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drug mule. Colin mccockney. Oh no, Uh. Coming up on this show, we will have the answers to three tough questions. Premature speculation is always one of the favorite segments on this show nine players upon whom you can take a chance, and we will break down every single NFL game from this weekend and assigned letter grades to every meaningful player. That's what we do here, and we begin with the Giants taking on the Cowboys. A four hundred yard passing

game for Daniel Jones career high. What do you expect against and improved Dallas Cowboys defense? Yeah, I gave him a B grade. Actually went for four oh two and two last week against New Orleans. He's leading the Giants and rushing yards and has scored twice on the ground this year. The Cowboys defense has allowed each quarterback they faced the top three hundred yards, three of them through for multiple scores. Plus Sam Donald's rushing line from last

week six carries thirty five yards, two touchdowns. That's favorable for Daniel Jones. Now, he's never top two or twenty nine passing yards against Dallas, but he did beat them in Week seventeen last year to knock the Cowboys out of the playoffs, so he's got a little confidence there. His wide receivers, it's uh, it's kind of ugly. Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepherd still not practicing there out this week.

Kenny Golladay, he gets a C grade. He had a good week last week, but this grade is solely due to the Trevon digs hole he's about to enter. Can we call it the digs hole? I like I like the sound of that, but as as a way to and the dates is. The interceptions are great. He's given up the fifth most passing yards of any cornerbacks passer rating of forty two in his coverage. Interceptions are pretty important,

but he's not intercepting the ball. The teams don't hesitate to throw at him, and that you can get something done. I'm not ready to the digs hole yet. He's got day still startable? Uh? Can Darius Tony? Uh? He can be started here. It's kind of a desperation. D grade should line up mostly in the slot, and the Cowboys have been hit hard from there. Both Chris Godwin and Keenan Allen both top a hundred yards this season from

the slot against the Cowboys. But he's very gadgetty. They gave him ten touches last week, but he only had five total in the first three weeks. I don't think he's a surprise anymore to anybody, um, just to get us back on the rails. We have four designations for our players here, Matt A, B, C, and bench. I don't want you to suddenly start thinking you can just throw around D's pluses minuses, Tilda's uh, the carrot, the shift six. They're nothing, no special characters this. We have

four officially approved designations. I'm so sorry, church uh. Se Kwan Barkley gets a open parentheses B, closed parentheses grade. Dallas has done a good job keeping running back and checked this year. No one has topped fifty seven yards on the ground. Austin Ekeler was the only one who eclipse a hundred combo yards. Most of that was done through the air. However, they've only played Tampa's mess of a backfield, Phillies gross backfield, and the Panthers without CMC.

They're still passing game angle here. So se Kwan's an easy B. Dak Prescott gets an A. Every quarterback to face the Giants has had a good day. Even if you smushed together the Saints quarterbacks. That was the best quarterback performance of all last week. Amari Cooper and Ceedee Lamb are both getting A grades, although It is concerning that the target totals have been so low in the last two weeks against two teams that the Cowboys really didn't need to pass against, and the Giants could also

fit that mold this week. However, the matchup is too tantalizing. James Bradberry has already given given up three touchdowns in his coverage. He moves around the field and should get some equal playing time on both Lamb and Cooper. Cedric Wilson sort of a dart throw in deeper leagues, especially with Jabril Peppers out yes, and and the won't see Bradberry, which is a bonus, that's true. And then Dalton Schultz

he's getting a B grade it appears. It appears that he's taken over the top spot on the tight end depth chart with seven and eight targets in the last two week compared to two and three for Blake Jarwin. Schultz actually rated as my number two tight end this week, behind Travis Kelsey on the Shock Fantasy Super Dash promo code radio for fifteen dollars off. That's because the Giants have allowed exactly one tight end touchdown in every game

so far, and that's going to go to Schultz. Zeke gets an A grade, Pollard gets a. See it appears that we've exaggerated the death of Ezekiel Elliott on this show. Twenty carries a hundred and forty three yards in a score last week against Carolina. Scored three times in the prior to games. Really, his only bad game was Tampa. He's Zeke's running hard. I've been very impressed with him

the last two weeks. Yeah, and the Giants have already given up a hundred yard games to Kamara and Melvin Gordon, a hundred yards combo yards to slash backup Cordarrell Patterson, So that means Pollard's involved too. He's still recording about ten touches per game, and that's startable if you need it. I like it. Denver takes on the Pittsburgh Steelers. That appears Teddy Bridgewater will be under center, which I think

overall helps this offense. What do you think of the passing game for Denver, Brian, Yeah, Teddy Teddy will make the start past concussion protocol. I like him this week and give him a CEE. It's much easier to run or to pass on Pittsburgh than it is to run The Steelers are allowing nearly two hundred seventy passing yards and two passing touchdowns per game to opposing quarterbacks. So

see for Teddy. I gotta be on Courtland Sutton, who is averaging more than eight targets per game since Week two in a good spot against the Steelers this week we're allowing more than five yards and nearly two touchdowns per game too wide receivers. Pittsburgh will also be without starting quarterback Cameron Sutton, who heard his growing against Green Bay last weeks. While I like no Cameron Suting will be out of No relations are not related. They're not cousins.

Courtland Sutton in with a B cornerback camera and Sutton out. Yes, he's on the bench and your id leaks. I'm not benching Tim Patrick either, I'm giving him a see. Patrick has posted double digit PPR points and two of three starts, and without Jerry Judy in the lineup, he's virtually playing every snap and a good matchup for wide receiver, So a see for Tim Patrick in just to see for Noah fan. This week pretty much a neutral matchup for

fant Um. The Steelers have given up the twelve few cr two tight ends and just one touchdown this year, Um Fan, it is worth mentioning Noah Fan performed admirably against the Steelers last year with Jeff Driscoll at quarterback. Caught four balls for fifty seven yards in his score. So it's a huge upgrade with Teddy Bridgewater over Jeff Driscoll, or for Noah Fan and lastly for Jen For the running backs, we'll start with Javonte Williams. Gonna give him

a week. Oh man, God, if you haven't watched him yet, He's something special. He's just not getting the opportunities. According to Pro Football Focus, uh, he has the highest mis tackle rate at thirty seven percent among all running backs. Just looks incredible. He's just not getting the touches. It's pretty much the most even times share with Melvin Gordon right now, who is kind of iffy to play, but

he will play. He gets a sea. My sea on Williams is much more positive than the sea I have on Melvin Gordon, like like a delicious drink or something like that, like high see something like that. But I was just talking about delicious. Tust I just said, I feel more positive about the see for for Williams and I don't you feel positive about it? Like like it's

a plus? Are you done now? Pretty much stealer. Not a great matchup for either running back though Pittsburgh has not allowed running back touchdown yet on the air or ground, but a sea for both Denver backs over to the Pittsburgh side, just to see. For nase Harris averaging fourteen carries an eight and a half targets per game, right target game, will skew that a little bit was very involved. Yeah, he's a true bell cow Is O line and quarterback are failing him big time. Sadly, this is not a

get right spot spot for Nasey. Denver is allowing just fifty point five rushing yards per game to running backs with one rushing touchdown. The Broncos have also allowed forty five receiving yards to running backs. That's not per game total forty five receiving yards on the year running backs For just a C for Naji Harris, I will give Deonta Johnson a B thirty five targets for Deontay so

far as zero drops. We're all concerned about the drops last year with Johnson doesn't seem to be an issue Denver allowing roughly fourteen catches and one seventy five yards per game to wide receivers. They should get corner Ronald Darby back off of I R, but he'll be playing in a limited role if they do so. I like Johnson with a B and Chase Claypool can give him a C in a Spike game new term. He has a growing injury. Should play, But Denver drafted kJ Hamler

six overall last year. There's a Spike game for everybody not drafted number. Chase clay Pool was drafted as the very next wide receiver as the nick in the Spike game over the jack. Oh that trust me. This is a thing. So Chase Claypool a see if he goes, and Juju Smith Schuster on the bench. If Claypool plays, if Claypool sits, I'll give Juju a CEE. But Juju is not looked good, averaging lesson four catches and thirty five yards per game, hasn't scored through the area, has

a BS rushing touchdown. But Juju looks bad. And I'll just you know, I just we we as a show nailed Jujus foibles in the preseason. I just want to put that in there. And lastly, Ben Roethlisberger joining Juju on the bench again. If claypool sits, I'll give juju. See if Claypool uh Juju see if Claypool with those bench, if he plays Ben on the bench, two hundred fifty passing yards in one touchdown per game is his average,

and that's pretty much his ceiling as well. He just there's better options out there than Ben Roethlisberg, no doubt. It's it's you're gonna have. We're only starting Bet in very specific situations, and this against a very good Broncos defense is not one of them. Better options might be Dwayne Haskins on their own period bench. It could be it could be Detroit takes on Minnesota in a game in which there's not a lot to like from the

Detroit side of it. Detroit likely missing three offensive linemen and their best three both tackles and their center Frank rag Now are not expected to play in this game. And that's it's it's really muddied the usual formula for success for Detroit's players, which is garbage time. Garbage times coming in this game. But I don't even know if they can overcome this in Jared Goff's three good Fantasy games, and three of US four have been good. The lines

have faced big deficits that will probably happen here. The one dud game was the type back and forth game with the Ravens. This is not going to be a tight game. But I just I'm nervous that Goff is not going to be able to overcome this offensive line deficit, and so I've only got a C grade on him. I have a The only receiver that I've got a starting grade on is t J. Hockenson. Minnesota hasn't allowed much to tight ends, but they've also faced mostly bad

tight ends. Hockinson leads his team and targets receiving yards, and he does have playmaking ability with twenty or more yards in three plays of twenty or more yards in three or four games. But here I worry Hockins is gonna have to stay in block because both the tackles are gonna be out. So I've only got the C grade on Hockinson in this game, which is lower than I wanted it to be, in lower than I expected it to be. Um Quintess c Fist is on the bench.

Cliff Raymonds on the bench again, worried about worried about this offense having enough time with this bad offensive line, if you had to throw a dart at one of them. I take Sefist because he loved plays more on the right side of the field, which puts him up against Bashad Breland, who has allowed twenty of twenty three passes in his coverage to be completed. Then we go to the running backs. DeAndre Swift comes in with the C grade here. He will have to be very creative to

get around the offensive line woes that we described. Fortunately, the Vikings are without there run stuffing defensive lineman Michael Pierce, so that helps even the odds a little bit. And it's why I still have a C grade on DeAndre Swift. Minnesota is allowing the third most rushing yards a hundred twenty yards per game and three rushing touchdowns so far this year. Um, where Swift helps you a lot is

through the air, and he's a very good receiver. But the Vikings have only given up one receiving touchdown in the past twenty six games to a running back, so I don't even know that Swift helps you a lot here either. Jamal Williams getting almost as many carries as Swift, but he doesn't get nearly the number of snaps, and that worries me a little bit. And if this game script is upside down, does Williams get those carries? I don't think so, so I'm keeping I'm keeping him on

the bench as well, even though he's running great. If you do watch Jamal Williams run dudes in NFL starting running back, he looks good. Let's go over to the Viking side of this, and I want to start with Dalvin Cook because this is increasingly dicey for cook owners, who got burned last week in a big way. This one carries with it high risk, high reward. The reward, of course is the Lions. The risk is his ankle.

So the presumption is that Cook is going to play in this game after a light week of work with the Vikings in practice, but we don't know that for sure. And the Vikings don't need Dalvin Cook to beat the Lions. They can win with Alexander Madison. They beat Seattle with Alexander Madison, they can beat the Lions with him. In fact, the Vikings haven't won a game with Dalvin Cook in the lineup. Not this year. No, so there's there there's reason to believe that Cook could have a diminished role.

It's even a horrifying turn. It's possible he's active. You start him and the Vikings run Madison through all or most of the game and just safe Cook in case he's needed at some point. Horrifying. That would be an awful scenario. Now, obviously it's an elite matchup. If Cook starts and plays the whole game, he's the upside is hundred and fifty rushing yards and two touchdowns, but there's

significant downside as well. I'm putting a B on Dalvin Cook, and you need to decide for yourself whether or not you want to absorb the risk you should reserve an E n C H two. Just attack onto that B bench and and and got it. Okay, it is It is dicey, it's super dice. But what about Madison Church? What about Madison? Well, you can't know. I don't have a starting grade on Madison because you can't know what's going to happen with Cook, and it's would be a

dart throw. But I could I could be persuaded to give him a seed just because There's so many scenarios where he gets carries, even if even if Dalvin Cook starts the game, the Vicers get way out ahead garbage Town, and then just garbage time Madison at the end. So I could be convinced in fact, for you, Matt, I'll give him a well thank you. Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson and Adam Feeling are obvious a's and I'm not going

to even belabor much here. Um, I'll mention this. Over the past five meetings, Kirk Cousins is averaging two yards and almost three touchdowns with no interceptions against the Lions. So you want part of all of his receiving options, even k J Osborne, who gets a C grade. He's the slot receiver from Minnesota. He draws A J. Parker in the slot. Parker is Pro Football focuses one hundred ranked cornerback. He's already given up two touchdowns in his coverage.

And Tyler Conklin, also with a C grade tight end. Three of four Lions opponents have put up big tight end games. Conklin shouldn't have to stay in and block as much as he did last week. He scored the week before that. I think you can start him as well, Tyler Conklin. As an option for you. Also as an option for you, you you can join a guillotine league. You

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Nine players upon whom you can take a chance. Will tell you who they are when we come back, taking a chance on me. Nine players not normally a new starting lineup. Many of these guys available on the waiver wire. One of mine and well two of mine are likely on your waiver wire. We'll find out who they are in a moment. Matt, Let's begin with you. Who is your Take a chance on the quarterback. I've got Trevor Lawrence, and you know the Jaguars have seen a few distractions

this week, but they're definitely back to the grind. Lawrence backed his behind into the end zone on a rushing play last week and also completed his passes in the process against Since I'd imagine the Jags players rally around Lawrence as a leader as he flew back on the team playing with them. The Titans have given up at least two five yards and multiple scores to every quarterback that they've faced that had two ankles, not Carson Wentz, but that includes two seven and two to Zach Wilson

just last week. All right, you'll take a chance of me, quarterback Brian. I don't have any innuendos for this one, but I got Jacoby either. I don't know what you're talking a Jacoby Brissette of the Dolphins at Tampa Bay. The Bucks can score, and that's partially why they hold the highest opponent passing play percentage in the NFL. It's north of se Another reason is it's impossible to run.

You can't run on the Tampa but they're seeing forty seven passes per game seven and the heavens again, the Tampa Bay is gonna be without three starting cornerbacks now starting a strong safety Antoine Winfield has been ruled out. I like the the matchups for the wide receivers from Miami. Will get into that a little more later. I like the matchup for Mike Gaziki. So Jacoby Brissette's gonna air it out great. Take a chance on me player this

week at quarterback. Given forty seven chances anyway, Jacoby Brissette can comp at least one pass, I would hope. So my quarterback is Zack Wilson, who looked legitimately great last week,

fantastic game. I think he keeps the momentum going against a very shaky Falcons defense that has yielded monster passing games to three of four opposing quarterbacks, including last week to the modest abilities of Taylor Heineke, who he mentioned in this very segment last week, Jamison Crowder positive matchup, Corey Davis positive, very positive matchup against Fabian Moreau. Zack Wilson's gonna have plenty of options when he looks around

the field. Falcons are easier to pass upon than run upon. I believe that Zack Wilson is going to be a good start, and we'll see a little later if Colin mccockney or London correspondent will end up agreeing with you. Might. Let's go to the running back position. Who is your take a chance of me player? Matt I'm gonna go with Zach Wilson's teammate Michael Carter. He's really taken over as the lead back in New York thirteen carries and three targets last week. He's been in the twelve to

fifteen range in total worklow since Week two. Uh. This week he gets a Falcons team that makes everyone look good. Miles Sanders, Kenny Gainwell, Leonard Fournette, se Kwon Barkley, Antonio Gibson and j D. Mckissic have all topped seventy total yards or scored against the Falcons this year. That's six running backs in four weeks. By the way, Yeah, Michael Carter, He's gonna get a solid grade in this one. Let's

go to your take a chance of me Brian. Tampa Bay is Ronald Jones at the Dolphin or at home against the Dolphins. Sorry, Tom Brady has been asked to do way too much lately, and this feels like a game or Tampa Bay can really lean on the run Miami has allowed these second most rushing yards and the most rushing touchdowns to running backs. The Dolphins are also top ten in the most receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns allowed to backs. Now, I know it looks like

it's Leonard Fournette as the lead back. He is the Yeah, well we've seen this before. It always goes the complete opposite. So if you want to win a million dollars playing daily sports, you're gonna have Ronald Jones running back for ust me. I know I'm gonna have him on in a few lines. Something does win the million? Is Is this a tipping situation for you? It probably is most definitely a tipping situation. D m me for my MENMO might take a chance to me. Running back is Damien

Williams as he goes up against Las Vegas. He's you're starting running back with David Montgomery out in Chicago. Um, and like last week, once David mcgomery got knocked out, it was all Williams. And it's gonna be here too. I don't believe we're gonna see a lot of Khalil Herbert here. Uh. And that's Khalil groundbear ground, That's right. Khalil Groundbear, Bill Laser calling the plays. I mean, the

whole Bears offensive a ton better last week. We saw Williams put up seventy yards last week and that was just in relief, So I think it's the starter. He's sitting in a nice game. The Las Vegas run defense right in the middle of the pack in most metrics, but they have a love of the second most touchdowns to running backs, six of them already. In addition, they just let the Chargers running backs catch seven passes and a touchdown through the air, and Willie Ms is a

good pass catching back, So there you go. Damien Williams might take a chance of me running Matt let's go to Let's go to you. Who is your take chance for me? Receiver? I've got Alan Lazard of the Packers. With Marquees Valdez scantling out. Last week, Lazard was on the field for sev of the snaps compared to Randall Cobb at only forty six. Now, Lazard only at three

targets last week and Cobbs scored. So a lot of people are probably thinking the other way around here, but I'd rather have the guy who's on the field Lazard will mostly match up against Eli Apple, who has Pro Football Focus is one and second ranked corner. If it's not Apple, it's just off the injury report. Trey Waynes, who's allowing thirty one yards per catch so far this year. Well in one game, but still yeah, and two catches. But way to massage the stats, right, That's what we do.

That's what we do here, right, Brian, You'll take a chance for me. Receiver Um probably the first person in history that refuses to leave Tampa Bay. So I'm staying with this game and going with Miami's Jalen Waddle UH wide receiver. Um mentioned Tampa Bay is running out the JV squad in their entire secondary practically, and even when they had their stars in their Tampa has allowed the most catches and yards to wide receivers. They've yielded the

third most red zone targets to the position. There's no surprise they've surrendered the most touchdowns too. Wide receivers in Jalen Waddle is legit among players with at least thirty targets, and there aren't that many. There's like twenty of them. He has the highest catch percentage among all those players.

So he can't play. And again, I like presetting this game and Waddle, we'll talk about this game more might be the number one option now at wide receiver, he may be Uh, potentially no Tavante Parker, who shaping up as a game time decision, might take a chance of the receiver Markz Callaway from the New Orleans Saints. He's the only Saints receiver who's getting more than a forty

eight percent snapshare. He's at so he's on the field a lot, and he gets to exploit a Washington secondary that I thought going into the season was gonna be better. It's trash. They're getting to royd by wideouts, giving up two hundred thirty three yards per game that is third most, and Washington's seven touchdowns allowed to wide receivers is fourth most. Callaway runs from all over the field and Washington has no stoppers at any of the cornerback positions, so where

every line's up, he's got a plus matchup. Marquez Callaway might take a chance on me. Wide receiver Bryan green Bay is taking on the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm sorry, Matt is taking on the Cincinnati Bengals. Uh, we already know you like Alan Lazard in this game, I have reasonab believe you probably like Aaron Rodgers as well. Yeah. I

got Rogers and Adams both with A grades. The Bengals past defense has looked better on paper, only allowing two or forty seven yards per game, but when you consider they've seen Kirk Cousins, the Dalton Fields, Combo, Big Ben, and Trevor Lawrence, it's easy to see why this could be fake news. Also got Robert Tuny in with a C. Has had a red zone target in each of his first four games. That's good enough for me. The Bengals have not played a tight end as good as Tony

in yet either man. Do Tonon owners need a big game? Yeah? I invested heavily this year. Aaron Jones I have a B grade. On has been on the field for six or more the snaps in the Packers three wins. While A J. Dillon did see his usage uptick last week, I'm not concerned. Jones has twenty one red zone targets plus rushing attempts this year one Dylan has two. You know that we were we we we like Aaron Jones a lot in the preseason, but we you know, we put a last trick by there, like maybe Dylan ends

up getting a lot of goal line works. He's built for it, but it never worked out that. The Bengals have allowed one d and eleven combo yards to opposing backs, much of that coming through the air, which is Jones's biggest strength over Dylan on the since side. I'm gonna just start with all of their receivers now. The biggest thing here is that all Pro cornerback JayR Alexander is out and maybe gone for a long time with a

shoulder injury. This upgrades basically all the wide receivers. Te Higgins, who missed last week with a shoulder injury, is going to play Sunday. Fourth year retread Isaac Yaya dum is set to take Jayre's place on the field, as the Packers are bypassing Kevin King altogether, which is probably a good move. Higgins figures to line up more on yaya dam side of the field than fellow wide receiver Jamaar Chase.

Chase will line up more often than not on Eric Stokes, who's actually done all right in his coverage this year, is the Packers most targeted cornerback. He's only allowing a pass a rating of sixty point three. Still, I'm giving both Higgins and Chase A grades in this one. Higgins absence last week meant a ton of work for Tyler Boyd and c j Uzoma. Boyd saw the biggest night of his year in every category, but did not reach the end zone against the Jags, and Oozy scored twice.

Boyd will line up against slot corner Chandon Sullivan, who is the lowest rated of the Packers starting corners A lot when you're lower than Kevin King. Yeah, I don't think I even counted Kevin King and actually having a disaster. I'll give boy to be here. I'm a little nervous that some of the targets that were vacated last week are now back to T Higgins and who's almost on the bench, he still hasn't seen a target inside the ten, so he's gonna have to break one from distance to score.

Joe Burrow he gets an A since I love all of his receivers averaging two, seven and two, and I think that's Burrows floor in the game. Every quarterback not named Big Ben has had a big day against the Packers. And then there's Joe Mixon, who's been a d n P at practice all week, and he looks like he's not going to play in this one. Zach Taylor still calling him day to day, but it's looking less likely

he goes with every missed practice. Soma J. P Ryan will get the start, with Chris Evans probably getting a bump. In the passing game. P Ryan has only carried the ball eight times this year and is averaging three point one yards per carry, although he did have one really good game last year in relief of Mixing, where he scored twice, but that was against the Texans and these are not the Texans. The Packers defense ranks eight in the league in comvo yards allowed right now to the position.

So I think Parene Parigne's on the bench, and if mix And can go, he's just a barely a se grade. I don't think Mixing is gonna play, and if he doesn't play, I think Parrine's startable. But I don't I don't share all of your pessimism for Paride. Uh, They've they've got some other opportunities. If Paride doesn't go as well, some other running backs might factor in. But I don't think we're gonna sis in. God, that'd be so much cooler. God, football would be awesome if you everybody had a shield

and could throw it and could throw it right. Yeah, I did each other. That'd be fantastic. When we come back, we'll talk through the remainder if there's not much left to talk through with the Miami side of Miami against Tampa Bay. But you'll find out what to expect from the Tampa Bay side, specifically from Tom Brady and his wide receivers when we returned to Fantasy Football Weekly, final segment of our number one of Fantasy Football Weekly. We are a two hour show. You want to stay tuned

for the second hour. Of course, Brian, you've already ruined, like every part of Miami taking on Tampa Bay, with the exception of a couple of players. Is there anybody left on the Miami side with a starting grade that you have not already mentioned? Uh? One, But they aren't the running backs, Miles Gaskin, Malcolm Brown on the back a disaster that's turned into a disaster. And it doesn't matter.

You just don't play running backs against Tampa Bay, especially not Miles Gaskin, especially not Miles Gaskin or Malcolm Brown. Yet Gaskin basically disappeared last week, but the broth on the bench. If Gaskin was dropped nearly, he's the guy worth grabbing and stashing. As of now, he will certainly be dropped after this week, if he hasn't been dropped already. But in like an amazing matchup, maybe he would take a chance on me kind of play. Still the best

running back on that team. I'm thin he's not saying much, but he he is. But anyway, running backs on the bench for the Dolphins, and this one now, Davante Parker. I was about to give him a very strong B grade, but now he's looking like a game time decision with the hamstring injury. That the song remains the same with Parker sadly, but you know I Jalen waddles. When I take a chance on me wide receiver, he gets bumped up. If part well, he actually doesn't get bumped up. Parker misses,

he gets downgraded a little bit. But the guys to keep an eye on against this ravage secondary for Tampa Bay, who's just giving up a ton to wide receivers or Preston Williams who's been inactive in favor of Albert Wilson. But that's because Albert Wilson plays special teams. He's more of the slot guy. Preston Williams feels like more of the guy to fill in for injured Vante Parker, so he'd be the dart throw and a guy you might wanted to stash and in deeper leagues of wide receiver.

But assuming Parker goes, I didn't give him a SEA just because he might not finish the game. I wanted to give him a B, but again, game time decisions, So keep an eye on Parker. The last starting grade outside of Jacoby precent who might take a chance I mean quarterback, is Mike Kasicki. He gets a B. The Bucks have allowed these second most tight end receptions and touchdowns and have also yielded the yielded the most tight

end targets and golden goat scenarios. Because Kaseki has seen the second most targets among tight ends over the past two weeks and his totally impressive fifteen catches for one three yards and a touchdown during that span, So I Laksicki this week against the Bucks over the Buck side starting with Tom Brady. Just to be for Brady, nine passing touchdowns in the first two weeks, just one passing

touchdown over the last two weeks. Now, over his last eight games against the Dolphins, of course, this has been with the Patriots, He's only averaged two passing yards and two passing touchdowns, which is kind of what the Dolphins are allowing to opposing quarterbacks per game. So a limited sealing for Brady in this one. Again, I think they lean on the running game a little more in this So just to be for Brady against the Dolphins this

week and just to be for Mike. Evans will likely be shadowed by Miami's top corner Xavian Howard, but Howard's been a little leaky over the last three weeks, allowing nearly sixty yards per game in his coverage and touchdowns guy, so a safe b for Evans. There is still a upside for Evans, uh, the same ghost for Chris Godwin. Just didn't give him a be though. I don't think

Tampa throws a ton in this game. He hasn't seen a ton of targets, but draws a big mismatch against slot corner Justin Coleman, who is allowing a completion rate in his coverage, and uh Antonio Brown, he gets a ce uh to close out the wide receivers for Tampa Bay. Again, I think Xavian Howard spends more time on Evans and Miami has allowed a wide receiver touchdown in three or four games. So you can start Antonio Brown with the

c and you can start Cameron Braid as well. Can give him to see Rob Gronkowski will miss this game with the rib rib injuries. Miami is allowing more than five catches and fifty five yards per game to tight ends and wooting three total touchdowns on the season. And lastly, for the Bucks at running back, I'll put a be on Leonard four net already said Ronald Jones might take a chance of me running back. He's playing second fiddle the Leonard four net. That's never been clear though it

comes to Tampa Bay running backs. But it's an amazing matchup. The Dolphins have basically given up the most of everything to running back so far, everything this year. And uh Geo Bernard might play, but I'm leaning towards no. But even if he does not much of a factor, he's on the bench, but b F four net and Jones was might take com running back New Orleans ticket takes on Washington, and we'll start with Alvin Camaro, who earns

an A grade but barely. He's getting just He's just averaging three point eight yards per carry, which is low and troublingly, the high value touches are a concern. He's turned four carries from inside the ten into two yards and no touchdowns. That's gross, that's not good. And then there's Taysom Hill and Jamis Winston who have rushed in six times from inside the ten forty two yards and four scores. That's bad news for Kimera is it? Here's tough question number minus one? Is it time to trade

Alvin Kmara? It might be there's a there's this is a if this is going to continue? The answer is yes, because he's still regarded as a top five running back. But if he's not going to get these easy touchdowns and he's still getting the workload right now the world, that's right, um and Washington has given up the most receiving touchdowns to running backs five Tony Jones is injured,

so the workload is going to be there. Um I just I still I still like him, and I still think he's still gets an A grade here, But I did I played with putting him at B. Let's go to Jamis Winston, who gets a C grade. Ultra a low volume for Jamis Winston like leather helmet era volume. He has been between twenty and twenty three passes in every game this year. That's it. They're minimizing the mistakes

there and everything else can come with Jamis Winston. Patrick Mahomes, even Patrick Mahomes could not fill out a box score on twenty to twenty three passes. But the Washington secondary is so bad right now, Winston probably finds his way to a decent game. Washington's allowed eight passing touchdowns in the last two weeks, and on the season, the average game against Washington is three hundred seven yards and two

and a half passing touchdowns. You figure Winston cobbles his way to like to and one or two passing touchdowns and that gets him a C grade. Marquez Callaway was might take a chance of the wide receiver Deonta Harris factors in is a plausible dart throw as well. He gets a much smaller snap count than Marquez Callaway, but Deanta Harris actually has more targets, more receptions, and more receiving yards than Callaway, so he has a He's a dart throw here with the C grade as well. Let's

go over to the Washington side. Washington's best offensive lineman, Brandon Sheriff out for this game. That is a sizeable loss and will factor that into our bench grade. On Antonio Gibson, I'm with you on this. On Friday, he disclosed that he's got a stress fracture in his shin as a you know, and that's not good for a running back. It's not good for anyone or or anybody else. Nor is the matchup. By the way, um he remember

he gets virtually no receiving work. J. D. Mckissic is getting almost all of that, and so that means Gibson is really just a two down bruiser against arguably the best run defense in the NFL with a bad shin, with a bad schin New Orleans is Pro Football focuses top ranked run defense. They're giving a fifty one rushing yards per game two running backs Aaron Jones. And if

you think Antonio Gibson's too good to fail. Aaron Jones, Damien Harris, on s Kwon Barkley, good running backs have combined to average twenty five rushing yards ends the Saints Antonio Gibson on the bench. J D mckissic, on the other hand, can get it done through the air. The Saints giving up receiving stat lines, has given up receiving stat lines of five catches seventy four yards and a touchdown to say Juan Barkley, five catches sixty five yards

to Christian McCaffrey. So I think I think j D mckissic is gonna get you in that five and fifty range. Maybe ends up finding his way to the end zone, and with Antonio Gibson hobbled, mckissic likely get gets a few little extra running work here as well. So a B grade on j D. Mckissic. Let's go to the passing game. Taylor Heineke gets a C grade. He's he's plucky, and he goes up against a bizarrely inconsistent Saints secondary.

The Saints handled Aaron Rodgers and Mac Jones and gave up big games to Sam Donald and allowed Daniel Jones there for four hundred yards. Last week, so a little bit hard to know which version you're gonna get. Four Sinel Heineke's kind of matchup proof. He scored multiple touchdowns and all three of US starts, and his scrambling ability gives Heineke a little bit extra cushion in there. So a C grade for Heineke. His best and top receiver, Terry McLaurin, is an obvious, a totally match up. I'm

not worried about his matchup anyway. Saints are allowing the six multi yards to receivers. He's an A grade. Curtis Samuel comes in with a C grade. I think he gets an uptick in usage after running just twenty five plays last week. Coming off I r somebody's got to run the Logan Thomas middle of the field routes. I think that's going to be Curtis Samuel in that game.

He ranent of his snaps from the slot last week, and that will put him up against Chauncey Gardner Johnson, a middle of the pack corner who can be beaten. So we'll give a C grade to Curtis Samuel in this game. Our final matchup Tennessee taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. We know Julio Jones has been ruled out of this game. A J. Brown's gonna play in this game game, but I still have to believe we're gonna get a heavy dose of a potential fantasy ard vark you know it.

And Derrick Henry here he is. We mess each other up. There we go, there we go. There's our fantasy r that's him, Derrick Henry. He's the art vark for sure. Uh that that's two a's in art Vark. By the way, it's a double A grade. H A J. Brown. We talked about that. He's a full participant in practice. He's going to return. Julio Jones will not play. Brown floats

around a bit between the outside and the slot. If he's on the outside, he will likely line up with Jags top corner Shack Griffin, currently rated as pro football focuses number sixty two cornerback. If he rolls to the slot, he gets Trey Herndon, who's coming in and basically last place and ProFootball focus. So Brown is an A grade. Chester Rogers is even worth a dart throw, as he does almost all his work from the slot. When he's on the field, so he gets Tray Herndon the most,

Ryan Tannehill. He gets an A grade. Three straight quarterbacks to face the Jaguars have topped the three yard mark, and three of the four quarterbacks they've faced have thrown for multiple scores. Trevor Lawrence was might take a chance on me quarterback. His receiver's Laviska Chanlt. He gets a B grade. He lines up in the slot eight three percent of the time. That's where he'll face Chris Jackson mostly who's given up a passer rating of one oh

four on the season so far. Christian Kirk, Freddie Swain, and Jamison Crowder have all scored from the slot against Tennessee so far this season. Like Nult's chances to do the same Marvin Jones. He even gets a C grade. And this one he'll go against Jack Rabbit Jenkins for the most part. He's cooked, by the way, yeah, allowing a passer rating of one oh seven. If he loves over to the other no, probably not. Maybe Jack Rabbit Jerky, I don't know. Yeah. Uh. If he moves to the

other side, he gets Christian Fulton. It's Jackrabbit Jenkins. Can we call him jack Rabbit? Yeah? We can't all right, that's actually dubbed a name change. Christian Fulton's allowed two touchdowns in his coverage so far. So Jones gets the sea. Last guy, James Robinson, he gets a B grade. Was on the field for almost every snap last week and has now commanded twenty one and twenty touches in the

last two weeks. The Titans have given up a touchdown to a running back in three straight games, including two to Bell Cow Chris Carson in Week two. It's worth noting that no back has topped sixty five yards on the ground this year against the Titans, though, so the touchdowns will be there. But it's so easy to pass on the Titans that people don't usually run against them. I like Trevor Lawrence and the running that we saw. Yeah, last time we saw Trevor Lawrence. I have him, yeah

if if I want them to keep running him. Design runs, not scrambles. The design runs we saw. He's not Lamar Jackson, but he's but he he really is fleet of foot, and I think they can they can do some things with him on the ground. I want them to continue doing that. Quite fat um Thursday. Last Thursday night, we saw Robert Woods come back to prominence in the Rams offense. Brian, do you believe Robert Woods is back as a reliable starter now or do you think that was just a

one game matchup? Fluke, it's a bad secondary. I believe he was finally invited to the breakfast table. That is what That's what happened, right. Uh No, he's not old enough to have fallen off the cliff like we had appeared, had appeared he had fallen off. No, he looked great, and uh no, I'm it's probably the window was slam shut. You buy him incredibly low, Robert Woods, that is, but I'm still buying. I'm very bullish on Bobby Trees. He's

coming back big. Yeah. I still like that whole passing offense. And there's just so many good receiving options including Higbee and Van Jefferson and DeShawn Jackson that some some games your favorite receiver is just not going to get the ball as much as you want. Unfortunately, it just means Matthew Stafford is going to always be the best. But that that's right. He's gonna be super reliable that way.

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our number two Fantasy football weekly. I'm Paul Charchie and my co host or Brian Johnson from Guillotine Leagues dot com and Matt Harrison Shock Fantasy dot Com. Yes, this is a game we call three tough questions. I will pepper my host with well three tough questions, and you will play. Not just a clever name, No, it's it's a very literal name. We should probably come up with a more clever name for this bit that don't involve like hot questions. It's not that's not particularly clever at all.

Tough question number one, cor Darryl Patterson has been found money. Are you selling high or you holding tight? Matt Um. Everyone is trying to sell high on cor Darryl Patterson right now, and I'm not sure that he's a guy that you can sell for a regular priced starter right now. The Falcon's offense is a mess outside of him. Basically

every other Falcon has been a massive disappointment this season. Still, they're not going to double cover him out of the backfield and leave Calvin Ridley or Kyle Pitt's open, So I would hold tight. He's going to be startable in several instances, and I have reason to believe that Colin mccockney is probably going to give him a very good grade this weekend against the Jets. You may have already talked to Colin in the Green about this, Brian Cardal Patterson,

are you selling high or holding tight? One of the most fascinating storylines and the history of fantasy football unfolding before our eyes right now. And now you call them found money, which he is in, um, you know, standard leagues, but I think of like the big best ball tournaments on underdog DraftKings, you know, ones that wrapped up before the season started. He was under ten percent easily, and this guy is just killing it. But I don't know.

Last week he played of the snaps, saw eleven opportunities, scored three times. It's a little flukey. It's he's not gonna get bell Cow usage. I'm I'm gonna try and sell high on CP eight four right now. But I wouldn't be shocked if he keeps it up. But I would go out, go shop and see what I can get for him right now. Secretly, this is a Mike Davis question. Davis is not getting it done. I don't need to tell you guys that Next Gen Stats has

him with the league's worst rush yards over expectation. Care to guess how many rush his average rushing yards on a given carry. Rushing yards over expectation? Would you care to guess over or is it a negative number? Negative one point two yards? He's under expectations. We expect you to go for and you're going two point eight exactly exactly Mike Davish. Yep. How Falcon's head coach Arthur Smith unleashing core Darrell Patterson is both a receiver and a runner.

He's running the ball better at four and a half yards per carry. That's almost a yard and half better than Davis. He ranks. Patterson ranks as Pro Football Focuses number two receiving running back in the league, behind only Christian McCaffrey. Now Patterson is never gonna be a workhorse runner. Arthur Smith is not going to turn him into Derrick Henry, right, But why wouldn't he keep at least the current usage going, and you know he's gonna catch a bunch of passes.

He'll chip in these extra rushing ards and Mike Davis simply isn't requisitive getting workhorse numbers. So you know Patterson's gonna keep getting this Now. To Brian's point, it won't all turn into touchdowns, and that's a lot of what's propelling him here with the five touchdowns so far. But still, these kinds, this kind of found money doesn't come around often, and you may as well keep what you got, tough. Question number two, are you buying low on Allen Robinson

or you're just glad you don't have him? Brian? The quarterbacking has been awful for a rob this year between Dalton and Justin Fields getting his feet wet, but that's been the story for a Rob's whole career. He's never had a good quarterback and he didn't really use that as an excuse, but you still sort of ken, I'm buying low on Alan Robbinson, one of the still one of the premier talented wide receiver. He dropped a touchdown a few weeks ago that would have patted his numbers

a little more. Only saw three targets from Fields last week, but he caught all three for sixty plus yards, So give him eight targets. That's over a hundred yards. I don't know there were some dots connected between Fields and a rob last week. I think that chemistry only grows. Feel certainly was looking Darnell Mooney's way a whole lot more. But Robinson is still the better talent. I think Field will lean on him more and more each week as his rookie season progresses. So so I am buying low

on Allen Robinson. All right, Matt, are you buying low and Allen Robinson? Are you just glad you don't have them? I'm buying low as well as target totals of four, six, and three in the games that Fields has played are kind of concerning compared to Darnell Mooneys eight, four and seven targets. In the one game that Andy Dalton started and finished, Robinson had eleven targets, so obviously he felt a little more comfortable with Andy Dalton. M center. Honestly,

that was part of the reason I asked this question. Yeah. Um. The biggest concern though, is the offensive line just being one of the worst in the in the league. But with those concerns, it comes a buying opportunity because the schedule is bad for the Bears. Over the next month they have a couple of really really good teams that are stoppers. But after their bye week it's wide open, and Justin Fields might actually now have the confidence feel

comfortable in the pocket. And I think that there's going to be a couple more by low opportunities for Allen Robinson. But it's a good time to do it. So really what you want to do is buy a low, but not yet. Later I might. I might wait a week or two and buy low. It might get worse. The

correct answer is by low. Although I do like what you're talking about with the schedule, maybe I'll buy a low later, but we're gonna buy low Robinson even now he's in a contract year, let's remember, so he's highly motivated. Fields is going to get better in all probability. And I went back and watch all the Fields has passes a couple of days ago, just to really get a better sense of of how he's looked as a as

a bear. His downfield passing is so good, oh man, it's it's uncanny for a kid with this little experience to be nailing his thirty and forty and fifty yard passes. Very promising, and if you can unlockdown field passing, that can be huge for Robinson, who's been in this like middling nine yard range for average target distance, which is

like right in the middle of the field. If you can get If you can get Robinson down field more often and open and have a guy who can deliver them the ball, there could be some scary things there. And let's you remember, Alan Robinson is really good. Nobody's even mentioned that yet. He gets separation, He has a lead hands, the footwork, the contested catches. We're gonna buy low on Allen Robinson. Tough Question number three, what is

the appropriate level of concern for Miles Sanders owners? None? Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? Matt, we begin with you. It's blowed load. It's a new coaching staff in Philly. They have no particular loyalty to Sanders. It's starting to show at the emergence of Kenny Gainwell. Gainwell hasn't taken over on the touch totals, but they've essentially split those over the last two games, but he's looked like the more dynamic back, especially as a pass catcher.

Gainewells also two touchdowns the Sanders big fat zero on the season. At the minimum, this seems like a split backfield. If you want to get more dramatic Hurts is probably stealing some rushing touches as well. So I don't want anything to do with Miles Sanders right now, Brian, what is the appropriate level of panic for Miles Sanders owners some or blowed? You gotta be full on blowed if you're a manager of Miles Sanders, especially based on the

preseason a DP. I will take this opportunity. I don't have much to add on top of what Matt said other than I deserve a peacock for Kenneth Gamewell, my last sleeper of the preseason. So you're very welcome if you went out and grab Kenneth game Will. But yeah, full on blowed for Miles Sanders. By the way, Kenneth game Will leads the Eagles in red zone targets among all wide receivers tell you ends tight ends. Yeah, it

says a lot in that often incredible. Uh. The correct answer is a bowl loosening level of existential dread because he's an elite blocker. Miles Sanders is in the game a lot, and if you look at his snap counts are really high. But he's coming off games of two carries and seven carries. That's all they're asking him to do full back. Now. Uh. We talked about the yards over expectation and how Mike Davis was actually yards under expectation.

You know who else's yards under expectation. Miles Sanders half a yard under expectation. New coaching staffs have very little allegiance to the guys who are already there, and a lot of allegiance to the guys they just drafted that they've got their own fingerprints on. And that's Kenneth Gainwell, who grades out better than Miles Sanders in many respects by Pro Football Focus. I think if you're a Miles Sanders owner, we're we're to the point now where how

do you start him? And probably not? This week let's find out the Eagles take on the Carolina Panthers. This was a great run defense for three weeks and then they got shredded by Zeke. What do you make of this matchup for the running backs for the Eagles, Yeah, the Panthers is I'm sorry. The Cowboys just ran through the Panthers like you said, but I don't like the

prospects for the Eagles backs. I got Sanders on the bench and a C for Kenneth Gamwell, who's the premier pass catching back on the team, and the preferred option in the red zone for for Jalen Hurts among all players. Lots of issues on the old line for UH Philly. Right tackle Lane Johnson has been ruled out. They're already down there starting left guard and starting right guard. I think starting left tackle jordansta will play. He's gonna play.

Johnson will not play. Just too many issues, and after Sanders game last week, I don't know how you could trust him in your starting lineup. He's on the bench and Kenneth game will a C and PPR, but in standard he'd be on the bench for me as well. Uh Dallas Goddard not on the bench though, I'm gonna give him a B. The Cowboys tight ends just exposed Carolina for seven catches, seventy six yards and two touchdowns last week. It's certainly feasible that Goddard can produce here,

and so could zach Ertz. To give him a seat just because he's still alive and plays tight end. Uh, DeVante Smith I like him this week. Some people don't, but I do. I'm giving him a b. Smith his top ten in airy yards among all players. They throw him deep all the time, caught seven of ten targets

last week. The Panthers have allowed five wide receiver touchdowns in four games, and clear cut opposing number one wide receivers who are like the only option on the team like Corey Davis and Brandon Cooks, both at big days against Carolina, So I think Devonte Smith has that opportunity now. Jalen Reagor and Quiz Watkins, one of them is likely

to score here. Like I said, Carolina has allowed five wide receiver touchdowns over the last four GAMESA Marii Cooper and Cedric Wilson both scored for UM Dallas last week. But I just don't know who's going to be between Reagor and Watkins, so I got got them both on the bench this week. Those are outside receivers, so maybe it's more of a reagor game. You know the problem with Watkins is it's like three targets a game. Yeah, so man, if he doesn't come up big, you get nothing.

They're both daily darts for me, I can I can't trust either in seasonal formats, so they're both on the bench. I do trust Jalen Hurts. Those still going to give him a B. The Panthers have faced garbage quarterbacks this year outside of Dak Prescott, who threw for four touchdowns on just twenty two pass attempts last year, and Dak also ran for thirty five yards. He's not really considered as mobile as he used to shop. He's not as

mobile as he used to be. And speaking of mobile mobile quarterbacks, Hurts is the only true mobile quarterback the Panthers have faced since the start of last year, and that's only outside of Kyler Murray, who they played last season.

He ran for seventy eight yards. Hurts his rushing floor just makes him so safe with massive upside, So an easy b for Jalen Hurts and staying on the rushing quarterbacks tip going over to the Carolina side, Cam Donald, you are you referring to the Sam Donald who leads the NFL and rushing touchdowns, not leads the NFL quarterbacks, but leads all NFL players and rushing touchdowns, Like you said with five, have a big old B for Sam.

The rushing has obviously helped him maintain the status of Fantasy football's number two scoring quarterback, but he could keep on piling up the points against Philly, who was allowed eight passing touchdowns over the last two weeks. A B for Donald with a upside and speaking of a upside, DJ more easy A for him averaging nearly eleven targets, eight catches, and one hundred yards per game. He's also scored three times already, just four touchdowns last year, has

three touchdowns already this year. He's not Tyree Kill just yet, but we all saw a Tyree Kill did to Philly last week three touchdowns and post yards. Just give DJ more half of that and we'll be happy and he'll live up to that A grade and Robby Anderson not getting in A not getting a B by I am gonna give him a CE. Just ten catches all season, but half of them came last week, So that's encouraging saw Levin targets. It's a decent matchup. I'm not giving

up on Robby Anderson just yet. A C for him. Sadly, we cannot talk about Dan Arnold that tight end. I'm not gonna talk about Tommy Trump either, So I got the tight ends on the bench for Carolina. Christian McCaffrey downgraded. It's a doubtful on Friday. Thankfully, I don't think they needed him to play this week, so I'll give Cuba Hubbard the sea. I'm gonna quote U Team Leagues writer

Brian jurch I got it right this time. Eagles are quite friendly the running backs, flowing the fifth most rushing yards and ninth most touchdown touchdowns, resulting in pffsty ranked run defense. This has become especially true after the injury to safety Cavan Wallace early in Week three. In those nearly two games since the defense has surrendered three rushing scores. The Eagles deep inside is a beat for Tuba Hubbard. Alright, outstanding? Hey, Sam Donald's new name, Sam Newton. I mean he's a

rushing quarterback. Maybe all right, I don't know. I want to believe those two have very little in common when we come back, it feels like it's start all your Patriots against the Houston Texans, But I'm gonna give you four reasons to think twice. When we return to Fantasy Football Weekly. It's Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison with you. The New England Patriots

travel to Houston. And at the beginning of the week, when I started working on this matchup, it was start everybody, and then as the week went on, like, oh boy, Trent Brown offensive lineman, Trent Brown out, Chack Mason out, Isaiah Winn and Mike on when New covid. Now there's still a slim chance that win or and No WO could get the second negative that they need before game time, But right now it appears that they will not play and the Patriots will have one starting offensive lineman in

the game. So I'm kind of down on everybody, even in a positive matchup. Let's start with Damien Harris, who I was very excited for a big bounce back performance after a couple of very difficult matchups. Texans allowing the fifth most rushing yards per game five yards per carry, and Harris has been getting plenty of workload and he's not involved in the passing game. But you knew that when you drafted him. Not a big deal that way.

I liked him, but now I can only give him a C grade based and I'm missing four of his offensive linemen. Let's go to the passing side of it. Mac Jones gets a C grade. He's coming off his best game. Now he gets his easiest defense in the entire year. Houston Texans have allowed three hundred passing yards and or multiple touchdowns to every opposing running back. Matt Jones receivers have plus matchups. I'll talk about them in

a minute. Houston opponents generally get ahead early and run the ball, so I don't think mac Jones is gonna like fill your box score, but as a second quarterback, you could probably do worse than mac Jones should find his way to an okay game here see grade on mac Jones C grade and Jacoby Myers. Lots of targets. He's getting ten per game. He's the clear number one receiver for the Patriots. Back to back strong PPR games him as well. He just hasn't found the end zone

yet ever or ever did career. He's in there I did not know that it's never found the career opposing top receivers, though, in fact, I'm gonna call it right here, posing top receivers are the ones who post the big games against Houston. Stefon Diggs, d J. Moore, Marvin Jones all big games against Houston. I've only got a C grade the touchdown now, but I would not surprise me if he has it. And again, if the four linemen were there, it would be a totally different story. But

I'm very worried about that. Hunter Henry and John new Smith, the originally had C grades on, but I gotta put him on the bench because they're gonna have to stay back and block. Now. I'll mention though Houston's allowing the fourth most tight end yards and the second most then touchdowns, so the opportunity is still juicy for those guys. But I'm just worried they're gonna be blocking in this game. At least still be on the field a lot. There's

that the opportunities might be there. All right, let's go to the Houston side. But there's only one player you care about, and that's Brandon Cooks. Davis Mills totally unraveled, last week brutal game, Cooks finally had the bad game that went with it. And I can't tell you that David's Mills is gonna be any better against Bill Belichick than he was last week. So do you start Cooks? Well?

Throughout his entire career, Cooks has found ways to good box scores no matter what team he's playing for Beaux now in his fourth team, no matter who the quarterback is, He's had a dozen different quarterbacks, no matter what the defense is, more often than not, Brandon Cooks finds his way to a decent box score. So I'm keeping a C grade on bad Brandon Cooks. But that's it, and you're not starting anybody else. The running backs are all out Johnson. David Johnson's only one you can even consider

starting in an uglee time share. But New England is not a bad run defense anyway, so why would you? And Alvin Cameron needed twenty four carries to get to just eighty nine yards against the Patriots, and nobody in this group is gonna get anywhere near twenty four carries in this game, so none of them. We're not going to start any of those now the moment many of you have been waiting for. Oh, should I go get him? Will you go get Colin mccockney, our London correspondent out

of the green room. Now Colin has many of you know from years past, joins this show when there are London games and will help break down the matchup from a London all right, I have to uh for this. You are the official Colin mccockney translator. Best. I am back in the old US. Can you Adam and Eva chach in a bare are yeal Dukies battle in the smoke on day's darning. Let's take a butcher's hook at may West. He just said a pair of number two's

face off at quarterback and onedon on Sunday morning. I think he's saw about the jersey number and not calling pieces of poop. So here are collins favorite players. Guy scraps Wilson was Chachian's basin of gravy. Look at his barnet fair. Zach Wilson was charges take a chance on me quarterback. He has nice also known as my basin of gravy. Yeah, I don't know who they both had,

Zach Wilson and Paul. I don't know which one. Uh, Mcockney was talking about there, but both boy Mikey Carter was arrisonce Penny, come quick, let's raise a pimple and blotch. Carter was Matt's take a chance on me running back. He also said something about drinking scotch there, which I need right now badly. Oh, Corey and Crowd are they full of honey? Take it to the rattle and clank. Fabio moron will tic Tac Davis, he's weeping and whale into one thirty four. Davis and Crowd are both getting

B grades from Colin. Davis gets Fabian Moreau on the outside, who's allowing a passer rating of one thirty four in his coverage. Crowder gets the sugar basin t J mean he's Scotch missed because he's about to be short a sheet. Crowder gets uh t J. Green in the slot, who's allowed an eighty two percent catch rate two scores in a rating of one in his coverage. Falcon's peak is once a week, So let's get a lump of ice on Maddie events in Price Near and Far. He's a

la mode to seventy five and three for you. That Ryan gets a c averaging two seventy five yards and almost three scores per game over the last three weeks. Stone is two D seventy five Colin, Can you help me with that? No? Okay, Jets defense is no give and take, specially over the Fisherman's Daughter. The Jets are strangely kind of a good past defense. They've only allowed to passing touchdowns on the season and are giving up two passing yards per game. Plus. Matt Ryan's top two

wide receivers are out, not including Kyle Pitts. Of course, Calvin Redley, he did not his crowd his space, Nea did Russy Gage. They will play in East cuts and scratches. Calvin Ridley and also Gauge did not make the trip to London. That means Olamida Zakias and Taj Sharpe are the next wide receivers on the depth chart, but it's probably Cordarrel Patterson and Kyle Pitts actually manning those positions. Oh my, Coil Pits gets a housemaid's neat, he gets

the Bonnie rubble from kata An Owl. Mccockney gives Pits a C grade here. Bryce Hall and the other Michael Carter have actually been above average at the cornerback position. Car lines up in the slot and make chip in on Pits. Still, they've been double teaming uh Pits a lot already this season with Ridley out, I would imagine or mccockney would imagine, they triple team Kyle Pitts. Now, that's that doesn't seem like what you said at all. I mean, Brian just said a lot of words, and Colin,

you didn't say that much. Sadly, I understand this guy, Okay, airy Dash Patterson is a hey bail. The aeroplanes have offered Jack's alive touches to run us year old Tenney mates went ten and four nine and air last Bubble and squeak a grade for Cordill Patterson. The Jets have allowed five rushing touchdowns to the position this year, and the Titans running backs combined for ten catches and ninety four total yards to the air last week against New York.

Even mikey Avis gets light and dark, he gets fifteen two shades er a game like Davis even gets to be. He's still getting around fifteen touches per game. That sit back to Richmond, your dustbin lids. I'm calling your uber right now to the airport. Can you actually uber all the way across the Atlantic and bike does that? I don't know that song? Is that the ted Lasso song? Right there? Is that the fight song from ted Lasso? Oh my gosh, I just saw that guy in the hallway.

He was out of control. Yeah, that's Colin mccockney. Smells too British. By the way, if you want to order a Colin mccockney shirt, they're available at shock Fantasy dot com in the shop. That's fantastic. Yeah, I don't have a Colin mccockney shirt. Should probably think I just earned one. Cleveland takes on the Los Angeles Chargers. Brian, The Chargers pass defense has become very good, and we know that Baker Mayfield is nursing a shoulder injury. So what do

you do with that passing game? Uh? You pretty much avoid it for the most part. Uh. We'll get to that in a second. I want to talk about the running backs first for Cleveland because that's where this uh, this game is going to focus around. For the Browns. Nick Chubb can give him an a got vultured by Kareem Hunt at the goal line last week, but Chubb has seen the third most red zone carries in the league.

So far, the Chargers are allowing the fourth most rushing yards per game to opposing running backs over fourteen yards per game. So continue to plug Chubb into your lineup with confidence. Gonna give him an A here, and Kareem Hunt gets a B. Basically playing half the snaps uh if not more at running back for Cleveland. He's also the preferred pass catcher unless it's de metric Felton go away, he's the worst. But Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard both

produced against the Chargers recently. Chubb and Hunt can easily do the same. So I gotta be on Kareem Hunt. And the only starting grade for the pass catcher on the Browns goes to Odell Beckham Junior. Gonna give him a C. I give him an A for effort against the Vikings last week. You looked great. Baker could not find Yeah, missed him on at least two touchdowns. So a brutal outing for Beckham and I got chopped at

my guilloting league because Baker missed him. I just see because I done either of the touchdowns, but the wide open streaking to the end zone for sixty yard touchdown would have been nice. Hopefully Baker Baker can be a little more accurate this week, but it's a brutal, brutal matchup for Beckham. The Chargers have surrendered the second fewest PPR points to wide receivers. L A will surely focus on Beckham, who is basically Cleveland's only wide receiver right now.

Chris Harris and Asante Samuel Jr. Are legit cornerbacks for the Chargers, so just to see for Beckham, and I've got every other wide receiver on the bench for the Browns. I'm also benching Austin Hooper because David and Joeku should play. There too many mouse to feed at tight end, and without a doubt, Baker Mayfield is on the bench. The Chargers held down the likes of Dak Prescott and Derek Carr. Baker is not nearly as good as of those guys. An easy bench for Baker over to the Chargers side.

Austin Ekeler looked awesome last week, but just to be for him in a very tough matchup against Cleveland. The Browns are allowing the fifth fewest rushing yards and receiving yards per game to opposing running backs. No back has topped forty three rushing yards or caught more than three passes against Cleveland, and the only touchdown they surrendered to

the position went to Philip Lindsay in garbage time. So just to be for Austin Ekeler and just to be for Keenan Allen, who will primarily face off with Troy Hill in the slot. Hill has yet to allow a touchdown or more than fifty yards in his coverage this year. But you can never sit a healthy Keenan Allen. He gets a safe B from me. Uh. Mike Williams has also looked pretty good outside of last week, but just to see in this one, the Browns will be without

starting corner Greg Newsome too. I always like when guys go with the two instead of the junior. You know what I mean. It's not it's the second, it's it's actually do part do heart shot hot hot shot, hot shots part. Anyway, Greg Newsom, the second will be out. But greedy Williams has looked good in a reserve role at corners, so don't get too greedy. But this Williams, the Browns are only a weapon. Catches yards games anyway,

UH should feel shame right now? Speaking of bad has been opposing tight ends against the Browns this year outside of Travis Kelsey, who torched Cleveland in Week one. Since then, opposing tight ends are averaging sixteen yards per game over the last three weeks against Cleveland with no touchdown. So I have Jared Cook on the bench, especially with Donald

Parham stealing touchdowns from Jared Cook recently. So Cook is on the bench, but justin Herbert the air Bear giving him a B. Not an ideal matchup at all, but just hoping talent wins there he is. Air Bear has thrown for over three yards end or multiple touchdowns in every game this year. Going back to last year. He's done that in sixteen of his last eighteen games. Miles Garrett might sit for the Browns, but probably not. But if he does, UM bumping up Air Bear to anyway.

But he's just a B, A very little tepid on the B grade temporary expectations for air Bear. Unless Garrett sits, then I like him a lot more. Chicago takes on the Las Vegas Raiders. I already gave you Damien Williams as might take a chance and the runner for the week. Let's talk about the passing game. Justin Fields is a tricky, tricky guy to figure out for this one. Raiders past defense has been shockingly good this year, and I don't think Justin Fields, in his third third ever start, is

going to crack that trend. Chicago has one of the worst offensive lines and they were able to hide that last week because the Lions don't generate any pressure. But here comes the Raiders, ranked number one in pass rush by Pro Football Focus. I'm worried Justin Fields is going to be under great durests for a lot of this game, and if he doesn't have time to set up the deep passing, I don't like Justin Fields as much. What

I love about Fields is the downfield passing. The other probably don't like is they only gave him seventeen pass attempts in the game last week, so they sheltered him a ton only seventeen against the Lions, against which which use that as your you're proving ground right there, Well you would think so. Um. Overall, the passing still pretty inconsistent here, and the other thing that bugs me they're not giving Fields any designed runs either. You know he's

super athletic. You'd think you would give him some design runs. They haven't done that. Um it working in his favor. Las Vegas is third and fourth cornerbacks Damon Arnett and Trayvon Mullins are going to miss this game, so I like that. But I can I blend that all together into a C grade for Justin Fields. I'm nervous and I think there's a high level of possible outcomes here, including some bad ones. So I alluded to this earlier,

but their schedules bad for the next month. It's the Raiders than the Packers, than the Bucks than the Niners. By then, Matt Naggie has fired, and then and then just and Fields can cut loose. Well, Bill Laser's calling the plays, which helps. But yeah, maybe that helps. You know Packers will be without JR. Alexander for that. That's probably the Buck secondaries a disaster. Nobody even tries to

run on them. Those might end up being plus games for Justin Fields down the road, Let's talk about his receivers. Darnell Mooney had three awesome plays last week in two of the three cases totally broken coverage by the Lions, and he was wide open in the other one beautiful downfield pass about forty five yards downfield. That was perfect. So I want to look at Mooney this week. The coverage is gonna be better because the Vegas secondary is better.

And check out this specific matchup. The Raiders have got this rookie cornerback named Nate Hobbs who's been shockingly good. Hobbs is giving up just twenty one scoreless yards per game, and he lines up against the fast guy on the other team because he ran He ran a four three, nine forty yard dash at the combine, and so that'll be Mooney. And so I've only got the C grade on Mooney in this one because I'm worried about that matchup with Nate Hobbs. For Allen Robinson, he did show

some signs of life with Justin Fields under center. He caught all three of his targets, but he turned it into sixty three yards, which was good. Um, I believe Robinson will get most of his work. Unfortunately, against Casey Hayward, who ranks number one among all cornerbacks in coverage by Pro Football Focus, He's giving up just twenty six yards in his coverage per game. No sorry, on the year, he's given up twenty six yards. So Allen Robinson just

the C grade in this one as well. Let's go over to Las Vegas Darren Waller obvious A. But let's go to Derek Carr who was also an A. Here. I think it's got We've gotten to the point where where Derek Carr we can just say obvious A and just move on. He leads the NFL in passing yards. I mean, we're getting pretty close to that time. Cornerback Jalen Johnson's great, but everybody else in the Bear secondary is struggling badly. They've given up multiple touchdown passes in

three or four games. Derek Carrson A grade. Hunter renfro is a B grade. He's the most reliable receiver on the team that has the most passing yards. He lines up in the slot. That puts him up against Duke Shelley or Marquis Christian, who have been a combined disaster, allowing an eight four percent completion rate and over seventy yards in their coverage in three of four games that

they're combined like a team disaster. Well, that's because they've alternated in the slot trying to find somebody who's squasi component also be grades. For Rugs and Edwards, the Bear secondary has given up the second most scores the seventh most yards per game to receivers. Ruggs and Edwards both run from the the outsides of the field. When they line up on the left, they get the brutal match

up with Jalen Johnson, who I mentioned earlier. When they run up on the right, you get the exact opposite Kindle vildo Are. It's easy to get a read on Kindle Vildor. He gives up a passer rating of one hundred fifty six in his coverage that is almost perfect. Ruggs and Edwards run from the slot as a lot as well. That can be a point of emphasis for them as well. So all around, I like all of the receivers Lyng Sharvet all be greats. Josh Jacobs had a dud game in his return last week, um, but

I like the five catches that he had. Peyton Barber's hurt, Kenyan Drake's awful. The Bears are allowing the ninth most rushing attempts to opposing backs, and every opposing starter has had at least sixty six rushing yards, So I think Josh Jacobs actually has got a nice floor in this one, and he'll probably get to the sixty six yards on a bunch of carries. So we've got a B grade on Josh Jacobs as well. Gross When we come back, premature Speculation will tell you to jump in that time machine.

Who do you want to pick up this week that everybody else will be trying to pick up next week? Find out when we come back to the final segment of Fantasy foot Ball Weekly. Welcome back to the show Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchie and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you. This is a segment we like to call premature speculation. Players you want to pick up this week that everybody else will be trying to pick up next week. Matt Harrison, Who you got? I got Jeff

Wilson Jr. And this one might be really premature. He had meniscus surgery earlier this offseason, was on a four to six month recovery projection and we're in month five right now, and what we know about his running back position, Kyle Wanahan hates all of his team, hates Trey Sermon, he hates everybody on that team. So Wilson is gonna be back in. He averaged seventy four rushing yards in a score per game and games we got ten touches

last year. Brian, your premature speculation player. Go grab DeShawn Watson. Bob McNair, the owner of the Texans, is kind of reopened talks rumors saying that Watson could be traded will no by November second, so you don't have to hold onto him all year. Go grab him now. See if he gets moved in the next week or two. There's a chance Jarvis Landry is going to come up the injury list or is eligible to come off next week, and no Cleveland receiver has stepped up at all in

his place. It's O, B J and nothing. Basically, Landry walks right back in to be a major factor in the Cleveland passing game. Let's go back to the matchup San Francisco takes on the Arizona Cardinals. Let's start with the running game which you just alluded to. Matt Elijah Mitchell completely off the injury list. That's gonna muddy this backfield. Yeah, I had Trace Sermon initially as a b when I thought Elijah wasn't gonna go. Now. I have them both on the bench because we don't know how this is

gonna carry out. With both of these guys active. The cards have allowed over a hundred and ten combo yards to each of the last three runners that they faced, but it was the top three runners, and we don't know who the top is. So I'm gonna have both on the bench this week. Trey Lance, he's getting a C grade with Jimmy g Out. Completed half of his passes in relief of Jimmy g last week. That wasn't great, but he did have two scores and added forty one

yards on the ground. The Cardinals are on offense that you have to chase, and they have allowed seventeen rushing yards to each of the quarterbacks they faced this year, none of which are noted speedsters. So Lance is a ce Deebo. Samuel is the only wide receiver you can start. He gets a bee. They move him around quite a bit, and the Niners may want to attack right cornerback Marco Wilson, who's allowing a passer rating of one thirty nine this

season and has already surrendered three touchdowns. George Kittle can't start him. Downgraded the doubtful with the calf injury. They have a bye next week, so they're going to actually sit him. On the other side, Kyler gets an A Hopkins gets an a uh A. J Green usually lines up on the right side of the field and faces Drake Kirkpatrick, who usually patrols that side of the field. He held Tyler Lockett in check last week, so I'll

put Green on the bench. Kirk usually man's the slot where he'll go against Dante Johnson, who's allowing a passer rating of one thirty in his coverage. He let Freddie Swain score last week, so kirk gets a b. Ron Dale Moore is only on the field for a third of his snap, so he's on the inch, so is Max Williams. The runners Chase Edmonds and James Conner, giving them both a C grade in this one. Evans is leading the snap share about sixty forty over Connor. Connor's

leading in touchdowns and rushing attempts inside the ten. He scored four times this year. The Niners are allowing a hundred and thirty five combo yards and to score per game to opposing runners. My guess is that about ninety of that goes to Edmonds while the touchdown goes to Connor. That's C grades for both of them. Yeah, watch Chase Edmonds up to game time. He's got a shoulder injuries at game time. Decision would bump Connor up to a beat?

That would that would be handy Brian. Buffalo takes on Kansas City. This Kansas City defense might be the league's worst defense. Yeah, m welb. Without Chris Jones, it's looking like the top defensive alignment. But we'll start with the running backs for Buffalo and our boy, Zack Moss, who gets a B. The Chiefs are allowing hundred and forty five combo yards and one and a half touchdowns per

game to running backs. Uh. Mosses essentially taking over for Devin Singletary outs apping him in back to back week So a B for Moss and a Singletary is on the bench. Uh Stefon Diggs not on the bench. Of course, he gets an A. Kansas City has surrendered big games to Mike Williams, Keenan Allen, DeVonta Smith, hend Mark Keys Brown digs his due to go off here, so he gets an A. Uh colde Beasley unlikely to go off, but he does get a safe B, especially in PPR.

He wasn't needed much against the Texans last week, but Beasley was certainly needed when these teams met in the playoffs last year. Beasley saw nine targets and caught seven of them for eighty eight yards. Kind of feels like a box score he can put together in this game. And Emmanuel Sanders and give him a C. Five catches and back to back games. This should be a shootout. He will produce in this one. So I gotta see on Manny Sanders and Dawson Knox, so B for him.

The Chiefs have allowed the third most receptions and the most yards to the tight end position, and Knox has been on a rampage lately, tied with Stefon Diggs for the team lead in red zone targets and has scored in back to back games. So I love Dawson Knox this week with a B. And he got to love Josh Allen enough to give him the the Fantasy Funds Fantasy Fonzi got his own button on the bar. Every

opposing quarterback has scored multiple touchdowns against the Chiefs. Lamar Jackson just ran over Kansas City for a hundred and seven yards a few weeks ago. So again the fantasy Fonzie for Josh Allen, A and A for Patrick Mahomes. I'm not gonna go into that too much. You're starting Patrick Gohomes against anybody basically in A for him and a for Travis Kelsey even though Buffalo tight end. Buffalo has been tough against tight ends, allowing just over thirty

five yards per game to the position. But Logan Thomas had a good game with forty plus yards and a touchdown. So I like Travis Kelsey enough to give him an A, but just to be for Tyreek Hill. The Bills have held the likes of Terry McLaurin and Brandon Cooks, and check Hill in the Chief's offense is next level compared to those guys. But Tri Davious White might shadow Hill a ton here unless they moved Hill to the slot, which they might, but uh, I'm temping on Hill. Here's

for just a B for him and wide receiver. You such a dart throw for the Chiefs in the the game. Do not together on the bench this week. And C. E. H. Clyde Edward Clyde Edwards Hilaire almost on the bench, but to give him a C here despite the Bills allowing me fourth fewest rushing yards and eighth fewest receiving yards to opposing running backs, over all, the production they've given to running backs came on that one play from Antonio

Gibson's sent me three yard catch and run. But C. E. H has kind of revived himself in Kansas City's offense, so I'll give him a C in the shootout. Ever since I named him Clyde Edwards Despair, he's been good. Let's go to Indianapolis taking up Baltimore on Monday night. Jonathan Taylor with a B grade. Ravens allowing the eighth fewest rushing yards per game to opposing running backs, will not allowing any back to top fifty six rushing yards,

which is a bummer. Taylor has a league leading nineteen red zone rushing attempts, which I like, and the Ravens have already allowed five red zone touchdowns to opposing runners, so we'll hope for the touchdown for Taylor with a B grade. Carson Wentz gets a C grade, Calais Campbell, and rookie oh Dafe Away he is are generating a ton of pressure, and I'm worried about Wentz his protection

behind that leakey offensive line. And the only good news here is is that Wentz likes his tight ends and the Ravens have given up the most catches in the second most yards to tight ends and that means mo Alei Cox gets a sea as here. We're not just chasing next week. You know that is an opportunity big game last week. He could do it again here. Michael Pittman. Over the last three games, Pittman is averaging ten targets

per game. Baltimore secondary has been very good in back to back games, but that was against Detroit and the drew lock led Broncos, So there's still an opportunity for Pittman and he gets a C grade. Also watch Nahem Hindes a game time decision here, but if he goes, he's startable because the Ravens have given up the fourth most receiving yards two running backs and could help you there. On the Baltimore side, Lamar Jackson is of an A

grade here as Indie. Maybe without four defensive starters. The Colts have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in every game, including to the notoriously inept Jacoby Brissette last week, So he's an grade. So is Marky's Brown, a ridiculous nine scores in his last ten games. And here's Indianapolis, a secondary that's been tagged for a league high eight receiver scores already, so a touchdown feels like a lock for mark Kis Brown.

We'll go to Mark Andrews next. Opposing tight ends have only totaled eighteen targets against the Colts, but the comparable Mike Kiseki just burned Indie for five catches, fifty seven yards and a touchdown. And sticking with the receivers, Sammy Watkins with a C grade. He remains on the field

of ton. He's led all Baltimore receivers in snap count almost every game, and this is a promising matchup against an injured secondary that's allowed the most wide receiver touchdowns as I mentioned before, So we'll give a C grade to Sammy Watkins. Here, We're gonna watch Rashod Bateman and see if he plays in this game and how much the running game for Baltimore is just gross. You know, I assume Tyson William is going to be deactivated again. And it appears Latavius Murray is going to be the

apparent workhorse. They put Levy on Bell Back on the practice squad. The Colts shut down the meager Miami backfield last week, but the other three starters they faced, Chris Carson, Derrick Henry Darryl Henderson averaged a hundred fourteen total yards per game. And if Murray's going to get the majority of the work, well there's your angle. That's why we'll put a starting grade a C grade on Latavius Murray

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