WEBVTT - Week 13: Elementary, Watson 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:10.440 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from i Heart Radio, 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.720 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:24.880 advice Leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul. Welcome to 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.920 Fantasy Putball Weekly on Paul charge In. My co host 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:30.520 today as they have been the last couple of weeks, 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:34.000 Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Hello, gentlemen. The a team 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:36.840 that's so, that's what we're gonna call it while Matt's 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:39.360 not here, which is probably the best way to handle that. 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.200 We've got plenty to get to. This is for some 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:47.720 people formally the playoffs. For other people, this is the 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.279 week you have to win to get into the playoffs, 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:53.040 which really makes it a playoff game for you, remember 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:55.720 or not, even if you're not in the playoffs, what else? 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:57.320 What better things do you have to do other than 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:01.040 listen to this show and it's enjoy Yes, well, we hope. 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:04.640 So we will get to all the usual stuff that 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.399 we do, including take a chance on me. We will 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.800 do the three tough questions. No premature speculation at this 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:13.480 late stage of the season, we're retiring that as we 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:17.120 have more games to get to in our allotted time. Um, 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.160 but we will also break down all of the matchups, 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:24.399 including the New Orleans Saints taking on the Atlanta Falcons. Brian, 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.039 I've got to Taysom Hill take for you, which is 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.600 he ain't finishing the game if he plays as badly 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:35.600 this week as he did last week, specifically as a passer. 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.280 I think they bring in Jamis Winston and they platoon 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.600 Hill like they did with Drew Brees. Fantasy footballers would 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:43.720 like to see that unless you have Taysom Hill on roster. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.760 Otherwise he's the most hated man in the the game. Basically. Uh, 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.440 these teams actually played two weeks ago in Week eleven, 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.279 so we'll certainly reference that game. That was Taysom Hill's 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:57.440 first started quarterback. He did alright, passing two three yards 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.800 eighteen of twenty three. That was just icing on the 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.680 though he had two rushing touchdowns. He's basically got to 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.800 do that again to remain relevant. And like you said, 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.120 if he's not running the ball, and he's not can 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.040 get it done with his arms. So I'll give him 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.160 a CEE with there's a upside and then there's bench downside. 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.840 I'm I'm kind of here there, So you know I 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.480 picked your poison with Haysom Hill. He probably is poison, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:19.000 but just a CEE for him. Over to his pastcast 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.840 pass catchers, Michael Thomas, Gonna give him a B. He 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:23.519 had nine catches for a hundred and four in the 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:26.360 first meeting, yet a fifty two target share in that game. 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:29.359 That's absolutely insane. Has now topped a hundred yards and 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.120 five of his last eight games against the Falcons. But again, 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.200 tough to trust Taysom Hill. His passing was just so 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:40.560 bad last week. But Atlanta's secondary allowing two yards per 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.040 game to wide receivers, that second most in the league. 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.160 So you're definitely starting Thomas with a B. And you 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.760 know what I'm I think you give Emmanuel Sanders a 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:49.520 see here. This is more of a gut feeling. It's 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:51.320 to see her at bench. He had four for sixty 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.400 six and that first meeting double digit PPR points. Just 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.239 mentioned the heavy yardage surrender to wide receivers if Winston comes, 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.000 and that certainly bill as well. For Sanders, I'm gonna 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.679 of standards the sea, but he's certainly not a must start. Uh. 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:06.280 Alvin Camara might not be a must start either. I 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.000 don't think he is. I'm going to give him a 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.240 B real quick, I should say. Jared Cook on the bench. 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.200 One catch in the first meeting, one of the three 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.440 catches he's had over his last four games. He he's 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:17.560 dust at this point. But back to Kamara B. But 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.760 it's borderline C territory with Hill at quarterback. We're gonna 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.519 get into the brutal splits with Kamara and Hill later 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.800 in the show. I'm sure. The first meeting again was 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.040 Hill's first start. Kamar had thirteen carries for forty five 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.720 yards and a touchdown, did not catch a pass, had 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.440 just one target, and the Falcons are tough against the run. 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.200 They've allowed just four rushing touchdowns to the running backs 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.480 this here. No back has topped ninety rushing yards and 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.760 since Week six, opposing backs are action just two point 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.680 five catches and seventeen and a half receiving yards against 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:51.360 Atlanta with no receiving about that, that's Morris, that's when 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.720 he took over. Since then, their run defense has been 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.160 on top of it. Ye, it's a it's a different 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.720 team right now. And lastly, for New Orleans, Octavius Murray 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:02.640 on the bench to have big numbers against Denver. But 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:04.760 you can't ask for a more positive game script than 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.760 when the opposing team doesn't have a quarterbacks run the 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.320 ball over and over Murray on the bench, over to 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:15.320 the Atlanta side. Todd Gurley will start with him, should play, 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.799 but it does not matter. I'm benching any starting running 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.480 back for Atlanta. The Saints allowing only three point five 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.800 yards per carried to opposing back, so they've only allowed 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:26.600 five total touchdowns to the position. Atlanta backs total fifty 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.880 two scoreless combo yards on fourteen touches in that week 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.560 eleven matchup, just one catch total to the position for Atlanta, 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.240 so they're all on the bench. Calvin Ridley never on 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.719 the bench, just to be though. He had five catches 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.920 for ninety yards in that first meeting, which is basically 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:44.680 a floor game for him. Before facing the quarterbackless Broncos, 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.680 the Saints were allowing one seven yards per game to 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.599 wide receivers, so safe b for Ridley with a upside, 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:54.840 and Julio Jones supposedly felt great in Friday's practice, so 0:04:54.880 --> 0:05:01.040 we're gonna towards him playing. He suffered the hamstring injury 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.839 he's suffering through right now. When these teams first met 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:05.920 in Week leven, he only had two catches for thirty 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:10.039 nine yards. Understandably, but more shockingly, Julio hasn't scored on 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:14.760 the Saints since the playoffs. Just three touchdowns in seventeen 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.320 career games against New Orleans and awful against the past 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.080 for a long time, a long long time until recently. 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:23.400 I just you know, the Julio thing is going to 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:27.000 win and lose games if you guess right on whether 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.039 or not Julio is going to finish the game. And 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.160 Julio can't tell you right now Julio is going to 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:33.239 finish the game. You have to use your best judgment 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.200 if you have him on roster and the Guillotine League, 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.760 no danger. Yeah he's out, but in in seasonally it's 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:40.760 up to you but to see if he suits up. 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:42.359 But he might not finish the game. I'm not gonna 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.599 start hating her. Has had no catches in the first meeting, 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:46.800 so he's on the bench for me and Matt Ryan. 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:48.920 I'll give him a see if Julio plays, but I 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.680 think I might bench him if Julio sits two thirty 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.719 two yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions in the first game. 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.080 The Saints have only had one passing touchdown over the 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:02.440 last four games, including that Falcons game. So soft bench 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.120 Julio Matt Ryan's not the same guy this year. I 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:06.919 wouldn't be surprised if we're gonna get done with the 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:08.800 season and they're gonna say, oh, by the way, we 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.640 you know, we don't really mention it, but he's had 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.400 this injury all year long or something that he is 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.599 not the same guy. Rams take on the Cardinals, Scott, 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.400 you know, for the Rams, trying to guess which running 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.799 back may have a good game is usually a fool's 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:23.800 erond do you have an angle on any of these 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:27.560 three guys. Nope. I think that Acres is gonna start 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:29.159 to get more and more work of this this season 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.800 progresses here at the end of the season anyway. But 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.440 I have Momll on the bench, only one runner his 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.000 top seventy five yards rushing on the Arizona Cardinals since 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:43.000 Week one and the best receiving day thirty one yards 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.479 on these Cardinals run defense since week one. I have 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.200 them all on the bench. The passing game, I hate 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.039 Jared goff Man. I can't. I can never tell when 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.000 he's going to be good or when he's gonna be bad, 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.920 very hard to know. You look home road, You're like, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.479 you don't even know when it is. It's just random. 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.680 I think, Uh, Golf drop three hundred plus in three 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.760 straight before his dot against San Francisco last week. He 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.880 was also averaging nearly fifty attempts per game in those three. 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.440 I like that in this one with the Vegas highest 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.400 over under here, and these are the two fastest paced 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.520 offenses in the NFL, so I think that he could 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:20.200 have a ton of attempts here. So I am giving 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:21.880 him a C grade. I wouldn't be surprised if it's 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.800 a B grade. Uh. Woods and Cup, I'm giving both 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.240 B grades too as well. If you had to bet 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.200 on a start here, it's probably woulds the guy with 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.240 twenty seven targets in just the last two games. Uh. 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.440 He also has twenty carries for a hundred and fifteen 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.960 yards and two scores of the season, so he can 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.200 get it done there too. But he has eighty plus 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.760 yards in three the last four, cast five, cast five 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.240 or more catches in each of the last four. He's 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.000 the safe B grade. Cup is the boomer bust B grade. 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.360 Only one game under forty yards and almost always has 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.120 five catches. You have a safe four, but every once 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:56.640 in a while, once or twice a year, and once 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:58.520 or twice this year, he's gone over a hundred plus 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.520 in the score. So that's that's I'm going to look 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.240 forward to Beasley and Crowded both went over a hundred 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.680 and a score on the same Cardinals team, and they've 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:07.640 given up a lot of slot yards this year. So 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.600 I'm giving a cup to b Reynolds. He's gonna CE 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:12.600 grade two. As I said, it's gonna be high temple. 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.560 I think. I think the run game is gonna be 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.320 all split up at the passing game. Reynolds forty plus 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.280 yards and six of his last seven. That's C grade worthy. 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.560 When you're getting three to four catches for d yards, 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.679 you can hope for more, but that's that's C grade 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:28.720 right there. On the other side, Murray has not really 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.200 been the same since his shoulder injury. Last week was 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.720 really really rough, and this week the Rams their number 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.800 the number one d against fantasy quarterbacks. This is a 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.400 very tough matchup for Kyler Murray. Yes, they've allowed the 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:45.719 sixth fewest yards and the fewest passing touchdowns six out 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.560 of the eleven teams they faced, so over half the 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.640 teams they faced failed to even record a passing touchdown 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:56.280 against the Rams. It's a tough spot, but it's Murray 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.920 and he does run, and I think that rushing gives 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.400 him a little bit more. He can get two hundred 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.800 plus yards. I'm still giving him the C grade, but 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.360 know that it's a really rough matchup. So if you 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:08.720 have a nice spot start, it might it might be 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.120 hoover you to go with someone over Murray. And you know, 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:14.400 for Murray, the schedule doesn't get a lot easier. So 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:18.040 they've get a surprisingly robust Giants defense on the road. 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:22.560 After this, they gotta go across coast. Then they go Philadelphia. 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:26.120 We just saw Philadelphia put Russell Wilson on a tough game. 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.960 Then they go San Francisco. That defense is rounding into shape. 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.280 And for the horrible leagues that play Week seventeen, he 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.040 goes back to the Rams again. So it is a 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.560 tough stretch for Kyler Murray, who powered teams into the playoffs. Yeah, 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.840 I don't know that he gets you through the playoffs. Yeah, 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.199 it's it's yeah, that's a really rough stretch. He might 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.640 be getting a lot of sea grades and just mostly 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:51.600 off his rushing end name. Yeah, Uh, DeAndre Hopkins. I'm 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:53.680 giving a B grade too. He has been a little 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:56.520 rough lately, Yes, he has. Outside of that Hail Mary, 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.439 and he's got a day with Jalen Ramsey perhaps so 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.280 is the number one d against wide receivers fewest yards 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:08.040 and fewest touchdowns to wide receivers. They go back Ramsey 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:12.680 and Hopkins from Yeah, if it wasn't if it was 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:14.960 anyone but Hopkins, he might get a C here. But 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:18.360 he gets a B grade because fifty five catches and 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.960 fifty yards is like his floor. Those are those are 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.719 the bad games. We're talking about five or fifty, So 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.720 anything better than that's probably B range. I have Kirk 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.480 put back on the bench. Uh, it's We've already mentioned. 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:33.160 It's a really, really tough matchup and uh he's been 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:36.280 a missing act lately, having only top fifty yards once 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.719 in the last five games. He hasn't scored in the 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:43.000 last four games either. Kenyan Drake C grade here. The 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.720 Rams are fifth best against fantasy running backs. They've allowed 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.720 a running back to rush for more than fifty yards, uh, 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.400 just once since Week six, and that was sixty five yards. 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:57.760 Not not a great game. No, uh, they've allowed a 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.880 few twenty five yard receiving days. Can catch the ball. 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.600 He's gonna get that fifteen to seventeen touch volume. He's 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.440 what I like to call on this show, the volume. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.440 See that's what that's that's what he gets. He gets 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:12.400 the volume. See here. The final game of this matchup 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.319 is the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears. I want 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.360 to start with the complicated situation of DeAndre Swift, who 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.720 cleared the concussion protocol but is now dealing with some 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.960 kind of illness I had at full health. If we 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.480 get to feel really much better about his illness status 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:31.440 by Sunday, I've got a B grade on him. Chicago 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:33.880 is seeing the fourth most rushing attempts and they've allowed 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:35.839 the ninth most rushing yards per game. The way you 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:37.839 beat Chicago is on the ground, not through the air. 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.160 And these teams met in Week one. As you may remember, 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.319 Swift had a bad game and then dropped the game 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:46.600 winning touchdown on a pass in the end. And Daryl 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:49.440 Bevil did say on Friday that DeAndre Swift, if he plays, 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:53.280 might have a smaller package of place to scary for 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:56.000 a fantasy start. It is because the reason I was 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:59.240 hoping to give him the B greatest because prior to 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.439 the concussion had worked his way up to a twenty 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.400 one touch game, which was the first time he had 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.040 really had a big share of the workload. So I 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.240 was excited for that. But I just don't know that 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:11.960 it comes altogether here. Plus add in Adrian Peterson saying 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.120 that he looked you know, he looked funny and he 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:17.320 wasn't thinking clearly midweek that that worries me a little 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:22.440 bit too. So we'll watch Swift. If Swift doesn't go, 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.240 or you need a dart throw, you could certainly try 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:29.360 Adrian Peterson here, who performed well with Swift out entirely 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.239 two weeks ago. Well, I guess one week ago, but Thanksgiving. 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.000 Then let's go to the passing game. T J. Hockenson 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.160 gets a B grade. He's scored against Chicago in the 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.719 first meeting, and all season long, the Bears have been 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.800 tormented by tight ends, allowing the fifth most receptions, the 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:47.480 sixth most yards, and the second most touchdowns to tight ends. 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.199 Hockinson is a very good start. And I've got one 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:54.079 other starting grade with Kenny Golladay ruled out, and that's 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:58.640 Danny Amendola. Why he runs from the slot. He's going 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.000 to return from his hip injury in time to face 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:06.120 the busted screen door, Yes, buster screen. He's been awful. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:09.200 He's allowed four touchdowns in the last five games. There's 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:13.200 a great opportunity for Danny Amondola. Slow receivers get it 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.960 done more than the outside receivers against the Bears, and 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.480 then the whole rest of the Detroit's passing game, including 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:21.800 Matthew Stafford around the bench. Yes, the Bears were dissected 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.800 by Aaron Rodgers last week, but on the whole they've 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.720 been very good. No quarterback is at three yards or 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:32.240 three touchdowns other than Rogers. Marvin Jones does nothing with 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:36.200 without Goliday. It's in Matthew Stafford. By Matthew Staffords thumb still, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.680 he's still questionable the thumb injury because he's playing through it. 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:40.760 The thumb still isn't right. He's trying to play there. 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.000 There's a scenario where Stafford doesn't even finish this game. 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.240 All right, let's go to the Chicago side. We've got 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.800 a couple of plays here of most note to fantasy 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:53.520 owners Allen Robinson got the rare Friday down grade and 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:58.600 injury status to questionable with a knee injury. That's a concern. 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.880 Guys who get downgraded on ride A ten two more 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.400 often be ruled out. So watch this one closely now. 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.960 If he goes, Robinson is a boom or bust play 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:15.839 in true bisk true brisk too true, brisky, Mitch to brick. 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:20.080 Why can't I see it? Mit Tbsky? Can I just 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.440 do this? I thought you were tried for a joke, 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.560 Mitch Troubinsky. I've said Sad Trombowsky so many times now 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:31.680 I don't even know his real name in Mitch Trobinsky 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:39.360 starts good heavens, Allen Robinson has average ten targets, even 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.960 if it has resulted in just sixty yards per game. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.520 The Lions are allowing one hundred nine four yards per 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:51.000 game to oceiver? Is that sound effect? Isn't it the 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:57.720 worst trombone solo ever? Ah? Anyway, um, what was I saying? 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:01.520 The Lions are allowing yard per game to opposing receivers, 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.080 and its opponent's top receivers top one hundred yards and 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:05.760 back to back games, so there's plenty of upside for 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:09.120 Allen Robinson if true Whisky does what he normally doesn't, 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.000 just keep throwing the bald Robinson, which is what I 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:12.520 would do if I were Mitr Whisky and I wanted 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:16.280 to try to save my job. Agreed. Next, I've got 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:20.840 a nice sleeper play for you in Darnell Mooney. The 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.760 Lions are expected to be without starting cornerback Jeff Okuda, 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:25.520 and that means Desmond true Font is going to see 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.760 extended time and Mooney predominantly plays on Desmond trud front 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.680 side of the field. Pro Football Focus ranks true Font 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:35.920 as cornerback one twenty one. There's only thirty two teams 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:40.200 in the NFL, so if you're cornerback one one, you're 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:43.720 not very good. Get this. Every single pass that's been 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.120 thrown in true fronts coverage since Week eight has been 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.320 a completion. So I like Darnell Mooney in this game. 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:54.280 He's questionable too with the knee, but they said they 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.600 expect him to go, so continue with the passing game. 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.800 Jimmy Graham's on the bench. He's losing too much time 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:03.200 to Cole Kemmet Commet, and he is a touchdown dependent 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.600 player who has scored one time in his last seven games. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.560 The only other player you care about is David Montgomery, 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.440 who's got a B grade in this game. The Lions 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.960 allow the fourth most rushing yards, the third most receiving 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.040 yards to running backs, a total of one sixty six 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.000 yards per game, and Montgomery should get most of that 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.000 one sixty six. There's nobody else to get a catch 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.840 a pass or run the ball there mcnaate Matteneggie didn't 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:27.440 use Montgomery nearly enough last week, despite a good game 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.720 and a long run against the Bears, or sorry against 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.200 the Packers because the Bears are down by a grillion 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:36.400 points all time garbage time by David Montgomery last week. 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.200 Just that long run was not garbage time. And you 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.640 think I was stuck with him, but he didn't. But 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.560 Detroit's not gonna get way out in front in this game. 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:47.640 So Montgomery is a very safe play and he gets 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:52.800 a B grade. Garbage time by Mark keys Brown on 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:56.880 Thursday to Yeah, how about that? It was? Oh yeah, 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:01.440 it changed a lot of outcomes, didn't it? On Wednesday? Absolutely? Wednesday? Sorry, yeah, 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.520 no problem. How do we come back nine players not 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.480 normally in your starting lineup? We call it take a 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.080 chance on me. We'll tell you who those players are 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.680 that you can start this week for a variety of reasons. 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.919 Also will continue breaking down all of the matchups. If 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.240 you're looking for all my player rankings, go to Guillotine 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:22.399 leagues dot com. More fantasy football coming up in just 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:51.440 a moment. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly Ball Arch and 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:55.560 Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you just hate the song? 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.760 I love it so I want more of it, every 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:05.760 and louder every stag. I would rather hear the trombone 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:10.200 solo again, turning up the voltage on the cold they 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:16.520 go together? Could they co exist? The trombone solo makes 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:23.399 the song better. Uh, this is nine players not normally 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:26.119 and you're starting wind up beginning at the quarterback position. Scott, 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:30.520 I have Baker Mayfield, the Titans of the fifth worst 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:34.560 team against fantasy quarterbacks. Mayfield's top two d fifty yards 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:36.840 just twice this year, but he's had a bunch of 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.200 bad weather games, and in the four of the five 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.479 games of twenty seven attempts or more he had multiple scores. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.200 The Titans have allowed twenty seven attempts or more to 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:48.679 every single quarterback they face. It's it's it's just a 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:50.520 game where he's gonna get to pass a lot more 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:52.960 than he's been able to lately. Yeah, the volume is there. 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:56.040 Titans are seeing forty passes per game, which is would 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.000 be a huge uptick for Mayfield. And that's how he 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.920 gets fed in this game. Bryan, you're take a chance 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.840 in the quarterback the artist formerly known as Stu Beard, 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:07.200 he's now Stu Stubbs. Ryan Fitzpatrick at home against the Bengals, 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:10.480 assumed starter. He should be the starter. We'll talk about 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:12.560 this game a little later. We're gonna assume he's starting 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:16.200 right now for the segment. Fitzpatrick has eight passing touchdowns 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:19.200 in his last three games against the Bengals. Has a dolphin, 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:21.159 a buck, and a jet and that all came in 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.320 the same year. That's a joke, but very recently so 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.399 he carves up Cincinnati on the regular. The Bengals have 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.159 only allowed one passing touchdown over their last two games. 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.840 That was Alex Smith and then the Giants last week. 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.520 Daniel Jones was carving them up, throwing bombs to the 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.960 one yard line, but he got hurt. But before that game, uh, 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:41.600 since he had surrendered well over three plus passing yards 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.600 per game over their last four and fourteen passing touchdowns 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.760 during that four game span. I've got Philip Rivers assuming 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:49.639 he goes, he's trying to work through a toe injury. 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:52.480 If he doesn't, Jacoby Brisette might even be a plausible 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:56.119 answer here. Now Prost's already stealing goal line work from 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.920 Philip Rivers, but it's actually impacting the runners because he's 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.879 running in touchdowns and Philip Rivers is actually scored multiple 0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:06.280 touchdowns in four of the past six games, So very 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:09.680 favorable matchup with Houston. They've given, they get. They've recently 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:13.200 given up three hundred four passing yards to Jake Lewton 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:18.639 and Cam Newton doubled his per game average, ballooning up 0:20:18.640 --> 0:20:24.000 to three hundred sixty five passing yards against Houston Philip Rivers, 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:26.919 assuming he goes, let's go to the running back position, Scott. So. 0:20:27.000 --> 0:20:29.960 On the west coast, we have this beast blowing up 0:20:29.960 --> 0:20:33.359 the league by the name of de Kalin Metcalf. On 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:35.639 the East coast, we have a guy that's about to 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.880 start blowing up the league by the name of Jackalin 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:43.679 Dobbins JK. Dobbins. Okay, he's coming for you. He had 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:47.440 seventeen touches out of the twenty two running back touches 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:50.240 last the last healthy game he played. He didn't play 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:54.280 this last Wednesday, of course. Uh, he had six the snaps. 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:56.359 He's had two games where he's at sixty plus percent 0:20:56.400 --> 0:21:00.480 of snaps six team one and seventeen for eighty five 0:21:00.480 --> 0:21:04.359 in a score. Kenyan Drake hundred sixty four yards, daven 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:06.920 Cook a hundred and sixty yards, Gibson had a hundred 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:11.200 eight against Dallas. Uh and they those three combined for 0:21:11.240 --> 0:21:13.679 seven touchdowns. And that was just in the last six weeks. 0:21:14.359 --> 0:21:16.800 I I got J. K. Dobbins blowing up Dallas. We're 0:21:16.800 --> 0:21:18.919