Week 16 CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

Forever Show. Start listening to us, or suffer the consequences listen to don do didnit? Yeah? Now welcome your host. Five eight from Marlan your co host, by Ye Saint Trike Stepfall, your co host, and five eleven from all Right. Why ladies and gentlemen yours. With that, we welcome you inside of Studio thirty four. This is the BFFs. Here is Frank Snaffle, here's e Y Eric Young, and I am Greg Souman. Frankie. What's happening but Greg? Happy Friday

to you? Championship Week is he nervous Week sixteen? Nervous the Fantasy football season. I also feel like we should change the lyrics to our intro too. Go e y go e, y go go y go e y go repping the BFFs in the Pit League finals. Let's go euy ex boys. Yeah, I mean there's still uh, some decisions that got to be made, some news coming out. Boone might be the starter. Oh jeez, that is a wild week. It's crazy because we're talking about it yesterday. I don't know if I've ever had this good of

a team going into the finals. And the truth is, it's a nightmare. It's an absolute nightmare. And I'm sure there's people out there listening to the show you're in the same position. I just rather not have these decisions. I've got to make the decision. It's do or die. Uh. This is, you know, the final week, the championship matchup, and uh, you know, I made the right decisions and that's why I'm in this position. But now it's a man, it's crazy, man. There's a lot of decisions that've gotta

be made. This is what you get for having such a good team. E y. True, it's tough. It's a tough spot to be true. I played in a ten team dynasty league. I had to leave the league because I kept losing every single week because I couldn't figure out who to start ten team leagues. It's like your entire team is stacked. Your bench is stacked. Do you think it's hard enough trying to figure out who to start a twelve team league? You might have good players

on your bench there. When you play in a ten team league, it is so hard to make decisions every single week because everybody in your lineup and on your bench is great. That's why I always try my dest anyway going into the playoffs to consolidate that depth, right.

I don't need it theoretically in the in the playoffs your hand, you don't need depth at all, and trade them all the way for starters and pray and yeah or else you end up with a dilemma like e wise, where your team is so stacked you don't know what to do exactly. It is depth, but it's it's all starter depth. I mean like people in my bedroom now, McLaurin all day, uh Amundula, who had an unreal week? Matt uh is it? Matt Mike Boone, coach Boone, Mike

Mike Boon Like it's crazy, it's crazy. It's just crazy. My two flex are Drake and Sanders. It's it's wild. I have a ton of depth, but it's all you know, there's a bunch of starters are people that did really well last week, so you have to question it. It's crazy. Man. Like everyone, you just want to make the right decision, and that's what you want, almost more than anything else, is if your team is good enough, it's good enough, it's not good enough, it's it's not good enough, that's fine,

But you want to make the right decision. That's almost scarcely more than anything rank. Yeah, obviously, um, this is the final week. It all comes down to this. You know, all the pressure is writing on this. People are gonna overthink decisions. They're gonna flip flop, you know, who to start in their flex wide receivers, back and forth, this person, this person. Ultimately, look ride the hot hand, go with

the best matchups. It doesn't matter if you drafted Levian Bell in the first round, Odell Beckham in the first round. If you drafted those guys, you're probably not in the finals anyway, unless, of course, you looked out with Lamar Jackson. But it doesn't matter where you drafted players. At this point, you're gonna take the players who are being used in the right way in the right matchups, and you're not gonna think a second. You're not gonna think twice about it, Greg, No,

you're not. You're just you're gonna put yourself in the best position to win. That is legitimately all you can do, and then you just hope everything else works out. I say we jump in, Greg. I know we only got a few minutes here before we hit the break, but I think we should try and start this final game on the Saturday night. We didn't. We didn't get to a yesterday. I got a lot to get to. We got a lot to get to we do. So let's start where we left off a Saturday night football. The

Rams and the San Francisco four isners. Rams are six and a half for an underdog in this one. For a fantasy perspective, I know a lot of fantasy owners are gonna live or die with what Cooper Cup does for these Rams team facing off against San Francisco defense that without Richard German has not been the same exactly. There's one right there. He's sitting right here, living and dying with what Cooper Cup will do. What do you expect of the Rams wide receivers in a particular Cooper Cup. Yeah,

I'm down on Cooper Cup heading into Week sixteen. I have them as my wide receiver. It was just the biggest pause. It's just I have happened. I have Cooper Cup as my wide receiver thirty. I have him ten spots lower than the consensus according to Fantasy Pros rankings. San Francisco has been great against thought receivers all year. It doesn't matter that Richard Sherman uh is potentially out in this game because he plays on the outside. So I think if anything that helps Robert Woods. I still

do like Robert Woods. The targets have been up for him. He's still a high end wide receiver too. For me. I know he was a dud last week. A lot of wide receivers were duds in Week fifteen. We gotta put that behind us. I think you saw what Julio Jones did as an outside wide receiver against his forty Niners defense, and I like Robert Woods. I'm going back to him. Can't say the same thing about Cooper Cup. Cups snaps were back up last week, but the targets

were down for him. Higbie still saw big volume. Robert Woods still saw big volume in this game, So I like Robert Woods not necessarily the same about Cooper cup Here in this matchup Greg and Todd Gurley, it's a tougher matchup, but this guy is scoring touchdowns, man. I mean he has five touchdowns in his last five games. He has fifty one red zone opportunities. ALcom Brown has fifteen. So whatever concerns we had early on in the season, we don't have those anymore. Todd Gurley has twelve total

touchdowns on the season. I think he's a high end RB two. It's still a tougher matchup, but he sees those money touches in the red zone, so because of that, I think Gurly is a high end RB two Greg. The biggest question is how much does Gerald Everett affect Tyler Higbee, And I think it's a legitimate one. I still have Higbee ranked as a top eight tight end, but I don't feel nearly as confident as I have the past couple of weeks. Is there any way that

the RAM screw this up? Yes, very very very possible. Right. It was only a few weeks back when Gerald Everett was the shirt fire starter. Like we like, Gerald, every wasn't traded for Gerald every he started, Gerald Everett confidently now you don't know what to do. Unfortunately, with Everett back in the lineup, Tyler Higby has been unbelievable over the past month. Have my tight ends? Seven? That's too high? Seven, Tyler Higbee? Seven? Probably a bit high for me? Yes,

probably a little bit high. I'll mention a few tight ends that I have behind him when we get back from the break, and we'll see you guys, agree, Gain in the San Francisco side as well, and a whole lot more to come, including what's going on with d J. Chark and Jacksonville. We'll tell you next. Are you ready for the nation's first and only free, twenty four hour network dedicated to you, the betting and fantasy sports enthusiast.

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Here on the Sports Group TV Network, Brek Susman marching his way, beating up the tree over there back to his side, still standing. They're still standing. Let's go may things standing. The poor star on top is now facing the opposite direction. What are you doing? Great? Beating everything up? So for the rank you're gonna ga be some names at the tight end position who you have currently ranked after? I have Tyler Higbee as my seventh rank tight end.

I have him just behind Darren Waller and Hunter Henry. I have him just ahead of Jacob Hollister, Jared Cook, Austin Hooper, Dallas Goddard. So I think I'd rather have almost all of them. Really, Yeah, I don't know, man. I mean, this guy is playing the snaps over the last three weeks. I understand it's without Everett, but over a hundred yards he's played so well and he's really been the turnaround for this Rams offense. It's been great. Man. With Gerald Evert back, that changes and Cooper Cup is

back in the mitch. The only the only one that I think that you can make the argument for is Hollister because he's showing up against the Cardinals and Cook usage isn't consistent. Obviously they're gonna use They're gonna use Michael Thomas, They're gonna use Alvin Kamara. Hi, what about you? I have Tyler Higby tight End seven just behind him, Hollister Cook Hooper. Does that make sense to you? Um? He has been good. Uh. And I don't think a lot of people realize like this guy got paid. You mean,

like the Rams gave him a pile of money. So I think they view him as a very important player and not just a guy that's going to block. He's going to catch passes. Um. But it has been up and down. Everett was definitely the guy there. I know we talked about him a bunch on the show he took over. I know Higby was hurt, but he was back and wasn't doing much. Now Higby has taken the reins of the number one tight end there again, but I don't know if I can trust him to be honest.

And it's it's gonna be a weird It's gonna be a weird game. You mean like, uh, it's gonna be one, it's gonna be handmre, it's gonna be cup um. So it's gonna be difficult and San Francisco is one of the best defense in the league. So the truth is is, other than maybe Woods, I don't know if I can really trust any of them. That is the question that you have e Y In regards to Cooper Cup, who

would you rather start this week? This question comes from Orrow, Eric Young, Frank, Cooper Cup, Robbie Anderson, Hayrol Williams, Anthony Miller, Anthony Miller. No hesitation, No hesitation. Anthony Miller is outside my top twenty four. The way to attack the chief secondary Also say, Anthony Miller, what say you? It's your team? Uh? Yeah, I mean the truth is that I've been thinking about this all week. Anthony Miller is a guy that I

was super are, super high on. He's not going to finish with the numbers that I was hoping for um or the Chicago Bears were hoping for. But this is the this is the Anthony Miller that I envisioned was going to exist all season. I think the biggest part of this was Rabinsky was an absolute nightmare. Frank Raisky was rotten. He was a rotten quarterback. He has turned it around. He has been decent um. And Anthony Miller is a massive beneficiary of of him turning his season around.

Anthony Miller scored. I think he had was it seven or or ten touchdowns last year with one arm he had surgery. Uh, he had shoulder shoulder surgery. I think it was um and was played banged up all years. So I thought he was going to take a huge step forward, and it looks like it is coming at the end of the year. But that huge step forward is happening for Anthony Millier. I'm moving him into my

number two wide receiver as we speak, Boys. He has a hundred and forty receiving yards or a touchdown in three straight games since Week eleven. He is the wide receiver eight overall in PPR leagues. I'm going Anthony Miller over Cooper Cup all right other side the San Francisco forty Niners side. How high is where he most on your rankings this week, Frank, I have him as my RB twenties, so I think he is a solid low

end RB two. The usage has been there for him, playing over fifty of the snaps, which doesn't sound significant, but for a Kyle Shanahan running back in this offense, it actually is. I mean, normally we'd be looking at a you know, three way pretty even split, but he is seeing over fifty percent of the snaps. He's dominating in the red zone as well. It's a tougher match up against the Rams. That's why I downgrade him a little bit to RB twenty. But I still do think

that he is in this r B two territory. And the Rams, as good as they have been against the run, you wouldn't be able to tell based on what happened last week with Ezekiel Elliott Tony Pollard running all over them. So I do think there are some upside for explosive place here for Whee most so, uh, I'm not completely going away from him. I am worried about Deebo. Samuel plays mostly on the outside. I think he could see

a lot of Jalen Ramsey here. If I had to start one of the forty Niners wide receivers, it would be Emmanuel Sanders as a low end wide receiver. Three. The way to attack the Rams is in the slot, and obviously you're using George Kittle all right, George Kittles certainly in your lineups here. Emmanuel Sanders I think isn't a big spot considering we don't both like, I know this is big for you. I would use Sanders over Julian Edelman. The question isn't that, Frank, it's Patrick Layard

or Julian Edelman. Oh gosh, exactly exactly. I would lean with Layard, but I'm not going to don't feel great about You're going down with the ship. I'll go down with the ship. Edilmand over Patrick Larright, I would like I was gasking season Greg, exactly. That's why I started Julian Edelman. The thing is I would have started Jean Perriman over Edelman if I would have gotten him. I didn't. Didn't save someone, save some of those fab dollars, Greg, I didn't have a mad I tried. He's only to

spend it all on Drew Brees. Here we are, Hey, Drew Brees helped you get to the final he did? He did This week, Drew Brees in Tennessee to take on the Titans. It's interesting game because the Saints, sorry two and a half point favorite in Tennessee. E Why we know that Drew Brees isn't same guy away from the Superdome that he is inside of New Orleans. He's in Tennessee or interesting spot, A tough spot? Are you hesitant to start a guy like Drew Brees this week?

I think I've been oddly hesitant to start them all year because he's definitely had games where you're like, oh, he's getting old or oh, you know they're a running team now, So it's and then he comes out and has a game like he had last week and you feel foolish. So it's it's a it's a tough spot. Uh, Tennessee's defense, they're missing a Dory Jackson. I don't know if he's going to play. That's a big player in their secondary. Um, so they are a little beat up

in the secondary position. But Tennessee's defense has been sneaky good. It's gonna be cold. Uh, you know they're playing here in Tennessee, so it's outdoors. Um yeah, it's it's it's a very interesting question. I don't know if I can trust Drew Brees, but I feel like if he's your quarterback and you don't have somebody else that's glaring, I feel like you just go with it. The Tennessee Titans are desperate. They've got to win their next two games. If they have a hope of being in the playoffs.

So this is a desperate team with their with their backs up against the wall, playing at home, and they're they're going to They're going to come out and they're going to score points. The question is if you have Drew Brees, who are you starting over him? Right? Because he just had that monster game. I guess it could be a letdown spot going on the road after you know, breaking the record for most touchdowns by a quarterback in NFL history. But you, I mean, you can speak to

this as well. The way to attack the Titans is through the air. Their twenty two and past defense d d A A. If there's anywhere where they do struggle on defense, it's more so you know, against the past than it is on the ground. They do allow a lot of receptions to running backs, which is why I still do like Kamara. I know he's been a letdown.

He's not scoring touchdowns. And frankly, if you drafted Camara, you know, inside the top three picks, you might not be in the finals right now because he hasn't been scoring touchdowns. I saw an awesome suitet earlier this week. Greg his yards from scrimmage per game this year is exactly the same that it has been his first two years. The only thing that's different is he's not scoring touchdowns,

which matters for fantasy. But I mean, this is the volatility of trying to predict touchdown on a yearly basis. So we knew some touchdown regression was gonna come for Kamara. I still do like him as a low n RB one high n RB two, especially in PPR leagues. The Titans do allow the second most receptions to running backs

this season. I just find it. I find it hard pressed to believe that you will have a quarterback that you will trust more than Drew Brees this week in the spot You're probably right on the other side with the Tennessee Titans. Ryan Tannehill A J. Brown? Are you concerned with a J. Brown against Marshawn Lattimore? Where is he ranked for you? So I am not concerned about A J. Brown. I mean I have him as my wide receiver twelve, and Fantasy pros consensus has some wide

receiver thirteen next year. I don't think that you can get away from him. The way that he's playing right now. It's he is the main target in this offense. Ryan Tannehill is playing well. Say whatever you want about him. Oh well, the wheels are gonna fall off at some point. It hasn't happened. I still have Tannehills my QB seven. The Saints defense is not play as well on the road as they do inside the dome. I'm still I look, Ryan, Tannehill's got me this far. I think the past file

is gonna be there. The efficiency has been there. Him and A. J. Brown are clicking. I think John hu Smith is a decent streaming tight end. The Saints have been good against tight ends, but they've been using John Smith more. They're trying to find ways to get him involved. He had a fifty seven yard run last week. Obviously, pay attention to Derrick Henry. I think it looks like he's gonna go. But hamstring is still, you know, worry, So pay attention to that. But I think you continue

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Today you have a gambling problem. Calling on your gamblers twenty one and over in New Jersey only eligibility restrictions apply. Website for details. Frank Stanfeld, Greg Susman, Eric Young, we are all here. I have used it for a couple of minutes now. But DJ Shark he's good to go if they're missing one week. As long as he doesn't have a set back today or tomorrow, Chark will be

in the lineup for the Jaguars this week against Atlanta. Frank, where's DJ Chhark come in on your wide receiver rankings? So I don't have DJ Chark ranked as high as I normally do because he is coming back off the injury and the Falcons secondary has played better against outside wide receivers over the last eight weeks. Again, this comes

according to Graham Barfield. Follow him on Twitter. The Atlanta Falcons have allowed the tenth fewest Fantasy points to wide receivers to outside wide receivers over the last eight weeks, so they have been tougher on the wide receiver position. So I have DJ Chark as my wide receiver twenty eight. I think he is a solid wide receiver three, high end wide receiver three. There's seven point dogs. I think you should see some targets. Baby Shark. D J Chark

should see some targets here. There are seven point dogs likely playing from behind. I think we get him back and forth here. I like him, don't love him? Greg Alright, fair enough, Now we were just talking to DeVante Freeman on the other side of this. DeVante Freeman has we loved this week of course, facing against Jacksonville, but has not been able to get in the end zone all that much of the season. How confident, Eric, are you

in DeVante Freeman this week? I mean, he hasn't done anything to make you super confident, um, But but it could be a big matchup that Jacksonville has been really bad against the run. Freeman is the guy there. They're going to rely on him, um, And it could be one of those things where it's like, you know, eventually, with the kind of volume he's been getting and stuff, that he's going to score a touchdown. If you're starting him this week, you're hoping it's this week because it

is do or die. But I don't know if I can trust Freeman because he has not been super reliable, and that's been going on all year. I understand why people would be hesitant DeVante Freeman. You're right, e Y, he hasn't been good all season long, right, plea, don't let us talk us into drafting him again next year. Well, I wasn't really on him. I mean, you guys lovet singly. Yes, don't let me talk us in d Somebody downstairs clip that out and I will remind Greg, Well, you know

whatte Freeman, he's gonna get the workload doesn't matter. I'm asking you nicely. I do like DeVonta Freeman. This week. I have him as RB eighteen. I think he's a solid RB two. I tweeted this out last night drink that the Falcons have twelve red zone twelve rushing attempts inside the five this year. DeVonta Freeman has one of them. It's not very good. That's normally where he makes his money inside the five, inside the red zone, so they

haven't been been using him that way. But I think that he could break a long one in this game. The Jaguars allowed the second highest yarks per carrier running backs this year, their thirty first in run defense TV away. If there's ever a week you're gonna use DeVonta Freeman, it's this week, Craig, Yeah, it is this week against Jacksonville the last couple of weeks. It's been a good spot for for Um DeVante Freeman. We'll see you this week if he can come through for your fantasy teams.

E Y has another question for us rank and that takes us to another couple of games. Um. It raised me to Philly and Dallas. We talked a lot about Dak Prescott here this week, a lot about the quarterback situation. But Eric's question is on the other side, with Philadelphia's quarterback Carson Wentz. Would you rather start Carson Wentz or Ryan Fitzpatrick. So this is a fair question. I have these guys ranked within two spots. I have Ryan Fitzpatrick

QB eleven. I have Carson Wentz QB thirteen. I still do worry about the weapons that Carson Wentz has here. I can't really push the ball down the field. Yes, he did it against Washington last week. Dallas's defense hasn't really shown up this year. They allowed some garbage time production to Jared Goff last week, but ultimately it's a lot of dinking dumps from Carson Wentz. Right now, I'm gonna go with Ryan Fitzpatrick. It's the Bengals defense going

on the road. He's playing at home. You know the past volume is gonna be there. For fits it's close. I lean Fitzpatrick, how about you, Greg? Yeah, So for me, I also go with Fitzpatrick with with all the weapons down. For Carson Wentz just makes his job tougher. Yet. Yeah, there's a whole lot of a lot of zach Urged there. And yes we were relying on Greg Warring. He gets to him in just a second, but I think he

just makes his job tougher. With Ryan fits Patrick, you know what you're getting as well, a lot of Damonte Parker here, which is okay, he's your boy, Y give me Ryan f It's Patrick over Carson Wentz. Here. This week I mentioned Greg Ward. How high is he unior rankings? So Greg Ward is outside of my top thirty six. Really he is, Actually he's he's just barely inside. He's he's wide receiver thirty six exactly. So he's a low and wide receiver three players. I have him just ahead

of Robbie Anderson, Sterling Shepherd, Jamison Crowder, Deebo Samuel. He's close with Sterling Shepherd. You know, Shepherd had the big target game last week, but Greg Ward did as well. And this is assuming that there's no Nelson Aglar, because that would change things. But I've no no Nelson Aglar. Greg Ward is going to play in the slot and that is an advantageous position to be in the way to attack the Cowboys has been in the slot. I said that whenever a month ago that it was Cole

Beasley had a big game against him. Cooper Cup scored a touchdown at the slot last week against the Cowboys in garbage time. And I think that if Aglaura is out, greg Ward is likely going to see six to eight targets once again, which makes him a low and wide receiver three. On the other side with Dallas, we knew that Dak Prescott was at least throwing the football today lately, you can't really do You're probably gonna start Dak. I think if he starts, um, you can't really do anything.

With Mark Cooper, You're gonna throw him out there. Same for Michael Gallup. Yeah, yeah, this is this is a tough situation. This is a lot It's not the same because obviously Dalvin Cook plays on Monday night. But this is one of the harder calls of the week because it's a good matchup for Dak. The Philadelphia secondary has struggled all season Longdac has been so good from a fantasy perspective this year, you gotta downgrade. And because of

the injury, I haven't at QBA twelve. The only quarterback stream that I have ahead of him is Ryan Fitzpatrick. I'm not gonna get too cute with the Gardner Minshew thing over Dak, but you worry about it. You just hope that the that that matchup being as good as it is, is able to mitigate the injury risk here for Dak Prescott, And of course that means you downgrade in Mark Cooper a little bit. He's a solid wide receiver too, rather than the wide receiver he one he

has been. And Michael Gallup your downgrade to a wide receiver three. Greg Okay, Michael Gallup goes down to a wide receiver three in this scenario, Mile Miles Sandars before we leave this game, Miles Sanders free is a Top twelve running back this week. He has RB eleven This week. The Cowboys allowed the ninth most receptions to running backs this season. Wow, Michele Sanders, get him in there in your lineups this week, and y, you had a bunch

of questions about Miles Sanders in recent weeks. He's your guy. He's locked and loaded in your lineup. NeXT's Arizona and the Seattle Seahawks. E y, we was just talking during the break. Steve Times, general manager of the Arizona Cardinals, says we gotta re sign Kenyan Drake. Good reason. Dude's been on fire four touchdowns last week. Kennyan Drake, where do you what do you expect out of him against

Seattle here on Sunday? Kenyan Drake has been Um. This is another guy that that I think we were high on. He's been a guy that you know, like you would see it and flashes and he would be like, why is he not playing in Miami? Why on earth is Kellen Balage starting above? Kenyan Drake? And I think all of our questions were answered and we were right. I mean, the reality is is Kenyan Drake is an excellent running back and in this system he can really get it done.

He's a decent pass catcher. I don't know if he's as good a route runner as David Johnson, but David Johnson is either banged up or or football has passed him by. I. I know he's a little bit older, but not old enough where you'd think he's been done. But he looks like he's running in MUDD. And Kenyan Drake looks explosive four touchdowns last week. I don't imagine he does that again. But um, I've got him uh in uh three of my four championship teams, and he'll

be starting in all three. Yeah, if you started him last week, you're likely playing in the championship this week. And Kenyan Drake him as RB sixteen this week, Greg high in RB two. I'm not scared of the Seattle Seahawks defense there twenty two and run defense DV away, So I think that Kenyan Drake can take advantage in this spot, consistently seeing over sixty of the snaps for the Arizona Cardinals. I also do like Christian Kirk, assuming that he is hell the you return to practice yesterday

on a limited basis. He's dealing with an ankle injury. Pay attention to that, but I think that this Seattle Seahawks secondary can be taken advantage of. And since Christian Kirk has returned from injury, it was like five six weeks ago. He has dominated targets the target share for the Arizona Cardinals. So I do like him. Assume he's healthy to go low and wide receiver two in this matchup. You can really do anything about it, Frank, But I do want to know where is Tyler Lockett in your

rankings this week? I will pull that up for you right now. I believe he's inside the top twelve? Is that so a couple of bad games in a row comes back with a good game. Receiver eight, he's inside your top ten yet again, obviously you're starting here against Atlanta. We went through it before. Jacob Hollister is inside your top ten, just barely, certainly is not your top twelve. Eight. He's numb eight. Yeah, And he's the one that I keep wrestling with with Tyler Higby, because I have that

actual decision to make on one of my teams. I have Hollister and Higbee and I keep going back and forth. It really is a close call the question that I have where is Mark Andrews on that list? Mark Andrews, I'm going to continue to roll him out there. He is tight in four. Last time he faced the Browns, he did score a touchdown against them as well. Okay, so because the little I had it was was Mark Andrews or Jacob Hollister, And yeah, I think that's getting

a little bit too cute. It's a great matchup, don't get me wrong. It doesn't get better than the Cardinals. But I think somebody in the past game for the Seahawks is gonna let us down this week between Lockett, Metcalf and Hollister, and I just don't know who it's going to be because I like all three of them a lot, and I like Russell Wilson. You could take take advantage of this Cardinal's past defense, but is there gonna be enough volume? There are seven nine and a

half point favorites in this game. They could lean on Chris Carson once they get up and just run the ball. I like Metcalf two. He's a wide receiver to for me this week, He's the top twenty wide receiver. Cardinals secondary is bad. It's just bad. So I'm rolling all of those guys out there. But I do worry that there's not gonna be enough volume for everybody you mentioned Mark, I mentioned Mark Andrews. Let's talk about the Ravens and

the Cleveland Browns here for the Ravens. You gotta know what you're getting yourself into with Mark Andrews with them or Jackson with Mark Ingrand. A lot of people like Hollywood Brown this week there you know on him with the biggest question you hy we have gotten in regards to this game is one about Odell Beckham Jr. So what say you about O V J? Yeah? I mean for me, I mean you can't trust him. He's been

not good all year. Uh maybe the number one bus this year, a guy that I believe was going Uh. I thought Baker Mayfield was going to be you know it was the best quarterback he'd ever played with. Uh. And going into this year, Freddy k Kitchens looked like he had was making all the right decisions, getting the ball out of Baker's hands quickly, making good decisions and offensive play calls. And Cleveland has looked in act at times.

Um chob is the big bright spot there. Cream Hunt coming back has looked well too, um and drivers Landry is still getting it done. So but Odell beck him, I don't think you can trust him this week at all. You know why O. B J is the biggest bus this year. He played every game. There's always nothing you can do about it. You drafted him, he's there, You're stuck. That's what makes ob J Arguably, I think it's not

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it's the three of us in here. You want to put a bow on this Mike Boone, Dalvin Cook, Alexander Madison conversation because people are gonna have to make makes sense of it all before Moday night, Right, they're gonna makes sense of it probably Sunday at one o'clock. Because if you're like me, when you have all of them, doesn't really matter, right, Like, I amn't. I am in the best situation I can be in where whoever plays, I start them easy. But most people aren't in my situation.

You have Mike Boone nobody else where, you have Alexander Madison, nobody else And the question becomes, what do you do? Frank, how imperative is it to wait for these guys on Monday night? You're gonna answer it depends on the situation, right, It depends on who you have in front of them. And I think you have to look at guys like Raheem mostert A, DeAndre Washington, Um, then you can you

can go for like Patrick Laird for instance. Right, Like, I think these are the type of players that people have and they have the decision to try to figure out. So Riyan Johnson is another one. What do you do if you're in that situation? I will do this the easiest way possible, Greg, And I'm legitimately just going to name the running backs that I have ranked ahead of Mike Boone. I am ranking Mike Boone right now, assuming that Alexander Madison and Dalvin Cook are not going to

play in this game. There are twenty one running backs that I would start ahead of Mike Boone as of now. So if this running back plays on Saturday or Sunday and you have Mike Boone on your team, start said running back that I'm about to mention ahead of Mike Boone. Cmc Zeke Kwan, Chris Carson, Joe Mixon, Derrick Henry, Leonard Fournette, Nick Chubb, mark Ingram, Alvin Kamara, Miles Sanders, Melvin Gordon, Aaron Jones, Todd Gurley, Austin Ekeler, Kenyan, Drake Marlon Mack,

Devonte Freeman, DeAndre Washington, Raheem Mostard, Levian Bell. That's it. That's the list. Those are the twenty one running backs I would start ahead of Mike Boone. If you have someone playing on Saturday or Sunday, why jeezus, this could be This could be the decision that makes you your breaks. Th um Boone looked good. We know that that Minnesota runs the ball, uh they rely on their running back

for a ton of carries, says Catches as well. Boone is a guy that UM I drafted in some of my best ball leagues because there was some belief that maybe he could be the backup because Madison was the rookie and Boone's been there for a bit. Um. I was reading something a couple of days ago on Boone and he like basically broke the the Oh my god, what can the combine physically and athletically? This guy is an absolute animal, um, But we haven't seen him get

an opportunity. This could be hit. This could be the time they put him on on the list and he becomes a big thing. Or he could be a third string running back that you start in front of somebody that's been getting it done all year and it breaks your heart. So I really like Frank's list. I think I would probably start all of those guys in front

of Boone. UM, but someone like lay Aired Um, you know, Carlos Hide, you know, maybe even like James Conner or someone like that, I might start Boon in front of them. If for sure, I know he's going to be the starter for me. I you're not talking about it in the break a little bit, Frank and I think that Mike Boone is worth waiting for you if you can do it, But there are twenty running backs that you trust more. He is a running back too. He is better than some of these flex guys, no doubt about it.

But if you have a top twenty running back, you avoid having to deal with this. It's not like there's a reason that Mike Boond is third on the dep one. You need three of these more than likely because you need one for your RB one, RB two and your flex spot. But my point is that there's a reason that Marke Mike Boon is third in the depth chart. Right, He's not Dalvin Cook. He's probably not Alexander Madison, but he was right. I mean, the guy is athletically gifted,

but he did break the combine. The problem is he hasn't had an opportunity. And obviously Vin Cook has the draft pedigree and he's been really good, and it just drafted Alexander Madison in the third round. So those guys have draft pedigree and they're also really talented. So it might not even be a knock on Mike Boon. He might be a really good player too. It's just that those other the players he surrounded around are also really good and we're drafted highly, so of course the Vikings

are gonna go with those guys over him. Fair enough, there's there's your bow if you will on Mike Boon speaking of bow. So we're bolieving because it looks like carry On Johnson is back facing off against the Denver Broncos this week, the Broncos. In the lines, I talked a lot about my defense, right, I think that the Denver defense e y as is during the break, Kansas

City or Denver in the also out there as well. Um, I've gone with Denver like That's what I'm putting my market, like Washington too, you know that, I know you like Washington. I brought up Houston on Saturday against Jameis Winston and Tampa Bay. I think they're an option as well. There's a lot of good streaming defenses. Do you think carry On Johnson plays Frank? If so, where is he ranked?

I have him ranked assuming that he's going to play him as my RB thirty six, So a low end flex option, a low nd RB three tougher matchup going up against Denver, you don't know what the workload is going to be it's a risky situation. We spoke about this a couple of weeks ago, you know the potential of adding carry on Johnson. Just to give you an idea, the running backs that I have ranked just ahead of him, Bouston, Scott, Miles, Gaskin,

Sony Michelle, Carlos Hide, Ronald Jones. So if you have one of those guys in your flex, I think you leave that player in over to carry on Johnson. Okay, carry on Johnson, Gary and Johnson a fine flex play, but there's definitely risk involved. You just don't know what his workload is gonna be. Why are you buying the fact that Court and Sutton is so ticked off about not making the Pro Bowl that they're gonna do everything in their power to first feed of the ball. They're

gonna go off this week. I don't think I'm convinced to that. I think Carlos Sutton is is a number one. And we talked about this in the In the preseason, I ranked him as a number one and and I wanted as many number one wide receivers that I could get. He's proven that he has arrived and he is the real deal. The problem is has been inconsistent play from the quarterbacks. Um block does look like he's going to be the future there is going to turn himself into

a pretty decent quarterback. But I still can't trust um that that connection or the fact that you know Carl Sutton, or because of the snub, the Pro Bowl snub, that he's going to, you know, all of a sudden have the game of his life. I think he's a number one, and I think playing against Detroit doesn't really scare me that much. So I mean, if you have Sutton, I think you start him for sure. Yeah, you don't need a snub to go off against the Lions. They allow

the second most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. I have Courtland Sutton as my wide receiver eight overall. On the other side in this game, I have Kenny Gollady wide receiver twenty seven. So I'm a little bit lower on Kenny Golladay in this spot. The targets haven't necessarily been there. Uh, David Blow not taking shots down the field. The Broncos secondary um has been a little bit inconsistent, so see what happens ultimately. But um, yeah, I think

Kenny Golladay is more of a boom bus play. At his point, Craig right, Galladay with David Blow has not been as good as we hope for Holiday had a tough schedule here in the playoffs, and it made it only tougher when you had David Blow throwing him the football. Would you were? Are Philip Lindsay and Royce Freeman for you this week? So I am down on Philip Lindsay as well. I know that Detroit you look at them as a matchup where you want to use running backs

all year. They've actually been better against running backs recently. So I have Philip Lindsay as my RB twenty eight. I have him ten spots lower than consensus. I think he's more of a flex option. Lindsay hasn't played well recently. Royce Freeman, they're still splitting snaps. It's just it's a messy situation. They can't run the ball effectively. I think that they try and throw in the spot. If Noah fans healthy, I think that they use him against the

lines here as well. Obviously I like Courtland Sutton. I'm a little bit more down on Philip Lindsay this week. Craig Philip Philip lindsay, Uh, you would rather start here with Mike Boon. I would use Mike Boon. He wait on Mike Boon for that one. Yes, let me continue on Frankly, just keep chugging along there. Yeah, just try and rattle off as many like names that people might be worried about in game as possible, and we'll just

kind of talk it through all right. So you were talking or Adventure was talking about Curtis Samuel in Carolina. D J. Moore, We've heard about in Carolina this week because Will Greer is starting at quarterback. What does that due to these wide receivers. Don't fool around with Curtis Samuel. He's banged up, he's dealing with an injury, didn't practice today, he's questionable, and he has Will Greer as his quarterback

on top of all that. So uh, d J. Moore, I still have as a high end a wide receiver too. I told you I was gonna downgrade him a little bit. He has been a bona fide wide receiver one. So you do see him kind of take a little bit of a knock here in the rankings. But I still think that the targets will be there because who else

They're gonna throw in some McCaffrey. Maybe Olsen gets a little bit sprinkled in here, But I think as long as d J. Moore is on the field, Will Greer won't really have an option but to target him because of that volume. He's a high and wide receiver. Two E Y T You on the other side of his game's Indianapolis Cols. T Y Hilton is expected to play. He's supposed to see increased snaps, increased usage, increased everything. Are you confident in your Fantasy finals to go out

there and put in t Y Hilton? Yeah? Absolutely. T Y Hilton is a gamer um. Even when he's banged up, he shows up. I know, uh, he didn't have a ton of snaps last week, but I think they're they're trying to be smart. But this is a game that the Indianapolis Colts need to win. You mean, like they're in the same division with the Titans and they're all battling. I believe Houston's in first right now, but all the

other teams are right there. You know, a couple of losses from Houston, a couple of wins from Indy, and their first place in that division. So Yeah, they're gonna go for it. Uh, that's the most important piece on that team. T Y Hilton is a mustart. And of course you gotta get Marlon Mack in your line up as well. I think he's a solid RB two going up against the Panthers. The Panthers have allowed twenty three rushing touchdowns the running backs this season. The next closest

team is the Jaguars, who have allowed fourteen. The Panthers have allowed nine more rushing touchdowns to running backs this year than the next closest team. You gotta use Marlon Mack this week. Marlon Mack definitely needs to be deserves to be in your lineup Championship Week. Oh next, let's get to the New York Chests. They're at home taking on Pittsburgh. And you want to talk about players that people of questions on Frank, that's what brings us to

Levan Bell. You weren't sure you thought about it, Rochard Perriman or Levan Bell, I said Levian Bell. You said Rochard Perriman, sticking to your guns. I am sticking to my guns. I'm going with Brashad Perriman going up against the Houston Texans, the vertical passing attack of the Tampa Bay Bucks. I think the targets will be there for Perriman as well Levian Bell. It's a revenge game, and I think that the Jets are gonna try and get

him in the end zone. But you can't kind of look away from the fact that it's a tough matchup. The Steelers have been a tough matchup for running backs all season long. They don't allow high yards per carry to opposing running backs. Levian Bell's usage has been frustrating all season long. So I think, you know, while it is a revenge game, you've gotta be realistic with your projection on Levian Bell. He's a low n RB two

in this matchup. E Y, how confident are you in some of the other pieces here, specifically Jujuice Smith Schuster, who's not even on the injury report this week, Jujuicemith Schuster. He's back for the Steelers. Is he back in your story line up on Championship Sunday? I think if you have him and you have him in your lineups, he's

a guy that I don't own anywhere. UM I believed him making the transition from sharing the field with Antonio Brown to being the man was going to be a huge hurdle for him, and I think for the most part, I was right in that assessment. Being the number one wide receiver on a team is is hard work. I mean, you're gonna be double teamed. You're the defense is going to plan for you and plan to stop you and take you away. He's the best player on that team,

and uh and that defensive have done that. I think the New York Jets try to do that as well. Um and the Duck is not a quarterback that I trust, So yeah, I mean, for me, I think you starred him. But uh, I would be very, very worried if I was relying on Juju Smith Schuster. I don't think I can do it. Frank. Juju is my highest ranks Stealers wide receiver this week, and that is at wide receiver forty four. So it tells you everything you need to

know about the Steelers passing. It was Robbie Anderson and James and Crowder. I have Robbie at wide receiver thirties seven and Crowder at wide receiver third nine. It's tough to figure out who's gonna see the targets. Again, the Steelers secondary has been really good. They have a lot more fantasy points to outside wide receivers recently, so I think Robby Anderson there is some upside here, but he's a boom er bus play, so in the championship week

it's tough to really trust that. Because of that, I have him ranked at outside of my top thirty six. Okay, there's their Steelers and Jets update. Next, let's go to the other Giants. There's the other New York teams. New York Giants taking the Washington football team. Frank, you mentioned before you like Washington's defense this week. Daniel Jones is back in the lineup for the Giants. Already been announced. Uh,

he'll be there evinging Ram obviously. On I R. I'll be there with Sa Kuwan and with Sterling Shappard and Golden Tate. Terry mclaurin's and ay, hear a lot about where are all of these wide receivers rank for you. McLaurin is the highest rank wide receiver in this game for me, and I'm quite bullish on him. I have them as a wide receiver to wide receiver nineteen overall is Terry McLaurin. We saw him with a long touchdown last week against Philadelphia. Wouldn't surprise me if he breaks

another long one off this week. I have Darius Slayton once again ranked the highest of the Giants wide receivers. I know Shepherd saw more targets last week, but Slayton has a rapport with Daniel Jones and I think they go back to that again this week. So because of that, Darius Slayton is a solid wide receiver. Three. Greg, alright, we'll take a break, Ey, good luck this week. Man rooted for you up there. It is there, It is all right. We are taking our final break when we

come back. Three questions, three minutes, and it's Championship weekend. Chills to you. Stick around. Are you ready for the nation's first and only, free, twenty four hour network dedicated to you the betting and fantasy sports enthusiast. Sports Crade will provide you with a real time content, statistics, and

gaming intelligence unlike anything you've ever seen before. Located both in the heart of New York City and inside the FanDuel Sports book at the meadow Lands Sports Crede, He's live eighteen hours day here to serve you the fanatic. This is sports grade. Get all the grid. Three questions Frank, three minutes ago of the fantasy football season. Feeling it, Man, You're excited, you pumped up, You're ready to go. Go Man, I got a great Saturday slate. Man, I can't reiterate

that enough. I'm excited. We have an awesome, awesome, awesome Saturday to day. All right, I want to make three questions from three games we haven't spoken about yet. Okay, let's go. Will there be repercutions? Question numb one. Will be repercutions from Melvin Gordon's fumbles last week? He was benched in the second half. What do you do about Melvin Gordon advantage football this weekend? Maybe he sees a slight downstick, but I don't see how they can go

completely away from him. I think that both him and Austin Ekeler are going to see a solid workload this game. I don't know that they want to rely on Philip Rivers, even with it being a solid matchup against the Oakland Raiders. The way to attack them is by throwing the ball. Their past defense has been horrendous. Their run defense hasn't been great. Recently either. But I think that the Chargers rely more so on Melvin Gordon and Austin Ekeler in this game. They don't really put the game in the

hands of Philip Rivers much. And because of that, I see Melvin Gordon getting fifteen twenty touches once again, and Austin Ekelter likely in that twelve to fifteen touch range where he has been all season. Ques Number two, you have to start one Kansas City running back in your championship weekend? Wh would have been Oh god, death is not an option. That's not the answer. Now. I would say if Damian Williams plays, probably him. Question number three

it's with involving the Cincinnati Bengals. Do you start Tyler Boyd this week? Absolutely? I have him ranked as a top twenty four wide receiver on Bullish on Tyler Boyd, He's my wide receiver twenty overall. The Dolphins have been torched by wide receivers all season long. The targets have been there for Boyd as well. Uh, It's just it's a good matchup. How do you get away from it? So you know, if you had like a Tyler Boyd or Julian Edelman I said this yesterday, I'm sticking to it.

I would use Tyler Boyd over Julian Edelman. Edelman has settled in at wide receiver thirty five Greg wide receiver though so so we weren't sure we saw Blake Phels rankings. It's like thirty seven, What are we doing? Now? You have more three thirty four. Now he's all the way down there at thirty five, unbelievable down thirty seconds. Do you have any last final pieces of advice? Frank, Like I said earlier in the show, don't worry about the

name on the back of the jersey. If a player is playing well, if the opportunity is there, if the matchup is right, go with that player. Try your best not to overthink things. If you have a question, hit me up on Twitter at Rodal Underscore Frank. My rankings will be on rodal Experts dot Com as well. Right there you go with Frank standfl and Eric Young. My name is gregg Souter Wager talks up next up a great week and everybody, we hope