WEBVTT - The Semifinal Countdown! 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:06.280 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio. Time 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:11.440 now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly source 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:16.320 for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now along 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:17.280 with the guys. 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:21.720 From Guillotine Leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul Jargia. 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:28.640 Welcome to Semi Finals Week. It's Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.760 Paul Charchi and co host today are Scott Fish and 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:32.479 Matt Harrison. 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.879 Hey guys, Hey charch how are you doing? How is 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.400 how is house arrest going for you? And is the 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:39.520 ankle bracelet itchy? 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:40.800 Well? 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:43.839 Yes, I am at home, which is part of my 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:49.120 three step process of finding ways to make my radio 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.360 show podcast audio quality sound like hot garbage in three 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.680 different weeks. So I had to do it with the 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:56.680 flu once and that sounded bad. And I had to 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:58.840 do it in Vegas from an echoee hotel room was 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.360 shaky Wi Fi and that's sounded bad. And now now 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.560 I'm at home with COVID where we have both the 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.200 you know, the remote internet connection and my voice is 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.679 shot because I got COVID. So this is like for 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.920 the hardcore of our hardcore listeners, very very grateful. Then 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.720 on top of everything else, the house arrest because of 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:21.160 the whole ty Chandler pantsiless incident going down last Saturday. 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.679 I can't help it if ty Chandler just put together 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.240 the best running back season that Alexander Madison has ever seen, 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:30.400 and so of course I was pantiless. 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.400 Have you put pants on yet? That's the real question, 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:34.720 not even right now. 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.320 Oh you don't have to. I guess I'm. 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:38.680 Glad you said all that because those other shows that 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.120 you were at home were my shows, and I just 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:42.760 figured you were dodging me for something. 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:48.360 Well that's not mutually exclusive, got you coming up on 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.480 the show. We've got three tough questions. Of course, we 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.280 still take a chance an players you're in a pinch 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.400 at some position, we're still here to help. And then, 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.080 of course we've got all the matchups, and we got 0:01:58.120 --> 0:01:59.840 the full slight of matchups going all the way into 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:04.560 Smiths Day, finalizing with that big one on Monday night 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.520 that could be a Super Bowl preview. We'll get to 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:11.200 all of those, beginning with Scott Fish Indianapolis taking out Atlanta. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:15.040 Here's Indianapolis not getting enough national attention for being in 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.600 the playoff hunt. And here we are late December. Very 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.080 impressive run for them against the Falcons. Let's start with 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.360 Jonathan Taylor expected to return. Zach Moss not gonna go 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:25.920 in this one. 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.480 Yes, by the way, on that indie team that Shane 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.960 Stike and he can coach, man, he can coach. I 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.359 think they got a good one there. Yeah, at least 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:36.800 now I do. Jonathan Taylor, Yeah, full participate in practice 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.840 Thursday and Friday is good to go. Moss missed some practice, 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:42.399 Zach Moss missed some practices. He says he's gonna play 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.200 through his injury, through his arm injury that he sustained 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.080 last week. But I feel like it's gonna be mostly 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:51.080 Jonathan Taylor in this one, and it's gonna go, especially 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.520 if Moss doesn't doesn't suit up. It's gonna be mostly 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.359 back to the Taylor show of old, where he's getting 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:02.520 fifteen plus touches, he's catch the ball. This Falcons team, though, 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.960 it's their second best against runners, allowing just three point 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.640 seven three yards per carry, so not much there no 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:13.560 rushing touchdowns on the year, which feels so fluky to 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.440 me that I'm giving Jonathan Taylor a B grade with 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.320 that fifteen plus touches and I think he scores a touchdown. 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.480 I'm gonna call it. This is the first touchdown against 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:25.480 first rushing touchdown against the Falcons. In this one, Rashad 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.600 Way Tuba Hubbard, they both went over one hundred total 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.240 yards and back to back games they get tagged by volume. 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.400 I think Taylor's gonna be fine here, B grade over 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.240 to the passing game. I have a C grade on 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:40.920 Gardner Minshew the second. It's the ninth best matchup for quarterbacks. 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.200 Minshew's been a top twelve quarterback in two the last 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.240 three games. Atlanta has been tough recently, but that like 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.760 that's against Bryce Young and Tim Boyle and players like that. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.480 Those are real players, are they? 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.480 They are there are But before that they'd given up 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.280 three hundred plus yards and or multiple scores in four straight. 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.080 I got a C grade on Minshew. Here, Michael Pittman's 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.480 gonna play. He's full practices and to end the week 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:09.200 he cleared concussion protocol. It's it's a good note for 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.800 the listeners. Sometimes a huge hit can be, you know, 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:14.200 a concussion you can get over, and sometimes a light 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.600 hit is one that takes quite a while. Trust me, 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:18.360 as a guy who's had a lot of concussions. I've 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:23.640 from what Yeah, I've had plenty of concussion, concussions and 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:24.919 concussions obviously. 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:25.440 Yeah. 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:28.160 No, I've been coying Madden. 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:30.880 I know I've been. I've I've been knocked completely out, 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.239 and I've had other ones that were just like barely anything. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.520 So you can get them of all varieties. But Michael Pittman, 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.800 since he's going double digit targets in all but three games, 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:45.240 including four straight before leaving last week. Even last week 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.880 he had five targets on just twenty one snaps. I 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.839 got an A grade here. It's not the best spot, 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:55.000 but he just gets such incredible volume. Josh Downs. I'm 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.640 also giving a C grade too. It's it is really 0:04:57.720 --> 0:04:59.919 really tough to trust. So I am okay with you 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.520 mentioned him, but it's just the Falcons are one of 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.960 the worst teams against the slot Josh Downs. When he's 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.840 had good slot matchups this year has shown up. Those 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.960 are where his good games come come up, and this 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.240 is one of them, shut up multiple times in those. 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:15.160 So I would give it more if Piman was out, 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.000 but it's just a secret. On Downs. On the other side, 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:22.080 I'm having trouble starting almost anyone for Atlanta. With Heinike 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:24.480 in there, we saw one Heinike full game and then 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.840 a couple of Partia partials. Those weren't spectacular at all. 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:30.400 It's the middle of the pack matchup. But I have 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.719 him and the almost the entire passing game on the bench. No, 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.279 the entire passing game. I got Drake Lennon on the bench. 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.880 He's been pretty hit and miss, but his hits are 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:44.000 against you know. His misses, excuse me, are against you know, 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.320 good pasties that are bad against the run, and that's 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.200 what the Colts are. They're gonna Arthur Smith likes to 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.039 run more. I don't know how much Drake London is 0:05:52.160 --> 0:05:54.560 actually gonna get in this one. I'm not confident he'll 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:58.240 get enough targets. And in the two partial Heinike games 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:01.039 he got one target from heinikkey one and two in 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:04.480 the other. And in the full game he barely got 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.360 that much. Excuse me, in the full game he didn't play. 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.360 That was the one game he didn't play. So I 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.040 don't know. We don't have a good track record of 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.240 him with Heineke. Kyle Pitts and Johnners Smith are going 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.920 to monopolize themselves to the bench. The Colts have allowed 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.159 the tenth most tight nind yards, which is great, but 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.520 only two touchdowns and tight ends that get under six 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:27.040 targets don't do very They do very little against the Colts, 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.440 and I'm not sure that either of them will get 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:34.000 enough to be viable there in the run game. Bjeon 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:39.400 Robinson Tyler Algier both getting C grades. It's just such 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.360 a good spot for the Colts in this one, or 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.280 against the Colts in this one. They're bottom five and 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:48.000 running back touches yards and touchdowns third easiest spot for 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.400 running backs. Eight running backs have had double digit sea 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:54.679 level or better days just in the last five games. 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.440 Five running backs over one hundred yards in that span. 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.640 We don't know who it's going to be. It seems 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:03.920 like he loves Algier, but because he Bejon didn't get 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.080 anything last week, you know Arthur Smith is gonna flip 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.160 it up just to an Is. So I'm giving a 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.880 C grade to both of them. 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:14.880 Makes sense. It's tough to if you've found your way 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:18.400 here on Bijon Robinson, it's not a clear path even 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:20.560 now in the semi finals. Unfortunately. 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.520 No, Yeah, Jon's just that's a rough place. 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.120 To be right now, Yeah, I could. 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:26.280 It is well. 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.040 Yeah, anything attached to Arthur Smith is a rough place 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:29.520 to be, right. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:30.680 I don't blame anyone. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.440 Remember Arthur Smith's old team, the Titans. They sure had 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:34.680 it figured out when he was there. 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.320 Yeah, speaking of the Titans, Seattle taking on the Titans. 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:40.679 That's a nice segue there. Let's start in the Seattle 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.760 side map. I thought Kenneth Walker played great last week. 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:45.800 We're starting to see him healthy and dominating like he 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:47.880 was at the beginning of the year. So if you 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.400 don't mind, let's let's start in Kenneth Walker. What do 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:51.280 you think of him this week? 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.880 Yeah, I mean, don't be fooled by the recent snap counts. 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.720 All of the important touches are going to Walker. Despite 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.200 a narrow thirty two to twenty seven lead in snaps 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.200 last week, Walker led touches twenty two to four over 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.120 Zach Sharbonay, and he missed weeks twelve and thirteen with 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.240 an injury. He wasn't quite right in week fourteen, but 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.680 he was totally fine last week, and he is the 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.880 expected bell cow once again. If Walker gets twenty touches 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.200 again this week, I think you could expect a similar 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.480 output to what Devin Singletary did against the Titans just 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.840 last week, which was one hundred and seventy total yards 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:22.880 on thirty touches. 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:23.880 That's huge. 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.480 So I'm going to give Walker an A grade. Sharbone 0:08:26.640 --> 0:08:29.040 on the bench and is only a handcuff at this point. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.200 I don't think that you can trust him really on 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.400 your bench if you're in a Fantasy semi final either 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:35.560 you could drop him. 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.720 With sharbon Ay and Walker, that defense is missing like 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:40.439 six starters going into this game. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:40.880 Yeah. 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:45.280 Absolutely, Let's talk talk about some of those missing starters 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.600 when I talk about the wide receivers here. The Titans 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.920 already bad secondaries in shambles right now. Christian Fulton on 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.640 I are Sean Murphy Bunting looks like he might miss 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.959 this game due to a hip injury, and this leaves 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.160 Trey Avery in a starting position. He's allowed a passer 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.840 rating of one for one in his coverage this year, 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.800 and he lines up primarily on the right, and that's 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.600 where DK Metcalf goes more than half of the time. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.920 So DK gets an easy A grade here. Tyler Lockett 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.840 gets a B and is an intriguing boom er bust player. 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.520 This week against either the injured Sean Murphy Bunting or 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:20.840 backup Eric Gerrer. Roger McCreery's their only real good corner. 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.520 He usually mans the slot where Jackson Smith and Jigbo 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.160 runs from. So I'm gonna leave JSN on the bench 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.440 for this one. And their past thrower Geno Smith full 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.960 participant in practice all week and he's expected to start. 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.400 The Titans are a super weird opponent though They've held 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.440 eight different quarterbacks under two hundred fifty yards this year 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:42.360 and only allowed five multi score games. But they've faced 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.120 exactly one top twelve quarterback in the last eight weeks. 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.880 That was Tua that kind of held him in check. 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:51.680 So roll that all together with Gino's injuries and the 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:53.920 fact that if he's banged up at all, they could 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.000 just opt for Drew Locke to come in and relief, 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.440 and he looked good last week. So the highest I 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:00.959 can muster on Geno Smith is a and I got 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.400 to start him in a league that's a super flex league, 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:06.040 and I'm vomiting a little bit in my mouth about it. 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.160 Over on the Titan side, there's not a lot to like. 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.600 Will Levis is dealing with an ankle injury and has 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.560 not practiced yet this week, and Mike Vrabel confirmed that 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.679 if Levis is unable to go, it will be Ryan 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.880 Tannehill starting for the Titans, probably in his final game 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.280 for the Titans. The Seahawks pass defense has been in 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.280 a bit of a downturn lately, but here are the 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.959 quarterbacks they've faced in the past few weeks. Jalen Hurts, 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:34.680 brock Purty, Dak Prescott, brock Purty, Matthew Stafford, Sam Howell, 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:35.800 Lamar Jackson. 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.160 That causes downturns right there. 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.680 So the four games prior to that murderer's row of chuckers, 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:44.240 they held four straight quarterbacks to under two hundred and 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.520 fifty yards and only three passing scores in those four weeks. 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:52.319 They're really They're bad against really good quarterbacks, and neither 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.720 Titans guy is that. So the only Titan in the 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.720 passing game that you could consider starting is DeAndre Hopkins. 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.520 He gets a C grade because he's averaging double digit 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.000 targets and it doesn't matter who the quarterback is. Some 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:06.080 extra coverage might float his way this weekend, though, as 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.600 Nick Westbrook a Keene just hit ir with a hand injury. 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:13.160 Traylon Burks or Kyle Phillips neither practiced it yet this 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.640 week their game time decisions. They might play, but it 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.760 could be Hopkins as the only wide receiver and they 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.679 could easily double cover him. And as for the run game, 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.920 I've been struggling whether I start Derrick Henry in a 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.600 playoff matchup this week on my own. He pretty much 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.760 laid an egg last week, and if you're still alive 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.400 despite that, He's got a very juicy matchup this week 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:36.560 against the Seahawks defense. Over the last five weeks, Seattle 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.400 has given up the most running back rushing scores in 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:42.400 the league and have allowed the fourth most rushing yards 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:47.359 to the position. However, they've allowed the third fewest receiving 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:50.200 yards to running backs in that time. That's with two 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.240 games against Christian McCaffrey in that span too, So for 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:54.120 that reason, ty J. 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:55.440 Spears is on the bench. 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.120 The Titans are eliminated from the playoffs already, and it 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.079 seems like this could be like the very last Derrick 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.040 Henry Bell Coow Day in Tennessee, like the swan song 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.200 of Derrick Henry right here. So I'm gonna give him 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:07.920 a bee, and I'm gonna start him in my league. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.640 It's a bold move. A lot of people very hesitant 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.280 after what happened last week, But I do like the matchup, 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.240 as you mentioned, and maybe this is the this is 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.720 the farewell. Who knows We're gonna squeeze in one fast 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:22.360 one here because it won't take long to get through 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:26.079 the Commanders versus Jets. On the commander's side, Sam Howell 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.560 and the entire passing games on the bench, Howell coming 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.679 off his worst performance of the year and an ignominius benching. 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.920 We're gonna talk more about him later. Terry McLaurin coming 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.640 off a season high in targets and yards, but those 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.120 are in garbage time with Brissette. Thank you nice. 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:41.680 That's a sad howl right there. 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.880 It is a sad howl. We need Robbie off season. 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.080 You gotta get us a better howl. We've cried like 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:47.880 four howls. 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.800 I'm going up to Alaska to the I will We 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:51.920 need it Sea. 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.000 Let's talk about that later. 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.400 Obviously, the Jets are an elite secondary and they ranked 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:00.640 number three in passing yards allowed, number three and passing 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.360 touchdowns allowed. Brutal matchup for both Howell and the rest 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.679 of the passing game. We've got Brian Robinson out this week. 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:10.920 Chris Rodriguez, as you're expected lead running back. Jets allow 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.360 the ninth most rushing yards, but only three point nine 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:17.240 yards per carry. Teams can volume their way to ground 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.480 production against the Jets. I don't know that Chris Rodrigue 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.960 exactly a volume guy. Jets have the third best run 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.959 stuff win rate, and so I just I don't love 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.800 it here. I mean total dart throw at best for Rodriguez, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:31.679 I'm giving him a bench grade. But if you're in 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.800 a desperation spot somehow in the semi finals, fine. Antonio 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:39.280 Gibson also on the bench. He never scores, and he's 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:43.720 even unreliable when Robinson's hurt. And the only only angle 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:47.640 here is that the Jets. You know, maybe he'll catch something, 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.920 but the Jets have been very good against receiving backs, 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.120 including dominating guys like Bijon Robinson and Devon ah Chane. 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:56.000 You can catch, so they're all out on the Jets side. 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.760 Know Zach Wilson, Trevor Simeon starts. He has looked brutal 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:03.360 through five quarters, completing forty seven percent of his passes, 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:05.800 so that doesn't leave us many options, and it puts 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.920 Garrett Wilson managers into a tough spot here. Obviously, the 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.640 whole passing game goes through him. By the way, get this, guys, 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:18.280 Wilson ninety more targets than the next closest Jets receiver 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:19.040 this year. 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:19.720 Wow. 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.080 Ninety that's a lot. 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:21.400 Yeah. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:22.000 Wow. 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.440 Remember in the preseason that we thought that the Jets 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.280 were just stacked at wide receiver and now they have 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:28.760 Garrett Wilson and nobody. 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:33.000 You can barely start against the worst secondary in the 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:36.440 league by a mile, and that's Washington. Players who get 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:41.240 seven catches against Washington, which Wilson could even from Simeon, 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.480 They're averaging one hundred and twenty five yards in a 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:48.920 full touchdown per game. Washington has been smoked for twenty 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:53.680 two wide receiver touchdowns, second most and this from Scott Fish. 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:59.120 Washington has allowed ten touchdown receptions of over twenty yards 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:02.040 just the last eight games, worse than the league. C 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.560 grade on Garrett Wilson is a boomer about option for 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.080 you against the worst secondary in the league. And then lastly, 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:11.040 Breeze Hall commanders are bottom ten in rushing yards receiving 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.480 yards touchdowns and yards per carry allowed to running backs, 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:17.360 and they've gotten way worse since they traded away. They're 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.360 arguably their best two players on their defensive line, Montese 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:22.640 Sweat and Chase Young. Get a load of some of 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:28.040 these recent running back performances against Washington, Kyron Williams a 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.480 buck fifty five and one, a Chain and Mostard combined 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.840 for one hundred and fifty four and three. Pollard one 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.200 hundred and one, Barkley one hundred and forty and two, 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.480 Kenneth Walker one hundred twenty seven and one, Ramandre Stevenson 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:46.360 one hundred and thirty and one, Breeze Hall absolute lock 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:51.560 a grade. When we come back, it is time four 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.560 nine players not normally in your starting lineup segment we 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.440 like to call take a chance on me. We'll give you, 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.600 hopefully in the semi finals. You don't need this kind 0:15:59.640 --> 0:15:59.920 of help. 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:00.560 You never know. 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.080 Maybe you do. We're here either way. When we come 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:44.160 back to Fantasy Football Weekly, take a chance on me. 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.880 Nine players not normally in your starting lineup. We begin 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.160 at the quarterback position and Scott Fish. 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.160 Yeah, I am going to go with a guy who 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:58.120 currently leads the NFL in yards per game and touchdowns 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.840 per game for these who have played at least three games, 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.480 and that would be Joe flat three games Joe Flacco 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.600 averaging three hundred and thirteen yards per game and two 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.600 point three scores per game. Since taking over for the 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.600 Cleveland Browns, they are dropping back to pass over. 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.720 Nine times nine times over. 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.080 Nine times per game, more than they were before. Houston. 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:23.320 Did you press the button on this? 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.360 I I man, I'm just off. I don't usually hit 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:27.840 the button, so I had to find it there. 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.440 I should have done that. Ye I knew it was coming. 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:31.840 You knew it was coming. Queue it up. 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.440 Come on us. Having the button bars is so fun. 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:39.359 Houston allowed multiple scores in five straight before. Levis only 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:43.280 got one last week. But Houston, they have allowed the 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.679 seventh most passing yards. Pretty stingy on passing touchdowns. But 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:48.640 I think it's a good game here for a Flaco. 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.920 All right, man, you'll take a chance with me quarterback. 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:55.440 I've got Jake Browning who's thrown four over two hundred 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.480 and seventy five yards and three straight and had a 0:17:57.480 --> 0:17:59.919 pair of touchdown passes in each of the last two weeks. 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.119 The last time he didn't throw for two hundred and 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:05.240 seventy five or more yards was against the Steelers, who 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.639 he plays this week. The Steelers have had a pretty 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:10.280 decent pass defense all year, but that's changed in the 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.359 past two weeks, where they've allowed three touchdowns apiece to 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:17.199 Bailey Zappi and Gardner Minshew. And all of a sudden, 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:20.800 all of the Steelers' safeties are out. Minka Fitzpatrick out 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:24.000 with a knee injury, Demante Kyz was just suspended for 0:18:24.080 --> 0:18:26.760 the rest of the season for targeting. Kean O'Neil's been 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.760 out since Week eleven. Fourth stringer Trenton Thompson out with 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:33.600 a neck injury. That leaves Elijah Riley and Darius Rush, 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:37.040 who has have a combined sixty nine snaps on the 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.080 field this season between the two of them to anchor 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:43.880 the back end of the secondary for the Steelers. They're 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:46.639 wide open to be picked apart over the top Jake Browning. 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.280 I'm moving Jake Browning up my ranking right now. I 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:53.159 did not realize that it was quite that severe of 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:56.680 a situation in the in the secondary for Pittsburgh. Holy cow, 0:18:57.680 --> 0:18:59.840 I'm gonna go with Nick Mullins. A high risk play 0:18:59.880 --> 0:19:03.080 for for sure. Mallins looked very inconsistent in his first 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:06.840 start last week, but maybe that's because he hadn't played 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:10.119 in two years, but still found his way to a 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.080 seventy nine percent completion rate, three hundred yards and two 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.639 scores even a game where he didn't look that sharp, 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:17.639 you know, maybe knocks the rust off here and as 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:21.560 a better showing against a worst secondary Detroit. Pro Football 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:25.399 Focus grades the Lions at thirty first in coverage and 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.359 for a team that is Aiden Hutchinson. Weird that the 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:31.520 Lions ranked twenty eighth in pass rush by Pro Football 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:35.720 Focus and twenty seventh in pass rush win rate. Nick mullins, 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.280 he's got justin Jefferson, will give him a try. Let's 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:40.200 go to the running back position, Scott, Who's you taking 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:41.000 chance with me? Runner? 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:41.360 Yeah? 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:43.840 I'm going with Ty Johnson, mostly because I love the 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:48.639 possible game script of Buffalo against the Chargers. Here the 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:53.280 Chargers fifth worst against running backs, including second worst against 0:19:53.359 --> 0:19:55.440 backs in the pass game, which is a part of 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.800 the game that Ty Johnson excels at. It's just a 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:02.439 great matchup. In the last two Bills blowouts, ty Johnson 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.080 at about sixty yards in each he caught five balls. 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.439 He scored. This is one of those where they should 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.159