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Speaker 1: of Fantasy Football Weekly. If you are listening now, it
Speaker 1: means you are two of ten, or two of twelve,
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Speaker 1: in your league. Congratulate you think there's nobody listening that
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Speaker 1: give up although you could play daily fantish or you're
Speaker 1: playing fall that works. Yes, maybe they're just last two weeks,
Speaker 1: last two weeks. Don't Are we doing the auction game
Speaker 1: into the playoffs? I believe so, I think A right,
Speaker 1: we wouldn't. Yeah, I hope so. Uh, you want to
Speaker 1: get the auction game in while you can, though it
Speaker 1: runs through the NFL season, So you want to do that? Uh.
Speaker 1: My co host today Brian Johnson, Scott Fish, Good morning, morning,
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. Let's put a bow on this baby. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's unwrap some championship gifts. So let's unwrap some hardware
Speaker 1: for our listeners Championship week. You know who won't be, uh,
Speaker 1: who won't be helping out our fantasy owners, Todd Gurley.
Speaker 1: It's he might, but he might not, and you're not
Speaker 1: gonna know. And here's the the really bad part with
Speaker 1: Gurley is it's a late game start, late afternoon starts.
Speaker 1: So now the problem is for to put this in
Speaker 1: Central time uh time zone, You're gonna have to make
Speaker 1: decisions by twelve o'clock noon, not knowing in all probability
Speaker 1: if Todd Gurley is going to play against the worst
Speaker 1: run defense in the NFL. And that magnet that that
Speaker 1: all gets magnified by the fact that there's not a
Speaker 1: lot of clarity behind Todd Gurley where the team has
Speaker 1: been I think trying to mask their true plans for
Speaker 1: what they what they want to do if Todd Gurley
Speaker 1: can't go. So let's start the show, and we've got
Speaker 1: sixteen matchups to do it. There's no Thursday game. We
Speaker 1: gotta get through every matchup. We gotta take calls, Ben, Chris, Matt, Tommy,
Speaker 1: Ellie and Greg. We already have got full phone money.
Speaker 1: We have a lot to get to. But let's talk
Speaker 1: about Girly because this is so important to so many people.
Speaker 1: I believe if you have another viable starter in the
Speaker 1: noon games, you can't start Girly obviously. If you've got
Speaker 1: a viable start in a later game, then you can
Speaker 1: wait and find out if Gurley's in or not. And
Speaker 1: if you do, put Girley in your flex, not in
Speaker 1: your running backs. Yeah, very great, it's a great point.
Speaker 1: Put him in your flex. You could x in a
Speaker 1: wide receiver if you needed to, So don't be a
Speaker 1: end warm. Yes, even if doesn't play, he's probably better
Speaker 1: than most head ends here. Well that is that that
Speaker 1: might be true. The tight end landscape is so bad.
Speaker 1: So you guys with me that, given what we know
Speaker 1: right now Saturday morning, and I don't think we're gonna
Speaker 1: know anymore because I think they're playing coy, you can't
Speaker 1: start Todd Todd Gurley based on on on what it
Speaker 1: looks like right now. If you have another quasi startable
Speaker 1: player like somebody and maybe my top thirty of my
Speaker 1: rankings on fanball. You with me on this, absolutely, okay,
Speaker 1: all right, so let's play it one step deeper. Now
Speaker 1: you are a John Kelly owner and you've got to
Speaker 1: make a decision. You've got to make another similar decision.
Speaker 1: Do you try John Kelly? Now? I think this is
Speaker 1: I think this is a far more difficult decision. Here's why.
Speaker 1: Even if Gurley goes, Kelly's still going to have a role.
Speaker 1: Eight different back up runners had Fantasy significant games backups
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals because they're so bad against the run.
Speaker 1: Kelly has a degree of safety that you don't have
Speaker 1: with Todd Gurley. What do you guys do about John Kelly. Well,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get into this matchup later, of course. But
Speaker 1: c J. Anderson is a thing now, and they say
Speaker 1: they want to give him a look, get him up
Speaker 1: to speed on the plays one of the playoffs. I
Speaker 1: don't know, but I think Kelly, you can start with confidence,
Speaker 1: at least at the flexi level. John Kelly got every
Speaker 1: first team snap this week pretty much. Yes, so c J.
Speaker 1: Anderson has been on the team for five days, Illuzzes
Speaker 1: on Kelly, you know, two different teams this year on
Speaker 1: his third team. Who does when the past It's one
Speaker 1: thing to teach him a handful of plays for running.
Speaker 1: He can't be on the field on passing plays very
Speaker 1: much at all, even though he's a decent pass blocker.
Speaker 1: He can't know all the You can't know all the assignments.
Speaker 1: You can't know all the blitz pickups when you've been
Speaker 1: on the team for four days. That stuff is out.
Speaker 1: I am not listening to the c J. Anderson steam. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm only on Kelly. I'm not going to argue that
Speaker 1: at all. All right, good, let's move on to the
Speaker 1: matchups because we have so much to get to. We
Speaker 1: begin with Cincinnati taking on the Cleveland Brown Scott It's
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon has been fantastic, but I don't and but
Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd is out, and I'm worried that the whole
Speaker 1: defensive game plan for Cleveland, who just shut down Philip
Speaker 1: lindsay it's going to be to stop Joe Mixon and
Speaker 1: win the game. That that could be true. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is a game where both Mixing and Chubb had
Speaker 1: a hunt and twenty plus total yards each then the
Speaker 1: last time they played, which is pretty rare for both
Speaker 1: running backs to have great games. But honestly, I don't
Speaker 1: like anything in the passing game here. I just don't
Speaker 1: with boyd out Ross is your little dart throw thing.
Speaker 1: I don't even think he can get it done. Uh Uzoma.
Speaker 1: He had thirteen targets against the Browns a few weeks ago,
Speaker 1: and the Browns ever allowed double digit fantasy days to
Speaker 1: Jared Coke, O j Howard, Travis Kelsey, Austin Hooper, Jordan
Speaker 1: Thomas into a bunch of players. So I gave it
Speaker 1: Uzoma just like a kind of a C grade. I
Speaker 1: don't even like it. But in the tonight end landscape nowadays,
Speaker 1: yeah you might have to, and it's an okay matchup
Speaker 1: for him, But I'm not starting Drisk, I'm not starting
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, and I know what you said about mixing.
Speaker 1: I'm still giving him an A grade here because he's
Speaker 1: averaging over thirty touches a game over the last two
Speaker 1: and he's going to need that this week for them
Speaker 1: to have, so at that kind of volume, I'm giving
Speaker 1: him an A grade. All four running backs with at
Speaker 1: least twenty touches against the Browns hundred fifteen plus total
Speaker 1: yards and three of those four were over a hundred
Speaker 1: fifty total yards. So I I still have an A
Speaker 1: grade on mixing. I think I have in my top
Speaker 1: six or seven running backs this week. I'm I'm more
Speaker 1: nervous about mixing than you are. But we'll we'll find out.
Speaker 1: And he's been great. Yeah, I'm curious where you haven't
Speaker 1: ranked now, But let's let's go to the Browns while
Speaker 1: you okay uh on the brown outside. Mayfield gets his
Speaker 1: second revenge game against Hugh Jackson. If you remember a
Speaker 1: few weeks ago, he had two hundred and fifty yards
Speaker 1: and four touchdowns. Since then, his numbers have dropped a
Speaker 1: little little in the Bengals held down Keenum and rivers
Speaker 1: and cars, so that expectations should be a little tempered,
Speaker 1: but he does have multiple touchdowns in six of the
Speaker 1: last eight. I gave kind of a week B grade
Speaker 1: here to Baker Mayfield, but I don't love Landry or callaway.
Speaker 1: Landry is so boom or bust right now. He felt
Speaker 1: a hundred day up with a fifty plus day and
Speaker 1: then a thirty seven yard game, and since who Hugh left.
Speaker 1: He's been all over the map. Really, Uh. I have
Speaker 1: a bench grade on Landry, believe it or not, a
Speaker 1: bench grade on Callaway as well. And I like Gallowey,
Speaker 1: do you man, he's so inconsistent Goose Just two weeks
Speaker 1: ago he had a Goose. That's he's he's he's a
Speaker 1: Antonio Callaway is a boom or bust, all or nothing guy.
Speaker 1: And it feels like against Cincinnati, this could this could be.
Speaker 1: And by the way, he's fresh off a career high
Speaker 1: five catch performance last week, right, so you know he's
Speaker 1: trending short term, trending one game short term, that's right.
Speaker 1: I like him as I like him. It's a dark
Speaker 1: dark and I like is what's this fan ball price?
Speaker 1: Antonio Callaway? Thank you? Maybe I just don't have the
Speaker 1: cojones to drop him into my championship game line. His
Speaker 1: price is uh, David and Joeku. I have a C
Speaker 1: grade on because I think he's going to do better
Speaker 1: than that, and every time I give him a higher grade,
Speaker 1: he does nothing. So he had five or sixty three
Speaker 1: and a touchdown last time against Cincinnati, and that if
Speaker 1: you remember that sweet crowd surfey and touchdown. He had
Speaker 1: basically in that game. The Bengals of a lot of
Speaker 1: five tight end touchdowns in the last eight weeks and
Speaker 1: over sixty yards to tight ends in five of those
Speaker 1: eight games. I actually like him better than to see,
Speaker 1: but I'm given to see just because I think he'll
Speaker 1: do better and I want to be scored in that
Speaker 1: game too. And Nick Chubb, I want to say it's
Speaker 1: just an obvious a but maybe he's not to some.
Speaker 1: But hundred twenty eight and two touchdowns last time. Since
Speaker 1: Hyde left, he's averaging a hundred four total yards per game,
Speaker 1: and he scored eight touchdowns in those eight games. He's
Speaker 1: just an every week start now, So a grade on Chubb.
Speaker 1: I love Nick Chubbs my number three running back this week.
Speaker 1: That's three. We're talking on the earlier show. That's about
Speaker 1: where I have him. He's gonna go off. He's sitting
Speaker 1: on a monster game, Nick Child. Love him. This week
Speaker 1: Atlanta taking on Carolina. Carolina is gonna be with without
Speaker 1: its starting quarterback. Tyler Heineke will be your starter. Yeah, yeah, Atlanta,
Speaker 1: Let's start with the Atlanta side of the matchup. Though,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna breeze through this game win handily
Speaker 1: and I see a lot of points coming. You see
Speaker 1: it the same way pretty much. Uh, We'll start with
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman, with Judge Edo Smith on I R now
Speaker 1: Avonta Freeman not coming back, Coleman's in line for some
Speaker 1: bell cow usage in this game, and then with Cam
Speaker 1: on the shelf. This game script look looks like it's
Speaker 1: gonna heavily favor the running game for the Falcons. So
Speaker 1: even though it's kind of a tough matchup on paper,
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman's gotta get an a grade this week, especially
Speaker 1: with all the injuries at running back. He's he's in
Speaker 1: line for twenty touches minimum in this game, So I'm
Speaker 1: giving Coleman an a coming off the big game. You
Speaker 1: actually had a big game in the first meeting way
Speaker 1: back in Week two, over a hundred yards on six
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry. Julio Jones listen as a
Speaker 1: game time decision right now. A little nervous about that,
Speaker 1: but he's expected to play with ribbon hip injuries obvious
Speaker 1: a there. If he's active, you're starting him forever. Reason
Speaker 1: he sits, that's the only reason. Calvin Ridley or Mohammed's
Speaker 1: Sanu become viable. But if Julio is active, they're both
Speaker 1: on the bench. Especially Ridley hasn't scored since mid October.
Speaker 1: Is a disappointment he's been after the crazy hot start.
Speaker 1: I really thought he was heading for like a bonkers
Speaker 1: rookie year. I will say his snaps in those hot
Speaker 1: star games like he was not playing very many snaps,
Speaker 1: so it was a little bit flukey. I kind of
Speaker 1: like Sannu against Captain Munderland in the slot. Manolin has
Speaker 1: been bad. Yeah, the ceiling, he's got a safe floor,
Speaker 1: but there's no no exciting ceiling with Sanu. But if
Speaker 1: you're desperate, I could see Sannu as a dart throw
Speaker 1: take on type receiver. Definitely like him more than Ridley
Speaker 1: in this game. Austin Hooper not liking him a whole lot.
Speaker 1: Served up a zero burger last week. Dropped a touchdown
Speaker 1: which wasn't even a real target, was off a broken play.
Speaker 1: He's dinged up the Panthers on but the season looks
Speaker 1: soft against tight ends, but they hadn't conceded to tell
Speaker 1: didn't touchdown in five straight games and no tight end.
Speaker 1: I said forty yards during that span. The forty yard
Speaker 1: mark Hooper did have five catches for fifty nine yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown in the first meeting, but I almost
Speaker 1: would look else where. Odds are you're not contemplating starting Hooper,
Speaker 1: but I'll give him a see if he suited up
Speaker 1: and teamed healthy. And then Matt Ryan just obviously last
Speaker 1: week's top scoring quarterback, top five quarterback on the season,
Speaker 1: You're starting him in this game. And I'm gonna cut
Speaker 1: to the chase with Carolina. The only player worth mentioning
Speaker 1: now is Christian McCaffrey's nobody else. I'm not going d J.
Speaker 1: Moore of Chritis Samuel with heine Key and uh No,
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. Caroline has packed it in, but he has
Speaker 1: milestones to hit. I think his four team catches shot
Speaker 1: of the receiving record for running backs. He got snubbed
Speaker 1: for the Pro Bowl to guys usually and it's the Falcons.
Speaker 1: It's Christian McCaffrey against the Falcons scene that gives up
Speaker 1: the most receptions to running backs and has for four
Speaker 1: straight years. So let's just give him the old fantasy
Speaker 1: Fonzie at it. I love it. Uh Tonight's game Baltimore
Speaker 1: taking on the chart jurors on the Baltimore side, Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson a fascinating matchup here. Now you already know that
Speaker 1: the rushing line basically reads like a running back averaging
Speaker 1: seventeen carries for eighty six yards. He's Chris Carson playing
Speaker 1: he is He's Chris Carson playing running back or playing quarterback,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna need all of those rushing yards because
Speaker 1: he's not gonna pass on the Chargers elite pass defense.
Speaker 1: Los Angeles just put Patrick Mahomes and his passing abilities
Speaker 1: on his worst performance of the year, and Lamar Jackson's
Speaker 1: fractionally as good a patcher a passer as Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 1: So it's all about the legs here. So what are
Speaker 1: you gonna get from Lamar Jackson's legs? Chargers having a
Speaker 1: lot of rushing touchdown in twenty games twenty that is
Speaker 1: a lot of a few and so that is going
Speaker 1: to make things tough on Lamar Jackson. I've got him
Speaker 1: as a B start because the rushing numbers give him
Speaker 1: a very safe floor, but I don't think he's got
Speaker 1: the explosive upside that you want from Lamar Jackson. I
Speaker 1: want to see like a quarterback Jamal Charles, remember when
Speaker 1: he had twenty rushing yards and a hundred fifty receiving.
Speaker 1: Honestly passing yards and rushing, we might get that. Gus
Speaker 1: Edwards gets a B grade here. Uh, you know, he
Speaker 1: is somewhat touchdown dependent here, but I think there's a
Speaker 1: good chance he does score. Charges have allowed eight rushing
Speaker 1: touchdowns to backs in their last five games. They've also
Speaker 1: allowed almost five yards to carry to running backs over
Speaker 1: the last eight games. Gus Edwards good start. Kenne Dickson
Speaker 1: even gets into this mix a bit here as well,
Speaker 1: with a C grade Los Angeles. As I mentioned, they've
Speaker 1: given up all those rushing touchdowns, all those yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Gus got more work, he got more carries last week,
Speaker 1: but Dixon had more snaps last week. So this thing
Speaker 1: could be a little closer to fifty fifty, and I
Speaker 1: think you can still start Dixon in a pinch. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Chargers side. Melvin Gordon goes right back
Speaker 1: to being in A grade, even though he's got a
Speaker 1: tough matchup with the Ravens defense allowing the fourth fewest
Speaker 1: rushing attempts in the third fewest rushing yards per game.
Speaker 1: They have been a little more vulnerable lately though, giving
Speaker 1: up eighty eight rush yards and a touchdown per game
Speaker 1: to Peyton Barber and the Chiefs Committee of running back.
Speaker 1: So there's you know, there's still some safety here, and
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon was great all year. We're gonna keep starting
Speaker 1: in with an A grade. Keenan Allen's expected to play
Speaker 1: through his hip injury, but uh, he's gonna sleep. See
Speaker 1: slot cornerback Brandon Carr in coverage, who's allowed over thirty
Speaker 1: two yards just once in his last five games. That
Speaker 1: is a tough matchup for Keenan Allen. He's surrendered no
Speaker 1: scores all year out of the slot. That's again, tough
Speaker 1: matchup for Keenan Allen, who I'm putting a B grade
Speaker 1: on out of respect for Keenan Allen, but he's probably
Speaker 1: in reality closer to a seat. Mike Williams was an
Speaker 1: unexpected here last week. Zero chance of a repeat this week. Uh,
Speaker 1: that is, it's not happening against a great Baltimore defense
Speaker 1: that hasn't allowed a score to a wide receiver in
Speaker 1: four straight games. So I've got I've got a wobbly
Speaker 1: SED grade here on Mike Williams. I don't love him,
Speaker 1: and I still think you're you're reaching if you try
Speaker 1: to chase last week's box score. No great on Hunter
Speaker 1: Henry this week, not yet, not yet, But I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what flash forward the next year. So August, I
Speaker 1: think we are August four, third August of next year.
Speaker 1: Hunt is Hunter Henry a second round heick. I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna go. I think his average draft position is
Speaker 1: going to be round two. That's how high Hunter Henry
Speaker 1: is gonna go. Next year. The Year of the tight End,
Speaker 1: the year is it's gonna be all It's gonna be
Speaker 1: all tight ends all the time. And those that or
Speaker 1: that's gonna be our big talking point in our on
Speaker 1: our silver anniversary shows when we come back, take a
Speaker 1: chance on me. Even though it's the championship week. Look
Speaker 1: at all the problems that running back people have. Look
Speaker 1: at all the brutally tough matchups for quarterbacks out there.
Speaker 1: We will help you find good matchups, even for those
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Speaker 1: Of the year, Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson, Scott Fish.
Speaker 1: These are nine players not normally you're starting lineup, and
Speaker 1: even in a championship week, you can start these guys
Speaker 1: in many cases. Um and Uh. In particular, I think
Speaker 1: all three of the running backs you're gonna hear about
Speaker 1: startable for many of you with all of the running
Speaker 1: back problems. Um that all the people have limped into
Speaker 1: the championship game with these running back issues. These are
Speaker 1: guys that are gonna help. But we're gonna start the
Speaker 1: quarterback position, and Brian Johnson, I'm gonna go with Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: Or if Mike Francesco was called us calling this, you'd
Speaker 1: call him Sam Donald. But Sam Donald at home Bruce's
Speaker 1: Green Bay. Donald understandably struggled in his first game back
Speaker 1: from injury at Buffalo, but I looked very good at
Speaker 1: home against the Texans last week, which was a tough,
Speaker 1: tough matchup. This is not a tough matchup considering Green
Speaker 1: Bay's decimated by injury. They have allowed multiple touchdown passes
Speaker 1: in four of their last five games. The only one
Speaker 1: failed to do it was Josh Rosen. Uh. That's because
Speaker 1: the Cardinals actually dominated that gamemall control. So I'm liking
Speaker 1: Stamp Donald this week. You might outscore Aaron Rodgers. Okay,
Speaker 1: I don't like going second. Just why? I don't know
Speaker 1: why I go third? Is it better to go third?
Speaker 1: I have no idea. Uh So, my my guys, Dak Prescott.
Speaker 1: UH had a weird week with Dak Prescott. At first,
Speaker 1: I thought it was a good matchup. Then I thought
Speaker 1: over the last half season, nine games, whatever they're average,
Speaker 1: they're allowing the Bucks are allowing two yards and one
Speaker 1: point three touchdowns, even a vastly improved secondary. Right, But
Speaker 1: in that span there are road games, multiple touchdowns to
Speaker 1: three of them. And if you look at their road
Speaker 1: games this year, they're allowing an average of thirty seven
Speaker 1: points per game on the road. All Right, Six of
Speaker 1: the seven teams thirty four or more points. And if
Speaker 1: the Cowboys scored twenty five points, they will be the
Speaker 1: worst road team in NFL history by points allowed, by
Speaker 1: points allowed. All right, Um, and the Bucks in road
Speaker 1: games they're allowing an average of three hundred yards or
Speaker 1: three yards and two points seven touchdowns against. I really
Speaker 1: have started to like Dak Prescott this week. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to UH let's go to Marcus Mariota. I
Speaker 1: hope Mariota, I hope most of you don't have to
Speaker 1: go this far down the down the list, really, but uh,
Speaker 1: if you throw out the Redskins domination of Cody Kessler
Speaker 1: and the Jaguars and feel free because Kessler is not requisite,
Speaker 1: I'm got starting quarterback. Five of the last six quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have faced the Redskins have all posted big games, including
Speaker 1: three or four touchdowns, and half of the last six.
Speaker 1: I'm also throwing out Marcus Mariotta's Mayor Mariota's last two
Speaker 1: games because he handed off to Derrick Henry fifty times.
Speaker 1: That probably doesn't happen. I just think everything corrects back
Speaker 1: to the middle here. Mariota's arm might just light up Washington,
Speaker 1: and maybe if his arm doesn't, his legs might. Kessler
Speaker 1: just ran for sixty eight yards against Washington, and mobile
Speaker 1: quarterbacks have fared well against the Redskins. It's a dark throw,
Speaker 1: for sure, and I hope you don't need him, but
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota a plausible play. Let's go to the running
Speaker 1: back position. I'm gonna stay in Jersey and go with
Speaker 1: the Packers. Jamal Williams at the Jets. Uh limited this
Speaker 1: week with a toe injury, but don't be concerned with
Speaker 1: that at all. He'll be full go on Sunday and
Speaker 1: basically he's in line for bell call work as well
Speaker 1: with Aaron Jones on. I are the Jets have shut
Speaker 1: down the Texans and Bills in recent weeks, but I'm
Speaker 1: not reading into that too much. Randall Cobb also doubtful
Speaker 1: for this game, so the Packers are short on pass catchers.
Speaker 1: So Jamal Williams, you can start with confidence this week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, great, agreed? Running back position, Yes, all right.
Speaker 1: I have this weird guy. We just talked about John Kelly. Uh.
Speaker 1: During the break, we're watching a little bit of John
Speaker 1: Kelly Porne, some stiff arms from college and whatnot, just
Speaker 1: just devastating players. His stiff arms are so devastating. But
Speaker 1: this is a great spot for him. The Cardinals have
Speaker 1: allowed the most rushing attempts, most rushing yards, and the
Speaker 1: most rushing touchdowns this year, not to mention over the
Speaker 1: last five games five point two yards per carry. I'm
Speaker 1: with charge. I think it's a John Kelly day. I
Speaker 1: think it is too. Elijah McGuire's you're starting running back
Speaker 1: for the Jets, and he has been for two weeks
Speaker 1: when he's seen twenty touches per game, and he gets
Speaker 1: a juicy matchup with Green Bay. This is the same
Speaker 1: Green may defense that Jordan Howard just rumbled through last week.
Speaker 1: Week for that, Atlanta put up five yards per carry
Speaker 1: from their backfield. Week for that, Chase Edmunds, Remember Chase
Speaker 1: Edmunds carving up the uh the Packers. And if that's
Speaker 1: not enough, Packers just put their second defensive tackle on
Speaker 1: I R. Kenny Clark, who joins Mike Daniels on injured
Speaker 1: reserve Elijah A. Choir is a shockingly safe play this week.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the wide receiver position. Bryan, let me
Speaker 1: peacock really quick. Mcguires might take a chance on me
Speaker 1: running back last week, but I like you piggybacking on that.
Speaker 1: Im all right. We're going deep deep here at wide
Speaker 1: receiver with Isaiah McKenzie of the Buffalo Bills. That is
Speaker 1: deep leads the team and target over the last two
Speaker 1: weeks and has five carries for twenty six yards as well.
Speaker 1: Runs out of the slot for the Bills, and the
Speaker 1: Patriots are very susceptible to slot receivers. Allowing six yards
Speaker 1: per game in the seam and the Bills should be
Speaker 1: chasing points. You expect Belichick to shut down Josh Allen's legs.
Speaker 1: I see him looking Mackenzie's waist seven or eight times
Speaker 1: in this game, and he has a PPR upside. M hmm.
Speaker 1: I'm going with Blake Jarwin in that game where you
Speaker 1: need to explain who Blake Jarwin is. That's that's sad
Speaker 1: that I really do. But big Blake Jarwin is a
Speaker 1: tight end for the Dallas Cowboys. Um they play the box.
Speaker 1: It's been a tight end wasteland. So I like this.
Speaker 1: Jarwin has seven targets in each of the last two
Speaker 1: games and nine different targets have had five nine different
Speaker 1: tight ends about five targets against the Bucks this year,
Speaker 1: and all but one had double digit a Fantasy day.
Speaker 1: I like Darwin and what I think is going to
Speaker 1: be a decently high scoring game. I mean they they've
Speaker 1: allowed the fourth most receptions and fourth fifth most yards
Speaker 1: to tight ends this year. Remember da Marius Thomas when
Speaker 1: he was a guy, Yeah, and he's a thing now.
Speaker 1: He's fresh off a six catch, eight target performance, both
Speaker 1: of those career highs with his new team the Texans.
Speaker 1: Kiki Cutie's out, He's going to continue to get a
Speaker 1: lot of volume. And he goes up against an Eagle
Speaker 1: secondary that is dead last in yards and dead last
Speaker 1: in receptions allowed to wide receivers, and they just ruled
Speaker 1: out starting cornerback Sydney Jones with a hamstring problem. What
Speaker 1: meager resources Philadelphia has will be pushed to DeAndre Hopkins
Speaker 1: side of the field. So it's gonna be primo matchups
Speaker 1: all game long. For to Marius Thomas, I really like
Speaker 1: him this week. That's a I think that is a
Speaker 1: very strong take a chance on me, play a little
Speaker 1: bit of house house cleaning. I failed to mention Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers entirely in my in my in my breakdown of
Speaker 1: the Chargers, and maybe it's because I wanted to forget
Speaker 1: because it is not a friendly matchup at all. Now.
Speaker 1: Rivers has to touchdowns in every game and multiple touchdowns
Speaker 1: in every game but one. But this is the toughest
Speaker 1: matchup of his year. He faces the NFL's best past defense.
Speaker 1: He's got to do it with a hobbled Keenan Allen
Speaker 1: and Baltimore completely shut down Jamis Winston last week four
Speaker 1: of the fat past five opposing corner of court start over.
Speaker 1: Four of the past five opposing quarterbacks have failed to
Speaker 1: top even two hundred eleven passing yards against the Ravens.
Speaker 1: A C grade on Philip Rivers um the waiver wire
Speaker 1: may be more helpful to you than what Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: is going to produce. We haven't talked about some of
Speaker 1: these guys, but we will. With the big name quarterbacks, Rivers, Brady, Breeze,
Speaker 1: Oh it's bad. It's I've never recalled the scarier Championship
Speaker 1: week with the big name quarterbacks like this. Totally agree.
Speaker 1: Brady's Brady right now is at seventeen, Rivers is at fifteen,
Speaker 1: Breeze is a thirteen, Rogers is at eleven. It's you know, none,
Speaker 1: none of those guys inside the top ten. And these
Speaker 1: are the guys you thought you'd start every week and
Speaker 1: never have to think wise about. Yeah, it's it's a
Speaker 1: weird week where guys like car and Keenaman Prescott, I'm
Speaker 1: actually considering with or above some of those guys exactly.
Speaker 1: Let's let's work in one more matchup into the segment,
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay taking on Dallas Scott and I don't like
Speaker 1: any any players for Tampa Bay in this matchup, and
Speaker 1: I think Mike Evans is the only startable player. What
Speaker 1: do you got that? That's pretty much where I am
Speaker 1: because Brad is so touchdown dependent given the tight end
Speaker 1: waste Land probably gave. I gave him a C grade,
Speaker 1: but he's so dependent on that. Barbara, I also gave
Speaker 1: a C grade, but I really considered benching. It's only
Speaker 1: because he always he gets fifteen touches every day game
Speaker 1: and he's scored in like four of the last five,
Speaker 1: so he actually runs hard from that offense. He does
Speaker 1: the Cowboys having allowed to runner over sixty five yards
Speaker 1: since Week seven, So it is it's a C grade
Speaker 1: on volume and hope for a touchdown and barely. But
Speaker 1: you're you're right about everything else. I have Winston on
Speaker 1: the bench. The Cowboys since that Saints game, are just
Speaker 1: crushing quarterbacks. And Mike Evans he leads the NFL and
Speaker 1: hunrew yard receiving games, and he's right now on a
Speaker 1: career high ACE with eighteen yards per carry, which is
Speaker 1: per catch, which is which gives him. I gave him
Speaker 1: a low B grade. Honestly, it is a homecoming game.
Speaker 1: I believe from Mike Evans. Correct. I believe he's a
Speaker 1: Texas guy. He went to Texas Tech. M yeah, he
Speaker 1: went to A and M wait, I'm really thinking about that.
Speaker 1: I think he did. Yeah, that's right, because he was
Speaker 1: Manzell's he was bailing out Johnny Manzel, making Manzel look
Speaker 1: like an NFL caliber quarterback. On the other side the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: I gave Dak Prescott a B grade. He was my takeom.
Speaker 1: By the way, I didn't mention this every quarterback on
Speaker 1: the road to face to face the box twenty plus
Speaker 1: fantasy points, every single one on the road. Uh Amari
Speaker 1: Cooper I gave a B grade because that um, he
Speaker 1: crushed it for He's crushed at the four out of
Speaker 1: the five weeks since during the Cowboys and disappeared last week.
Speaker 1: I know that it was a tough game and not
Speaker 1: his fault. Though the Colts have only allowed one top
Speaker 1: twelve performance from a wide receiver all year, so Mari
Speaker 1: was gonna get, you know, a little ding that week.
Speaker 1: But but since during the Howboys, he's been awesome. UM.
Speaker 1: Of the eleven receivers that had seven or more targets
Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay this year, nine had seventy five yards
Speaker 1: and more in sixth scored. I gotta be grade on him.
Speaker 1: Already talked about Jarwin is gonna take a chance on me?
Speaker 1: Guy and Zeke I have is my number one running
Speaker 1: back this week? I think it's a clear cut obvious
Speaker 1: A yeah, that's all. We'll take a break when we
Speaker 1: come back. Buffalo taking on New England. This is such
Speaker 1: a tricky matchup for the Patriots. Suddenly without Josh Gordon
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Speaker 1: a couple of matchups and Buffalo taking on New England.
Speaker 1: We know the Buffalo sides is a little more obvious
Speaker 1: Patriots side. I can't wait to hear what you have
Speaker 1: to say, Brian, because this is a nasty matchup. I
Speaker 1: like kind of like the Buffalo side better in general.
Speaker 1: Starting with Robert Foster Fish's boy uh nine plus yards
Speaker 1: and four of his last five games over the last
Speaker 1: four weeks, he's averaging it insane twenty four yards per catch,
Speaker 1: which is by far and away first among wide receivers
Speaker 1: with double digit catches during that span. Uh, he's getting
Speaker 1: a B from me. I like him in this matchup
Speaker 1: a lot. Not like Zay Jones. He has struggled since
Speaker 1: moving to the outside. He's on the bench. But I
Speaker 1: do like Isaiah McKenzie as might take a chance of
Speaker 1: me wide receiver might play a little running back in
Speaker 1: this game because they're all banged up. Uh. Speaking of Shady,
Speaker 1: McCoy says he's gonna play. Can't do it. He's on
Speaker 1: the bench and making matters where for of him. Josh
Speaker 1: Allen has thrown to his running backs just eleven times
Speaker 1: in the last four games. So uh, the PPR aspect
Speaker 1: is not there for Shady. So he didn't get you
Speaker 1: to the championship, so you're not gonna play him in
Speaker 1: the championship. As for Josh Allen. He's gotten a lot
Speaker 1: of people to the championship and highest scoring fantasy quarterback
Speaker 1: for the sense he returned from injury four weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Nobody's outscard Josh Allen over the last four weeks QB one.
Speaker 1: Like he just said um on paper. The Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Patriots don't give up a ton to rushing quarterbacks. But
Speaker 1: the five true comparable rushing quarterbacks they faced the Shawn Watson,
Speaker 1: Blake Portles, Patrick Mahomes, Marcus Mariotta, and Mitch Dubisky combined
Speaker 1: for carries and a hundred eighty six yards. That's about
Speaker 1: still only like, yeah, like eight carries and I don't know,
Speaker 1: like forty yards, but if you get one touchdown. But right,
Speaker 1: but if each each of those got Trubisky had six carries,
Speaker 1: if he gets seven to eight carries, Allen will do
Speaker 1: stuff with his legs. Everyone says, you know, belloffs to
Speaker 1: take that away. I would play Josh Allen over Tom
Speaker 1: Brady in this game. But so I'm giving Allen a B. Now,
Speaker 1: speaking of the Patriots, we can start with Brady. I
Speaker 1: can't give him to see uh three four yards and
Speaker 1: zero touchdowns in the week eight. Uh matchup between these
Speaker 1: two teams, and that was on forty five pass attempts.
Speaker 1: Since then, Buffalo is yielding under twenty six pass attempts
Speaker 1: per game. And here the touchdown totals since then in
Speaker 1: each game one zero, one, three to Ryan Tannehills somehow
Speaker 1: one one. They've given up zero or one touchdowns the
Speaker 1: Bills have in ten of the last twelve. You're looking
Speaker 1: at in all probability zero or one to Brady, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, terrible. It's track record. It's the Bills
Speaker 1: is bad. It's not like you think you go dominate
Speaker 1: the Bills every time they met and he doesn't. It's
Speaker 1: weird can saying how good record is. Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1: So yeah, Brady gets a soft sea here. Uh not
Speaker 1: a slam dunk start by any means. I can't fall
Speaker 1: at you for starting them, but I would honestly look elsewhere. Uh.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Gronk, I'm gonna give him a b even
Speaker 1: though he's looked pretty old lately. But that's based on
Speaker 1: the talent pool in the tight end. Waste Land historically
Speaker 1: has destroyed Buffalo. Being a Buffalo native and all but
Speaker 1: just had three catches for forty three yards in the
Speaker 1: first meeting. I just referenced uh. Since then, no tight
Speaker 1: end as top forty three yards, grons forty three yards
Speaker 1: and on the whole season, fifty five yards is the
Speaker 1: most yards opposing. It's a bad game for Gronk. He
Speaker 1: gets to be uh, Julian Edelman safe be here with her.
Speaker 1: Without Josh Gordon, he was gonna get a be He's
Speaker 1: a lot for at least eight targets in this game.
Speaker 1: And the Bills have surrendered four wide receivers four wide
Speaker 1: receiver touchdowns over the last three and Edelman had nine
Speaker 1: for one of four in the first meeting, So he's
Speaker 1: a safe play. Chris Hogan is not. I'm not going there,
Speaker 1: even with Josh Gordon no longer on the team. Just no, oh,
Speaker 1: I gotta talk runn backs with quick. Sony Michelle has
Speaker 1: disappointing down the stretch, yet hasn't topped sixty three yards
Speaker 1: or scored in the last three weeks. James Devlin and
Speaker 1: Rex burkhead clearly culture threats. The Bills are ranked nine
Speaker 1: against the run by Football Outsiders and since Week eight,
Speaker 1: only one opposing running back has top sixty yards, but
Speaker 1: they have given up the second most rushing touchdowns. They've
Speaker 1: even up three in the past two games. But again
Speaker 1: you can't count on those going to the you can't.
Speaker 1: So he's he's a very soft Sea as well, and
Speaker 1: so is James White in PPR. He's clearly a bench
Speaker 1: in standard. Uh. New England is nine in one when
Speaker 1: White gets at least nine touches, and he does better
Speaker 1: at home, So there's hope here. He's the only one
Speaker 1: who had any success against Buffalo practically as a running back.
Speaker 1: Ten catches for seventy nine yards and he ran a
Speaker 1: touchdown in in the first week. Figure, but do not
Speaker 1: expect that to happen again. Uh, he's a cn PPR
Speaker 1: at best. Yeah, that's it for James White. Let's go
Speaker 1: to Washington, Tennessee and this will not take long. The
Speaker 1: whole Washington passing games on the bench behind Josh Johnson.
Speaker 1: No elaboration required there. Let's go to Adrian Peterson. I've
Speaker 1: got the softest of Sea grades on him. Tennessee is
Speaker 1: completely shut. They completely shut down Leonard four Nette and
Speaker 1: say Kwon Barkley and back to back weeks. That's it.
Speaker 1: I mean, I could really just stop there. They have
Speaker 1: in recent recent history, though giving up big games of
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller and Isaiah Crowwell, so you know, maybe there's
Speaker 1: an angle for Peterson if there's one touchdown to be had,
Speaker 1: he's the probable guy. But I can't even tell you
Speaker 1: there's one touchdown coming from this Washington offense. So the
Speaker 1: softest of Sea grades on Adrian, I hope you don't
Speaker 1: have to use him. Let's go to the Tennessee side,
Speaker 1: where Derrick Henry is locked in as an A. The
Speaker 1: Redskins have been trampled by opposing running backs lately. Over
Speaker 1: their last five games, they're giving up over five yards
Speaker 1: per carry, and big volume backs like Lamar Miller and
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott and Sae Kwon Barkley have averaged one d
Speaker 1: twenty six rushing yards alone over that span. Derrick Henry's
Speaker 1: the definition of volume lately at with fifty touches the
Speaker 1: last two games. So an A grade for Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: a B grade for Corey Davis. The Redskins secondary didn't
Speaker 1: allow a touchdown to Jacksonville's receivers last week, but they
Speaker 1: gave up because Jacksonville doesn't can't pass. But they gave
Speaker 1: up a ridiculous seven scores to wide receivers in the
Speaker 1: three prior games. Uh, Corey Davis primarily lines up on
Speaker 1: the left side of the field, where he'll face cornerback
Speaker 1: Fabian Moreau, who they was. So he was terrible as
Speaker 1: a slot corners, they're trying him on the outside. He's
Speaker 1: bad there too. He's surrendered at least one hundred yards
Speaker 1: and two of his last six outings in his coverage.
Speaker 1: That's not good. So Cory Davis gets a B and
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota was might take a chance on me quarterback.
Speaker 1: Let's squeeze in another matchup, maybe even two. Their their
Speaker 1: brisk like this one, and it might be Jacksonville taking
Speaker 1: on Miami. There's no Jacksonville players outside of Leonard four
Speaker 1: Net right, Yeah, normally we go side to side like
Speaker 1: Jacksonville in Miami. I'm just gonna say the Jacksonville and
Speaker 1: Miami passing games are all on the bench. For all
Speaker 1: of them. Kessler's averaging a hundred forty nine yards per game,
Speaker 1: and the Jacksonville defense is number one against wide receivers
Speaker 1: and held seven quarterbacks under two hundred this year. They're
Speaker 1: all on the bench. So let's go to the running backs.
Speaker 1: What do you think about four next. He's been bad,
Speaker 1: he's and it's such a good match out. He is
Speaker 1: completely off the injury report now after after dealing with
Speaker 1: his twenty seventh lower leg injury. Since during the league,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins surrending the second most rush attempts, the third
Speaker 1: most rushing yards, and a running back has topped ten
Speaker 1: total yards against the Miami Dolphins nine times this season,
Speaker 1: so nine times. I have a B grade on Leonard
Speaker 1: four nett uh. And then on the other side, Kitlin
Speaker 1: Blage the Belage Barrage coming, as they like to joke,
Speaker 1: I have a C grade on him. It's a top
Speaker 1: five d against fantasy running backs. But the Jags, they
Speaker 1: are just not tackling. They've given up. You could see
Speaker 1: it in that there's so much quit and I honestly
Speaker 1: think Bellage is gonna take all of those Gore twelve
Speaker 1: to fifteen carries and maybe then some. It's volume, energy,
Speaker 1: EGS team that's given up. I'm giving him a C grade.
Speaker 1: This is the first game in NFL history without an
Speaker 1: over under, I believe, just kidding, big, don't even bother.
Speaker 1: It's actually the lowest of the week at thirty eight
Speaker 1: point five. Alright, final matchup of this segment, Houston taking
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia. I already gave you to Marrius Thomas is
Speaker 1: might take a chance, I mean wide receiver. I like
Speaker 1: this passing game. What do you think about Deshaun Watson,
Speaker 1: Brian Well. Volume has been the issue with Lotson when
Speaker 1: it comes to pass it. But Philly is getting passed
Speaker 1: on copiously, copiously, great words. So Watson just simply he
Speaker 1: gets a B. He's got d T or take a
Speaker 1: chance to me wide receiver of course. Deane Hopkins, who
Speaker 1: gets an A. I don't care if they roll quadruple
Speaker 1: coverage on Hopkins. He's a slam dunk start, of course.
Speaker 1: And Lamar Miller burned a lot of people last week,
Speaker 1: me being one of them. Not not his fault, but
Speaker 1: uh appears he will return from that ankle injury in
Speaker 1: a very very meaty matchup, so you have, let's hope,
Speaker 1: so he has a game time decision, he's questionable. I
Speaker 1: definitely wanna you want to monitor that, and I grab
Speaker 1: Alfred Blue if you can. But whoever gets the start
Speaker 1: gets to be Uh. The Eagles have loud the most
Speaker 1: fantasy points are running backs for the last six weeks,
Speaker 1: giving up nearly one eighty yards two touchdowns per game
Speaker 1: to the position. So if now I think the best
Speaker 1: case scenario is for fantasy at least Lamar Millard is
Speaker 1: inactive and then Alfred Blue just houses all that work
Speaker 1: and he turns into potentially a top ten running back
Speaker 1: in that scenario, yep, I agree. But I bet you
Speaker 1: Miller plays in this game, and it's gonna muddy those waters.
Speaker 1: But if if he goes, I think you gotta you
Speaker 1: gotta give Miller at least the flexi level play uh
Speaker 1: over to Philly. Not a ton to say I got
Speaker 1: Josh Adams on the bench. Houston allows only sixty six
Speaker 1: rushing yards per game on three point two yards per
Speaker 1: carried to oppose backs, and Wendell Smallwood was way too
Speaker 1: much of a factor last week. So Josh Adams cannot
Speaker 1: be trusted. Zach Ertz can definitely be trusted. He's an
Speaker 1: obvious a and this is a great matchup for him.
Speaker 1: Houston has allowed tight end touchdowns and seven of their
Speaker 1: last eight and UH over eighty yards per game during
Speaker 1: that span to the to the position, So you gotta
Speaker 1: love Zach Or It's even without Carson Wentz and uh
Speaker 1: alshon Jeffrey last week's wide receiver one uh number ones
Speaker 1: that fared well against Houston, as evidence by my take
Speaker 1: a chance on me wide receiver last week, Robby Anderson.
Speaker 1: Can we get that peak? Oh? I was, I was
Speaker 1: already headed that way alright, So alexand Jeffrey, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give an a. H He and Nick Foles make sweet
Speaker 1: music together. So I'm giving Jeffrey the A. But you're not.
Speaker 1: You're not starting Golden Tate in the championship week. And
Speaker 1: I'm still not going with Nick Foles, even though I
Speaker 1: like he can be. I'll get foals to see, just
Speaker 1: because I love Arts and Jeffrey so much. This week
Speaker 1: he gotta like fold a little bit. I'll give him
Speaker 1: a see. I agree with that, and but that's more
Speaker 1: of like two quarterback play take a chance on the
Speaker 1: type of play. Yeah, I don't think anybody needs to
Speaker 1: start falls now champiship week unless you're in that quarterback flex.
Speaker 1: But a very nice daily option as well. Yes, that
Speaker 1: is true where you'd want to play, not the other famble.
Speaker 1: Hello Ellie, Hello, thank you for calling in. How can
Speaker 1: we help you? Okay, So I'm in a championship around
Speaker 1: with my uncle, Big Bad Chad, and I have two
Speaker 1: questions regarding my quarterback. In my tight end. From my quarterback,
Speaker 1: I could start Jack Attack Prescott or Russell the Mussell Wilson,
Speaker 1: or I could pick up Jared dot Off. What should
Speaker 1: I do if she needs to be on the show? Now,
Speaker 1: I know you need your own show. I think I
Speaker 1: love it. I have Wilson easily the highest of those three. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's my number two quarterback this week. We love Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: Big Bad Chad's going down, great chief snatch up. Okay.
Speaker 1: For my tight end, I could do of Ingram or
Speaker 1: jim jim Graham. What do you recommend that I love?
Speaker 1: I love these uh these nicknames. Oh it's it was
Speaker 1: more Jimmy Graham. Yeah, Jimmy Graham's giving us nothing. And
Speaker 1: you know the you know, the broken thumb hasn't helped
Speaker 1: him catch any better either. You're in Wisconsin, you know
Speaker 1: all about the troubles that you're having with Jimmy Graham
Speaker 1: over there. Yes, Jimmy, jim Jimmy Ellie, thank you for
Speaker 1: calling in. Don't be a stranger. We'll talk to you
Speaker 1: next year. Okay, okay, Steal, thank you. Yeah, she's a
Speaker 1: poet and she knows it. I like it. Matt, say
Speaker 1: good morning guys. See before I get to my two questions,
Speaker 1: because it's not lightening around. Thanks for another great season.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Matt. Saturday, Next Saturday. I always feel that
Speaker 1: void and that first Saturday when you guys out there
Speaker 1: and I'm already looking forward to mid August. Outstanding. Thank
Speaker 1: you very much. Oh you bet guy. Um luck for
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan my first question. Okay, I've got him three
Speaker 1: and four. I love him. I lean luck just because
Speaker 1: I think the Panthers are probably gonna struggle to score
Speaker 1: this one. I'm gonna lean luck. Why does that help?
Speaker 1: Why does that hurt Ryan? If? I don't know. If
Speaker 1: Ryan's the volumes will be there, I don't know. I
Speaker 1: feel more of a runfriendly script for the Falcons of
Speaker 1: this game, where the Giants could still manage to score more.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm just gonna lean look. I just
Speaker 1: like look more in this one. I have luck in
Speaker 1: there now, so I'll keep it that way. Okay, next one, um, Okay,
Speaker 1: if I have to sit girly, I've got mixing along
Speaker 1: with him, Tariko and is my flex if I gotta
Speaker 1: sit Girly. Mike Kelly is available, I believe, or I
Speaker 1: could throw mark Ingram in there. So I think I'm okay,
Speaker 1: you're lucky. Go ahead. I'm starting to lean toward towards
Speaker 1: benching Girly. So what do you guys think? I was
Speaker 1: just gonna say you're lucky that besides mixing, all of
Speaker 1: those are late games, so you don't have to decide
Speaker 1: till the You know, that's a huge advantage. Go get
Speaker 1: Kelly right the second. I was gonna say, get Kelly,
Speaker 1: because if Gurley doesn't go and you're gonna probably maybe
Speaker 1: know at that game time decision, Kelly might be the
Speaker 1: guy to play and it's not a good matchup for Ingram.
Speaker 1: We'll get to that later. But know Ingram is not
Speaker 1: in this discussion. I'm mixing and co are oh yeah,
Speaker 1: without but I think you go get Girly and you're
Speaker 1: playing over alright, go get killed playing over Girly. What
Speaker 1: luck that Ingram? You know Cohen and Kelly games? No kidding,
Speaker 1: thank you appreciate it. Yeah, we're gonna work in one
Speaker 1: more call. We're doing. We're consider we have sixteen matchups
Speaker 1: to get there. We're doing great. I love that. On time,
Speaker 1: I mean, hello, Ben, credit me, Hey guys from work.
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas everyone, you guys, thank you appreciate it. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do this and if I have more time, I'll
Speaker 1: ask the actual question. Give me a scenario, because you
Speaker 1: guys are the gods of fancy football. Scenario is this
Speaker 1: week four team, the commissioner is still in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: The other guy, the other owner, offers me this trade,
Speaker 1: offers me three Cohen for Tyler Boyd. I wait twenty
Speaker 1: four hours. This is Wednesday. I accepted. Thursday nights games play.
Speaker 1: Friday comes along again. Commissioner in the playoff decides to say, hey, guys,
Speaker 1: my bill of rights were set. The trade deadline was
Speaker 1: set for week twelve, so no clusion. And then he
Speaker 1: reverses the trade, doesn't call me and lets things go.
Speaker 1: What's your guys? Overall two cents on that, Well, the
Speaker 1: trade deadline was twelve and you made a week fifteen
Speaker 1: trade right. System allowed it. Basically, it's the system allowed it,
Speaker 1: but the rules. Yeah. I think he did the right
Speaker 1: thing to do it. He just should have communicated it better. Yeah,
Speaker 1: yeahst better. Yeah, that's why I wasn't too much a
Speaker 1: stickler on it. But but I just wanted to kind
Speaker 1: of get it. It is a bad beat. It sucks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's unfortunate, but yeah, it's you shouldn't let the
Speaker 1: fact that he didn't have a there was a wonky
Speaker 1: setting that, you know, stop you stop you guys from
Speaker 1: playing away. Everybody's agreed to play. Yeah, I was all right, guys,
Speaker 1: all right, what else you got? Alright? Really quick? I
Speaker 1: need two of four, one of which has to be
Speaker 1: a receiver. So I think it's Robbie Anderson or Calvin Ridley. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's what I thought. My flex Kalen Bellas or Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: Wiam Williams non PPR both Still are you guys? Are awesome?
Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate, good luck, Bye bye. Um, we'll take
Speaker 1: a break when we come back. Lots more matchups to
Speaker 1: get to and three hot questions. Can you go? Three?
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Speaker 1: Lamar Miller has been ruled out and I had not
Speaker 1: seen that. That news came down overnight and I had
Speaker 1: not seen it yet, and I've seen it anywhere else,
Speaker 1: but you know, doing going through Twitter, it's it's legit.
Speaker 1: He's not traveling with the team. Lamar Miller's out, Alfred
Speaker 1: Blue launches up the rankings, and I I think if
Speaker 1: you were to put a letter grade on Alfred Blue,
Speaker 1: it's probably in a grade considering the opportunity against the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia run defense that has been brutal for six weeks.
Speaker 1: To quote Will Ferrell in old school, you're my boy Blue,
Speaker 1: You're my boy Blue. Um, he needed the money we need.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to make a sizeable adjustment on Alfred
Speaker 1: Blue right now. But he will probably move into top twelve,
Speaker 1: top twelve ish territory at the running back position phase
Speaker 1: on the opportunity. See, there's there's really a lot of
Speaker 1: this goes back to do the opposite, right, you know,
Speaker 1: And a lot of good running backs had good years.
Speaker 1: You know, say Kwon Barkley had a really nice year
Speaker 1: and he was consistent all season. Zeke was good all year.
Speaker 1: But you know, sooner or later, most running backs end
Speaker 1: up doing this to you. And there's gonna be a
Speaker 1: team with Alfred Blue, Damian Williams, and John Kelly. That
Speaker 1: win there is and by Jamal Williams or Elijah McGuire. Right,
Speaker 1: that's the guy you're talking about. It's unbelievable. Hot question
Speaker 1: number one. Who should be pick number one on your
Speaker 1: cheat sheet when we do our first show next year
Speaker 1: on auguste, Brian, there's some steam. We've been talking tight ends.
Speaker 1: I know Harrison said he's taken Kelsey one oh one.
Speaker 1: I kind of like that, but not enough over the
Speaker 1: big running backs. It's got to be a running back
Speaker 1: to me, and it's three guys, comes down three guys.
Speaker 1: It's Girly, McCaffrey and Barkley. But and I don't really
Speaker 1: know right now. I don't know, but I'm just in
Speaker 1: the history of the show, nobody's ever said, well, I
Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know right I know between those three,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go with McCaffrey just because he's going
Speaker 1: to break the receiving reception record for running backs. And
Speaker 1: he's not only top five running back, he's a top
Speaker 1: twelve wide receiver if you just use his receiving numbers.
Speaker 1: And Barkley's close but there is Odell Beckham. There is
Speaker 1: some competition on that team for touches, not a ton
Speaker 1: on Carolina outside DJ more. So I'm gonna take CMC
Speaker 1: one dot zero one. Do you like that you're Kamara
Speaker 1: this year? And yeah, I see that. Uh, just for
Speaker 1: the listeners, McCaffrey is eight away with two games left
Speaker 1: to break the reception record. Um, I will always say
Speaker 1: Kawan Barkley because mostly because it's tough to go Gurley
Speaker 1: three years in a row. That's just really tough to do.
Speaker 1: Just board him. No, it's just no. If Gurley ends
Speaker 1: up repeating as Fantasy champ here um, that'll be the
Speaker 1: first time it's happened two years in a row since
Speaker 1: before one. It's just really rare. And see to see
Speaker 1: a third I just don't know that I can see it.
Speaker 1: And he's he gets less touches than Zeke and then
Speaker 1: Barkley and guys like that, so it's it's a lot
Speaker 1: of touchdowns. So I went Barkley, who has been top
Speaker 1: thirteen in all but two weeks, had a top thirteen
Speaker 1: performance in all but two weeks. He's twenty two. He's
Speaker 1: failed the top a hundred plus total yards just twice um,
Speaker 1: and the Rams offensive line oldest in the NFL. So
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Barkley. What the heck? Uh? Needless
Speaker 1: to say, I'm not someone who demands that running backs
Speaker 1: be taken with the first overall pick, but it's a
Speaker 1: running back and it's Sae Kwon Barkley. Sa Kwan has
Speaker 1: the most upside next season since LaDainian Tomlinson, who posted
Speaker 1: that transcendental fantasy season in two thousand six when he
Speaker 1: had two thousand, three hundred total yards and thirty one
Speaker 1: touchdowns and two passing By the way we got that's
Speaker 1: a great point and two passing touchdowns that year. Um.
Speaker 1: Barkley has that kind of upside in his game. And
Speaker 1: here's why. He's got the agility of Barry Sanders in
Speaker 1: Paris and I've never casually made for any other running back.
Speaker 1: He has that level of agility. He has the receiving
Speaker 1: ability of a Thurman Thomas he had or a Marshall Falk.
Speaker 1: He has the explosiveness of an Eric Dickerson. Say Kwan
Speaker 1: Barkley is the most complete running back this league has
Speaker 1: seen since LaDainian Tomlinson, and he gives you that crazy,
Speaker 1: bonkers upside that nobody else can touch. Now, if you
Speaker 1: look ahead to next year, one way or another, that
Speaker 1: offensive line is gonna get better. It's probably the worst
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Probably gonna get better, god, I hope so.
Speaker 1: And one way or another, his quarterback, whether it's Manning
Speaker 1: or somebody else, probably gets better by default because Manning
Speaker 1: has been about as bad as any starting quarterback in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and Barkley has still been awesome for fantasy owners.
Speaker 1: He doesn't get to play the Falcons in Bucks twice
Speaker 1: like McCaffrey doesn't. Well, but you know that was this
Speaker 1: year's Falcons and Bucks. Who knows next year? Right? Um?
Speaker 1: You know, even though Pat Schermer frustrated some of us
Speaker 1: with Barkley's usage at various points this year, He's still
Speaker 1: already touched the ball three hundred times this season, So
Speaker 1: you sage is not going to be a problem. Sherman's
Speaker 1: a very good offensive mind, say Kwon Barkley should be
Speaker 1: the first pick on your cheat sheets when we're doing
Speaker 1: our shows next year. Hot question number two on next
Speaker 1: August cheat sheet. You see a theme here? Who should
Speaker 1: be higher? Juju Smith, Schuster or Antonio brown Man. This
Speaker 1: is tough because Antonio Brown scores like crazy. But I'm
Speaker 1: maybe it's just the dynasty mindset coming in, But I'm
Speaker 1: gonna lean Juju here. Uh He's he's had a hundred
Speaker 1: yards and or a type stone in seventeen twenty eight
Speaker 1: games and through the first two years, he's fourth in
Speaker 1: receiving yards in the first two years of his career,
Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL history receiving yards, averaging nearly eight
Speaker 1: per game. Uh. Man, I like his upside and his potential,
Speaker 1: and Antonio Brown is coming up on thirty here, so
Speaker 1: give me Juju. Yeah, we've had the mentality where you
Speaker 1: want to be a year early before a guy falls off, right,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown might not fall off next year, but he's
Speaker 1: getting to that point where he's getting old. And Juju
Speaker 1: really closed the gap this year. And uh, I'd rather
Speaker 1: be off a guy you're early and be wrong rather
Speaker 1: than go and you know, invest the first round pick,
Speaker 1: second round pick on a thirty old wide receiver. So
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go with the younger guy, and I
Speaker 1: go Juju as well. I want to crackt he's thirty.
Speaker 1: He'll be thirty one next year. Okay, Antonio Brown when
Speaker 1: When I crafted the question, I thought the answer was
Speaker 1: gonna be Juju Smith Schuster, and then I started digging
Speaker 1: into it and decided it's not um. Eight of the
Speaker 1: top ten fantasy receivers this year have something in common.
Speaker 1: Guys of the top twenty have something in common. They're
Speaker 1: not slot receivers. Slot receivers all most always struggled to
Speaker 1: consistently produce fantasy numbers and especially touchdowns. And that's the
Speaker 1: big difference here. Good slot receivers can turn into Jarvis
Speaker 1: Landry at a moment's notice. Remember, Jarvis Landry was an
Speaker 1: an elite scoring option just last year. Even Adam Feeling
Speaker 1: an excellent receiver having a borderline historic season this year,
Speaker 1: it's just wide receiver twenty three. Since the second half
Speaker 1: of the season, wide receiver twenty three digs his wide
Speaker 1: receiver sixteen in that same time frame. Slot receivers aren't
Speaker 1: generally the elite guys that lead you to fantasy championships
Speaker 1: and the are the highest scoring receivers. It's the outside receivers.
Speaker 1: And I think I think Antonio Brown is still there's
Speaker 1: no reason to suggest he falls off a cliff next
Speaker 1: year at thirty one. He's got plenty of good years
Speaker 1: left and is still an elite receivers. Also double the
Speaker 1: outside receivers that there are slot receivers that hurt. That
Speaker 1: helps a little. I don't think the ball off. I
Speaker 1: was just fully mitigating that risk. Vanni tot question number three.
Speaker 1: Now is the perfect time to work on twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: rule changes? Next year, rule changes. Well, everybody's still engage,
Speaker 1: all your owners are still in a fantasy football mindset,
Speaker 1: and the season still fresh. What's the one rule that
Speaker 1: every league should adopt for next year? Brian? And do
Speaker 1: you actually have an answer this time? Yes? Alright, always
Speaker 1: answer right, the right answer both times. Uh. And I'll
Speaker 1: go three for three here saying I'm done with the
Speaker 1: head to head in the semifinals. I think just say
Speaker 1: you're standard four teams in the semifinals. Make it short
Speaker 1: and sweet. Top two scores advance of the championship, no
Speaker 1: head to head in the semifinals. That or let the
Speaker 1: number one seed picked their opponent. But I let's keep
Speaker 1: it simple and say everyone plays each other essentially in
Speaker 1: the semifinals. Top two run four wild cards play to advance,
Speaker 1: Then the four two buys to wild cards play to advance.
Speaker 1: That's how you know how nearly all my league run.
Speaker 1: You're done, all right? Mine is. It's simple and it's easy,
Speaker 1: and it's just something everybody needs to do. Is have
Speaker 1: the sixth playoffs Bobby top points or or all player,
Speaker 1: whatever you want, but the top five. I know so
Speaker 1: many people really love the head to head and they're
Speaker 1: very passionate about that. Tough five still had to head.
Speaker 1: Whatever you want there. But the last spot, get that
Speaker 1: best team in. Don't don't allow a bad beat totally.
Speaker 1: That's all of my league's last last and last last
Speaker 1: spot is goes to the highest scoring team, regardless of records.
Speaker 1: Get that team should get in. Ye absolutely, Jared, just
Speaker 1: throw something in with mine. Uh in the same vein
Speaker 1: of not screwing over like the best teams who get
Speaker 1: you know, bouncing the playoffs one bad week. I like
Speaker 1: reserving some of the prize pool for best record or
Speaker 1: most points like smiles don't event yeah, and then the
Speaker 1: rest goes to the playoff. I'm cool with that. But
Speaker 1: the right answer is free agent blind bidding. It's the
Speaker 1: single most important thing. We're still talking about that, but
Speaker 1: we are. I know, more more than half of the
Speaker 1: league's don't use free agent blind bidding. Still, it is mandatory.
Speaker 1: There's nothing more important than the equitable distribution of free
Speaker 1: agents throughout the season. The teams that are winning now,
Speaker 1: or the teams that are that have picked up Damian
Speaker 1: Williams and Alfred Blue and are working the waiver wire,
Speaker 1: the people who got Philip Lindsay early, who got George
Speaker 1: Kittle off the waiver wire, these are the teams that
Speaker 1: need to be rewarded. And if you can't do it
Speaker 1: any other way than free agent blind bidding, and it's
Speaker 1: on wax now, you will now approve of zero dollar bids. Correct,
Speaker 1: I'm on, I'm I'm fifty one percent on zero dollar
Speaker 1: bit on it. It's it's narrow, but I'm I'm on
Speaker 1: it over one dollar free agent pickups. So that's a
Speaker 1: different that's whole different story. Correct answer free agent blind bidding. Honestly,
Speaker 1: I think we just gave people three good things. I
Speaker 1: think not doing head to head in the playoffs is
Speaker 1: freaking cowardice. That's what it is. This is some bitter
Speaker 1: owners like well, I would have beat if I were
Speaker 1: in the other bracket, I would have won my game.
Speaker 1: Who part of the fun and drama of fantasy football
Speaker 1: is the bad beats and the head to head matchups.
Speaker 1: The a f C doesn't get to play the NFC
Speaker 1: just because the a f C has got an easier,
Speaker 1: harder matchup. It doesn't work that way. I just like
Speaker 1: the two best teams advancing each week. Yea, It just
Speaker 1: life doesn't work that way. I like the draw. I
Speaker 1: don't know. There's a lot of meritocracy out there. Life
Speaker 1: works that way in a lot of scales where the
Speaker 1: best just rises to the top. Vikings take on the
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions and um so moving parts here, at least
Speaker 1: a little bit. We'll try. We'll do our best with
Speaker 1: what we can and based on what we know. Uh.
Speaker 1: One of the key moving parts, Snacks Harrison, the Lions
Speaker 1: run stuffing defensive lineman, may not play in this game.
Speaker 1: He's shaping up as a game time decision. If he
Speaker 1: doesn't go, Dalvin Cook vaults from a B to an A.
Speaker 1: In the time since Snacks got there, they went from
Speaker 1: five and a half yards per carry down to four
Speaker 1: yards per carrying. Only two backs have scored rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: since they acquired Snacks Harrison. But if he doesn't play,
Speaker 1: then again, Cook goes right to an A grade, otherwise
Speaker 1: a B grade. Obviously, Dalvin Cook coming off a season
Speaker 1: high nineteen carries in a lot of success in Steven
Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski's new system. Let's go to the passing game.
Speaker 1: B grade on Kirk Cousins. The last four quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: face the Lions have averaged a very modest two U
Speaker 1: or twenty yards in one touchdown, which is actually Kirk
Speaker 1: didn't even get to those numbers against um against the
Speaker 1: Lions last time they played, but that was without Stefan
Speaker 1: Digs in the game. Diggs makes a huge difference. He'll
Speaker 1: keep Darius Slay busy. Feeling should have a much better
Speaker 1: game because, uh, Darius Slay won't be able to go
Speaker 1: on him out of the slot. So I still think
Speaker 1: Kirk ittt finds his way to a decent game here.
Speaker 1: I've got I've got B grades on both on both
Speaker 1: Diggs and Feeling. On the dig side, he does draw
Speaker 1: Darius Slay and that is a tough matchup. But frankly,
Speaker 1: Diggs is better that Darius Slay. And it's not like
Speaker 1: Slay is absolutely He's not Patrick Peterson, He's not Xavier Rhodes.
Speaker 1: He is not a stone cold, lockdown cornerback, So you
Speaker 1: still start Diggs, you still start feeling. Lions did to
Speaker 1: hold theland to twenty two receiving yards in the other matchup,
Speaker 1: but again that was without Digs, so they double and
Speaker 1: tripled him for the whole game. He lines up against
Speaker 1: Nevin Lawson in the slot. That's a corner that has
Speaker 1: seated five or more receptions in four of the past
Speaker 1: six weeks. Kevin Kyle Rodolph goes to the bench. He
Speaker 1: hasn't scored in eleven games and has top forty one
Speaker 1: yards just once in his last ten. The Lions haven't
Speaker 1: allowed more than forty tight end yards and they've given
Speaker 1: up only one tight end score in the past seven weeks.
Speaker 1: On the Lions side, the only starting grade player is
Speaker 1: Zack Center, and it's in part because Lindvall Joseph may
Speaker 1: not go. I mentioned moving parts here. He may not
Speaker 1: go in this game. And Eric Kendricks has been ruled out.
Speaker 1: And that's two guys right in the middle of the
Speaker 1: Vikings defense. And here comes to the north south running
Speaker 1: style of Egan native Zach Zentner, who's actually averaged four
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry. Not bad over the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. He has scored in each of those games,
Speaker 1: and callin blage. Even if you take away that's seventy
Speaker 1: five yard touchdown, he's still average four and a half
Speaker 1: yards per carry against the Vikings, so starting great of
Speaker 1: a sea on Zack Center the whole passing games on
Speaker 1: the bench, Matthew Stafford is missing his number one and
Speaker 1: number two wide receivers. The Vikings are elite against the
Speaker 1: past anyway, and that brings us to the bench grade
Speaker 1: on Kenny Golladay, even though it's coming off a career
Speaker 1: best outing of one forty six yards, but a lot
Speaker 1: of that came last week because they moved him into
Speaker 1: the slot to get a better match up. The Vikings
Speaker 1: are solid all across the board and there's nowhere to
Speaker 1: hide Kenny Golladay here. Mackenzie Alexander has been awesome over
Speaker 1: the last really two months, and the Vikings have allowed
Speaker 1: just three wide receiver touchdowns in their last ten games.
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay bench fish, How does that feel? Scott? Are
Speaker 1: you stinging? Are you mad? I'm just gonna cry a little,
Speaker 1: weep a little in the corner. We need to go
Speaker 1: to break instead of me doing this. You're you're right,
Speaker 1: we shouldn't do this on there. Let's go to break
Speaker 1: and we'll come back to tell you if you can
Speaker 1: get a rebound game from se Kwon Barkley this week
Speaker 1: against a vastly improved its defense. This is Fantasy Football
Speaker 1: Weekly presented my Green Bell Premium on the van. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to the show. Championship Week Fantasy Football Weekly. Hopefully
Speaker 1: you are still alive playing for something. You've got something
Speaker 1: on the line. I hope that's the case. Uh Scott
Speaker 1: a quick flashback listener request for a more specific rating
Speaker 1: on on Kenyan Drake. We sort of gloss store. We
Speaker 1: just went you know, we're not starting any Dolphins but
Speaker 1: other than Caitlin Blage, but you want to just mentioned
Speaker 1: Drake in particular for a moment. Was it Kenyan Drake's
Speaker 1: mom that called in and asked us question the email
Speaker 1: or Dan Grant in that game I just gave for
Speaker 1: Net and Bellage starting grades. I have. I have Kenyan
Speaker 1: Drake firmly to the mid to lower end of your bench,
Speaker 1: right in that range, midd to low end of the benches. Okay,
Speaker 1: thank you. You would think that middle far out that
Speaker 1: Drake would be would make sense, and I was shocked
Speaker 1: that they just went wholeheartedly for Blage. But that's what
Speaker 1: they did last It wasn't injury related, no, So that's it.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Giants taking on the Cult. Scott.
Speaker 1: My worry as a frequent se Kwam Barkley owner, is
Speaker 1: no Odell Beckham, no real passing threat and now the
Speaker 1: whole Colts offense is there to take away Kwan. Maybe
Speaker 1: I'm nervous. It's the same guy that I just mentioned
Speaker 1: has been a top thirteen back all but two weeks
Speaker 1: this year. Right, right? How are you benching him in
Speaker 1: your championship game? I don't want to. I'm still giving
Speaker 1: him a low A grade. He's had eighteen touches and
Speaker 1: basically every game this year, and the Colts are Cults
Speaker 1: are allowing the second most receptions and seventh most receiving
Speaker 1: yards to running backs. Still giving him an A grade,
Speaker 1: but because of O b j outs and the tough
Speaker 1: matchup against the Cults team who has only allowed one
Speaker 1: top twelve performance from a wide receiver this year. Uh,
Speaker 1: and they're good against quarterback all the whole passing game
Speaker 1: except for Ingram is on the bench. Ingram the Colts,
Speaker 1: allowing the second most receptions and most yards to tight ends.
Speaker 1: I have a B grade on Ingram, but you could
Speaker 1: even talk me into an A. I think it's a
Speaker 1: good matchup. But I have a B. What a dog
Speaker 1: Ingram has been this year? You know he was tight
Speaker 1: end one last week? Been hurt? Yeah, I think I
Speaker 1: think he has Uh. I think the sixth most tight
Speaker 1: end one weeks this season something like that, which is
Speaker 1: crazy considering. But all you have to be have to
Speaker 1: have a tight end one week is top twelve. Yeah
Speaker 1: that's right, so about eight points. Now, this is a
Speaker 1: super Bowl homecoming of sorts for Eli Manning and if
Speaker 1: they bring back Mario Manning him, I like it. This
Speaker 1: is where they wanted the last super Bowl in the
Speaker 1: Cult stadium. Okay, this is I told Brian this this morning.
Speaker 1: I have all major Cults players in my top ten
Speaker 1: of their respective positions right now. So I have an
Speaker 1: A grade on Andrew Luck, t Y Hilton, Eric E. Bron,
Speaker 1: and Marlon Mack. Yeah. Ebron's got twelve touches as a
Speaker 1: tight end in this year of titends, uh and uh
Speaker 1: in the three grame. I'm not even gonna go over it.
Speaker 1: Hebrons an A grade. Obviously you're starting him. Marlon Mack.
Speaker 1: I love this. Giants or bottom eight in nearly every
Speaker 1: category against running backs, and Marlon Mack just torched a
Speaker 1: much better Dallas defense. A grade there, and with luck
Speaker 1: In Hilton when Hilton plays, Look at the last six
Speaker 1: weeks with with t Y Hilton, he's averaging just under
Speaker 1: ten targets, seven catches, and a hundred and twenty yards
Speaker 1: per game over the last six Next year, is he
Speaker 1: a top Is he gonna be in your top five
Speaker 1: at the y t Y Hilton top five on your
Speaker 1: cheat sheet next August? He then rolling healthy? You know
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck a whole year healthier and that line keeping right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe man, he's gonna be He'll be top ten, But
Speaker 1: how close? How high does he climb? H He hasn't
Speaker 1: had fewer than seventy seven yards since week ate, so
Speaker 1: a grade there and and Luck. I know that he's
Speaker 1: had a couple of duds, but this is a bounce
Speaker 1: back place. Watson, Newton, wentz Ryandale had three hundred yard
Speaker 1: games in our multiple touchdowns. I got an A grade, unlock.
Speaker 1: We should mention t why Hilton's a game time decision. No,
Speaker 1: he may not play in this game. There's a real
Speaker 1: and I don't and there's a real threat he may play.
Speaker 1: What what I've seen is that he's questionable but likely
Speaker 1: to play, is what I've seen. But maybe that's been
Speaker 1: the case the last like three weeks. I think goes off. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's it's it's tricky, but so keep an eye on it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you do want to keep it eye. It's an ankle injury.
Speaker 1: You do want to keep an eye on that. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And it's a Neon game, so you'll know early Green
Speaker 1: Bay takes on the Jets. We've already talked about a
Speaker 1: bunch of players from this game. What do you think
Speaker 1: about Aaron Rodgers and what otherwise feels like a pretty
Speaker 1: juicy matchup against a bad secondary. But Rodgers has just
Speaker 1: been so mad as a fantasy producer. Yeah, and he's
Speaker 1: banged up to knee groin injuries. Uh, I'm doing him.
Speaker 1: See honestly, almost like Donald Moore in this game, the
Speaker 1: only been going for him only Josh Allen and brock Us.
Speaker 1: While I failed through multiple touchdowns against the Jets in
Speaker 1: the last eleven games, I cannot fault you for starting
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, but again, he's another big name quarterback. I
Speaker 1: would uhhly suggest you explore other options in a better matchup,
Speaker 1: so just to see for Rogers. Uh, Basically, the only
Speaker 1: guy who's got throwed to is Davante Adams, who has
Speaker 1: just been money in the bank all year. Only the
Speaker 1: Eagles have surrendered mour yards through the air, two wide
Speaker 1: receivers in the Jets, So Davante Adams automatic a Randall
Speaker 1: Cobb listen as doubtful. I was kind of intrigued by
Speaker 1: his prospects, but anymore, not anymore. But I'm not going
Speaker 1: to uh Marquez Valdez scantling fish say that. Other say
Speaker 1: ESP's name for me. I can never do it right.
Speaker 1: It's more like Equamini st bench. They're both on the bench,
Speaker 1: and so is Jimmy Graham. I'm not trusting him in
Speaker 1: the championship we get all uh. Only Gronk and Eric
Speaker 1: Ebron have topped forty two yards against the Jets of
Speaker 1: this year. They're brutal on titles, and Jimmy Graham is
Speaker 1: brutal all around. So he's on the bench, and Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams was might take a chance on me running back
Speaker 1: very viable this week over the Jets. Eli McGuire was
Speaker 1: here to take a chance for me running back charge,
Speaker 1: I love it, I like him. You can love him
Speaker 1: this week, which is said especially against the Packers, who, yeah,
Speaker 1: probably packed it in. I would imagine anyway, great play
Speaker 1: this week, so is Robbie Anderson was a great play
Speaker 1: last week, even better matchup this week. Green Bay secondary
Speaker 1: is very exploitable. Uh. They've allowed the second most touchdowns
Speaker 1: of wide receivers and Robbie and Donald are really clicking
Speaker 1: right now. And that's why Donald was might take a
Speaker 1: chance on the quarterback and I'm not going Chris Herndon.
Speaker 1: He's been mentioned a lot, but hopefully you're not contemplating
Speaker 1: starting him, even though he's a borderline top twelve tight
Speaker 1: end option this week. Uh, the Packers also tough on
Speaker 1: tight ends. We've allowed just two scores of the decision
Speaker 1: to the position all season. So I'm bention Herndon. In
Speaker 1: Championship week, Chicago taking on the San Francisco forty Niners,
Speaker 1: and I like a bunch of Bears in this matchup
Speaker 1: a lot. Let's start with the running game or Tariko
Speaker 1: and gets an A grade forty Niners give up the
Speaker 1: fourth most receptions and ninth most receiving yards to opposing
Speaker 1: running back, so you know own will help you through
Speaker 1: the air. Here. They allowed Chris Carson and Mike Davis
Speaker 1: to catch all fourteen of their targets last week. Who
Speaker 1: Cohen has caught twenty eight of his last thirty two
Speaker 1: targets and he has scored twice over the last four games.
Speaker 1: I think he chips in with a really nice all
Speaker 1: around all purpose game here and an A grade Ontarikohen.
Speaker 1: But Jordan Howard also startable. Over the last three games,
Speaker 1: He's average eighteen carries per game on a solid four
Speaker 1: and a half yards per carry. That eighteen has been
Speaker 1: a magic number for running backs against the forty nine Ers,
Speaker 1: the five backs to get eighteen carries, four of them scored,
Speaker 1: two of them found the end zone twice. So I
Speaker 1: like Jordan Howard here as well. Be grade on Jordan Howard.
Speaker 1: I've got a borderline A grade on Alan Robinson in
Speaker 1: this matchup. I love him here. The forty Niners just
Speaker 1: put a Kello Witherspoon on in reserve. That means they're
Speaker 1: starting three rookies in their secondary and that was a
Speaker 1: group that already allowed the fifth most fantasy points to
Speaker 1: wide receivers with three rookies starting here, the forty Niners
Speaker 1: have allowed the seventh have allowed seven wide receiver touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the last three games alone. Allen Robinson is a
Speaker 1: great start. He's up to wide receiver. I think I've
Speaker 1: talked to myself into wide receiver eleven for me this week.
Speaker 1: Doug Baldwin did last week to the Niners. A rob
Speaker 1: could duplicate that's not out of the slot, but yes,
Speaker 1: that could be. He runs all over the field, but
Speaker 1: anyway that is story does run from all positions of
Speaker 1: the field. He's my favorite of their receivers. You could
Speaker 1: because of all of those problems. I've got a C
Speaker 1: grade on Taylor Gabriel. Anthony Miller has been just completely
Speaker 1: off the radar. It's not nothing for three or four weeks,
Speaker 1: and I mean nothing, but in a dire pitch you
Speaker 1: could use him, but I hope you don't have to
Speaker 1: go to that level. Trey Burton gets a C grade.
Speaker 1: He hasn't topped forty yards or four catches in eight
Speaker 1: weeks now. He did score his first touchdown in six
Speaker 1: games last week, but the forty Niners are good up
Speaker 1: just one tight end touchdown in the last ten games.
Speaker 1: It's a Again, in any other year, Trey Burton would
Speaker 1: be a flat out bench. This year he gets he
Speaker 1: gets a C grade and that bride leaves just Mitch
Speaker 1: Drabinsky with a solid B grade. He hasn't uh mit
Speaker 1: bisk He hasn't been allowed to throw more than thirty
Speaker 1: one passes in two months. And I don't like that
Speaker 1: part where they're dialing back is his volume and this
Speaker 1: there are gonna They're gonna run a lot. But the
Speaker 1: forty nine secondary so bad for the reasons that we
Speaker 1: already discussed. And and he's thrown one or two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in every game in the last two months. The Niners
Speaker 1: secondary all banged up. As I mentioned, they're allowing the
Speaker 1: third most passing touchdowns over the last five games. Mitch Robinsky,
Speaker 1: one way or another, air or ground, will have a
Speaker 1: nice game, all right. Let's go to the other side.
Speaker 1: Forty nine only a couple of guys to mention the
Speaker 1: running game. Matt brit is back at the helm. But
Speaker 1: the Bears give up the six fewest rushing attempts, the
Speaker 1: fourth fewest rushing yards, and the fewest rushing touchdowns per
Speaker 1: game to opposing running backs, and he's always at risk
Speaker 1: of failing to finish a game. I've got a C
Speaker 1: grade on the Niners starting running back and you don't
Speaker 1: want to go to the depth players at all. And then, um,
Speaker 1: that only leaves us a couple of the guys to
Speaker 1: talk about. George Kettle, of course supposed to great numbers,
Speaker 1: but the Bears have been great against tight ends. No
Speaker 1: tight end has gone for fifty yards and none have
Speaker 1: scored in the last seven weeks. That said, the Bears
Speaker 1: have not faced a single top ten tight end all
Speaker 1: year long, and in home games. Kill has seen at
Speaker 1: least seven targets in five of the last of five
Speaker 1: of the six home games, and he had a hundred
Speaker 1: yards and a score in the game in which he
Speaker 1: didn't see seven targets. So one way or another, Kittle
Speaker 1: ought to get you to a good game. Here a
Speaker 1: grade George Kittle. Last guy I'll mention Dante Pettis. Chicago
Speaker 1: actually as great as Chicago's defense is, they actually give
Speaker 1: up the fifth most receptions in the six most receiving
Speaker 1: yards to wide receivers. Pettis has has turned into the
Speaker 1: go to receiver and Marquis go to and totally disappeared.
Speaker 1: Pettis has been a consistent producer here for a month.
Speaker 1: Touchdowns in three games, hundred yard game and the other one.
Speaker 1: So um he is he gets a B grade. As
Speaker 1: they battle back, playing from behind throughout. Nick Mullins is
Speaker 1: on the bench. All right. That wraps up this segment.
Speaker 1: When we come back, the last segment of the year
Speaker 1: for Fantasy Football Weekly, our championship edition. Stay tuned. This
Speaker 1: is Fantasy Football Weekly, the final segment of a championship
Speaker 1: edition of Fantasy Football, the most weekly Thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us. I hope you are in the championship game.
Speaker 1: We have four games to get through and then we're
Speaker 1: gonna get to Lightning Round. We'll do our best to
Speaker 1: be brief here so we can get to as many
Speaker 1: of your questions as possible. We begin with the Rams
Speaker 1: taking on Arizona. We broke down the Todd Gurley situation
Speaker 1: in great detail at the start of the show. If
Speaker 1: you miss that, go back to the podcast, which will
Speaker 1: be posted I'm told within minutes of the end of
Speaker 1: the show, So check out the podcast for detail on that.
Speaker 1: So let's do let's you know, given that, let's not
Speaker 1: repeat that whole opening part of no No, Let's so
Speaker 1: we can take the no. Uh. John Kelly was my
Speaker 1: takeome guy, so obviously I like him whether Girly plays
Speaker 1: or not. I like him because I think he'll end
Speaker 1: the game. He'll get he'll get the touches girly if
Speaker 1: he starts. I'm only giving him a C grade just
Speaker 1: because I think he could come out early. I really do.
Speaker 1: It's a sixteen and a half point line. I think
Speaker 1: they could get ahead and he could just come out um.
Speaker 1: In the passing game, I'm giving Golf a Z A
Speaker 1: C A Z wow a CEE. As you've mentioned many
Speaker 1: times on this show, the dichotomy when when it's a
Speaker 1: running day versus a passing day, when it's a girly day.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a girly Kelly day, So
Speaker 1: I have Golf with a C grade here. I don't
Speaker 1: think they're going to pass a ton against the top
Speaker 1: five past defense and the league's second worst run at defense,
Speaker 1: so uh, I give him a C grade. I give
Speaker 1: Cooks a C grade mainly because it's a tough matchup
Speaker 1: with Buddha Baker, but he could always have one of
Speaker 1: those big one hundred yard days. He has five of
Speaker 1: them this season. He's always good for a big play.
Speaker 1: A C grade there, B grade for Robert Woods, who
Speaker 1: is top sixty yards in fourteen straight and he's averaging
Speaker 1: ten targets per game in the last four. But he
Speaker 1: gets Patrick. No, he won't get Pat. He'll get Budda
Speaker 1: Baker for a lot of this matchup yet tricky. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he gets tough match up with Buddha Aker. What I think.
Speaker 1: I said that for Cooks, but not not Cooks. It's
Speaker 1: Woods that gets the tough match up, right, But Peter, Yeah, exactly. Uh,
Speaker 1: Reynolds I have on the bench. I just don't think
Speaker 1: there's gonna be enough meat on the bones in the
Speaker 1: passing game in this one. The only way that he's
Speaker 1: he has a game good game here is if they
Speaker 1: just throw away from Patrick Peterson go to Reynolds. And
Speaker 1: and that was last week. He had twelve targets last week,
Speaker 1: but not even a great game on those twelve targets.
Speaker 1: On the other side, I've Rosen on the bench, bench
Speaker 1: and the whole passing Honestly, I gave Fits a sea
Speaker 1: because he's averaging five for sixty two over the last
Speaker 1: few weeks. He's getting something. So in PPR leagues, I
Speaker 1: get in the sea. But Roby Coleman is very good
Speaker 1: in the barely a C grade and DJ I actually
Speaker 1: did give a B grade too, because he's mill of
Speaker 1: the pack against the running I think Rosen's gonna have
Speaker 1: to dump it off to him just enough to give
Speaker 1: him an Okay day, that's it. Pittsburgh takes on New
Speaker 1: Orleans and a high flying shootout. Brian that there's not
Speaker 1: many people to bench here. I don't think they're kind
Speaker 1: of is well, let's talk about well, you're mentioned James Conner,
Speaker 1: he's been ruled out. Yeah, the Jalen Samuels show again.
Speaker 1: But uh, I'm gonna give him a be because New
Speaker 1: Orleans is very tough against running backs on the ground,
Speaker 1: allowing just over fifteen carries and like fifty five yards
Speaker 1: per game, so they are susceptible through the air running
Speaker 1: backs and Jalen Samuels can catch the ball, So he's
Speaker 1: You're starting Samuels if you want him this week. The
Speaker 1: volume is definitely gonna be there for him. Uh, speaking
Speaker 1: of your starting is an elite run D I mean
Speaker 1: this is not. He have to downgrade him in standard standard.
Speaker 1: He's a C. Actually I should clarify that p PRB
Speaker 1: Standard C. It's a brutal matchup, sort of a tough
Speaker 1: matchup for Antonio Brown, but not really. He's obviously the
Speaker 1: real The real concern here is Juju, who heard his
Speaker 1: growing this week in practice game time decision. I don't
Speaker 1: know what to tell you other than you gotta monitor this,
Speaker 1: and if you're banking on him, I think James Washington
Speaker 1: is the next guy. Up. Four targets in each of
Speaker 1: the last two games of Juju is out entirely. You
Speaker 1: will have to absorb some of those, and you know
Speaker 1: they're gonna focus a ton on Antonio Brown. But I
Speaker 1: would have a better Uh. It's a late game, though,
Speaker 1: so you're not gonna have a lot of ballback options.
Speaker 1: So he's one that is definitely available out there if
Speaker 1: you're desperate. Uh. But yeah, keep you around Juju. All
Speaker 1: I can say vans McDonald, I'm I got him on
Speaker 1: the bench. Uh. Even though the Saints have allowed three
Speaker 1: tight end scores over the last two games, allowing under
Speaker 1: three catches and under under thirty yards per game to
Speaker 1: the position, I just can't trust Vans in this game.
Speaker 1: And then uh big Ben, you get road Ben. But
Speaker 1: he's been pretty good on the road this year. The
Speaker 1: yard the touchdowns have been middling, one or two touchdowns
Speaker 1: in every road game, but the Saints are allowing two
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns per game. So Ben offers a very safe
Speaker 1: floor in the Championship week in this matchup with it,
Speaker 1: it's certainly still a high ceiling possibility over the Saints.
Speaker 1: Really not a whole lot to talk about. We'll start
Speaker 1: with the un Backs album. Kamara just cann give him
Speaker 1: a B. The Steelers have allowed only one yard rusher
Speaker 1: all year, and only one back has top sixty receiving
Speaker 1: yards overall. They give up the seventh he was rushing
Speaker 1: yards and the third few was receiving yards of the position.
Speaker 1: So just a it's a tough matchup. He's down at
Speaker 1: running back thirteen for me, and and that puts mark
Speaker 1: Ingram firmly on the bench for me. Uh yeah, what
Speaker 1: a disaster mark Ingram has been for his owners this year?
Speaker 1: Holy cow, really really disappointing. He's had about three good
Speaker 1: games and well, he said, and of course he missed
Speaker 1: the first four games. We said avoid him at all
Speaker 1: costs going into the year. I know I did, at
Speaker 1: least I'm pretty sure you did charge. But anyway, he's
Speaker 1: on the bench over and over to uh the receiving game.
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas obvious A I'm not recommending other wide receiver.
Speaker 1: His owners wouldn't feel like it's well, well obviously and
Speaker 1: that no touchdowns in a month of play. Hasn't it
Speaker 1: a hundred yards in a month of play. It's it's
Speaker 1: been obviously. But you're starting him, Yes, it doesn't matter
Speaker 1: what his great is. You have to start Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: in this game, but you don't have to start any
Speaker 1: other wide receiver. Tra K wants Smith is way too
Speaker 1: much of a dark throw and we're not going anywhere
Speaker 1: there North, Ben Watson, and Well, I'll finish with Drew Brees.
Speaker 1: He gets a sea. Along with Tom Brady, Philip Rivers
Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers. Drew Brees all have gotten seas down
Speaker 1: this show. Odds are if you've been banking on Breeze,
Speaker 1: you've been bounced from your playoffs already because he's been
Speaker 1: absolutely brutal statistically over the last three weeks. Not an
Speaker 1: amazing matchup, but over the last three games. Pittsburgh is
Speaker 1: the line of three yards and nearly two passing touchdowns,
Speaker 1: so you're gonna start breeze. But you might have better
Speaker 1: options out there. That's all I can say. Kansas City
Speaker 1: takes on Seattle. Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and and Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey are all obvious a great Mahomes is my number
Speaker 1: one quarterback, Kelsey's my number one tight end, and I
Speaker 1: like to Rek Hill here as well. Even though there
Speaker 1: there there are some matchup. There are some tricky parts
Speaker 1: of this matchup. But Tyree Hill lines up all over
Speaker 1: the field. He's probably sitting on a night's game as well.
Speaker 1: The only the big question, the big thing to know.
Speaker 1: He Spencer wears out and date well, he's doubtful, so
Speaker 1: we assume he's not going to go. I can't remember
Speaker 1: the last time a doubtful player played almost never right, Uh.
Speaker 1: Damian Williams will be your your workhorse quasi workhorse running back,
Speaker 1: and I've got a B grade on him, but it's
Speaker 1: almost an A grade. Since becoming regularly involved in Week thirteen,
Speaker 1: Williams's average to four and half yards per carry and
Speaker 1: a touchdown per game on the ground, but he's also
Speaker 1: caught twelve of thirteen passes in that span, and he
Speaker 1: faces a Seahawks team that gives up the eighth most receptions,
Speaker 1: fourth most receiving yards per game. Two opposing backs other
Speaker 1: all purpose backs like Aaron Jones and Christian McCaffrey and
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook all had big games both through the air
Speaker 1: and on the ground. I like Damian Williams in this one.
Speaker 1: Let's go to Seattle. Chris Carson is sitting on a
Speaker 1: monster game and he's my number two ranked running back
Speaker 1: this week. The Kansas City Chiefs give up the sixth
Speaker 1: most rushing yards per game and five yards per carry
Speaker 1: to opposing running backs. They also give up the most
Speaker 1: receiving yards and the most receiving touchdowns per game to
Speaker 1: running backs. So a great game coming for Chris Carson.
Speaker 1: They're so bad here that Mike Davis gets a starting grade.
Speaker 1: He's up at a sea here. Rashad Penny is out,
Speaker 1: and Davis is gonna get enough work that he could
Speaker 1: even chip in something meaningful as well. Let's go to
Speaker 1: the passing game. I like Russell Wilson a lot too.
Speaker 1: Now he's got low volume, and that has meant that
Speaker 1: because no team runs more than the Seahawks in he
Speaker 1: ranks twenty seven in passing yards amongst starting quarterbacks. Yet
Speaker 1: despite that, he's throwing multiple touchdowns twelve different times, and
Speaker 1: the Chiefs of allowed multiple touchdown passes nine times, including
Speaker 1: four straight. So you're all that together and Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: sitting on a couple of touchdowns here, Doug Baldwin, be great.
Speaker 1: Be great on Russell Wilson, by the way, be great
Speaker 1: on Doug Baldwin. Over Baldwin's last four games played, he
Speaker 1: has seen almost double the targets of Tyler Lockett. So
Speaker 1: you know, Baldwin is always more of the go to
Speaker 1: receiver traditionally than lock It. Lock It is the low
Speaker 1: volume guy. You like the volume here for Baldwin a lot.
Speaker 1: He goes up against strong, usually strong coverage from Kendall Fuller.
Speaker 1: In Fuller's last two months, he hasn't allowed any touchdowns
Speaker 1: and only once in his coverage did he give up
Speaker 1: more than fifty four yards. So I don't love the
Speaker 1: matchup with Fuller, but I love how much volume Doug
Speaker 1: Baldwin's getting. He gets a B, Tyler Lockett gets a B.
Speaker 1: The chief secondary allowing the sixth most receptions to receivers,
Speaker 1: and six of the last seven touchdowns they've given up
Speaker 1: have been to non slot receivers. That brings Tyler lock
Speaker 1: into play here. Orlando Scandrick is the only Chief's cornerback
Speaker 1: who is the speed to hang with. Locket is really
Speaker 1: really fast, but Scander Colon plays one side of the field,
Speaker 1: so you can get a positive matchup for Tyler Lockett
Speaker 1: against the much slower Steven Nelson on the other side.
Speaker 1: So I like lock It here as well, A B
Speaker 1: grade for him. Final matchup, it's the do we have
Speaker 1: a Monday night game? I think it is a Monday
Speaker 1: Monday in games, Denver taking on Oakland Scott wrap it
Speaker 1: up for US final matchup of the year. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: actually like the quarterbacks in this game. I get them
Speaker 1: both starting grades. Let's start on Denver side. I like Keenum.
Speaker 1: I know he had a bad game against them week
Speaker 1: two when they faced but since then the Raiders have
Speaker 1: gone on to allow the most passing touchdowns in the NFL,
Speaker 1: including eleven straight multiple touchdown games until Driskill screwed that
Speaker 1: up last week. But I I really, I really like
Speaker 1: Keenham this week to uh re can restart that trend. Uh.
Speaker 1: So for the wide receivers, I'm benching Sutton. He's just
Speaker 1: lost right now. He's just lost since Emmanuel Sanders went out,
Speaker 1: and Hamilton's and Patrick are getting the work. Hamilton's is
Speaker 1: getting the targets, he's getting the receptions. Um, He's had
Speaker 1: at least nine targets and at least seven receptions in
Speaker 1: each game since he went out. I have a C
Speaker 1: grade on Hamilton's and a C grade on Patrick, who's
Speaker 1: more of the big play guy, gets more yards. Uh.
Speaker 1: I think they're both playable at see. If I had
Speaker 1: to choose one, I'll choose Hamilton's if those two of
Speaker 1: those two though, because the Raiders have allowed seven touchdowns
Speaker 1: to the slot in just since Week ten and Hamilton's
Speaker 1: that angle yep. So uh, Philip Lindsay I'm given an A.
Speaker 1: The Raiders are allowing a ridiculous amount of rushing yards.
Speaker 1: I think it's like a hundred and twenty game something
Speaker 1: like that. Uh, second worst in the NFL. In that case,
Speaker 1: I think lindsay o rebound. I know that since Sanders
Speaker 1: went down four carries for forty four yards, you're scared,
Speaker 1: but but this is this is a get right game.
Speaker 1: On the other side, Derek Carr, I'm also given a
Speaker 1: C grade. He's averaging two hundred nine yards and two
Speaker 1: touchdowns per game over the last three and the Broncos
Speaker 1: have allowed three hundred plus and or multiple touchdowns and
Speaker 1: six of the last seven. And we're just talking off air.
Speaker 1: He hasn't thrown a pick since Week five. So I
Speaker 1: like Derek Carr right now. I don't like his wide
Speaker 1: receivers though, because I don't know who to start. They're
Speaker 1: so they're so hit and miss. I have them all
Speaker 1: on the bench. Where I do like their passing game
Speaker 1: is Jared Cook, who I give an A grade to
Speaker 1: the Broncos fourth worst against tight ends. Cook the fifth
Speaker 1: best tight end on the season and kid only two
Speaker 1: and a half Denver Broncos team just a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago. I remember, so uh, and I have the
Speaker 1: running backs on the bench. I don't I don't care
Speaker 1: how many Carr's Martin gets. I just can't start him
Speaker 1: in this matchup. I don't blame These teams hate each
Speaker 1: other too, so they're gonna go at it. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a good game. Final Lightning Round of the year.
Speaker 1: We'll try to zip through as many colleges as we can,
Speaker 1: and about the four or five minutes that we've got left,
Speaker 1: beginning with Patrick, thank you for your patience today. Hello Patrick, Hi,
Speaker 1: um PPR league and we get credit for return yards?
Speaker 1: So three Cohen or Derrick Henry. Wow, I don't know
Speaker 1: how much return yards Cohen gets. You can't sit Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry right now. He's he's got another great matchup and
Speaker 1: yeah he's on fire. Tommy, Hello, Dak or Rivers? Oh
Speaker 1: oh boy? Wow? Um, I got Dak a few spots higher.
Speaker 1: It's a Rivers Baltimore. Ye, Rivers is Baltimore. I'll take Dak, Bill,
Speaker 1: Welcome to the Fanily. Hey, thanks guys, Rivers, Rogers or Keenum.
Speaker 1: That's the toughest question between two players. You're breaking the
Speaker 1: rules in Championship week Rivers, Keenum. I think you just
Speaker 1: you just talked to me into clean Um you Keenum,
Speaker 1: you just talked me into Keenam James Hello, Hey, thanks guys.
Speaker 1: I got half point PPR for the Lindsay or do Cook. Wow,
Speaker 1: you really gotta pick between those two. I think it
Speaker 1: hinges on snaps. I was gonna say with us, Yeah,
Speaker 1: there you go. I totally agree. If they're snackless, then
Speaker 1: you start cooking. Who cook looks great? Right? Andrew? Hello?
Speaker 1: Andrew by uh between Uh, I'm sorry, I got head
Speaker 1: the wrong page up here. Between David Johnson or Marii
Speaker 1: Cooper for half point PPR higher, Okay, I think that's
Speaker 1: going to be more of a shootout than people think.
Speaker 1: Chris Hello, Hey, half point PPR. Corey Davis or Ken Allen.
Speaker 1: I'd actually go Corey Davis in this one. I'm nervous
Speaker 1: about Keenan Allen. I don't like that matchup at all.
Speaker 1: And he's banged up and he's banged up. Ryan Hello. Yeah.
Speaker 1: If Gurley doesn't go, go with Kelly or Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: well you gotta pick. Oh, no, you don't. They're both
Speaker 1: like games. I go Damian Williams. I think Mark you
Speaker 1: are next? Two running back? Uh, Melvin Gordon, Chris Carson
Speaker 1: a cop opped up. It's your one question between two guys.
Speaker 1: Bring it down to two guys. Mark, I don't think
Speaker 1: this has happened over here. Now it's happening, right, Damian Williams,
Speaker 1: Jamal william or Melvin Gordon, Bobby you are next? Stravinsky
Speaker 1: or Breed Rabinsky, there's our guy here. Yes, ye, Tommy,
Speaker 1: you're next, PPR Cavin Coleman or James Wood, Kevin Coleman
Speaker 1: Smith out It's yeah, it's gonna be Coleman. Fred you're
Speaker 1: on the fan. Yes, I like to know between Philip
Speaker 1: rivers Um just one more cousins or should I take
Speaker 1: up one of your take a chance on the quarterball
Speaker 1: because he's trying to have people trying to beat the system.
Speaker 1: In Championship week, John the next John, I'm gonna met
Speaker 1: running back starts too, and then I've got Melvin Garden,
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, Jalen Samwell or John Kelly. All right, let
Speaker 1: me just see the idea here is as it has
Speaker 1: been now for five years. It's one question between two
Speaker 1: players so that we can get to as many callers
Speaker 1: as possible bowl and not try to decode your start
Speaker 1: three or five. That's how we do this, and that's
Speaker 1: how we've always done it, and I think we've now
Speaker 1: on our third or fourth time through. This one just
Speaker 1: sums up the fantasy football season right this season. Trance,
Speaker 1: please help me here, I can't. I'm sorry, Trent say
Speaker 1: it again. Louder League Balliage or blue. I think it's
Speaker 1: blue now that la Dave, You're next, Dave, I got
Speaker 1: Sony Michelle or you might be talking me into Outfred Blue.
Speaker 1: I honestly think it's blue. It is. There's no James
Speaker 1: Devlin on the Texas. That's right, Greg, you're next, watch
Speaker 1: Foreman getations. Yes that's you. Greg? Oh? Um, Gordon or
Speaker 1: drop somebody and go pick up there and a NONR Gordon. Yeah, Gordon, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's Melvin Gordon. You can pick up Derek. Wait is
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry? Did he say Derrick Henry? Oh? I just
Speaker 1: tuned out after he said, you gotta go get Derrick Henry.
Speaker 1: I have Derrick Henry higher than Gordon. Yeah. Yeah, to
Speaker 1: take a defensive move if nothing else. Um. In our
Speaker 1: final moments, I want to send a heartfelt thank to
Speaker 1: my co host Scott, Brian and Matt for a it.
Speaker 1: As you guys know, as ever as the listeners know,
Speaker 1: preparing this show is not easy. These guys dedicate a
Speaker 1: lot of hours throughout the week to be ready on
Speaker 1: Saturday and to execute this level this this program at
Speaker 1: the level that you've become used to, and it is
Speaker 1: not easy. And I'm very grateful. Thank you very much guys,
Speaker 1: and thank you Matt Harrison as well. Are great the
Speaker 1: opportunity it is you work incredibly hard obviously as well.
Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate that. We'll be back next August
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