WEBVTT - Week 3: Wide Receiver Catastrophes! 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:04.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:10.479 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio, 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.760 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:25.320 advice Leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Welcome to Fantasy 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.640 Football Weekly. It is week number three. We are here 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.360 to help you notch a victory. I am Paul Chargy 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:35.240 and my co host Sayer, Brian Johnson, and Matt Harrison. 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:38.839 Hello guys, Hello governor. That's what I was gonna say. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.960 Over the course of the show, we will give you 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.440 nine players upon whom you can take a chance. We'll 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:48.879 answer three tough questions and give you three players that 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:53.559 we believe you should speculate on prematurely this week that 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:55.840 everybody else will be trying to pick up next week. 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:58.720 Tell you who they are. Near the end of the show, 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.600 will break down every match up fantasy style with letter 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:05.440 grades on every meaningful player. And we begin with the 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:09.920 Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Last time we 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:12.440 saw Cincinnati, Joe Burrow was throwing his arm out of 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:16.160 socket practically and with repetitions. Joe Mixon wasn't doing a lot. 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.200 What do you think of the key players for the Bengals. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.800 Matt Yeah, I'll start with Mixing. Remember last year he 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:25.440 had an incredibly slow start to Uh. He only scored 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:29.120 one time through Week six of last season, but it 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:32.000 was Week three of the year last year where he 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:36.240 had his little peak of his early season slump. This 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.480 year has been odd because he's had twenty one and 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.440 twenty touches in his first tame plenty to work with. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.280 It's just he's come up a little empty handed. Uh. 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:48.480 The Philly matchup looked tough last year, but through two weeks, 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:51.520 the Eagles have allowed forty more yards per game to 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:54.280 opposing runners, as well as three touchdowns in the first 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.240 two weeks to opposing running backs. So I'm giving Mixing 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:02.520 a C. It's probably you know, uh high see like 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:06.080 an Ecto cooler. I think that it sounds like he's 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:07.760 a B. He's getting plenty of work and there's a 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.520 bad defense. You know, if there was something between a 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:15.560 B and A see, definitely give him one Ecto Cooler. Yeah. 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.720 Joe Burrow, he gets a B grade. Burrow has kept 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.720 things conservative and his first two starts, but he's been successful. 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.680 He's averaging only eight and a half yards per completion, 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.520 but he's completing his passes. It's very good for us 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:33.480 to start rookie similar to fellow first overall picked Jared Goff. 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.560 That's how Jared Goff plays, by the way, Jared Goff 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:39.640 had two sixty seven and three against this defense last week. 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.760 So Burrow is a solid be uh. Tyler Boyd. I'm 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.880 giving a B grade to A. J. Green gets a C. 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.840 Green has had twenty two targets to Boyd's thirteen, but 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.000 Green's then basically nothing, averaging four catches and forty yards 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.360 per game. Well, Boyd is securing five and a half 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:58.240 catches for fifty three yards. Boyd and Green this week 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.720 said that he still doesn't feel like he really knows 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:05.800 the playbook and feels in sync with this offense. That's why, 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.120 you know, I understand he missed last year, but that 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.880 was last year. You had all off season everything else. Yeah, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.160 I didn't like hearing that from A. J. Green. He's 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.720 averaging eleven targets per game, though, so you kind of 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:17.800 have to leave him in lineups even though it's not 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.720 going well because he's gonna catch more of those. Eventually, 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.120 it's going to happen. So Boyd has a better matchup 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:26.520 this week, as Cooper Cup and Steven Sims total one 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:30.760 thirty one from the slot. Well, Terry McLaurin and Robert 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.400 Woods only managed seventy five from the perimeter. So I 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.160 like Boyd better. We're not going as far as Mike 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.920 Thomas or Drew sample. Uh c j Uzoma on I 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:43.600 r with a torn achilles May he rest in peace? 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.360 Uh Miles Sanders on the other side, he gets an 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.040 A grade while Boston Scott is on the bench. I 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.280 like Scott more if he wasn't so past dependent. Chargers 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.840 backs combined for twenty four yards and a score on 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.000 the ground. Brown's backs to ten and three on the ground, 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:05.200 but both teams only five receptions in twenty seven yards total, 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.600 so Boston Scott's out Sanders had twenty of the twenty 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.320 four rushing attempts last week too. Carson Wentz he gets 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:15.000 a C grade. Everyone was all excited about Baker last Thursday. 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.520 He only put up to nineteen and two against the Bengals, 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.159 but he did look good because it's the Bengals terrible 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.080 pass rush. They gave him all the time in the world. 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.440 The Bengals only have two sacks on the season so far, 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:27.920 and I'd like to see when's kind of get it going. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.840 But the running matchups just so juicy, and he's got 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.880 injuries all up and down the wide receiver corps. Jalen 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:37.480 Reagor probably not gonna go with a thumb injury. He 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:39.800 is he on I are now that's new to me. 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.000 Al Sean questionable with the foot. He might come back, 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.520 but they're both on your bench. And Deshaun Jackson, he's 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.040 only a C grade. He's averaging eight targets per game 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:51.080 but has done barely anything and the only only one 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.719 wide receivers hit the eight yard mark against the Bengals 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.320 in their last six games. But Zach Ertz and Dallas 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.440 Goddard are the guys you want to play. I'm giving 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:01.880 arts An and got heart be there's still the best 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:05.040 receivers on the roster. Goddard has seven teen targets on 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:09.200 the season, Urtsys has seven in each game. Hunter Henry 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.159 had five catches for seventy three in the first week 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.120 against this defense, which is fine. That wasn't a particularly 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.400 little tough match up against the tight end either. They're 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.440 gonna be just fine in this game. Yeah, I think so. Too. 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.440 They're effectively the Philadelphia tight ends are basically wide receiver. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.600 Wanted wide receiver too. Absolutely, let's go to Houston taking 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:28.080 on Pittsburgh gets the third in three straight brutal matchups 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.520 for your Texans. And if there's ever a time you're 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:35.479 going to buy low on Texans, this is it heading 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.080 into Pittsburgh when the owners have got nothing out of 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.600 their Texans and they're looking at Pittsburgh going I can't 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.760 even start my Texans right now. What tysans are there 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.360 there that you want to buy low on? But basically 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.240 all of them because you'll pay pennies on the dollar 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:55.240 for Deshaun Watson, Fuller Johnson, because because right now now, 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.600 if you wait a week, the new the owner is 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.480 gonna look at the schedule, which turns very soft and 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.520 out and go, well, you know, I've waited out these 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:06.159 three impossible weeks. This is the time to strike, I believe, 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:12.039 before Sunday's games. Anyway, With that free amble, I just 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.200 just killed all of your time to talk about the 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:18.800 Houston Texans foibles against the Putils pretty much. But yeah, 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.680 let's pretend the owner just looks at Sunday's box scores 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.360 and not the forthcoming schedule, and then you can really 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.760 buy low on your Texans because it's a brutal matchup 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.560 for basically everyone. Will start with DeShawn Watson, who is 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.200 the most pressured quarterback in the NFL, and these Steelers 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.120 lead the league and pressure rate and are the most 0:06:35.120 --> 0:06:39.360 splits happy team out there. So I quite frankly fear 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.479 for Deshaun Watson. And when I envisioned, like you know, 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.200 when Sonic the Hedgehog would get hit and all his 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:46.400 rings would fly out, that's all the money DeShawn Watson 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.240 is to me. He's gonna fly out his pockets. That'd 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.039 be pretty cool. So over to his pass catchers, it 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.320 doesn't get much better. I'm gonna give Will Fuller a 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:58.640 c desplite zero targets last week, squad dooche, but he 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.880 was hurt then in his healthy now the story the 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.080 song remains the same for wolf Fuller here. Um, it's 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.640 a brutal matchup, though, despite the fact that Darius Slayton 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.160 roasted the Pittsburgh secondary for one oh two and two 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.880 touchdowns in Week one, only one wide receiver top the 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:17.280 hundred yards and scored multiple touchdowns against the Steelers. All 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.760 of last season and they weren't even the same person. 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:22.880 It was Tyler Boyd with the yards and Philip Door 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.120 set of all people in week one with two touchdowns 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.320 before the acquired makeup Fitzpatrick. So just to see for Fuller, 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.520 and I got Brandon Cooks on the bench despite the 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:34.040 upticking targets last week because Fuller saw zero. I'm just 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.440 not going to Brandon Cooks either. It's it's a brutal 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.040 matchup and the tight ends. I was tempted to start one, 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:40.840 but I got them both on the bench despite the 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:44.640 fact Darren Fell Darren Fell scored last week, Jordan Aikins 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:49.240 had seven catches. Jon Nakins is emerging. Yeah, but the 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.880 tight end usage is very intriguing in Houston. If one 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.080 of these guys goes down, we might have a top 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.000 twelve tight end on our hands. But they're both on 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.240 the bench this week. And I should say, Brandon cook 0:07:58.280 --> 0:07:59.640 so put them in your line up for next week 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:01.720 when they got the Vikings. But Benson this week and 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.800 um David Johnson also gets to see The Steelers have 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.960 allowed just ninety seven rushing yards on thirty eight carries 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:11.320 so far the season. That's two point six yards per carry. 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.640 We all watch Sa Kwon get shut down in Week one, 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.600 but Philip Lindsay managed ninety four combo yards and a 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.720 touchdown catching garbage time last week. Johnson has that potential 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:21.720 as well, so he gets a sea over to Pittsburgh. 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.760 James Conner gets the A, even though I'm worried about 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.000 him finishing the game. The bell cow was back for now. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.480 He also gets right guard David de Castro back who 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.160 missed the first two games this year. Houston allowing six 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.439 point four yards per carries to imposing back, So an 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.880 easy A for James Conner and an easy A for 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.760 Deonta Johnson. I'm talking about him first before Juju Man, 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.360 Well you should, yeah. Thirty two point three percent of 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.480 Pittsburgh's targets in Week one, thirty one point seven in 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.280 week to the third highest target share percentage in the NFL. 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.360 Baltimore wide receivers were quiet against Houston last week, but 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.679 that was dictated by game script. Both Sammy Watkins and 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.720 Tyree Hill caught a touchdown in Week one against Houston. 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:00.559 So I love Deonta Johnson and I love the Juju 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.440 in Week one gave him an a pacock no time 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.120 for that, I know, but I'm gonna gieve him a 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:06.800 be this week. He will play with the knee injury. 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.079 His target share is south at which is troubling, but 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.719 the explosion is clearly back. Two touchdowns in week one, 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.160 seven catches last week. You cannot sit him right now, 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.199 especially against the Texans. You can sit James Washington, though, 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.520 got him on the bench. Game script for reads me here, 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.960 but I would still roster him, hold on to him 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:24.800 in the most of leagues Eric he run on the bench, 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.840 target totals of two and five so far this season. 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.160 Mark Andrews was quiet against Houston last week, so he 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.480 run on the bench. And lastly, Big Ben gets a b. 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.120 He looks really good. That arm strength is only gonna 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.120 get better following Tommy john surgery. Again, I'm just worried 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.200 about the game script here. It could be a Connor day. 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.480 But Patrick Mahomes had three passing touchdowns only two hundred 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.840 eleven yards, and Lamar Jackson didn't blow up the box 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:49.080 score either against Houston. That's a little troubling. You can't 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.800 convince me Houston is suddenly a great second Oh no, 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.440 it's not just well, Ben Ben. I think he's capped 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:57.040 at thirty thirty pass attempts. That's my only concern here. 0:09:57.040 --> 0:09:59.600 He still gets a very solid B no plus though. 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.040 Charge At some point we'll we'll talk more about Deonte Johnson, 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.160 but I think he is a top ten Fantasy wide 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:09.080 receiver overall. Washington takes on Cleveland in our final matchup 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:12.400 of this segment, and for Washington, there's just a couple 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.120 of guys you want to talk about. But I want 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.760 to start with Logan Thomas, who I love this week, 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.560 and I've got to be grade on Loto Loto one 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:25.320 of the one of the many quarterback turned tight ends 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:30.920 in history. Like, um, all right, well, I guess nobody's 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.280 ever a quarterback turned tight end. The Browns are the opponent. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:39.319 They've already allowed three tight end touchdown Marquis Gray quarterback. 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.000 Oh well, there he turned tight end and like that, 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:46.360 Like how that turned out? Browns have allowed the second 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.280 most receptions and six most yards to tight ends. And 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:53.000 get this, Thomas on the field for percent of Washington 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.800 plays last week, only Darren Waller and Travis Kelsey have 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.959 seen more targets than Logan Thomas. In a juicy man 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.760 jump B grade, staying with the passing attack Terry McLaurin. 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:07.440 Through two weeks, he's accounted for forty six percent of 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:13.280 Washington's passing yards just for him, Barry mclard. This week 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:16.160 he faces a battered Brown secondary that's going to be 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.479 without Greedy Williams. They've allowed the eighth most yards to receivers. 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:22.160 Uh and that was despite facing you know, the Bengals 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.959 with Rickie, Joe Burrow and a run centric Ravens team. 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.360 So we'll we'll start Verry Terry McLaurin with a B 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.800 grade and then the only other player I want to 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:32.920 talk about for Washington is they're starting running back in 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:36.480 Antonio Gibson. He experienced a huge uptick in usage last 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:39.840 week and hopefully that continues here. The Browns are allowing 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.120 the third fewest rushing yards on a smothering two point 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:47.280 nine yards per carry. Who are these Browns? If mark 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.600 Ingram and Joe Mixon can't top forty six rushing yards 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.360 or score, then I can't give a starting grade to 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.600 Antonio Gibson. This week, j K. Dobbins had a good 0:11:56.600 --> 0:12:02.000 game against them, and I believe Jio. Look, okay, just stoke. 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.319 Maybe it's the second running back and that may pay. 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.839 I hope not. I hope not. Let's go to the 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.400 Cleveland side. We'll start with a running game. Nick Chubb 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.679 gets a B. No team has allowed fewer Fantasy points 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.079 to running backs and Washington's there's a little danger here. 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.840 No runners scored and they held Kenyan Drake and Check 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.839 last week. Still Washington's just the middle of the pack 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.400 run defense, their middle of the packing yards per carry. 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.760 Chubb continues to get all the money carries near the stripes, 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.920 so we'll give him the B. Kareem Hunt gets just 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.640 to see only had a twelve touches and twenty snaps 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:35.640 last week, but still turn it into a good game. 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.439 But you worry if that's all the touches he's gonna get, 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.680 it's gonna be hard to keep scoring two touchdowns a game. 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.480 Last year, Washington was terrible stopping runners through the air. 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:48.040 This year they've looked better, but I doubt they've transformed 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:51.400 doing a shutdown unit against guys at Kareem Hunts skill level. 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:53.720 So he's still startable with a CE gright. Let's go 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.800 to the passing game. Baker Mayfield looked incredibly poised and 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:00.040 comfortable last time. We saw him to thursdays ago. I 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.760 think it continues here if Cleveland's overall overhauled offensive line 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:07.280 is truly improved, because they're going up against this terrific 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:11.120 Washington front four, a group that Profobot focuses ranks as 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.840 the fifth best pass rush. Remember, they got four first 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:18.360 round picks on Washington's defensive front line. The Washington secondary 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:22.960 looks improved, but the personnelity personal really isn't improved. I 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.160 just think they're they look improved because the pass rush 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.560 has been good. I think if Baker's line can just 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.719 hold up, I think he'll do okay here. I've got 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:32.640 a C grade on Baker Mayfield, a B grade for 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:37.079 Odell Beckham. Against Washington, no receiver's topped sixty eight yards, 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.679 but already five receivers have topped fifty yards, so I'd 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:44.080 see an okay game coming for Odell Beckham. Jarvis Landry 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.439 playing hurt. He's scored one time in his last seven games, 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:51.440 and he's um he's been. He goes up against the 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:55.360 slot cornerback Jimmy Moreland, who struggled and last week alone 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.480 gave up ten catches for a hundred six yards. So 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.920 Jarvis land remained startable with a C grade. We've dropped 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.679 off Austin Hooper out of our rosters entirely. We're not 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.079 going to spend time on him. When we come back, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.400 take a chance on me. Nine players upon whom you 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.760 can take a chance. These are guys not normally in 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:15.680 your starting line up. Many of these are available on 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:19.920 the waiver wire, and man, do we need receivers this week. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.160 So many guys are out. We'll tell you who you 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.720 can count on to pick up off the waiver wire 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.480 and plug into your starting lineup. When we return to 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:53.520 Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, getting you 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:59.280 ready for Sunday's action. There is a segment week call 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.560 take a chance on me. We give you nine players 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.400 upon whom you can take a chance. These are players 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.960 not normally in your starting lineup, but they can be. 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.560 This week. We beginning at the quarterback position and Brian Johnson, 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.320 I have Philip Rivers at home against the Yets, and 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.880 this is quite simply a professional quarterback against the worst 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:23.760 team in professional football, the Jets. Second. Yeah, yeah, the 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:25.960 verdicts still out there, but I'm still giving Jets the 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.840 edge here. The Jets secondary has gone way South since 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:37.320 jettisoning JOm All Adams. They're awful ran pass coverage by 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.360 a pro football focus, and they have surrendered two passing 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.880 scores in each game so far. That feels like a 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.480 pretty safe floor for Philip rivers and this one. So 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.120 why not? All these kids will be cheering for this 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.040 big game. Okay, Matt, you'll take a chance at the 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:54.520 quarterback Nick Mullins of the San Francisco forty Niners spent 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.760 a while since we've seen him, Oh the Mulligan. Uh. 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.720 He started eight games for the Niners and twousand eighteen 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:05.120 he averaged two four passing yards per game, and those 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.280 eight contests and through for multiple scores and four of eight. 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:11.400 Nick Mullins is a good quarterback, and he gets Kyle 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.400 Shanahan as his offensive coordinator and head coach who gets 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.280 to scheme for him for a week. He's facing off 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.000 against the lowly Giants as well. The Giants have allowed 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:24.800 over two yards or multiple touchdown passes to six of 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:28.120 the last seven quarterbacks they've faced, and they've already allowed 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.160 five touchdown passes this season. Nick Mullins, go get him 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.640 all right, I'm I'm with you on that and it's 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:37.800 got to be a fantastic DFS. He is DraftKings the 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:42.040 cheapest starting quarterback this week. There you go, my quarterback, 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:50.080 There we go. It's Happy Trombone Ski. I am surely 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.800 jaxing the hell out of Happy Trombone Ski with his 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:56.720 third straight starting grade and second appearance in this segment. 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.520 But I'm doing it anyway because the matchup is so tantalizing. 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:05.360 The Falcons have been blasted for almost eight hundred passing 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:09.080 yards and another fifty rushing yards by quarterbacks so far, 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:14.880 and that includes eight touchdowns to opposing quarterbacks and three 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:16.760 of them on the ground to Dak Prescott. And you 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:23.480 know what, Happy Trombone Sky fleet of a rushing touchdown 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:27.880 possibility here too. He's got great matchups, including Allen Robinson 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:29.880 he can throw out of the backfield against a team 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:33.439 that always struggles against running backs as receivers. By the way, 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.400 every Falcons game this year, if you add up all 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:40.159 the passing yards from Matt Ryan and opposing quarterbacks, it 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.919 might be the most passing yards in history in games. 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:45.840 In games, it's gonna be eight hundred yards of game 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:48.479 like almost every game I I contest. Just let the 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:51.520 Falcons score three touchdowns if you're the opposing head coach, 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:53.199 and then you're gonna you're gonna put up even more 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.040 points against him if you super weak on side kick 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.880 at them. This reminds me of the old Layola Marre 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:02.640 Amount basketball All team Hank gathers Um that would say 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.280 we would let them score so we could get the 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:09.800 ball back. But I'm down for it. Let's go to 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.320 the running back position, Brian. They say it's your birthday, 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:18.160 Dion Lewis, baby at home against the forty Niners. Birthday 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:20.679 thirty Burger on the way. Yeah, I know. They just 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.239 signed DeVante Freeman, and the narrative all summer was like, 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.600 when is Deonta gonna choose someone to sign with. I'm 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:29.560 pretty sure no one wanted to sign Deonta DeVante Freeman. No, 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.560 because he looked cooked as all hell last year. There's 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.359 no way it comes in after five days and leads 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:36.399 his team in touches. So I'm going the way of 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.200 Dion Lewis against the forty Niners, who are basically missing 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:43.479 everyone on defense right now, and the Jets running backs 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.080 are awful who they faced the forty Niners last year, 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:48.399 but they combined for twenty eight touches. Fifteen is a 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.000 lock for Lewis, who will get most of the work 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:52.320 in the passing games. Chase Edmonds caught a touchdown against 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:54.600 San fran And week one, So Dion Lewis is playable, 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:57.520 all right. I'm staying with the Niners and I'm going 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:03.480 with Jet McKinnon. Mullins favorite target could very well be McKinnon. Uh. 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:07.479 The Niners have had a league high thirty seven percent 0:19:07.560 --> 0:19:10.200 of their targets go to running back so far this year, 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.840 and McKinnon takes over for an injured raheem most dirt 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.400 and even and even more injured Tevin Coleman, and he's 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.879 been electric in his first two games, accounting for scores 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.760 in each week, including a long touchdown run last week. 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:26.000 Plus last week, the Bears backs totaled seven catches for 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.760 seventy yards and a score through the air against the Giants. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.120 It's gonna be Mullins to McKinnon all day long. Yeah. 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.360 And if McKinnon's gone in your league, and he's gone 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:36.920 in many, Jeff Wilson is a good start as well. 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:38.639 We'll talk more about that in the match up. They 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.480 always roll in that second running back at San France. 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.719 Second running backs always relevant and he'll get the goal 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:46.080 line work. My take a chance of your running back 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.040 is Josh Kelly of the Chargers going up against Carolina, 0:19:49.359 --> 0:19:51.880 ostensibly the backup, but it's really more of a one 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.800 two punch there, and both guys will have a great opportunity. 0:19:54.920 --> 0:20:00.360 Kelly and Austin Ekeler as well. The Panthers historic bad 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:03.600 run defense. They now have allowed running back touchdowns in 0:20:03.760 --> 0:20:09.080 fourteen straight games, and over those fourteen straight games, they're 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:12.320 averaging two and a half running back touchdowns per game. 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:15.480 So both of them get paid here. Kelly's actually getting 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:17.679 more looks inside the ten yard line than Austin Ekeler, 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:19.600 So I feel like a touchdown here is all but 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:23.920 inevitable for Josh Kelly. Let's go to the receivers, Brian 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:26.440 who you got Cool Beasley at home against the Rams 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:28.439 who are definitely going to bring bring the pressure in 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:30.760 the toughest matchup for the Bills, who look great. Uh, 0:20:30.800 --> 0:20:32.479 this is gonna be a game where Beasley season at 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:35.040 least eight targets easily. He has back to back double 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:37.359 digit PPR games to start the season. The Rams have 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:40.440 allowed the eighth most catches to wide receivers. Jalen Ramsey 0:20:40.560 --> 0:20:43.359 will certainly be locked on Stefon Diggs and Beasley's matchup 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:47.439 with Troy Hill is plus. Till has allowed catch rate 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:50.320 in his coverage so far this season. Okay, Matt, go 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:53.480 to t J. Hockenson of the Lions. He's the only 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:56.400 Detroit tight end with a target this year and he's 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:58.880 come up with five fifty six and one in Week one, 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.520 four for sixty two you in Week two. Good numbers. 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:04.240 That's a that's a lack of shab right there in 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.440 those numbers. Uh. And he gets the Cardinals and while 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:09.720 they haven't allowed a touchdown to a tight end yet 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.880 this year, they're do And it was Hockinson who started 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:16.320 that party in Week one when he had six catches 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:18.639 for a hundred and thirty one yards and a score 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:21.960 in the meeting in the Desert. Last year, they went 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.600 on to give up fifteen more touchdowns the tight ends 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:27.080