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Speaker 1: playoff edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul charge In.
Speaker 1: My co host today are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson.
Speaker 1: Welcome back, Matt, I am back. Matt's back. It is
Speaker 1: of particular note this week because many of our listeners
Speaker 1: have been cam shafted because you either started Cam Newton
Speaker 1: foolishly cam boozled, or you play I like cam Shafted better,
Speaker 1: or you played against cam Acres, so you could have
Speaker 1: You could be looking at an uphill battle and get
Speaker 1: any of two different cam ways. Whoa black Betty him
Speaker 1: the ram. Yeah. So the course of the show, I
Speaker 1: don't know what any of that means. Over the course
Speaker 1: of the show, we will answer three tough questions, will
Speaker 1: break down every single matchup Fantasy style with letter grades
Speaker 1: and all the important players, and we'll give you nine
Speaker 1: players upon whom you can take a chance. Hopefully you
Speaker 1: don't need these guys in the playoffs, but you might.
Speaker 1: I mean there's still things happening. Julio Jones isn't gonna
Speaker 1: play mean there there are life goes on. Even though
Speaker 1: it's the Fantasy playoffs. You may have to reach for somebody.
Speaker 1: Let's begin with the Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: Matt for the Pittsburgh running game. It's been a disaster
Speaker 1: without James Connor, but now he's back. It's kind of
Speaker 1: been a disaster with James Conner. He was activated off
Speaker 1: the COVID list. He's gonna play. Prior to missing last
Speaker 1: week's game, his touch totals were dwindling, from twenty rushing
Speaker 1: attempts in week seven down to fifteen and a pair
Speaker 1: of nines in week ten and then thirteen and eleven.
Speaker 1: So he scored once in the last five weeks and
Speaker 1: really only looked halfway decent in the game against the Jaguars.
Speaker 1: The things he's got going for him, the other running
Speaker 1: backs look worse. That that is true. Benny Snell did
Speaker 1: nothing with the opportunity. Oh Man I dropped McFarland and
Speaker 1: Snell off a dynasty roster. Even though we don't know
Speaker 1: who the Pittsburgh runner is going to be next year,
Speaker 1: but it ain't them. I just let them both go. Uh.
Speaker 1: And the Bill's defense hasn't been the best against the run.
Speaker 1: They're allowing a hundred and forty total yards in a
Speaker 1: score per game to the position. I take the under
Speaker 1: for Connor on those numbers. I only given him a C.
Speaker 1: Big Ben gets a B grade. He's fifth in the
Speaker 1: league and touchdown passes, and while his yardage is down,
Speaker 1: the Steelers do throw near the stripe. Eleven of those
Speaker 1: touchdown passes have come from inside the ten yard line.
Speaker 1: Buffalo gives up some high yardage totals, but not a
Speaker 1: ton of scores through the air. So it's kind of
Speaker 1: a reverse match up here, so something's got to give. Still,
Speaker 1: the Bills might be one of the few offenses that
Speaker 1: can hang with the Steelers, so I imagine Roethlisberger throws
Speaker 1: more than average in this one. The wide receiver group
Speaker 1: Deonte Juju and Clay Pool, I'm giving them a bees
Speaker 1: and I don't think it's a cop out here by
Speaker 1: giving them all bees. Deontay's averaging almost ten targets per game.
Speaker 1: He's fifth in the league in that category, behind only
Speaker 1: Adams Hopkins, digs and Keenan Allen, Claypool, and Juju are
Speaker 1: each getting two of the team targets inside the ten
Speaker 1: yard line, and each have scored four times from the
Speaker 1: infrared zone this year and trade as white figures to
Speaker 1: follow Deontay primarily, but that's not as daunting anymore as
Speaker 1: he's allowed career highs in yards per completion, yards per target, touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and passer rating this year. Eric Ebron, he's getting a
Speaker 1: B too, quietly, fourth among tight ends and targets and
Speaker 1: receptions this season in PPR leagues. He really should be
Speaker 1: locked into lineups at this point, and it works out
Speaker 1: this week because Buffalo has allowed the most tight end
Speaker 1: receptions on the year. Over on the bill side, Josh
Speaker 1: Allen's getting a B. It's not a good matchup against Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: They've almost as many interceptions as they do passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: allowed this year, and no quarterback has thrown for uh
Speaker 1: three yards and no rushing touchdowns allowed the quarterback position
Speaker 1: on the season. The bright spot the dual threat rushing
Speaker 1: quarterbacks have had their best days against Pittsburgh. The highest
Speaker 1: three fantasy point totals for quarterbacks against Pittsburgh were Lamar,
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, and Deshaun Watson, and I should mention, you know,
Speaker 1: Joe Hayden's gonna miss this game. That's a pretty significant
Speaker 1: loss for that second. That's sizable. You know. That does
Speaker 1: give Josh Allen and Stephen Diggs in particular a slightly
Speaker 1: easier well, I maybe out slightly, a significantly easier matchup. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and so let's talk about Diggs. I'm only going to
Speaker 1: give him a C grade in this one. Uh. He's
Speaker 1: been super reliable in PPR leagues despite only finding the
Speaker 1: end zone four times this season. But I will say
Speaker 1: three of us four touchdowns came against some of the
Speaker 1: best secondaries he's seen all year, the Dolphins, Rams, and Chiefs.
Speaker 1: He steps up in big games. Top flight wide receivers
Speaker 1: have not fared that well against Pittsburgh this season. Uh,
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin. Terry McLaurin, Yes, was shut down last week.
Speaker 1: Well tell me about it. Knocked me out of two
Speaker 1: guillotine leagues. Yeah. Really, the only bona fide stud to
Speaker 1: torch the Steelers this season was a J. Brown. That's it. Um.
Speaker 1: It's the second and third receivers that have burned the Steelers,
Speaker 1: and that's why I'm giving Cole Beasley a C grade
Speaker 1: and gave Davis. I just want to mention because I
Speaker 1: gotta give the peacock to Scott fish on that one.
Speaker 1: He had the peacock trifecta last week. That might be
Speaker 1: three three peacocks. I would love to give you the peacock,
Speaker 1: but they moved around all myself. I gotta find all right,
Speaker 1: So that's Gabriel Davis. Who else did he have? I
Speaker 1: forget he had Baker. I know that you have Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield and other runner he had running back? Was it
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson? I don't uh. The Steelers have been targeted
Speaker 1: in the slot. Cam Sims at nine targets, five catches,
Speaker 1: and ninety two last week. Tyler Boyd logged eight targets
Speaker 1: against them a few weeks ago. So when Beasley gets
Speaker 1: the targets, he delivers. Anytime he gets targeted nine times
Speaker 1: in a game this season, times nine, he gets over
Speaker 1: a hundred yards. And by the way, charge I was
Speaker 1: notified that you guys missed a whole bunch of nine times.
Speaker 1: So be ready on that button time. I'm bringing it back.
Speaker 1: All right, good, you're working, You're gonna make up stats.
Speaker 1: We're gonna back. Uh, maybe by nine times. I don't
Speaker 1: know who knows. Zack Moss and Devin Singletary on the bench.
Speaker 1: Moss fumbled near zone end zone last week and was
Speaker 1: sent to the bench without any supper. But little Bunny
Speaker 1: Foo Foo will be back again this week's single. Arry
Speaker 1: took his twenty one touches and managed only eighty three
Speaker 1: scoreless yards. He's simply an under four yards per carry
Speaker 1: guy in a time share in Pittsburghs run defense. Just no, thanks, agree,
Speaker 1: that's not That is not the favorable match If you
Speaker 1: want to to start either one of those guys, Let's
Speaker 1: go to Indianapolis, taking a Las Vegas Brian for Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: This is a surging offense against a reeling defense. I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of players to liken this matchup.
Speaker 1: Let's start with Jonathan Taylor, who I'm gonna give a
Speaker 1: B too for now. But if Anthony Costanzo is active
Speaker 1: on Sunday and thank you, they think he's gonna go,
Speaker 1: did you give him a B two? Is that like
Speaker 1: slightly less than a B? That would be would be
Speaker 1: a rock lobster. That's that's the animal that we need
Speaker 1: add to the button bar now. The sound lobster. It
Speaker 1: goes rock lobster makes well, you eat one and they
Speaker 1: are good, Matt. You don't like colobster though, do you.
Speaker 1: That's one of the few allia back to football. Jonathan Taylor.
Speaker 1: Gonna give him a B as well as well, Uh
Speaker 1: not even as well, but anyway, the magic number with
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor is forty eight percent of the offensive snaps.
Speaker 1: He's gotten more than forty percent of STAPs in five games,
Speaker 1: and he's gotten seventeen carries and he's averaging a hundred
Speaker 1: and ten yards. Six games, he's fallen below forty percent
Speaker 1: of the snaps and he has ten carries and fifty
Speaker 1: five yards a game. So he does give him half
Speaker 1: the carries and he's gonna be money in this So
Speaker 1: is he gonna get the four percent? I believe he
Speaker 1: will get the four eight percent plus in this one.
Speaker 1: And we were people were starting Frank Gore last week
Speaker 1: based on the matchup with the Raiders. So and Ty
Speaker 1: Johnson came in and had over a hundred yards from
Speaker 1: New York. So Taylor gets a B and A if
Speaker 1: Costanzo is active, and he might, he probably will be
Speaker 1: like we said, okay, over to the fasting game Michael
Speaker 1: Pittman and B. He has cooled off considerably, but the
Speaker 1: is a good matchup. The Raiders have surrendered five wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns over their last three games, so I will
Speaker 1: also give t Y Hilton a B. Might take a
Speaker 1: chance on the wide receiver from last week, but charges
Speaker 1: walking away, so I won't get the peacock for that.
Speaker 1: Hilton has at least eighty yards and a touchdown and
Speaker 1: back to back games, and let's not forget he's in
Speaker 1: a contract year two t Y Hilton, so he's pretty
Speaker 1: motivated right now going into the last part of the season,
Speaker 1: so he has a upside in this one. Trey Burton
Speaker 1: has no upside to me. He's back to the bench.
Speaker 1: Both Mo Ali Cox and Jack Doyle had more receiving
Speaker 1: yards than Burton last week, and that wasn't too hard
Speaker 1: because Burton only had eleven receiving yards last week. So
Speaker 1: you're benching all of the tight ends, not only Burton.
Speaker 1: I will give Philip Rivers a s C. He's no
Speaker 1: stranger to the Raiders, of course, from his days as
Speaker 1: a Charger, he probably won't come in close contact with
Speaker 1: many Raiders. Considering the only third lowest sack percentage in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and the Raiders have also allowed multiple passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns and seven of their last nine games, so I
Speaker 1: know I'm about to bump it up to a B.
Speaker 1: With the two exceptions out of seven of nine games
Speaker 1: were the Monsoon game in Cleveland and Drew Lock. So
Speaker 1: I'm going up to a BI and over the Raiders side.
Speaker 1: I was about to say Oakland, that would be incorrect.
Speaker 1: Las Vegas Darren Waller just to B. But I'm very
Speaker 1: nervous for Waller and this one. India has only surrendered
Speaker 1: one tight end touchdown all season and only two opposing
Speaker 1: tight ends have managed to crack fifty receiving yards against
Speaker 1: the Colts this year. Waller did face the Colts last
Speaker 1: year had seven catches for fifty three yards. That's probably
Speaker 1: a safe floor in this one, I hope, but his
Speaker 1: ceiling isn't far from it. I'm worried about Waller. Dollar
Speaker 1: might be the guy that got you to the dance,
Speaker 1: but doesn't you don't go home. Personally, I might bench
Speaker 1: him for Dalton Schultz. Maybe we can talk about that later. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I hate the matchup for Waller, but he is
Speaker 1: a leap but he still gets to be the receivers
Speaker 1: Nelson aghilor Henry Ruggs. I'm close to giving him a
Speaker 1: starting grade here. The Texans wideouts went for three hundred
Speaker 1: and seven yards last week, and that's like Chad Hanson
Speaker 1: Kiki qt. But before that, the Cults were only allowing
Speaker 1: one fifty seven yards per game. That's the middle of
Speaker 1: the road at best. Aglar did have eleven targets last week,
Speaker 1: but he only had four catches. I'm benching both of
Speaker 1: these guys. We know Rugs had a nice game, but
Speaker 1: that was a fluke that he's had two long catches
Speaker 1: all year. Unless the rest of his season has been nothing.
Speaker 1: Unless Greg Williams was hired as the d C for
Speaker 1: the Colts, then I don't think that's happened. So Williams
Speaker 1: is not ever going to be I don't think he's
Speaker 1: gonna be hired to clean out use shoulder pads. I
Speaker 1: would hope not, I think his NFL career, So why
Speaker 1: would you need to clean out new shoulder pads? Very
Speaker 1: good point. Uh, two more points to make and they're
Speaker 1: both pointing players to the bench. That's Derek Carr. When
Speaker 1: you hate Darren Waller's matchup. You're not starting Derek Carr.
Speaker 1: It's that simple point, and I'm bending benching Davante Booker.
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. Likely he's out. I think he's likely to go,
Speaker 1: likely to go? Oh? Is he likely to go? Now?
Speaker 1: It's a tough matchup for both, and I don't think
Speaker 1: he'll get a full work workload. No back has top
Speaker 1: seventy two rushing yards against India unless their name was
Speaker 1: Darrick Henry, Jalen re Shard and Theo Riddick. We're gonna
Speaker 1: steal all of the passing work from either Booker or Jacobs,
Speaker 1: so I got them both on the bench. You can
Speaker 1: started Josh Jacobs, but I think you can find better
Speaker 1: options this week. I've got to see right on Josh Jake.
Speaker 1: If you if you have to start him, you can,
Speaker 1: but it's a it's a big excite. It's a bad matchup.
Speaker 1: Only Derrick Henry is top d eighty eight yards against
Speaker 1: the Colts. Basically not Henry. Runners never do anything gets
Speaker 1: the Colts is the long short of it, and Josh
Speaker 1: Jacobs isn't Derrick Henry. I did say that, but yes,
Speaker 1: thanks for re enforcing that point. Um for Minnesota and
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. Let's let's start with Dalvin Cook, because that
Speaker 1: really explains the rest of this matchup. It's brutal for
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, and you can't automatically assume you're going to
Speaker 1: start him. Here's why. First, he's wearing down in the
Speaker 1: first nine weeks of the season, Dalvin Cook average six
Speaker 1: yards per carry right now, since then, he's averaging three
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry. That's it. So his productivity
Speaker 1: is dropped in roughly half. Here comes Tampa number one
Speaker 1: in rushing attempts number one and rush yards per game,
Speaker 1: number one in yards per carry. Are you advocating to
Speaker 1: sabotage drop Dalvin Cook right now? Okay? Good. The last
Speaker 1: time a runner topped forty four yards, which is an
Speaker 1: incredibly low threshold, was week two Christian McCaffrey, and he
Speaker 1: only put a fifty six yards on Tampa. Now, I've
Speaker 1: got to be grade on Dalvin Cook, but I want
Speaker 1: to explain why he has bench grade downside. Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: ran for fifteen yards, Josh Jacobs ran for seventeen yards.
Speaker 1: Alvin Camara's two games forty yards and sixteen yards. Now,
Speaker 1: some of those guys chipped in touchdowns which salvage their day.
Speaker 1: But what if Cook doesn't get a touchdown, and he
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in back to back games, and the Vikings
Speaker 1: offensive line is not so good that it can certainly
Speaker 1: just exert its will for touchdowns. That's where your bench
Speaker 1: grade downside hits on Dalvin Cook. I know most of
Speaker 1: you listening are of the never bench, your studs Ilk
Speaker 1: tell that to Josh Jacobs seventeen yards, Aaron Jones fifteen yards,
Speaker 1: and Alvin Kamara's sixteen yard games. Also, they're very hard
Speaker 1: to pass against for runners as well, So I can't
Speaker 1: even open up a window of hope in the passing game.
Speaker 1: So based on that, then let's go to the Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Vikings passing game led by Kirk Cousins.
Speaker 1: Here's where the Vikings offense is going to flow. Kirk
Speaker 1: has been red hot. He's in the middle of his
Speaker 1: best stretch of Fantasy games of his career. First time
Speaker 1: he's ever had three straight games of three touchdowns and
Speaker 1: three hundred yards. His his mark that you need to
Speaker 1: get to his twenty seven passes. When Kirk averages. When
Speaker 1: Kirk goes over twenty seven passes, he averages just under
Speaker 1: three hundred yards and two and a half touchdowns. That
Speaker 1: is a great material. Seven passes is not a high threshold.
Speaker 1: It's not a high threshold, especially against Tampa when eleven
Speaker 1: of twelve Tampa opponents have topped twenty seven passes and
Speaker 1: the last two opposing quarterbacks to face Tampa forty nine
Speaker 1: and fifty one passes. Throne Kirk's gonna be over that number,
Speaker 1: and that's why he's sitting on a big game. So
Speaker 1: is Justin Jefferson and Adam Feeling. With his pass heavy
Speaker 1: game plan, Tampa sees the fourth most passes. The Bucks
Speaker 1: have allowed the fourth most receptions to wideouts and are
Speaker 1: allowing two hundred seventy yards per game to the position
Speaker 1: over the last three games and multiple touchdowns to receivers
Speaker 1: in three of the past four. And they're gonna be
Speaker 1: without their best starting cornerback, Jamal Dean, who's been ruled
Speaker 1: out of the game. They're gonna slide their slot corners
Speaker 1: Sean Murphy bunting out to the outside to help contain
Speaker 1: Jefferson and Feeling. Plus matchups A grades for Jefferson, Feeling
Speaker 1: and Cousins. I saw a seventy five percent completion rate
Speaker 1: for the opposition over Tampa Bay's last three games. That
Speaker 1: sounds right, and that is a high we will take that. Uh,
Speaker 1: it looks like Kyle Rudolph will not play. It looks
Speaker 1: like IRV Smith will play. If it plays out like
Speaker 1: that and they're not one is in and the other
Speaker 1: ones out, you could start IRV Smith. The Bucks have
Speaker 1: been rocked by tight ends of late, including three touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the past four games. And that's the guys like
Speaker 1: Josh Hill and Adam Troutman and Colin Thompson. If they
Speaker 1: can score, if Smith could score, all right, let's go
Speaker 1: to the Tampa Bay side. I've got I want to
Speaker 1: start with the passing game here too. I've got Tom
Speaker 1: Brady with an A grade. He's thrown multiple touchdowns in
Speaker 1: six of the past seven games, and it seems that
Speaker 1: he will likely have similar success against an inconsistent Vikings
Speaker 1: defense that maybe without its leader Eric Kendricks, who is
Speaker 1: relevant in this matchup a variety of different ways, and
Speaker 1: we'll talk about Kendricks more. Outside of Cameron Danzler, the
Speaker 1: Vikings are very thin at cornerback and here's Brady just
Speaker 1: deep with weapons that can stretch any secondary, including this one.
Speaker 1: So I've got the A grade on Brady. Mike Evans
Speaker 1: appears that he will play in this game. There was
Speaker 1: some question about it earlier in the week. We expect
Speaker 1: him to go. He will most often match up against
Speaker 1: Cameron Danzler, who is the Vikings best cornerback and he
Speaker 1: is physical. Um. In fact, he's Pro Football focuses highest
Speaker 1: graded cornerback over the last month, which is crazy because
Speaker 1: all the Vikings secondary was among the worst than Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus. That's right, but really Danzler. Danzler's physical and
Speaker 1: I like that part um, and you have to be
Speaker 1: physical against him. But it's still Mike Evans against a rookies,
Speaker 1: So I still have a B grade on Mike Evans. Here.
Speaker 1: I've got a B grade on Chris Godwin running out
Speaker 1: of the slot. He's had over ninety yards or a
Speaker 1: touchdown in four of the past five games. Godwin's got
Speaker 1: a very winnable matchup with rookie Jeff Gladney, who is
Speaker 1: allowing a passer rating of one and it's given up
Speaker 1: six touchdowns in his coverage. Antonio Brown also getting a B.
Speaker 1: He draws the most favorable matchup on the board among
Speaker 1: the Vikings cornerbacks, and that's Chris Boyd, who is allowing
Speaker 1: of his passes to be completed in his coverage and
Speaker 1: a passer rating of one one as well. Now, Brown's
Speaker 1: usage has dropped over the past couple of games, but
Speaker 1: still and he hasn't scored yet, and he's averaging just
Speaker 1: forty two scoreless yards. But I love his matchup in
Speaker 1: this one and to B grade there. Then let's go
Speaker 1: to the tight end position. Rob Gronkowski has been very
Speaker 1: active lately. I mentioned earlier the Vikings are gonna be
Speaker 1: without their defensive leader, Eric Kendricks in this game. Kendricks
Speaker 1: is going would have been the assignment for Rob Gronkowski.
Speaker 1: Without Kendricks, the Vikings are really ill manned to stop Gronkowski,
Speaker 1: and Gronky gets a B grade in this one as well.
Speaker 1: And then uh, let's go to the running backs. Ronald Jones.
Speaker 1: I think you can, I think you can. I had
Speaker 1: him originally as a B, but without Kendricks he might
Speaker 1: be in A grade here. The Vikings have struggled against
Speaker 1: opposing running backs of late. They've allowed one hundred thirty
Speaker 1: five total yards and a touchdown per game to the position.
Speaker 1: Over the last three games, most of Ronald Jones's success
Speaker 1: has been against bottom half run defenses. And that's the
Speaker 1: way the Vikings are playing right now, and especially without Kendricks.
Speaker 1: I like him there, Leo for that's dead to us. Yeah,
Speaker 1: except he's gonna have the game now, Well he might,
Speaker 1: and actually the way he might is again not that
Speaker 1: it's all about Eric Kendricks, but Kendricks also usually gets
Speaker 1: the assignment of the running backs out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: He won't be there for that, So four net could
Speaker 1: catch a few passes. Yeah, ten catches for Jacksonville tight
Speaker 1: ends last week without Kendricks in the lineup. Yes, Jacksonville
Speaker 1: tight ends O'Shaughnessy James O'Shaughnessy in the corps of Tyler Eifford.
Speaker 1: Ten catches eighty four yards. You can do it with anybody,
Speaker 1: you know. I like Will dis Lay from Scotland, and
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about him on the Seattle matchup. I
Speaker 1: guess when we come back, take a chance on me.
Speaker 1: Nine players not normally in your starting lineup, and they've
Speaker 1: all got good matchups will tell you who they are
Speaker 1: when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly Welcome back
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson
Speaker 1: with you. This is take a chance on me. We
Speaker 1: begin at the quarterback position with three quarterbacks upon whom
Speaker 1: you can take a chance. Matt Harrison, Uh, Andy Dalton.
Speaker 1: I think it's time for revenge duck chart because this
Speaker 1: is I would be. I'd love to give you a
Speaker 1: revenge duck. This is maybe the most revenge list of
Speaker 1: revenge games. Andy Dalton returning to Cincinnati. Dalton had a
Speaker 1: decent two eighty five and two last week against the Ravens,
Speaker 1: and Cincinnati seems slightly eas Six of the last nine
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to face the Bengals have thrown for multiple scores
Speaker 1: and two a doesn't count in that bunch. But he
Speaker 1: had two or ninety six yards in a score last week.
Speaker 1: I think that's the floor for Andy Dalton in this one. Brian,
Speaker 1: you take a chance in the quarterback Dalton should die
Speaker 1: some Bengal stripes in his hair, just to troll them.
Speaker 1: That would be great in that matchup. I got Mike
Speaker 1: Glennon like the like the like the helmet, just like
Speaker 1: that exactly. Yeah, alright, he should have done that his
Speaker 1: whole career, he might, but he would still be there.
Speaker 1: I got Mike Glennon at home versus the Titans. It's
Speaker 1: quite simple. The Titians are gas by the way. They
Speaker 1: had forced into that early week four by and they
Speaker 1: need another bye week pretty bad. They have allowed the
Speaker 1: most passing touchdowns in the league, and there are plus
Speaker 1: matchups for all of Glennon's skill players. The Titans have
Speaker 1: allowed the second most receiving touchdowns and running backs, the
Speaker 1: fifth most to wide receivers, and the third most to
Speaker 1: tight end So Mike Glennon, Mike Glennon, there's your that's
Speaker 1: your DFS dart right there, double d. I've the player
Speaker 1: I've got is that's right doing it again to my U.
Speaker 1: We hit on it last week. Then it's happy Trombone,
Speaker 1: Come on now, it's still sad. Trombone Ski played well
Speaker 1: last week. This matchup even easier. Not counting Houston's monsoon
Speaker 1: game in Cleveland, the Texans are allowing a whopping three
Speaker 1: hundred thirteen yards and two touchdowns per game since Week five.
Speaker 1: We're going to get something done with sad trombonesis well.
Speaker 1: We'll give him all. We'll send him out on a
Speaker 1: happy note. There we go. Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position, Matt Jamal Williams of the Packers. The last
Speaker 1: time these two teams met, green Bay hung forty two
Speaker 1: points on the Lions with ease, and Jamal Williams had
Speaker 1: eight carries for sixty three yards in that game. By
Speaker 1: the way, the last time the Packers had a huge
Speaker 1: blowout win a couple of weeks ago against Chicago, where
Speaker 1: Williams had seventeen carries for seventy three yards in a score.
Speaker 1: Williams is averaging twelve touches per game and against Detroit's
Speaker 1: defense that is allowing on average, thirty running back touches
Speaker 1: per game, a hundred and sixty two total yards per game,
Speaker 1: and two full touchdowns to every running back. There's enough
Speaker 1: to go around here, even after Aaron Jones eats in
Speaker 1: this one. All right, Brian, it's a deep dive, but
Speaker 1: I'm going Chase Edmonds at the Giants, who have surrendered
Speaker 1: the sixth most perceptions and second most receiving yards to
Speaker 1: running backs. Chase Edmonds is clearly the leading receiver out
Speaker 1: of Arizona's backfield, has out targeted and out caught Drake
Speaker 1: over the last three weeks. And you might remember the
Speaker 1: last time Chase Edmonds played in New Jersey against the Giants,
Speaker 1: he had three touchdowns in d and fifty something combo yards.
Speaker 1: And I hate the matchup for the wide receivers. I
Speaker 1: think uh Edmonds has a decent chance to lead this
Speaker 1: team in receiving on Sunday. So he's your brother daily
Speaker 1: Dart double D Washington running back J D. Mckissic. Oh,
Speaker 1: he's back, He's back. Is my take a chance? I
Speaker 1: mean running back in non blowouts with Alex Smith, close
Speaker 1: games with Alex Smith, and this is going to be
Speaker 1: one against the Niners. McKissick averages thirteen targets per game.
Speaker 1: That's a Jerry Rice like target number. There is no
Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson in this game. Peyton Barber can't catch, so
Speaker 1: he will get all of that work. Fortys have an
Speaker 1: excellent run defense, but they've been dinged through the air
Speaker 1: by other change of pace backs, including not that long ago,
Speaker 1: DJ Dallas and Chase Edmonds. Let's go to the receivers.
Speaker 1: Matt pairing up Michael Gallup with Andy Dalton against the Bengals.
Speaker 1: Gallop is actually averaging eight targets per game in the
Speaker 1: four games that Dalton has started and finished. That's not
Speaker 1: too shabby. Levin targets last week against the Ravens, where
Speaker 1: he ended up with seven eighty six and a score.
Speaker 1: The Bengals have allowed the fourth most touchdowns to the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position on the year, and they have allowed
Speaker 1: the third most completions of twenty yards or more. And
Speaker 1: Gallop mostly operates as the deep threat in this offense,
Speaker 1: so he's got some blow up potential here and he's
Speaker 1: a cheape on the DFS market this week. All right, Briant,
Speaker 1: you'll take a chance for me. Receiver Colin Johnson's got
Speaker 1: two l's in his name, but he's gonna have a
Speaker 1: w against the Titans, who I just mentioned our gast
Speaker 1: right now. Especially in the secondary. Tennessee has allowed three
Speaker 1: eighty two wide receiver yards over the last two games. Geez,
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns. That's a lot. And uh, Colin Johnson
Speaker 1: has twice as many targets as Labisa Chenault over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. He has more targets, more catch and
Speaker 1: more yards. And DJ Shark, you might be the leading
Speaker 1: wide receiver on that team. And he's six six too.
Speaker 1: He's a big dude, you gotta like that in the
Speaker 1: red of Colin Johnson. Uh, It's a perfect storm for
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson. This week he goes up against Denver. The
Speaker 1: Broncos secondary will be without suspended cornerback A J. Boo,
Speaker 1: a slot cornerback he sang Bassie, who tores a c
Speaker 1: L last week, and the only good cornerback on roster
Speaker 1: Bryce Callahan, who got put on injured reserve. On top
Speaker 1: of that, Caroline is d J. Moore is in the
Speaker 1: COVID protocol. I'm not expected to play. This is a
Speaker 1: fantastic opportunity for Robbie Anderson to post a big game.
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater with unusual upside in that matchup as well,
Speaker 1: and I strongly, strongly considered him as might take a
Speaker 1: chance on me quarterback. All right, let's go to back
Speaker 1: to the matchups Denver taking on Carolina. This is the
Speaker 1: game we just reference. We can talk about Teddy Bridgewater
Speaker 1: right into it. I got him on the bench. Oh
Speaker 1: come on, man, no way, you got this raw. I
Speaker 1: think the ceiling is so low for Bridgewater and this one.
Speaker 1: He only averages two or fifty yards per game and
Speaker 1: a little more than a touchdown pass per game and
Speaker 1: the Broncos give up less than that on both accounts,
Speaker 1: and even with the absences from the secondary, this defense
Speaker 1: just put Patrick Mahomes on his low score of the year.
Speaker 1: And are you starting Teddy Bridgewater in a playoff game
Speaker 1: and I am in a two quarterbacks league? Absolutely would.
Speaker 1: I don't think you are. I think you think you're
Speaker 1: not reading this. Clearly, you liked Robby Anderson, I did
Speaker 1: give him a B and d J. Moore, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: looks to be out for this game for COVID. Curtis
Speaker 1: Samuel looks like he's going to come back, though. Uh.
Speaker 1: They looks like they're going to clear him prior to
Speaker 1: Sunday's game and give him. Let me let me jump
Speaker 1: in on Curtis Samuel. Why I think you should be
Speaker 1: higher than to see I went through the remaining cornerbacks
Speaker 1: on the Broncos roster. None of them have played slot.
Speaker 1: And that's Curtis Samuel's bit. He's the slot cornerback and
Speaker 1: wide receiver, so they don't have anybody with slot experience,
Speaker 1: and that is a really different skill set when you
Speaker 1: have to defend the slot you have, you don't have
Speaker 1: the sideline as a buffer, so slot cornerbacks. Really it's
Speaker 1: a different skill set and didn't have anybody's ever done it.
Speaker 1: She's gotta go two ways instead of one. You really do. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's there's a lot of truth of that. So
Speaker 1: I think I think Curtis Samuel sitting on a nice game.
Speaker 1: In fact, I think he's like wide receiver thirteen from
Speaker 1: me right now? Wow, alright, um CMC. Christian McCaffrey doesn't
Speaker 1: look like he's gonna play again this week. He's been
Speaker 1: held out with quad and shoulder injuries from practice, which
Speaker 1: means Mike Davis is in play, but I think he's
Speaker 1: barely a C grade this week. People are remembering the
Speaker 1: good Mike Davis, but he had only fifty seven percent
Speaker 1: of the snaps and the Panthers last game against Minnesota,
Speaker 1: a game where Rodney Smith and Trenton Cannon logged eleven
Speaker 1: combined touches, and Davis a strong suit is the passing game,
Speaker 1: but Denver is near the best in the league at
Speaker 1: guarding the pass out of the backfield. Posing backs are
Speaker 1: only averaging thirty receiving yards per game, and they've only
Speaker 1: allowed one touchdown through the air to running backs. This
Speaker 1: year over to the Broncos side. I'll stay on the
Speaker 1: running back situation. Melvin Gordon and Philip Lindsay are really
Speaker 1: splitting snaps. Melvin Gordon's looking a lot better. I'll start
Speaker 1: with Lindsay, though he's on the bench. He's not utilized
Speaker 1: at all in the passing game anymore, only two receptions
Speaker 1: on the year. It's crazy, don't that Gordon has looks
Speaker 1: like the much better back, including running up a hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty one rushing yards last week against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: I'll give him a ce since he's getting the sixty
Speaker 1: and the sixty forty split on touches despite the matchup
Speaker 1: being good ish against Carolina, you cited that Caroline has
Speaker 1: been a little bit better against the run, but lately
Speaker 1: the numbers still dictate that overall they're still They're still
Speaker 1: on the plus side. Drew lock is on the bench.
Speaker 1: He's throwing thirteen interceptions in his last six games. In
Speaker 1: that time, he's throwing eight touchdowns and one yard game there,
Speaker 1: so that's not good enough. Tim Patrick I got him
Speaker 1: as kind of a desperation c D play uh Patrick
Speaker 1: scored twice last week against Kansas City, but he's had
Speaker 1: more than four receptions only twice this season. By the way,
Speaker 1: those totals were five and six. So if you need him,
Speaker 1: you need him to break a long one for him
Speaker 1: to be fantasy viable. And it's really only been the
Speaker 1: super elite receivers that have toasted the Panthers this year.
Speaker 1: It's it's not Patrick's not in the realm of Justin Jefferson,
Speaker 1: Mike Evans, Tyreek Hill, Julio Jones, and Calvin Ridley. Those
Speaker 1: are the guys who've beaten them. And Noah Fant finally
Speaker 1: he gets a C grade. He's averaging six targets per game,
Speaker 1: but frankly, he's due. He hasn't scored since Week two.
Speaker 1: Fifty seven yards last week was his highest artage total
Speaker 1: since Week two. The Panthers have allowed double digit PPR
Speaker 1: days to six tight ends in their last five games. Wow,
Speaker 1: six and five is not good. That's not good. So
Speaker 1: Noah Fant I think he's sitting on a sneaky good
Speaker 1: start here. Anybody, everybody needs help from the tight end
Speaker 1: in the fantasy playoffs. Hopefully no a fan ki Let's
Speaker 1: hope it's a fant playoff. Fante playoffs that makes that
Speaker 1: does make some sense. Let's try to sneak in a
Speaker 1: quick matchup between Arizona and the Giants. Brian Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: slumping over the past month or so. Yeah, and I'm
Speaker 1: not convinced he's out of the woods with that shoulder
Speaker 1: injury just yet. And this is a scary matchup. Surprisingly,
Speaker 1: we were looking at this matchup like six seven weeks
Speaker 1: ago for Arizona, like okay, in week fourteen, not so
Speaker 1: much over. New York's last four games are allowing just
Speaker 1: two passing yards and point seven five passing touchdowns during
Speaker 1: that span, and Kyler isn't running either. Over the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. He's averaging half as many carries for one
Speaker 1: third of the yardage that he had accumulated earlier in
Speaker 1: the season. So I think they're protecting. Yeah, I do too,
Speaker 1: And so just to see for Kyler Murray. Uh, just
Speaker 1: to see for DeAndre Hopkins, who will play. He's been
Speaker 1: deemed good to go, dealing with back and neck issues
Speaker 1: for most of the week, but he's gonna get James
Speaker 1: Bradberry waiting for him on the other side to shadow him.
Speaker 1: Bradberry's ranked tenth and coverage by Pro Football Focus has
Speaker 1: proven to be a brutal matchup. So just to see
Speaker 1: for Hopkins and Christian Kirk, I'm on the fence here.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm leaving him on the bench. Over his last
Speaker 1: four games. He has total just ninety eight yards over
Speaker 1: those four games. No touchdowns. He won't get Bradberry, but
Speaker 1: no secondary received or has top forty four yards over
Speaker 1: the last three weeks, and uh New York has only
Speaker 1: allowed one wide receiver touchdown overall during that span. It's
Speaker 1: just it's just a bad matchup for the passing game.
Speaker 1: I like Dan Arnold more than I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: see He's heating up. Over the last three weeks. Opposing
Speaker 1: tight ends are averaging nine targets for six and a
Speaker 1: half catches and sixty two yards. The Giants have allowed
Speaker 1: no less than five tight end catches and all three
Speaker 1: of those games. So I'm giving Arnold the ce and
Speaker 1: he is certainly someone I'll be looking at in daily.
Speaker 1: I will not be looking at Kenyan Drake too long.
Speaker 1: I will give him a CEE. Though only one back
Speaker 1: is top the hundred rushing yards against the Giants, that
Speaker 1: was Benny Snell in Week one. Volume has been an
Speaker 1: issue for opposing backs. Only three backs have seen more
Speaker 1: than fifteen carries against New York and the Giants have
Speaker 1: also yielded the fourth fewest red zone touches to running backs. Uh,
Speaker 1: they give it up through the air the sixth most,
Speaker 1: sixth most catches, and second most receiving yards. And that's
Speaker 1: why Chase Edmonds was my take a chance on me
Speaker 1: running back. But I'll still give Drake the sea over
Speaker 1: to the Giant side. Wayne Gallman and give him a B.
Speaker 1: His five game touchdown streak was not stopped by the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: but Alfred Fan Morris double Vulture, that's his middle name,
Speaker 1: Double vultured Dwayne Gallman last week. That was brutal. He
Speaker 1: still had a career high one thirty five rushing yards.
Speaker 1: He looked great. The Cardinals have struggled against the run lately.
Speaker 1: Over their last three games, they've allowed one two rushing
Speaker 1: yards and one point seven total touchdowns per game to
Speaker 1: opposing running back. So a B for Gallman. Uh. Evan
Speaker 1: Ingram gets a B as well. Arizona only allowing four
Speaker 1: catches and forty three yards per game to tight ends.
Speaker 1: They've only surrendered three touchdowns to the position. It's not
Speaker 1: a great matchup, but with at least eight targets and
Speaker 1: five of his last six games, Anchorm has become New
Speaker 1: York's top pass catcher and it's a must start in
Speaker 1: the tight end. Wasteland Sterling Shepherd. I'll give him a sea,
Speaker 1: averaging nearly eight targets per game over his last six,
Speaker 1: which makes him the only Giants wide receiver you can
Speaker 1: sort of trust here. The Cardinals have yielded the third
Speaker 1: most targets and have allowed the third most catches to
Speaker 1: opposing wide receivers, so to see for Shepherd Daniel Jones. Lastly,
Speaker 1: I got him on the bench. He should make his return.
Speaker 1: It sounds like he practice, but I gotta see what
Speaker 1: we have there with the English in the playoffs, even
Speaker 1: in a two quarterback league, gets a little one quarterback
Speaker 1: easy bench. Yeah, for sure. When we come back Houston,
Speaker 1: it takes on Chicago. This is a bad defense against
Speaker 1: a slumping defense. There's some opportunities for points in this one.
Speaker 1: And we'll tell you who you can trust and who
Speaker 1: you can't when Fantasy Football Weekly continues. Welcome back Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Paul Church and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson
Speaker 1: with you Hughon takes on Chicago. This is a shockingly
Speaker 1: mundane Chicago defense that's got some problems. Right now, Let's
Speaker 1: start with the passing game. Deshaun Watson faces this slumping
Speaker 1: secondary that's allowed back to back massive games to Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford and Aaron Rodgers. They've given up multiple passing touchdowns
Speaker 1: in six straight games, and they're starting slot cornerback is
Speaker 1: going to be out. We'll talk about that in a minute.
Speaker 1: And Russia Khalil mac may not play due to a
Speaker 1: shoulder injury. A grade for Deshaun Watson and even the
Speaker 1: last week, I was openly skeptical about key Key Qt's
Speaker 1: ability to really run a passing game through him. Well,
Speaker 1: he proved me wrong, and he's got a glorious matchup
Speaker 1: this week. He's coming off a career high one forty
Speaker 1: one yard performance and normal slot cornerback buster screen the
Speaker 1: busted screen door is out. Almost nobody else has played
Speaker 1: in the slot this year for Chicago. Rookie cornerback Kindle
Speaker 1: Vildor should have sup what killed k Usually that's when
Speaker 1: you jump in and say, I'm just flabbergasted by the name.
Speaker 1: Rookie cornerback Kindle Ville door up there. There you go.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Sorry, I was trying to set you up.
Speaker 1: Couldn't for weeks. Vill door wide open, Yes, I like it.
Speaker 1: Billed door wide open him plus the busted screen door.
Speaker 1: He's expected to play in buster screens place. Kindle Vildor
Speaker 1: has played one defensive snap of football at the NFL.
Speaker 1: You gotta say, Kindle Vildor, like the Swedish chef, uh,
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks gets to be a grade. He's been ultra reliable,
Speaker 1: hauling in at least five catches in six of his
Speaker 1: last eight games. He's top sixty yards and seven of
Speaker 1: the games in that span. Got knocked out briefly last
Speaker 1: week and there was a bit of a concussion scare,
Speaker 1: but he came back and played UM. As I mentioned before,
Speaker 1: this is a fading defense, but he has the toughest
Speaker 1: matchups on the outside against Kyle Fuller and Jalen Johnson
Speaker 1: UM and frankly just kikiqt is going to be a
Speaker 1: more viable target in this one. Be great on Brandon Cooks.
Speaker 1: I think you will get your sixty seventy yards out
Speaker 1: of him and a chance at a score. Staying with
Speaker 1: the passing game, you could throw a dart at Jordan Aikins.
Speaker 1: If you need a tight end, he's done nothing, so
Speaker 1: this really is a dart throw. But the Bears have
Speaker 1: been really bad against tight ends. They've given up the
Speaker 1: second most receptions, the fourth most yards, and the second
Speaker 1: most touchdowns to tight ends. So there's your case for
Speaker 1: Jordan Aikins. Now it it looks like David Johnson is
Speaker 1: not going to play. He missed practice all week with
Speaker 1: a personal issue, and then on Friday he got slapped
Speaker 1: with the COVID designation. So I think it's Duke Johnson.
Speaker 1: That's a pretty personal issue, though very deeply personal. Yes,
Speaker 1: in the three games David Johnson missed earlier in the season,
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson was man. He had a fourteen touch game,
Speaker 1: a thirteen touch game, and a twelve touch game as
Speaker 1: the lead back and didn't score in any of those
Speaker 1: games and average just fifty five yards. That's it. Chicago's
Speaker 1: run defense has lapsed of late, like the rest of
Speaker 1: the defense, allowing the ninth most fantasy points over the
Speaker 1: last three weeks, including big games to third tier runners
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams and Adrian Peterson. I've got a B grade
Speaker 1: on Duke Johnson. Leaning towards Sea, but I'm getting feel
Speaker 1: I can't you can't feel good about starting Duke Johnson.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Chicago side. I already told you
Speaker 1: that Sad trombone Ski is going to be happy game.
Speaker 1: He might take a chance of me quarterback with a
Speaker 1: C grade. Allen Robinson's got an A grade. His yardage
Speaker 1: numbers have been in the seventies of the three of
Speaker 1: the four True Bisky full games, which isn't bad. And
Speaker 1: I think there's a chance for an outburst in this
Speaker 1: game because the Texans have allowed a one yard receiver
Speaker 1: in four of the past six and they're looking increasingly
Speaker 1: vulnerable with top cornerback Bradley Roby suspended for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season. And to to brisk to true Bisky
Speaker 1: has the happening again. I know has the good sense
Speaker 1: to throw the ball a lot to Allen Robinson, which
Speaker 1: is very smart. Also, if you need another tight end
Speaker 1: dart throw Also in this game, Cole Commet His playing
Speaker 1: time is spiked over the last three games, each over
Speaker 1: a snap share, and the Texans can be a vulnerable
Speaker 1: tight end defense, giving up notable games recently to t J. Hockenson,
Speaker 1: Ryanzo and Tyler effort, and then lastly, a firm A
Speaker 1: grade on David Montgomery. I love him in this matchup.
Speaker 1: In Troubisky's four full games, Montgomery is averaging one total
Speaker 1: yards and he touchdown per game. Texans allowing the most
Speaker 1: rushing attempts and the most rushing yards to opposing running backs.
Speaker 1: It's it is bad. They're averaging hundred forty yards and
Speaker 1: almost one and a half touchdowns per game two opposing backs.
Speaker 1: Holy cow. Dallas takes on Carol Line, Dallas takes on
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Matt and And for Dallas, you already talked about
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. What other receivers do you like? Well, already
Speaker 1: talked about Michael Gallup too, Umark Cooper, and Ceedee Lamb,
Speaker 1: giving b grades to as well. Cooper is topped eighty
Speaker 1: yards or scored in each of Dalton's five starts, and
Speaker 1: Lamb is tied for Cooper for the most targets under
Speaker 1: Dalton this year with forty one. His seven catches for
Speaker 1: sixty four yards while Dalton was under siege last week
Speaker 1: made a lot of sense as he was running the short,
Speaker 1: quick routes, especially with right tackles. Zach Thomas out There's
Speaker 1: gonna be a little more pressure on Andy Dalton this
Speaker 1: week since his past defense middle of the pack against
Speaker 1: receivers are allowing around a hundred and sixty two yards
Speaker 1: in a score and a half per game. Dalton Schultz
Speaker 1: is getting a C grade two depending on the scoring system.
Speaker 1: The Bengals are anywhere from fifth worst to worst in
Speaker 1: tight end defense in the league. Evan Ingram and Mike
Speaker 1: get Sicky just beat the Bengals in the last two
Speaker 1: weeks for huge fantasy days, and you're probably a playoff team,
Speaker 1: which means you might have better options. But Schultz is
Speaker 1: one of my favorite plug and play streamers this week.
Speaker 1: He was might take a chance on me receiver for
Speaker 1: much of the week until I really decided I couldn't
Speaker 1: pass on Robby Anderson and Ezekiel Elliott. I'm giving a
Speaker 1: B grade two here. Zeke is averaging twenty two touches
Speaker 1: per game on the year. That gave him exactly that
Speaker 1: many against the Ravens last week, and he's getting eighty
Speaker 1: four percent of the team's rushing attempts inside the ten
Speaker 1: yard line. The Bengals are allowing five yards per carrying
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty yards per game to opposing backs.
Speaker 1: It's a good time for for Zeke. On the Bengal side,
Speaker 1: it's pretty easy. Geo Bernard gets a C grade. Joe
Speaker 1: Mixon is not gonna play this week, and Joe Mixon
Speaker 1: may not play the rest of the year. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: what I was gonna say. There's no motivation for the
Speaker 1: Bengals to put him back in. Uh. Geo will get
Speaker 1: the heavier end of the time share over some A J. P. Ryan.
Speaker 1: He's averaging about twelve touches per game. Though the Cowboys
Speaker 1: defense has been awful against the run, allowing a hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty seven rush yards per game and five point
Speaker 1: one yards per carry. Geo should find about seventy eight
Speaker 1: yards here and have a shot at a touchdown. Whatever
Speaker 1: quarterback they chooses on the bench, whether it's Brandon Allen
Speaker 1: who's injured or Ryan Finley who's bad. Either we'll be
Speaker 1: playing without left tackle Jonah Williams, who just hit I R.
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm leaving Tyler Boyd and Tie Higgins
Speaker 1: on the bench, and Redraft. I think they're kind of
Speaker 1: droppable right now, both of them. Higgins has had exactly
Speaker 1: one hundred total yards in the two games since Burrow
Speaker 1: went down, and Boyd needs a ton of volume to
Speaker 1: be viable here. I don't think he breaks another seventy
Speaker 1: two yard touchdown before getting tossed out of a game.
Speaker 1: Boyd's averaging five targets and two catches per games since
Speaker 1: we lost Burrow, so they're both on the bench. Tennessee
Speaker 1: takes on Jacksonville. Bryan needless to say, Derrick Henry is
Speaker 1: an A grade, But who else do you like in
Speaker 1: this matchup? Yeah, these teams played back in Week two.
Speaker 1: Of course, like you said, Derrick Henry a grade and
Speaker 1: not can go into that too much. The last three
Speaker 1: leadbacks who faced the Jaguars of total three fifty rushing
Speaker 1: yards on six yards per carry. So you gotta like
Speaker 1: Henry even though he had carries for eighty four scoreless
Speaker 1: yards in the first meeting. I'm not too worried about that.
Speaker 1: He gets an A, so do a. J Brown and
Speaker 1: Corey Davis, opposing wide receivers, are averaging four teen catches,
Speaker 1: one eighty seven yards, and one plus touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: against the Jaguars. Brown did not play in the first meeting.
Speaker 1: Corey of us had three catches three thirty six yards
Speaker 1: in one touchdown. But you love them both in this
Speaker 1: one they both get an A. So if they're both a's,
Speaker 1: isn't Ryan Tannehill also a A? He will definitely be
Speaker 1: in A. But can I talk about John hu Smith
Speaker 1: first charge? You don't want me to skip over that,
Speaker 1: do you? No? Never he gets a B. He will
Speaker 1: play in this one. He is fresh, he is healthy.
Speaker 1: He had a day when these teams first met, four catches,
Speaker 1: eighty four yards and two touchdowns. The Jaguars have surrendered
Speaker 1: these second most scores to opposing tight ends. So a
Speaker 1: B for John new Smith and definitely an A for Tannehill,
Speaker 1: who had four passing touchdowns in the first meeting. With
Speaker 1: no A J Brown again numbers he could easily replicate.
Speaker 1: The Jaguars have allowed passing touchdowns to every opponent and
Speaker 1: multiple passing touchdowns in sixth straight games. So in A
Speaker 1: if Tannehills we got four different A grades in this matchup,
Speaker 1: I'd like to give Tannehill the fantasy yard park. No,
Speaker 1: I got one. Later you give him the Fonzie. You
Speaker 1: want to give him the funzie A charge you can
Speaker 1: give out a Fonzie. But I can't, so I said
Speaker 1: I would give it on his behalf over to the
Speaker 1: Jaguar side. I have an A for James Robinson on
Speaker 1: twenty combo yards and a touchdown in the Week two matchup,
Speaker 1: and I love to catch totals with Glennon at quarterback
Speaker 1: eleven catches over the last two games. The Titans have
Speaker 1: allowed a running back to score at least at least
Speaker 1: once in every game but one so far the season.
Speaker 1: Soon A for Robinson over to the receivers for Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give d J. Charka B even though he's
Speaker 1: been held under sixty yards for three straight games with
Speaker 1: no touchdowns during that span. But this is a great spot.
Speaker 1: He had four catches eighty four yards in the first meeting.
Speaker 1: That should be a safe floor against the Titans, who
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier have allowed three d eighty two yards
Speaker 1: and four wide receiver touchdowns over the last two games
Speaker 1: to the position, and that is why Colin Johnson was
Speaker 1: might take a chance on the wide receiver. I leaned
Speaker 1: him over Laviska Chenalt, who you could give a C two,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna leave him on the bench here. He
Speaker 1: scored last week, but that was a major fluke at
Speaker 1: deflection off Chark, and that was his first touchdown since
Speaker 1: week one. Chenault also hasn't topped three catches or forty
Speaker 1: five yards since Week five. He's been one of the
Speaker 1: few rookie receiver kind of I'm not I'm not calling
Speaker 1: him a bust, but he's just sort of had a
Speaker 1: math here, sort of a standard rookie. Colin Johnson has
Speaker 1: really stepped up and he's taking a lot of targets
Speaker 1: from him twice as many as quarterback play too though.
Speaker 1: That's that's that's a fair point, but there will not
Speaker 1: be math quarterback played from like Glenn AND's game might
Speaker 1: take a chance on me quarterback. No, I think you're
Speaker 1: right about that. There probably will not be, which is
Speaker 1: good news. We've got about one minute left in this segment.
Speaker 1: Do you believe cam Acres is now the full time
Speaker 1: workhorse back for the Rams? I think that Sean McVeigh
Speaker 1: likes to play games with my heart and no, he's
Speaker 1: You're gonna see Darrell Henderson come out and know that
Speaker 1: some touches it was way too one sided and looked
Speaker 1: McVeigh goes back fire him. I don't know, but he
Speaker 1: could because that's what McVeigh does. But he even did
Speaker 1: it with Todd. But you know what, Well, when Todd
Speaker 1: Gurley was in his heyday during your Super Bowl year,
Speaker 1: Gurley got the majority of the work weekend and week out.
Speaker 1: I think cam Akers is entering that territory here. I
Speaker 1: want to believe that that is the case. And for
Speaker 1: those people that actually picked him up back then it's
Speaker 1: a going to turn into a good opportunity to use
Speaker 1: him down the stretch there. When we came back to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly, Three Tough Questions, Well, Pepper, my panelists
Speaker 1: with three questions. You can try to play along and
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Speaker 1: Tough Questions. We begin with tough question number one. If
Speaker 1: you bench Dalvin Cook in a brutally tough matchup and
Speaker 1: you lose because of it, can you live with yourself? Matt?
Speaker 1: Can you live with yourself? Yes? Yes, you can live
Speaker 1: with yourself. You should not go Harry kry on yourself
Speaker 1: if this happens. Um, yes, this is a bad matchup.
Speaker 1: The Bucks allow only fifty four rushing yards per game,
Speaker 1: but they do allow six receptions per game and only
Speaker 1: thirty eight yards per game to the running back, so
Speaker 1: that's tough, but Dalvin gets all of that. They do
Speaker 1: allow a combined one touchdown per game to the running
Speaker 1: back position as well. So would you take ninety two
Speaker 1: total yards, six catches, and a score in a PPR league.
Speaker 1: That's twenty one point two points, and that's an average
Speaker 1: back getting all the work. I think Dalvin is better
Speaker 1: than an average back. He's the best running back in
Speaker 1: the league right now. So I'm gonna start him. He's
Speaker 1: going to perform. It's gonna be fine. Don't worry. You
Speaker 1: didn't answer the question, so yes, you can see if
Speaker 1: you you bench him and you lose, you're not gonna
Speaker 1: be him. That's not the question. Who's gonna bench him?
Speaker 1: No you can't, Then you do have to. I've got
Speaker 1: him his running back seventeen. A good chance that you
Speaker 1: need a samurai sword. You do need a home guillotine.
Speaker 1: So yeah, so you know you can't live you can't.
Speaker 1: You're gonna cry o Brian. Yeah, if you bench Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook and you lose because of it, can you live
Speaker 1: with yourself? No, Start your studs, especially Dalvin Cook. Well,
Speaker 1: not all your studs, but start Dalvin Cook. That's all
Speaker 1: I gotta say. I'm gonna sleep like a baby if
Speaker 1: I if I if I have, If I go into
Speaker 1: this matchup and I decided I've got two runners that
Speaker 1: I think are gonna outperform Dalvin Cook, I'm going to
Speaker 1: go with my best judgment every time. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: second guess myself. I'm going it might not work out,
Speaker 1: and it doesn't mean I won't be upset that it
Speaker 1: didn't work out. But I'm gonna sleep like a baby.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have no trouble. If you gotta play, you're
Speaker 1: gonna cry yourself to speak like a baby. I'm because
Speaker 1: of the tear. I will be disappointed that I'm done,
Speaker 1: But that's it. It's to me. You just you make
Speaker 1: the best decisions you can and you move on. I
Speaker 1: don't even know if I got that right or wrong.
Speaker 1: I don't need to question number two. With your fantasy
Speaker 1: season on the line, can you risk starting Deonte Johnson,
Speaker 1: considering his league leading nine drops nine times and Mike
Speaker 1: Tomlin's edict that he'll replace people who can't catch the ball. Brian, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm I haven't looked, but I'm gonna guess like Chase
Speaker 1: Claypool and Eric Ebron are second and third and drops,
Speaker 1: so as soon as they bench Deyonte, the rotation will
Speaker 1: get them right back in the game. Uh No, I'm not.
Speaker 1: I'm a little worried about the drops, but I will
Speaker 1: I will risk starting Deonte Johnson, who was already a
Speaker 1: top fifteen wide receiver, and that's after missing one full game,
Speaker 1: and he left three full games very early. If you
Speaker 1: would just extrapolate his eight full games just so the
Speaker 1: twelve games were at right now, he would be first
Speaker 1: and catches among all wide receivers, eighth in yards, and
Speaker 1: you have eight receiving touchdowns. He's already, like I said,
Speaker 1: a wide receiver fifteen. So I'll take my chances on
Speaker 1: the talent and hope he holds onto the ball, and yes,
Speaker 1: I'll start Johnson. Matt, can you risk starting Deonte Johnson
Speaker 1: considering he drops more balls than a Hernia specialist? And
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlins got an edict to replace anybody who drops balls.
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I'm still starting him. He's He's got almost
Speaker 1: ten targets per game. In fact, he sees a target
Speaker 1: on twenty one percent of his snaps. One out of
Speaker 1: five snaps on the fields throwing the ball to him,
Speaker 1: he drops less than one pass the game, zero point
Speaker 1: seven To be precise, You're basically one of the highest
Speaker 1: targeted players in the league. On a person nap basis,
Speaker 1: he has more catches per game than Calvin Ridley, A. J. Brown,
Speaker 1: Adam Feeling, Justin Jefferson, and Mike Evans. Mike Tomlin is
Speaker 1: a great motivator, That's what this is. This is a
Speaker 1: motivational tactic. So his benching would be a motivational attack.
Speaker 1: We're not gonna ben in the playoffs, especially. I pay
Speaker 1: close attention to the risk profile of my entire roster,
Speaker 1: my starters. Do I have a lot of boom or
Speaker 1: bust guys? Do or do I have a lot of
Speaker 1: safe guys with consistent bankable production. How much risk do
Speaker 1: I have throughout my roster? Then I apply that risk
Speaker 1: profile to my likelihood of winning. If I just need
Speaker 1: my guys to perform as usual and I'm gonna win,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm then I don't want risk if I if
Speaker 1: I am the underdog, then I have to go with
Speaker 1: high risk, high reward guys. So you need to look
Speaker 1: at the risk profile of your roster. If I can
Speaker 1: win by a lot, I can't, I can't add risk.
Speaker 1: So it really depends on the risk profile of your roster.
Speaker 1: He is a risky player, and if he drops a
Speaker 1: couple of passes in the first quarter, I don't think
Speaker 1: you're gonna see him again. You have to bake that
Speaker 1: into your decision on whether or not you're going to
Speaker 1: start him. But it's different for every team. So I'm
Speaker 1: giving you both a correct answer. It's the holiday spirit.
Speaker 1: By the way, I think he said the same thing, though,
Speaker 1: didn't we that we both start them? Did you say?
Speaker 1: Questions analyze the risk profile? Tough question number three? Should
Speaker 1: owners who have nothing left to play for be allowed
Speaker 1: to make waiver claims in redraft leagues? And that's part one?
Speaker 1: Part two? Should they be allowed to make waiver claims
Speaker 1: in dynasty keeper and empire leagues during the Fantasy playoffs?
Speaker 1: Matt Well, let me talk about part two. First, Dynasty
Speaker 1: keeper Empire leagues. Absolutely, if people are able to make
Speaker 1: a pick up. Everybody should be able to make a pickup.
Speaker 1: I think that's pretty clean right there. In redraft leagues,
Speaker 1: I hear this competitive balance thing like, don't try to
Speaker 1: take take the winds away from the guys who are
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. But guess what, you should always be
Speaker 1: playing for something. There should be a toilet bowl in
Speaker 1: your league that you're going for. And you're playing for something,
Speaker 1: whether it's for cash, whether it's for pride, whether it's
Speaker 1: for punishing. But if the question is framed, if if
Speaker 1: there's nothing for you to play for, there is no
Speaker 1: toilet bowl, you're just out. You're just out. I still
Speaker 1: think that you should be able to because it's if
Speaker 1: it's a twelve team league, it's a twelve team league
Speaker 1: worth of players, and everybody should have a team that
Speaker 1: looks like a twelve team league team. I'm in agreement
Speaker 1: with the dynasty aspect, and I will add that there
Speaker 1: shouldn't be a trading deadline in dynasty keeper or Empire
Speaker 1: leagues either. In my opinion, you should be allowed to
Speaker 1: trade until the end of the season. Certainly should be
Speaker 1: allowed to add and drop players. But in redraft I'm
Speaker 1: gonna disagree, and I'm usually one that says, if the
Speaker 1: site allows you to do it, then go for it.
Speaker 1: But if there's nothing to play for, just stay off
Speaker 1: the waiver wire. It's there's you're just being an enable,
Speaker 1: that's the bottom line. So that's my answer. No, do
Speaker 1: not go to the waiver wire. If you're not in
Speaker 1: the playoffs and redrafting, there's no consolation bracket. That's exactly right.
Speaker 1: You don't get to just get to play spoiler for
Speaker 1: no reason, just so you can f up somebody else's season.
Speaker 1: You should have you should have won more games if
Speaker 1: that's you know, if you wanted to be if you
Speaker 1: wanted to make waiver transactions in December, go win more games.
Speaker 1: If you have nothing to play for, Teams that have
Speaker 1: nothing to play for should not be allowed allowed to
Speaker 1: make waiver claims in redraft Now, if you have anything
Speaker 1: to play for, including the avoiding the toilet Bowl, then yes,
Speaker 1: you should be able to do whatever you need to
Speaker 1: do to remain competitive once the playoffs starts. And in Dynasty,
Speaker 1: of course it's Dynasty game on. If anybody can make transaction,
Speaker 1: everybody can. Would you agree, no trade deadline? No, I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't agree with that because now it's a week
Speaker 1: like fifteen, I really have nothing to play for, and
Speaker 1: I could make a really lopsided trade in the Fantasy
Speaker 1: championship to one team. You can't have that an Empire
Speaker 1: league pot like in our league, where we have nine
Speaker 1: thousand dollars at risk, and somebody could upend their roster
Speaker 1: to make sure the empire the Empire winner doesn't go again.
Speaker 1: But that's a regular dice. I don't like it. I
Speaker 1: don't like it fair enough. Quick bonus question for you,
Speaker 1: is there a surprise player down the stretch who is
Speaker 1: not a regular fantasy producer, who you think is going
Speaker 1: to house leagues this year and guide you to championships
Speaker 1: like Ron Dane did like seven years ago. I want
Speaker 1: somebody that you don't normally start, but now this year
Speaker 1: is going to go on a three game run. I
Speaker 1: don't know if he falls in the Dane category. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with Miles Gaskin. Uh. He's gonna be the
Speaker 1: bell cow for the Dolphins for the remainder of the season.
Speaker 1: They got a strong defense that they got the Chiefs
Speaker 1: this week, but that could be a shootout. He could
Speaker 1: get some more out in the backfield. But then New
Speaker 1: England we just saw get carved up by cam Achors
Speaker 1: and then the Raiders in week sixteen. That's a plus matchup.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go gasking. Uh My guy is not
Speaker 1: a guy that you wouldn't start, but it's a guy
Speaker 1: that you might not be thinking about right now. And
Speaker 1: it's Mark Andrews. Um he's got the best schedule Cleveland
Speaker 1: this week, the Browns have allowed the third most receptions
Speaker 1: and are tied for the second most touchdowns to tight ends.
Speaker 1: Andrews scored twice against the Browns in the first meeting
Speaker 1: Jacksonville next week. Jaguars are tied with the Browns for
Speaker 1: the second most touchdowns allowed nine times in twelve games,
Speaker 1: nine times nine And in your fantasy Championship the Giants.
Speaker 1: Uh he The Giants have only allowed two touchdowns of
Speaker 1: the tight end position, but the very very best tight
Speaker 1: end they faced was Rob Gronkowski, and he was the
Speaker 1: best by a long shot. They've faced nobody until Dan
Speaker 1: Arnold this weekend. Dan, I'm just gonna change at all. Um.
Speaker 1: The guy I'm I'm thinking about is he only quasi
Speaker 1: qualifies even David Montgomery who has been a flex starter
Speaker 1: most of the year. He's an A grade this week
Speaker 1: he'll probably be an A or B grade against Minnesota,
Speaker 1: and then he'll be an A grade against Jacksonville after that,
Speaker 1: and he gets like one hundred percent of the work.
Speaker 1: We need the old cow bell back are one our
Speaker 1: single cow bell, which was a good idea when we
Speaker 1: wanted literally one bell. It's like a cow clunk. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it just doesn't work. That was think from a preseason show,
Speaker 1: wasn't it. I don't know. It goes way back. I
Speaker 1: don't remember how long can I miss I missed my
Speaker 1: old cowbell? Uh? Kansas City takes on the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: led ZIP through this matchup. In this segment, Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, and Travis Kelsey are all A grades, although
Speaker 1: I'll note that it's a trickier matchup than it sounds
Speaker 1: because Miami secondary is actually quite good. But they're all
Speaker 1: still A grades and they're totally unvench table, unvenchable. Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Hill and Travis Kelsey. I think I've got them at
Speaker 1: roughly quarterback five, wide receiver five, and Kelsey is tight
Speaker 1: end one and the only other guys that you want
Speaker 1: to think about for Kansas City. Sammy Watkins is on
Speaker 1: the bench too, totally forgettable start since his return to injury,
Speaker 1: and he's got tricky matchups against the Miami cornerback Xavian Howard,
Speaker 1: Byron Jones and Nick need him and then Clyde Edwards
Speaker 1: Hilaire always it's it's been a disaster last week was
Speaker 1: too nearly a bench grade here, but I'm giving him
Speaker 1: a C grade. Over the last five games, the Chiefs
Speaker 1: have thrown one of their offensive plays. Only one running
Speaker 1: back has scored against Dolphins in their last seven games,
Speaker 1: running backs going over ninety rushing yards against them in
Speaker 1: their last fourteen games. I don't like this matchup, but
Speaker 1: I'm giving him C gregs. I think Clyde Edwards a layer,
Speaker 1: will cobble together fifty sixty yards and has a twenty
Speaker 1: five percent chance at a touchdown. C grade sounds about
Speaker 1: what are the odds of someone with c h on
Speaker 1: roster being alive this week? Though what happened last week? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that costs me a gaining uh Miles Gas going to
Speaker 1: the Miami side. Miles Gaskin is a B grade here.
Speaker 1: Savon Akhmed likely misses another game and it doesn't even matter.
Speaker 1: Gaskin gets the overwhelming majority of the work. Chiefs have
Speaker 1: allowed their opponents starting back to score or post at
Speaker 1: least one hundred thirty combo yards in four straight games.
Speaker 1: The way you beat the Every team does the same
Speaker 1: thing when they face the Chiefs. They want to win
Speaker 1: on the ground, keep them play, keep away from Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1: Gaskin is gonna get plenty of work. And he's a
Speaker 1: B grade gas can to a Tonguo via Looa is
Speaker 1: a C grade. He has one all of his full
Speaker 1: game starts. But he's also been a low yield fantasy
Speaker 1: producer with shorter, safer passes than Ryan Fitzpatrick's yolo downfield stylings.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in four straight
Speaker 1: games and to scores as possible here. But that's that
Speaker 1: is the top of his upside in a medium matchup
Speaker 1: without a lot of good targets for him here, and
Speaker 1: I've only got to see grade in Davante Parker, who
Speaker 1: just withers with two under center, averaging just thirty nine
Speaker 1: yards per game. There is some upside of two. Can
Speaker 1: it can't unleash some downfield passing Kansas City has has
Speaker 1: allowed multi score games to outside receivers Tim Patrick and
Speaker 1: Mike Evans and back to back games. So maybe two
Speaker 1: it gets a little something done with Parker, but history
Speaker 1: suggests not ma and then lastly, Mike Kasecki b Grade.
Speaker 1: He has scored him back to back games. He's been
Speaker 1: after basically disappearing for the entire middle of the season.
Speaker 1: Kansas City has been giving up big numbers to tight
Speaker 1: ends of late. Over their last three games, the Chiefs
Speaker 1: have surrendered too tight end touchdowns and are allowing more
Speaker 1: than eight catches in one yards per game to the position.
Speaker 1: So I like Giseki quite a bit in this matchup.
Speaker 1: We'll take a break when we come back. The New
Speaker 1: York Jets take on the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle's offense has
Speaker 1: been more abund for a month, but here comes the
Speaker 1: get right Jets. Do you start them all? Wasn't it
Speaker 1: to get right Giants? Maybe maybe you know, Well, we'll
Speaker 1: see if they're gonna fare a little bit better about
Speaker 1: this team from New York when we come back to
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchie,
Speaker 1: Matt Harrison, and Brian Johnson with you back to a
Speaker 1: block of matchups, including the Jets taking on Seattle. Ty
Speaker 1: Johnson with a big game last week, but Frank or
Speaker 1: make him back for this one, and we've got a
Speaker 1: lot of history, and says Tie Johnson is not that
Speaker 1: good and see it has been a good run defense.
Speaker 1: Do you like any part of the Jets running game? Nope? Uh,
Speaker 1: we could probably just leave it at that. That's I'm
Speaker 1: fine with it if you want to move on. But
Speaker 1: we got better things. You really do the Jets wide receivers. Now,
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims is gonna miss this weekend's game with a
Speaker 1: family emergency. And then Jamison Crowder suffered a calf injury
Speaker 1: on Thursday's practice and his status is now in serious doubt,
Speaker 1: which leaves a couple more targets for Brashad Pairman and
Speaker 1: maybe Brexton Barrios if Crowder doesn't go. Now, Crowder did
Speaker 1: score twice last weekend, and if he does play, I'm
Speaker 1: giving him a solid B. He hasn't seen double digit
Speaker 1: targets since week six, though, uh Perriman has had some
Speaker 1: ups and downs, hit seventy nine yards or scored in
Speaker 1: three of his last four though, and it's the Seahawks.
Speaker 1: They don't have much of a stronger weak spot against
Speaker 1: slot or perimeter wide receivers. Both have absolutely gouged them
Speaker 1: this year to the tune of nineteen catches and two
Speaker 1: five yards per game. Pairman I think is a solid B.
Speaker 1: If Crowder doesn't go, I think he's a CEE if
Speaker 1: he does go. And if Crowder doesn't go, Braxton Barrios
Speaker 1: is in with a C two, I think the Jets
Speaker 1: are gonna get shut out. It could be uh Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: I'm giving him a C grade. I can't imagine anyone
Speaker 1: who's starting Donald this week, but it's the best possible matchups,
Speaker 1: so I'll give him a starting grade. It's worth noting
Speaker 1: the Seahawks have not given up a three hundred yard
Speaker 1: passer and three straight games, but they did play Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, and Colt McCoy in those games. But Seattle
Speaker 1: has allowed a league high forty three passing attempts and
Speaker 1: three three passing yards per game. On the Seahawks side,
Speaker 1: we alluded to it right before the break. It's a
Speaker 1: get right game, maybe a jet right game for Russell Wilson.
Speaker 1: Uh the Seahawks were a little embarrassed by the Giants
Speaker 1: last weekend. They need that Jet right game. Insert the Jets,
Speaker 1: who are allowing three hundred passing yards and two scores
Speaker 1: per game to opposing quarterbacks. Russell Wilson's in a saw
Speaker 1: our DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. The Lockett sides fascinating. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no questioning the DK. We don't even spend time on that.
Speaker 1: But Locket has been the guy where if you can
Speaker 1: if you can get that one out of every six
Speaker 1: games where he blows up, you're set, but otherwise you
Speaker 1: suffer well. Since his Week seven two hundred yard three
Speaker 1: touchdown game, Lockett hasn't topped sixty seven yards and he's
Speaker 1: only scored once. However, he's played some really good corners
Speaker 1: in that time, surprisingly, and he's been targeted exactly nine
Speaker 1: times in three of his last four games. We used
Speaker 1: the nine times button nine times today. He has the talent,
Speaker 1: the opportunity, and the matchup is good. So don't be
Speaker 1: mad at him. Start him with confidence this week. And
Speaker 1: Chris Carson, I'm gonna give him an A grade. Carson
Speaker 1: is healthy. Hide is just a change of pace. Back
Speaker 1: when that happens like last week when Carson had sixteen
Speaker 1: touches and a hundred and ten yards and Hide had
Speaker 1: five touches for eleven yards. That's the race you I
Speaker 1: want to see right there, exactly. Carson is still limited
Speaker 1: a little bit in practice as his foot injuries not
Speaker 1: quite fully healed, but he's His limitations don't seem to
Speaker 1: hold them back on the field during Sundays. The Jets
Speaker 1: have been good ish against the run. They have been
Speaker 1: shockingly competent, but they're still allowing on average twenty nine
Speaker 1: touches tend a hundred and thirty two total yards per
Speaker 1: game to opposing back because everybody gets ahead on the
Speaker 1: Jets and they just run. That's right. Carson is gonna
Speaker 1: get eighty percent of that, and I'll take that in
Speaker 1: a fantasy playoff week. Uh, the Jets just lost their
Speaker 1: super Bowl last week, and their version of a super
Speaker 1: Bowl is a winnable game. I think they've actually won
Speaker 1: their Super Bowl last organizationally, they certainly did. I think
Speaker 1: these players are going to come in dead flat on
Speaker 1: their cross country flight and the Jets are gonna get
Speaker 1: eviscerated in this one. Uh. It's not a huge it's
Speaker 1: not a huge take. I know Atlanta takes on the Chargers,
Speaker 1: and for the Falcons, Brian no Julio Jones, and Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan has languished without Jones, averaging less than one touchdown
Speaker 1: per game in the games that Jones did not have
Speaker 1: full participation in. Yeah, seven games with Julio, Ryan has
Speaker 1: fifteen touchdowns. That's more than two a game in the
Speaker 1: five games. Or Julio has been limited or absent three
Speaker 1: touchdowns in those five games from Matt Ryan. So he
Speaker 1: is on the bench with no Julio. It's that simple.
Speaker 1: And of course Julio on the bench as well. He's
Speaker 1: been ruled out already. Calvin Ridley, though, I will still
Speaker 1: give him a starting B grade, even though the Chargers
Speaker 1: have allowed the fewest receptions to wide receivers and have
Speaker 1: only allowed one wide out to top seventy five yards
Speaker 1: over their last five games. But Ridley should see a
Speaker 1: ton of volume in this one, so I will still
Speaker 1: give him a BE. But you know, Ridley's numbers are
Speaker 1: worse when Julio's it's gone because defenses can focus. He's
Speaker 1: better off with Julio on the field, for sure. And
Speaker 1: you know who else is is Russell Gauge. You might
Speaker 1: be thinking maybe I'll give Russell Gauge Ago without Julio. Wrong,
Speaker 1: definitely do not. In the three games without Julio, he's
Speaker 1: averaging three less targets per game, just four targets pergaing
Speaker 1: without Julio seven targets with Julio in the lineup for Gauge,
Speaker 1: and his catch and yardage totals are cut in half
Speaker 1: without Julio on the s LUI no JUALI no no
Speaker 1: way for Russell Gauge, And now I like saying no
Speaker 1: to hate in Hurst. It's become pretty easy and usually
Speaker 1: pays off. But I will give him a CE here
Speaker 1: With no Julio. Opposing tight ends are only averaging four
Speaker 1: point three catches and forty three yards per game against
Speaker 1: the Chargers. That is the middle of the road. But
Speaker 1: l A has surrendered the second most scores two tight
Speaker 1: ends with nine, so I will give Hurst a C
Speaker 1: and uh lastly four Atlanta. Todd Gurley, of course, his
Speaker 1: last and certainly least here. His only hope is for
Speaker 1: a goal line plunge, and without Julio to potentially draw
Speaker 1: a past interference in the end zone, his chances are
Speaker 1: very diminished, very unlikely to get that goal line plunge,
Speaker 1: especially because the Chargers have only surrendered seven rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: and running backs on the season, so Gurly is on
Speaker 1: the bench. Not a lot of players on the bench
Speaker 1: for the Chargers. Will start with Austin Ekeler. I don't
Speaker 1: like the ma matchup for him. I will still get
Speaker 1: him to be this Falcons are very tough against the
Speaker 1: run this year. They've only They've allowed just five rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns to the position all season, and no running back
Speaker 1: has topped ninety rushing yards. And since Week six, opposing
Speaker 1: backs are averaging just two and a half catches and
Speaker 1: sixteen receiving yards against Atlanta, with no receiving touchdowns during
Speaker 1: that span, which is staggering for the Falcons, who we've
Speaker 1: been picking on the five years, like five great years.
Speaker 1: Every running back, any running back playing against the Falcons,
Speaker 1: he's gonna catch a million passes. It would take a
Speaker 1: chance on me, Crutch for years it was the easiest
Speaker 1: go too. But with with no Julio at the time
Speaker 1: of possession is it's going to be dominated by the Chargers.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give or the b even though at
Speaker 1: first I was gonna give him a sea because it
Speaker 1: is a tough matchup. It's it's not a smash spot,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. It probably is for Keenan Allen, though
Speaker 1: a wide receiver has topped a hundred yards against the
Speaker 1: Falcons nine times this season, UH, commanding twelve targets per game.
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen likely to be the tenth. He gets an A,
Speaker 1: and I will give my Williams B as well. Wide
Speaker 1: receivers as a whole or averaging fifteen catches and two
Speaker 1: yards per game against the Falcons, So there should be
Speaker 1: plenty of meat left on the bone for Williams here
Speaker 1: and Hunter Henry gets a B as well. Uh. The
Speaker 1: Falcons have yielded the third most red zone touches and
Speaker 1: surrendered the second most tight end touchdowns the second most
Speaker 1: touchdowns too tight ends with nine, but only two of
Speaker 1: those tight ends have come over at Landa's last six games.
Speaker 1: So not an A for Henry here, just to B.
Speaker 1: But I will give air Bear the A justin Herbert whoa.
Speaker 1: Oh he's definitely not hibernating today. Oh God, no, hello
Speaker 1: air Bear. When Nick Foles drew lock and Taysom Hill
Speaker 1: can throw for multiple passing touchdowns against the Falcons, who
Speaker 1: have allowed a seventy one completion rate over the last
Speaker 1: three games. You gotta like Herbert air Bear absolutely if
Speaker 1: this feels like a very strong start for him. Washington
Speaker 1: takes on San Francisco. Not a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: on the Washington side. Will begin with Alex Smith, who's
Speaker 1: on the bench. His arm strength is just so limiting.
Speaker 1: He can't press defenses downfield at all. He's only startable
Speaker 1: in the most favorable of matt hips and this is
Speaker 1: not one of them. And I'm down on most of
Speaker 1: the rest of the offense because of it, other than
Speaker 1: j D mckissic, who's might take a chance on me
Speaker 1: running back with a B grade, and I expect a
Speaker 1: lot from him. Terry mclauren's really tricky. Even with the
Speaker 1: return of Richard Sherman for er secondary has had some
Speaker 1: struggles lately. Over the last five games, Niners are allowing
Speaker 1: almost two d yards per game to opposing receivers, but
Speaker 1: mclauren was brutal last week. He's gonna face off against
Speaker 1: Jason Varette, who most of the season has been good
Speaker 1: but got worked by Stefan Diggs last week. So some
Speaker 1: different different mixes A mix of different directions for McLaurin,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna stick with the predominant B grade that
Speaker 1: he's earned over the course of the season. But still
Speaker 1: I'm a little bit I'm a little bit gun shy
Speaker 1: after last week. Then Logan Thomas with a C grade
Speaker 1: San Francisco allowing just three catches and thirty two yards
Speaker 1: per game to the tight end position, which is bad,
Speaker 1: and only three touchdowns all year. But Thomas shined in
Speaker 1: a very tough matchup last week against the Steelers, putting
Speaker 1: up nine catches, nine yards and a touchdown. And he's
Speaker 1: now got touchdowns and back to back games. So I
Speaker 1: do have a C grade on Logan Thomas here. Peyton
Speaker 1: Barber is going to get the start. He's terrible. He's
Speaker 1: averaged just two and a half yards per carry. Your
Speaker 1: only hope is a goal line carry against sant San
Speaker 1: Francisco defense that's only given up six rushing touchdowns all year.
Speaker 1: Now let's go to the niner side. Let's begin with
Speaker 1: Raheem Most who gets a C grade. With the running game,
Speaker 1: he looked I thought a little more spry last week
Speaker 1: and his second game back from injury, but he still
Speaker 1: hasn't posted a meaningful Fantasy day. Since pre injury, the
Speaker 1: Washington football team has been flat out dominant against opposing
Speaker 1: running backs over their last three games. They're only allowing
Speaker 1: thirty four scoreless rushing yards per game. That's nothing, and
Speaker 1: no back his top thirty two yards. And then also
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson mucking up the works last week, especially getting
Speaker 1: the ball near the stripe. We don't need Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: on the field, get him off. So just to see
Speaker 1: great and Raheem Mostard here, I was hoping most are
Speaker 1: would power teams through the playoffs. It doesn't look like
Speaker 1: it's going to be that way, all right. And then
Speaker 1: the passing game, Nick Mollins. I don't think Nick Mollins
Speaker 1: is a half bad quarterback, and I love that he's
Speaker 1: got all his weapons healthy. But this is a really
Speaker 1: tricky matchup against a good past defense. Five of the
Speaker 1: past seven quarterbacks to face Washington have thrown zero or
Speaker 1: one touchdown. Washington sees the seventh fewest past attempts and
Speaker 1: Shanahan loves to run the ball. So I just I
Speaker 1: just don't think there's a volume here either. I've got
Speaker 1: a C grade on Mullins, a C grade on Brandon
Speaker 1: a Yuk, who has quietly produced over one hundred yards
Speaker 1: or a touchdown in five straight games, and he draws
Speaker 1: the majority of Nick Mollins targets. Six of the nine
Speaker 1: touchdowns that Washington has allowed have gone two receivers over
Speaker 1: the past four games, so they've given up a little
Speaker 1: more lately. Ayuke's got a difficult one on one matchup
Speaker 1: against Kendall Fuller, who's been very good and is allowing
Speaker 1: just thirty or four yards per game in his coverage.
Speaker 1: So a C grade on Ayuke. C grade on Deebo
Speaker 1: Samuel in his two games since returning from the hamstring
Speaker 1: injuries average a hundred three yards per game, which I
Speaker 1: love and he looks great, but he's got a brutal
Speaker 1: matchup in the slot against Jim Moreland, who is not
Speaker 1: allowed a touchdown all season, and it's giving up just
Speaker 1: eighteen yards in his coverage. So it's just bad matchups
Speaker 1: everywhere unfortunately, including Jordan Read. Washington started the season really
Speaker 1: badly against tight ends, but they've improved a lot and
Speaker 1: Read is not seeing any kind of consistent volume unfortunately,
Speaker 1: so matchup with very few possible starters. When we come
Speaker 1: back our final block of matchups, including green Bay taking
Speaker 1: on Detroit, including a very tricky matchup for fantasy owners
Speaker 1: with DeAndre Swift. What are you gonna do with his
Speaker 1: weird situation missing games? He comes off the protocol still
Speaker 1: not ready illness, He's gonna get enough work. He has
Speaker 1: a dicey start. We'll tell you if you dare put
Speaker 1: him in your starting lineup. When we returned to Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Weekly. Final thing in the Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul
Speaker 1: Charchi with you. You can follow me on Twitter at
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Speaker 1: of your player rankings available for free. Explanations on the
Speaker 1: guys help you make sure you set your lineup. And
Speaker 1: it's not just as simple as starting the guys that
Speaker 1: got you there. There is no worse playoff strategy than saying, well,
Speaker 1: you're the guys I gotta be here. I guess I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna blame in the order. You know I've been
Speaker 1: playing them. You don't have to be loyal. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: players don't care. They don't care. They don't care. The
Speaker 1: players do not care, absolutely not. Final block of matchups here,
Speaker 1: including green Bay taking on Detroit. Matt Let's start on
Speaker 1: the Green Bay side, and it's it's an ultra plus
Speaker 1: matchup for Aaron Rodgers in the passing game. You know
Speaker 1: I wanna Yeah, Well, it's Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams.
Speaker 1: They're both getting A grades if you don't count the
Speaker 1: final game of where the Packers allow Detroit to win
Speaker 1: thirty one nothing and Rogers played five snaps. Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: has thrown multiple touchdown passes against Detroit. Guess how many
Speaker 1: times in a row? Chart nine, You've got it nine times.
Speaker 1: Adams has played the Lions. Guess how many times charged?
Speaker 1: That's right, and he scored a lot, but he's only
Speaker 1: top No, He's only topped one yards once against the Lions.
Speaker 1: That's kind of strange. It doesn't look like Jeff Okudo
Speaker 1: will play in this game with a shoulder injury and
Speaker 1: number two cornered Desmond trufont hit I R so he's
Speaker 1: gone to uh So Allen Lazard, I'm giving him a
Speaker 1: C grade too hot. His highest snap total since his
Speaker 1: injury last week at sixty. Lazard has scored in every
Speaker 1: other game this season, and he didn't score last week,
Speaker 1: so he's due Lazard also scored in both meetings against
Speaker 1: the Lions last season. Lazard base and everything you just
Speaker 1: said tsing cornerbacks. Yeah, B grade. I guess you could
Speaker 1: give a B grade to Robert tons of fun tongue
Speaker 1: in his stat lines in the last three weeks, five targets,
Speaker 1: five catches, one touchdown, five targets, five catches, one touchdown,
Speaker 1: five targets, four catches, one touchdown. I sent a pattern
Speaker 1: a little bit. Uh. Cole Comet and Herb Smith each
Speaker 1: scored against the Lions in the last four weeks. Uh.
Speaker 1: And then finally Aaron Jones gets the a A RN
Speaker 1: Fantasy a A art vark. This year, I covered how
Speaker 1: bad Detroit's terrible run defense is already, So let's move
Speaker 1: on to the Detroit side where we can talk about
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift, who's very iffy with this one with both
Speaker 1: a concussion and an illness, and interim coach Darryl Bevil
Speaker 1: mentioned to the press that if Swift can play, his
Speaker 1: usage will be severely limited. I don't like hearing that,
Speaker 1: so I'm going to advise to bench Swift even iff active.
Speaker 1: And this is a great match up against the Packers too.
Speaker 1: That's the killer part of this. Now, if he does
Speaker 1: not go. Now, if he does not go, this is
Speaker 1: better because if Swift is active, Adrian Peterson is not
Speaker 1: in the game. But if Swift is out, he's almost
Speaker 1: a B grade in this one. Peterson is Yeah. In
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, Peterson has had fifteen and sixteen
Speaker 1: carries and scored twice in both games. By the way,
Speaker 1: Peterson has seventeen career touchdowns against the Packers. That's a lot.
Speaker 1: I love that he terrorized the Packers for most of
Speaker 1: his career and has found a way to see him again.
Speaker 1: And maybe he could do it one more time, one
Speaker 1: last time with Darryl Bevil. Come on, the band's all
Speaker 1: back together. Matthew Stafford, Uh, he's still got the thumb injury,
Speaker 1: but he's getting a C grade. If you look back
Speaker 1: at Stafford's last ten games against the Packers, he's thrown
Speaker 1: multiple scores. How many times? Charge nine times? That's right,
Speaker 1: nine out of ten multiple touchdown games for Stafford. But
Speaker 1: he's been wildly inconsistent this year, only hitting the three
Speaker 1: yard mark or multiple scores in seven of twelve games.
Speaker 1: So I'm only giving him the sea. Kenny Golladay not
Speaker 1: gonna go again, likely with the hip injury. Some are
Speaker 1: speculating that he's just ready to hit free agency and
Speaker 1: is not gonna play for Detroit. I think there's a
Speaker 1: good chance that happens, but I think Stafford's gone to
Speaker 1: By the way, it could be. Marvin Jones gets a
Speaker 1: C grade worth noting that the Lions cut the other
Speaker 1: Marvin Marvin Hall. Uh Jones should get JayR. Alexander in
Speaker 1: this game. But he scored in four of his last
Speaker 1: six games and had double digit targets in three of
Speaker 1: his last four, so they're gonna keep forcing him the ball.
Speaker 1: By the way, Jones has scored five touchdowns in his
Speaker 1: last five games against the Packers. He's a Packer killer
Speaker 1: is but JR. Alexander's way better than he is. That's
Speaker 1: my worry. Yeah, that might be, that might be true.
Speaker 1: Uh t J. Hockenson, I'm giving him a C grade.
Speaker 1: Has had seven or more targets in five of his
Speaker 1: last six games and sixty eight or more yards in
Speaker 1: three straight. He's only really killed you in one game
Speaker 1: this year. Fifty yards are a score in eleven or twelve,
Speaker 1: and in the prior meeting he caught all four of
Speaker 1: his targets for sixty two. That seems like the floor
Speaker 1: for Hockinson in this one. To get higher than that.
Speaker 1: He's gonna need to score. I don't know if he can.
Speaker 1: The Packers have you know he might he Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: some fantasy analysis right there, that Washy T. J. Hawkinson
Speaker 1: take New Orleans takes on Philadelphia Brian and for the Saints,
Speaker 1: Taysom Hills under center coming off for the best game
Speaker 1: he's ever played. Yeah, and Philly has allowed these second
Speaker 1: most rushing yards two quarterbacks, uh, including games of one
Speaker 1: yards and ninety two yards and sixty four yards to
Speaker 1: a quarterback. And I love the connection with Michael Thomas,
Speaker 1: who will talk about in a second. So I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give Tayston hill in a in this game, in a
Speaker 1: game where I don't see Philly having the ball for
Speaker 1: more than twenty miss one. We'll get to the eagle
Speaker 1: side in the second. It's a bench fest over there.
Speaker 1: But sticking with the Saints, Uh, we'll stick with the
Speaker 1: past game and which doesn't include Alvin Kamara, by the way,
Speaker 1: sticking with the pass games. Sadly, Michael Thomas gonna give
Speaker 1: him an a has posted over one yards and two
Speaker 1: of the last three games with Taysom Hill quarterback. The
Speaker 1: one game he didn't was against the quarterbackless Broncos when
Speaker 1: they did not need to throw. The Eagles secondary is
Speaker 1: top ten and yards allowed to receivers in terms of
Speaker 1: fewest yards, so that's not good for Thomas. But they
Speaker 1: have allowed over one yards to the oponents top receiver
Speaker 1: in back to back games. And Darius Slay is very
Speaker 1: questionable with a knee injury. Not that I would fade
Speaker 1: Thomas if if Slay was active for any reason, but
Speaker 1: if Slay sits, Thomas will primarily see undrafted rookie Michael Jacquette,
Speaker 1: who has just justife defensive snaps under his belt. But
Speaker 1: if Jacquette turns out to be good, we got the
Speaker 1: full medal of Jacquette on our hands. Great nickname, great nickname.
Speaker 1: Teed up for Jacquette, but he's gonna get flamed by
Speaker 1: Thomas and this one Emmanuel Sanders not a great matchup.
Speaker 1: He's on the bench, especially with Hill at quarterback, and
Speaker 1: even though Jared Jared Cook scored a touchdown last week,
Speaker 1: I do not care he is on the bench as well.
Speaker 1: There's not enough volume there for Cook and lastly, for
Speaker 1: the Saints, we definitely have to talk about Alvin Kamara,
Speaker 1: who gets a B. Philly has faltered against the run
Speaker 1: as of late. Over the last three games, opposing backs
Speaker 1: are averaging one dred and fifteen rushing yards and a
Speaker 1: touchdown per game. Philly is actually very tough against receiving backs.
Speaker 1: They haven't allowed an air score to the position, but
Speaker 1: that doesn't matter anymore because Alvin Kamara does not catch passes.
Speaker 1: With Tayson Miller quarterback, it sucks, but that's the reality.
Speaker 1: And what speaking of suck to the Eagles side everyone
Speaker 1: on the bench basically except the tight ends. But I
Speaker 1: will talk about Miles Sanders. The Saints allowed just ninety
Speaker 1: two combo yards per game to running backs. Sanders isn't
Speaker 1: even averaging sixty combo yards since returning from injury, and
Speaker 1: he's got a rookie at quarterback we'll talk about in
Speaker 1: a second. So he's on the bench in the worst
Speaker 1: matchup possible for a running back right now. It's not
Speaker 1: a great matchup for Dallas Goddard and Zach ertz By,
Speaker 1: but I will give both a c Artz made his
Speaker 1: return last week, played in fort of Philly's snaps he
Speaker 1: saw forre targets, caught two for thirty one scoreless yards.
Speaker 1: You would think his snap share increases this week. Uh,
Speaker 1: but it's it's not a good matchup against the Saints,
Speaker 1: who haven't allowed a tight end touchdown in seven straight games,
Speaker 1: and during that same span, tight ends are averaging less
Speaker 1: than twenty yards per game. So I'll give them both
Speaker 1: a ce. But don't look for Adult and Schultz on
Speaker 1: the waiver watch to see because of the tight end
Speaker 1: tight end weight and they will be. We've given a
Speaker 1: lot of sea grades to tight ends this week. I
Speaker 1: think you have better options than the Eagles, even though
Speaker 1: they will be the leading receivers for the Eagles. Most
Speaker 1: likely that the pair of tight ends because all the
Speaker 1: wide receivers on the bench also are making a mistake
Speaker 1: starting starting Hurts here against this matchup. This it's a
Speaker 1: confidence wrecker, even if it's not not a good idea
Speaker 1: and Hurts yet on the bench of course, absolutely brutal
Speaker 1: matchup for him. Alright, final matchup of this show, Baltimore
Speaker 1: taking on Cleveland. Let's start with Lamar Jackson, who faces
Speaker 1: a wobbly Cleveland secondary. But like usual, you have to
Speaker 1: brace for meager passing no matter the matchup, and you're
Speaker 1: mostly hoping Lamar Jackson gets all something done on the ground.
Speaker 1: The Browns have allowed multiple touchdowns through the air in
Speaker 1: three straight games, including a massive effort by Ryan Tannehill
Speaker 1: last week. Maybe it all comes together for Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: in the passing offense, but it has it all season
Speaker 1: and I'm not confident it will here. He did throw
Speaker 1: three touchdowns against Cleveland and the season as an opener,
Speaker 1: So maybe I've got a B grade on Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: a B grade at Marquis Brown, and you know the
Speaker 1: drill on Marquis Brown. He's a low volume, dark throw
Speaker 1: who needs a long catch and run to produce fantasy points.
Speaker 1: So you gotta pick your spots carefully. This could be
Speaker 1: one of them. It looks like the Browns best cornerback,
Speaker 1: Denzel Ward, will miss another game, and with Ward out,
Speaker 1: Cleveland has given up big games to A J. Brown,
Speaker 1: Corey Dillon, and Colin Johnson. So I kind of like
Speaker 1: Marquis Brown here if Denzel Ward doesn't go. We already
Speaker 1: talked a little bit about Mark Andrews, who returns for
Speaker 1: this game. Off the COVID protocol. The Browns have allowed
Speaker 1: the most red zone targets too tight ends, and they've
Speaker 1: surrendered the second most touchdowns to tight ends. And really,
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews has become tight ended touchdown dependent. He doesn't
Speaker 1: get the seven catches for seventy yards this year. Well,
Speaker 1: he lead tight ends and touchdowns last year too, So yeah,
Speaker 1: well last year was both. This year you just you
Speaker 1: need touchdowns from him. Um, his touchdown dependency keeps he
Speaker 1: keeps him from an A grade, but he's a B
Speaker 1: grade here. Let's go to the Ravens Runnings running game
Speaker 1: and where j K Dobbins averaging eleven touches over the
Speaker 1: last five games, which is just like the cusp of
Speaker 1: fantasy relevancy. With those eleven touches, it doesn't count the
Speaker 1: zero that he missed though right I would hope no
Speaker 1: it does not. But his upside is capped because he
Speaker 1: doesn't catch and he rarely gets goal line looks. Browns
Speaker 1: are good run defense and they have been all year
Speaker 1: their top ten and fantasy points and rushing yards allowed
Speaker 1: to running back. So just to see grade and j K.
Speaker 1: Dobbins and Gus Edwards and mark ingram around the bench,
Speaker 1: Edwards needs a goal line carries and Ingram just doesn't
Speaker 1: get enough works. I think that's C grade is very generous.
Speaker 1: I think we all end this table really want Dobbins
Speaker 1: to just be the guy. But man, it's not there yet.
Speaker 1: And all the eleven touches I think gets him too relevancy.
Speaker 1: But that is it, okay. And and he is, by
Speaker 1: the way, he is getting some looks inside the five
Speaker 1: as well. I just went through the Browns inside the
Speaker 1: five numbers to see if I could I could manufacture
Speaker 1: a reason to put to keep JK. Dobbins is a
Speaker 1: C grade and that was it. They are giving him
Speaker 1: some touches inside the five. Well, they just shut down Henry,
Speaker 1: but the Titans felled behind. Was not going to favorite hand.
Speaker 1: It wasn't. Let's go to the Cleveland side, beginning with
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb. In the running game, it's a run heavy
Speaker 1: game plan coming from the most run heavy team. The
Speaker 1: Ravens are a better past defense than run defense. Over
Speaker 1: the last five games, they've given up a middle of
Speaker 1: the pack four point four yards per carry. The Ravens
Speaker 1: have allowed just four rushing touchdowns all year, though mostly
Speaker 1: posing runners have languished against the Ravens, including Zeke and
Speaker 1: Benny Snell the last two weeks. Still Chubb is really
Speaker 1: really good, and the similarly talented, although stylistically different Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry posted a big game against Baltimore three weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Um Chubb is is a very good back. He's one
Speaker 1: of the Pro Football Focus is highest rated backs and
Speaker 1: he certainly passes the eye test here and be grade
Speaker 1: for Nick Chubb, but only a C grade for Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 1: I almost had him on the bench. He's been getting
Speaker 1: plenty of snaps, but it just doesn't produce really meaningful
Speaker 1: box scores of late. Baltimore, of course, is a tricky matchup,
Speaker 1: both on the ground and through the air, and Hunt
Speaker 1: hasn't topped three receptions in a game since the opener,
Speaker 1: which is super weird. It's super weird, and what a
Speaker 1: lost opportunity. I mean, what might have question Kevin Stefanski,
Speaker 1: who's got the team two more wins than any coach
Speaker 1: in the last fourteen years. But I don't understand why
Speaker 1: he's not thrown more, especially after they lost Beckham to
Speaker 1: You would it hasn't worked out that way. Baker Mayfield
Speaker 1: coming off the best half of his NFL career, but
Speaker 1: This matchup is dramatically tougher than Tennessee. Aside from a
Speaker 1: game against Patrick Mahomes, who's on his own level, the
Speaker 1: Ravens are allowing only two yards in one touchdown per game.
Speaker 1: Mayfield's most important receiver, Jarvis Landry, has a brutal matchup
Speaker 1: against Marlon Humphrey. And that's why I've got a C
Speaker 1: grade on Baker Mayfield. And here let's talk about Jarvis Landry,
Speaker 1: who's on the bench. He has scored in two straight games,
Speaker 1: but faces Marlon Humphrey, who has not allowed to score
Speaker 1: all season. Baltimore secondaries tied for the second fewest receiver
Speaker 1: scores all year with just eight and they've given up
Speaker 1: just one d receiver in their last eight games. It
Speaker 1: is a brutal matchup. I think Jarvis Landry comes back
Speaker 1: to Earth hard in this matchup. All the tight ends
Speaker 1: are on the bench, none of them are doing nearly
Speaker 1: enough with the ball. It's like a three way rotation
Speaker 1: down quick. Yeah, it really is unfortunate and joking get
Speaker 1: a lot of getting a lot of action, but not
Speaker 1: a lot of targets, and then Joku is stealing targets
Speaker 1: from who what's in Joku doing on the even on
Speaker 1: the field. Remember earlier this year when Joko asked to
Speaker 1: be traded, demanded, demanded, That's where his demand got him.
Speaker 1: I think, um, let's say you're down by a lot.
Speaker 1: You played against Cam Newton or you went against Cam Acres,
Speaker 1: you got the camshaft. What do you do differently with
Speaker 1: your lineup this week to try to overcome that one thing?
Speaker 1: I'll say, if you can, you gotta just try and
Speaker 1: stack players from the same team together and hope it
Speaker 1: goes off, like uh something on the waiver ward you
Speaker 1: can find. You grab Mike Glennan and Colin Johnson and
Speaker 1: Labisca Chenult maybe in redraft and just hope Glennon goes
Speaker 1: off and you double up you know, if he's connecting
Speaker 1: with his wide receivers. But that's that's one one strategy
Speaker 1: you can try if you're desperate. Now, I would say,
Speaker 1: look for the high upside and look for defenses that
Speaker 1: give up a significant amount of touchdowns to the position
Speaker 1: that you're looking at, and and and really look f
Speaker 1: today dot com is a great whip place to look.
Speaker 1: You can look over the last five weeks and I
Speaker 1: think that that's a really great way to kind of
Speaker 1: hone in on who's been weak as of recent to
Speaker 1: those certain position groups. Yeah, I agree with both of
Speaker 1: what you're saying. I think you stack passing offenses against
Speaker 1: bad defenses, and you you need touchdowns, And you're right, Matt,
Speaker 1: I mean I don't need a sixty yard game. I
Speaker 1: need I need a two touchdown game from some of
Speaker 1: my players. You almost treated as a touchdown a little bit, Yeah,
Speaker 1: a little bit. You have to. I think a stack.
Speaker 1: Anyone could probably build on the waiver wire and a
Speaker 1: standard read draft would be Glenn and Colin Johnson, Tyler
Speaker 1: Eiford off the waiver waiver wire, Off the waiver wire.
Speaker 1: There is massive upside there, there is significant downside. Cam
Speaker 1: Newton has thrown five touchdown passes in fourteen games. He's
Speaker 1: been benched twice this year. He's not coming back to
Speaker 1: the Patriots next year. Talking just to Dynasty Keeper and
Speaker 1: Empire leagues, can you just if you've got Cam Newton,
Speaker 1: can you just drop him now for somebody who you
Speaker 1: think is going to be more fantasy relevant next year?
Speaker 1: I think you can, because can Cam really signed with
Speaker 1: the team to be the starter? Considering there's five really
Speaker 1: good rookies coming out in this draft, and there's a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of quarterbacks that might be moving teams that
Speaker 1: have better pedigrees than Ham does. Right now, you're looking
Speaker 1: at Cam Newton signing to be a backup on a
Speaker 1: running quarterbacks offense. Maybe he's an Arizona behind Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: in that kind of situation. I think he's droppable. I
Speaker 1: think he's droppable too. I'd rather roll the dice on
Speaker 1: some other available court Jamis Winston. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I would rather roll the dice Winston's got a better
Speaker 1: chance of being a starter next year or just another player.
Speaker 1: Really do super flexibly. Even it's super flex You're not
Speaker 1: gonna find a quarterback out there, really, but yeah, just
Speaker 1: take a chance on a rookie running back, wide receiver
Speaker 1: that's still out there. Johnson last week, you're talking about
Speaker 1: a J. Dillon as somebody that you could go pick
Speaker 1: up that may find his find maybe the starting running
Speaker 1: back for for Green Bay next You would be as
Speaker 1: a possibility because Aaron Jones still unsigned. We think Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones is gonna be Jamaal Williams is in a contract here,
Speaker 1: Joel Williams also in a contract here, so that's a
Speaker 1: possibility as well. Are you guys cool with playoff teams
Speaker 1: splitting the pots? I would be hypocrite if I said no,
Speaker 1: because I've done it before and I'll probably do it again.
Speaker 1: Seems like a totally Bryan In thing to do, by
Speaker 1: the way, so milk to people do it. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of money at stake, but it's not even. You
Speaker 1: still save some for the winner, but just make sure
Speaker 1: you both get a little in your hand. You know,
Speaker 1: I do not pay second place in your league's Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean getting something right. I think it just it
Speaker 1: all depends on what your prospects are, right, It all depends.
Speaker 1: You know. If I think I'm gonna get blown out,
Speaker 1: then yeah, I'm a lot more interested in splitting the
Speaker 1: pot evenly, regardless of who wins. You know, the winner
Speaker 1: can have hardware and then you split the money. But
Speaker 1: if I think I'm gonna win, I'm no change. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna go for it. If it's even or not,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna do that absolutely. If you want
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