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com and a Chop podcast contributor Jeff Moss. Hey, Jeff, Hey, how you doing. I'm doing great. It is um. This is a this is a long show with the storied history. We don't want to freak you out, but we want we want you. We're very excited to have have some new blood. Honestly, Scott and Matty was getting old and it's you know, it's just best to get some new, fresh perspective in here. I was this worry you're gonna bring in Colin mccockney a full time No, that's reason

to leave the podcast. One segment a year is about as much Colin mccockney as anybody can handle. I think, over the course of the show. We will answer three tough questions. We will give you nine players upon whom you can take a chance, and we will unveil this week's premature speculation players. These are players who want to pick up this week that everybody else three trying to

pick up next week. I misfired on my buttons that here's the time machine, now, can you use that to go back in time and fix fix that hitting the wrong button? I'd really I'd like to do that on the time machine sounder, and I'll brag about last week's premature speculation, although I will everybody racing to the waiver wire to pick up Curtis Samuel now because he's active. We told you it was going to go exactly this way, and sheared off last week. We have we urge you

to pick him up days in advance. Hopefully you did. Let's begin with Arizona taking on the Los Angeles Rams. Jeff, we're gonna pull the band aid off, give you your first matchup right off the bat. I pull the band aid off right away. Okay, uh, We'll jump right into Kyler Merly. This is his toughest matchup of the year. He the Rams have allowed just two touchdown passes in three games, including taking Brady down last week. The Rams have great secondary depth, and you know he got Ramsey

on a dingdap, Hopkins. I mean he hasn't run for more than twenty yards in any of the four games against him. We can't bench your start. I mean it's Kyler Merley, you can't. You can't bench him. But I mean this is his this is his toughest matchup for the year. So I mean I'd have to downgrade him to a b uh Chase Edmonds. I give him a sea only because he does what he does. He's gonna cobble together some kind of a ten point TPR game. I mean, the Rams of the second ranked rush defense. Uh,

you know, he doesn't get the ball to stripe. It's just you know, and that's and that goes to James Conner. I mean, well, you know who does James Conner might take a chance on me running back from last week to the touchdowns. Where's that peacock at charts? Come on? Uh this week? Yeah, don't take a chance on Connor

this week. This this matchup just is awful for him. Uh, Hopkins, I'm going to give him a bee even though he's dinged up obviously, and his history with Jalen Ramsey, I mean even back to their days and the Texans and Jaguars, he I couldn't find more than eighty yards in any game that he played against with against Ramsey, so and obviously he's struggling with with the injury, so I wouldn't give him more than a B. The rest of Christian

Kirk and Rondale Moore in a J. Green. We saw what happened last week rond Dale Morey when I picked up up and Kirk and Green with the guys who picked up a hundred yards. I mean, if I had to pick one of out out of there, I would pick kirk Um. But again the Ram's got great depth in the secondary, so you know, I maybe Kirk is the guy I would give a C too. If I had to pick one of them, well you do, it's your, this is yours, this is your and then do that

that's the guy and pick it up. I take him Max Williams, he actually could be a streamer for you. This week. The Rams so far forty two yards allowed to Cole commit sixty four to Jack Doel, and they give up all over a hundred yards last week to the three Tampa tight ends. So if you're at a pinch for a tight end, Max Williams, maybe your guy here, he may pick up a little bit. I mean he's kind of come out of nowhere. Pretty much everyone's in a pinch of tight end outside of three people in

your league. Matt Stafford, obviously he's an a. He's he's just been so good there. The Rams line ranked second class in past blocking by Pro Football Focus. They're just three sacks and five hits. And to him in the three games, Rob Alford, Byron Murphy and Marco Wilson, I don't think they're cousin him to lose a whole lot of sleep. So, I mean, he's a pretty obvious Cooper Cup to start him. There's no NFC player Offensive Player

of the there's just start him, Robert Woods. And there may be some disagreement here, I'm gonna give him a I'm going to give him a B because is my thought is that after watching last week's Tampa game, the first thing out of Matthew Stafford's head was I need to get Robert Woods more involved in this game. And it seems to me that he just he's gonna look and see. Okay, well, this here's a guy who in his uh I believe he's played eight games against the Cardinals.

He hasn't. He's in only one game. He's had less than five catches and fifty yards. He has a good history against them, so I I personally some people are thinking of getting rid of him. Now there are people dropping Robert. Well, they gotta get Robert Woods more involved in Breakfast because it's the Breakfast Club of Cooper Clubs and Matt Stafford and it's working out pretty well. Uh. First Cooper Tyler Higby, I I would give him at

least a see here because he's played the snaps. I saw people dropping him after week to I'm like, what you know? And he came back last week. I said, you know, he's going to be involved here. Darrell Henderson, the interesting guy he's now in. I give him a be. The Cardinals defense is set up to foot to a rush the quarterback. They're not set up for the run. That they have the third worst ranked past run defense from Pro pro Football Focus. You know, the full fourth

most rushing yards. Their their defense is built to stop the run. And yeah, he's got the rib injury, just like like like DeAndre Hopkins. But you know, and I don't know what you guys think of this. My personal belief is that I believe Sean McVeigh when he says that Darryl Henderson's guy. I know he gave Sony Mitchelly showed last week that he trusted him. I think Darrell Henderson's guy. So he's healthful, I think he I think

he gives him most of the work. Sony Walkman repaid that trust with about two yards per carry, so you know, not worried about him, factory you personally. He had a hell of a pass block though. That that's always a good sign. I want to join that league, the past block league, all right, think that's everything for that matchup, right, Yep, that's it, all right, Brian, Let's go over to the Lions. Kind of a dud game last week, but another opportunity

against the Bears defense that's not as good as recent versions. Yeah, and the Bears defense won't be very good at all, or definitely not as good without Kleil Mack, who is uh nursing a foot injury right now, very questionable practice on a limited basis on Friday, had not practiced throughout the week before that, so we'll go under the assumption

he will play. So we'll start with DeAndre Swift. Give him a b U. Swift currently RB three in PPR right now, mostly because of the receiving averaging more than six receptions per game. Only eleven carries per game for Swift, though, but UH coach Dan Campbell recently said We're going to see a lot more of Swift. He also said something about like biting off kneecaps too. Haven't seen that yet, So to take of the grain of salt, we're gonna talk more about DeAndre Swift later in this year. We

certainly will. Either way. It's a decent matchup for Swift. The Bears are allowing nearly one fifty combo yards per game to running backs. Cleveland running backs just totaled eight catches against Chicago last week, and for that reason, I'm still giving a starting grade to Jamal Williams. Gonna give him a CEE averaging fourteen opportunities per game. An opportunity is a rush or a target. UH to the eighteen

opportunities from Swift, so nearly a timeshare. Again, we might see more DeAndre swift, But why would you run swift so much in a pretty much a lost season already for the Lions. So I'm still starting Jamal Williams this week against the Bears. Again said they are allowing more than fifty compley yards per game to running back, so I like both in this one. You gotta like t J. Hockinson even though he was arguably the biggest dud of

all duds last week. The Bears have only allowed nine tight end catches on thirteen targets, but man, Hockinson is not really a tight end. He's running over sixty of his routes from the slot. He's essentially a wide receiver. The Bears have a very poor secondary, and Hockinson had two very good games against the Bears last year, five catches for fifty four yards in a touchdown in the first meeting than seven catches for eighty four yards in the second. So a safe b for t J. Hockenson.

Uh Now, to the wide receiver is not very safe at all. It's really calif Raymond and Quintessis. So the Bears are top eight and yards and touchdowns allowed to receivers in terms of the most five touchdowns to the positions in three games, but deciphering which Lions wide receiver to use here is pretty tough. Seas had fourteen targets for the first through the first two games, but saw just one target last week. Cliff Raymond total just six targets for the first two weeks, but last week he

saw ten targets and caught six of them. And I kind of like him because he runs out of the slot, and the slot has been a disaster position for the Bears all season, and so nobody's gonna start Cliff Raymond. But I'm telling you this, the opportunity is there for a decent game this week year. If I had to pick one, it is Raymond. I'm gonna give him a ce uh se fist. I guess the sea as well. But only one of these guys is probably gonna produce, And I like, I'm with you, charge it's a Cliff

Raymond for me. As for Jared Goff, got to put him on the bench. Opposing quarterbacks are averaging less than thirty pass attempts per game against the Bears, and just at the thought of golf on the road in Chicago, I don't like it too much. In one quarterback League's easy bench. Now, when it comes to an easy bench or an easy start, it's certainly doesn't speak to the Chicago Bears quarterback situation, where it's going to be a game time decision by Matt Nagy's crafty. The Lions won't

know what hit him. But when he unveils the smartest in the room, just as I mean, Andy Dalton has dinged up, Justin Fields has dinged up. It could be Nick Foles, whoever it is, I would, by the way, if Dawnon's not ready, I'd play Foles at this point. I'm all about preserving Justin Fields and keeping him as far from from Matt Nagy as possible. I'm worried is

gonna wreck his career? Absolutely yeah, I mean you really doesn't need a game manager against the Lions, for for the most part, who are allowing more than passing yards and two passing touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. I'm gonna give a C two whoever starts at quarterback for the for the Bears, if it's Justin Fields, uh, sadly, just to see for Allan Robinson as well a brutal start to the year, a healthy free target share percentage, but it is currently set in the second in receiving

yards per game at eight point seven. But if there's a spot to get right, it's against Detroit. Opposing wide receivers are averaging a hundred and eighty yards per game as a whole. A. Rob had nearly identical games against the Lions last year, five catches for seventy four yards and then six catches for seventy five yards. Hopefully that is his floora here. If it's not, we might be talking about sabotage dropping Allen Robinson next week. So he

better come through against the Lions. I'm not expecting Darnielle Mooney to come through, even he might not even play. But even if he does, he's on the bench. He's just not a good fit with Andy Dalton or pretty much anyone at this point. He plays quarterback for the Bears. I do like Cole Commet. They're gonna give him a CE just two catches across his last two games. Kind

of brutal. But the Lions are allowing eighty two yards per game to tight ends, which is the third most, and commit had five catches, thirty seven yards and and a touchdown in his last meeting with Detroit. So we see for commit and I men give David Montgomery and a looking like a true bell cow after playing of the Snaps last week, Monty had two rushing touchdowns at his last meeting with the Lions. Detroit has already surrendered six total touchdowns running back, So a safe a for

David Montgomery based on volume alone. Chiefs take on the Eagles and you know what to do with Mahomes and Hill and Kelsey. Obvious a's against a secondary that was just dissected by Dak Prescott on Monday night, and in that game they ran at will against the Eagles. But Clyde Edwards Despair is a totally different back than the

kind that just ran through the Eagles. Did have a fumble last week, but he also posted his strongest running game maybe ever, um, but that game did come across come against the league's lowest ranked run defense, giving up the most yards the Chargers, and stylistically, you know, ch is just a different kind of runner than the guys that have had success against the Eagles. So I'm not

still not crazy about him here. And the other thing is Andy Read doesn't care about establishing momentum for Clyde Edwards a layer the game after getting one hundred yards throughout Clyde Edwards Hilaire's career, when he's had one yards the next game, he's averaged nine carries. That's it. You mean, if you're Andy Reid, you think you'd want to get your kid going, but he's never done that in the past. And obviously the rare coaching revenge game for Andy Reid

going up kind of. I mean, you know, it's been twenty years or something. C grade for Clyde Edwards, despair HARTMTT Robinson, Pringle on the bench way to scatter shot for me and Josh Gordon. No dice, not yet, not ever. Let's go to the Eagles side of this game. Miles Sanders, so the B grade he's gonna bounce back after basically being forgotten last week. Doug Peterson did he forget he was on roster last week? I mean, he averaged thirteen and a half yards per carry, so that was pretty good.

It was pretty good through two carries. The Chiefs have given up at least nine d Combo yards to every lead back they've faced, and they've also allowed five touchdowns to running backs already. They are the worst run defense in the league by a wide margin according to Pro Football Focus, and the Eagles offensive line has provided Sanders with four point four yards per carry before contact. That's

awfully impressed. When you get four and a half yards before everybody's touching you, you're sitting on a good game. Bounce back coming for Miles Sanders with a B grade here. I like him in this setup. Let's go to the passing game where Jalen Hurts bounces back as well. In the past two games, Kansas Cities allowed monster performances on the ground and through the air. Lamar Jackson h yard game against Casey, Justin Herbert four touchdown passing game against

Casey one way or another or both. Justin Hurts is gonna get it done here, Jalen Hurt, Excuse me, Here's something I have not typed or uttered in years. The Eagles receivers are better than their defensive counterparts. Even with Josh Gordon now on Kansas City. I'm in defensive counterparts Jalen reagor Quez, Watkins and divide to Smith are playing

at a higher level than the Chiefs. Cornerbacks cher Various Ward, Legarius Sneed, and Mike Hughes, who have Pro Football Focus rankings of and so that is overall a positive set of matchups for Hurts. Obviously, I like the receivers as well, A B grade by the way, it hurts a B grade on DeVonta Smith. Chiefs have allowed back to back one h yard receivers and four touchdowns two receivers in

the past two games alone. Um Smith, where he runs is going to see a lot of cher various ward if he can even play, and it's an exploitable matchup. Smith averaging a healthy seven targets per game, and they're throwing to him downfield. He just needs one of these deep downfield ones that hit Jalen Reagor gets to see Ben. He started the season catching a lot of underneath balls that's expanded a little bit more downfield. I love his matchup against Mike Hughes when that one pops up, which

it will from time to time. And then Quiz Watkins also a C grade. He's only averaging two point five targets per game, so there's a to of risk here, but he draws Legarius sneed second year player who has allowed one percent of the passes in his coverage to be completed. So we like Quez Watkins a lot in this game as well. And let's wrap up with the tight ends. Dallas Goddard has been a monster after the catch, ranking second best among tight ends at ten yards after

the catch. He's got a positive matchup with the Chiefs, who are surrendering nearly eighty yards per game to the position. So I like Dallas Goddard here. Zachers used to be at something. Now he's nothing. He's uh good game last week, but the prior two weeks were one and two catch games. So we're we're gonna avoid zach Ertz when we come back. Nine players upon whom you can take a chance. We'll tell you who they are when we return Fantasy Football Weekly.

Walcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly a segment we call take a chance on me. These are nine players not normally in your starting lineup. Many of these guys are available on the waiver wire right now. In fact, one of mine definitely is, and another one of mine maybe we started the quarterback position. Jeff, who have you got? I got Sam Donald? He we know the McCaffrey injury. Donald has been averaging two yards through the air and has three rushing touchdowns. Now, some of that threat could

have come from McCaffrey. But one thing here, Dallas has allowed the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks. To all the talk of you know that the Tampa all these passing large yards they've allowed, Dallas has only allowed three fewer passing yards than Tampa. So you know, Brady and air Bear and Hurts, they all went for over three twenty six yards against him. Dallas has only had thirty running back carries against them in thirty games. And I

don't think Chuba Hubbard. I don't think he gets more than fifteen touches. I don't think they're gonna try and grind it out with him like they might with McCaffrey, to try and get things going. Both Tampa and the Chargers had a pair of receivers have a huge games against him, and then last week we saw on the second half what they did with with with Jalen Hurts, all the points he put up in the second half.

So Sam Donald's my guy. Yeah, I kind of like it that that Dallas defensive line a disaster right now. So Sam Donalds should have some extra time in the pocket. Brian, you'll take a chance I mean quarterback. No Dan Arnold for it hurts. I'll bring him up later. He's for Donald will be all right. I got Ben Roethlisberger at Green Bay unfortunately, also known as has been sauceless Burger. Um. I can't take credit for that. I just merged two

nicknames together. Um, but big nobody was giving you credit. Alright, good? Uh, No one should give Ben Roethlisberger. He shouldn't be getting a paycheck for the Steelers. So as so far this year looked horrible. Twitter reminds Ben of that every day. But he gets his best wide receiver back this week in Deante Johnson. He might lose Chase Clay Claypool. We'll talk about that later. But the Packers have allowed the most passing touchdowns so far with nine Kevin King thank

you know nine times? Button bar there. Yes, five went to Jamis Winston, but Jared Goff and Jimmy Garoppolo put up around two h fifty yards and two passing touchdowns, numbers that Roethlisberger should replicate against the Packers team that will presumably put up points at home. Taylor, Heineke goes up against the Falcons. Falcons are destroyed by Jalen Hurts and Tom Brady before stopping Daniel Jones last week. But Daniel Jones lost his number two and three receivers in

that game, so that does not count. In total. Falcons are allowing two hundred seventy yards and two point seven passing touchdowns per game. I will take to seventy and two point seven out of Taylor. Heineke. Uh, Heineke has decent wheels. Jalen Hurts ran for sixty two rushing yards against these Falcons. Maybe he gets some part of that as well. Let's go to running back position. Jeff I got Naive Hines. Last week. He had twelve touches. First

week he had fifteen. The second week he was un involved. But remember Marlon Mack was active that week. So uh, Seattle is the only team that has a lot more fantasy points to running backs. Uh. Their line is an absolute mass. To think Taylor is going to get a whole bunch of carries here, I you know, I don't think so. And so far. The just one other note, Miami,

they've given up their second allowed in fantasy points. Like I said, Damien Harris, David Devin Single, Terry Zack Moss and Peyton Barber where the running backs they faced in that And just one other note, Hines last week he outtouched Taylor in red zone snaps four to one last week. Yeah, and so you look at this week and how this whole thing unfolds. I think that he is. I think he's a pretty good start. All right, Brian, You're take a chance of me running back. I got the Jets

Michael Carter at home versus the Titans. Carter currently ranked second among all running backs and missed tackles forced per touch. He just needs more touches, but it appears those wheels were putting motion. Last week. Carter outtouched thy Johnson eleven to four. Uh Ti. Johnson did out target Carter five to three, but Johnson only had one catcher six yards.

Carter finished with more catches too. But the Titans are a decent matchup, allowing nearly one thirty Combo yards per game to running backs and three rushing touchdowns to the position over their last two games. So it's Michael Carter time. I know. Zach Molls is pretty obvious now with three touchdowns in the last two games, but another juicy matchup on the slate. Here, Texans are allowing the eighth most rushing and receiving yards to opposing backs, good for one

hundred fifty three total yards per game. So even if Zack mosson only gets half of a hundred fifty three yards, he's already sitting on a pretty good game. There should be plenty to go around here. I'll I'll give the upside of Moss because he gets touchdowns. Singletary has seen his snap share, his yards per carry, and his targets decrease in every game, while Moss has seen his increase in every game. So the friends here lead to a big game from Zack moss All right, let's go to

the receivers. Jeff, I got Nelson Aghelor. I think he's on a big game here. Last week Mac Jones with what was going on? Thirty targets to Jacoby Myers, Kendrick Bourne, and him. He's played over the snaps every game. Tampa games have averaged sixty four points a game. So and last year when he was with the Raiders against Tampa, five catches a hundred and seven yards in a touchdown. So I at that Tampa secondaries in such bad shape.

There was dressing Richard Sherman off the street for this one. So, and you can't run on the box. No, that's that's just it. And so I like him out of that group. I like him to have a have a good game here, Brian, you take a chance of me receiver. Uh? Going back to the Jets and Braxton Barrios against the Titans. Now, yes, this is all about the revenge game for Corey Davis. We'll talk about that later. But Elijah Moore has been ruled out for New York. Jamison Crowder is supposed to

make his debut, but he's nursing a groin injury. I'm not trusting the groin. I don't know what kind of shape he's gonna be in. So I'm all about Barrios here against the Titans, who are allowing more than fifteen catches and two hundred twenty yards per game to wide receivers. Tennessee has also yielded the second most red zone targets and the most goal to go touches to opposing wide receivers, so it's no surprise they have surrendered six touchdowns to

the position already. Braxon Burrios, Let's do it, uh, same game might take a chance to me receiver Nick Westbrook. I hinna with w That's exactly what I thought when I thought, Yes, Julio Jones and A J. Green have been ruled out of this game and Nick Westbrook, I ken Hey will be the starter for Tennessee. He played seventy of the snaps last week filling in for Brown and led the team and targets receiving yards, and he succored a touchdown last week legitimate sleeper against a beatable

but not terrible Jets secondary. Jets run defense has been shaky. We're gonna see a lot of Derrick Henry in this game. But ultimately that may just put the even position to help throw another short touchdown to Nick Westbrook. I can hey. Jets corners are a bland affair. Uh. Michael Carter, Bryce Hall, and Brandon eccles ranked seventy three at their positions by Pro Football Focus. Now, one thing I will throw him though he had that he had that fumble after the touchdown.

You know, a young guy like that, when he does something like that, you know next game. I I looked for him to bounce back just like you know, I'd like him as well. That would be we would take the bounce back game. That would be great. Here, Uh, let's work in a matchup into this segment, Colts taking on the Dolphins. Jeff, you already told us that you

that you like Nihim Hinds. So let's flip this over and let's talk about Jonathan Taylor and what to expect from him in this matchup without two starting offensive lineman for the all offensive lineman. Yeah, and actually he popped up on the injury report too. Now, I don't you know, I didn't see anything about him not playing or being limited, but boy, you know he's he's tagged right now with Aaron Jones and and uh Derrick Henry the third team

red zone touches. Like we said, but you know, in this game, with how this thing whole unfolds, it's hard to think that that he may not even eclipse what Hinz does in this game. My opinion is I'll still give him a bee because Miami is allowing so many points to running backs. But I just, you know, thinking that he's gonna come up with one of those games last year. I don't know, Carson Wentz, he's on the bench, just you should always be on the bench. He just

he's no good. Michael Pittman though his his only one, only target, I'm going to give him a bee. The Dolphins just allowed three different raiders to come up with seventy seven yards last week. His last two games, he's averaged twelve targets, seven catches and ninety five yards. Yeah, as long as as long as they can keep them away from Xavian Howard. I think he puts up another good game here, I mean, and the rest of everybody.

There's Zach Pascale, the tight ends whatever I mean know, Zach pascal scored the first game Pittman, Jack Doyle week two had sixty four yards. Other than that, no other receiver or tight end on their entire rosters had over forty three yards in any game. So it's just not good U from Miami, Jacoby Brissette, I have him on

the bench. Although the Colts have allowed the fifth most fantasy points to wide receivers, including seven touchdowns that didn't even account for A. J. Brown and Julio Jones going out, He's not going to throw fifty passes again, But I still will give Jalen Waddle a b here. He's had three pretty good PPR games in a row and uh Mike is sicky. Well, you know I give him a B because he's even a more glorified uh tight end than uh T J. Hockenson if I read this correctly.

He's run or nine of his routes in coverage, a percent of his snaps in coverage. He almost is never blocking, so he he Actually, you know these two guys, they they gave the old Reggie Bush last week. I mean, nobody could make a catches into thirty yards like Reggie Bush. But Davante Parker I actually put a sea on him. He's seen three targets in each game. So if you need somebody you know that's a fill in or something, it will follow. One of my favorite guys. But he's

he's supposed to play this week. He well he played last week, but he's fully healthy now he's off. Yeah, he was often rock in is out at cornerback. I think I think Will Fuller is a sneak, and you know that I love Will Fuller. He's one of my guys. It just with this, you know, throw the ball three yards that they're doing. I you know, I'll give him a see because I just because I love him for the running game, Miles gask and I can only give him a scene. I want to give him more. He's

averaged over five yards per carrying all three games. He's second and broken tackles per carry. Chris Carson, Darryl Henderson, and Derrick Henry all put up solid games on the Colts, but they did just lose their starting center Michael Dieter. And we saw Malcolm Brown last week and he got of the snapslast again was one who scored and in the red zone. Malcolm Brown is out touched Miles Gaskin four to one. I just wish they'd like Miles Gaskin more. He's a good football player, but I can only give

him a see. And Malcolm Brown, who's speculative on the bench just because you don't know that we're not starting Malcolm Brown, Jason last week's touchdown. Let's to work in one more quick matchup if we ken Brian, because I don't think there's a lot to say about the Texans and a really tough matchup. No Bills, definitely not bench all the running backs for Houston. Opposing running backs were averaging just eighteen touches in ninety two combo yards per

game against the Bills. An easy bench for any Texans running back. Brandon Cooks one of the better stories in the NFL, especially for the for the Texans so far. But just to see and this on this one with Davis Mills at quarterback, Cooks has a target share percentage of forty three point five per cent, which is sanely high. Very good, but what's smart of Davis Mills. By the way, if I'm Davis Mills, I'm throwing the ball constantly to

my best receiver. What is also very good? Or I should say who is also very good as trade Davis White, cornerback for the Bills, who is all but guaranteed to shadow Brandon Cooks in this game. White has yet to allow a score or more than fifty two yards in its coverage this year. It could be a long day for Cooks, just to see for him. Everyone else on the Texans is on the bench. Anthony Miller, Chris Conney, Davis Mills. Easy bench for those guys over the Buffalo side.

Zach Mills was your take a chance to me running back charge and understandably so I'll give Devin Singletary a see here as well. He has taken a back seat to Moss, but he should get a chance to produce against Houston, who was allowing more than one combo yards per game to running backs. A C for single arry.

If you're needy at running back Stefon Diggs, gonna give him an A. Despite the slow start three strang together here, you would hope so three straight weeks below seventy yards, but he is still averaging more than ten targets per game. If Diggs gets that kind of volume against Houston, he'll be just fine. Notable wide receivers against the Texans this year d J Chark three for eight six and a touchdown, Marvin Jones five for seventy seven and a touch DJ

Moore at eight for one six last week. All very comparable to Diggs, who was pretty much better than all those guys. Anyway, uh, Colt Beasley Emmanuel Sanders. Gonna give them both a B. Worried the game script could quickly favor the Bills run game in this one, though, but you gotta give both these guys a starting grade. Beasley is second and catches behind only Davante Adams and Cooper

Cup so far value right now, big time undervalued. He also off five of the six red zone targreets among Bill's wide receivers last week, so a popular target in the red zone for Josh Allen. Love Beasy list this week. I do like Emmanuel Sanders, not as much as Beasley, but Sanders played the snaps last week certainly enough to make him startable in most formats. Unlike Gabriel Davis, remember him he's on the bench. But Dawson Knox tight end is not on the bench. Gonna give him a b here.

Knox is blocking way less this year. Has past block rating or rate has dropped from six to just four percent. Houston has only allowed one touchdown to tight end so far, but they have allowed the fourth most fantasy points of the position. Makes Knocks a viable start and Josh Allen obvious A. I will throw in that Houston has allowed three rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks. Already love all the receivers

so easy a Josh Allen, no doubt about it. The Vikings just handled the Seattle Seahawks, but a much tougher defense on the docket. We'll tell you what to expect from Kirk Husins Adam Theland justin Jefferson and our best speculation on Dalvin Cook's availability for this game. When we return to Fantasy Football Weekly, welcome back the final segment of our number one of Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchy

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giving up almost five yards per carry. Fellow workhorses Joe Mixon and Chris Carson have already found the end zone against the Vikings. Chubb will as well. Kareem Hunt gets a B grade. He's been very effective on the ground. He's averaging five and a half yards per carry and his seven targets last week was as most as a Brown, and he remains heavily involved in the passing game. Vikings have allowed a one hundred percent completion rate on throws

two running backs. How about that, So it's gonna be a very nice game for Kareem Hunt. Let's go to the passing game. I like Baker Mayfield. Working against Mayfield as always is volume. Stefanski loves to run the ball, run, and he's throwing the third fewest pass plays just twenty six per game, and the second fewest pass play percentage. But when Baker throws, he's got plus matchups all over the field, and I'm gonna talk about him right now. He's got to be grade. Odell Beckham has a B grade.

Return to last week, and I was at this time last week, I was telling people, let's just watch Odell Beckham and let's just see how involved he was. Well the answer was very involved. He had seven more targets than the next closest receiver on the team. He played fifty two snaps, so no hesitation on the knee here. He played both sides of the field evenly, and he's got plus matchups against both Patrick Peterson on the left side of the field and especially but Shot Brelan on

the right side of the field. And to drill down on that more, let's talk about the C grade on Donovan People's Jones. He hasn't got a lot of volume, but he's looked good with the throws he's gotten, and his snap counts really high is a very high snap count. But most importantly, he predominantly runs his routes on the right side of the field with springs back into play. But Shot, who has allowed the most receptions of any player in the NFL and the most passing touchdowns of

any player in the NFL. His passer rating allowed in his coverage is one point shy of perfect. That's but Shot. So that's why Donovan People's Jones is a legitimate sleeper this week. Now. I also like all of the tight ends and totality for the Browns. The Vikings have allowed the six most yards the position. But the problem is they use them interchangeably, and you're never gonna know which guy to start between Hooper and and Joku or Bryant.

So I've got them all on the bench unless you're playing team tight end, and if you are, you're playing wrong. Let's go to the Viking side. Dalvin Cook has a tricky matchup here. It's not clear if he will be the starter or if he will be available, and if he is, you have to sweat re injury to his ankle. And it's a tough matchup. The brown to allowing the fifth fewest rushing yards and the fourth fewest yards per carry.

They've yet to allow rushing touchdown all year. They drafted in the second round linebacker Jeremiah Owusu Corey MAA, and he has been awesome. He has Pro Football Focus his second highest run defending grade among all linebackers, not just rookies. And when I roll all that together, the most I can muster for a letter grade on Dalvin Cook is a B, and I nearly moved him to a C. I'm very worried about all of those elements working against

Dalvin Cook in this game. Alexander Madison gets a C because I think there's a scenario here where Cook either gets hurt or Madison starts or um that they just give more work to Madison because he's healthy and effective and he looked great last week. Tough matchup though, so all all the highest I can give him is a

C grade. Let's go to the passing game. Kirk Cousins has finished as a Kirk Kirk Cousins has finished as a top ten fantasy quarterback in nine of his last eleven games, the quarterback nobody wanted to draft to draft, including all three of his games this year. UM. I am nervous about backup right guard turned left tackle Rashad Hill trying to contain Miles Garrett fresh off a four and a half sack game. And the Browns improved their secondary in the off season with free agent Troy Hill.

First round picked Greg Newsom may not play in this game, and if he doesn't that helps a lot. We sure to watch his status, but I think he goes uh. They also got Denzel Ward back from last year's last season. There's a good secondary, and obviously they've completely throttled Justin Fields and Davis Mills, and this Cleveland defense held Patrick Mahomes in check for three of four quarters. I'm nervous about Kirk Cousins and I've only got a C grade

on him for this game. They just remember just the Clint Kobeac told us Rashod Hill quote is our guy. They don't have a choice. Adam Theland and Justin Jefferson get b grays here. Browns have seen three really good receivers Tyree Hill, Brandon Cooks, and Allen Robinson. Hill and Cooks posted monster games. First round cornerback Greg Newsome may miss this game, as I mentioned, that will push Greedy

Williams into a starting role. Um and Williams okay back up, But the advantage here would go to Theland and Jefferson if he's on the field. Both both Theland Jefferson elite route runners, probably two of the five or six best in the league, and they earned separation. But I'm just not sure that Kirk Cousins is gonna have time to do more than throw dump offs and short passes to those guys, and it's hard to turn that into fantasy relevancy.

So just to be grade for them, Tyler Conklin's coming off a seven catch game, and you might be inclined to start him here, but he's got gluten and elbow injuries, and he's gonna be asked to block and chip on Miles Garrett. So I'm nervous about him here, and I've got a bench grade on him as well. Next matchup, Carolina taking on Dallas and Cuba. Hubbard make his big

debut as a starter. I thought he looked very good last week, Jeff, what do you think about him against a banged up but to this point effective Dallas run defense. I agree with you when when he got into the game right after mccaffee got hurt, he looked a little bit shaky because the game went along, he looked pretty comfortable. And then I actually am going I I first thought to see, but I'm actually going to move him up to a B. I think he touches the ball at

least fifteen times. Like you said, Dallas's defensive line is having problems. Now. Dallas has only had UH team's average carrying the ball ten times a game against them, so there's not really a very good baseline. But but keep in mind the last two games. Austin Nekelar nine carries for seventy for sixty one yards and Miles Sanders his two carries were twenty seven yards, so established the run so exactly. So I I think they're going to use him, and I I don't worry at all about Royce Freeman.

Actually you know he was dragged the piano. He actually wasn't bad, but you know he's there for I don't think they're going to use him very much. I think they go with over. I give him a b, uh Sam, and I'll give him a b. He was gona take a chance guy. You hear me talk about him. D J Moore, I'm still giving him an a. And I don't I don't care if it's Trayvon Digs, Stephen Diggs,

Tay Diggs, I don't care who it is. After the trade of Dan Arnold, Sam Donald has targets, has sixty five targets to pass catchers, thirty one of them and went to DJ Moore and the other thing. Like I had mentioned, didn't take a chance. Dallas has given up the fourth most passing yards. So yeah, dig Digs has three interceptions, they have six as a team. I don't shy away from DJ Moore in this one. Robbie Anderson, I'm going to I'm actually not. I've seen people dropping him.

He's the same as Robert Woods to me. I think they watched game film there and said, we gotta get this guy the ball. I mean with Teddy Bridgewater, he showed he was a really good possession receivers. So I would give him a cee. Terrence Mitchell, he's going to be involved. I wouldn't start him thirty catches uh, and the tight ends after Dan Arnold was gone, they had

a three combined catches Uh. Nothing Titans or nothing at uh for Dallas Dak Prescott, I give him a B. I think I think this game turns more into the Tampa game the first week he uh uh. We have the one caveat here. Carolina has had fourteen sacks already, and we know we're gonna talk more about that next segment. Actually, and you know with Dallas is what they have going off the offensive line now, Justin Burris and j. C. Harmon, they're they're both gone, So Carolina secondary will be a

little challenge here. Zeke, I'm giving Elliott. I'm giving him a B here. I know the Pathers have him up ninety four rushing yards in three games total total exactly, And like you said, we'll get to that. I don't think he's gonna get to a hundred came yards. But remember last week they really tried to get him involved in in scoring touchdowns. Tony Pollard is. He's had some good games, but here with this defense, it's hard to say that you could actually start him. Uh ceedee lamb.

I'm still going to give him a B. The two competitive games they've had twenty four targets and fifteen catches. Now he's gonna have to contend with Dante Johnson. Um. But again moving him around, I still like him in the spot Mariy Cooper. It's it's all about the ribs with him. First game spectacular gets the ribs. Two games, um, I still am going to give him a B. His I think he's always volume dependent. So if you so, depending on who you think this game is gonna go.

If you think Dad's gonna throw a lot of passes, he's your guy. Cedric Wilson's you know, on the bench, Although he did scarl like who don't know, don't the Schultz? I give him a B. He's a top he obviously has had a good game, but he was also involved week one, remember, so he's he's obviously jumped Blake Jarwin. He's taken roughly seventy of the snaps, so I would start him. Blake Jarwin obviously on the bench, Okay, Brian.

Our final matchup of this segment, Giants take on the Saints and two offenses that have had a lot of struggles this year and two pretty good defenses will start on the Giant side. Just to see for sake, Kawan, Barkley last week saw season highs and carries, targets, and snapp percentage. That is good, as predicted by some people on this very show, all of us, all right, good, I didn't say a person, So that was good. But

what is bad the matchup for sake, Kwan. The Saints are allowing less than fifty rushing yards per game to opposing running backs just thirty six receiving yards per game. So just to see for Barkley behind that offense, awful offensive line and an awful quarterback we'll talk about for

about a second pretty soon. Over the receivers for the Giants, Kenny Golladay gets to sea Sterling Shepherd and Darius Slayton have been ruled out, which makes Golliday the top option at wide receiver, which also means he'll draw plenty of coverage from Marshawn Lattimore, who owns a forty two point six passer rating in his coverage. So just to see for Kenny Golladay, temper your expectations there now, Colin to l Johnson UH will start on the outside. UH most

likely opposite Kenny Golladay with Kadarius Tonian slot. Got them both on the bench though. We just got to see what we got with both of those guys and not a great matchup, So they're on the bench, as is Evan Engram. The Saints are top ten and fewest receptions and yards allowed to tight ends and have yet to surrender a score to the position. So Angram is on the bench, and of course so is Daniel Jones. That's

a huge bench for Daniel Jones. Over to the New Orleans side, Alvin Comerican and give him an a. The Giants are allowing more than five yards per carry and one thirty combo yards per game to opposing running backs. They'll continue to be without star linebacker Blake Martinez as well. This game will run and throw through Kamara. Love him here he gets an a Marquez callaway, Deante Harris, Kenny Stills, Chris Hogan. These are guys getting targeted at wide receiver

for the Saints. They're all on the bench. I'm not even gonna go into this anymore. The Giants who have decent corners and James Bradberry and Dorry Jackson. This is gonna be all about Kamara. I will throw a dart at Adam Troutman though he gets to see Juwan Johnson is a threat, but Troutman seems to be the top option at tight end. The Giants have strengder touchdowns to the likes of Albert I'm gonna just Albert, Albert, oh

Ricky Seals Jones, and Lee Smith. Lee Smith is a retired Major League baseball pitcher Lee Smith, and lastly Jamis Winston. He's on the bench five touchdowns in Week one, but his past attempts have gone from twenty twenty one. Shawn Hill, I'm sorry, Sean Payton seriously mitigating risk for Winston so he's on the bench. Yeah, totally agree with with all of that with Winston. Unfortunately, it hasn't come together like

we had hope through week one. Well we'll come together as this whole second hour of Fantasy Football Weekly coming back to you in moments, including three top questions. Find out if you can go three and oh against our panel of experts when we returned Fantasy Football Weekly, Pour number two Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul Charchion Guillotine Leagues dot com. You can get all my player rankings for free at Guillotine leagues dot com and also with the

Guillotine Fantasy Football app on your phone. All my player rankings available there. Even if you don't play in a Guillotine league, you can get all my rankings for free right through the app, which is awfully convenient. My co host today Brian Johnson Guillotine Leagues dot com and Jeff Moss, a frequent past contributor to Guillotine Leagues dot com and Chop Podcast. This is a game we call three tough questions. I will pepper my co host, with three tough questions.

Play along see if you can go three and oh. Tough Question number one, do fantasy owners need to duck the Carolina defense? Jeff, I'm I'm gonna go with no with an asterisk and in the big reason is that they're three games, not just where they against this the Jets, Saints, and Titans. In both the Jets and the Titans games, they were playing answer quarterback making their first NFL start Texans right, and the only two real enself fantasy receivers

that they've been gone against. Corey Davis had ninety four yards and two touchdowns, Brandon cook At nine and a hundred and twelve. UM. Now, I will say this though, from when Matt Rule has coming and brought Phil Snow with them, they really have made improvements. But they I really need to see them against Dallas here, all right, Brian, Do fantasy owners need to duck the Carolina defense. Yeah, I'm at no to. Like Jeff said that the competition has not been that great. Jets and Saints at home

and then at the Texans. As Jeff said, Corey Davis and Brandon Cooks both had good games that they're basically only good player offensive players on both of those teams, and they still came through. So no, I'm not ducking the Carolina defense justesse yet. When it comes to starting my guys for all but the best of guys. Uh. The answers, Yes, this is a good defense, and we need to shake the the temptation too of everything we've

learned about the Carolina defense in the past. Remember, over the past two seasons, Carolina dedicated all of last year's draft to defense and half of this year's draft to defense, and it's paying off. Carolina ranks. They're giving up ten points per game, so even if they regress a lot from that, it's still great. They're Noumber one in yards allowed, their number one in first downs allowed, their number one in rushing yards allowed, their number one in passing yards allowed.

And sure the Jets, Saints, and Texans aren't great, but this level of domination is remarkable. Sure you're not gonna ben your studs against Carolina, but everybody else you have to start with care Tough question Number two. Detroit running back DeAndre Swift is currently running back three in points scored in PPR leagues, Brian, is that a trend or mirage? It's definitely a trend. He looks fantastic easily. The I test tells you he's the best running back from last

year's class. He should be on the Chiefs right now, but they went with ce agent said, but Swift looks incredible. He's third and yards created per touch through the first three weeks, an amazing receiver and runner of the ball. My only concern is the season goes gets so lost for Detroit as the time moves on that they try to press him for the future, not just like run him into a wall for no reason, but fantasy playoffs, fantasy playoffs, but full on trend. For me, Swift looks

like the real deal. Is DeAndre Swift a trend or mirage? Jeff Well, I don't want to agree, but I have don't have to agree, but I am going to agree. And the reason is when I look at this list, Jamal Williams, who was tenth on this list, so clearly from Dan Campbell and Anthony Lynne, this is what we're getting for their offense. And now he's had more receiving

yards and rushing yards in all three games. But as we just as Brian mentioned earlier, they want to see more of him, and I with Jamal Williams getting that much volume, I just don't see them going away from what they're doing. I mean, they have Hockinson and and Jamal Williams and Swift. I think that I think we keep seeing him there. The correct answer is mirage at least as a top three runner. I believe he's going to be closer to a top twelve runner. And let

me explain why. Purely as a runner, I don't think he's even better than Jamal Williams. Pro Football Focus grades the two identically as runners. He's fiftie in yards after contact. If you watch his running plays, Swift looks like a guy now. The PPR production gives him a sustainable floor, especially on a bad team. The Lions will see a lot of negative game scripts and that's gonna cut down

on swifts carries. But the receptions are always going to be there, and I love that part of his game and that's why he's going to remain a viable every week fantasy starter. But at a top three level, it is a mirage. Tough question number three, what is the appropriate level of panic for Atlanta running back Mike Davis

owners Is it none? Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread what we call blowed Jeff Well For me and a Chop podcast, as we did earlier, I was a big Mike Davis guy now the balls are out, and and it's not even just because of Cordell Patterson. For me, it's how the schedule fits together. Next four weeks they have to buy and they have Washington this week, they have Miami and the Jets two decent games. The seven weeks after that, Carolina twice, the Saints, Tampa Bay,

and Dallas brutal, brutal. Where do you so you look at that's basically the rest of the regular season. You've got maybe four spots in a flex spot that you're gonna play him. Alright, So you're taking You're I'm alright, what's the appropriate level of panic for Mike Davis owners. I'm full on bloat about Mike Davis, especially based on him being drafted as an RB two essentially in the summer. Quarduille Cordarrel Patterson is the running back you want for

the Falcons. He's number one in yards created per touch among running backs. Uh, He's RB ten in PPR. He's also wide receiver sixty BPR. So I don't want to hear about what site you haven't designated at as wide received running back. But Patterson is steel on the show in that backfield. So blowed all the way. Uh, the correct answer is a bowl loosening level of existential dread. I like that he's been thrown to seventeen times, but Mike Davis has turned it into twenty two passing yards

per game. That's it. The entire Falcon's offense looks bad. Matt Ryan looks like he's on his last legs, and Davis is just a guy. He ranks twenty yards after contact, he ranks nine enforced miss tackles. He doesn't have a run longer than twelve yards. There's no explosiveness there, and just two carries inside the six yard line and he didn't score on either one of them. But cor Daryl Patterson has If when you're losing carries at the stripe

to Cor Daryl Patterson, that is a bad sign. And then we're gonna add in complicating factors for Mike Davis, like a bad defense that leads to negative game scripts and Pro Football focuses twenty first ranked run blocking line that just doesn't give Mike Davis much to work with. Blowed. Yeah, let's go back to a couple of matchups. Well, one in particular, the Washington football team taking on the Atlanta Falcons, and let's start with the Let's start with the passing game.

Already told you earlier, Taylor Heineke was my take a chance of me quarterback with a B grade. Terry McLaurin with an A grade. In fact, let's give him a little fantasy ard vark here. He survived a tough matchup with for Davious White last week, and now this should be much easier as he toys with former teammate teammate Fabian Moreau in this game. He's allowing eight six percent of the passes in his coverage to be completed, and

Fabian row has already given up two touchdowns. He's only had two red zone targets all year, and that's a little bit troubling for McLaurin. By can score from distance, Opposing number one receivers are averaging seventy receiving yards and a full touchdown per game against the Falcons. A grade for Terry McLaurin in this one. Staying with the passing game, Logan Thomas with an A grade. It's touchdown time here.

Atlantis yielded the most red zone targets, the most red zone touches, and the most goal to go touches two tight ends, so it's no surprise they've surrendered the most touchdowns of the position already. Logan Thomas leads Washington with three red zone targets and he caught all of them, converting two of those three in two touchdowns. It is touchdown time for Thomas. And how about a starting grade

for Adam Humphries. Nobody, Nobody's gonna start him, but if you're in a pinch, he's actually a sneaky play against slot cornerback Isaiah Oliver, who allowed a whopping seven touchdowns last year and there was already given up a touchdown this year. Humphrey's on the field enough. He's on the field about sixty eight percent of Washington snap so he's on the field enough that you could make a difference here.

So I've got to see great on him. Curtis Samuel's gonna come back for this game, um, and he was my premature speculation player last week. Now he's going to be active. But his groin injury, you'll remember, he suffered this groin injury in O T A S, So he missed a good chunk of O T A S. He missed the entire training camp. Then he suffered the relapse to the groin injury right before the start of the

regular season, missed three games there. Dude hasn't played football in three months, so I don't think we're starting Curtis Samuel yet. But let's watch and see what happens even if he's active as expected for this game. JD. Mckissic is a bench grade. The Falcons haven't allowed to touch down through the air to a runner in over one year of games, and over that year of games, the average team total team receiving numbers two running backs is just twenty nine yards. So I don't think mckiss it

gets anything done in this one. Let's go over to the Atlanta side and let's start with your guys do this. Let's oh Kyle Pitts right off the bat. Now, you have been Kyle Pitts first overall player in the draft position one grades in your matchups. I have been the rationalist on Kyle Pitts all along, and I'm giving him a B grade this week. It's not a bad grade,

it's a B grade. He has garnered the seventh most targets among tight ends and he draws a very positive matchup, in particular with linebacker John Bostick this week, who has allowed one nineties seven receiving yards on fifteen catches, most of it too tight ends. So far, already he's the second worst graded coverage linebacker by Pro Football Focus. I love the matchup for Kyle Pitts. Tight Ends have seen the third most red zone targets against Washington, so I

think Kyle Pitts breaks his touchdown maiden this week. Again, he is essentially playing wide receiver. The only percent of the snaps taken in line, as opposed to a guy like Darren Waller, was over fifty. He's in the slattery's outside all the time. But let's talk Calvin Ridley, who this game's got slump buster written all over it. For Ridley, He's been very involved in the offense. He's averaging ten

targets a game, which is great. And the football team secondary, which I thought was gonna be good, just isn't so far, giving up two hundred forty seven yards per game to the receiver position, second worst in the league, and they've allowed at least one receiver to hit ninety four yards every week. If one receiver is gonna get ninety four yards. This week it's gonna be Calvin Ridley, cornerbacks William Jackson and Kendall Fuller and no match here, So I like

Ridley a B grade. Also with the quasi passing game core Darrell Patterson, the Falcons utility player, continues to get increasing workload and he's delivering on it. The Washington defense has been a major disappointment so far, although they are ranked number one in tackling by Pro Football Focus, so maybe they get a little better there. Um they especially

lockdown pass catching running backs like Patterson. They're giving up a league low uh eight receptions on the season two running backs and just forty seven receiving yards to running back, So I don't think Cordarrell Patterson keeps the mojo going this week, and I've got just a C grade on him. And as for Matt Ryan, his playsman better lately with

multiple touchdowns and back to back efficient games. The Washington secondary isn't nearly as good as expected, and Ryan's got favorable matchups on the field, which I do like and I've already outlined for you, So I like him here, okay, And I've got a C grade on Matt Ryan and then lastly Mike Davis, who we just talked about a minute ago. No runners top sixty yards against Washington and they're allowing just three and a half yards per carry.

Davis is locked into this improbable time share with cor Darryl Patterson, and I don't see that changing here. And just the two carries inside the six yard line that I mentioned and neither scored, so I can't even tell you there's much of a touchdown opportunity for Davis in this game. So probably ought to be a bench grade, but I'm still giving him a C on the prospect of him getting to fifty total yards again. Patterson RB

ten right now. If he finishes the year as a top twelve running back, that's one of the biggest that's the biggest surprise in the history of Fantasy Green Carnation unbelievable. When we come back, Seahawks take on the forty Niners. It's a battered forty Niners secondary and it could be a gigantic game for the receivers and quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, Russell Wilson. We'll talk more about that when we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.

We've got a block of matchups to get to. We'll break down these games fantasy style with letter grades on every player. We begin with the Seahawks taking on the forty Niners and Jeff this is a forty nine secondary in disarray. Kwan Williams is out. They may be starting off the street buster screen, the undead corpse of Josh Norman and Drake Kirkpatrick at cornerback. Um, they've got rookie Diamadoor Lamore Leonore, who has been actually okay, and he's in the mix as well. But this secondary is a

mess right now. And here comes Russell Wilson and it looks like he's gonna have all his weapons for this game. And here's one interesting stat. One running he is nine games in San Francisco over Russell Wilson's career, he's never thrown for over two it and fifty eight passing yards

and he's never thrown for more than two touchdowns. A game that's going out the window this week, Like you mentioned, you had to go to the remains of Josh Norman and now you're going to bust your screen doors door exactly. So I mean Russell Wilson's inn a he has he has to be, which of course then leads to dk Metcalf and Tyler Locke at both as uh Metcalf over a eleven and a half targets per game in his four games again San Francisco. Now, last year season Family

only had twenty one yards against. Throw that out the window. He had three three touchdowns in the two games there. He's going to see all kinds of stuff. Tyler Locket at the same way. Last year's season finale one of his best fantasy games. That he said, twelve catches, ninety yards and two touchdowns the first in the first two games this year over a hundred yards. Last week the off game he did get danged and he got the bulk of Patrick Peterson. But obviously he's an a as well.

I'm going to give a be to Chris Carson. He's averaged over six yards per carrying his two road starts. We he's gonna get sixteen touches. That's just what he gets. And uh last year and he didn't do much in San Francisco, but I mean he has he's going to make hay out of his But that's you had him last year have him this year. He's gonna touch the

ball sixteen times. He's gonna make something now, So I still give him a B. And the only other guy that I would have recommended that here was Gerald Everett. He just went on the COVID list. So those three guys really could have come for a lot A deep sleeper. Yeah, and if making him as well, Bluster Screen is the starting slot receiver off the street, if he's starting. Freddie Swain is a nice saw that. Yeah, I saw that name you throw out there. Yeah we can. We'll definitely

throw him in here. Uh. San Francisco Jimmy Garoppolo on the last on the bench the last three games against San Francisco has one touchdown passed. But he should put up better numbers. Why because Seattle's defense is awful. Oh there there. Their cornerbacks might be the highlight of their defense, and none is in Pro Football Focus is top fifty, So Deebo Samuel isn't obvious? Are Julio Jones and Justin Jefferson just each went over for a hundred yards over them.

Deebo Samuel had over a hundred yards in both games against Seattle last year. The only I mean the only thing with him is that he doesn't get into the end zone. He scored twice in his last nine games. But really it doesn't It doesn't make a whole lot of difference here. Brandon Nyuk. I've moved him up to a B because he's now obviously reinvolved in the offense. Last week he had the one touchdown, and he had another one just got kind of got tipped the way

and dropped. Last year against Seattle, he had eight catches for ninety one yards and a touchdown in the game. He's trending in the right direction. He's obviously now back in part of the offense. Trey Sermon could have a big game this week. Elijah Mitchell as we as we've seen, he has not had contact yet. I don't think he's gonna play this week. Usually if you don't his his his practice was so light that he was wearing the

red contactors he normally quarterbacks have. He's had no That's a bad sign for his availability here in Seattle against running backs. Oh Boy dead last in fantasy points so far. Jonathan Taylor hundred sixteen Comboy yards, Travis Humby two d and thirty seven. Alexander Madison A hundred and seventy one. And I think last week now, Trey Sermon, I think game script got him a little bit last week. One thing I really was impressed with was his move at

the goal line. Yeah, and so if he's if Mitchell is out and Trey Sermon is your guy this week, I give him. I give him a beef for sure, and he may be an A because Seattle's defense just awful. George Kittle hasn't practiced all week. Now, I I still you know, with him, I'd still give him a B because he uh week one, end weeks seven, we saw with him really good. But he hasn't scored in seven

career games against Seattle. That's weird. It is weird. And he actually has only scored twice in his last eleven games. So and with the calf injury, I would only give him a B. One thing to note here, the last six games between these two teams have had at least forty seven points scored. So offense, plenty of offense here. If you're on the defensive, you know a couple of these fringe guys, Remember there's gonna be points scored here. Titans take on the Jets Brian no A, j Brown,

no Julio Jones. So Derrick Henry is gonna have like forty carries in this game. Yeah, fantasy Fonzie for Henry A. The Jets are allowing nearly one and sixty combo yards per game and have yielded the most red zone touches to running backs. No surprise, They've allowed four rushing touchdowns and running backs over the last two weeks. And I would like to mention twelve catches for Henry so far, his career high for a full season, and of course

is nineteen. Might break his career record in this game. As you mentioned, A J Brown and Julio Jones have both been ruled out. That made Nick Westbrook I believe it is again. It's n w I around here. H he used your to take a chance on me wide receiver charge. I like that call. I'm gonna put Chester Rogers and Racy McMath. You're just six three rookie at l s U. He was drafted I never knew existed. I'm keeping my eye on him, but I got Rogers

and McMath on the bench. The Jets are allowing only yards per game to wide receivers you just don't have to throw against the Jets, really, and for that reason, I've got tight end Anthony Brooks around the bench as well. He should make his return from injury. But the Jets not allowing any production to tight ends because no one needs to throw on them, basically a butt. I will give Ryan tannehillisy even though I just poo poo the passing game or the lack of the need for a

passing him against the Jets. The Jets have been given up much to opposing quarterbacks, but they faced Sam Donald, mac Jones, Teddy Bridgewater. They also haven't had to throw much. But I will give Tannehill a C grade in this one. Over to the Jet side, Michael Carter was might take a chance on me running back. He is the only running backwards starting in this game, and that's for sure. Corey Davis, I would give him a b uh. In a bona fide revenge game narrative here he stated he

was hurt that the Titans let him walk in free agency. Alright, so there is a little bit more than just the money he left. There's some sour feelings. I like that there is a chip on the shoulder, and again I mentioned this in takeom Tennessee is allowing more than fifteen catches and two yards per game to opposing wide receivers. He have yielded the second most red zone targets and the most gold through goat touches to opposing wide receivers. So a b for Corey Davis. That made Braxton Barrios

might take a chance on me wide receiver. Uh, Jameson Crowder is making his return from the growing injury his season debut. I should say, I gotta see what we get at a Crowder. We're not so sure he'll finish the game, so I got him on the bench for now. And uh, guess where's at Wilson is on the bench. Yeah,

that's unfortunate. Really, the Jets made a mistake in not keeping Donald and then they had that number two pick in the draft and trading that number two pick for you know, you know, they could have gotten three first rounders or something right and just moved down and just piled up picks, and they could have they could have kept Sam Donald, and you know, figured to just Donner will be better without Adam Gates, which he already is better without Adam Gates. So I think they made a

tactical blunder there, Ravens take on the Broncos. Let's talk this one through. Lamar Jackson returned to practice on Friday, and he looks like a full go for this game, and he gets a B grade from me. He has thrown zero or one touchdown in half of his games going back to the middle of last year, and exactly one touchdown in all three of his games this year. Denver has absolutely hammered the wobbly quarterbacks they've seen so far, holding them to an averager just one two yards and

less than one touchdown pass per game. So I don't think you're gonna get much through the air from Lamar Jackson in this one. So will you get fantasy points on the ground while he's topping fifty eight rushing yards in every game this year, and Denver allowed Daniel Jones a rushing touchdown in Week one and they gave up a league worst eight quarterback rushing touchdowns last year, although that the defense was all banged up last year. So I think Lamar Jackson does enough on the ground here

to keep him with the B grade. But there is clunker potential in Lamar Jackson this week let's talk about his receivers. Marquis Brown might get some extra looks to rebuild his confidence after he dropped two absolute touchdowns and a third one that was probably going to be a touchdown, So maybe they go back to him a few extra times to rebuild him a little bit. It's a tough matchup with the Denver secondary that currently ranks ninth in yards per game two receivers and tied for second with

just two scores allowed two wide outs. Brown could still find success on the outside against Kyle Fuller, who his coverage grades out at forty second among fifty two cornerbacks by Pro Football Focus, So there's still something to like there. But I've just got a C grade on Marquis Brown

in this game. CE grade on Mark Andrews because the Broncos have been very stout against tight ends, and that's not saying much when they've seen Tyler Craft, James O'Shaughnessy, and Kyle Rudolph, so maybe they're more vulnerable than we know. Uh Andrew's returned to form last week with the win hundred yard game, but he has yet to see a red zone target, which is very troubling. And as for the Baltimore Runners. For the love of God, who knows right? I mean, this thing is so messed up right now.

Between Williams and Murray and Freeman collectively, they all did nothing in a juicy matchup with the Lions last week, and here comes a brutal matchup. Denver ranks number two in rushing yards allowed, number two and fewest rushing attempts, and is allowing just three point two yards per carry. So they're all on the bench. Lastly, Rishad Bateman could make his debut here. We don't know yet. Might be a game time decision, but we're gonna sit and watch and see what his usage is before we try him

in a very tough matchup. All right, let's go over to the Denver side. I want to start with the running backs. Melvin Gordon and Javante Williams just get C grades each. The Ravens are allowing the ninth fewest rushing yards per game, and no back has topped forty seven rushing yards. That's it. And despite that success, they are giving up some touchdowns. So maybe one of the other finds the end zone here. Gordon's a little thing up coming into this game, so Javanta Williams might get the

slight edge. They wouldn't that be nice? Every week? I'm like, can we just unleash Javonte Williams. Are we gonna take away Melvin Gordon's seventy yard touchdown running again? Um? They did that last week? That's enough. Uh, there's also but oh they're giving up the second most receiving yards and they've let opposing running backs catch twenty one of twenty two targets on the year. So I think Williams and Gordon can help you a little bit more through the

air than they normally do. And a C grade for those guys. Let's let's sorry about the passing game. Teddy Bridgewater with a C grade. He's one of last year was one of last year's bottom ten passers in average distance. This year, he is a top ten passer in average distance and he hasn't skipped a beat without Jerry Judy because Tim Patrick is stepped in nicely. The Raven secondary was shredded in weeks one and two, and only the

only team they've held down was the Lion. So I could see Teddy cobbling his way to a decent game here. And I've got a C grade on him. Courtland Sutton gets an A. He leads up the league an average depth of target at sixteen and a half yards, which is great, and Teddy throwing these long balls as I mentioned it could all you need is one connection there. The raven secondary is prone to allowing big plays from receivers.

They've given up a thirty one yard touchdown, a thirty three yard touchdown, and a forty yard touchdown, So I like the deep ball to Courtland Sutton a grade. Tim Patrick gets a B grade. The Ravens coverage is a mixed bag for Patrick, who normally plays the boundaries. Patrick will want to avoid Anthony Avereite on the side of the field, as he surrendered just thirty seven scoreless yards

per game. He will fare better on the right side though, against Marlon Humphrey, who was good but isn't playing well this year. He's given up two scores already in a hundred one passer ratings so far. And then lastly, Noah Fan. The Ravens have been very exploitable here. They're giving up the most targets, the most receptions, and the most yards to tight ends. So Noah Fan potentially sitting on a big game here, even though they did just hold T. J.

Hockenson to a nothing game a week ago. Patrick Queen has been getting destroyed by tight ends to this point of the season, and with kJ Hamler out maybe the middle of the field. A few extra throws to Noah fanse in this game and he gets a B grade. When we come back. Final segment, including premature speculation, We'll give you the names of three guys you want to pick up this week that everybody else will be trying to pick up next week when we come back to

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is a segment we call premature speculation. We give you the opportunity to jump into this time machine right here, that one right there, and to pick up a bunch of guys this week that we think everybody else is gonna be trying to pick up next week. But they're already on your team. Jeff, you got I have. Well, Actually he's not premature, and he's just a guy. I'm not sure why everybody has missed it's Hunter Renfro. With all the chaos and different things going on on this

Raiders offense. Three weeks, his targets nine, seven and six, his games six for seventy, five for fifty seven and five for fifty seven, solid numbers, especially in PPR, and so people I think have started to catch on to him.

But he's been a very consistent in this offense. So if if he's if he's there in your league, that's a guy that I'm looking at, especially you know in these Guillotine leagues where it's still early enough in the season, a guy like that as a fill in as your second receiver, want to consistent outputting these Guillotine League exactly. That's a guy who could do it, Hunter Renfro, All right, who's your premature speculation player, Brian? I got Patriots running

back j J. Taylor. James White lost for the year with the hip injury. That opens up that third down role for j. J. Taylor, who has shown he has the skill set to fill in admirable, admirably and it's been a productive role for the Patriots, the third down pass catching uh role at running back, and the Patriots at the Bucks this week impossible to run on them,

and we're not expecting Taylor to do much running. But Tampa Bay was the only team to allow more than one catches to running backs last year, so I think Taylor could be sitting on a pretty big game catching the ball. So go get him now, because after Sunday or I'm sorry, Monday, people are gonna be looking at him on the waper wire. Alright, let's uh, let's go to my premature speculation player, Rashad Bateman. Savvy fantasy players are already on Bateman when he started practicing on Wednesday,

but he's still only rostered for whatever reason. Twenty one of Yahoo leagues and eight percent of ESPN leagues. He was a first rounder on a team that needs help. But receiver. He is a fluid, hyper competitive receiver who will win almost all contested catches. Great hands, good ball tracking, giant catch radius. There's a lot to like about this kid, and all he has to do is passed by Sammy Watkins and Devin DuVernay in the slot to get some runs. So and to me, Markus Brown has always felt like

a number two receiver, not a number one. His drops almost a spasualist. No this this late in the season. You know, when you're talking about a guy like Bateman, who, Yeah, I get he's a rookie, but I mean you look around there and Lamar Jackson, the struggles they're having in their past game. This guy, I mean, we got to see him up close. He's he's the real deal for sure.

Bucks take on the Patriots. As you may be aware, there's a certain amount of intrigue in this game, um and some storylines, but we're gonna break it down fantasy style, starting on the Buck side and Tom Brady, you know all the you know, all the other stuff aside. Let's just let's just focus on fantasy What do you expect from Tom Brady in this game? Well, I don't, you know, being the new guy, I don't want to. I don't want to break any tradition, but an aid and seem right.

I thought maybe alpha was the right grade for him. He's mythical. He just he you know, maybe don't say a plus. That's what I was. That's why that's why I want to like, I didn't want to put the plus in there for me. Is he going to throw for five and six or is he gonna have like a first half like five had when his dad died. No, I don't think he's going to do that. But this is about as high a floor as you're gonna ever have for for a fantasy quarterback. To me, it seems

like it boils down to public Brady. This is the team. Private Brady go went into Arian's office, closed the door and said, hey, could you give ron Leal the week off? This week? I just you know, the Patriots corners on paper have done really well. They're they're like I think seventh, I believe in fantasy points allowed. Tom Brady is he's a your But that goes to the what's interesting gioe Bernard was ruled out Ronald Jones at five touches per week, I moved Leonard for an end up to a B

this week. Barry Bruce arians has made mention of the fact he wants to use for net more on third down, and he's already averaging four catches a game, so there could be he could be sitting here on a pretty decent game. Uh as far as as far as the receiver's goes Evans and Godwen, obviously, as Evans after the first week of being a little bit lost, has been way involved the last two weeks. Godwin has scored in sixth straight regular season games. But he's not the only

revenge guy. Antonio Brown, he's one game with the Patriots. He's off the COVID list now he's supposed to be active. He's actually scored in five of his last six games before last week, with the last week in the landing before he went on the COVID list, so I used to I would give him a B as well, especially with the news now that Gronk is doubtful for this game. Cameron break could be a fascinating pickup for those and if you've got Gronk, you need to go get Cameron break. Yeah,

make sure you've got the starting tight end. Now for me, the the you know, the fantasy guy thinks the willis read things because I mean Brady to Gronk in the end zone. Man. But yeah, like you said, Cameron, braid the guy. This is a very strange game for New England because this doesn't happen very often. They're playing the same game this week that they did last week. You've got you had New Orleans at home. The only difference

is Marchant and Latimore is not there. But it's the same thing and that's why for me, Damian Harris is on the bench again. His snap count last week went down to he doesn't catch passes. He only scored three in his last thirteen starts. He did nothing last week. I see the same thing from him this week. I don't see it any better. Brutal matchup. And on the reverse side of that, Mac Jones, I wouldn't necessar really

start him. But Trent Brown has been practicing this week and he's said two passing yards and his two home starts last week, as I mentioned, uh Nelson Aglar was my take a chance of your guy. But between Myers born and uh als I mentioned thirty targets last week between these three guys, and that was with Marshawn Lattimore. I have I have a certain C and a B for PPR for Jacoby Myers because he said at least five targets and nine games. He's a really good PPR producer.

Uh And even Kendrick Borne, he's he scored last week, had a nice game. Uh. All three of these guys really could be in for a decent game because Tampa's corners are awful. They just signed Richard Sherman off the street and they said we're going to suit him up. Oh yeah, they might actually see him. Uh. And just for the Titans, Hunter Henry seemed to jump past your guy, John Nu Smith. I would give him a CEE because

over the last two weeks he's gotten more. John NW Smith, I just I wanted to throw this in for you. Though his one career game against Tampa John Nu Smith six catches, seventy one touchdown has nothing to do with this matchup ended up signing. I wanted to throw him that in thank you appreciate that. Uh, Brian Steelers take on the Packers. You've already alluded to the undead corpse

of Ben Roethlisberger, who was stuck around one year too many. Yeah, he was going take a chance, I mean quarterback because I liked the receiving options for Pittsburgh and this one. Uh Naji Harris is a receiving option, by the way, him in a minute. But I will start with at wide receiver and give Deontay Johnson and B should make his return from a knee injury missed last week. The

matchup doesn't look great on paper for Deontay. The Packers have only allowed twenty six total catches to wide receivers, but they've also faced the Saints, Lions and forty Niners. Now, outside of Deebo Samuel, there aren't any actual wide receivers on those teams, so uh and and despite that, the Packers have surrendered four touchdowns to wide receivers. So a B for Deonta Johnson. Uh. Now, we gotta go over to Chase Claypool, who now is looking very ippy for

this game with a hamstring injury. Did not practice on Friday. I don't think it's happening. Yeah, we're gonna go under the assumption he is out on Sunday night. So that bumps Juju Smith Schuster from I had him as a bench grade just because he does not look good. He hurt his Rik's Washington is a sneaky play here. He and Juju get a sea here just because I do think there will be points put up in this game. But of course if Chase Claypool plays at bumps Washington

to the bench and almost Juju. But I'll give Juju in Washington the sea here, and tight end Pat friar Muth can give him a sea. Packers are allowing seven catches sixty six yards per game to opposing tight ends, three total touchdowns surrendered to the position. So far, fryar Muth has seemingly used to Eric Ebron is the Steeler's

top tight end. So a guy who's we're starting now on the tight end wasteland and last, and certainly not least, Naji Harris can give him a b Nineteen targets last week, second highest running back targets history of the league, and he's he right now. He's second in target share percentage among running backs, behind only Alvin Kamara. Harris is also first among running backs and broken tackles on receptions. He clearly can run the ball a true bell cow uh.

It's just that offensive line is pretty garbage. But a very safe volume play and give him a B here. The Packers not a great matchup, allowing less than twenty combo yards per game to running backs, but they've surrendered three scores to the positions of a B for Harris. Over to the Green Bay side, We'll start with Aaron Jones, who's nursing an ankle injury right now but should play, and I will mention t J Watt will make his return for Pittsburgh. That's a huge deal when Elkin Jenkins

is not gonna play. Jones probably would have gotten a if there is no t J. But since t J will be back and give Jones a B, tough matchup for Aaron. Pittsburgh is allowing the ninth fewest combo yards end yards per carry to opposing running backs and are one of five teams yet to allow a running back

touchdown this season. Jones does lead all running backs in red zone touches, so he certainly has a chance to score even against the Steelers, But just to be for Jones and this one, Davante Adams gets an a though twenty seven targets over the last two weeks. Uh, Pittsburgh allowing plus yards per game to wide receivers five total touchdowns. Easy a for Davante is out to you like any of the other receivers. Yeah, because MVS is out with

the hamstring injury. I'll give Alan Lazar to see just based on the stats I just read off, he'll see uh, plenty of single coverage in this game. But the Steelers focused in on Davante Adams for sure. And Robert Tonyan off to an awful start this year, but it's gonna give him a c here. Uh. The Steelers are allowing a little over four catches and fifty yards per game to tight ends. Not great, but it's been a mixed

bag of results for the opposition. So last week the Bengals tight ends combined for zero catches on one target. But in week two, the Raiders tight ends Darren Waller, Foster Moreau, and Derek Carrier conbind for nine catches, hundred and twelve yards in a touchdown. So I'm gonna get Tony in to see here. But he really needs to score. They go, I know, they really do. I think I think with mvs out that this a lot of that passing offense is gonna go through Tony, and I think

the bounce back game is coming right here. I do as well in speaking of getting going after that awful start to the season in week when Aaron Rodgers has certainly gotten going. But just to be for him here again, it would have been an a f T. J. Watt was not going to play for Pittsburgh. But the Steelers have faced three quality quarterbacks and Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, and Derek Carr and have allowed an average of two seventy four yards and two touchdowns per game. Two opposing quarterbacks.

Feels about right for Aaron Rodgers floor in this game, with a certainly a chance to score higher than that. Let's go to the Monday night game is our final game, and there's a real problem for fantasy owners because we don't know who the starting running back is going to be for the Raiders against the bottom ranked run defense in the league. So an ideal scenario, you have Jacobs and Barber, Josh Jacobs and Peyton Barber, and you can pivot to whichever one you need to. But for most

of us that's not the case. You're gonna have to set your line up on Sunday, and makes some kind of an educated guest, and I don't believe we're gonna have final word on whether it's Jacobs or Barber before Sunday for this Monday night game. So you're gonna have to You're kind of stuck. You can roll the dice

if you want. In a very positive matchup against the team allowing the most rushing yards in five and a half yards per carry, four different runners of top one total yards against the Chargers already, let's go to the passing game where Derek Carr slumps to a C in

his toughest matchup of the year. He goes up against a rebuilt Chargers past defense that has already shut out Dak Prescott and mortalized Patrick Mahomes and back to back weeks, they've got that impressive rookie Asante Samuel Jr. Who was defensive Rookie of the Year, sorry, Rookie of the Month for September, and um they got back elite safety Derwin James.

And so you're all that together, and I can't assure you that Derek Carr keeps his momentum going here All of his receivers have difficult individual matchups, which I'll discuss in just a minute. But I do love and Waller, so Carr remains startable with the C grade. Waller obvious A charges are allowed the seventh most catches too tight ends, and have had no answer for Waller's closest comparable, Travis Kelsey last week he rolled up seven catches for a

hundred four yards. As for the receivers, Renfro, Rugs Edwards, just too many tough matchups against a very good Charger secondary that's already humbled Tyree hill, A, Marii Cooper, and Terry McLaurin. So I don't like Renfro, Rugs and Edwards, I can tell you that much. Los Angeles Franks number two and wide receiver yards allowed, number one and wide receiver touchdowns allowed and number seven in wide receiver receptions allowed. Brutal matchups for those guys. All right, now, let's go

over to the l A side of this game. Austin Ekeler A grade. I feel really good about him here, and maybe I've going going to this weekend feeling as good about Eler in this one as any of them he's seen an increase in snaps in every game. He's hall in fifteen of the fifteen throws that have come

his direction over the past two weeks. The Raiders have been in the better half of the league in most running back defensive metrics so far, but five separate running backs have already topped seventy four total yards or found the end zone. If five of those guys have, I can't see Eckler not hitting seventy four total yards and or the end zone. He probably does both. Moving over to the passing game, justin Air Bear gets an A grade.

The Raiders secondary clearly improved from last year, but after slowing the modest passing attacks of Baltimore Pittsburgh in Miami, I don't believe Las Vegas can stop Justin Air Bear at all. He has looked great. He's completing seventy percent of his passes despite playing better defenses than the Raiders can put on the field. As a rookie against this team, he topped three hundred yards and two touchdowns in both meetings with the Raiders. He will do it again. Here.

A grade for Justin Air Bear keenan Allen A grade. He's not at least one hundred total yards and or a score and eleven of the last thirteen games, and has done so in all three games this year. He'll primarily go up against rookie slot cornerback Nate Hobbs, who has looked fine, but he's not Keenan Allen, and he's

gonna get torched by Allen in this game. So I got an A grade on Keenan Allen, a B grade on Mike Williams, who draws a tough matchup with the one good member of this Las Vegas secondary, Casey Hayward, who ranks second among fifty two cornerbacks who have played

at least one hundred snaps according to ProFootball Focus. In coverage grade, Hayward travels with the opponent's best outside receiver, and of course Keenan Allen, largely placed from the slot the best outside receivers Mike Williams, who's gonna get a lot of Casey Hayward, and that's gonna it's gonna take some creativity for the Chargers to get Williams free of Hayward. And I've just got the B on Williams, even though he's been one of the hottest receivers in Fantasy Football,

Jared Cook gets a sea. There's been middling totals in every game so far for Cook it Mikekasecki just went off for ten catches and eighty six yards against Las Vegas, so we're gonna in this tight end wasteland. We'll give Jared Cook a C grade in this game. It's a lot to get through, you guys. We did it. We did it, Jeff, How did it feel? First one? But I love it. I mean, I just thank you for having me here this. You know, a little bit of surreal sitting here in this chair without the people who

sat here. But I really really enjoyed it. A great job, great job today, and we appreciate you filling in for our usual guys. If you missed any part of this show, look for Fantasy Football Weekly the podcast if you're listening to this over the air and you want to hear the podcast um or you can also find us over there if you're listening to the podcast. It works both ways. We'll be back next week. Best of luck in week number four, everybody talk to you to week bye bye.

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