not all going to get I'm not touching those
Speaker 1: guys with Colton McCoy, it's really it's Sterling Shepherd's only
Speaker 1: when I would give a soft seat. Two, I will
Speaker 1: bench Slaton Tate, even though Tate led the team in
Speaker 1: targets with nine last week, a lot of them coming
Speaker 1: when cold McCoy entered the game. And don't forget this
Speaker 1: is a revenge game for Golden Tate going back to Seattle.
Speaker 1: But all right, you talking about that, they're all on
Speaker 1: the bench. Seattle. They used to give up like through
Speaker 1: they don't now. Jamal Adams has returned that to everybody
Speaker 1: who started. Travis Folgum or we'll talk about the Eagles
Speaker 1: wide receivers later in the show. How bad they are,
Speaker 1: so I'll put them all on the bench. They are.
Speaker 1: They all are double ds though in my mind daily
Speaker 1: darts for the Giants wide receivers and a matchup that
Speaker 1: has gotten tougher. But so Evan Ingram, though we'll give
Speaker 1: him the start, can give him a B. Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: isn't shadowing tight ends. He's plugging like all the other
Speaker 1: holes in the secondary Right now, Ingram has at least
Speaker 1: nine targets, and four of his last five games the
Speaker 1: Seahawks allowed the most yards per catch to the position.
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard just had a great game against Seattle. So
Speaker 1: love Ingram here with it be even with Colt McCoy
Speaker 1: at quarterback and Wayne Gallman lastly for the Giants. Just
Speaker 1: to see here, he has scored in five straight games
Speaker 1: for the longest current streak among running backs. But two
Speaker 1: major red flags here. One is Colt McCoy of course,
Speaker 1: in that whole offense, and no one runs against Seattle.
Speaker 1: Opponents are only running the ball thirty three percent of
Speaker 1: the time against the Seas So Gallman's carries have increased
Speaker 1: week over a week, but again not a great matchup.
Speaker 1: But the volume will still be there, but it won't
Speaker 1: be as much as we're used to. So just to
Speaker 1: see for Gallman over to the Seahawks side, Chris Carson
Speaker 1: going to give him a be despite only seeing of
Speaker 1: the snaps last week. But he did look good when
Speaker 1: he was on the field. You have to think they
Speaker 1: might have been easing him back into action a little bit.
Speaker 1: I think he'll see more work against the Giants, but
Speaker 1: it's not a great matchup. Only one running back has
Speaker 1: topped hundred yards against New York and against New York,
Speaker 1: and only two loan backs have gotten more than fourteen carries.
Speaker 1: That speaks to no one going over a hundred yards.
Speaker 1: But there's just not a lot of volume for featuring
Speaker 1: runners against New York. But the Giants have surrendered the
Speaker 1: sixth most receptions and second most receiving arts to running backs.
Speaker 1: So be for Chris Carson. I got Carlos Hide on
Speaker 1: the bench though less Carson, I'm just I'm so nervous
Speaker 1: that it's gonna be another I mean, hid got like
Speaker 1: two thirds of the work last week. I'm worried it's
Speaker 1: gonna be closer to Carson owner like everywhere. I'm so
Speaker 1: nervous that it's gonna be like fifty fifty between the
Speaker 1: two of them, and they both just sort of dud well.
Speaker 1: Hide's got a toe issue that popped up late and
Speaker 1: last week's game too, he's supposedly gonna play about. I
Speaker 1: am concerned for Carson as you are, but I'm still
Speaker 1: starting Carson bention Hyde uh DK Matt Metcalf. Of course
Speaker 1: we're starting him, but just gonna give him a be
Speaker 1: here because he's gonna get shadowed by James Bradberry and
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a fun matchup to watch. Since
Speaker 1: week to brad Berry has allowed less than fifty yards
Speaker 1: in coverage in every game and just one touchdown during
Speaker 1: that span. And Bradberry is a big dude six one
Speaker 1: two ten, but he's a guard in DK. Metcalf is
Speaker 1: a power forward in basketball. So I still like Metcalf
Speaker 1: a lot here, but temporaryr expectations a little bit. They
Speaker 1: met each other last year when Bradbury was with and
Speaker 1: Bradberry held him to two catches thirty one yards. Now
Speaker 1: did get a score in the two catches, but still,
Speaker 1: and you know, different teams, and you know Metcalf is
Speaker 1: better this year, but still, that was a one on
Speaker 1: one matchup that Bradbury did pretty well. And Tyler Lockett
Speaker 1: is way better when he plays the Arizona Cardinals. His
Speaker 1: last non cardinal games, last six non cardinal opponents, Locket
Speaker 1: has cleared fifty yards just once and has not scored
Speaker 1: during that span against non cardinal opponents. I gotta thank
Speaker 1: Pete Harrington from guillotine leagues for that one. The Giant
Speaker 1: secondary has played well lately, only allowing two receivers to
Speaker 1: reach seventy five yards over the past six games, but
Speaker 1: lock It will mostly see rookie slot corner Darnay Holmes,
Speaker 1: who was allowing a seventy six percent completion rate in
Speaker 1: his coverage. I think, uh, it feels like a Lockett
Speaker 1: having a better game than Metcalf kind of day, But
Speaker 1: you never know. But I'm still starting Locket with some confidence,
Speaker 1: and I'll start Russell Wilson of course with more confidence
Speaker 1: than lock It. A strong be here over the last
Speaker 1: three weeks, Seattle's bottom ten in passing play percentage after
Speaker 1: throwing the ball like pent At the time and Wilson's
Speaker 1: number have. Wilson's numbers have definitely suffered during that span,
Speaker 1: and nobody has topped two touchdowns against New York since
Speaker 1: the opener, and only Tom Brady and Carson Wentz up
Speaker 1: top two yards against them since Week three, But to
Speaker 1: eighty and two still feels like a safe floor for
Speaker 1: Wilson in this one. Newly takes on the charger Scott
Speaker 1: and I'm sitting on a Damien Harris vibe in this game.
Speaker 1: I'm I kind of like them both and White sure
Speaker 1: and Rex Burkhad being out his simplified matters White it
Speaker 1: is and my concern, and they've been talking about how
Speaker 1: worried they are about botha In that pass stich, I
Speaker 1: can see Cam Newton dropping back, dumping it off to
Speaker 1: Harrison White quite a bit in this game. Harris rarely catches,
Speaker 1: but yes, I agree. Yeah, so I've i've C grades
Speaker 1: on both Harris and White. Harris is gonna get more volume,
Speaker 1: maybe some goal line work if Cam doesn't take it,
Speaker 1: White's gonna get the catches. Um, I've I have Harris
Speaker 1: with fifteen plus touches, uh and C grade there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so C grades on both of them. Cam Newton, I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a C grade two. He's had a seaworthy
Speaker 1: grade on rushing alone, not just kind of his passing game,
Speaker 1: passing yard, just his rushing a seaworthy grade in six
Speaker 1: of his nine fall games. So then you have the
Speaker 1: passing on to that. That's basically all it is. Charges
Speaker 1: have allowed four different quarterbacks to rush one in. Uh, so,
Speaker 1: I guess I still got to give Cam the sea,
Speaker 1: but I don't love it. Wide receivers I don't even care.
Speaker 1: I don't even care about they keep handling non functional
Speaker 1: passer in today's NFL. How do you get to Week
Speaker 1: thirteen with all the advantages that a quarterback has with
Speaker 1: four touchdown passes. Yeah, it's mind boggling. It's staggering ineptitude
Speaker 1: as a passer. These these target catching yards leaders flip weekly,
Speaker 1: and since Week five, no wide receiver has topped eighty
Speaker 1: two yards on the Chargers. It's not a good spot
Speaker 1: for them. On the other side, Herbert once again, he
Speaker 1: has had three yards and or multiple scores in let
Speaker 1: me check my notes again every single game this year.
Speaker 1: You can't you can't ever mention he's an A grade.
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen's inn A grade even though he's gonna get
Speaker 1: a lot of Gilmore, who does shadow. And I just
Speaker 1: saw this this week and I didn't realize it. Stephan
Speaker 1: Gilmore was the number six ranked PF slot corner last
Speaker 1: year and he doesn't He's not stot doesn't pay. That's
Speaker 1: how good he is when he's in this lot. I
Speaker 1: don't care. Ellen plays from the slot a lot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I just don't know how much Gilmore he sees in
Speaker 1: this game. If Gilmore shadows him, I don't care. Still,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get ten plus targets because he gets ten
Speaker 1: plus targets every game. A grade there, Mike Williams, I'm
Speaker 1: giving a C grade to two dods in the last
Speaker 1: three isn't great. But if Gilmore, when Gilmore does get
Speaker 1: on Allen, or even if he is on Williams, Gilmore
Speaker 1: is allowed a hundred and eighty or so yards around
Speaker 1: just under a hundred eight yards in the last three games.
Speaker 1: And Mike Williams is a great contested catch wide receiver.
Speaker 1: I think he can get his Uh. Williams will get
Speaker 1: five to seven targets. He's top seventy yards and three
Speaker 1: of the last five. That's sea level right there. Uh,
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry last three games are really encouraging. It was
Speaker 1: bad early in the season, but recently thirty in a touch,
Speaker 1: forty in a touch, seven for sixty seven last week.
Speaker 1: His usage is going up. He's played of the snaps
Speaker 1: in the last five games. Although Arizona and tight ends
Speaker 1: did minimal last week, Houston and Baltimore lit up the
Speaker 1: Patriots the two prior weeks. Uh. Just to be grade here,
Speaker 1: though New England's only surrendered one tight end touchdown and
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler I'm back to an A grade with played
Speaker 1: sent of snaps, twenty five touches in his return. Every
Speaker 1: running back who's top thirteen touches on the Patriots had
Speaker 1: eighty plus yards had eleven catches last week. He looked great.
Speaker 1: He e You would never have known he had. He's
Speaker 1: it was a first game back off a massive hamstring.
Speaker 1: He's gonna double that. He's gonna double that thirteen touches.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm I'm on board. Broncos taking on the
Speaker 1: Chiefs in a rematch from earlier this year. Only a
Speaker 1: couple of starters on the Denver side in the passing game. UM,
Speaker 1: let's begin with Drew Lock, who was on the bench.
Speaker 1: He's expected to return from the COVID list. He's been
Speaker 1: a wreck, completing just fifty five percent of his passes
Speaker 1: and averaging just one touchdown per game. He's only playable
Speaker 1: in the easiest of matchups. And this is not it.
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy was just a C grade, not counting last
Speaker 1: week's offensive debacle for Denver. Judy average sixty yards per
Speaker 1: game with two scores in his previous six games, which
Speaker 1: is okay, sixty yards and less than a coin flips
Speaker 1: chance at a touchdown. He'll aim to keep that consistency
Speaker 1: going against Kansas City, a secondary that held him to
Speaker 1: just twenty scoreless yards in the first game. Judy will
Speaker 1: face most often utility defensive back Tyrone Matthew in the slot,
Speaker 1: who's allowed one score in his last six games. So
Speaker 1: just the C grade on Judy a C grade on
Speaker 1: Noah Fant. He has not scored since Week two, which
Speaker 1: is bad, and he did very little in the first matchup.
Speaker 1: That's bad too. Fortunately, Chiefs are getting hammered by tight
Speaker 1: ends lately, giving up monster games to Rob Gronkowski and
Speaker 1: Darren Waller over the past two weeks. Fan's been playing
Speaker 1: gamely through an ankle injury. Is expected to start here,
Speaker 1: but I don't think that ankles fully healed yet either,
Speaker 1: So a C grade for Noah Fanse. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: the running game. We think Philip Lindsay is gonna play,
Speaker 1: but we don't know for sure. You're gonna need to
Speaker 1: watch this one down to game time decision level. If um,
Speaker 1: if Lindsay doesn't end up going, you could start Gordon.
Speaker 1: He's been a complete dud in four of the past
Speaker 1: five games. I think to my eyes he looks pretty slow,
Speaker 1: pretty powerless. He hasn't caught a passing in three games,
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs have not let a back top seventy
Speaker 1: seven rushing yards in seven games. If Lindsay's out, then
Speaker 1: we'll give a C grade to Gordon, and otherwise he's out.
Speaker 1: Is the one game that Lindsay was inactive for earlier.
Speaker 1: Gordon posted season highs and carry's yards and touchdowns, and
Speaker 1: that's really what he needs to be fantasy relevant. And
Speaker 1: for Lindsay, he's going to be out either way if
Speaker 1: he if he tries to play or not, we will
Speaker 1: not start him. So let's go over to Kansas City
Speaker 1: and this won't take long. Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey. They are all ranked number one at their
Speaker 1: positions by me at Guillotine leagues dot com. Kelsey's wide
Speaker 1: receiver for right now, I believe unbelievable. Biggest positional differentiator
Speaker 1: in football is Travis Kelsey. And it's not close. We
Speaker 1: say it every year and that nobody wants, nobody's willing
Speaker 1: to draft him in the first half of the first round.
Speaker 1: What Tyree Hill is going to do to slot cornerback
Speaker 1: he saying bassie should be illegal even in Colorado. M
Speaker 1: Staying with the passing games, Sammy Watkins gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: He's always a dark throw. He did little in the
Speaker 1: first game back, did little in his first game back
Speaker 1: last week. The Broncos only good quarnerback Bryce Callahan is
Speaker 1: gonna miss this game. So you want to try Sammy Watkins? Fine,
Speaker 1: you know, I think so. It's gonna be so easy
Speaker 1: to find Hill and Kelsey, they won't need Watkins. But
Speaker 1: then again, maybe his turn does really well historically in
Speaker 1: Week thirteen matches Week one, uh. And then lastly, this
Speaker 1: could be a Clyde Edwards a layer game as well. Now,
Speaker 1: volume is always a concern for Clyde, but I can
Speaker 1: live with his recent usage, which is twelve touches and
Speaker 1: fifteen touches. That's enough to get him to viability. I
Speaker 1: also like his three touchdowns in the last three games
Speaker 1: for Clyde. The Broncos run defense was overrun over the
Speaker 1: last few games by both Las Vegas and New Orleans,
Speaker 1: and they've allowed nine scores to running backs in the
Speaker 1: last six games. So I kind of like Clyde Edwards
Speaker 1: a layer here more than I have. The last several games.
Speaker 1: He has been sick. They they've been talking about being
Speaker 1: worried how much he's going to be able to play
Speaker 1: correct and we'll monitor that up to kick off, assuming
Speaker 1: he's ready for maintain the workload he normally he has
Speaker 1: been getting. I like him. Now do you like Levian Bell,
Speaker 1: who apparently he's the next guy who's gonna fight this
Speaker 1: logan Paul YouTuber guy coming up? I like him more
Speaker 1: in that matchup than I do in this one. Man,
Speaker 1: if you would have sold on LEVI on Bell at
Speaker 1: the moment the Chiefs picked him out, you could almost
Speaker 1: named your price on Bell. And he has done nothing nothing.
Speaker 1: It's all about striking at the right moment. You'll be
Speaker 1: striking at the right moment. We come back from the
Speaker 1: final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly, as we covered the
Speaker 1: final three matchups, including the Eagles taking on the Packers.
Speaker 1: What to expect from Miles Sanders when we return to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul
Speaker 1: Charchi in, Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. Thank
Speaker 1: you for joining us. If you are listening to this
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Speaker 1: whole thing back by a podcast, Fantasy Football Weekly and
Speaker 1: whatever your preferred podcasting medium is. We've got three matchups
Speaker 1: to wrap up the show. No premature speculation, which normally
Speaker 1: during the season goes into this spot until about this
Speaker 1: stage of the season when we have more games to
Speaker 1: talk about and the it's no longer really picking up
Speaker 1: guys for the rest of the year as much because
Speaker 1: there's just not that much time left. Our next matchup
Speaker 1: is the Philadelphia Eagles against the Green Bay Packers. The
Speaker 1: way to beat the Packers is to run the ball?
Speaker 1: Is this a Mile Sanders game? Brian, I wish I
Speaker 1: had the answer for you. We're gonna assume it is,
Speaker 1: even though his touches since returning from injury have gone
Speaker 1: down from seventy seven to seventy to just fifty percent
Speaker 1: last week's all the while Boston Scotts have gone up
Speaker 1: eighteen percent to thirty percent to percent. But like you said,
Speaker 1: it's a good spot and the only way to really
Speaker 1: beat Green Bay is running the ball. The Packers allow
Speaker 1: one fifty seven combo yards per game to running back slot,
Speaker 1: the third most, the third most, and three straight opposing
Speaker 1: starting running backs up top two hundred combo yards. But
Speaker 1: be wary of Boston Scott. He was might take a
Speaker 1: chance of me running back. I think he's heavily evolved
Speaker 1: in the receiving game in this one, as Philly plays
Speaker 1: from behind. Uh Dallas got Sanders can catch, by the way, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you know, you know you can pass to him.
Speaker 1: But he's been out targeted by Boston Scott and basically
Speaker 1: every game they played recently. So there we go. Uh
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard might get out targeted by zach Ertz, who
Speaker 1: is making his return. I'm not gonna starts in this one.
Speaker 1: I gotta see something from him first. They might ease
Speaker 1: him back in. I will give Goddar to see despite
Speaker 1: Green Bay allowing the fourth fewest receptions, seventh fewest yards,
Speaker 1: and the eighth fewest touchdowns to tight ends just three
Speaker 1: on the year, but the competition hasn't been great at
Speaker 1: the tight end level. The Colts tight ends did combine
Speaker 1: for forty seven yards and two touchdowns against the Packers
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, so I'll give Goddard to see here.
Speaker 1: But again, I'm worried about the Earth's factor here. Uh,
Speaker 1: He's not gonna blow up like he did last week.
Speaker 1: Got her that is, And the Eagles wide receivers did
Speaker 1: not blow up last week, totaling forty six yards against
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, who were allowing forty six yards per catch
Speaker 1: earlier in the season. I'm not sure Jayer Alexander is
Speaker 1: gonna shadow any of these scrubs, but he'll essentially cut
Speaker 1: the field and half. So they're all on the bench.
Speaker 1: Long story short Jalen Rieker, Alejan Jeffrey, Travis Fulgham, Greg Ward,
Speaker 1: even Marky Mark he's on the bench. Carson bench, he
Speaker 1: is on the bench. No guarantee even finishes this game,
Speaker 1: So an easy bench for Carson here over the Green
Speaker 1: Bay side Aaron Jones and to give him a B.
Speaker 1: Philly has been tough against the run for the most
Speaker 1: part half, but they've been vulnerable as of late, as
Speaker 1: the last last three starting running backs they face have
Speaker 1: either topped one yards or scored a touchdown. Last week
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. Jones saw the most rushing attempts and rushing
Speaker 1: yards since Week two. But Jamal Williams will continue to
Speaker 1: steal couches touches because you know why, Fish, He's pretty
Speaker 1: good football player. Jamal love him. We all love Davante Adams.
Speaker 1: He gets an a. Adams has nine scores over his
Speaker 1: last six games, finding paydirt at least one once in everyone.
Speaker 1: He's also averaging a hundred nine yards over that span.
Speaker 1: He's essentially matchup proof at this point. But whatever, here's
Speaker 1: some analysis anyways. Philly has allowed only two receivers to
Speaker 1: reach seventy five yards over the last six games and
Speaker 1: have only allowed one receiver to score over their last four.
Speaker 1: We can expect Adams to see shadow coverage from Darius Slay,
Speaker 1: but he just got flamed by DK mattcalf And again,
Speaker 1: I don't care what the opposition does against receivers. You're
Speaker 1: gonna start Davante Adams with confidence. I'm starting album's art
Speaker 1: with confidence to at least a sea level. Confidence. Last
Speaker 1: week was confidence, there you go. Last week it was
Speaker 1: ardrew six targets and found the end zone on just
Speaker 1: a forty six percent snap. Sherry should see more work
Speaker 1: in this one, and he draws a favorable matchup with
Speaker 1: Avante Maddox, who is allowing seventy of his passes to
Speaker 1: be completed in his coverage in a passer rating of
Speaker 1: one oh seven. Lastly, for the past catchers, Robert Tonyan
Speaker 1: can give him a B. Philly hasn't allowed a tight
Speaker 1: end touchdown and its last five games, but they have
Speaker 1: allowed the seventh most receptions to the position on the season,
Speaker 1: and Tonyan is just a mountain has a catch rate
Speaker 1: which will play nicely against former slot corner Jalen Mills,
Speaker 1: who concedes five inches and fifty pounds to Tonyons, Mike
Speaker 1: and Tonian in this matchup, and Aaron Rodgers. A. Philly
Speaker 1: has allowed only one passing touchdown over the last four
Speaker 1: games that went to Russell Wilson, but the other three
Speaker 1: quarterbacks they faced where Benda Nuci, Daniel Jones and Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield in the infamous Monsoon. So we like a a
Speaker 1: Ron here next match, I'll give him the art work
Speaker 1: just for Matt Fantasy yard Park. There we go, the
Speaker 1: Fantasy hard Park. How did I miss this? I was
Speaker 1: gonna say, I sleep walking through through the air assumed
Speaker 1: he was hybridating. I was gonna say, must have been rid.
Speaker 1: You know the weather is getting colder. Now we're in December.
Speaker 1: You can't let me forget the up Bill's taken. The
Speaker 1: forty nine defense, got Richard Sherman back and immediately looked
Speaker 1: dramatically better last week. What do you think about his
Speaker 1: opportunity the opportunities for the past. I want to start
Speaker 1: with the passing game and Josh Allen in particular, as
Speaker 1: he's got to try to beat Sherman. So Josh Allen
Speaker 1: has just one game where he didn't have multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: on a one way or the other. And in that
Speaker 1: one game seven yards passing in sixty one rushing. So
Speaker 1: the one game he didn't throw multiple touchdowns, He's still
Speaker 1: had a good game. Uh. That said, Ellen's five worst
Speaker 1: games in the Fantasy in this year. We're with John
Speaker 1: Brown out like all the one through five, the worst
Speaker 1: games he's played this year. We're with they're still good games,
Speaker 1: but they were with John Brown out, so you're ceiling
Speaker 1: has to come down a little bit. I'm giving Allen
Speaker 1: a B here. Is the tenth best against fantasy quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have held seven teams under two yards passing, but the
Speaker 1: rushing floor helps uh. San Francisco allows the most rushing
Speaker 1: yards two quarterbacks and the most rushing attempts, so be
Speaker 1: great for Alan. I'm giving Digs the B grade. He
Speaker 1: has six or more catches uh in every single game
Speaker 1: since Week three. He has a tough match up here
Speaker 1: with Sherman, but Sherman wasn't able to clamp down super
Speaker 1: great last week, even though overall they kept him down.
Speaker 1: Um Uh. Last last week was the yardage dud for Digs.
Speaker 1: But he gets the volumes and he gets the catches.
Speaker 1: As I said, six plus catches you're getting you're getting
Speaker 1: points out of him. Segret for Gabriel Davis, who's gonna
Speaker 1: take a chance on me? Player Cole Beasley I have
Speaker 1: on the bench. Is the best game for a slot
Speaker 1: guy against San Francisco this entire year? Forty one yards
Speaker 1: and none of them scored, not one so bench grade
Speaker 1: for Beasley. I'm sorry, charge, I have Mosson Singletary on
Speaker 1: the bench after they've nervous tough matchup. They flipped again
Speaker 1: in touches. Moss led once again in snaps, but they
Speaker 1: flipped again in touches. Only two running backs of top
Speaker 1: sixty five yards rushing against Santranc, So, uh, they're both
Speaker 1: on the bench. On the other side, Nick Mullins A great, No,
Speaker 1: just see if you're awake. I mean the whole air
Speaker 1: bear thing. I just don't know if you're awake over
Speaker 1: there right now. So alright, As mentioned last week, the
Speaker 1: Bills are bottom ten against fantasy quarterbacks as they've given
Speaker 1: up the most rushing touchdowns and tenth most rushing yards. Uh.
Speaker 1: Two quarterbacks it through the air. They're actually pretty decent.
Speaker 1: So that's why Mullins is getting the bench. I don't
Speaker 1: expect him to run all over the field. Curtis Samuel
Speaker 1: and Brandon Au however, I do have sea grades on
Speaker 1: now that they're both going to play. They're both just
Speaker 1: too good of playmakers. Samuel, Yeah, Samuel erupted getting thirteen
Speaker 1: targets with ayuk out and I with Samuel got fourteen
Speaker 1: targets that I think even if they now they split
Speaker 1: him seven seven, yeah, seven eight targets for each this
Speaker 1: week with them both in that's that's good enough volume
Speaker 1: to probably see a ce I figured with one of
Speaker 1: those touches, and they both run the ball too. With
Speaker 1: one of those touches. Somewhere, they're gonna break something to
Speaker 1: get see where they good? Did Deebo Samuel look last
Speaker 1: He's finally healthy, right off the foot injury from the
Speaker 1: preseason and you know the various other things he's had.
Speaker 1: He came out. I thought he looked fantastic. He looked
Speaker 1: like one of the least fun guys to tackle receivers.
Speaker 1: He did last year too. Yeah, he looked just like
Speaker 1: the guy that was just steamrolling opponents in the in
Speaker 1: the playoffs in the second half of last year. Reminds
Speaker 1: me of an Kuan Bold in a little bits I
Speaker 1: was gonna say next year, I wouldn't be shocked if
Speaker 1: we're talking about him in the likes of the A. J.
Speaker 1: Browns and the McLarens and stuff like that. I wouldn't. Yes, Uh,
Speaker 1: Jordan Reed, I got a B grade on a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. I said he's a prespect get him
Speaker 1: for this last couple of games. Stretch run and it
Speaker 1: starts here. Uh six targets and back to back games.
Speaker 1: The Bills are third worst against tight ends, allowing the
Speaker 1: second most yards. Two of the last three starters top
Speaker 1: six yards, and they've had seven tight ends top sixty
Speaker 1: yards and or score against them. We mentioned earlier. Sixty
Speaker 1: yards for a tight end is a pretty dang good game.
Speaker 1: That's a B grade there where he mostard, I'm giving
Speaker 1: a B grade too. He only played twenty nine snaps,
Speaker 1: but he got eighteen touches. When she means when he
Speaker 1: was on the field, they were getting him the touches.
Speaker 1: It was his first game back. I think he'll get
Speaker 1: more work this time somehow, uh fled uh San Francisco
Speaker 1: running backs and snaps and usage. In the last five games,
Speaker 1: four running backs had fifteen plus torches against the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: All of them had a hundred plus yards. Most of
Speaker 1: it's getting that fifteen plus, yeah, most of it's gonna
Speaker 1: be A guy who's gonna sneaky power teams through the
Speaker 1: playoffs is traded. I like it. Our final matchup is
Speaker 1: the Washington football team and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let's start
Speaker 1: on the Washington side. Alex Smith is on the bench.
Speaker 1: He is a game manager. He throws short passes with
Speaker 1: a few touchdowns, and he has a bad matchup. Is
Speaker 1: the only receiver of his that you want to start
Speaker 1: wide receiver Terry McLaurin. Of course, he's got an ankle injury,
Speaker 1: but expected to play through it, averaging nine seven yards
Speaker 1: over the past four games catching those slow motion wobblers
Speaker 1: from Alex Smith. He's also had at least seven catches
Speaker 1: or eighty four yards in six straight games. I mean
Speaker 1: he just, regardless of opponent, Terry McLaren finds a way
Speaker 1: to get it done. Steelers have a good past defense,
Speaker 1: but opposing number one receivers have had some success, including
Speaker 1: Marks Brown last Wednesday and Tee Higgins a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks before that. So we'll we'll keep the B grade
Speaker 1: on Terry McLaurin in this one. The only other quasi
Speaker 1: receiver we've got his tight end Logan Thomas. It's a
Speaker 1: it's a brutal matchup. I don't like it at all
Speaker 1: that From that respect, Pittsburgh's allowing the second fewest receptions
Speaker 1: and the third fewest yards to opposing tight ends and
Speaker 1: just one score all year. But this year's tight end
Speaker 1: landscape is so bad you probably need to start a
Speaker 1: guy who has at least sixty yards or a score
Speaker 1: and four of his last six games, So in a pinch,
Speaker 1: you probably need to start Logan Thomas, and I'm giving
Speaker 1: him a C grade only because it's such a dry
Speaker 1: year at the position. And then Antonio Gibson. He's been
Speaker 1: much better lately, but he's been dominating bad teams. The
Speaker 1: Steelers allow the seventh fewest rushing yards per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running backs, and in Pittsburgh's last month of games,
Speaker 1: no back has stop seventy three yards. Guess Gus Edwards
Speaker 1: got a goal line plunge last Wednesday afternoon. That's the
Speaker 1: only score in the last month against them. Gibson's a
Speaker 1: very good talent, but I'm not I'm nervous about this
Speaker 1: game still. I think he gets enough usage here and
Speaker 1: especially on the ground, that he should be playable. Pittsburgh's
Speaker 1: great against receiving running backs, and I've got a bench
Speaker 1: grade on j. D. Mckissic, who has done very little
Speaker 1: for two straight games. Let's go to the Pittsburgh side.
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger gets a B grade. Pittsburgh is the perfect
Speaker 1: team to neutralize what Washington does best Defensively. Washington, they've
Speaker 1: got the four first round picks on their defensive line.
Speaker 1: They create a ton of pressure, but Ben gets rid
Speaker 1: of the ball quickly. He has the league's fastest throwing
Speaker 1: time at two point to nine seconds per next Jen Stats.
Speaker 1: What's more, Pittsburgh ranks number two in pass blocking. The
Speaker 1: Washington secondary is going to have is gonna need to
Speaker 1: hold their coverage for longer than their used to, and
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna open up some avenues for Ben Roethlisberger.
Speaker 1: So who's he gonna throw to? Well, Deonte Johnson is
Speaker 1: coming up this horrible game where he dropped more balls
Speaker 1: than a Hernia specialist. He had three drops in two
Speaker 1: potential fumbles in that game. But on the balance of
Speaker 1: the year, Johnson has been uber reliable. He'll face both
Speaker 1: Kendall Fuller and Ronald Darby on the outside. Darby has
Speaker 1: allowed just one score in the past seven games, but
Speaker 1: Fuller has been tagged for three scores in three weeks.
Speaker 1: So I've got a B grade in Deonte Johnson and
Speaker 1: hopefully he bounces back. I do worry that, like what
Speaker 1: happens if he drops his first pass at at him?
Speaker 1: Does Ben even look his way again? That worries me
Speaker 1: about Johnson. In fairness, everyone was dropping passes Sitsburgh and West,
Speaker 1: Team Ebron, Claypool, they all Chase somebody said tweeted seven
Speaker 1: drop passes in one game. Chase Claypool be great here.
Speaker 1: You start him because he scores touchdowns. Washington's only allowed
Speaker 1: seven scores opposing wide receivers, which is third fewest. On
Speaker 1: top of that, they've given up just one yard receiver
Speaker 1: that was a Marie Cooper just one week ago. So
Speaker 1: I don't love Claypool here, but he's just been so
Speaker 1: consistent with scoring. I've gotta be grade on him. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then Juju Smith Schuster a C grade. He has
Speaker 1: been very consistent. He's been the least consistent of the
Speaker 1: Steelers receivers. And Juju will face Jimmy Morland in the slot.
Speaker 1: He hasn't given up a touchdown all year. So just
Speaker 1: the C grade on Juju Smith Schuster. And then there's
Speaker 1: Eric Ebron, who you touched on tight ends are responsible
Speaker 1: for two of the receiving yards that Washington has allowed.
Speaker 1: That is the fifth highest ratio. Washington has allowed averages
Speaker 1: of five catches, fifty yards and half a touchdown to
Speaker 1: the position. That gives Eric Ebron a C grade. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the running backs, Connor and Snell. So Connor
Speaker 1: is in the COVID protocol um and since this game
Speaker 1: is Monday night, you may not know whether or not
Speaker 1: he's going to be the starter. So whether it's Snell
Speaker 1: or Connor, it's a tough matchup against the Washington run
Speaker 1: defense that allows the sixth fewest fantasy points to running backs.
Speaker 1: Only Nick Chubb is top eighty six rushing yards against
Speaker 1: Washington in their last eleven their eleven games this year,
Speaker 1: and they've been especially tough lately. Washington's only given up
Speaker 1: two scores to backs in their last six games. So
Speaker 1: I've got a C grade on Connor if he goes,
Speaker 1: and then you bench Snell if Connor doesn't go. A
Speaker 1: C grade on Snell makes sense. I don't like you
Speaker 1: the one much and you're not gonna again Monday night.
Speaker 1: You may not know what Connor status is when you
Speaker 1: need to set your lineup. I wanted more Anthony McFarland too,
Speaker 1: in that Ravens like that. I thought it looked okay
Speaker 1: to whatever. Um, We've got just a moment here at
Speaker 1: the end of the show, give me a player Dynasty
Speaker 1: and Empire league owners could pick up now that's widely
Speaker 1: available that you will be glad you have on your
Speaker 1: roster next summer. See, I was thinking more if it's
Speaker 1: if it's a Shower or if it's a Empire or something.
Speaker 1: I think. I think at the end of the season
Speaker 1: here A J. Dillon needs to get on rosters. He's
Speaker 1: going to be the only Packer under contract, packer running
Speaker 1: back under contract next year because contracts are up on
Speaker 1: Jones and Williams and they need that money to sign
Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster. Right, they might go signed Juju Smith Schuster.
Speaker 1: That might be, but I mean I think they keep
Speaker 1: Williams because he'll be cheaper. Packers keep Williams. They let
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones go because Aaron Jones thinks he should get
Speaker 1: a Dalvin Cook style contract, and I don't think it's
Speaker 1: gonna happen. We'll find out if that plays out. But
Speaker 1: I like that A J. Dillon. That makes some sense.
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