Adding Spice To Your Playoff Lineups!

It's finally for the for the rest of the non guillotine league players, this is your your your next on the line. You're losing your out. These are the pivotal games. Do I know what's hilarious? I don't have any games this week. Either got a first round by or I'm out all my leaks, So it's like I got nothing to do, alright. Why am I the only one with the playoff mustache? I thought we agreed we're growing fantasy

playoff mustaches. I thought you just thought it was November still, but no, Yeah, the fantasy it all blends together eventually get an exciting show filled with playoff relevant action. We have three games Saturday. We're gonna break those down in just a minute. Will continue to play. Take a chance on me, will answer three tough questions. Now, these Saturday games, we're not going to give them to you for reasons on board listeners with in the order they're going to

be played. We're gonna juggle the order a little bit. But these are the three three games coming up on Saturday, let's do. Let's start with Baltimore taking on Cleveland. Looks like Tyler Hartley will play in this game, which is good news. Correct, Tyler Huntley off the injury report. Of course, Lamar Jackson is out this week. The Browns have allowed

the fewest rushing yards to opposing quarterbacks this year. However, they've only really faced one running quarterback and that was Lamar Jackson, and he had ten carries for fifty nine yards. Huntley completes a very high percentage of throws for short yardage with vibes, which what Cleveland does defend of Lee. He's only ever thrown for more than two twenty yards in a game once in his career, so you're not

gonna get a lot through the air. But this is a high risk, high rewards c grade almost based solely on the run game for Huntley here as for the rest of the passing game. Mark Andrews is really the only consideration, and he gets just a C. Here Andrews hasn't scored since Week six, which is about the last time the Ravens had a wide receiver on the roster. Uh.

That is that's I mean, that's right. When you know when went down, you'd think you'd think that Mark Andrews would have been better with Bateman out, but teams just flexed coverage specifically to stop the only receiving threat. Since Week seven began, he's averaging three catches for thirty six yards. That's it. He's so pedestrian now. That includes the last meeting with Cleveland, who held Andrews to two targets and

zero receptions. J K. Dobbins gets a B grade and Gus Edwards gets a C. Just after chart rode off the whole running game last week, j K. Dobbins came back and had a hundred twenty yards in a score on fifteen. I've had it with these guys. And then and then Gus took thirteen carries for sixty six. That's not bad. We'll talk more about those two later in the show. Yeah, that's what this team is going to do against Cleveland today uh Saturday. The Browns are allowing

five point two yards per carry. That's the third highest mark in the league. They've also allowed seventeen total touchdowns the running backs, second most in the league. So like both of them. On the other side, Nick Chubb gets a B grade and I'm back to bench and Kareem Hunt. Chubb dominated the touch total last week versus Cincinnati's seventeen six. Hunt was startable that one week against Houston, but the

Ravens are not Houston. The Ravens are a top five team in yards per carry, rushing yards allowed, and combo yards allowed per game at about hundred and ten per Chubb had a hundred and seven yards in a score in the Week seven meeting. I know it's a different defense with ro Kuan Smith, but just three weeks ago ja Michael Hasty was able to tally nine total yards in a score on seventeen touches. It feels like that's

where Chub is. Uh QB Browns had looked slightly better last week, had two seventy six and a score and thirty three on the ground in his second game back. The Ravens have allowed the fifth most passing yards, but have allowed zero or one passing touchdowns in nine of the last eleven games. So it seems like a decent yardage, low touchdown passing affairs. So he gets a seat. Okay, wait, do you have you are you a conscientious objector to Deshaun Watson's name. I have been all year. I have

not said his name once. I've been calling him QB Browns like tech Mobile all year. Okay, Amari Cooper, he scored one touchdown in eight quarters so far, and so I don't you know, I don't think. I don't think even there's many people even considering him anyway. By the way, we said Washington football team before they were even Washington football team on this show way back in the day. It was just Wash. Yeah, it's true, Amari Cooper and Donovan People's Jones. Cooper sat out of practice on Tuesday

and Wednesday was limited on Thursday. Kevin Stefanski said he'll be good to go for Saturday's game, but it's both a hip and a core injury for Cooper and he's been pretty ineffective for the brown since the new quarterback took over. On sixteen targets in those two weeks, he's only managed six catches for eighty two scoreless yards. DPJ, on the other hand, flourished last week twelve targets, eight catches and fourteen yards and has managed double digit PPR

points and six of his last eight. So I'm giving Cooper a C and Donovan People's Jones a B grade in this one. Uh And David and Joku he gets just a C grade seven for seventy one on the first meeting with the Ravens and they're in middle of the pack. Tight end defense. Greg Dulcych did manage six for eighty five two weeks ago, and last week Pat

friar Muth did find the end zone against Baltimore. So surprise, you're solo on in Joko, and yet you're higher on Donovan People's Jones because Donovan People's Jones puts up more numbers than David and Joku. That's why relative to their position, I guess seems like a pretty safe play. Yeah, I mean, he's a C grade. Are you going to cancel my name at the point, I'm a little probably. You know things that I do. And by the way, would you rather play in Joku or Mark Andrews in this one.

I think that is correct. If we had levels of sea grades like pluses or minuses or something like. That's all you have to do. Are You're done right? You omitted one very important factor. What's that JK. Dobbins birthday game? Oh that's right, I forgot j K. Dobbins birthday game, which is good unless he tweets that it's his birthday. How you can't tweet about your own birthday? Okay, Miami's taking on Buffalo Brian and a weather potential weather game.

Everybody's all freaked out. I think people are way over reacting to the space of what we know right now. It may not the snow might even be cleared by the time there's kickoff on this game. And even so, they're talking about like four inches of snow that you know Buffalo is build for this. I'm not sweating it yet, and I'm not gonna until right before kickoff when I see what the actual conditions on the field are. I'm

sweating it a little bit. It's more like a foot wins around fifteen miles per hour, which nothing um, but yeah, these teams are will be the second meeting they played in week three in Miami. There definitely wasn't any snow in that game. So a reference uh those stats a little bit. Starting on the Dolphins side, we're on the road. I got Jeff Wilson and Raheem Mostart on the bench.

I will give the seed to Mostart if Wilson somehow sits, there is a possibility that happens with the Bills have allowed the eighth uist rushing yards of opposing running backs, and only three individual posing backs have top seventy yards against them. One was Zonovant Night last week though, so that that's good, and that was most likely because von Miller has been on I R. That's that's a plus

for the Dolphins backs. But again, if they both play, I got them both on the bench in this one, you know they might be completely invisible as running back to the Dolphins were all white. You might not be able to see them at all. And you have to factor I know, like every Dolphins player isn't from Florida, but the state shuts down when when it drops with the sixty degrees in Florida, So they're gonna says that it's snows in Alabama. So you gotta factor that in

we'll factor that. I'm gonna factor a few things with Tyreek Hill, who I'm only giving a C two in this game. He's nursing an ankle injury, playing on a short week, coming off Sunday night football, playing on Saturday this week. There are the weather concerns, and he only had two scoreless catches for thirty three yards in the first meeting, and that was winter debuts. Ward was not

playing White. I'm sorry White was not playing. He is playing in this game one of the better corners in the league and should be covering Tyree Hill quite a bit. You definitely got to start um, unless it's a guy team league. I think it's a little dice and guilloteam leaks, but standard leagues you're starting him. But temporary expectations. I like Jalen Waddle a little more in this game, giving him a bet, even though he's been slumping big time

over the last two weeks. Just three catches for forty scoreless yards. He hasn't scored in four straight games. And I hadn't realized this, but he's only scored in four games this year. All his touchdowns have come in four games. Wattle, to me, is very dangerous. You and I could not disagree more on this game. Well, it'd be fitting to do for him to do the penguin dance in the snow, right, So that's why I feel like the touchdown touchdown he didn't score in the first meeting, he did have four

catches up for a hundred and two yards. He should see coverage from Dane Jackson often who surrendered three touchdowns over the last five games, and just there's no injury concern here, notre deus white concern. I like Wattle a little more. But you're starting both he entiree killer. You're

not starting Mike Siki. He's on the bench and I'm only given to us see here, if you recall the uh the Bills game was the game where he got knocked out but then came back in, which became very controversial, controversial the following week when he got knocked out again. So he only finished with one sixty one passing yards in a touchdown in the first meeting, which kind of

feels like his borderline ceiling here. The Bills have surrendered zero or one passing touchdowns and five of their last seven games, and the two games they allowed multiple scores during that span where the indoor games in Detroit, and they're not playing in Detroit the this week, so I just gotta see for Tua. Over to the bill side, Devin Singletary, James Cook. I'm benching Singletary and I'll give Cook the sea. The Dolphins are allowing only seventy rushing

yards per game on three point eight yards per carry. Good. That's a sneaky good run defense for the Dolphins. And then they're clearly going to spit uh split time. Um. But Miami has surrendered the sixth most receiving yards and running backs and over the last two weeks alone, opposing backs have totaled twenty catches against Miami. So Cook is the past catching back here. So I like him with the Sea. I got Singletary on the bench, definitely not

benching Stefon Digs. Just gonna give him a be just because of the weather concerns a little bit. I mean, you're starting him, I mean, don't work. I'm a little considered charge we can disagree here. I mean all I'm saying is, can we can we hit the panic button when we actually I feel like we've we've been through this over the last twenty years on this show, where the big snow game happens, everybody freaks out like it's gonna be low scoring. But the wide receivers are still

fine because they know where they're going. It's the defensive backs who have to cut and cover. That's been true in some cases and others not so much. I don't know, we'll we'll see. There's like one game a year where whether actually like you know, totally suppresses you know, the score of the game. Maybe this is gonna be if the winds were a little lower out But anyway, all right, we've got into Weatherman territory. Modest, modest. Seven catches seventy

four yards in the first meeting for Digs. He did score in both games against Miami last year. Mike Williams had a monster game against the Dolphins last week, and Diggs could certainly do the same. So fine, I'll give him an a. No concerns with Stefan Diggs. I have concerns for Gabe Davis. You should if you've started him basically in all any of other than two games this year. Uh, first off, you're not gonna play Isaiah mackenzie, especially since

they signed Cole Beasley. That shows how much fame they had, and Isaiah McKenzie. But I'm still benching Gabe Davis as well. He has scored in three of his four career meetings against the Dolphins, but the game he failed to score in was the one earlier this season. And Davis has also top seventy yards or five catches just once over his last seven games. He's a touchdown dependent wide receiver and that's not someone you can trust in the fantasy playoffs.

I do trust Dawson Knox giving him a sea. The Dolphins are top eight in the most catches, yards, and touchdowns allowed to tight ends on a per game basis. Miami's Eric Rowe is Pro Football focused, his seventh worst safety and coverage allowing, allowing the third most yards and receptions in his coverage, and Knox had only four catches for twenty five yards in the first meeting, but Quentin Morris and Reggie Gilliam combined for four catches and forty

four yards, so hopefully that all goes to Knox. I like him with the Sea. And lastly, Josh Allen, he gets an A. I don't really think I need to go into that. The design rushing plays are coming back to come back four and forty seven total yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting. I think it was six designed rushing plays last week for him, if if I remember correctly, when we came back. We'll get to the the third of three of your Actually this it's

a non Saturday matchup. I think that's next. We'll get to this. We'll get to Falcons taking on Saints coming up next. We'll work in the final Saturday game India at Minnesota a little bit later in the show. Stay tuned more Fantasy Football Weekly coming up next. Take a chance on me nine players not normally just starting lineup. Hey, even though it's the playoffs, you should have a great roster. That doesn't mean injuries and other things have happened that

have forced you to look for some unusual potential starters. Yeah. Maybe lost Kyler Murray last week as as one example. We'll talk about how bad that is a little bit later in the show. I'd like to think that the daily fantasy players like this segment a lot too. It's usually your value. Yeah, let's spending at the quarterback position. Matt mac Jones has struggled a bit this season with the new offensive coordinator, but he faces his old one this week and Josh McDaniels, well, he may be able

to shed some light on mac Jones's weaknesses. McDaniels has a weakness of his own. It's his defense. I like that. Uh. They've allowed the fourth most passing yards this year, eighth most touchdowns at one and thirteen games, and they've only intercepted four passes all the year. Not to mention, don't you think Bill Belichick wants to run it up on his former pupil Oh, he would never do that. Never, mac Jones. All right, let's go to Brian. Your take a chance on the quarterback. I'm going to take a

chance on z Wilson. Zack Wilson, the mill hunter against the Lions. Uh, if you hadn't heard, Mike White has been ruled out with the broken rib. Tried to get cleared by ten different independent doctors. That's a guy. I'll take an eighth opinion. I'll take a ninth opinion. He needs to go see Dr Nick Riviere if he wants to play in this game. Sadly, he's a cartoon character. Zack Wilson's kind of he is. But Hey, it's a good matchup. The Lions suddenly stout run defense has funneled

their opposition to the past. Since Week eight, they're yielding nearly forty pass attempts per game and opposing quarterbacks of average passing yards at one point seven passing touchdowns per game. Detroit has also allowed the most rushing attempts, yards and touchdowns and quarterbacks this season. Wilson's he's got some wheels. Not He's not justin fields by any means. He he's got some mobility. But hey, if you're desperate, it's a great matchup for for Zack. Matt Ryan faces the Vikings

on Saturday. The last seven non Heike quarterbacks to face Minnesota have thrown for three nine yards, three six yards, three D seven six three hundred thirty yards. See that level of ineptitude creates the most favorable matchup of Matt Ryan's entire season, and he's had some explosive games this year. He's topped three hundred fifty yards three different times, although none under Jeff Saturday, Who's got the run heavy approach here.

All three of Ryan's receivers have got positive individual matchups. Will talk about all of them a little bit later. Vikings allowed the most passing yards, the second most completions, and every opposing quarterback has scored since the opener. Let's go to the running back position. You take a chance to me runner Matt. I think it's gonna be Mac jones favorite target, Pierre Strong. Romandre Stevenson just practiced for the first time on Friday with an ankle injury. He

was very limited. Damien Harris was limited in practice on Thursday and Friday, and the Patriots reporter Chris Mason of mass Live dot com said he doesn't look particularly close to and last week it was Pierre Strong and Kevin Harris who filled in. Strong might be the sneaky play because he took five carries for seventy yards, but he also chipped in two catches and twenty yards in the

passing game. Kevin Harris wasn't targeted at all, and they faced the Raiders defense, who's allowed the most receiving yards to opposing runners this year. Even if Stevenson or Harris does go yet, Harris hasn't been involved in the passing game at all. I think Pierre is a strong play. Okay, you're running back, let's let's move on quickly from that Tobacco. It's not Pierre Thomas, Remember Pierre Thomas, oh Man Thomas. I I like Antonio Gibson at home against the Giants.

Will get into this game more later, but it's a weird scenario where these teams last played in Week thirteen, two weeks ago, and the Commanders were on by last week, so there they got back to back games against the Giants, so they they're certainly ready to play New York and this one. Who were who? The Giants were gashed on the ground by the Eagles last week. With defensive tackle Leonard Williams out with a neck injury. He is questionable

to play on Sunday night. And uh the Giants have now allowed eight straight games to an opposing running back to have at least ninety four yards or a touchdown. I know Brian Robinson will be the lead back, but I kind of just think the Commanders roll the Giants and this one and should see some significant work here. I think Brian Robinson sitting on the best game of his guy. He'll be getting a good grade later. Talk

more about that later. You'll remember all preseason I begged people not to draft cam Acres, Well, it's come around to the point where now I'm I'm actually giving him a take a chance on the opportunity on Monday Night. He dominated the carries last week with twelve um. But he's been and he's been. Don't get me wrong, he's been bad like every other ram trying to run behind tenth stringers on the offensive line. But the Packers ranked twenty six and run defense by Pro Football Focus, and

opposing number one runners almost always get paid. Opposing lead runners have scored or top seventy three yards in ten of thirteen games against green Bay. The last four lead runners have all scored touchdowns against green Bay. So look, you need a dart throw Monday night, cam Akers. Let's go to the wide receivers. Well, I shouldn't say that receivers because you often go tight end. Yeah, I went

wide receiver. Just a mess with you. Michael Gallop six or more targets in five of his last six games. But he's really passed the eye test over the last month or so, making some great contested catches, and he scored twice against Indie just two weeks ago. Faces a Jags defense that is allowing the third most touchdowns to the wide receiver position. They're at sixteen through thirteen games, and second wide receivers have have had a lot of success against the Jags as of recent Detroit's DJ Chark

had five catches for ninety yards. Even Marquees Valdez Scantling had sixty yards in a score just a couple of weeks ago. Michael Gallop, let's go all right, Michael Gallup, your take a chance of me wide receiver. Uh, it's another reclamation project from the New York Jets. And Elijah More. Compare him with Zach Wilson. You only live once again. They're at home against the Lions, who quite simply are

not good covering opposing slot wide receivers. Since we gate, they've allowed the most PPR points to the position, and unfortunately More was in a smash spot with Mike White as quarterback. More has had four red zon targets over the last two weeks. But I don't know, we know Zach Wilson like hates Garrett Wilson, so I like Alijah More a little more in this one. I can't turn up anything on Pierre Thomas. I don't know whatever he's

been doing he's doing it in secret. There's no there's like nothing's like he fell off the face of the earth after he retires exactly. If you're listening, tell us what's happening in your life. We're curious. We miss you, Pierre, I do miss Pierre. UM might take a chance to me wide receiver Paris Campbell, I I will, I am also come mining a wide receiver with a quarterback. I told you I loved Matt Ryan this week. The only person who's more of a Paris Campbell fan than me

is Matt Ryan. Ryan has gotten more production out of Campbell than anybody in Campbell's career, and it's not close. Over Ryan's last five games, Paris Campbell averaging five receptions, fifty four yards and half a touchdown. That is solid. He's gonna face a Vikings defense that allows the most yards most receptions to opposing running backs or sorry, posing receivers.

His slot matchup is against Vikings cornerback Chandon Sullivan, who has been better lately, including uh keeping I'm on Ross st Brown in check last week, but on the season, Sullivan giving up a very healthy seventies seven percent catch rate, highest one of the highest in the league. Pierre Thomas's real first name is Charles. I did not know that is his middle name, Pierre. How do you end up Charles Pierre Thomas? At some point you just go, I'm

tired of people calling me Chuck. You need I want something more a jr. So you know, maybe that I wanted to be different than that. Maybe that was it. All right, Let's go to uh the other Saturday game, which is Indianapolis taking on the Minnesota Vikings. Already told you Matt Ryan was might take a chance of me. Quarterback Paris Campbell was gonna take a chance of me wide receiver. So you can assume I like Michael Pittman here. He posted a dud game before the by but the

bounce back is coming in a big way. He runs from all over the field. He's got plus matchups at every stop, particularly on the outside against cornerback Cam Danceler came off I R last week and promptly allowed an eighty percent completion rate and a touchdown. As I already mentioned a moment ago, Minnesota allowing the most yards and

receptions to opposing receivers. So a premote matchup from Michael Pittman with an A grade in this one, and to see great on Alec Pierce as a you know, it's all there's so much, there's so much to be had through the air against Minnesota, and outside receivers have been hammering the Vikings last week. DJ Chark and Josh Reynolds are unstoppable. Before that, it was Garrett Wilson, Before that,

it was DeVante Parker, Nelson Agilar. Look, I go all the way back to the basically the Vikings entire year and find duo's that have performed well against the Vikings, especially from the outside. Pierce is a big bodied receiver who can match the physical play of Patrick Peterson, Camp Danceler.

The tight ends are out of play here because they're all reasonably healthy, and that means Johnny Woods and Moiley Cox and Kylan Granson, it's there are they could any any of them could get use so we're gonna throw them all up. That just leaves Jonathan Taylor the path of least resistance against the Vikings, certainly through the air. But Jeff Saturday's averaging twenty four touches for Jonathan Taylor

per game, so you figure he's gonna get some volume here. Anyway, the Vikings allowing the seventh fewest rushing yards on the fifth lowest yards per carry, so this is not an easy job for Jonathan Taylor. Still, he could chip in some receptions. Minnesota allows the fifth most receptions and receiving yards to the position, and Taylor is usually good for three catches per game. So I think in totality, this

feels like a B grade for Jonathan Taylor. Viking side. Uh, Justin Jefferson's in a grade, but I'll mention he's got a tough tangle with Steph Gilmore for most of this game. Gilmore shadows opposing number ones often and has not allowed a touchdown in his coverage. Still, it's justin Jefferson. You're certainly starting him well. Staying with the passing game here, Adam Thieland gets a C grade. Lines up all over the field, but will most often see cornerback Isaiah Rodgers

on the right side of the field. Rogers is allowing a whopping eighty two percent of the passes in his coverage to be completed. He's only allowed one touchdown all year, but it came in his last game to Michael Gallup, who Matt just mentioned last part of the last uh well, a couple more players from the among the receivers here for the Vikings, t J. Hockenson B grade here, He's consistently in that six catch fifty range solid not amazing,

only one touchdown so far. As a member of the Vikings will face the Cold's defense that has yet to allow a tight end performance above fifty eight yards. They've only given up one touchdown to tight end since Week four. I do like Hockinson's individual matchup. He'll often be covered

by linebacker Bobby Oh creaky, Oh creaky, Oh creaky. He's consistently what just happened church broke on that name like it's week fifteen, I can break He's he is the backup behind Shaquille Leonard and he's allowed the second most targets, the most receptions in the seventh most yards. I'm on linebackers since he started and um and that's a good opportunity for t J. Hockenson B great on him. Kirk Cousins coming up the best game of his of his season and one of the best games of his career.

Really quietly Indie's past defense, though elite, allowing just one hundred eighty nine yards per game. No quarterbacks top two hundred seventy nine yards on the Colts all year. Passers have failed to top the meager milestone of one ninety yards in six the last eight games against Indie. Justin Jefferson alone makes Cousins startable and I've got to see grade on him here, um and I like that. The Colts pass rushes not that good. They ranked thirty and

pass rushed by profoball focus. I've got a C grade on Cousins in a sneaky, tough matchup. Lastly, Dalvin Cook. After a series of grueling matchups and without his left tackle, it's finally a strongly positive matchup for Cook. Colts are bottom twelve and rushing yards, rushing scores, receptions to running backs and receiving yards allowed to running backs and in their two games prior to the bye, and he gave up six rushing touchdowns in those two games and five

and a half yards per carry. A grade for Dalvin Cook. It's about time we can finally talk about Dalvin Cook with a fair amount of confidence. Let's uh, let's take a break when we come back. Final set of matchups for our number one, including the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Christian Kirk has been promising all season. We'll say if that's going to continue. And Trevor Lawrence, who has been running hot and cold against the awesome

pass rush of the Dallas Cowboys. Matt Harrison will tell you what to expect to come back to fantasy football we flee Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly Paul Charchi and Guillotine Leagues dot Com. Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you big block oh matchups beginning with Dallas taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Matt Tony Pollard has been electric, Zeke has been stable for fantasy owners. What do you think of that? To duo? This week in Jacksonville, they both

get in a. Uh. Cowboys running backs have scored twelve touchdowns in the last five games. Man, that's crazy. Is crazy. Jacksonville has allowed the most rushing touchdowns on the year, So I have a feeling they're both going to score here. Dak Prescott gets an A as well. Jacksonville bottom ten in passing yards, passing scores, and rushing yards allowed to

the quarterback position. In case Dak wants to run one in UH Ceedee Lamb gets an A and Michael Gallup gets a B as might take a chance on the receiver. I mentioned Jacksonville likes to give up touchdowns to the wide receivers, and Lamb has scored or topped a hundred yards and four of his last six Dalton Schultz. I called Dalton as Deck's only touchdown passed last week. It didn't work, but Deck only did have one passing score

went to Tony Pollard. Schultz did come away with six catches eighty seven yards on ten target of the end position every week over the last five weeks. Dalton Schultz is tight end too behind Travis Kelsey. He's an A grade. The Jags are allowing the third most yards to opposing tight ends on the Jacksonville side. Travis e t n faced a similarly good run defense last week and the

Titans he took seventeen carries for thirty two yards. Now randomly, the Cowboys have allowed the ninth most rushing yards to running backs, but they don't give up touchdowns only six total on the year. UH it's unlikely he finds the end zone, so just a C grade for e T n Trevor Lawrence is going to play despite missing some practices with a toe injury this weekend. Last week, he's faced three of the worst past defenses in the league

the last three weeks. Returned two games of over three yards with three scores in each of those, but then he played Detroit and put up a stinker in one seventy nine and one. This week he gets Dallas, who's top six in passing yards and touchdowns allowed. The bright spot is the Cowboys have allowed multiple passing scores four times in the last eight games, but that's the whole season. If it's me, I leave Lawrence on the bench, but

in in single quarterback leagues for sure. If it's super flex, I get one of those Fantasy Football Weekly commemorative coins and flip it. I want to tell you to start a Jags receiver. I'll give Christian Kirk the lowest possible C grade here simply because he gets the target share. In the last seven games, he's averaging a target nine

times per game, nine times nine. You're absolutely playing with fire in the fantasy playoffs if you're starting z Jones, though, you're chasing the upside of the eleven for two weeks ago for the eight seventy seven and a score I had last week against Tennessee, but he could end up with the two for sixteen he had against Detroit in the middle there, Dallas has allowed fourteen touchdowns to wide receivers,

which is sixth most in the league. So Za Jones is like the super high risk, super high reward play. Like if you played George Kittle last night in your fantasy playoffs and you need that swing for the fence upside, that's a Jones. I think you're underestimating Christian Kirk. You know they lost their slot cornerback Jordan Lewis Okay, and raw Doron Bland has been manning the slot. He gives up an eighty two percent catch rate, and Kirk is

the nookie Blankie. He's woo yeah, the wooby for Trevor Lawrence. I think I think you're underestimating Christian Kirk. You said C grade. I have him almost an A grade in my ranking. Well, I mean, how about his favorite wide receiver, Evan Ingram Okay, who rocket it up to tight end five and PPR leagues eleven catches a hundred and sixty two yards and two scores. Uh last week last week. His single game last week was more points than Darren Waller has scored all year, and kudos to Brian for

picking him up mid matchup last week on the show. Uh. Likely probably to replace Darren Waller on your team, I would think, right, Yeah, I've been streaming. Ever, the Cowboys have only allowed one tight end touchdown this year and only one tight end is top to fifty yards against them this year. He's a C grade, mostly because the Cowboys haven't faced any tight ends better than Dallas Goddard or t J. Hoggins, and Evan Ingram might be the best tight end they faced. All nice call in Evan

Ingram last week. Actually, you two hammered your ta coms. You hammered almost all these dark tek A good week last week? Yeah, you two had about the best week I can remember you having, I mean, like ever as a combo platter. Wow, that was an amazing I appreciate that I did only give Ingram a C, but the picking him up mid show, I guess really you did. Let's go to Detroit Lions taking on the New York Jets on the Detroit side. They come off a high.

Another in a series of high flying offensive games. But this is the best defense they've seen in a long time. These Jets cornerbacks are awesome. What do you think of Jared Goff and this passing game, Brian, Yeah, arguably their toughest matchup all year, starting with Jared Goff, just to see for him, With seven touchdown passes over his last three he's been lights out. But a matchup with the Jets is the last thing fantasy managers want to see

on the schedule. New York has surrendered a m easily five passing touchdowns over their last ten games, and during that same span, no opposing quarterback has managed to top two d and fifty passing yards. And that's why I have just a cee on a mon ros st Brown. Over the last five weeks, New York has allowed the third fewest receptions and yards to wide receivers and just two touchdowns. Cornerback Michael Carter, not running back, has allowed

a pass a rating of just sixty seven. From the slot where st Brown lines up over half of the time. He's not gonna find much space on the outside either against Sauce Gardner or DJ Read So just the sea for st Brown and uh for those reasons. I have DJ Shark and Jamison Williams, who was playing in a Spike game. By the way, Jets took Garrett Wilson a couple of picks before James and Williams. Uh, they're both on the bench, and this one is it's a brutal matchup.

DeAndre Swift on the bench as well. I will give Jamal Williams to see. Swift has had double digit touches and just one of his last six games, so he's a pretty easy sit in a pretty tough matchup. I kept thinking, you know, a month ago, he was gonna slowly get healthier and his role was gonna expand. But DeAndre Swift's role really hasn't changed in the last month, and it continues to be middling and a little random.

I don't think you can start him at this point Fantasy playoffs, you know your hat on the line, No thanks, He's on the bench. But and Lions run defense has been awesome for over a month. Well they don't have to play against their own run defense. Well that helps. But Jamal Williams again gets the sea. He leads the league with thirty three carries inside the ten yard line.

Leads the league and rushing touchdowns. You're praying for a goal line plunge here, but you might get it because defensive tackle Quinnin Williams hasn't practiced all week, unlikely to play. He still could, but uh that'd be a big boon for Williams. So I will get him to see over to the jet side and zonovan Bam night, Bam, bam, bam. We're waiting on this, remembering again, that's a lot of bams for just giving him to see though. I was

gonna be like Bam bam from the Flintstones. I want to hear it one more time because the uh yeah, the Footstones would have been a good one too. Emerald is more recent in the memory than the Bam band from the Flintstones. But as Charts just mentioned that Detroit defense is legit no longer a soft matchup for opposing running backs. Over their last five games, the lines have allowed an easily third two combo yards are running backs.

That's seventies six per game rushing and receiving and just two touchdowns of the position over the that five game spam span. But Bam has monked great. There used to be a can of spam I left in here. Someone took it. That's funny. This Minnesota Bams looked great though he has four his twenty five miss tackles over his last three games. Volume based play, but a tough matchup,

So just a CEE for Bam. I was gonna give Garrett Wilson an a in the in the reverse split game against Jamison Williams, Yes, until Mike White was ruled out, So I'm dropping him to a C with uh Zach Wilson a quarterback he does. The splits have proven it. Hopefully they break that trend, but it is a good

matchup on paper. Over Detroit's last five games, they've surrendered five wide receiver touchdowns and have allowed a two hundred yard wide receiver performance and to one yard wide receiver performances. So see for wills in and basically I gave Elijah Morris cy he was might take a chance on me

wide receiver. Uh see for Tyler Conklin as well. The Lions are allowing more than five catches and fifty five yards per game to tight ends and they have also surrendered the third most touchdowns to the position, and uh so I like the receivers enough, and that's why Zack Wilson was might take a chance for me quarterback. I'm gonna add a little something to how good does Lions run defense is because I fear that listeners don't realize Dalvin Cook just ran fifteen times for twenty three yards.

Before that, Travis Etienne fifty four yards, a couple of games before that, sa Kwon Barkley twenty two yards. Uh, and a couple of games for that, Aaron Jones twenty five yards. I mean, these are some of the best, most productive runners in the NFL that have been put on horrific games against the Lions run defense. They're biting their kneecaps off, just as probably happened Salute League Indianapolis cold snope not doing that one. Sorry, Plicans taking on

the Saints. It is the first It's the big regular season debut for Desmond Ritter. Uh. If he was especially promising, we'd have seen him a long time ago. We have everybody on Atlanta on the bench, and this one the Ritter bit. We're not gonna start him or any other part of the passing game when we don't know a lot about what he could possibly bring. We know he has a strong arm. He has a little mobility, but

that is it. And it's above average Saints past defense that foils bottom tier passers repeatedly, Drake London is the only receiver you considered. But get this, Drake London has been under forty yards and ten of the past eleven games he's killing fantasy teams. We're gonna put that whole passing game on the bench, and all the runners around the bench here too. Corderrell, Patterson, Tyler, l jeer Chet, Huntley. Uh. The Falcons run a lot, but that volume doesn't always

mean big games. All the runners share carries and nobody gets a bankable amount of work. And in the last three game, New Orleans has been very good against the run, only allowing one brat back to reach even fifty yards against them. And again Desmond Ritter throws a sizeable question mark into the whole offense. They're on the bench. Let's go to the Saint side where there's not a lot

to like here either. Frankly, you think of the Falcons is being pretty soft, but there's and there's a few angles, but not many. Let's start with one of the fantasy assassins of this year, Alvin Kamara. It's been seven games since Alvin Kamara topped three and a half yards per carry. That's horrific. And it's been six games since he's scored, and remember he scored in one game all year. That's it.

The Falcons could be a get right spot for Kimara, particularly with mark ingram Oucu will get a lot of volume here over the last seven games. Atlanta has a lot of running back to rush for at least eighties six yards or score, including three yard performances. But I can't get Camara above a C grade based on what he's done so far. Let's go to the passing game.

Chrystal Lava gets a C. Atlanta feels like a positive matchup on when you just say it like Crystal Lava against the Falcons, But they've actually been excellent against whiteouts of late. Over the last five weeks, they've allowed the fewest receptions, the fewest yards, and the fewest touchdowns to opposing receivers, and a lot of that's because after early season struggles, their top cornerback A. J. Terrell has been outstanding and he likely shadows a Lava in this one.

Since returning from injury and week eleven. A J. Terrell has allowed three total catches since Week eleven, no scores and a passer rating of forty in his coverage. So I can't get more than a C for chrysal Lava and a strongly considered a bench grade here. You could try a dart throw on Rashid Shahid, who blew up last week, and he'll start on the outside again. The beauty of him is he doesn't face A J. Terrell will be shadowing Crystal Lava. He'll get Darren Hall, who's

not very good. He owns a Pro Football Focus ranking his quarterback sixty one, and he got burnt two touchdowns two weeks ago. I'm giving a C grade to Rashid Shahid in this game. Everybody else is on the bench. Andy Dalton's on the bench. Falcons have proven they can hold bottom tier passers and check facally, mostly guys at

Dalton's level. Over the past six week they've weeks they've only allowed one touchdown per game, and the two tight ends, Jown Johnson and Adam Troutman are both dealing with ankle injuries, and I don't want to watch them hobble through a game and split time between the two of them. If one of them misses entirely, I guess you could start the other one, but I think you're probably better off looking elsewhere. Final matchup is Philip of this segment, Philadelphia

Eagles taking on the Chicago Bears. This could be a massively one sided affair against a deeply slumping Chicago defense. Is there anything not to like about the Philadelphia Eagles. He's gonna be a blood bath. Jalen Hurts and A J. Brown they're a grades and I don't feel I need to expand their do not. Miles Sanders an easy a as well. Chicago allowing the sixth most rushing yard and

the third most rushing tds. Devanta Smith is the only other Eagle you might start this is This is complicated, though, I'm giving him a B. He has scored in each of the past two weeks. Has seen at least eight targets in five straight games, and that's after a bit of a roller coaster in that category earlier in the year.

Over the last five weeks, which is only four games for the Bears, they've allowed six total wide receiver touchdowns and that's the fifth most in that span and They're the only team in that bottom five that played four games instead of five. So I think the catch on Devant Smith though, is when Dallas Goddard plays that dudes all over the map, including some bad games. And if Goddard comes back, I'm worried about Jalen Hurts being able

to keep him fat. Yeah, God heard a little questionable and I don't know why the Eagles would rush him back in this man and this matchup at all. So doesn't that say if Goddard does play, it means he's probably probably pretty I guess if he goes, he's probably a C grade. I'm just nervous that they might go, let's what the kid gloves on and put you on the bench and stop it. With that talk, I wanted to place where I want this match up badly to

Justin Fields practiced in full on Thursday and Friday. He's ready to go coming out of the bye week. Seven different quarterbacks have top twenty rushing yards against the Eagles this year. They were Cousins, Wentz, Kyler, Pickett, Tannehill, Danny Jones, and Tyrod Taylor, and Kyler and Jones are the only real running quarterbacks in that group. They're allowing six point eight yards per carried a quarterbacks this year, so I expect fields to run forever. I'm not even looking at

the incredibly tough passing match up here. That's all gravy. He's a running back in this game, and he gets a B grade. And we should remember Jordan Davis is back for the Eagles. That plugs up the middle of the field, and that could affect fields as well forever forever. Chase Claypool has already been ruled out. Colt met is the only receiver in consideration here, and I don't think i'd even start him. The Eagles are top ten receptions,

yards and touchdowns allowed to tight ends. If you're looking for four catches and forty yards, I think that's the ceiling for commit here. I got a tight end for you later in the show. If you're if you're banking on coal, commit all right, better option. I got a W grade on a tight end later in the show too. David Montgomery gets a B grade, though he's certainly a

bell cow right now. He'll get fifteen touches and he's probably got the best chance to score outside of fields, even with what should be a negative game script, Montgomery likely serves as one of the top receiving options with all the issues at wide receiver, and in the last two games where the Bears have lost by ten or more points, he's still managing at least fourteen PPR points in those games, so he's still getting fed. Yeah, it's uh,

David Montgomery has been pretty safe in this offense. Absolutely, it's true. When we come back for our number two Fantasy Football Weekly, three Tough Questions, and we continue to break down all of the matchups, including the Pittsburgh Steelers Carolina Panthers. Naji Harris playing much better of late. Is he a safe start here? Is Carolina going to take control of their division? That all could come together? We'll tell you when we come back for our number two

Fantasy Football Weekly. Please stay tuned our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you. Thank you for joining. This is a game we like to call three tough Questions. We traditionally begin with Tough Question Number one. Rest of the season is New York Jets running back Zonovian Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Night and RB one RB two flex or bench. We begin with Matt uh So. He's been a starter for three weeks. He's only been active for three weeks

in his career in PPR leagues. In the last three weeks, he's RB eleven. He's averaging eighteen touches per game, and even when Michael Carter came back last week, he led the touch count nineteen to eight. He's made James Robinson, who they traded for midseason, inactive twice in the last three weeks. This coaching staff absolutely believes in him. They're going to keep giving him the ball Detroit this week,

Brian alluded to it not the best matchup. The final two weeks have him against Jacksonville and Seattle, both our bottom ten run defenses. He's a Bam Bam RB one. The rest of the way, all right, Brian, for the rest of the season is Jets running back Zonovan bam Night in RB one, RB two flex or bench. Yeah. I don't have much to add uh what Matt said, and I agree RB one and saying Seattle is a

bottom ten rush defensive generously. The bottom defense them in Houston are like looking at each other like Jaguars are bad too. Bam, Mike might and I have a great game this week, but will make up for it against Jacksonville and Seattle in week sixteen and seventeen. So are we one? Uh, it's not a night's really good. He's really good. I mean you look at him, you go, that guy is running hard, he's fast, he's got power.

So I decided, okay, that's what my eyes say. Pro Football Focus think he's the eighth graded runner right now by Pro football folks. It's the schedule is favorable except for this week, the really tough matchup, and because we've only got four games left and I've got one of them this this week and really three for the fantasy playoffs, I've got him as a C this week. I think

he'll be a B next week at Jacksonville. He's an A against Seattle C B and A averages out to a B. And that is a running back to for Zonovan Night. Tough question number two. Baltimore running back JK. Dobbins ran for one twenty yards and eight yards per carry in his return last week. Rest of season? Is j K Dobbins a running back? One running back to flex or bench? And for this one, we begin with Brian Johnson h Cleveland this week somewhat a somewhat neutral

matchup in Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Those aren't smash spots like a Seattle or Jacksonville or Houston, but it looked like Dobbins earned the starting job back that he kind of never really had he did when he was last healthy, which was what yeah early remember. So I'm gonna go conservative here and say RB two, but I like him a lot. I mean, this is a run first team

now the row. It doesn't matter who's at quarterback. So I'll go I'll go safe here and say RB two for j K. But I love him on his birthday on Saturday, Matt, rest of season is JK Dobbins and RB one, RB two flex or bench. You know you're kind of onto something last week with the I don't want anything to do with this running game. Yes, Um, Cleveland this week is the best matchup for him the rest of the way. Um. And I gave him a B in that matchup, and and and that's genuinely a

bottom five run defense this week. If that's the cap on what we think of j K Dobbins right now, I don't think I can even make him an RB two because I think he's just a C grade the rest of the way, so I have him as a flex. So he posted this gaudy stat line last yards. Yeah, here's what really worries me. He had a like a sixty yard run through a wide open hole and he was slow, like dropped the piano slow. And he's clearly doesn't have his natural gate back yet. I'm telling you

J K. Dobbins does. He's still not right on that knee. It's the explosiveness, the acceleration, the top end speed all missing. I think we're gonna have to wait until next year before he comes back. So I don't think it's coming back in the next three weeks for a Fantasy playoff run. This is still a crowded backfield. Remember this like a fifty fifty split with Gus Edwards last week. Schedule. To me is is middle of the pack. It's ninth thesist by Rhoda Wire, no stoppers left. I think he gets

C grades the rest of the way. You give him a B today, I'm giving him a CE today. I think he's he's BC grade. I think the rest of the way J K. Dobbins is a flex play tough question number three in Dynasty Empire and Keeper League, So really, any league we're carrying over players, should playoff teams be allowed to make roster moves and if so, should the non playoff teams be allowed to make roster moves? Matt,

this is short and sweet. If next year is on the line at all, absolutely you have to let people make roster moves. And I would not play in a Dynasty or Keeper league that did not allow teams to make roster moves if they're out of the playoffs. That's it because because you you have next year on the line, If you can't make moves for next year and other teams can, that's an unfair advantage. So should should every anybody be allowed? So the question everybody should question everybody

should be allowed to make? Yes, everybody should be allowed to make moves, including non playoffs. Yes, okay, Brian, same question in Dynasty Empire or Keeper leagues? Should playoff teams to be allowed to make roster moves? And if so, should everybody, including non playoff teams be allowed? Full agreement with Matt, and I don't this isn't part of the question, but I'm gonna throw in my opinion that I think there should be no trade deadlines and Dynasty leagues either.

And I played pretty much all the ones I play and have a trade deadline, and I don't like it, But I think there should be no trade deadline. What you're thinking, because there's no no one's gonna if your

fear collusion, you deal with that after the fact. I think you should just still be able to make trades to improve your team for the future, or even if a few weeks ago, right for the trade deadline, I felt I was a contender, but then you know, the s hit the fan and I want I could there's an opportunity to trade a player or prove my team

for rebuild. I have an issue at that in Empire, for sure, because but your empire, your empire, your reigning Empire champion, and many but people would collude against them at that point in the point. Deal with that if that if it's if that's it's apparent that that was the case. But I don't know. But well, it's not even clusion trying to make that guy lose. How about in in Dynasty and keeper leagues, once you're out of the playoffs, you can start making trades again, Yeah, that'd

be interesting. I suppose here's what would worry me about a no trade deadline dynasty. Really any league, It's championship week now, these teams just like sell I know I've made it to the championship, right, I may as well just sell out to do whatever it takes because I'm just down to me. I got one game to win.

I can see just basically just a bidding war with these two teams doing whatever it takes to just win one game, and that could that could throw off some of the balance and integrity of the league at that point. So I don't I'm not I'm not. No, I'm not

keen on that. Uh correct answer to the core question here and dying to see Empire and keeper leagues should playoff teams to be allowed to make roster moves, yes, and anything that you were allowing your playoff teams to do, you have to allow your non playoff teams to do as well. Let's move on to our next matchup, which is Brian Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the Carolina Panthers. Sure you want to get into this one because it's us um well, Mason Rudolph, maybe you're starting quarterback for the

Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah, it might be to him, or it might be you got the old sad trauma. Oh. We will always have some trombones. I think we've got about five. Get rid of the big trombone. I had to get rid of the slow dying trombone. It's good that we got rid of the three trombones. Sounders on the button bar for a guy who didn't play down to one. Kenny Pickett looking doubtful at this point. Uh, probably not

going to clear concussion proto call. So whether it's true Whisky or Rudolph there on the bench for me as our George Pickens and Deonte Johnson because of the quarterback situation. Uh, that is just disgusting. I want to throw this out there about Deonta Johnson real quick. Though he has the sixth sixth most targets with a hundred and thirteen, has not scored touchdown. That's hard to do. Here are the players with the most receiving yards without a touchdown. Deontay

Johnson clearly his first with sixty seven. Second is Tyler Higbee with four D fifty five nearly two hundred less receiving yards. So I mean, he probably do, but I don't trust True Whisky or Rudolph to get him the ball on painted grass. So pickens Deonta Johnson on the bench, as is Pat fryar Muth. He might not play with the foot issue, but if he does, I still got him on the bench. He's been limited by it. Has barely played over the snaps over the past two weeks,

resulting in consecutive games of only three receptions. The Panthers have also surrendered only three touched hounds to tight ends all season, and one of those touchdowns went to Kyle Pitts, who was actually a wide receiver. So I don't like friar Muth. He's on the bench now. J Harris is not, though he gets to see Jalen Warren returned last week and stole some touches. That's to be expected again, but

Harris will lead the way. On paper, not a great matchup though, since giving up two d eleven combo yards and five scores at Joe Mixing in Week nine, the Panthers are allowing only eighty combo yards per game to running backs was zero touchdown, So a tough matchup on paper for Harris, but he's startable with the sea over to the Panthers side. All the sort out there, Sam Donald, he is on the bench. I will give a seed to DJ Moore dealing with an ankle injury, but he's

trending towards playing. The Steelers are top five in the most receptions and touchdowns. Why are we starting Dj Moore? Did he have a catch last week? He got hurt, but he's he's supposed to play. It's a good matchup if we'll call it a C dart, not a see

a CE dart on DJ. More of your desperate That sounds like a D grade and UH at wide at wide receiver if you're desperate, if you're desperate running back, I'll throw a couple more Sea arts at Dante Foreman and Cuba Hubbard Foreman at twenty two touches last week to the sevent team from Cuba, but Cuba rapped, racked up more yards and scored a touchdown. Props again to Matt on that call to give him the peacock there. Well, like we see a time share in a somewhat neutral matchup.

The Steelers are allowing on eight combo yards and just under one touchdown per game to to uh one total touchdown per game to opposing running backs. So not a great matchup. But if you're desperate running back, you can start either Foreman and work Hubbard. We're gonna try to work in quickly Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans because this is pretty straightforward. Although there's one wrinkle in this matchup, and let's go right to that. It's this

passing game. I almost considered a B grade on Patrick Mahomes because get this, Houston allows the fewest passing touchdowns in the league point nine per game. And it's not entirely because teams just run on Houston. That's a factor. That's why I gave Dak Press gotta sea last week that you guys are red hot. Last week you absolutely

nailed them. Teams run on Houston at the second highest clip. Now, the Chiefs are not exactly channeling Priest Holmes these days, but we are going to get a good game out of his a patico and this one and I like him a lot, and we'll talk about him in a second, but you got to expect some diminished output from Mahomes because that's how it goes for basically every quarterback that faces Houston, but still I can't not give him an A grade. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey likely breaks out of

his mini slump here. Any tight end who has had at least five receptions against Houston has turned it into at least sixty yards. So we'll give the A grade to Travis Kelsey. But again, it wasn't as strong as Eve an A grade as he often gets on this show. The only other receiver that you'll want to consider starting is Juju Smith Schuster, who finally sparked last week after a month of dud games. Uh, and that wasn't probably

against a Broncos defense that is normally very good. This is a trickier matchup than it looks though, for reasons I've already discussed. Houston's allowed a league low get this, four touchdowns to wide receivers all year. It's mid December and they've given up four touchdowns and wide receivers. Read is Uh, he's got a, like I said, a trickier

matchup than it. Then it looks like on paper, um, he's gonna line up outside where he usually lines up outside most often, where he's gonna see Derek Stingley and Stephen Nelson. They're both banged up. Should one or both miss this game. Juju faces journeyman Desmond King most often, who gave up five catches and a touchdown last week. That would be a positive for him, and that's why I've got a C grade on Juju Smith Schuster not

technically a receiver, but another great call by Matt Harrison. Three. Jerick McKinnon, you urged people to pick him up last week. He went off on that great box score anyway, premature that crazy pass from Patrick Mahomes. Oh yeah, that was weird to Jerick McKinnon. Another opportunity here. Houston allows the tenth fewest receptions and receiving yards of the position. Uh Tony Pollard's four receptions last week we're most the most

by any back since Week four against Austin Ekeler. But I think McKinnon's gonna chip in enough with his five or six carries like four receptions to be fantasy viable for a third straight week. So we'll give a C grade to Jerick McKinnon here. And then, lastly, among the Kansas City Chiefs who care about Isaiah Pacheco, a grade he has seen double digit rushing attempts in five consecutive games on a very solid nearly five yards per carry.

Texans giving up twenty eight rushing attempts per game, one hundred forty rushing yards per game, and one point two rushing scores per game to opposing backs. Those are all worst in the league. It's very easy to envision in eighteen carry one hundred yard rushing game with a score. Frisaiah Pacheco in this game. A grade for him. All the other Kansas City receivers are out. And the short story in Houston's bench everybody, it's gonna be another Davis

Mills and Jeff Driscoll platoon. You're not benching Jeff Driskell on Yahoo because he's tight end eligible. You gotta play Jeff Driskell at tight end because he's gonna he threw for a touchdown. He's like Taysom Hill like it's almost were passing upside with passing have passing pass uh. Brandon Cooks is out, Nico Collins is out. Chris Moore had a career game last week. Actually thought about putting giving him a starting grade here, but couldn't do it. Rex

Burkhead is gonna be a starting running back. Damian Pierce has been ruled out, and I don't think I don't think they should play Pierce for the rest of the year. Uh, you could start Rex Burkhead only in desperation PPR mode. Kansas City a very good run defense, but they have given up the most receptions and the second most receiving yards to opposing running backs. So you could start Burkehead with some hope that maybe he helps you out that way.

When we come back, Patriots aching on the Las Vegas Raiders. This is a thorny running back situation with the Patriots, and Matt Harrison will try to guide you through this. Romandrie Stevenson might play, Damien Harris might play. He already told us he likes Pierre Strong in this one. Find out what to do when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Georgie and Matt Harrison Brian Johnson with you. You You can follow us

on Twitter. I'm at Paul Chargy and Matt is at Explosive Output and Brian is at b t x J. Get another big block and matchups for you. Beginning with a tricky backfield with new England as they take on the Las Vegas Raiders. It's a nice opportunity if you could just figure out what's going to happen here. What do you think, Matt, It's the Patriots, and you know the Patriots questionable way of life. You never know. You never know with with Belichick, so you're gonna have to

check at game time. This is a late afternoon game, complicating matters. That complicates things quite a bit. If you are reliant on Romandre Stevenson, which I think a lot I think a lot of people are in playoff matchups, I'd go pick up Pierre Strong as kind of the handcuff and go okay, I can flex to him if Romandre is inactive. I'll give them all C grades here provided they play. If Ramandre plays, he's a C. If

if Harris plays, he's a CE. Pierre Strong I think gets a CEE and I think he's involved in the passing game. As I highlight. Didn't take a chance on me, but I don't like a lot of it, and if you have better options out there, I'd probably go at them and not try to play the Bill Belichick games. Mac Jones was also might take a chance on me Tosser. He gets a C grade as well. Uh, it looks like a good matchup for Hunter Henry, but it's actually not.

And I'm gonna start highlighting some things. There's teams that play against Travis Kelsey, and then there's teams that don't play against Travis Kelsey. Outside of Travis Kelsey going for twenty five yards and four touchdowns in Week five, the Raiders haven't allowed a touchdown tight to a tight end since that date, and only three players in those eight games of top fifty yards. Now Henry managed seventy yards on three catches last week, but that was a much

better matchup. Matchup. Absolutely leave him on the bench. Jacoby Myers got a midweek down grade due to his concussion he suffered two weeks ago. He didn't play last week, and he hasn't practiced in more than just like off the field on his own to the side stuff. This week. It doesn't sound like he'll go. It makes Nelson Agilar kind of a deep sleeper here because I do like Mac Jones in the passing game and they got to

throw it to someone. It is a revenge game for Aglar, who played with the Raiders for a while plus he's manned the slot more often than not in Meyer's absence, ended up with ten targets last week, and he should face a meek Robertson who's allowed three touchdown from the slot this year. That's the third most in the league. So I got a C grade on Nelson Agil of all things, Myers comes back is still startable. I think

that the C would probably flex to Myers. I was gonna give Myers a B if he was healthy in this one because I like him a lot, but it doesn't sound good on the concussion. He went backwards on Friday, so I don't like that quite a bit. On the other side, Davante Adams is an a uh. Everybody knows the Patriots have a great defense, but top wide receivers have killed him. Justin Jefferson had nine catches, a d and thirty nine yards and a score against this team.

Diggs had seven and one. Hopkins had seven for seventy nine. That's just the last three weeks, so no fear about Adams, even though the matchup looks scary. Jalen Mills and Jack Jones on the Patriots trending toward doubtful as well, that also plays in Adam's favor. Josh Jacobs also an A in many formats, he's the top running back in fantasy football. He faces a tough test in New England, who has

been showing some weakness as of late. Though James Conner managed a hundred and fourteen comboy yards in a score last week, the Buffalo combo of James Cook and Devin Singletary combined for a hundred and fifty six yards in a score of the week before, So that's why Jacobs is still in A. And then the only other Raider you would start in a fantasy playoff situation is Derek Carr.

He gets a B. The Patriots have allowed multiple passing scores to three of the last six quarterbacks they faced, but the other three that didn't do it were Colt McCoy, Zack Wilson, and Sam Ellinger. And by the way, one of them that did do it was also Zack Wilson cars thrown from multiple scores and five of his last six games, and in those six he's been averaging two or fifty yards per game, So he's just a solid B. Cincinnati takes on Tampa Bay. Brian Cincinnati, we had talked

to that. We thought Sam j. P Ryan had earned more looks going forward, but then last week Joe Mixing got almost all the work. P Ran just got four four carries in the game. Yeah, it's four carries for p Ryan. He did score the Russian cuts, don't though, Um, I mean give p Ryan is C here and Mixing and B it's just because the Bucks are so banged up on defense. Nose tackle Vivea has been ruled out, Linebacker Carl Massive is ruled out, Linebacker Genard Avery is

ruled out. There's injuries in the secondary we'll talk about in a minute. And the Bucks have allowed six rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns and running backs over the last two games. So B for Mixing and a C for p Ryan. I'm I'm a little nervous about p Ryan, Like you said, the workload, but it seems like a game that the Bengals should win handily. So I like both here. Obviously like jamaar Ches he gets in a not going into that anymore at all, Not so obvious.

R T. Higgins and Tyler Boyd. Um just gonna give both of them. As see, Higgins has the hamstring, as we all learned last week he can kill you by just saying he's gonna play and then just doesn't play. But it's a good matchup. Uh. Jamal Dean, the Bucks top cornerback, has been ruled out. Antoine Winfield Junior questionable to play, as is Tampa Bay's other starting safety, Mike Edwards. He is questionable to play. So I will give Higgins and Boyd see here, but monitor their status leading up

to kick off, of course, but they are startable. And I said I had a tight end for you if you're very desperate, and it's Mitchell Wilcox week, well, I mentioned him and give him the starting gride. I didn't like the matchup, but I like the match up here. Uh, Hayden Hurst doubtful to play. We just talked about te Higgins and Tyler boy They're both kind of banged up. You don't know how much you can trust them, and

on paper a good matchup for Wilcox. The Bucks are allowing more than five catches and fifty yards per game to tight ends and they've surrendered to score at the position and two of their last three, So again, super desperate Mitchell Wilcox. Mitchell Wilcox could be Tyler Boyd. Can't you know if that finger joy means he can't catch a pass even they just like decoy m even if he's active. Yeah, maybe the middle of the field. We're gonna see a lot more Mitchell Wilcox, Mitchell Wilcox and

Joe Burrow easier there some people called Cox. We call him will Cox on this show. We don't. We don't over to the Tampa Bay side. Not a lot to like here. I will give Rachid Chad White a see. Leonard Fournett of bench grade. Tristan Worth's offensive lineman should make his return, which would be a huge help for White, who outtouched for Net eighteen to ten last week, but

not a great matchup. The Bengals have only allowed seventy of rushing yards per game to running backs over the last three weeks, but they have surrendered five catches and fifty yards per game to the position during that span, and White is the past catching back as of now, so he gets to the Sea four. Net is on the bench just to see for Chris Godwin. Even though Bengals cornerbacks Mike Hilton and Jalen Davis could miss this game, Hilton is a slot corner and he's very good. Uh

So that would be a huge boon for God. When if you says I'd move, God went up to his sea if Hilton is out, but if Hilton plays just to see for godwin. Over the last five weeks, Hilton is allowing two and a half catches in twenty nine scoreless yards per game. And over to Mike Evans, I got him on the bench regardless. Sadly, he's fallen outside the top twenty four wide receivers on the season, and the Bengals have allowed these second fewest wide receiver touchdowns

on the year, only six. We've had other players who have had horrific seasons that aren't injury related, like Alvin Kamarat like one A. Mike Evans is right here. I mean, it has been a disaster season because you've been starting him virtually every week or probably every week, and you're getting nothing out of him. So are you actually going

bench grade? We finally go bench bench and Evans and I'm benching Tom Brady who's had a mind boggling d nine pass attempts total over the last two games, and he'll need to throw the ball fifty plus times to post any kind of serviceable numbers against Cincinnati. The Bengals have surrendered multiple passing touchdowns just once all season, and they own the lowest opponent completion percentage in the league

at so Brady yet again, a very dicey start. I think there are better options in one quarterback leagues and Tom Brady somehow I drew the Colt McCoy versus Brett rippon game. Um, not a lot to talk on primetime, let me knowing this year. Yes, by the way, we're in the middle of our three straight rams primetime games this week. Uh McCoy, let me just mention this throws

a massive damper on the whole offense. He has got the NFL's shortest average throw at six yards so far in his three basically fold games this year, and that's consistent with who he's been for four seasons. Now, you know, charge you had a Colt McCoy, Kyler Murray kind of tough question that you you took out and I did

a little research on on Colt McCoy. Here, by the way, of the highest eight passing totals for the Cardinals this year, three of them were McCoy of James Conner's best five fantasy scores this year, three of them have been in McCoy games. All three of McCoy's games, by the way, the worst game DeAndre Hopkins had in a McCoy game with seven for seventy nine, and Marcus Brown has only played with him once at eight targets. Colt McCoy might be better for this offense than Kyler Murray. I'm gonna

parry that with this. Over the last four seasons, Colt McCoy keeps finding himself into starting roles due to injury to the starter. He's thrown three hundred passes in the last four years with four touchdowns three. That's amazing how bad that is. Everybody suffers here. I think I do have starting grades and two players James Conner gonna get extra used, to be clear, but I think nobody's helped by the Colt McCoy takeover. You're a little more optimistic

than I am, Att, and that's fine. Connor has been shockingly spry when healthy. To my eyes, he's looked actually pretty good. Broncos have a good, not great run defense. Over the past five weeks, they're allowing four yards per carry rushing yards zero touchdowns per game. That's why I've got to see grant On James Conner if he's gonna get most of those yards and zero touchdowns. DeAndre Hopkins stays startable, um, but he's gonna get a big dose

of Patrick Sir Tan. He's one of the best cornerbacks in the league, and he shadows opposing number one receivers, and that's gonna be the case here. Sir Tan a lot one catch for twelve yards in his coverage last week against Patrick Mahomes. This is Colt McCoy, So Tanna's in one bad game all year, but it was too Davante Adams a similarly built, physical receivers, so I've still got to see Grade and DeAndre Hopkins. Everybody else is on the bench Marky's own. His whole bid is run fast,

run long. That's the opposite of the Colt McCoy six yards average throw. Randal Moore has been ruled out of this game, and that's that's it. Nobody else even matters. Let's go to the Denver side. Uh, not a lot to like here in a Brett Rippon led offense, but you could start Greg Dulcych. He goes up against the team that ranks dead last and receptions, yards and touchdowns the tight end. So I gotta be grade on Greg Dulcinch.

He hasn't scored since his first NFL game back in Week six, but he's coming off back to back eight target games, including many of them from Brett Rippon last week. Then Jerry Judy startable because Courtland Sutton is gonna miss another game. Ripping hit him with a touchdown late in last week's game, targeting with half his passes after relieving Russell Wilson last week. And we want to watch the status of Arizona cornerback Byron Murphy if he misses another game.

It turns into a very plus matchup for Jerry Judy currently have a C grade, we'd upgrade him to a B grade if Byron Murphy is out. And then, lastly, the only other Bronco you care about is Latavius Murray. Cardinals run defense is pretty good. Only two backs have topped one yards all season. It took both of them

twenty touches to get there. Murray's has seventeen touches twice since the Melvin Gordon departures, so he could creep towards a hundred yards here, but he's coming off an eight carry games, so this is he's still very risky here. And I can only get myself to give you a C grade on Littavius Murray in this game. So there was the Madden curse. Now we have the in season hard knocks curse, which got the Colts last year. Their season went up down the toilet, and we all know

what's happened to the Cardinals this year. It's not good. When we come back Tennessee taking on the l A Chargers. Is there anybody outside of Derrick Henry with a glimmer of hope in that offense for Tennessee. We'll tell you when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly Final Segment, Fantasy Football Weekly Playoff Edition. We've got three more matchups to get to hopefully to power you through and into the second round the semifinals of your playoffs. Tennessee takes

on the Chargers. Matt. This is an obvious great opportunity for Derrick Henry, who rebounded off a pretty tough month or so with a big game last week. There's a bad Chargers run defense. Yeah, there's a certain animal that we're going to give Derrick Henry this week. Oh you don't say it starts with two a's, does it? That are right there? Now? Wait, you're sure it's not? Yeah, I'm sure. Um. By the way, Dontrell Hilliard already been

ruled out, so it's Julius Chestnut backing him up. And I mostly just wanted to say Julius Chestnut because it sounds like a competeer man from the Anchorman movie. That's Julius Chestnut from Channel six that Chargers allowing the way, somebody's gonna go hit some DFS jack pot. Derrick Henry either like sits early, they get way up, sits earlier,

gets hurt, and somebody's gonna try Julius Chestnut. Well, if he gets any carries, he'll get five point five yards per carry against the Chargers day trail On Burke's already been ruled out. He was the only Titans wide receiver I would have considered this week. Another receiver that you can consider Chickasamo con Quo, who tallied six catches forty

five yards in a score last week. I think he's worth my patented w grade for the tight end wasteland withdraw waste only in the waste land can you start chig conquo um. The Chargers look neutral on paper against the tight end, but we're gonna go back to the Chiefs tight ends again. If you eliminate just the two game is against the Chiefs tight ends, the Chargers are almost the best tight end defense in the league outside

of the Chiefs. In the other eleven games, they're allowing two point nine catches and forty two yards per game to the tight end position and have only allowed one other tight end score, so they've been very good. Although a lot of that's Derwin James and he's trending doubtful on this one. So Chiga conquo with the W grade. Ryan Tannehill isn't the quarterback that got you to the Fantasy playoffs. He's a series of unfortunate events that brought

you to this. I'll give him a C grade. The upside is the Chargers have allowed three of the last four quarterbacks they've faced to throw for multiple scores, and two of the last five quarterbacks have scored a rushing touchdown, and you might need that rushing score. How to Tannehill here? It's a Derrick Henry game script I'd rather use other options than Tannehill, but he's there on the Charger side.

Let's fire up the passing game, justin air bearer Keenan Allen, Mike Williams all Paul eight A grades in this one. Josh Palmer a B grade. The Titans are allowing three hundred passing yards per game. That's the second most in the league, the second most touchdown passes at twenty five and thirteen games, almost two per game. The third most

receptions and yards allowed to opposing wide receivers. Eighteen touchdowns to opposing wide receivers, seven different instances of a wide receiver topping sorry, four different instances of wide receiver topping seventy five yards and scoring. In just the last three weeks. All three of the Chargers wide receivers saw six or more targets last week. All three of them topped fifty yards. Of course, Mike Williams came back caught all six of his targets for one sixteen and a score. Keenan Allen

saw fourteen targets and twelve of them. Palmer is the upside play, but he was still heavily involved last week and got over fifty yards They've also allowed the third most receptions and the second most yards to opposing tight ends, which brings in Gerald Everett with a B grade. The passing game all a green light here, and the passing game includes Austin Ekeler. Of course, his grades a little more tricky. He's the last guy I'm gonna mention here. I'm gonna give him a very solid B grade. The

Titans are awesome against the run. They've only allowed sixty three rushing yards per game and only four total touchdowns to opposing running backs all year through land, on the sea, in the air, maybe the space force. Yeah, like all all that, only four touchdowns. They have, however, allowed the fourth most receptions to opposing backs at about six per games. Austin good at past catching. I think he might be

He's gonna be very relevant in this one. The Chargers are playing for their playoff lives in the final four weeks of this season. It's all systems go. I think it's a huge game for the whole Chargers offense here. Alright, I'm with you on most all of that. The Giants take on the Commanders. Brian say Kwon Barkley just limping to the finish line, and this might be his toughest matchup of the entire year as he travels to Washington to face one of the league's best run defenses. Yeah,

this is a weird game. I mentioned this in take coom. How these teams played in Week thirteen two weeks ago. Washington was on by last week, so they're getting the Giants, so that they've essentially been scheming to play the Giants for the last three weeks. So needless to say, I don't like the Giants a whole lot in this game. And when they played in Week thirteen, they finished in a tie. So the stats I'm gonna reference are a

little misleading because they especially extual quarter of football. So the numbers sound good, but they're not as good as they really are. So starting with Barkley, Yeah, he was faded big time, only played of the Snaps last week because of the neck injury. Thankfully, he hasn't been on the injury report this week, so that's good. But the matchup is not. The Commanders are allowing just seventy eight rushing yards per game, and Barkley only had sixty three

yards on eighteen carries two weeks ago. In that first matchup. He did catch five passes of those, so you're still going to start them, but temporary your expectations do not start. Darius Layton, Isaiah Hodgens or Richie James are all on the bench. Hodgens actually scored in the first meeting, and he scored last week against Philly. He's an interesting dynasty stash if you're a dynasty player out there with an open bench spot six ft four, he's he's looked kind

of good. But on the bench, and this one all the wide receivers are as is Daniel Bellinger to the tight end. He might not even play. Only two score of this yards in the first meeting in five quarters, and Daniel Jones on the bench as well. He did have two hundred passing yards and a passing touchdown with seventy one rushing yards, but that's uh his ceiling. And again it was five quarters of football, which likely won't happen again this week. Over to the Washington side, I

love Brian Robbinson this week. I have to be on him right now. If Leonard Williams sits again, uh, it's an a for Brian Robinson is going to post his best game of his career right there. Leonard Williams did play in the first meeting, so Robinson and Antonio Gibson just had modest numbers. But with Williams out last week, we saw the Eagles tear him up. Baston Scott might take a chance of me running back even scored against

the Giant last week. So like Robinson with the B A at at worst A if william sits Antonio Gibson was might take a chance to me running back. Either way, I think Washington just rolls with the Giants in this one. That's why Terry McLaurin gets an A as well. The Giants had been shredded by opposing wide out since top cornerback at Dory Jackson was lost to injury three weeks ago.

He has been ruled out for this game. And since Jacks Jackson has been out, the Giants have allowed four wide receiver touchdowns over the last three and opposing number one receivers have average six catches for ninety four yards, which includes mclaurin's eight catches for a hundred and five yards and a touchdown in Week thirteen. Uh So, I like John Dotson with a c here he caught a touchdown in Week thirteen on nine targets, caught five of them.

I'm gonna bench Curtis Samley Vell. There's just I don't know if there's enough to go around in this one. I don't think the Giants are gonna keep pace for all the past catchers on Washington to be viable. But I think Logan Thomas could be viable in the it and waste land, So I'll give him a w am I allowed to do that match, Yeah, you can do that. Ws are for everybody. The part marks are for me. Put me alone. I didn't want funds. I didn't give this week. It's not I'll give it. Terry McLaren, Yeah,

Terry McLaurin. Terry is so happy. Logan Thomas not the Fonzie, but we'll give him a See posing tight ends or averaging more than five catches and sixty yards per game against New York, we will take that in the waste land.

But I'm gonna bench Taylor Heine he here. He did have two hundred seventy five yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting, but for the last time, there was five quarters of football played in that game, and that's not gonna happen again, most likely Alright, final matchup Rams taking on the Packers. Cam Akers was might take a chance for me running back. I mentioned that earlier, And I've only got one of their RAMS player with the starting grade, and that's Tyler Higbee. As a high risk

and part throw he's been frankly basically bad. You want to give him a W grade? Church, Why don't? Why not? Because I'm I'm called give me a C grade? Is a high risk art grow uh. Pretty much every week an imposing tight end is finding fantasy points against the Packers. In the last six games, six tight ends have scored or top seventy two receiving yards. Now, Higbie has been

mostly a disaster. But if you know, if you're if you are desperate in the waste land, you can give a C grade to Tyler Higby the rest of the passing games on the bench, even though the Packers secondary hasn't been very good since the Eric Stokes injury. But I'm not a believer in Baker Mayfield. Even with last last week's magical end of that game, he's still only through yards and one touchdown in the game. And Sherry knows more of the playbook now. But it's not even

a positive for Baker Mayfield. I he had his like best scenario, was like, yeah, so I just I can't get myself to put a starting grade on any of the l A receivers here, and um, I can't do it for Baker Mayfield either. By the way, Mayfield's averaging zero point eight touchdowns of production in per game this year. Let's go to the Green Bay side. Aaron Jones gets

a C grade. Presumably Jones comes out of the bye week healthier because he was running on empty before the bye week, and we're seeing a J. Dillon get a bunch of usage. But Jones is the way better back, and I think assuming he's he's healthy now and he's off the injury report, I think he gets most of the work. But the Rams defense has been good all year, even without Aaron Donald the past few weeks. So even if Donald doesn't go, or does even if he doesn't go,

it's not a sure thing for Jones. I can get him to a C grade here, and that's it. And I'm putting A. J. Dillon back on the bench because again I think it's gonna be an Aaron Jones lead offense, and the Rams run defense is good. So I'm not starting Aaron Jones in a playoff game. Let's go to the passing game. I'm gonna start with Christian Watson. So in Watson, we have a red hot scorer against Jalen Ramsey, who's allowed the most passing touchdowns, including one score every

seven receptions. So Watson's touchdown rate is absurd. It's the I think eight touchdowns on like thirty receptions, something ridiculous like that. And he's he had a rushing rushing has two rushing touchdowns this season. Yeah, impressed. If you extrapolate him, he's like eight touchdown Yeah. Um. Over the last five weeks, the Rams are allowing the most receptions per game, the fourth most yards per game, and five touchdowns to opposing wideouts. So there's a lot of reason to continue to start

Christian Watson in this one. I've only got to be great on him because I feel like the other shoe's gotta drop at some point. Maybe it's here, but I can't give you, honestly a reason for that other than it just feels like it's unsustainable what he's been doing. C grade on Alan Lazard, the Rams have proven themselves capable of supporting massive games from multiple receivers. They allowed a hundred and twenty yards or more to both DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett two weeks ago, ninety or more

to DeAndre Hopkins and Rondel Moore five weeks ago. So in here, Lazard can do a little something here, But honestly, Watson's killed Lazard this year. The one thing Lazard was good at was scoring touchdowns. That's all dried up now because Watson's getting all of those touchdowns. I can just get the c great on Lazard, but do consider him to be quasi startable in this game. And then that

brings us lastly to Aaron Rodgers. Since getting blown out in the opener, Aaron Rodgers has thrown a touchdown pass in every game with multiple scores and nine of the last twelve. The Rams dominated Derek Carr last week, but it surrendered three hundred passing yards or more or three to passing touchdowns in three straight games. So I think Rodgers continues to do okay here, and I've gotta be grind on Aaron Rodgers in this game as well. What

makes starters here? Watson's season more remarkable is how he dropped that wide open bomb touched like the first play. It was the first play of their season because the Vikings yeah, and he's like, oh, this isn't gonna work. It's bad at that moment, but and then he didn't play for seven weeks and then Watson has gone completely berserk. I want to leave you guys with this. This Jordan

Mason cats pretty darn good for San Francisco. I think there's a scenario next season Christian McCaffrey is going to be drafted in like the top five of drafts next year, right, probably top five picks. You'll probably first overall if he justin. Jefferson's gonna make that and make that tricky, but you know, top five, let's from very likely gets hurt at some point because it seems to be a lot all the McCaffrey has been mostly healthy this year. Jordan Mason's canna

end up. He's gonna end up being a factor at some point next season. Don't you feel like San Francisco just keeps finding running backs and keep getting rid of running backs, and it's it's just like his dad, Quick Shanahan kept finding running backs out of nowhere like olandis Gary and stuff like that. Come on, Hannigans, it's it's it's a remarkable story. Elijah Mitch will be back next year too, and that's gonna muddy things up. But I think Jordan Mason it's better than Eliza Mitchell did. I

don't know. That feels like one of those names that we're we're excited about now, but they're totally off the radar by this time next year. Not me. Okay, I'm playing my flag. Jordan Mason next year is gonna win some games and maybe even be a league winner if Christian McCaffrey is a horrific injury, which we do not wish on anybody. Thank you for listening. Best of luck in the playoffs, everybody. I'm back next week because you're still gonna be alive and we're gonna be here to

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