Fantasy Football Weekly Week 6

is early. It is an early morning. By We've got Gophers versus Ohio State early kickoff, so we have shifted to the early slot. I can't help it last the Minnesota Golden sacrificial lambs. Yeah, it's um, it's gonna be bad. I think, um that kickoff is I think eleven o'clock. Pregame. I assume at nine o'clock and that's that's when we will wrap up seven at nine o'clock Fantasy Football Weekly. Those are the voices of my co host Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. Good morning, guys, Good morning. It is

my alma mater. By the way, I'm not hating on the Gophers that much. I'm just very worried about this matter. No, my alma mater too, But they're they're playing the number three ranked team in in in the nation, so I don't like our chances. In particular, the boat is in trouble. Plenty of get me up over the course of the show,

including take a chance on me. Nine players that you can many of them you can pick up off the waiver wire that you would not normally start, three hot questions, premature speculation, all of the matchups, and plenty to get to, including some juicy ones, including this one Brian Pittsburgh taking on Cincinnati a game that should be an absolute point orgy. That let's jump right into it. Nothing like a point orgy at this hour. Yeah, that's right. It doesn't want to point r G at seven a m well fit

lasted from the previous day. Maybe, yeah, then there you go. Yeah, let's keep it going. Uh, let's start with James Conner. Might be the last hurrah for him this year with the Levy on Bell expected back. We'll talk more about that at LA, but he's getting an AU Miami, the abysmal Miami running backs totally hundred seventy eight combo yards

against Cincinnati last week. So you gotta love James Conner in this matchup as the still the loan Bell cow Levian Bell totalled three seventy four to touchdown in his two meetings with Cincinnati last year, and their defense was much better than it is. So Connor easy a as and as his Antonio Brown. I'm not even going to go into that. You're starting Antonio obviously, Juju in a

as well. Can I throw in a quick Empire question? Yeah, Juju v Antonio next year, whether a draft auction re drafting first, are spending more on It's it's got to be Juju next year, right, I don't. I don't think so. But if they were an empire, if your tie like a start up empire leagues, yes, yeah, then I want the five or six year age of differential and it would be Juju for sure. He's closing the gap, but he gets may as well. Uh. The Bengals are allowing

the fifth most catches to wide receivers. Uh. Devin Fungus has had a huge game running out of slot. You know Juju should do the same for Pittsburgh Vans. McDonald can give him a see only one catch against Atlanta last week down, but this is a good matchup. The Bengals have allowed a tight end touchdown in three or five games this season. Only Carolina, who only has rookie Ian Thomas, and the Miami tight ends failed to score against the Bengals, So advance is still startable this week.

And Big Ben on the road just gonna get a b Uh, you're just passing touchdown totals in his last four at Cincinnati to one one zero hasn't top three yards in that span. But again, that Bengals defense is not as good as it has been passed. And really this has Ben's That's very typical of Ben's road games period,

regardless of venue. To one one zero is a lot of just who that's who Ben is on the Road's kind of BIZMAXI on the road, right, But uh and uh over of the Bengal side Joe Mixon, Uh, he gets an a. Pittsburgh has allowed the fifth view as fantasy points to backs, but they haven't really faced uh back at the talent level of mixing, so he's still an easy a. Jooe Bernard is out and uh sorry about Mark Walton Lasi had two catchers last week, but

he won't factory here. Probably not all Joe mixing a J Green another easy A Pittsburgh allowing more than two fifteen yards and one and a half touchdowns per game. Two wide receivers A J had seven for seventy seven yards. That's a Jack Pott in his last meeting, with two touchdowns the last time he faced the stealer. So you're gonna start a J Tyler board. Get Tyler Boyd gets another b uh nine plus yards indoor a touchdown in

three of his last four games. They've been running Green out the slot more than Boyd though, and that's why struggled a little last week. And Green had the bigger games, So keeping out on that. So Boyd is not the primary slot guy. And then one more past catcher to mention is uh C j Uzoma. I like to call him Oozy the snaps last week. He is the guy with Tyler Eifert gone and only Tam the Bay has allowed more fantasy points at tight ends than the Steelers,

so usually gets a CE. Might borderline be in this up point? I wouldn't blame you if you gave him a B here again, let's just do that. Let's give easy to be and then Andy Dalton multiple touchdowns both Stewart matchups last year. That offense is getting better by the week, it seems so. He's in and the Steelers past defense is terrible. Their thirty yards allowed, their thirty second in sorry, thirty one and touchdowns allowed. It's a It's a great opportunity for Andy Dalton, my number five

quarterback this week. Matt. Let's go to Seattle taking on Oakland. This is a London game, so we will not say in Oakland, but technically I think Oakland is the host um regardless of venue. These have been two middling offenses. What do you think about their opportunities here? Well, hello governor, welcome to foggy London. Down. Chris Carson gets a B. The Raiders run defense is Richard the third, as in careful not to step in that steaming pile of Richard

the third. They've allowed the fourth most yards running backs and three opponents of topped a hundred yards against them so far this year. It's the B. Russell Wilson. It's a lot of tosh to think you would drop Russell or bench Russell Wilson right now. He hasn't been running much this season, but he has thrown for multiple touchdown passes in four or five starts. And the Raiders secondary is made up of odds and sods, and they have allowed multiple passing scores in four or five. Tyler Lockett

gets a B as well. Three of Lockett's four scores this year have come from at least thirty nine yards out. Five of the nine touchdowns the Raiders have allowed to opposing receivers have come on catches of thirty four yards or more. That's a spawny outcome for Lockt. Doug Baldwin gets a see. He practiced in full all week and he played last week, but he might as well honked all over the pub with one catch for one yard.

But he's very cag he knows his onions. And the Raiders have allowed the fifth most ards to wide receivers this year. Let's go to the Raiders side. Marshawn Lynch gets an A grade. That's gotta hurt you, right, you're very miffed because I've been down on Lynch this year. I guess that makes me a numpty. Indeed, it done noted, numpty. This is the revenge game of all revenge games, though some might call it an r G bargie, which is

a heated confrontation. Is Lynch threw himself a patty and quit the Seahawks a few years back, and the Raiders accepted him warts and all. And if not, it's not when hill or when he'll score touchdown, it's he's gonna score touchdown. So what will be the celebration this week? Will he take the Mickey Willie teaser mock his old gaffer Carol? Will he go knees up in the end zone? You can bet he will be chuffed. Derek Carr gets

a bench grade. The Raiders have not top twenty one point nine of their last ten games, and Seattle has allowed the eight fewest passing yards this season and have more picks than passing touchdowns allowed. It just so happens that Carr has also thrown more picks than scores. Jordy Nelson, I'm giving him a C grade. He's averaging five catches for eighty eight yards over his last three games, thanks in part to a long run after catch on a touchdown a few weeks ago. He used to be a

real corker in Green Bay. It looks like he's more of a damp squib in Oakland, though, uh Amari Cooper is as bent as a nine bob note chart. That's what I always say about a Marie Cooper. Yeah, and even weeks he's averaging nine catches for a hundred and twenty two yards, and odd weeks he's averaging one catch for thirteen. He's all mouth and no trousers. Every time Seattle has faced the team with a good trousers and

or all mouth. Every time Seattle's faced the team with a good wide receiver, that player has done well and it's an even week for Mariy Cooper. Have they faced any good receivers? Man, it's the Seahawks. It has been just crap offense versus crap offense versus crap and say, finally get the rams and both the receivers get knocked out. Yeah, I would think Colbert Woods did well and Emmanuel Sanders did well. Finally, Jared Cook, he gets a C grade

away from Oakland. It's been nothing but hard cheese for Cook. The Seahawks are allowing only forty two yards per game to opposing tight ends and only one score of the season. Still, Cook is the most targeted player in the NFL inside the ten yard line, which I like to call the redcoat zone. So I'm gonna give Jared Cook a C grade. Wow, I thought you were an absolute wanker. Thank you that, thank you. I'll just want wonk on the pub or was it honk to vomit? Oh? That's oh yeah, come on,

Arizona goes to Minnesota. I will do the whole thing in a Minnesota in as in the voice of a Minnesota residents, and so it'll sound just like somebody from Minnesota is doing this matchup. How's that? I challenge you to do this? Okay, well I live in Minnesota. That makes it easy. A grades across now there are, there's one A grade to be had for the Minnesota Vikings. You kind of sound like a resident of Arizona, right

a little bit? Yeah, I do. Sometimes when I do out of state radio, they're all bummed out that I don't sound like the people from Fargo exactly. I think the Vikings will want to try to run the ball in this game. They've had a series of tough matchups in which they could not run. They haven't had the opportunity of Dalvin Cook on the field. They're running the fewest rushing plays in the NFL. They've got the fewest rushing yards per game. I think maybe third few so

maybe wrong about the top of my head. Either way, this is a This is an opportunity for Dalvin Cook to get right, and it comes up against a really wobbly defense including a thirtieth ranking for Arizona and rushing yards allowed one under thirty four rushing yards per game their last and rushing touchdowns allowed. This feels like a very nice opportunity uh for Dalvin Cook in this game. And not only that, Lottavius Murray could get into the

action at some point as well. It comes down to just rushing touchdowns and who's gonna get the ball at the goal line. That's probably Lottavius Murray. So I've got C grades on both of these runners under the presumption that the Vikings want to try to get to some kind of equilibrium with the rushing game and can actually be at least a little bit effective. This is their weakest run defense they've seen all year by a mile.

Kirk Cousin gets a B grade here. I believe again he will throw fewer passes than perhaps any other game. Cardinals run defense as bad. As I mentioned Kirk's two low volume games, He's averaged two d seventy yards and one and a half touchdown passes, and that puts him firmly into B grade territory. Stefon Diggs draws Patrick Peterson for this matchup, and Diggs has been great, so has Peterson. Peterson is allowed eighty nine receiving yards this year total

all year, eighty nine receiving yards and coverage. I don't know why you'd throw it the only good corner they have though. That's the thing, So I you know, and I believe that there's no reason for Patrick Peterson to not take stuff on Diggs. He doesn't work the slot. He's not gonna go on the Kwan treadwell. So the path of least resistance goes through Adam Feeling with a clear A grade here. He won't get Patrick Peterson. He will get utility safety Buddha Baker, which is a strong

advantage for Feeling. Another very big game coming potentially here. The Cardinals defense has only faced one top twenty passing offense, and that team was the Rams, and they threw for three fifty yards and all the three of the receivers posted strong games. I like theeeling in this matchup. Kyle Rudolph also a beast start. He's caught at least five passes in four straight games. Cardinals allowed Jordan's Red, Trey Burton, and George Kittle to average roughly four grabs and sixty

two yards. Those are solid numbers for Rudolph at always an end zone threat. Let's go to the Arizona side, where there's not a lot to talk about. The entire passing game is on the bench. Not that the Vikings secondary has been as elite as last year, but it'll be plenty good enough to contain Josh Rosen, who justin has shown basically no explosiveness aside from that one long

touchdown to Christian Kirk. And then yet in Larry Fitzgerald hobbled by his ongoing hamstring injury, and and I think Kirk gets shadow coverage from Xavier Roads were not starting any of them. David Johnson gets a B grade. Vikings remained very tough to run agn against. They're having a lot of rushing touchdown all year. They're only giving up eighty ground yards per game. But where Johnson can be effectivest through the air. His average receiving game hasn't been

great to this point. They haven't used him that much, but the Vikings have allowed forty four or more receiving yards of four different backs, and I think David Johnson will ultimately potentially have more air yards than ground yards in this game. Let's take a break when we come back, take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in a starting a lot of all of them available to start, some of them on the waiver wire this week. We'll tell you there. When we come back to Fantasy Football

Weekly on the fans, we can go dancing. We can go up and again, take a chance on me. Nine players that you would not normally start, but you will this week, and several of these guys available on the waiver wire. One of mine definitely isn't, and two of mine now probably are, depending on the league. I'm gonna fall asleep. I know this is bad. This is not not seven, am, baby, that's not that's not cool for seven.

I'm nervous about how this is gonna work out. Start at the quarterback position, Brian, all Right, I got Sam Donald at home against the Colts. The Colts secondary is incredibly banged up the top in the Corners on their depth chart eight Harrison, Kenny Moore, and Quincy Wilson all questionable to play, as are both starting safeties. Clayton gathers In Malik Hooker. Uh, they might have the dead Hooker is playing secondary. Yeah, but so many in the drunks

of bars. Oh boy. So the Colts are one of ten teams yielding forty pass attempts per game to opposing quarterbacks. I like that for Donald in this game and two weeks ago, Deshaun Watson rushed for a touchdown. Last week, Tom Brady rush for a touchdown against the Colts. So they cover both ends of the spectrum forment, So any quarterback can run for a touchdown. Culture So I'm calling that for Donald. But now like Donald in this game? All right, Yeah, I'm going with Baker Mayfield of the

Browns against the Chargers. Baker faced off against the better defense last week Baltimore Ravens. He tallied three forty two r it's through the air and twenty three on the ground. The Chargers not as good. They've given up the fifth most touchdown passes this season at just over two per game. And due to injuries to both pass rushers and the secondary,

they're susceptible to baker mania. Baker Mania, you say, Jamis Winston makes us first to start of the year against Atlanta, a team that has allowed four straight opposing quarterbacks to throw for exactly three touchdowns. I would happily take three touchdowns. Might take a chance on meat quarterback three of the last four to face Atlanta three hundred thirty five yards or more. Winston faced Atlanta one time last year. Three touchdowns,

three hundred passing yards Jamis Winston. Or take a chance on meat quarterback. Let's go to the running back position, Brian, I need some help here, guys, I'm actually going with a fullback. Is the first fullback in takeom history? Well we go back aways? You know, Michaels was probably Aaron Ripkowski. Probably guy like, hey, you're gonna get a goal line dive for the Packers. I'm sure someone was in good hands.

So what we got? Kyle check used check use check us check of the San Francisco forty Niners going up against Green Bay on Monday night. Uh no, Matt Brito looks like likely. No Pierre Garson, no Trent Taylor and sadly Marky's goodwin has been made of glass all the year or so. Check use check might be the top basket catching up in this game. Alphabet fourth on the team with twenty targets, coming off a six catch, seventy

five yard performance last week. And they're gonna be chasing points in this can in Green Bay, believe it or not. And Uh, Kyle J. I'm just gonna call him that, Kyle J. Because that's a silent jay. Kyle. What was I thinking picking this guy this early in the morning as And uh, but hey, he's got more than twice his catches is Alfred Morris and uh have to snap. So it's all about this guy in j Kyle, use check, use use check, use check, use use check, use use check.

All right, Sorry, you're gonna sense a pattern here. I have Duke Johnson of the Cleveland Browns going up against the Chargers. Did you know from two thousand fifteen to two thousand seventeen, Duke Johnson led the NFL in yards per touch with six yards per touch. He's too talented for Hugh Jackson to leave him hidden on the bench. He's played of the snaps last week compared to thirty five percent for Carlos Hide but hide out touch Duke nineteen to six. Something's got to give. It's gonna turn

around soon. The Chargers have been particularly bad against receiving backs this year, allowing the sixth most receiving yards to the position. Duke Johnson has been dropped in a lot of leagues. You can go grab him, Duke Johnson. I dropped Duke Johnson in the one league I had him in. Yeah, so yeah, I've kicked him to the curb. Belol Powell is sitting at potentially a very good game against Indianapolis. We've already told you about the the many deficiencies to

the Indianapolis team and defense with all the injuries they've got. Also, this injury, Isaiah Crowell's a game time decision. May not play, and if he does play, he could see a reduced workload. Powell has shown his worth to the Jets offense, rushing for a solid four and a half yards per carry. He has topped sixty five total yards and four or five games this year, and Indianapolis is one of five teams that's allowed at least three and receiving yards to

running backs this year Church. I think BELLEL. Powell has finally made it to like the Hall of Fame of take a chance on me players. I think five times seventeen times in the last three years, that is probably true. Uh. In the Colts last eleven road games, they've given up ninety yards or more from scrimmage to running an eight of the eleven. So I like all of that. Let's go to the receivers. So you got we're gonna stay with this game. Other team though, I got Ryan Grant

with the Colts going up against the Jets. Grant has been very reliable this year, at least seven targets and five catches and three or five games scored a touchdown. One of the games that he didn't hit those milestones, and the Jets have allowed the fourth most yards wide receivers. T Y Hilton is out of this game. Eric Ebron will play, but he's definitely banged up. So I like Ryan Grant here, and uh, we'll talk more with this game in a minute. Yeah, Ryan Grant, You're gonna sense

of pattern here. Think. So I've got David and Joco of the Cleveland Browns and Joke who has been dropped in a ton of leagues. He's available in about a third of fantasy leagues right now, and that's most likely due to the fact that he has not scored a touchdown in how many games? Nine games in a row. That's nine, yeah, nine, nine times in a row he has not scored a touchdown. Generally a bad thing for a tight end. Correct. However, since Baker Mayfield took over,

he's averaging nine targets per game. Yes, and he's top seven amongst tight ends in both targets and air yards this season. The Chargers recently gave up a hundred and twenty five yards in a score to George Kittle. While I won't call those numbers, there's a good chance he finds pay dirt this week. I like it. Uh. Finally, Mohammed Sanu is the slot corner for Atlanta and he's daddy Mohammed Sanu junior. Let me be clear about this.

Junior looks promising though, Yeah, making excellent moves. You've got that three year old in your DEVI league? Absolutely, Uh, Momed Sanus a slot corner, meaning he will draw Tampa's rookie cornerback m J. Stewart all game. And that is a huge advantage for Sanu. Stewart gave up one two yards and three touchdowns in Tampa's last game one game three touchdowns from the slot against m J. Stewart. Sanu is next. Atlanta has allowed the more touchdowns to wide receivers.

I'm calling my shot right now. Touchdown Mohmed Sanu. Uh dirt cheap at fanball, by the way, at only excellent ad. Good job, guys, um Matt did not necessarily think out of the box with the Cleveland thing. But that's okay. Let's see what we can sneak in. One more matchup and they're gonna ran. We've already talked a lot about Indianapolis taking on the Jets. Let's let's drill down on the handful of guys we haven't talked about yet. Uh,

starting with Indie. Ebron is gonna play. It sounds like matchup the Jets of not allowed of identity catch more than two passes or go over thirty six yards this year, and he's definitely banged up. So uh, I'm just gonna give Ibron a ce. So I am worried uh about that injury. Ryan Grant just mentioned him. He just might take a chance of me wide receiver, and you know what, if you miss that on him, Chester Rogers might be

viable this week as well. He was nearly might at one point he was might take a chance of me wide receiver as Chester Rogers, and I probably would have went down to that level of ron word to sit. But he still could have a better game than Ryan Grant. So he's getting to see as well, at least the eleven targets in each of his last few games. And the Jets, as I mentioned, over a thousand yards already allowed to wide receivers, fourth worst in the league. So

Rogers gets to see. And I'll give Andrew Luck a B for that reason. He has thrown more passes than any other quarterback. Hasn't really been airing it out, but I'm seeing some zip on those throws, so I'm encouraged.

And I'm not too worried about the shoulders so much anymore. Uh. The Colts have just rushed for seventy four point four regards per game this season, so they've been throwing a lot, So I like, look in this game now, Nie Him Hines Diehi Hi Him has been the top twelve PPR back over the last few weeks with Marlon Mack out. But Marlon mack is returning really muddies the water here. So I'm gonna give Hines a C and PPR. But he's on the bench now and standard as would that

be the return of the Mac? I like it? Yeah, can we can we go? That's a great song all time banger. Uh yeah, but return of the Mac. But he's on the bench. It is not a great running great matchup for running backs. And with the return of the Mac, Hines gets to see like I said, and Mac is still on the bench even though he has returned. Yeah, and I it's not clear what his role will be for this offense. And now it's for it's four running

back steep, which is disgusting. And uh, let's go to the Jets real quick, bellow, Powell, was your take a chance to me runner? Because this is a great matchup and he's an a grade start possibly, I said, doesn't go, Powell isn't a grade crowl is a game time decision. I can't really tell you much more than that, So you gonna have to That's all you can do. And then um, Robby Anderson and Quincy and Noemi will make this quick and even both to see this is a

great matchup. As mentioned that secondary is very, very very banged up and for that reason, Sam Donald was might take a chance on me quarterback? All right? Excellent? Uh yeah, noon, coming off his zero zero for zero last week, and this is I think he's a guy. You can absolutely have that back in your lineup this week. They kind of moved him out of the slot last week, which fools. Yeah, put them back to It is a slot corner without a doubt. We'll take a break when we come back.

Another set of matchups, including the Chargers versus the Cleveland Browns. Matt likes every single Cleveland brown And you're calling it. You're calling a win, right, Yeah, they're gonna win. They're gonna win. They beat You'll remember they beat the Chargers in Cleveland two years ago for their only win of the year. They were the one of the one and

thirty one. They were absolutely We'll dive into that one, including what to do with Philip Rivers and Keen the slumping Keylan Keen Keenan Allen when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan. Welcome back to Fantasy Football Weekly on the Fan. Paul Charchie and Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison with you back to the matchups, including the Chargers traveling to Cleveland. As we mentioned going into the break, the Chargers Matt went to Cleveland. I think

they've actually played each other three straight years. But they were in Cleveland two years ago and they lost to the then winless Browns and the team would and the Browns team that would end up getting their only win in two seasons was against this Charger team. What do you think about your Chargers this week against a far better Cleveland defense than we've seen in years? You call him my Chargers? Come on your Chargers? Yeah, um, I

got Melvin Gordon still is in a grade. We don't really need to talk that much about him, but Austin Ekeler gets to see Eckler's only top ten touches once this year. He's had at least seven every week. The Browns haven't been specifically bad against receiving backs. They're only allowing five point six receptions per game to the position, which Eckler probably splits with Gordon. But Eckler is still broken a couple of big ones, and he's kind of a take a chance on me, dart throw kind of

a way back. Well, way better than that. Let's give not in this matchup. Not in this matchup. You go ahead and give him the love he deserves. Well, I want to mention about Austin Neck. Okay, I think he's a very good player. To do you this week? Did you know he's top fifty nine total yards in every game? Did you know he's scored in three of five games? Yes? Did you know he's averaging six yards per carry? Did you know that there isn't any other running back in

the NFL that can make that specific claim? Well, Duke Johnson could from not six yards per carry, He couldn't six yards per touch? How about that? All right? I've got a B grade for the record. Dart throw is my B grade. Yeah, I don't think that if he's not getting more than ten touches, I don't know how you can give a B grade to somebody because he's getting because he keeps doing it every week. That's how keenan Allen I'm giving a B grade two as well.

Alan is developing a bit of a concerning road split. He hasn't scored or top sixty seven yards in four straight road games. But he still gets the B because he most likely awards Denzel avoids Denzel Ward for the most part, who does not move to the slot where Alan runs more most of his routes. Speaking of Denz Award, he's played really well this year. He probably flexes out to Mike Williams, which means Mike Williams is on the bench ward held John Brown only fifty eight yards on

fourteen targets last week. I don't imagine Williams can hit the fourteen target mark in this game. Philip Rivers, I'm giving a be though the Browns have the highest blitz rate in the NFL, Philip Rivers has the top quarterback rating in the NFL win pressured. That's a recipe for success, right there is. Still Philip Rivers is averaging over three yards per game and thrown for multiple scores every week, so he's a solid bee even against this pretty good

Cleveland defense. Over on the other side, UH David and Joku Baker Mayfield, Duke Johnson all might take a chance on me. Guys all getting C grades. Carlos Hide also getting a C grade. Hide is still dominating touches with at least seventeen in every game this season, but the cuts and snap count have to have you concerned. He saw the field the only thirty five percent last week. The Chargers have allowed the seventh fewest rushing yards per game to opposing running backs this year, at just under

seventy four. So Hide gets downgraded a little bit here. And Nick Chubb, of course is on the bench. Uh, he only gets three touches per game. They're usually great. He only gets three touches. We actually they're not usually great. Twice they've been great. Uh, and that's it. Yeah. The receiver's Jarvis Landry. He's getting a B grade, averaging eleven

point six targets per game. With Baker Mayfield as the quarterback, slot corner Desmond King for the Chargers has allowed seventeen catches on nineteen targets this season, and Cooper Cup scored against him just a few weeks ago. And then finally the other receivers, Richard Higgins is injured and probably not going to play, so Antonio callaway seems a bit more interesting. I'm leaving him on the bench though, after Hugh Jackson cut his snaps last week due to too many drops.

When Higgins left the field last week we saw Derek Willie's come in to replace him. He saw the same amount of targets as Callaway. They each had five in that game. So it just seems a mess after Landry and and Joeku. So I'm stand away from that al right. Next next matchup is Tampa Bay taking on the Atlanta Falcons, and there should be points everywhere in this game. Already told you Jamis Winston is might take a chance on me quarterback, and that means I must like his receivers.

Mike Evans is a fascinating discussion. He isn't a grade here because the matchup is so compelling. The Falcons rank thirty in wide receiver touchdowns, UH touchdowns allowed, dead last in red zone touchdowns per game. And here's the thing you need to know about Mike Evans, and this is maybe the most important part long term less about this game. Over the last two years, Mike Evans averages double the yardage and double the touchdown probability with stew Beard. He

is a wreck with Jamis Winston. Now, this matchup is so compelling that I think you you play Evans again here and you start him and he's got an A grade if you're sitting on Mike Evans today in a redraft league, you try to sell high. I'm going one more game because this game, this is such a compelling matching game. It's such a compelling matchup. And then I'm moving Mike Evans after this game because Jamis Winson just doesn't have any accuracy on his deep balls. And that's

where Evans was so good with Stewie. It was the deep passes. Evans has scored at least once in four of his last five against the Yeah, this is you were playing him through this week, and then I think you're I think moving and selling high on Mike Evans is the way to go. There is one Jamis receiver that really gets the red zone target. That would be Cameron Break. All right, well let's talk about Cameron Bread for a minute. Problem is O J. Howard is now healthy,

and so I put Cameron Bread on the bench. He though he has scored fourteen touchdowns in his last twenty six games with Winston under center um but O J. Howard was surging prior to his injury. So I just with ste Beer the stew Beard. Yes, Atlanta has held tight ends at Bay. Only one has gone over forty eight yards. Just one has scored all year. So I'm I'm lukewarm on Bread. Well, I'm less than will warm. I'm cool. I'm luke cool on on Cameron Bread. If O. J.

Howard weren't playing, he would have his startable grade. But with him, I don't like him. Uh. Deshaun Jackson gets a B grade. He's gone over one yards three times in this season. He's tied for the team lead with three touchdowns, and but you know how this works with with deshn Jackson. He's gotta turn three or four catches into a touchdown and that's not always reliable. But again, this is a a Falcon secondary missing both of its

starting safeties that gives up a lot of touchdowns. Chris Godwin gets a C grade because he runs from the slot along with Adam Humphries, which convolutes things a bit. Uh, He'll they will draw the worst of the Falcons corners Brian pool Um. Humphreys actually gets more snaps than Godwin, but Godwin catches a lot more passes than Humphreys, so I've still got him as a plausible See start for Chris Godwin. Let's go to the running game. Payton Barber

and Ronald Jones. This one's worth following. Last time we saw this Tampa team before the bye against the Bears in a blowout, Ronald Jones had far more snaps and more touches than Peyton Barber. So what happens this week? It's in flux. They could split carries, or maybe they won't. Maybe they'll try to get Jones going because Barbara has given so little to this point. Atlanta's defense is a

complete mess. They got injuries to Dion Jones, Kian O'Neil, to Cars McKinley, Grady Jarrett, their twenty eight in yards per carry at five yards a game, their thirty feet and rushing touchdowns allowed. So Barbara and Jones are both plausible starts, and I've got him as C grades. We just don't know how the workload is gonna gonna work itself out. I'm shocked that you're not calling for the

Jockquiz Rogers revenge game. I almost did, because as we all know, Atlanta always gives up the most receptions to running backs. And then I looked at what Jackie's Rogers has caught. He's called like six passes all year, It's like, what a game to He's got like a one and one or two or three catch games so far this year, and I'm like, that's I can't do it. Now. There is this Ronald Jones can't catch. He is hands of stone.

So Peyton Barber I think has a slight advantage. Not that he's a great pass catcher, but I do think Barber's got a slight advantage over Jones in a great matchup. If you're bold enough to roll hands, hands of flesh with actual fingernails and uh, the little grooves, the little fingerprints, uh, fingerprints, the print the finger What are the little grooves on your hand called your fingerprint grooves? Are they just fingerprint grooves?

I don't know. I have no idea they got that time, but I think I think that's I think that's very important for the whole grippy nature of the finger is the groovespature are the grooves. While you're looking that up, let's go to the Atlanta side, where Matt Ryan and Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley are all a starts. Ryan is my number one quarterback this week. Tampa has only

one competent coverage corner Brent Crimes. He only plays one side of the field, so they can just throw Julio Jones on the other side if they want, or they can put Bridley on that side, and then they get rookie cornerback Carlon Davis whenever they want. Now for Ridley, remember in Tampa's last game, Chicago's number two receiver, Taylor Gabriel scored twice. Here comes Atlanta's number two receiver, Calvin Ridley, who is the touchdown score out of this group. So

I love Ridley's my number six wide receiver. This week Julio Jones number three wide receiver. So I love all of them. Mohammed Sanu love him. Might take a chance on meat wide receiver as well. All of those players, by the way, have Palmer reflection creases. Thank you? Is that what they're called? Palmer reflection increases? All right? There? Creases? Um Staying with the passing game for one more name, Austin Hooper faces the league's worst defense against tight ends.

Tampa Bay has given up one hundred four yards per game to the position, including at least eighty six yards to the opponent's starter in three straight games. Austin Hooper available in many leagues, and you can absolutely put him into your lineup if you've got Bi week Er injury problems at the tighten position, and frankly, who doesn't. AT's go to the running game. Devant Freeman has been ruled

out of this game. That surges Tevin Coleman up to a B grade despite his lack luster or running performances so far this year, he has failed the top three point six yards per carrying four or five games and Tampa's giving up just three point nine yards per carry. I think his best chance for success is through the air, though, where he faces a Tampa defense giving up the second most receiving yards to running backs, he should have some success. Or he had some success against the Bucks last season,

scoring two times in that one as well. So devin him and goes to a B and you know Smith's is a plausible start as well. To give you a good stature on Edo Smith, LEAs do the three games without Freeman this year, Tevin Coleman is averaging eight teen touches per game with five red zone carries. Edo Smith eight point three touches per game nine red zone carries, double the times he's carried inside and they both have four rushing attempts inside the ten yard line. So how

about that? So you know Smith is not a half half bad touchdown play for you? Bonus take on right there, Edo Smith? And honestly, the way this Tavonta Freeman thing is gone, you know, who knows what this might end up being one of these seasons where just Freeman is constantly hurt, battling knee and foot injuries all season long. Who knows? Edo Smith should be? Uh? Should be? On rosters? Are we doing on time? Alright? Not bad? We need we need the gabble of sound effect for Judge Smith.

We probably do. Uh E and Albert Lee? Hello, Good morning guys. How are you doing great? Thank you? Hey? My question is that I owned James Conner and Levian Bell in one league. I'm wondering to help my running back position and wide receiver position. Should I trade lead Bell? Now? Maybe trade both as a package deal. I've kind of stuck here, man, I'm at a three and two record, and I need to do something. Well, it's funny you bring this topic up, because we are going to address

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he'll want to talk about. Alvin Camery. He is a huge Saints fan. He grew up he grew up in New Orleans, huge Saints fan. He will love to talk. Bend your ear on Alvin Kamara. Brian's right there with I'm sure you are looking forward to it. More that it'll be very special for everybody involved. Dave, let's meet and talked about yet. Question number one, by the way, side note our Crush Charts Challenge winner from last week, Kurt la Fontaine. So Kurt will be joining like a

Cajun name as well. It does funny Kurt la Fontaine. Maybe we can get Dave to whip up some gumbo. I love gumbo. I am not sucking the head of Frankly anything, so you know, and it's not what gumbo is. It doesn't gumbo have to deal with the crawfish quotes hacking your way at the keyboard right now. I hope I didn't screw up that that drop for the morning show right there. Um, I'm not. I'm not. That's the bit, wasn't.

Doesn't the gumbo have the crawfish in it and then you snap the head off and you suck the brains out of the shell. I'm not doing that under any circumstances. You gotta get better humbo. Got some voodoo gumbo there. That's some bad gumbo. Question number one is Larry Fitzgerald droppable? Brian? I feel so bad for Larry, one of the best receivers of all time fifteen year career, eighteen quarterbacks he's had. Not one of them was good except Kurt Warner what

I can remember. John Skelton, come on, so sadly he is droppable in fantasy. When he's out here for this the game this weekend, he should just stay stay home. Yeah, just go to your house. Yeah. But he is droppable, and it's not because of him. It's because the team is bad and Josh Rosen looks awful awful ten last week he Josh Allen was rightfully picked over him in my opinion. But anyway, fits is droppable. That say something better than that. Well, everybody knows that the Carolina Reaper

is the hottest pepper in the world. This is like a standard halapeno question. Though, Yeah, he's droppable. Um. When I looked yesterday, he was down to ownership in ESPN legs with eleven percent of people dropping him. This week, people have already picked up on this. They're dropping him. I dropped him in one of my leagues and I look,

I was I got this one wrong. I really thought that he was going to be good this year, and what I didn't see coming was a hamstring injury that he was gonna try to play through for three straight weeks. I was gonna deeply limit his his abilities. I didn't think Sam Bradford would be so bad he'd be benched in two games. It was. It's all been Everything that could go wrong with that offense has gone wrong. Um, I think Josh Rosen hasn't looked bad. I think he's

just looked man and he's learning on the job. By the way, tough matchup this week, and next week he gets Denver and Chris Harris out of the slot, you can't start him, and then two weeks after that it's a buy. So when I looked over the lext month of games, I believe he will have a starters grade and probably only a see one time in the next month of games. I can find that on the waiver wire.

It's worth noting that his schedule after the bye eases up significantly, So if you see any life out of Larry Fitzgerald or Josh Rose full weeks, that's the time to pick him up. Is around the buy when really, really people have gotten off the wagon. Question number two, it looks like Dalvin Cook's finally healthy. Are you buying low or are you just glad you didn't draft him? Matt um Kirk Cousins is dropping back to throw the

ball a league high seventent of snaps. His average time with the ball in his hand is two point six seconds, which is the league's lowest time. That's because the offensive line has been so brutal and there's no proof that suddenly they're going to be able to run block. If so, you can, if you can buy insanely low, like super super low, I'd probably do it. But the Vikings defense needs to come around. They need to feature the running game more, and it's got to be a dirty low price.

So only only if it's like the lowest price possible. Uh so is that a are you buying low or are you just glad you didn't draft? I'm buying really really really really really I don't recall there being a series of really's in that's that question. You decide the answer, then all right, you're wrong. Okay, I'm glad I didn't draft him, but I do want to buy alow on him. I'm gonna yeah, Well you can be glad you can draft him. I'm glad and draft him because now I

can buy low on him. That's true. I suppose so wow, So Brian's gonna get two right answers. That's right, you're gonna going one question. I found the loophole. Uh No, I think he, like Matt said that the Vikings are passing a ton. They do not want to do that. Throughout the season. I see the defense improving, I see Cook's health improving, and uh I really just look when I'm saying by a low now looking later in the season, I'm hoping to make to the championship. You know the semifinals,

You've got the Dolphins and the Lions, both indoors. Those are a plus matchups for Cook if he's healthy, so you can get him pretty cheap and he's worth stashing for those leader games. Cook is extremely talented. And next year, in this offseason, what are the Vikings gonna finally pay attention to because they have no I offensive line have to one way or another. This is going to be a better offensive line for the Vikings next season. He will be Dalvin Cocall be inside my top ten in

my pre in our preseason shows next August. That doesn't help us. Now for now, it's all the reasons that Matt said that I've got a lot of concerned about an extremely talented player running in an offense that's not does not appear to be geared for his strengths, and the offensive line just can't help anybody. And then I went to the schedule, and while Brian is correct, those weeks weeks fifteen and sixteen look great between here and there,

it's not good between now and week eleven. For the next six weeks, I believe he will be a strong confidence start in one game Detroit in week nine. All the rest are gonna be flex or bench. And that's it for Dalvin Cook. About Green Bay, I don't think so.

I don't think so. We'll see, uh, you know, I think he'll I think he'll be sitting at probably a C grade for that game and then the Patriots to you don't like, uh thinking, I see a lot of pass if I can, you have to pass to play, you know, try to keep up with Tom Brady in that game. I don't know. I I just I don't see enough opportunities here for me to start him until I get to the playoffs. And I'm not trying to get to the playoffs with Dalvin Cook again, Eli Elie

back in a bad spot. Tavanny's hot question number three Leavy on Bell's reported timetable to return is quickly approaching. Should his owners sell now on the prospects of his return or hold tight and cash in on his possible return to glory? Brian, Well, there's kind of two scenarios here, right, Either you own James Conner or you don't. As the Bell owner. If you don't own James Conner, you clearly try to sell him to the James Conner owner. You

can get a nice return, I believe. But if you own both, well, yeah, and and our caller e and Albert Lee does own both. But for the premise of this question, just to keep this focused, the premise of this question is you don't own both, you have, You've got Bell, and what should you do with him? Are you holding? Are you selling? Oh man stuff? This is a hot question. I'm selling just because question number three hot and it's still too I'm holding because they're gonna

Mike Tomlin historically has always used one. Back back in the days when Bell was suspended in de' Angela, Uh de' angela, Williams was going off, you thought they'd do a time share. They didn't. When Bill came back, Bell got all the carries. I see that happening again. So I'm gonna sell Bill. That question confused me. You this is not that hard. You own Levy and Bell. Are you selling him now on the prospects of return or are you holding him?

What are you gonna do? Matt Chart? You didn't you You hit the Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper in the world. You did it, and the Carolina Reaper has been known to cause brain damage in people, and did it? Just did? We've had our first ever meltdownt meltdown over a brianage

Brian damage. I like it. It's possible that. I mean, you've maybe even hit the Dragon's Breath pepper, which preliminary testing of the hybrid Dragon's Breath gives it a two point four million Scoville heat and it's which blows the Carolina Reaper out of the water. So I mean, this is it. But you've waited six weeks seven if you include the bye week, So why would you bail on

Levyan Bell? Now? If you're going to sell there are about three other times to do it earlier in the season when he announced he was coming back in week seven, he had a peek in value. When the team announced they were trying to get a trade for him, he had a little peak in value. You've come this far, Stay put. Levian Bell is going to take you to

a fantasy title. Sell, baby, Sell. We don't know when or if he will ever her come back, And most importantly, when he comes back, who's to say is even gonna be on the field, let alone the workhorse back that he was in the past. James Conner by virtually any metric, has been as good or better than Levy on Bell. Now when he comes back, can you guys tell me that is Levy on Bell and shape it? Has you been working out? I don't know. Does he know this

year's playbook? But we don't know. Are there are there organizational grudges against Levy on Bell? We do know, yes, is the answer offensive line spoke out about him. Check so many question marks about Levian Bell, and you can still good value. You can turn him into his starting running back in this league. Something you can help you right now. Maybe there's a scenario where everything breaks Levy on Bell's way perfectly, But if if any part of it doesn't. You're stuck get out now on Levy on

Bell unless you're Ian Albert Lee and you've got both guys. Now, if you've got both guys like he does, in that case, I think you're just sitting hold and you just see how this thing plays out. Now. You know you have the luxury, but most people don't have that. Lee, Are you squared away? Yeah, I'm pretty much so. I think I was actually thinking about trading them, see if I could get like maybe a running back and wide receiver. Humbo. Yeah, Look, I'm all for finding out what you can get for Bell.

I want to know what you think you could get at the high end for Levy on Bell just a straight up running back trade. What do you think you could get? I think Joe Mixon. God, No, you can't get Mixing because he's an RB one. Can you get a James White? Yes? Um, can you get a Jordan Howard and a receiver? Were about to talk to Jordan Howard.

If you're looking to get a good back and a quality receiver, Howard is the guy that you can buy really dirt cheaper quality wide receiver that would be and that that's that's one of my targets was Howard and maybe like a Tyreek Hill that that one of the other owners has and maybe do like a combo something like that. My only thing is that I'm afraid that he's gonna get like hurt or something like that during the season, and then I'm stuck with him and he

has no value. I mean, which which got Wait which guy you're talking about getting hurt? He's talking about Bell Bell? Yeah, well then you got Connor. I mean, that's the beauty of holding both and why unless I can If I'm if I'm in your shoes, and let's say get a really good deal on Bell, you're in the You're in the perfect position to just hold and play this and watch this thing play out, knowing you've got the starter

in the backup on extremely high functioning offense. So I think that if you can get a ton for Bell, still great, go do it. But Dalvin Cook is another guy to pay with the receiver. If you're trying to if you're trying to get a two for one and you want to get the heavy end, uh, Howard Cook, those are bylo running back un back. I just think you can get more. I think get more for them. I can't get more for Bell. People still think Bell is just this special back who's gonna power to them

through the playoffs. And he's always been a special back. James Connor is just a special Apparently it doesn't take that much. Wow, let's go back to the matchups. Do we have time? Yeah we can. We can squeeze in the match up here Chicago taking on the Miami Dolphins. Brian the I want to start on the Miami side. It's all bad. This isn't an offense that's really struggling, and here comes the hottest defense in the NFL. I don't think there's anybody to start here. They are all

on the bench. That's that's that simple against the Bears defense, and Ryan Tannehill might even play. That means Brock Osweiler. Yeah, that knocks out any consideration. Teams are the passing game. Teams are throwing seventy percent of the time on Chicago because you just cannot run against that front seven. So you're not laying the running backs and you're just Kenny Stills is the one guy you might want to talk about, but he's too boomer Bus, so he's the Miami on

the bench. Uh Over to the Bears. Just talked about Jordan Howard. I'm gonna give him an a in this matchup. I'm seeing a big bounce back game here. The Dolphins run defense is atrocious, so bad it had me touting Mark Walton as a take home last week, but Joe Mixing took all the work, had a great game. They've been given up a lot to running back, so I'm giving Howard an a and three Cohen to see. Uh. Jalen Shard, James White, and Blo Powell all went for

re fifty receiving yards against the Dolphins, so Cohen is startable. UH. Taylor Gabriel and Allen Robinson both get to see. And it's because of Xavien Howard, who just shuts down anyone on the boundaries. Doesn't play the slot a whole lot. Um Robinson has played out of the slot a lot, so Howard has been the slot three percent of the time. So basically, whoever's in the slot has hope in this game. Howard's gonna shout out the outside guys, so they both

get to see. I'm not sure who's gonna run out of a lot more uh, and then um Trey Burton the last guy. He gets a c as well. Miami has been tough against uh tight ends so far. Burton only had four targets and two catches in the last last game. But I think he's the most viable pass catching option in this game. But Trubisky on the bench, there's not need to score a lot in this game. Say, well,

they may not. You know, Trabiski is fascinating because of the six touchdowns before the bye, but we've got, you know, his previous whatever twenty starts that show him to be a very inconsistent starter. And I think this is a game where you just you just hold off UH. I like I like tre Cohen because Xavian Howard is a guy that you have to start thinking about. Xavien Howard goes on Allen Robinson, trecoh and gets far in fear

of your coverage. And I think this might be another case, a little bit like two weeks ago, where trec And ends up ends up being the highest scoring receiver on the team. They will put a Robin the slot a lot, and that's a that's a trend. Now all the all the premium receivers are running out of the scene. Green is doing it more. Ye so, but yeah, I'm with you. I think Cohen's a sneaky playing this one. I like it. You didn't touch on Gore and Kenyan Drake directly, but

let me just mention this. Parents haven't given up a rushing touchdown this year, and their third in rushing yards per game. It's a It's a terrible matchup for two guys that are splitting carries and have been deeply inconsistent and and really underwhelming fantasy starters, Matty. When we come back, Buffalo takes on Houston. Deshaun Watson is I think is looking like he's rounding into form, but he gets a sneaky,

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that later. Let's jump into the matchups. Buffalo taking on Houston. For the Buffalo offense, there's honestly, there's not a lot to like here, and I'm interested in whether or not you've got any starting grades, including Leshan McCoy. I've got a C grade on Leshan McCoy. The Texans just held Ezekiel Elliott to eighty four total yards on twenty seven touches. McCoy and the Bills are like a less scary version of the Cowboys offense. So mccoyle probably get the volume

that Elliott saw, but that's it. That he's maybe eight yards and Coin flips chance at a touchdown and that's it. And I don't really like it that much. On the other side, well, everybody else on Buffalo on the bench, by the way, on the other side, I'm giving Deshaun Watson a see that's it, yep, because he was limited in practice all week and the Bill's defense has held in the last three weeks Kirk Cousins, Aaron Rodgers, and

Marcus Mariota. Mariota to to total passing touchdowns. I guess the bright spot is that the Bills have allowed the ninth most rushing yards two quarterbacks this year, and Watson leads the NFL and rushing yards four quarterbacks. So I'm only giving him a C because the injury and Buffalo's defense is actually pretty good. Uh, DeAndre Hopkins is getting a B grade. Hopkins should get shadowed by trade Davious White,

who's actually been very good this year. He's only allowed a hundred and eighteen yards on eighteen targets this season, and no wide receiver has scored against him, and he covered digs Davante Adams and Corey Davis in the last three weeks, so it's a pretty good receiver. He's he's not giving up a touchdown. That's great, So he gets the B. Will Fuller gets a See he's not quite over the hamstring injury, as they deployed him as a decoy last week. He played a of the snaps but

only had three targets in the game. Still, if he's suddenly feeling better, he's a will Fuller Boom potential in a given week, and then Kiki CUTEI I'm very upset about the pronunciation of his name, by the way. First, I want to call him keek why, just because that's how it looks a just like how I want to call the Jacksonville wide receiver deed uh. Second, how is this qute? Are we clipping que pons? Is it kirk cusins? Come on? Either way. He's averaging eleven targets per game

and he gets a C grade this week. He ran arounte on forty two of Watson's forty five dropbacks in week five. How about that all twenty two of his targets have been short, though they've all been within twenty yards of the line of scrimmage. He's a possession guy. He's not a deep ballplayer, but ppr, Hey just count baby, it counts for sure. The running game is on the

bench both Lamar Miller and Alfred Blue. Lamar Miller looks like he's back from a chest injury this week, which means he's going to probably slot in his the top runner. Alfred Blue last week had twenty carries but only forty six yards. However, on the flip side, eight receptions for a hundred and eighteen yards, So Blues the pass catcher now, but Lamar Miller is still holding the running game down and it's just absolutely, just just a void. I think

that's the way to go. Absolutely. Carolina takes on Washington. Cam Newton's in a grade. The Redskins secondary looked absolutely lost on Monday night, and it's now three straight games in which the Redskins have allowed multiple passing touchdowns. Josh Norman was benched in that game, and you know who knows about his status here and where his head is at this point. Newton, by the way, suddenly with a plethora of semi competent receiving options, Greg Olsen returns for

this game. D J. Morris showing signs of life, Curtis Samuel just made the best play of his entire professional career, and Jarius writes a chain mover. Cam Newton's got a bunch of options right now. They don't stand a chance though, because this is a Josh Norman revenge game. Well there, it is a Josh Norman revenge game if he's on the field for it, if he's still in the league. Um, Devin Funchis gets a b grade. If history is any indication, Fungi will most often line up against the best of

Washington's corners. And that's not Josh Norman, that's Quentin Dunbar. Dunbar's almost as tall as Funges. He's like six ft two. He's very tall for cornerbacks, making this a tricky matchup for funchs um it's been speed guys that have beaten the Redskins receivers, not the physical ones. Like last week's game, Trey Kwan Smith speed guy got the love, not Michael Thomas, as one example, and there are many others throughout throughout the Redskins years. So far, it's the speed guys that

have better luck. So I'm just it's a lukewarm B grade on Devin Funch's see grade on Greg Olson in his return because the Redskins have allowed the fewest yards to tight ends. Olson has only scored twice in his last sixteen games, and he got the injury issues that have contributed him and he's only he's only top three catches or thirty three yards once in his last nine games. So we need to see a little more production. And

this doesn't necessarily look like a spot for it. Going to the running game, Christian McCaffrey gets a B grade here. Redskins are allowing the sixth fewest rushing yards per game and the high water mark for any runner against Washington Jordan Wilkins sixty one yards. That's it. They've also been tough on receiving backs, allowing the eighth fewest yards to receiving backs, and they haven't allowed to touchdown through the

air at all this year. Excellent pass catching backs like Alvin Kamara, Nikeem hinds A David Johnson posted fifteen yards receiving, negative two yards receiving and thirty scoreless yards receiving against Washington. Christian McCaffrey, who's an, feels like a guy you start every week. This matchup is actually shockingly tricky for him. Let's go to the Redskin side where I don't like really many people here the whole passing game except Jordan

Reid is on the bench. All three of Washington starting receivers or game time decisions, and I don't think you want to start any of them anyway, because they've all been dreadful. Um, So we're we're gonna we're gonna keep all the receivers on the bench. Alex Smith is obviously struggling a lot himself here. Uh. And then Jordan Read, I'm keeping with a B grade because you do have the injuries to Richardson, Dockson and Crowder. That passing game

has to go through Jordan Reid. The Panthers let the two best tight ends they faced this year post good games. Tyler Eifford posted a seventy four yard game. Austin Hooper put up sixty yards and a touchdown. So I like Jordan Read, I don't like any other part of the passing game. Adrian Peterson comes in as a game time decision. He is dealing with ankle, knee, and shoulder injuries. By the way, sell now, the Adrian is breaking down before our eyes. Sell now on Adrian Peterson was over after

that first look bad. He said he's going to sign with the Vikings again to retire. I think that's it might happen next week. It could happen next week. Carolina presents a tough challenge anyway. They've given Hi the fourth fewest rushing attempts per game and a healthy uh four point five yards per carry. I gotta see grade on Adrian he'll. I think he starts this game because he is an iron man, but I don't love the matchup. Chris Thompson may not go as well. He is also

a game time decision and slumping badly. He in the first two games. Chris Thompson had two twenty one total yards in those two games, and then over the last two all the way down to just seventy nine yards. He hasn't top two point eight yards per carry since the opener. And um Caroline is good against receiving backs. They've got Thomas Davis back Lukey Keiekley are excellent at guarding backs out of the backfield. So I can't even recommend Chris Thompson for a receiving angle in this game.

He is on the bench, and you guys know I love Chris Thompson. I love to find ways to get him into my lineup. I don't think this is the week, especially with the injury. Next matchup, there were Los Angeles Rams taking on the Denver Broncos Bryant. It looks like Cooper Cup is gonna be available, Brandon Cooks are going to be available. That's huge for this and it vaults Jared Cook back into auto start territory for me. Yeah, all Woods Cook's cup all getting a uh Denver secondary

is shambles and shamble's. I mean, we all saw what Robby Anderson did last week and a few weeks ago. If a Mari Cooper catches ten of ten targets for over to sign, you're starting all the Rams receivers. You're obviously starting Todd Gurley, he gets an A. Just to put things in perspective, Gurley has twenty eight opportunities carries and targets inside the opponent's sand yard line. Alvin Kamar has twenty two. No other running back is more than fourteen. Wow.

And then and Jared Goff is an easy a to pair with those receivers. Of course, so worth noting Tho're supposed to be very cold twenties and snow in Denver. Whatever that's worth if we wanted to do some weather terrorism, I don't think it changes anything. No, not really. Um over to the Denver side. Just three starting grades here, both wide receivers, Manny Sanders and various Thomas is gonna give it be I like Sanders more in this one, uh without to keep to leave we could add another

cornerback revenge game, this one by the good point. But to leave on I are the first three games, I think they give up two wide receiver touchdowns. Since then six Marcus Peters want Marcus Peter has given up five of them. Yea. So ProFootball Focus has the three Chiefs Corners graded above Marcus Peters right now? How about that? That says a lot. Yeah, so and man Sanders and Thomas are startable in this one game. Script should favor

them as well. They should be chasing points. And then the only other starting grade I'm gonna give to his Philip Lindsay um been money this year and uh he has. And this year the Rams are allowing thirteen catches per game to a f C West running backs. It's very specific. Well, the Oakland Raiders had thirteen catches from their running backs against uh, these Ramps. So you gotta, like Lindsay in this one everyging six yards per carry as well, like that,

and can trust Freeman right now? Unfortunately you can't the usage. Now, let's be clear about this, and I think in the minds of most of our listeners, Royce Freeman is the starting running back in Philip Lindsay is the backup. Nay, nay, this is Philip Lindsay. All contrary Philip Lindsay's, you're starting running back, and Freeman is more like your goal line

vulture kind of guy. Although they give Lindsay the they give Lindsay carry's in he's he's tiny, He's like five ft eight, but they give him carries inside the tent too. He's had seventy nine total yards. Are more in every full game, Philip Lindsay, He's been not getting kicked out. He's a great player. He is a great player. I'll mention case Keenum real quick. He is on the bench. This could be he's on a short leach a chop for chet Killy. It could happen, super flex, it could happen,

but not mid game. Anybody else on anybody else in that match. The tight ends. Uh, let's let's try to sneak in one quick matchup Jacksonville taking on Dallas. Matt this will be quick both passing games on the bench. Blake Bortles and Deak Prescott are among the league's worst passers Decksonville, Dacksonville. Dallas and Jacksonville are each among the league's best pass defenses. Dallas has allowed the twelveth fewest passing yards and the third fewest passing scores. Jacksonville the

fewest yards and touchdowns through the air. There are no plays in the passing game for either team. Read. The best receivers in this game are probably both running backs, and they both get B starts. T J Yelden gets to be He's led the Jags and receptions in two of the last three games. He's averaging five point seven yards per carry in the games where four Net has missed. The Cowboys are allowing the sixth fewest rushing yards per game this year, though, but the fifth most receptions to

opposing backs. It's note note ball that they did sign Jamal Charles this week, but I'm not sure he gets much time here. Uh. Zekiel Elliott's the only other start in this game. He gets a B grade. Z can't dip below a B this season because he's getting twenty five carries in almost every game. But it's not an A because the Jags are top eleven in rushing yards,

receiving yards, and touchdowns allowed to running backs. Still, Kareem Hunt did end up with eighty seven yards last week, and if Kareem Hunt can do it, so can Zeke. And if anyone scores a touchdown on the Cowboys offense, it will be Zeke. Yeah, it's it's him or nobody. Basically, how you get the oddball Jeff Swain from time to time. And that's about it. Not much else to talk about

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be hot waiver wires next week. Beginning with Brian Johnson. I might make show history here. This is the most longest running, greatest football show of all time. Have you ever had a kicker speculation? Yeah? I think we probably, but not often. Go grab Legatron if you have space on your team. He's not playing kicking this week, he's not foot punching in Denver. But you should be back next week on the best offense in the NFL and he's out there. That's inexplicable if you have kickers in

your league right now. The only thing that matters for kickers really is opportunities, and he gets plenty. All right, Matt, who you got? I got Brian's guy, c j Uzoma the Suzy. This week he's got a great matchup against Pittsburgh. Next week he gets Kansas City, which is just an easy matchup as well. The Chiefs have already allowed the most tight end yards in the league, and oh, by the way, they played Gronk this week, so there's very

little chance of that going down. So I like c j Uzoma for a lot of people who need tight end help Cleveland wide receiver. Rookie wide receiver Antonio Callaway owned it only twenty two of ESPN leagues. Is your full time starter because Richard Higgins sprained his in m CL and is expected to miss two to four weeks. Who does Callaway play in those four weeks? The Chargers

ranked twenty eighth and fantasy points to wide receivers. That's this week, Then the Bucks, who ranked thirty one in fantasy points allowed to wide receivers, then the Steelers, who ranked thirty and fantasy points to wide receivers, and then if it's if it goes four weeks, the Chiefs, who ranked twenty one in Fantasy points allowed to wide receivers, and by that point the talented rookie receiver could be second round or you could just pass by Richard Higgins easily.

At that point you might be the starter for the rest of the year. Antonio Callaway a very savvy pick up this week, great schedule coming up. Let's get our final matchups in and then we'll go to the phones for lightning round Kansas City taking on New England. I know it sounds as simple as just by start everybody, and in some ways it kind of is, but there are some murky parts of this I want to illuminate. Let's start with the Kansas City side, where obviously Mahomes

is an A grade. Travis Kelsey is an A grade Tyreek Hill, though he's been trending downward since scoring three times in the first two weeks, and he's gone scoreless and three straight games. He hasn't topped sixty one receiving yards in three straight games. Patriots have been abysmal against the z in receivers, though, and he does have a

promising matchup against lot cornerback Jonathan Jones. Jonathan Jones is one of the fastest slot corners in the league, but he doesn't have anywhere near the coverage skills to hang with Hill, so I like Hill as an A grade as well. Sammy Watkins is a B grade, and actually he's been better than Tyreek Hill from a fantasy standpoint over the last three weeks, and he should get volume. The Patriots are allowing almost fifteen receptions per game to

opposing receivers. That's tied for six mouth sixth most. The downside is he will probably get shadow coverage from the Patriots best cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Last guy, I want to mention Kareem Hunt. You may remember last year's season opener between these two teams when Kareem Hunt burst onto the scene with two hundred forty six total yards and three touchdowns, and Hunts carries of increased in every game since the

opener up to twenty two last week. That should be plenty of volume here for as he finds success against a mediocre Patriots run defense. A grade for Kareem Hunt. Let's go to the other side. Tom Brady obvious a start. Normally at this time I would say Rob Gronkowski obvious a start, but he hasn't gone over seventy five yards or scored in four straight games, so you know there

are some questions here, right, Well not really. Kansas City has allowed the most yards to opposing tight ends and the third most tight end reception, So Gronk with ten days off to get healthy, love him A grade. Staying with the passing game, Julian Edelman a B grade. He comes back just in time to face a Kansas City secondary that's allowed the fifth most receptions per game, seventh

the most yards per game to opposing receivers. Kansas City slot corner Kendall Fuller got roasted in the first couple of games of the season, but he's actually been very good sense then, allowing an average of just four catches and forty one scoreless yards per games. So, just to be grade on Edelman, I'm showing a little bit of caution here. What about Josh Gordon. You say ten days off to recover from his hamstring injury, but he's still

questionable the on the injury report. Last time we saw Gordon, his targets from Brady had doubled. He had that long touchdown double coverage that he scored. Strong matchup on both sides of the field or will draw either Stephen Nelson on one side or Orlando Scandrick on the other side. Both of them are converted slot corners playing effectively out of position. I like Josh Gordon a B grade on him.

Love the running backs, although all note Sony Michelle's questionaboth in the injury, but he is expected to play here. Michelle's the first Patriots running back to see fifteen plus touches in three straight games in three seasons. Gotta go back to Lagarrett Blunt and the volume is unlikely to be a problem against the defense here, surrendering a league worst five point eight yards per carry. I like Sony Michelle A. Lott. He is inside my top ten this week.

James White is inside my top ten for his pass catching ability. Kansa City has allowed the second most receptions and the most receiving yards to opposing running backs, a great opportunity for James White as well. So it was as simple as start everyone kind of. I could have probably cut three minutes out of that one. San Francisco taking on Green Bay Brian Uh Matt Breda probably not gonna play well, it's not official yet, it's probably not gonna happen, So I'll give alf alf Morris a c here.

He's likely to get nineteen to twenty touches. The two backs that have hit that uh watermark nineteen touches, Adrian Pete Gerson and Jordan Howard went for over a hundred total yards against the Packers, So Alph is certainly startable with no Brida Uh Kyle use check, use check, take take on wide receiver preferably in PPR. He's a pass catching option. Throw him a wide receiver, but and he basically is a wide receiver playing fullback and speaking of

basically a wide receiver, George Kittle, absolute monster. He gets an A. The only nine are worth the only other nine are worth talking about Jordan Reed, Kyle Rudolph and uh one more tight end of his ilk. Sorry, okay, they did all well against the Packers. George is gonna do well. They're gonna be chasing points. So Kittle gets an A for me over to Green Bay. It's pretty easier.

Aaron Rodgers, easy A, Davante Adams easy A. Um, not so easy now with Jon Wallison and Randall Cobb coming back in the mix, I'll give them both the sea in this matchup. Niners have allowed six wide receiver touchdowns h and actually have a very good run defense, So I like the pass game a whole lot more. And it's a mess that backfield for green Bay, such a mess. We thought Aaron Jones was gonna have the breakout game last week and an easy matchup, and they just didn't

give him the ball. They won't stop running Jamal Williams, who's getting literally half the yardage on a per touch basis from what Aaron Jones is getting, but Mike McCarthy will not take him off the field. Viking fans can thank Mike McCarthy for the Packers not winning like five Super Bowls and the Rodgers air. I honestly, I think there's something to be said for that. So yeah, all backs are on the bench until they figure that out. Outside of Melvin Gordon, known other running back has gone

over fifty five yards against the Niners. So about that all of the the bench, and Jimmy Graham also gets a bee. Uh. They San Francisco has given up four tight end touchdowns already to guys like Dmetrius Harris, Michael Roberts. I think Jimmy Graham's got a shot. I think he does too. He's been up, He's been very good lately. Baltimore taking on Tennessee matt Our final matchup of the show. Uh.

Buck Allen and Alex Collins both on the bench. The Titans have allowed the six most rushing yards to running backs this season, but they have not allowed a rushing or receiving touchdown of the position this year. They're also very good against pass catching backs, and that kind of leaves Buck Allen who's getting the better end of the time share out Um, So both of those guys are on the bench. I have Joe Flacco on the bench. To Cleveland is an eerie comparison to the Titans past defense.

Both are better than one might think. The Titans have allowed two or twenty five passing yards and just over a touchdown per game. It's got to be a really good matchup for you to start flak out anyway. John Brown's the only guy in the Raven side that I gave us starting grade two. He gets a C. Brown is third in the NFL and yards per catch it

just a hare under twenty one yards. Unfortunately, he's never topped five catches in a game this season, and the Titans are in the top ten and yards allowed to opposing wide receivers. Over on the Titan side, They're running game is also a mess. Dion Lewis and Derrick Henry both on the bench. The Ravens are top eight in every statistical category against runners. They've allowed only one score

to the position this season. Lewis and Henry are still both in a time sharing should be on your bench this week, as well as Marcus Mariota also on the bench. Coming off a goose egg against the Bills last week, Mariota faces a Ravens defense with just oh Man. Now, uh, teams are allowing almost forty pass Teams are throwing almost forty pass attempts against the Ravens this year. That's super high.

That's seventh most in the league. But the Ravens are allowing the fourth fewest passing yards and the third fewest passing scores. So lots of volume against the Ravens, no results. So no, no, we don't want to do that With Marcus Mariota. Uh, Corey Davis, he gets a C grade almost the desperation see, and we're hoping that the return of Jimmy Smith is maybe just a rusty Jimmy Smith. But here's what you can expect from Dave Us just because he's going to see the most targets top wide

receivers against the Ravens this year. Antonio Brown sixty two yards, Jarvis Landry sixty nine yards, Damarius Thomas sixty three yards, Juju sixty yards. Do you see a pattern here? Do He's gonna get about five catches and about sixty yards and a dice roll chance at the score, and maybe it's a twelve sided dice roll chance at a score. That's it all. Right, it is time for lightning round.

You guys know the rules for lightning round. One question between two players, and we will zip through as many calls as we possibly can can't. You've been very patient, Thank you very much, No problem, uh, Standard leagues? Godwin or a healthy Allison? All right? I like Godwin in Standard He's a better red zoom threat. All right, in a great matchup. Robin, you are next. Hi, I have Conn and I was wondering as if trade that's okay?

Carry on Johnson or Bell? Yes you should trade. Carry on, you can Belly if you can get Bell for Carrie on Johnson and then have him together with Connor. Yes you should do it. Sure that field? Sure? Thank you, Robin. Uh great, you are next on the show. Hey guys, PPR Tyler Lockett or Chris Godwin? All right? Is that one you? I don't know? Is that on me? I'm taking Lockett. It's basically been a starter every every in every PUD. You scored in every game or every game

but one this year. Baldwin is not right, that's true, practiced in full all week though, Mike. You're next. Morning Fellows Standard League. Kyle Rudolph for David and light. I gotta go with Matts Guy and Joke who. I like the matchup for Rudolph but to swirl, I gave Rudolph a b I like Rudolodo, Ryan in uh In Iowa. Hello, um Edo Smith or Adrian Peterson in the Scottish Bowl. Oh, it's a fish pull question. I like it our first

one of those. That's super cool. I'm still gonna go with Adrian because I think the touches will be there, all right, Brianna, Hello, Hi, Damis Winston or Russell Wilson. Um, I've got I've got Wilson a couple of spots higher, although I like both this week. But I've got I've got russ a couple of spots hired. What's killing him though? Is you guys alluded to no rushing none this year for Wilson. Kevin, you're next, marry one and kill one Marry Fitzgerald or Chris Higgins for the rest of the

Sea man, anyone who this year? Yeah, the rest of season just way way better. Yeah, Tony your next home it's Mahomes Rogers dinged up that knee a little bit. It's worth mentioning. In the last game they said he he re injured it a little bit so Dr David's it was legit convinced he reinjured it years. Yeah, yeah, circled stuff and all that. I've got. I've got my

Homes three and Rogers four. This week, Taco, you're next the uh non PPR David Jampling or White in a shootout non PPR is the keep the key part of that question, I think, j right, Yeah, Bill, you're next, uh, standard scoring David and Joku or Trade Burden right um, sticking with the Joker and Joku. Eric, you're on the fan HI Standards League, Tyler Voyd or Jarvis Landry. Oh, I like both. This week, I'm gonna stick with Jarvis Landry. Uh. Just there's so many targets there and and it's gotta

be Landry and that's all in on the Brown. I'm all in on the Brow. Same time. Alex, You're next Shaun Watson or Jared Jared Goff with all three of the receivers there in a against a really really struggling Denver secondary. I like him a lot. Bryce you are next, Hi, it's actually Mike but H and Roethlisberger or Jared Rock. I'm gonna stick with Goff still even in the bad weather. Roethlisberger on the road usually no point. Ye, Jason your

final caller today, Jason and Jeff. He gave up Jason anyway, but that was it? Yeah, that maybe that's it. He heard the music. Uh. For those of you listening to the podcast of our early show, really really appreciate those who take the time to subscribe on iTunes, leave rankings and reviews for the show to help other people outside of Minneapolis find the show. We always appreciate that Gophers Ohio state pregame show coming up next. Talk to you week everybody. By bye,