Fantasy Football Weekly Week 10

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Guys lots to get to over the course of the show. Take a chance on me, three hot questions, premature speculation, lightning round at the end, and of course all of the matchups and we dive right into the first of them. Dallas taking on Atlanta. Brian Dak Prescott has been dramatically improved over the last month, especially from a fantasy standpoint,

and now he gets maybe his easiest matchup of the year. Yeah, multiple touchdown passes and three of his last six for DAC and uh Samari Cooper thing is actually kind of working out for Dallas and yeah, a great matchup for Dock. Like you said, since week two. Atlanta has allowed at least three passing touchdowns in six of eight games. Uh. Eli and Alex Smith were the only two that failed to record a hat trick. And I'll slow you down on that. Yeah, we got hat tricks three touchdowns in

all but two games. So Dack's in a very good spot. Also has a rushing touchdown and three of his last four games. UH. And Atlanta is allowing more than twenty rushing yards pretty game to quarterbacks. That's half a passing touchdown right there at least, So Dak easy B borderline A grade this week potential shootout over his past catchers. And Mark Cooper just mentioned him h. Atlanta has allowed at least one wide receiver touchdown in eight straight games,

multiple wide receiver touchdowns and half of those games. Uh. Cooper has eighteen targets so far in two games with Dallas, so they're using him plenty. So he's a safe B in this game as well. I don't think i'd ever see a Mark Cooper is a safe B, but I just did it is early. Uh. The other wide receivers though, called basilely Michael Gallup, Alan Hearns. UH. You would think there'd be enough to go around for one of these guys, but I have no idea who would be since Cooper

was acquired. Here's the target total in the two games for these other guys. Gallop twelve, Beasley five, Perns three. Zeac has more targets than all those guys, so Gallup would be the one, but they're all on the bench for me Ei, they're all dart throws and as is, Jeff Swain made his return last week, played an eight percent in the snaps. Not a great matchup for tight ends. And of course Zeke gets an a rolled up a hundred and fifty plus and two touchdowns against a tough

Philly run d last week. Uh, if you've been playing fantasy football the last few years, Atlanta is not a tough rundy on the ground or through the air, so particularly through the air, particularly through the air. All World middle linebacker Dion Jones is back for Atlanta, which does matter, but Zeke still in a in a smash spot in this game over to the Falcons. Julio and in a easy a fastest player to ten thousand receiving yards in

NFL history passed Megatron last week. Pretty impressive. Dallas not a great matchup for wide receivers. But the last comparable wide out to face UH the Cowboys was DeAndre Hopkins, who caught nine passes fred fifty one yards. So you're starting Julio, barely starting Calvin Ridley and this one has been held under fifty yards and four of his last five games and has just one touchdown during that span.

But this feels like a shootout, so Ridley gets a soft seed for me and this one even though he's kind of a boom robust option and uh mohammas, and New has been hammered by a head injury, has been playing through it. Saw a healthy eight targets last week, caught six of them, but he's failed to top fifty yards for the fourth straight game, hasn't scored in three straight and again Dallas really controls the clock well, not a ton of volume expected, but I'll give him a

soft seed two. But they're both Darth throws in my mind. Austin Hooper, a little less of Darth throw, he'll get a b Shawn Lee out for Dallas. That's huge. And zach Ertz has went off for fourteen catches a hundred forty five yards and two touch How about that Hooper is no arts but uh, but Hooper has been shockingly competent this year. Absolutely leads the land and red zone targets and it's been targeted ten plus times in three of his last five games. So he's in a great spot.

And Matt Ryan easy and I can get into that one has been absolutely amazing this year. I don't expect him to be this good. Don't think anyone really did coming off of down here last year. And then Tvin Coleman, can I go be minus her charge? He heeds a minus? Not at all? Yeah, you allow it. Dallas allowed him just three and a half yards per carry and opposing running backs have total just six touchdowns in nine games. But again, Shawn Lee is out. That is huge for Coleman.

And he has really distanced himself from Edo Smith touch wise. So the volume play is there. So he's a safe RV two play. We'll not safe base I save, Okay, Carolina takes on Detroit Matt Um Cam Newton. Do you want two touchdown passes? He's your guy? You want to think more than two touchdown passes or less than two touchdown passes. He's not your guy? Is he like the Leroy Horde of quarterbacks. Yeah, really is. If you need three touchdown passes, he'll get you two. You need one,

he'll get you two. Okay, perfect. I still got him as an A grade this week. Detroit has allowed multiple passing scores in five of the last six. So Cam Newton is gonna get too, I would I would say, right, yeah, including and they also gave up a rushing touchdown to Mitch Trubisky last week, so that bodes well for Cam's rushing ability. Christian McCaffrey also in A The Lions are allowing a hundred and sixty five total yards per game to the running back position. That all goes to McCaffrey.

Greg Olsen, I'm giving a B grade two as well. Uh. Lions defense has allowed fifty plus yards or a score two opponents tight ends in seven of the last eight games.

And Olson, I mean, frankly, he's the top five tight end in the league right now, just because we're out of tighten it's he's by defaulty I'm number six, you are, Yeah, it's you know, the the in the worst year in the history of me, in the twenty five years I've been in this business, I've never seen any one position is devastated as the tight end position this year from a talented injury standpoint, and it always seems to get worse. It seems like every other week we lose another guy.

So because of that, I think next year it's more than feasible that we see maybe Earth's and Kelsey as first round picks. Yeah. I think, oh, it's not even close. He might be in that. He might be in that conversation, you know, and imagine, Well, doesn't Grons even it doesn't even matter. Even if you don't, I don't think you'll be there next year. But even if he did, who how can you rely on Gronk at this point? You can't know? Uh, you can't really rely on the Carolina

receivers either. In the last three weeks, no Carolina wide receiver has top six targets in a game. Only one has topped forty four yards. And last week Fun just d J. Moore, Curtis Samuel, and jerryus Right all had either three or four catches, none of them scored, and nobody topped thirty two yards. It's just an absolute mess in the wide receiver position there. Over to the Lions side, carry On Johnson. I'm only giving a C grade to

this week. Over their last five games, the Panthers are only yielding total yards per game to the running back position, that second fewest in the league over that span. Now, the bright spot is that carry On has had as many catches as theoretic did last week, and he scored a touchdown via the passing games, so he's getting closer to Bell Cow status than he ever has been. Matthew Stafford,

he's getting a B grade. Something has been exposed in the Carolina defense in the past two games, as they have allowed quarterbacks to throw touchdown passes nine times, nine times, nine times. That's four and five touchdown passes in each of the last two weeks against Carolina. Nicely, Marvin Jones he's on the bench. He's out with a knee injury this week. That means Kenny Golladay, he's really the only

wide receiver there. He gets a B grade. There's no one left besides him and the other Jones, t J. Jones. After Marvin Jones went down with an injury last week, Golliday was targeted eight times in the final quarter of the game, so he's on pace for thirty two targets this week. No, No, eight times eight times. Shot it right. Sorry, Now here's the problem was. You know, if there gets to be a point where if you don't have enough talent left at any position, in this case the receiver position,

the defense just pounds that guy. We saw with Adam Feeling when Stephan Diggs was out and the Viking's three wide looked like the Kwan treadwell Aldrick Robinson on the outside and and then Feeling on the inside and became really easy to take Feeling out of the game plan. And I worry that's what's gonna happen to Golliday here. Well, Riddick is essentially there's a lot receiver Now I think I think there is a lot of Riddick play for this, and I think Riddick and uh and Johnson are going

to get a ton of passes. You know, there's one more guy that I want to mention who's kind of a desperation. See start maybe a bonus take a chance and makes me a tight end. But it is it's Michael Roberts. He gets a C grade. Uh, you could do worse than Roberts. He should see some opportunity with Marvin Jones out and Carolina has allowed the most receptions, second most yards, and the most touchdowns to opposing tight ends this season. So Michael Roberts kind of in a

good spot. If you're in the tight end waste land. He's a zombie. You could pick up, double check his status. Believe he will play, but um has been injured. He might have missed last week's game or got knocked out last week. It's Luke one L Wilson E L Wilson, my bed l l u k e no Wilson. Wouldn't that be weird? It's like a Llama Luke. This is why I'm at with one T, just to alleviate all this stuff. Oh yeah, that doesn't cause any problems for anybody.

That's all it does is alleviate problems. Well, I don't know why you're Paul with two els. News to me, but I'll run with that. Knowing Matt's a long One T is a norm to me. Now when I did it, I'm turning people around. I know to one teas. You're not the only one, do you? Why even you introduced me to this other one team? We need to like get a one TA convention. You should have a one

tea convention. Houston takes on Washington, and I'll note once again like I did last week, Washington's offensive line of disaster, star left tackle Trent Williams is going to miss another game with thumb injuries. Uh and both of their guards are on i R for the year. So you know that does limit I think the upside of what Washington can do here, and it's why Adrian Peterson's just a C grade. Texans have limited opposing teams to less than one hundred rushing yards in four of the past six games.

They're a good run defense. Only run one runner has hit twenty carries against the Texans this season. And when Adrian doesn't get to twenty carries, when he has nineteen or fewer carries, here's your average game. Fifty four yards, zero point three touchdowns. That's it. And that's why Adrian is just to SEE grade. The only other startable player for the Redskins is Jordan Reid. He posted a mediocre fifty one yards in a primo matchup against the second

worst defense against tight ends last week in Tampa. We talked about it last week. Is sort of a if not when, if not then when and he still didn't do much matchup here is not is not any better than that, that's for sure. Even more depressing that fifty one yards last week. That's his high water mark for the last six games. Houston hasn't faced a team that really utilizes the tight end in five straight games, and despite that, the Texans still at Jeff Hireman go for

ten catches in their last week's game. So there's a glimmer I hope for Jordan Read. Normally he'd be on the bench, but I've got to see grade just because at the position you pretty much have to start him. You mean top ten and tighten option, Jeff, Yes, that's right, it is. At this point, it is ridiculous. Everybody else

is on the bench, including the rest of the passing offense. Uh, there's almost no talent at wide received where Alex Smith has in top of one touchdown in a month, and that was against far easier defenses like Tampa in Atlanta, and oddly enough, get this statistical oddity, Alex Smith has thrown for exactly one hundred seventy eight yards in three of his last four games. So let's go with a hundred seventy eight yards. By the way, one seventy eight

yards sucks. That's a terrible number for a quarterback to hit once a year, let alone three times in one month. On the Houston side of the ball, it's a much more rosy outlook. Deshaun Watson gets an A grade from me. Bill O'Brien. I think was guarding him for the last month because he had all these chests and rib injuries and he was only throwing four twenty and twenty four

pass attempts. That's it. But now that he's healthy, after the out of the bye week, I think I think Watson stretches out with a lot more throws here close to what Washington normally sees. Thirty eight is how many passes Washington typically sees, and that kind of lack a very good game for him. In Deshaun Watson's games with thirty eight or more attempts, he averages three hundred seventy

eight passing yards and two touchdowns. And that's why Deshaun Watson is a rock solid A for your fantasy team. I like his receivers as you can imagine. And it goes without saying DeAndre Hopkins is an obvious A. Uh, but I'll note here Quintin Dunbar, the best coverage cornerback for Washington, may not play in this game, and all

the more reason to like Hopkins. I also like to Marry's Thomas, though with a B grade uh he goes up predominantly against Josh Norman, super inconsistent, and the kinds of guys that he struggles with are bigger, physical receivers Odell Beckham, Julio Jones, hundred yard games primarily on Josh Norman. I think the physical Thomas has got a nice opportunity against him, but we're not done with the passing game yet. Kiki Cutie limited with a hamstring injury and has a

chance of playing if he does go. Working out of the slot, he draws inconsistent Redskins cornerback Fabian more Row. Moreau gave up one hundred yards last week in his coverage and the week before that allowed to touchdown, So if Kiki Qti goes you could start him in this game. Lastly, Lamar Miller C grade. Washington is a good run defense and sometimes an awesome run defense. No runners topped eighty yards all year, and they've only given up one rushing touchdown.

In the last month of games of late, the Redskins have been a bit more yielding, giving up a healthy four point seven yards per carry over the last three games. Prior to that, they're giving up just three point nine. So they are they've been a little bit easier. And that's the only reason Lamar Miller is not on the bench is that the Redskins have been a little easier lately.

When we come back, take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup will tell you who they are and who you can start when we come back. This is Fantasy green Bill Premium on the van. This sounds pretty innocuous right now. I could go for I could do this. I feel like I'm riding a horse through a meadow with your long locks flowing, my golden locks, the locks, yes, flowing behind you. Just take chance.

I mean, nine players not normally in your starting line at Many of these guys are on the waiver wire. One of mine is definitely on the waiver wire. One and a half mine are on the waiver wire. I got a couple that are good. All right, go ahead, let's see here. You got starting at the quarterback position, Brian, This guy is probably in the waiver wire. It's Eli Manning in his last stand at home against the Bucks, because if he doesn't call are you calling this his

last game? It's gonna be if he doesn't come through, it's going to be uh loud that Kyle, what the time? If Eli can't come through against the Bucks in Tampa Bay road games, UH teams are averaging seventy combined points in the five road games the Bucks have played so far, Opposing quarterbacks have totaled sixteen touchdowns. That's more than three per game. And this is, like I said, this is basically it for Eli. All his weapons are healthy, so

let's go old man. Yea, I feel like I gotta unbuttoned like a couple of buttons on my shirt because of the horse riding. Yeah, it's not quite as disco as that, though. This is more like musical star Stream. It's from the eighties. I'm just thinking to get get the pecks out there, like Fabio, Like, honestly, all, wow, maybe your chest hair is flowing in the wind in this scenario. Yeah, I like how we we went with singular chest hair to Matt has pecks. There's a unicorn

in the corner right exactly with Matt's pecks. Uh. Speaking of unicorns, I got big game Blake Bortles. Wow, yeah, that is like finding unicorn. I can find one of Blake portals. No, no, but Blake Bortles has played to count them too, really good teams this year. That was Kansas City and that was New England. And in those two games he put up four yards in a touchdown and three seventy seven and four touchdowns respectively. And the Steelers are a really good team as well, and the

Jags have a history with them. It will be emotional. The Steelers have allowed multiple touchdowns and three of their last four games. But let's not talk about what Bortles did against the Steelers last year because it was hot guard bort lige yards in his first meeting to fourteen and one in the second meeting, and there was a playoff win. That was a playoff win. They were both wins, both big wins. I don't know he's gonna He's gonna do great, it's gonna I've got Lamar Jackson, you're presumed

but yet unannounced starter for the Ravens. We're gonna go with Lamar Jackson here. Um, this is he goes up against Carolina. The only other rushing quarterback, I'm sorry, goes up against Cincinnati, and that's key to this. The only other rushing quarterback to face the Bengals, Cam Newton, scored twice on the ground, and even if shockingly Lamar Jackson's legs don't produce a much of fantasy points, his arms certainly can. Cincinnati's devolved into the worst past defense in

the league. Over the past five games. The Bengals rank last or second to last in all of these passing categories. Completions allowed, passing yards allowed, passing touchdowns allowed. Joe Flacco in the earlier matchup for Baltimore against Cincinnati a season high three hundred seventy six yards in the earlier matchup Lamar Jackson. Now, if Lamar Jackson doesn't go, I've got a provisional for you, a little bit like golf. I have a provisional shot justin no, Marcus Mariota is my provisional.

Take a chance, do it, Robert I would. I would literally go any Baltimore quarter quarterback, any of them, whichever one starts, it doesn't matter. You really can go RG three. And by the way, what are these guys cost in and ball. What does Lamar Jackson costs? Right, there's gotta be dirt cheap. RG three will be below five. Yeah, Lamar's I think, Lamar Yeah, I mean to me, that is a cinch. If you're playing the fan Ball, the fan Ball fifteen thousand dollars signature contest, Uh the take

take me to charge the contest. You can go to family dot com Slash Radio. All right, let's go to the running back position. Brian I got Chase Edmonds of the Cardinals at home against Oakland. Don't fret, DJ owners, He's okay and we'll play. But there there should be a lot to go around in this game. The Raiders are allowing one hundred and seventy combo yards per game to opposing running back gang. That's a lot that's passing numbers. They're giving up on the ground, and their collective spirit

is more broken by each word that Gruden utters. They just hate him more and want this season to be over. They had a really good fake punt last week. There you go. That was That's like the one highlight. That's the highlight real for the whole season over the last five games. Bosses backup running backs at average third team plus touches against the Raiders, who have scored point totals of six three somehow three ten in the last five. There was gonna garbage time here and Edmonds is gonna

get some all right, I've got spencer ware. And the thought process here is this game is going Is that Is that the same spencer where that I used last week? Why? Yes? It is? Wow? How about that? That's pretty good? Um, so the thought processes the game is gonna be so high scoring that you want to get every piece of it that you can. And secondary backs have gotten it

done against the Rams. Mike Davis had fifty eight yards last week, Ingram only at thirty six total yards in that game, but Jamal Williams scored against them in the previous week. Raheem must Yet had fifty nine yards the week before that, and then Mike Davis again had sixty eight in a touchdown the week before that. All the secondary backs, So I think you can make a case of a shot Penny was really the secondary back last week because Davis started the game, but Penny end up

rolling up the hundred yards. Yeah, Penny ended up getting more carries. So I Dana Davis is the secondary back all right? Either way? Yeah, I'm going Doug Martin. I know he's rostered everywhere and he's but why would you have ever wanted to start him before? Now? Cardinals ranked thirty feet and rushing yards allowed, thirty second in rushing touchdowns allowed, And for once, volume will not be a problem for Doug Martin because Arizona sees the most total

rushes by a mile, thirty two per game. If Doug Martin is gonna get most of thirty two rushes, I'm interested. Now. Since Marshawn Lynch's injury, Martin has had double digit touches in every game. He's averaged more than four yards per carrying every game. And just for once, the game script is not gonna have the Raiders down by twenty at halftime because the Cardinals are the lowest scoring team in the NFL. So it all is coming together for Doug

Martin in this matchup. Let's go to the wide receiver position. We're gonna We're gonna stay with the slop fest in Arizona and go with Seth Roberts of the Raiders. No, no Jordy Nelson, no Mark Tavis. Bryant for Oakland this week. Some people will say Brandon the Fells the guy then, But I still worry about Pat p dusting off his old shadow cleats and following with Fell around because he's gonna be option really in the passing game. So it's Seth Roberts. We should see plenty of run in this game.

At first glance, it appears to be a tough matchup for Whiteouts on paper, as Arizona has only allowed seven touchdowns to wide receivers. But all those seven wide receiver touchdowns have come up with the last five weeks, and five of those seven went to secondary indoor slot receivers, and Arizona will be without standing starting standout safety Buddha Baker in this one. So Seth Roberts in line for

a good game. Buddha Baker is their slot, is their slot cornerback, and Seth Roberts generally runs out of the slot. I like it. Okay, well it's deep. I'll say that for it. D W s s let's go deeper. And this one I gotta give credit is courtesy of Scott Fish. He he found some crazy stats on this guy. Cameron Batson. Cameron Batson you say, yeah, he's the new slot wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans. He's come from virtually nowhere to getting forty three and fifty of the slot snaps

in the last two weeks. And the Cults have struggled mightily against slot wide receivers, allowing an average of fifteen Fantasy points per game to slot wide receivers and PPR leagues. And they've allowed some no names to have good days, to Seth Roberts, Germaine, Curse, Kiki Cutie, all those guys have gotten it done against the cult. So from the slot, those are all slot receiver. Cameron Batson is he? Is he the spawn of Batman and bet Girl? Yeah, he's

definitely bat Son, bat Son bat girls of legal age. Right, that's a good point. It's not Batwoman. I don't know. Backgirl might not be. I think didn't. Let's not don't play back she was definitely Okay, let's just well, let's not knock up Backgirl. Okay, on this show, it's not too much trouble. Well, maybe it's just Batman and Vicky Vale. How about that. My wide receiver is Michael Crabtree. I don't care if it's Lamar Jackson at quarterback. I don't

care if it's RG three quarterback. I don't care if it's Joe Flacco on a shattered hip. Anybody can pass. Against Cincinnati, they ranked thirty first and receptions allowed to wide receivers. They ranked thirty second in yards allowed to wide receivers, thirty one in receiving touchdowns to wide receivers. That's over the last three weeks. This includes five scores

to receivers over the last three weeks. Michael Crabtree draws coverage from William Jackson, who allowed a touchdown, was a lot of touchdown in his coverage and back to back games. Michael Crabtree since dropped in virtually all leagues. All right, let's see we can sneak in, Actually we can sneak in one more matchup because we're very long winded, as we talked about the genealogy of baton bats in bats in genealogy. But when we come back, we will tell

you about Philadelphia at New Orleans, a scoring frenzy. But in particular, people want to know about Josh Adams running back Philadelphia. Do you start him here? Find out and we come back for his hosts Northwestern on FM three the Fan, the Greater Twin Cities Onto Deezers are proud supporters of Gopher Athletics. On I Heart Radio, It's Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan. Fault Church and Brian Johnson Matt Harrison with you getting you ready for week at

number eleven, dive back into the matchups. Philadelphia takes on New Orleans and Brian, I think people are pretty keen on the idea of starting most of the passing elements of the Eagles, and I will certainly touch on that. But Josh Adams is the guy that I'm getting a lot of questions about this week. What do you think about his prospects in this matchup? Yeah, he's really done well with his touches thus far, and Doug Peterson says he'll see more carries moving forward. But I don't like

him in this game. It seems like a trap running backs. That tough time against the stats is very like guys like Todd Gurley. We're talking tough time like eighty combo yards. He really did manage to score, but Clement and small which is still a factor in this game. So I got all three on the bench still, but certainly hold on to Adams. He's the one you want moving forward. Can you drop everybody else? I think you can drop

everyone else, but hold on to Adams without a doubt. Uh. Well, let's go to the passing game for Philly, which has a much better spot than the running game, starting with zach Ertz uh. Tough matchup on paper, The Saints have about just one touchdown to tight ends this season. Uh. They also haven't allowed a tight end to top forty eight yards since the opener. But they really haven't seen a ton of tight ends of Earth's ilk. There aren't many out there. There's about one and a half out

there other than Arts pretty much. So he's pretty much an auto a every week with this tight end landscape. Alshon Jeffer, you're gonna give him a b uh. Last week was Golden Tate's first game with Philly, but Jeffrey still led all Eagle wide receivers and targets with eight. That was half of the sixteen targets Earth saw, but still a healthy amount for him. In New Orleans has allowed six different wide receivers to tally at least sixty five yards over the past three games, and primary boundary

receivers have still fared le against marsha On Ladimar. As of late Brandon Cooks had six for one fourteen in a touchdown, Stefan Digs ten for one nineteen in a touch and John Brown had seven for a thirty four in a tutdy. So alshon Jeffrey gets a B. Alright, I said touch too many times, so I have to mix it up a little bit. Golden takes this is a tough one. I'm gonna give him a see just

because it's gonna be a shootout. By the way, home games in New Orleans for New Orleans are averaging more than sixty seven total points, so take gets a c. Even only played about of the snaps, but they say it's that it's gonna go way out here. It has double, if not triple. Uh. Tate should see a lot of Eli apple in the slot. Uh. Eli has allowed twenty one completions on twenty two targets in his past protection

as a saint. So I'll give Tate a c uh even though we don't really know how much usage you'll see, and for that reason, and give Nelson a LAC two. UH. He's averaging nearly seven targets and five catches over the last three weeks, which gives him a somewhat safe PPR floor, But he hasn't scored since week two. And again, maybe Tate takes looks from him, Maybe Tate open things up for him. But is gonna be a shootout, so he's

in play as well with the Sea. Uh, Carson Wentz, canna give him an a. I'm gonna take this verbatim from your ranking start, but I'm gonna change up one. That's always a very good idea. We're gonna change up one word. See if you can pick out which one it is. Keeping up with Drew Brees means passing the ball and the scenes I've seen at least thirty nine passes and five of the past six games. If Carson Wentz is going to throw the ball three nine times,

I love his prospects for explosive output. That Matt. That was a I put that in there. It's a little tribute to Matt. I don't think anybody catch that. And in the two games in which he's throwing thirty nine plus times, Wentz has snuffed fifty four yards and two scores snuffed. Yeah, I'm going I'm getting tire of saying averaging, because when you're up to snuff, you're up to average, so sometimes you look down to snuff. Yeah, I don't know, alright,

so we're snuffing snuffing. I well, you're not talking about the peculiar up to snuff. I guess alright, alright, I'm not quite there yet. He for wentz uh. Speaking of A's album Kamara, Michael Thomas, Drew Brees a fancy fancies for life or those guys. Uh. Jalen Mills still out for Philly, by the way, So Michael Thomas is just going to oh yeah, well, and Ronald Darby out for the year. It's uh, he's gonna have a monster day. Uh,

let's talk about the other guys. Mark Ingram just gonna give him a c in this matchup was practically left for dead until his huge day in the blowout at the Bengals last week, but tougher match up here. The Eagles allowed the second fetus rushing yards, but they have allowed the ninth most receiving yards and running backs. Uh. This could be much more of a camary game usually are, but uh, Ingram should still see double digit carreas and has caught three passes in three or five games, so

I'll give him a see here. Tray Kuan Smith on the bench. Zero targets last week, just seven total targets in the two games prior. Brandon Marshall on the bench until we see what he can do. And I got Ben wet At Wetson Watson, Ben Ben wet Ben Benson Watson's been went in the bed all season. Yeah, he really has that. Yeah, And we were saying every tight end is viable except Ben Watson. Philly is top five and the fewest allowed of everything to tight ends. So

he's on the bench. Next matchup, Pittsburgh taking on Jacksonville. Matt We've already talked about some of the players in this for Pittsburgh. This is an away game, so you always worry about Ben Roethlisberger and Jacksonville gets back A J. Bouyer. I'll throw out my A J. Buoy a stat I've been given out all week. Throw it at me. He missed two games and the Eagles gave up six the Jaguars, sorry, thank you. The Jaguars gave up six wide receiver touchdowns.

It took the whole season up to those two games, before they had given up six wide receiver touchdowns. Boullier is that big of a difference, and it's another reason to be worried about Ben Roethlisberger. So you you already kind of snuffed around. That's a way, a different way to do it. Uh. The Ben Roethlisberger home road splits will get this. He's topped three hundred yards or throwing multiple touchdowns in seven straight road games, or multiple multiple

touchdowns or three d yards. I'm street that I understand that that multiple is either is too and the three hundred yards oftentimes comes with zero or one touchdown at that It's not as bad as you think. No, it's pretty bad. No, it's it's it's actually not. He's just been that good at home. Oh, he's great at home. I still got him as a B. Like you said,

a J. Bouyer was gone before. But they did give up two eighty five yards to Carson Wentz, two six yards to Andrew Luck and three touchdowns to each of those guys. So I'm gonna give Roethlisberger a B. They put up a lot of points in that game last year. Uh, it was a fun game, and I think it's it's it's going to be more of it. I'm pretty sure funds and not in my scoring system. You know, it's a crazy yeah. Antonio Brown, I'm giving a B. Juju Smith Schuster, I'm giving a C. On paper. This is

one of the toughest matchups for a wide receiver. Last year, in the two meetings with the Jags, Brown had ten catches for a hundred and fifty seven yards and seven catches for one thirty two and two touchdowns. Now Juju, on the other hand, had four for fifty eight re for five and a touchdown in that playoff game. So I like Brown quite a bit better, but it's it's still tough matchup, but Antonio Brown never goes uh. Jacksonville is top three in the NFL and receptions, yards and

touchdowns allowed to wide receivers, though. Vance McDonald I'm giving a B though. A few weeks back, I had a Jags matchup and we talked about how good they were against tight ends, but they hadn't really faced any good ones as of yet. And then Travis Kelsey must have heard that and exposed something because he went for a hundred yards in Week five, and then the Jags last two weeks, four different tight ends have scored touchdowns against them,

including including two for Eric Ebron. Well, it's because you've got Boollier and Ramsey on the outside, so you know, you peep your throw us find other you find other angles. They were good at tight ends before, they're not good against tight ends now. So James Conner I'm giving a B two as well. The Jags are top ten in the league against running backs and basically every category, but they've only shut down split back fields. They have trouble with bell cow. They faced four of them this year.

They faced se kwan Zeke Lamar Miller who's a bell cow for what it's worth, and Kareem Hunt. Each of those players top ninety four yards and scored. So I think Connor that's that's kind of the low mark for Connor this week. Over on the other side, Blake Borrows might take a chance on a quarterback Leonard four Net. I'm giving a B grade to t j yelled in like an emergency D grade. Four Net bounced back in a big way last week, probably from uh most fantasy benches.

Actually he probably wasn't started. Had twenty nine touches, a hundred and nine total yards and two scores, one on the ground one through the air. Both four net and yelled and each had five catches last week versus Indy. That's pretty good. Four Net of course killed Pittsburgh both times last year, had five touchdowns in the two games, eighty one yards and one one on nine and the other.

So he's snuffing two and a half touchdowns per game. Uh. The Steelers have allowed of running back rushing score in four the last five too, so I like for net here and then Dante Moncrief and d D. Westbrook, each giving a C grade two. Moncrieff scored three times against Pittsburgh and four career games he's had ninety eight yards and a score last week for nets return seems to have helped him, and Westbrook led the team with ten

targets last week. The Steelers have allowed a hundred and seventy three yards per game for the to the wide receiver position. That's eleventh most in the league. So there's gonna be something to go around here to the wide receiver position. And I think they're both kind of desperation see starts yeah best, Yeah. I don't like banking on the Jaguars passing game in any capacity does have to. Uh,

Cincinnati takes on Baltimore. That's my matchup, and already talked about some of the players in this one, but I want to start first on the Cincinnati side, which we haven't talked about as much. Where'd that page? You go? Oh? Yeah, it's there? We go right there. U. Joe Mixon is gonna play through his knee injury. The Ravens don't have the offensive firepower to put the Bengals into a deep hole early, I don't think so. Hopefully Mixing can remain

involved throughout the game. The Ravens run defense that has been a lead all year, giving up just three point five yards per carry just three rushing touchdowns allowed all year, but they've been slightly more yielding the past three weeks after facing Alvin camer, Mark Ingram, Christian McCaffrey, and James Conner. Think about that run over the last three weeks for the Ravens run defense, Kimeara, Ingram, McCaffrey, Connor brutal and

here comes Joe Mixon. They gave up four scores to those guys, two on the ground, two through the air, and like all of them Mixing is a dual threat back, so I kind of like him here. He's a B start in a tough matchup. Let's go to the passing game. Andy Dalton's on the bench. Just not enough weapons here to overcome a very good Ravens defense and a good raven secondary. John Ross is on the bench. He's still only getting one in two receptions per game. If he

doesn't get you that touchdown, you get nothing. And this is a defense that's only allowed six receivers to score on them all season, so John Ross is unlikely to get that touchdown you need. And then Tyler Boyd's the only other Bengal you care about, and he gets a B grade. Primarily works out of the slot where he'd normally face solid cornerback Tavon Young, but Young is battling an ankle injury, and Boyd could be in line to face back up Cyrus Jones, and I like that matchup

a lot. The Ravens have a normally stout pass defense, but they have lumped a little bit lately, allowing fifteen receptions to wide receivers over the last three weeks. Trust me when I tell you that is a lot. And and Tyler Boyd's the only receiver of the Pulse. He might get all fifteen no opposing receivers at one hundred yards against the Ravens all season long. Although I'll note that Tyler Boyd did score in the first meeting, So again a B grade on Tyler Boyd. Let's go to

the raven side. I already told you might take a chance. I mean quarterback Lamar Miller, Notain Miller, Lamar Jackson, Lamar Miller. No, that is not my guy. Let me be extreme, it never has been. Let me be very clear about that. UM and I for reasons I explained earlier in Michael Crabtews might take a chance of me wide receiver. I strongly prefer though, John Brown over Michael Crabtree. Just he's

he's he's already rostered everywhere. Now. I think Brown will probably see a few less passes with Jackson at the home because Jackson's just not gonna pass as much. They're not gonna have Jackson throw his arm out of socket. Joe Flacco was throwing the second most passes in the NFL. They're not going to do that to a first start rookie here. So I think he sees fewer passes, but

it's still such a savory matchup. The Bengal secondaries allowed five scores to wide receivers in their last three games, and it looks like he'll match up against Drake Kirkpatrick, who looks like his career is all but done and he's trying to work his way through the concussion protocol right now, so I don't even know that he's gonna go, and they might be able to go to a backup behind him. I like John Brown a lot for at least one good deep play and then from the running game.

Alex Collins struggled against the Bengals defense earlier in the season, which is a weird phrase that we don't say very often. Struggled against the Bengals defense. You only had thirty five yards, But I don't care. First again, I don't think Lamar Jackson's throwing a lot in this game. I think they're gonna run Collins a bunch. Second, the Bengals run defense

is regressed badly as well. Over the last month of games, they ranked twenty nine and rushing attempts thirty and rushing yards allowed and twenty nine and rushing touchdowns allowed, and the Bengals can be without all three of their starting linebackers in this game. Nick Vigil and Preston Brown have already been ruled out in Vontes. Perfect is questionable. So it's set up for a potentially very good game for

Alex Collins with a B grade. We're gonna work in one phone call, as we sometimes do at this very spot, and it's Joe in Toronto. That was the going guys, good Thanks for getting up early for us, even if you are in Eastern time. I'm in a half point per reception league, but we get bonus points for long touchdowns. I've I've been as my flex. I was gonna go with Emmanuel Sanders, but I'm liking Riddick. What do you think? Yeah,

I kind of like your angle there. First off, you're you do not sound like you're from Toronto at all. I'm kind of upset by this from Yeah, you're the transplant. I can can you put her on the phone, Riddick or Sanders. Riddicks can see I do not like Sanders. That matchup in a little bit. It is not It's

not good news for Sanders. Riddick is essentially a wide receiver now and he's a wide receiver three this week, and if a Charge doesn't like Sanders and we'll find out more, I'm he's going to get a C grade for me later in the show. And Riddy is a C grade two and I think I like the games with more for the Lion, so I'll go ridic here. Okay, I can apple one more question, yes, because it's not lightning round. Okay, your thoughts on Howard this week? Jordan Howard? Uh,

I did not have that game? I do. What are your thoughts when Jordan well, and again, you know, I don't necessarily want to tip tip my entire hand on this, but I'm lukewarm on Howard and I think he's going to be somebody that you want to show a high degree of caution with against a very good Vikings run defense is the long and short of that. I've got a C grade coming for Howard. Okay, I appreciate it, guys,

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his past protection is too port I'm just kidding. Yeah, moving forward, he's gonna be top seven option, and looking at his schedule of vikings next week probably a mutual matchup. But the next week, December twelve, they played the Cardinals, and guess that's Aaron Jones birthday, So he has points birthday, give you wide Receiver seven rest of season, Aaron Rodgers birthday, by the way, same day they share a birthday for they share the same first name and the same birthday.

Cardinals and and that's against and that's against the Cardinals again and then Falcons next week for Aaron Jones. That's that's all you need to know. Yes, RB seven moving forward, I'm done, uh No, because there's other running backs that are better, uh Todd Gurley, Kareem Hunt, Alvin Kamara, Melvin Gordon, James Conner, Christian McCaffrey, se Kwon Barkley, Ezekiel Elliott, David Johnson, Joe Mix and that's den So, James White, Naron Jones are kind of the next They're like eleven twelve in

my mind. So I think he's an RB one, but he's not a top seven running back and it's because he's not getting enough carries. Twelve carries, fourteen, fifteen and eleven in his last four games. That's just not enough handoffs for me to make him a top se even back. The reason I landed on top seven, which sounds arbitrary, right you Normally we're you know, we were a base ten society. We work in top tens or maybe a top five, because it's half of that. You have seven fingers.

That's why you you ended there on each hand. And the reason I finished at seven is I I look, I extrapolated his last month of games and then applied that too and created that average when his average game has been and he's got the seventh highest if you extrapolate the last month of games, he ranked seventh in running back scoring. So that's how we ended up at top seven. And I think is I looked at this, there are four guys for sure behind ahead of Aaron Jones.

You had a list of ten. I think Girley, Camaric, Gordon and Connor to me are just far ahead, and by scoring, just by by points they are they are farmed. Hunt actually is a hair lower than the than Aaron Jones is average over the last month, and as is Barkley, and so is Christian McCaffrey. Because the touchdowns hadn't always been there. So when I went through that, like, Okay,

well this thing gets a little bit trickier. And even if I set aside Girly Camara, Gordon Connard, now I gotta look at scheduling between Aaron Jones and Barkley and Haunt and Christian McCaffrey. Barkley has the toughest schedule left period of any of any runner. He doesn't play the Cardinals on his birthday, and he does not play the Cardinals on his birthday. Um Haunt has the sixth toughest. Aaron Jones only plays one defense in the top fifteen the rest of the year defense Jimmy. That might be

a factory correct answer. Yes, question number two, should playoff bound teams attempt to acquire a j Green Matt Yes, because the schedule is so favorable at Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver at Chargers, Oakland at Cleveland, and that's Cincinnati Cleveland. The game in Week sixteen is going to be the game that decides many, many, many fantasy championships because both of those defenses are horrible, and both of those offenses are competent uh the standings too. They need to win to

stay in the playoff hunt. And their defense is, like I said, absolutely horrible. Their bottom five against the run and the pass, so they're gonna need to chuck the ball to stay in these games. Yeah. Absolutely should try to get A J. Green Okay, Yeah, not a ton to add. He's doubtful this week, could still play. I hope he doesn't against the Ravens, that's what he gets healthy. But like Matt said, the rest of the schedule is great.

The only road stop, the roadblock on the way is at at the Clippers, which has become a tough matchup. But yeah, go get them, go, get them correct the correct answers. Yes, And I don't know that I would have said that had they not upgraded him too doubtful this week. Yeah, that helps. That helps me feel a lot better. I was at this time three days ago. I was really nervous, like maybe A. J. Green doesn't play again, and maybe not well never not this year.

Maybe that's still scenario that's out there, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. It looks like he's just gonna miss a couple more games well, and this might be already to match up this week. Yeah, I fin Yeah, right, So miss this one. Go ahead. I want you on the field for Oakland and Cleveland in my semifinals, in my championship, in my league, and I've already put a couple of trade offers out there to try to get a j Green in real life. Vanes Hot.

Question number three. If Lamar Jackson starts the rest of the games for the Ravens, where will he rank among quarterbacks from this point forward? Will he be a top ten quarterback? Will he be ranked eleventh through sixteen to twenty or worse than twenty? So you got four different options, top ten or eleven through fifteen, or sixteen through twenty or worse than twenty, Ryan, I so want to go eleven to fifteen here, just because we're doing a lot of rest of season schedule, as we should be in

the Ravens. Rest is eason is absolutely insane when it comes to uh easiness for quarterbacks Bengals, Raiders, Falcons, Chiefs, Bucks, that's just that's nuts. But Jackson is a rookie. He's probably gonna put up more points running than throwing. I feel, so I gotta put him just outside eleven fifteen range and go sixteen to twenty which makes him very startable in two quarterback formats the rest of season, very to your sixteen to twenty. All right, I know I know

where Charch is gonna fall in this. He's gonna get really excited and he's going to talk about the rushing numbers. So I'm gonna talk about the passing numbers. If you take that schedule, that rest of season schedule that Brian just talked about, and you add up what there's these averages are going to be, what these snuffs are gonna be.

Two nine four passing yards and two point one touchdowns per game is what the average quarterback is throwing against these two nine four and two point two point one two point one against these last six teams. Okay, that's not top ten, that's top five. He might be that good, so you're going top ten for sure. Okay. Uh, let's

just say hypothetically for Lamar Jackson. If right now he's getting about five touches a game in those in those and yet he's still rushing for fifteen to thirty yards in every game on five plays, What's how many rushing yards can we safely say he's going to have if he's the quarterback for every play forty forty. Okay, I've got forty five close, so let's do that. I got forty three point seven that'll work to But to be cleared out, he's got seventy yard upside eight yard up

rushing rushing yard upside for Lamar Jackson. If you're gonna run for forty fifty sixty seventy eight yards, you've got a coin flips chance of a touchdown in any game. So let's give him half a rushing touchdown in every game. Then he's not even though the opposing teams are giving up two passing yards, he's not as good a passer

as the teams that have faced these guys. Let's just let's knock him all the way down to two ten alright, So let's knock him all the way down to two passing yards and about half as many touchdowns, about one and a half what these teams are giving up. Just to be conservative, if Lamar Jackson's gonna average forty rushing yards, half a touchdown, two passing yards, and one and a half passing touchdowns per game, easily attainable very modest numbers.

He's quarterback nine. That's nine, and those are times. I think that. I think those are all almost like bottom basement floor type numbers four Lamar Jackson. He will be a top ten fantasy quarterback the rest of the year if he starts the rest of the games. Who watch him start this game and get yanked half way through for our uh? But this it illustrates what a rushing quarterback can do that a a immobile quarterback cannot do. Why was Dak Prescott a top seven quarterback last week?

Was last year? Wasn't his arm? It was the rushing touchdowns outside of Kansas City, l A. I cannot watch, wait to watch accident. It's gonna be fun, fun, fun watching. Let's get back to the matchups, including Tampa taking on the Giants. UH Stu Beard another chance to take apart your secondary. I contend your secondary is better that the Eli apple was additioned by subtraction. But what do you think about Ryan Fitzpatrick in the passing game? In this one?

About this? That? Uh? For Fitzpatrick four passing games of four indred passing dred plus passing yards of this season has already matched the record set for most of the season done by Peyton Manning and Dan Marino. Well, and by the way, his four yard passing games have come in four full games. He's at four full game and did he started forwarder yards and all of them? Ye, So you gotta give him at least to see in

this one. Uh, I'll give him a B, all right, I just need to worry about the bucks on the road a little bit. Well, you want me to give him an aid, don't you know? Actually don't. All right, I'll give him a B. Is not even the Giants are allowing over three passing yards for the game and two an half touchdown, So I'll give Fitzpatrick the B for chart here be also for Mike Evans. Opposing number

one receivers have struggled against the Giants. Only one is top the hundred yards and they only given up two touchdowns. So I only have the B for Evans in this game. I'll get to Seawan Jackson to see has had some success against the Giants in the past in the Meadowlands. Uh, specifically that returned touchdown in twenty ten. That ripped my heart out and I kept Hi out of the playoffs.

But anyway, outside of Alshon Jeffrey, the only wide receivers and not to touchdown against New York were secondary options of the speedier variety. So I like Jackson here he gets a see I got Chris god went on the bench, did top a hundred yards last week but was last and routes run by Tampa Bay wide receivers. So he's on the bench and this one as is Adam Humphreys. Giants are only allowing twelve catches per game to wide receivers,

so the not enough to go around for humphrees. Here it's only uh Jackson and Evans for white outs from e they're playing in this game, o J. Howard, give him a B. It's a birthday eve game for o J birthday on Monday. On paper, the Giants have been tough against tight ends, but guys like George Kittle, zach Ertz, you know Howard's kind of in that realm. They've done

all right. So I like Howard in this game. I'll give him a B because again, any tight end with the pulse is stortable in this day and age, except Cameron Brad. I have him on the bench, and then then Peyton Barber. He's looking good. I was running hard last week. He's healthy, He's run hard. The Giants have surrendered fourteen total touchdowns to running backs. And even though he's Rogers is a threat to take some of the passing game work, I like Barbara in this game to

give him a B over the Giants. And before you go to the Giants, let me mention this about Fitzpatrick, who rolls in with a streak of four four hundred yard games and all four of his full games. The last time the Giants gave up a four hundred yard passing game was forty nine games ago. So I think the street could very easily come to an end here, but you never know. Like uh, like I mentioned in take hom seventy points is what teams are snuffing in

Tampa Bay Roads. So it's catching on. So for that reason, kwon o b j A, I'm not gonna go there, Sterling Shepard, he gets some be slot receivers have slayd the Bucks of this season. Evan Ingram give him a B as well. Tamp tight ends. Eight different tight ends have top fifty yards against Tampa Bay this year. That's a lot of tight ends stopping fifty yards. Great spot for Ingram and for all those reasons, Eli was my take a chance on the quarterback, get get it done.

Eli that let's hope. So if not, now when right? This is it? Tennessee takes on Indianapolis Matt. Yeah, I kind of like Marcus Mariotta. He was my provisional, my provisional. Take a chance on me in case this whole of Mark Jackson thank blows up and he doesn't start. Yeah. Before I get into that, I wanted to say thanks to Skip Lisa and Mr Timmers on Twitter. Uh they donated to uh the American Red Cross Fund for the

California wildfire is in northern California. I spent a year at Chico State and uh it's right next to uh where I went to school out there, So uh, thanks to those guys for helping out. There's a lot of people really suffering in that part of the country. Uh. I think it's text c A wildfires to nine to donate ten bucks anyway, Um, Marcus Mariott to Chart gave him a B grade. I think would that would that

be fair? You like Mario to that much? No, I've got I've got a I've graded him as an eight point five, which is safely right in the middle of the B grade. Yeah. Over the past six games, non Bills quarterbacks are averaging three hundred twelve yards and two point four touchdowns against the Colts. That includes multiple touchdowns to Blake Bordles, Sam Donald, and Derek Carr. Uh. Yeah, so Mario does a solid B. Dion Lewis I'm giving a C grade too. He's averaging over twenty touches since

Week seven. The problem is he's only scored one touchdown in the last eight games and only topped one hundred total yards three times on the season. The Colts are allowing only a hundred and fifty four total yards per game to opposing backs, so that's gonna be split with Derrick Henry a little bit, who's also a CEE. Henry's had three touchdown runs in his last sixteen carries, which includes four touchdowns in the last three weeks. No, I don't want to. I don't want to bank on him

getting the ultimate vulture. He hasn't ran for more than fourteen yards in any carry this season, though, and the Colts have been good against power runners. Adrian Peterson held the twenty yards four net had UH fifty three running yards last week on twenty four carries. Hi Brian you

know what we call the ultimate vulture vol tron vault tron. Okay, okay, So by the way, Dean Lewis, but you know, since we've already broke the cadence here, I think Dan Lewis is sitting at a big game through the air, six different runners of top fifty receiving yards, three different runners in the last two weeks. If top fifty receiving yards, and that's all Lewis has, bit Henry's not taking any of that action. Here's what I think I think he's gonna come up with. I think he's gonna come up

with like total yards and no touchdowns. Maybe. But if he if he does that on six receptions, you said, you gotta pretty, you gotta B grade right there, I think I think it's a C grade for me. Right He doesn't score enough to get a B grade. That's the problem. B grades are for scores. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I ever interrupted you. Right now, Corey Davis, he gets a C grade. Davis averages a hundred and forty three yards in the two games in which he

scored a touchdown. He get averages forty one yards in the seven games where he hasn't scored a touchdown. It's the middle of the road matchup for him, so only gets the C grade. And Cameron Batson was already might take a chance on me quarterback or wide receiver. Over on the other side, Andrew Luck, he's getting a B grade. Luck has never lost to the Titans. Never. You are killing me on your luck, hatred. What is wrong with you? What he has? Last week? You had him on the bench.

This week he's filled throwing three or four touchdowns and extraight games. B grade this week? Yes, yeah, this week? Yeah? What's to not make him an A grade in this matchup? The Titans have allowed two touchdowns two touchdown passes in five games this year. They've only they've allowed zero or one in the other four. So I like him to score throw two touchdowns in this game. I don't know if I like him to throw three or four, which he's had to do to be fantasy relevant. He can

get three or four against Malcolm Butler by himself. He's gonna catch the ball to t Y Hilton. I'm giving a B speaking of Malcolm Butler. Hilton will likely draw Butler, who's allowing a passer rating of a hundred and forty two on passes in his coverage, and Hilton has had to yard games and four scores in his last three times against Tennessee. Jack Doyle and Eric Ebron both getting B grades. The only worthwhile tight end the Titans have

faced zach Ertz. He had ten catches in a hundred and twelve yards Abrons seventh overall in red zone targets in the league this season and second red zone touchdown catches, and Doyle had a hundred and forty four yards in him score in the two meetings with the Titans last year. Marlon Mack is on the bench. Though Alex Collins is the only fantasy relevant running back to score against the Titans this year, They've been very good against the run.

Only one back his top seventy yards against them all year. So Marlon Mack is on the bench. Bench, bench man, he's not a touchdown. You need to work, You need a therapist to work through whatever you got against the Colts. Did the did the Colts touch you appropriately as a child? Gave everybody but Marlon Mack a B grade and I'm negative, Yes,

it's just a grades for everybody. Then in charges world, start them all this is the Colts have been an awesome offense that I don't know how you end up with Colts matchups every week, but I demand the Colt matchup next week, right the wrongs done by you to this team over the last two weeks. I just wanted to get some coffee. What I miss nothing, absolutely nothing.

When we come back Denver taking on the Chargers. Philip Lindsay has been one of the bright finds of the fantasy season, but a tricky matchup will tell you if you dare start him this week when we come back. This is Fantasy Football Weekly presented by green Bell Premium on the Fan. Welcome back to the show Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan. Paul In, Brian Johnson, Matt Harrison with you. Let's dive right back into the matchups, beginning

with Denver taking on the Los Angeles Chargers. A note on the Denver side of this that you probably don't know.

Two weeks ago they lost their starting center. This week they're starting guard Max car see it towards a c L in practice, and so the Broncos starting offensive line is gonna have three players that are playing at their unnatural positions and two of them are backups, so the offensive line is a wreck for Denver right now, and that has pushed down my expectations for everybody, including Case Kingdom,

who's on the bench. He's averaging one touchdown per game since the opener and the Charges are allowing just one touchdown past per game since Week five, so it feels like a one touchdown game coming for Case Kingdom here. Only one quarterback has hit three hundred yards against the Chargers all year, and Keendom short is you know, one of his best weapons to Marius Thomas, and the offense didn't look quite right without him last time we saw them, so I don't love this matchup for Keendom or any

of his receivers. Let's go to Emmanuel Sanders, who has just got a C grade here in a brutal matchup against Desmond King out of the slot. King is only allowed one touchdown in his coverage all year. And what's more, get this, the average game in his coverage is three hatches for thirty one yards. That's it. So brutal matchup for Emmanuel Sanders. The C grade is only out of respect for him and the fact that this offense largely

goes passing offense largely goes through his hands. As you can imagine if I only have a sea on Emmanuel Sanders, Courtland cut certain Courtland Sutton is safely on the bench, especially with shadow coverage from Casey Award coming. I want no part of Courtland Sutton in this one. Um, Jeff Hireman,

I'm gonna have to mention him here. He's seen twelve red zone targets in the past seven games, and in the past six games, the Chargers have allowed four fifty yard games and four scores to the tight end position. As alluded to earlier, we're at a stage where Jeff Hireman's a top ten tight end because he's there. That's all that's left. I think he's legit though, and he's a name doesn't scream uh sex appeal when it comes to fantasy football. But he's wait wait wait, Heierman is

German for sex appeal. It actually is. Yeah, there, looked it up. Yes, just looked it up my translator. So Jeff Hireman is a C is a C grade. Let's go to the running game for Philip Lindsay. You need to know that Royce Freeman will return in this game, and when he comes back. It turns what had been eighteen rushes per game for Philip Lindsay back to where

he normally is, which is twelve. That that hurts a bit. Fortunately, the Chargers are beatible run defense or giving a five yards per carry over the last three weeks, and I really like Lindsay through the air. The Chargers have allowed the second most receiving yards to runners, including at least fifty one yards in seven of the past eight games. If we can get to fifty one or more for Lindsay, he's probably sitting at a one hundred yard total game.

And here's the thing. With the offensive line problems I mentioned, I see a lot of short dumpop stuff coming to Philip Lindsay. I actually looked up what means in German. It means this year. Doesn't really he's this year man. He's this year man. Man didn't start playing football until ninth grade. That's fascinating. Third round pick out of Ohio State. Now, how about that he's this year's man six five and

weights Manu Royce Freeman back on the bench. He's he before his injury, his foot injury, he was getting about nine ish carries a game, and he was totally touchdown dependents. He wasn't doing a lot with the nine carries. Here's the problem for a touchdown dependent back. The Chargers have allowed one rushing touchdown in their last six games, so a terrible time to start Royce Freeman. Unfortunately, let's go to the let's go to the Chargers side of this.

I like the passing game. Philip Rivers only quarterback in the NFL multiple passing touchdowns in every game this year. Denver secondary has improved since being pretty wobbly at the beginning of the year. Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes twice did quality passers like those guys, averaging two yards two and a half touchdowns. That's why I still like Philip Rivers here, and he still gets an A grade because I think he's in that Wilson, Watson Mahomes level

of production. To eighty and two and a half sounds right. Uh. And by the way, Rivers average game this year almost exactly two eighty and two and a half, So I like him. I like Keenan Allen to a B grade. In two meetings with the Broncos a season ago, Alan did very little, averaging four catches for thirty eight yards, although he did score once. The broncos best cornerback is Chris Harris, who plays the slot, and that's where Alan

lines up the most. So I don't love this matchup, but I'll note that Larry Fitzgerald scored from the slot against the Broncos three weeks ago. Tyrone Williams startable in this game. Williams has been held scoreless in his last four with Denver and averages twenty five yards per game in those but that was what they when they had to keep to leave and they're not as good this year. Denver secondaries allowed seven scores and four one hund yard

games to receivers in the last five weeks. So I like Tyrolle Williams, and if you're really in a pench, although I've got a bench grade on him, you could throw a flyer at Mike Williams. Um I think we're gonna get helped out both on the ground and through the air by Melvin Gordon. Tough matchup on the ground. Will acknowledge that the last four weeks, the Broncos have allowed running backs to gain an NFL worst two and

a half yards per carry and zero scores. But here comes Gordon, who has scored in every game since the opener. He's got eleven touchdowns, third most among all runners, and crushing it in the passing game with more than fifty receiving yards and half his games. Plus he gets in incredibly consistent usage with at least fifteen carries in every game but one. You've got a start them, and you've

got an A grade on Melvin Gordon. Even though the Broncos run defense has improved a lot, Remember when Austin Ekeler was a thing? Not anymore. We're old enough to remember that. Yeah, six rushing attempts over the last two weeks. That's it. And now you get a good run defense or improved run defense and Ekeler safely on the bench. Next matchup is the Oakland Raiders taking on the Arizona Cardinals. Brian, this is the NFL's worst run defense against the NFL's

second worst run defense. Already gave Doug Martin as might take a chance on the runner. What other Raiders do you like? If any what other Raiders? Yeah? These are both bad teams on paper, but only one of these teams was sacked ten times by the forty Niners, so they're a way worse than the So I'd like the Cardinals in this game. Don't like a ton of raiders

outside of a muscle Hamster. Let's start with Jared Cook, who uh hopefully you sold high on during his hot streak and acquired someone like Jeff Heierman or something like that, because he's been h pretty bad lately and it's gonna continue in this game. Tough matchup on paper for Cook. Cardinals were allowing only forty yards and under four catches per game to tight ends. George Kittle and Zach Ertz crap the bed by their standards against the Cardinals, so

I'm not liking cooking this game. Just to see for him. Over the wide receivers, nothing to like hear outside of Seth Roberts might take a chance on the receiver George's Brandon Felt gets Patrick Pain Buddha Baker out. That's uh, bodes very well for Seth Roberts. Also bodes well for Jalen Richard, who I will he's not as good as play as Muscle Hamster as this week, but I say he's a PPR hail Mary Dart throw in this game for sure, but Derek Carr is still on your bench

for Oakland, quickly over to Arizona. David Johnson easy a two three combo yards in the two games with Byron left, which as the o C the Raiders are allowing on seventy combo yards per game to opposing back, so you do the math there, ej is in a smash spot for that reason, Chase Edmonds was might take a chance on me running back over to the wide receivers. Give

Larry Fitzgerald the b uh. He has also benefited from the left witch craft with nearly a thirty witchcraft with nearly a thirty percent target share with left, which by ronning the plays for Arizona, so which by n bye ronning left, which by n by running right. That was too much. That was well below snuff. It's gets to be for the Raiders. Wou allowed six wide receiver touchdowns in the last four games. But I still love Christian

Kirk on the bench, love him long term. But just five catches so far in the left with left which era and I don't see the volume needed in this one. So he's on the bench. Ricky Seals Jones will give him a see though opposing tight ends have totaled six touchdowns on the Raiders last six games. Probably more they could be with the basically at the tight end. And then uh, Josh Rosen though still on the bench for me, all right, uh really I like to I think Josh

Rosen's absolutely startable against the Raiders. Well and what yeah two quarterback leads? Yeah, I see great, I see. I never see grade on him anybody against the Raiders, any functional quarterback with two arms, you know, we only need one one armed, a non zero armed. You might not even need a quarterback? Is the problem to beat the Raiders? Now there is that. There's apic. That's a team that can't if they're going to stake out a big lead.

Then I think Rosen's already got his two quarterback. He's viable. And uh, I think dart Throve for sure he has a DFS dart throw. I kind of I like that him and Christian Kirk is a df as a cheap DFS play. There's a little something there. I about je Edmonds instead, maybe when we come back the Sunday Night and the Monday night game, including the epic Monday Night game no longer in Mexico, city that won't stop having a fantasy fiesta, will it? Matt, Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah

yeah yeah yea. When we come back. This is Fantasy Football Weekly presented by Devani's On the Man. Welcome back to the show. Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment of the day. Uh and that means lightning rounds coming. We because of the early start, we have two free phone lines right now where we normally do not, so encourage you to get queued up for that. We always start the final segment with premature speculation. These are players you want to pick up now that the rest of your rest of

your league will try to pick up next week. And you already got him, Brian desperate for a win next week? Why don't you add Pierre Garzon who has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on tap. Garson should be fully uh fully practicing this week. San Francisco is on there by. He hasn't been much of nothing this year, but uh, great matchup and you'll be viable play next week, all right.

I got Ricky Seals Jones, who's twenty six percent own had five catches for fifty one yards last week as they started targeting him more since Byron left, which took over the offense rest of season schedule against the tight end, Oakland worst against the tight end, Chargers seventh worst. Packers they're the best against tight ends. But then in the fantasy playoffs Lions fifth worst, Atlanta tenth worst, and the Rams who have given up some super huge games to

the tight end so far this season. So you could do worse than Ricky Seals Jones at your tight end slot. What if I told you there was a kicker available right now who has made one percent of his field goal attempts this year, plays for one of the best offenses in the NFL, will play six of seven games either indoors of this of the remaining games this year, six of seven or either indoors or warm weather outdoor games. He's got one cold weather game left. That's it. That's

what I was going to say. What if I told you? What if I told you in a world where Matt Bryant is available in almost every league. He hasn't played since Week six because of a think growing injuries. I recall he is now back. He will kick for the Falcons for the first time in whatever six weeks, and because of that long layoff, he's available in almost every league you can get one of the best kickers and never have to sweat any of the any of the

weather games except one. The rest of the way, Matt Bryant, all right, let's get our final two matchups in, beginning with the Vikings taking on the Chicago Bears, And for this one, it's UM, the game of which I feel pretty good about. The Vikings passing attack. Good quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson and Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford are have hit the Bears pretty hard, averaging two seventy yards and two and a half touchdowns, and I

think Kirk Cousins is right in that mix. And the only worry for you for me is that is whether the offensive line can hold up and stop kirk Cousins from UM. We'll make forced kirk Cousins into bad plays, and hopefully that will not be the case and he won't end up short circuiting a bunch of drives that way. I really like Stefan Diggs in this matchup, and here's why. First, he's played well against the Bears historically, has scored a

touchdown in four or five career games against the Bears. Uh. And they Bears have got one really good outside corner, Kyle Fuller, but he only plays one side of the field. His snaps are on one side of the field. So we're just gonna hang the kwant treadwell out to dry on that side, and we'll put Diggs on Prince Amukamara

on the other side of the field. And that is a winnable matchup for Stefan Diggs and a grade for Digs, a B grade for Cousins, and a B grade for Adam Theland in the slot because he matches up with one of the best slack corners in the league, Bryce Callahan, who has only allowed one touchdown into his coverage all year, and in the four games the Eland has played against the Bears is average game four exceptions thirty six yards

and he's never scored against Chicago. So that's all that together, and I can only get to a B grade on Adam Feeling that's a snuff game right there for sure. Uh. Staying with the passing game, Kyle Rudolph just to see grade here, as he is now not scored or top forty one yards and five straight games, and I'm a little bit worried that he's gonna get stuck blocking and for a lot of this game as well. He did post six catches forty five yards and to score last

year in Chicago. Though, Um so there's your ray of optimism. And the Bears have given up a tight end touchdown in five of the last eight games, so you've got a little bit of hope there as well. As we look at the rushing game. Everybody seems to believe and I do too, they're gonna try hard to get Dalvin Cook going in this one. In the four games he's played this year, he's topped one yards from scrimmage at

all but one. And Chicago has only allowed one rushing touchdown to running backs, and they've allowed the fourth fewest rushing yards the position, and that I don't take that lightly, but I'll mention this. Over the last three games well, and this Chicago has allowed just two point seven yards per carry. Your glimmer hope, though, is that they have been gashed through the air by running backs, allowing the

most receptions to runners over the last five weeks. So there's your angle with Dalvin Cook is through the air and they will throw to him copiously. I believe in this game. So that's your angle, and that's why I'm sticking with a B grade for Dalvin Cook. Without that, he would have been a C grade. Latavius Murray goes on the bench, you know you need touchdowns when when Cook is back, you need touchdowns from Murray. And that's tough to do against the team that's given up one

rushing touchdown all year. Let's go to the bare side of this matchup from Mr Biscuit. He's been absolutely terrific ever since the Week four blow up game against the Bucks, in which he has put together such good stats that he's basically been rushing and receiving. He's basically basically been like starting Philip Rivers with a free patent Barber rolled into it. Because of the rushing numbers. Happy Trombone, I would say, I reckon, Well, I think you're right. It's

happy trombone for Mits Troubinsky. Um, now here's where it gets tricky. I like the subtle Peyton Barber dig by the way, Peyton Barber is only good enough to be a outputsk is happy trombone in the fantasy industry, Yes he is. But it could come to an end here the Vikings. Other than the meltdown game to Jared Goff and the Rams, the Vikings are only allowing an average of two hundred thirty six passing yards and zero point

eight passing touchdowns. That's crazy. The Vikings only allowed twelve rushing yards per game two quarterbacks, so I don't know that Robinsky is gonna have a lot of success there now. If Anthony Barr can't go, I think that could open up some running lanes um at the second level for Mitch Drabinsky. A B grade for Drobinsky. I thought you were going to get down to like a C grade and it was gonna be sad trombone Ski, I can't because he's been so dark good ever since week four.

I can't go down to a C grade on Mitch Drabisky. Let's talk about his receivers. Allen Robinson likely gets xavier roads and a size versus size matchup, and Rhodes hasn't allowed to touchdown in his covered since Week two and since the Vikings again the debacle against the Rams, they haven't allowed a single wide receiver touchdown, which is amazing, and only three receivers are top fifty yards against the Vikings. It's their past defense has been really good, so Robinson

only gets a C grade here. Taylor Gabriel is on the bench zero catches last week, and he likely gets Trey Waynes and his speed versus speed matchup. Waynes is only allowed uh touchdowns in his coverage in one game again the Rams game. Outside of that, he isn't given up any touchdowns any other receivers. Trey Burton and a grade for Trey Burton, although he has failed to top forty yards and four of his past five games, but he has found the end zone in five of the

last eight. Vikings have struggled against tight ends all year. They've allowed at least sixty nine yards or a touchdown in six games. Now let's go to the running game. Tariko and gets a B grade. Vikings have been fantastic against the run, allowing just three point three yards per carry over the last five and only one running back all season is top sixty rushing yards against the Vikings, and so I can't trust Cohen on the ground, but

through the air, I think he's got a chance. Vikings ranked twenty in running back receiving yards, and he leads the entire team and receptions at all positions. Tarik Cohen's are leading receiver, so he gets a B grade based on the reception prowess I see coming for Tarik Cohen, and just to see grade for Howard. You're really hoping for a rushing touchdown here and not much more. For the reasons I just mentioned. Vikings run defense has been

very good. Howard chips in almost nothing through the air final matchup Kansas City taking on the rams. Start everybody. I apologize for all of this in advance. By the way, the Kansas City hef as and the Los Angeles Carneros said asta la vista to Estadio Azteca, and Bill will be uganda ing this partido in the Los Angeles Coliseo. The last I guess arriba bajo is sixty three and a half per this game. That's the highest over under since nine. So there are muccio a grottos in this fuego.

Let's start with the coriando a tress position. That's the running backs. Todd Feminino, he gets the moss grodo. In fact, Gurley might be this year's Fantasia Fonzi. As for the amplio receptors, the wide receivers Brandon Cocineros and Roberto Bosque. They get Bay Grottos. Uh, they're going to miss Cobra Vasso. That's Cooper Cup. He tore his as l a in his Rodilla. Cooks was held to quatro or less receptions in each game that Cup missed this year, and quatro

of his Sienniard games came when Cup was healthy. Woods he moves to the slot the espasio more often, so he'll match up with Chiefs top corner or Esquina Kendall Fuller much more often this week, and Josh Reynolds. He gets a say Grotto, he hit five targets, I mean no objectivos in Verde Bahia. That's Green Bay. When Cup sat out, he gets a starting grade simply due to the over under the Wagador d attack a quarterback, which actually means player of attack. Jared Goff multiple touchdowns in

quadrou straight games. The Rams maybe in Rick cupo our mode this game. If they get behind earlier, that's bodes well for golf. Let's go over to the chief side. Patricio majo Gars he gets an a grado. The biggest news this week is that Majo garis like Salsa di Tomte on his carne asada and macarones kareem kazar. He gets an a grado. The Rams are giving up an NFL worst five point two yard dots per transportador guards per carry. Spencer Marquancia was already in my ari gasta

conmego running back. Let's take a chance on me, and I hope next week at this time I will be doing my pavo real peacock noise. Ty Tyreek Colina he gets an a grado too. Tonto's last week against the Cardinales. He's better in lay host games than cossa games. That's away games, so that helps out Tyreek. Uh. The operatitado extreme oh tight end, that's Travis Kelsey Grande baby Gronk. He gets an al grodo. He's an easy al grodo. Uh. And Sammy Watkins gets a bay grodo coming back from

his p lasciando his injured foot. Uh. He's prior to the injury, he was averaging six catches in eighty one yards per game over his previous six contests. He's a B grade in this contest. You know the deal, everybody. Uh, It is one question between two players. We don't have a ton of time. Will be quick on all of these, beginning with Andrew Hello, Hello, Joe Mixon or Leonard Bournett. Okay, mixing, agreed, Brian, you're next, uh Mr Jackson or Andrew lock Ha ha Church,

Now what are you gonna do? I'm taking I'm still taking log but I like Jackson. I like Jackson. Plenties my number thirteen quarterback this week can get all the rankings at fanball dot com. There's it's a possibility that Lamar Jackson doesn't start. Yeah, well that's true. Tom, you're next, Uh standard scoring, Mariota or Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins, Greg Craig, you're next, Joe Mixon or Dion Lewis Uh mixing. Just put that answer on repeat for me. Apparently you're gonna

get every mixing question. Bill. Hello, Bill, I need you to speak a lot. Louder can't hear you. It was Lindsay or mark Ingram. I'm gonna go Lindsay. In particularly, I would go Lindsay Trevor. You're next, Lamar Miller or Jalen Richards PPR. Because of the PPR, I would go Jalen Richard there's been rock solid that way ever since the Lynch injury. Eric, you're next standard scoring go Cooper Cooper in Well, they're boys, but I'll trust Cooper more

than what. All Right, our final caller is Eric, Hello, I want to drap with your Bonnie Bernard when they have a match up. And then what should I do? Were able to catch that? Man, I'm not exactly sure I wanted to drop Geo for something. Don't drop Geo that if that's shoot me a tweet on that question at expose about I'll help you and we Yeah, we had a hard time here even hearing the question. Uh, if you missed any part of the show, which is most of you because we started early, hit the podcast.

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