FFW Week 15 (Fantasy Playoffs Week 2)

Hopefully you are alive and playing for the big game next week. We'll help you gonna win this week, do our very best time. Paul tarch In, My coast Today, Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison, Good morning guys. Hello, I'm not I missed you. Guys, you missed us. Yeah, it's been a while. I'm gonna guess you're gonna say you didn't miss me though I didn't notice you had been gone. I'll think that as a compliment. Actually maybe you should,

uh feel free to if it makes you feel better. Um. We uh, we have one more show to go, and this is what we at this show. We got one more that's it, my last one of the year and your last n by Yeah, your last segment of the year coming up in six segments. We got plenty to get to. As always, will break down all the matchups, three hot questions, we'll have um the lightning round at the end, and of course take a chance on me the maybe we maybe. We just start with one quick

note from Thursday's games. A lot of chief Owners are in a little bit of trouble. Patrick Mahomes just an okay game. Tyrek Hill didn't do much. Kelsey was modest. Um, so some Chiefs players unless you started Damian Williams. What about the Keenan Allen owners who are Keenan Allen owners.

Keenan Allen owners are found themselves in a really tough spot um as we as we will frequently say after these Thursday games, if you find yourself on the wrong side of that, you might want to introduce a little risk reward in your lineup. Guys like Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson that potentially can have really big or really bad games might be the right answer for you. And you also pair up the quarterback in the wide receiver to go double dip. You have tried to double dip.

And again, if you know, if they hook up a couple of times, you've got a big game. But they don't hook up at all, maybe you end up losing. But if you're gonna lose anyway, why not. And regardless of who you played, if you played anyone in your flex spot from Thursday night, stop doing it. And if you have anyone in today's games in your flex spot, get him out. Speaking of which, there's games today. We got an afternoon game in an evening game today, So

don't be caught. Go set your line up without a doubt. Let's jump right into the matchups, beginning with the Packers taking on the Bears. Brian disaster scenario for Aaron Rodgers. In all of whatever ten years he's been at starting quarterback, I've ranked him every single week, He's never been ranked as low as I've got him this week at quarterback number two D one. And it's part in part because it's a great Bears team, but also in part because

they're missing their starting two of their starting guard. Well wait, one starting guard and the right tackle and then the right tackles the guy who's gotta be uh. It's Brian Blaga. He's the guy in Khalil Mack. So that feels like a disaster scenario against the Bears to be missing too starting lineman. Yeah, I've certainly recommended starting other quarterbacks over Aaron Rodgers this week, this game, not on Saturday, by the way, but yeah, but uh, we'll start with Rogers.

I'm gonna give him a C for all the reasons you said and then some just look with the Bears into the Rams last week, that is a serious cause for concern. But Rodgers does have this going for him. One of three quarterbacks to throw with three touchdowns against the Bears this year. Tom Brady did it, and Brock Oswiler obviously did it as well. Um, they're very good, if not great, quarterbacks have thrown multiple touchdowns against the Bears as well, Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins, Matt Stafford, and

even Sam Bradford before he died. So I'm gonna give Rogers the sea. But yeah, you gotta be very worried and explore other options if you have it. But if you don't have a bench on him, yeah, I was borderline benching him, but it is let's move on. I don't want to talk. Well, what about Davante Adams then, so you know he's been he has been money in every situation. He's had a plethora of great number one cornerbacks that he's had to overcome, and he almost always does.

Can we queue up the peacock from last year's Shells Brewery Show when I said Adams is a top ten wide receiver in twenty seventeen preseason last witness. I can't do that right off the top of it, like like an old man peacock, like packing and wheezing. But Adams is so money in the bank it's unreal. Matt's gonna put him as his number one wide receiver next year.

He said he beat me to that. But uh yeah, one game, Davante hadhams dat Adams has with less than ten Fantasy points this year, and that's in standard leaks. His worst game this year was eight catches for eighty one yards. Yeah, that is his worst game this season. I understand. What about the Bears, Well, he caught five for nine d in a touchdown in his last meeting with the Bears Week one. But I don't know I'm playing Davanta Adams. I'm gonna give him a very hard beat.

He deserves an a. But for all the the reasons we said you gotta worry about the Packers, I'm giving Adams would be but the only format you're not starting him might be guillotine leaks. That's about it. But he's a solid b Randall Cobb on the bench. He did have nine for one forty two in Week one end a touchdown a week one against the Bears, but he's on the bench easily as is Jimmy Graham. Just two

catches for eight yards in the Week one matchup. Chicago hasn't allowed a tight end touchdown since Week eight, and Nick O'Leary has the most yardage recorded by a single tight end against the Bears. You want to guess how many yards he had over under two a little higher forty nine yards. Yeah, So Jimmy Graham on the bench. Explore other options at tight end and Aaron Jones again,

awful matchup for him as well. I'm gonna give him a c uh just because he's gonna get touches likely, But he's another guy that if you have other options, I would explore them willingly over the Bears. Treet Cohen canna give him a B. Double digit touchdowns and five straight and team highs and targets and catches over the last three weeks. And uh, I don't know why we didn't nickname him this earlier locally TC the Bear. It's

not bad. It's not bad. Moving on, Doc good quicksip of because you're here in the middle of a five minute match. Is the sticky one man Jordan Howard Ce Packers just put starting defensive tackle Mike Daniels on i R. Opposing running backs were already averaging nearly five yards per carry against the Packers, so Howard is startable this week. Alan Robinson startable as well. Listen as questionable. It was a full participant Friday. Friday had a modest four for

sixty one in the opener. That's probably his floor in this matchup. Is that secondary is absolutely decimated for Green Bay. And for that reason, I will give Taylor Gabriel a long shot. See at least seven targets in four straight games. Uh. He caught five passes in the Week one matchup, for what it's worth, so I'll give him a see. I'm benching Anthony Miller, though too much of a dart throw

Trey Burt on the bench. He's been absolutely brutal. Just two catches and twenty yards per game are his averages over his last seven. So he's on the bench and Mitch Truebhisky gets a b uh. Green bands allowed multiple touchdowns and three of the last four games three touchdowns, and two of those three Josh Rosen was the only one who failed to do so. He's failed to do anything this year, though, and Rubisky, always a threat with his legs, ran for a touchdown in the first meeting

as well. I like, I like your whiskey. Now you've just uh, you've just said. We've been doing this twenty four years. In the twenty four year history of this show, we've never had somebody do such a long rambling matchup that they actually dehydrated on the air. And all time first set by Brian Johnson, I've heard much longer rambles on this show. Trusting Dallas taking on Indianapolis Matt uh Dallas and Marie Cooper Dak Prescott about as hot as any tandem in the NFL. But it's an indie secondary

that's been shockingly good, albeit against bad opposition. What do you make of this one? Yeah, it's well. First off, it's worth note that All Pro guard Zack Martin will be out for this game. That's a big hit to the Dallas line. You know, Uh, I have Doc with a C grade. It's tough to bench a guy who just h torched his career high in passing yards by a hundred and twenty yards. But is that today? That's maybe all the more reason to to be cautious because it was such an anomaly, And to be fair, it

was a five quarter game. Only one quarterback topped three hundred yards in the last eight games against the Colts, and we highlighted it last week. If Dac doesn't score on the ground, he's not a startable quarterback In most cases. The Colts haven't allowed a rushing touchdown to a quarterback in five games. They've allowed three on the air two of the three they did allow. We're a Derek Carr lean over the goal line and a Tom Brady lean

over the goal line. So unless we're getting that, and I think that's when they handoff to Zeke, anyway, we're we're not played Doc, uh Cooper. I'm giving a B. He's been the best wide receiver in Fantasy over the last five weeks. He runs into a Cults secondary though that has an allow out a hundred yard receiver since Week four, and over the last month, the Colts are allowing an average of only ninety total yards to the position per game. Still so hot, I have to give

him a B. Zeke's getting an A grade. He's averaging a hundred and seventy two total yards over his last five games. He's awesome, Andrew luck Chart. Here we are again, here we are. What do you think Andrew lux great is this week? Um, I'm gonna guess you're gonna give him a C. I gave him an A. I'm giving I gave him an A grade last week, and you laughed at me for kind of the same reason. Charch scoffed at me. And he had two against a very good Texans defense in Indy. He's averaging nine yards per

attempt in his last four home games. That's better, that's good. Uh. Dallas has given up multiple touchdown passes in four of their last six games, including three touchdown passes to Carson Wentz last week. So I like lux ability to throw the touchdown passes and get it going. Now. The problem is is e y. Hilton's in a little bit of a sticky situation here. If you take Hilton out of that offense, I like him a lot less luck a lot less. He hasn't practiced all week with an ankle

injuries listed as a game time decision. If he plays, I'm giving him a B grade. Uh if he does go, Hilton's seen about of his targets from the slot this year, where the Cowboys have allowed seventy five plus yards or a touchdown in nine of their last eleven games. So if Hilton's in, I like Hilton. Eric Ebron's an easy A. Cowboys have allowed the second most catches in the eighth most yards to tight ends, and the running game Marlon Mack and company is on the bench. MATC had to

touchdown last week, which kind of saved it. But sixty six total rushing yards from the running backs over their last two games, that's an average of thirty three per game. You can't start any of that against the good Dallas defense. Agree on all of that. Lions take on the Bills in a game in which there are virtually no starters. In fact, none of the Lions are startable this week. Matthew Stafford Kenny Golladay are out on this one. They

if bench grades they're playing, They're not out. They're playing. You might not know they're playing when you see the box score. Bill's debt past defense has been awesome all year. Quietly, the Bills allow the fewest fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks on the full season, and in the last month they ranked number one in fantasy points allowed. And here comes Matthew Stafford with only one good receiver, Kenny Golladay, and who does he get Tradus White all game? Game over,

it's over, it's done. You can't start. You can't start any of those guys. Uh. And so they're all out. And by the way, Stafford's other starting wide receiver, Bruce Ellington out with a hamstring. So it's just an utter disaster for the Lions offense right now. All the runners are out. Carrie On Johnson is ruled out of the game with his knee injuries. Zentner and Blunt are gonna split carries of notedges in that scenario either, So all the lines are on the bench. Let's talk Josh Allen,

because this is fascinating. Your highest scoring fantasy quarterback over the last three weeks and it's not close. Is Josh Allen. He's the second leading rusher behind Akuon Barkley over the last three hundred thirty four rushing yards over the last three weeks since he returned from his elbow injury. Now that all sounds great until you realize the Lions have allowed the fewest rushing yards. Two quarterbacks. Get a load

of this. Cam Newton mobile quarterback right two yards. I think that was pre snacks Harrison even too, I think that was Dak Prescott mobile quarterback right two yards. Russell Wilson fifteen yards, m R. Bisky eighteen yards. Listen, there's a lot of danger for if Josh Allen does not run like he has been running, and he may not against the Lions. Needs a hundred yards for him to be fantasy startable. I don't you need almost a hundred

rushing yards. It's a little bit like Lamar Jackson. The numbers indicated, But those guys when we ran like two or three times each two, they weren't even attempting to run the ball against Detroit. So yeah, so there is that as well, and so they may not even try to run Josh Allen in this game now. They don't do a lot of design runs for Josh. Most of the yards he picks up are just him just doing improvisation behind the line of scrimmage. But he's not a

gifted passer. He's completing only fifty of his throws. He's been held to zero or one touchdown pass in seven of his eight games. It's worth noting that Detroit plays a lot of zone coverage, so there might not be breakdowns for him to go through holes and run down the field either. So I'm nervous. I've gotta be great on Josh Allen out of respect for what he could do on the ground, But just know that I think this is the biggest high risk, high reward player on

the entire slate this week. Josh Allen. The only other Bill I'm gonna mention is Robert Foster, a fast downfield threat who just needs one, really one deep reception to make an impact, but he's gonna see shadow coverage from Darius Slay. Slays sometimes great, but he also gives up a lot of big plays. He's given up six touchdowns in his coverage, which is a lot for anyone cornerback at this stage of the season. Um, so he could

go any direction there. I've got to see great on Robert Foster, and the running backs are on the bench, neither McCoy or Ivor are healthy, and Snacks Harrison shuts down the run anyway. You don't see slay on Za No, because of the slot z's and I like slaves a though the slaves I think you wanted. When we come back, take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup, and yes, even in the Fantasy semi finals. These are guys that can help you tell you who

they are when we come back. This is take a chance on me. Let me, let me try that again. It's a statement. This is take a chance on me. I'm Ron Burgundy. There's typing the question mark in the telepropter. Did you get see the stephen A. Smith Ron Burgundy match up? No? Oh god, it's brilliant. I would gonna Henry bit. I was gonna do my first matchup as stephen A. Smith. I'm banking on a big game from

Bubba Franks week. That would have made if we would have had a Charger game today, you had to have done it right. But the Charger game already happened. If we would have, that would have been great. Marry and Potts is gonna have a big game. Natron means Natron means business. Let's go to uh, let's go to the quarterback position. Nine guys, well not nine quarterbacks, three quarterbacks, nine total players you can start in your lineup that

you normally would not Brian, Who's our first contestant? I'm going with Nick Mullins at home against the Seahawks. In his five starts, Mullins is averaging more than two passing yards per game, which put some top five during that span.

Before Kirk Cousins only threw one touchdown last week against Seattle, the Seahawks had conceded two passing touchdowns in six straight games, which included a two touchdown game from Mullins in Week thirteen, who also had four fourteen passing yards in that game.

How worth noting. I'm not predicting four hundred in this one, but there are some injuries to Seattle secondary safety Bradley McDougald could be inactive after being added to the injury report late this week, and backup safety Maurice Alexander's out, so they could be thin there. So I'm like in Mullins, Nick Mollins, I've got Baker Mayfield for about the fifth

time this year. It really doesn't qualify. H you can give me a anti peacock, maybe a sad trombone though, because he was might take a chance on me guy last week. Uh. He topped three hundred yards thrown for multiple touchdowns in six of the last seven games except for last week, and he totally did not. Um. I'm going back to the well though. In the in their last six games, four quarterbacks have topped the three yard mark and four quarterbacks have had multiple scores against the Broncos.

And over the last five weeks, in fact, the Broncos have allowed the most passing yards in the league, and that includes games against the aforementioned. Nick Mullins and Jeff Driskell Um mentioned this about your your selection of Baker Mayfield. Last week. He threw four in completions for the whole game. He actually had a really good game. It's not a fantasy and fantasy. He had a good start to the

game and it just like dried up. Now here's a real take a chance and he played Derek Carr with back to back strong fantasy games and a potential cupcake on the schedule. He's throwing five touchdowns over the last two weeks. The Bengal secondary without Drake Kirkpatrick Tony McCrae last week. They may both be missing this week as well.

Even though the Bengals shocked me by containing Philip Rivers somewhat last week, they're only two games removed from getting destroyed by Baker Mayfield and then Drew Breese a couple of weeks before that. Needless to say, starting any Raider comes with a certain amount of danger. But Derek Carr things are lining up for him. The Raiders are actually

playing competent quasi competent football right now. Let's go to the running back position, Brian, they're going to raise a banner next year in the stadium saying they played That's right what stadium? Which good point? What we're doing running back? I'm gonna go Elijah McGuire at home against the Texans today, so you better add him if you can. Uh. He's probably not available in a ton of leagues, but Isaiah

crow Well is no more. Uh. McGuire stepped in last week and logged eight plus combo yards in the game, winning touchdown and a tough matchup against the Bills. This is a tough matchup on paper as well. On the ground at least, UH Texans are allowing less than four yards per carry, but they have allowed four rushing touchdowns running backs over the last four weeks, and they do allow the tenth most catches of running backs nearly six per game. And McGuire is a able receiver. Able, I'd

leave it at able. I've got t J. Yeldon against Washington team. Washington is on their fourth string quarterback, a guy who hasn't started a game in seven years, the longest span since Doug Flutie came back to the league. UH. Their line is toast, their defense has been brutal, and they just gave up forty points of the Giants last week. So the game script favors the Jags jumping out to a lead, and even if they don't spell for net

Yellen could play in the passing game pretty well. Washington's allowed receiving yardage days of one oh, two, sixty and seventy three two running backs this year. Two of those were Chuck Quiz Rogers and Tevin Coleman. And if this game is tight, Yeldon could be involved in that passing game too. He's had eight targets and seven catches just two weeks ago, so I think that he'll be involved.

I love Kenneth Dixon this week. I believe he's right around running back twenty seven for me by the and dirt cheap on Van ball Head coach John Harbaugh at the end of last week's game said, we gotta get we gotta have an expanded role for Kenneth Dixon. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts the game over Gus Edwards, but I think we could be coming to that. Dixon has scored in back to back games since coming half off.

I R and he gets Tampa Bay, the team allowing the second most rushing touchdowns, and Guest Edwards does not catch at all. Kenneth Dixon does Tampa bottom five against running back receptions dead la Auston running back receiving touchdowns. A great opportunity for Kenneth Dixon in this game. Let's go to the wide receiver position. Brian all Right, this could be a guy for those Keenan Allen owners who

are hurting. I'm going Dublin down on the Jets. Robbie Anderson today baby uh Sam Donalds had eyes for Anderson the last two weeks. He leads the team in targets and air yards nearly two hundred air yards this week, and burner receivers have had success against the Texans. T Y Hilton, Corey Davis, Antonio Callaway, something called Zach Pascal, Rochard Higgins all scored touchdowns in recent weeks. In the

last two weeks the Texans. The Texans steps surrendered a career or league high thirteen completions of twenty plus yards. So this is a boomer Bus play. He could wet the bed, or he could pile up the points as if he were striping drives at Top Golf in Brooklyn Center, my favorite place on Earth. I'm going back to the Jaguar as well as as well. D D Westbrook against Washington. Westbrook is the slot and possession receiver in an offense

that has a quarterback that does not throw downfield. That's one of the reasons he saw ten targets, seven catches and eight eight yards last week against Tennessee and garbage time. He did score in that game as well. Working from the slot has worked well against Washington as a recent sterling. Shepherd scored last week. Golden Tate had seventy five in a touch in week thirteen. Kiki cut at seventy seven yards two weeks prior to that, so good little matchup

for deed. Are you dehydrated after that lengthy d D Westbrook? Right up? Wasn't that? Wasn't that bad? Come on? Curtis Samuel's usage has exploded in the last two games nineteen targets and that's resulted in two solid games for Curtis Samuel eighty eight and eighty yards operating from the slot. You'll match up against the Saints weakest cornerback P. J. Williams, who is allowing a passer rating of one hundred twenty

five in his coverage. Curtis Samuel, excellent play, Kurt Sam, Kurt Sam, you get a great opportunity to go with the d D hydrated their d D hydrated. That would have been good. Um, let's talk Cardinals, Falcons, Lion. I think David Johnson is an absolute lock here. Falcons give up the most receptions to do you know why he's such a lock? Church? Yeah, all right, No greater gift for running back then facing the Falcons on your birthday, especially a pass catching back. So there was injury concerns

with dj ear in the week. He fully practiced Friday. He's good to go. He's a gay grade play without a doubt. I can give Larry Fitzgerald to B as well. He has four touchdowns over his last seven games. Uh No scored four and four of his last seven five total touchdowns during that span. It's the only top fifty five yards twice. Yeah, that's the He's two catches and a touchdown in most games. Three catches and he's the

Cameron Breights of wide receivers. He has a plus match up with Brian Pool though, the Atlanti slot corner who conceded a big game to Randall Cobb last week, so there is a fits is viable this week. I'll give him a B. Trent Sutfield not some people think he could be I could take a chance to me type play air. He led the team in receiving yards last week, but I'll see plenty of Desmond Trudfont running majority of these routes on the right side. So he's on the

bench as his Ricky Seals Jones. I'm done with him. Has totaled just five catches in his last three games. He's on the bench, as is Josh Rosen, obviously going over to the Falcons. Let's start with the running backs. I'm gonna lead off with Edo Smith because he's outtouched Tevin Coleman better than I have him ranked higher than Tevin Coleman. But there I'll give him both the seed just for the fact that Arizona is conceding more than thirty three touches and a hundred seventy combo yards per

game to running backs. I'm forced to start Tevin Coleman in one league if you have to, I can't fault you, but you gotta be a little worried about that. But they both get to see Julio Jones gets an a regardless of the Pat Pete shadowing. I don't care you're playing Julio this week, but if Pat Pete shadows Julio, that could put Calvin Ridley in a very big spot

and then give him a b uh. Ridley should see a ton of David Anderson, who is sitting on his couch until about mid November when he was signed by Arizona. So love and Ridley here and I'll give Mohammed Sanow a soft sea and PPR very very safe floor. Ten points in PPR not a very high ceiling. He's top four catches just three times this season. Buddha Baker is

playing hurt hasn't been as effective. So you can use Snow in a pinch, I wouldn't you can, I said, so, I would okay in a pinch, but Snow could see more targets. Because I do not like Austin Hooper, I have him on the bench this week. He's very iffy with a knee injury already and only four tight ends I've hit the fifty yard mark against Arizona this year, Actually only three tight ends did it because George Kittle did it twice and Austin Hooper is not George Kittle.

So I got Hooper on the bench. I'm gonna exploring other options there and Matt Ryan and give him a b uh. Teams aren't forced to throw on Arizona their bottom five and opponent pass pttempts per game. But you gotta love Ryan at home, where he's averaging over three fifteen yards and two touchdowns per game. Be based on volume. Um, I've got him at a quasi bench grade. We'll find out. This is based on the volume, is based on everything.

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takes on Denver. Matt and you already said you like Baker Mayfield. Does you take a chance on the quarterback? Quasi take a chance? I mean quarterback? And he's little too good for that. But I love Jarvis Landry in this matchup. Talk to me about him. I gave him a B grade. What my number ten wide receiver this week? Well, maybe there's not that many good wide receivers this week chart. Actually,

that is kind of true. Landry bounce back with his first touchdown in six games last week against the Panthers only gets the B here because I'm worried that his target total has just been awful over the last five weeks four, nine, five, five, and seven. While he had double he had double digit targets and eight games. Dr John Ross about an awful target target total dropped significantly

charged It's it's bad for Jarvis Landry. He faces backup slot corner Justin Simmons, who gives up a passer rating of one hundred six and a catch rate of eight. Yeah, and the Brits are allowing almost two hundred yards per game to the wide receiver position. Landwards a C grade as of like two or three weeks ago. I'm giving him a B. I think that's generous. He hasn't got the target total. Not seeing this correctly four targets last week,

Charch loud noises for David and Joko Uh. I'm giving him a C grade even though I don't like it at all. Last week, the Broncos almost allowed a single game record for tight end yards to George Kittle. They should have Uh, in joke, who has been a constant disappointment this season though you've never been able to play him in the right spot. He goes off in the games he shouldn't. He doesn't score in the games that he should That's an understatement. How many games you've gone

often too? Yeah, that's about it. Uh, Nick Chubb, I'm giving him a B grade. Broncos are middle of the pack matchup, although they have not a lot of running back rushing touchdown in seven straight games. However, Chubb has scored in six of the seven games since Carlos Hyde was traded, so something's got to give there. I think Chubb gets a touchdown over on the other side, there's one starter, and it's Philip Lindsay. I gave him an A grade, but I'm nervous about two things. First, he

was bottled up last week. Uh. That was the first week Emmanuel Sanders was gone for the offense. He only had fourteen carries for thirty yards. Did get a touchdown against the not great San Fran run defense. And Second, while Cleveland has been bad against the run overall on the season, they've been a bit better lately. McCaffrey did score twice. Last week it was held to sixty three yards on sixteen carries, and the prior couple of weeks they didn't give up a touchdown to mix in the

land of backer Lamar Miller. So he's still in a grade. But I can see a path where it's not an a quality uh stat line that he puts out case Keenum in the passing game is all on the bench though Keenom has been held under two hundred yards in three straight weeks. The Browns give up a lot of yards, but they're tied for the seventh fewest passing scores allowed, and Brown's corner T. J. Kerry will be covering Sutton. He's yet to allow a score in his coverage all year.

So uh, Courtland Sutton and day Shawn Hamilton's are both on the bench. Vikings play play the Dolphins and plenty of moving parts with the Vikings because we have a new offensive coordinator who's never called a play ever. And no, he has the Pro Bowl last year. Oh alright, I'll take that left, okay, And then he was in the Pro Bowl Pro Bowl o C where they let the fans like vote the play. I'm pretty sure they should. I think they do that. But I'll tell you what.

You want to make the Pro Bowl a lot more interesting, Let the fans call all the offensive plays. They've done the fun, they've done a thing where you like tweet the play. I think they should. You know, it should be a Madden. They should build a Madden like in her face where we've all got you know, all this fans have got five six, seven seconds. You know, if there are play ends to call the next play and that's what they're running. You want to get people watching

the Pro Bowl that doing a second. Anyway, start with the passing game for the Vikings. I like Kirk Cousins at a B level here, uh now. Granted, over the past two games, Kirk is posted just two D one and two hundred eight yards UM, and a lot of those yards came in garbage time. Fortunately, Miami secondary suffering with injuries Xavien Howard out and all probability, and that

does give some hope here. And if you subtract out a Sam Donald game over the past two months, the Dolphins are giving up three passing touchdowns per game and two D seventy one yards. So are they cut Cousins bounces? Bounces back nicely here in part because the help that he gets from Adam thieland with an A grade, Stefan Diggs will will have a lot of successes well, in fact, also have an A grade. In fact, let me start with Stefan Diggs with an A grade here because Xavian

Howard is out. Um, this is a great opportunity. He'll go up again Tory mctire, who really should be Tori Retire. Yeah, Savage burn. He got hammered by Tom Brady last week and on the season. Tory mctire giving up a passer rating of one four. We're getting closing in on perfect passer rating in his coverage. Stefon Diggs A grade, theeling A grade. He goes up against slack corner Bobby McCain, who's given up a touchdown in three of the past four games. I think the bouncebacks coming for Kirk in

his passing game. How about treadless mctire. I kind of like that. I like Tori Retire quite a bit though. Um. Kyle Rudolph, I know he's been the forgotten man in the Vikings offense, but maybe that change is here with the jainted offensive coordinator and a struggling Dolphins team team against tight ends, They've allowed the most tight end scores this year, including four in the last three weeks. They've allowed three multiple touchdown games to a tight end this year.

Kyle Rudolph c Grade and then finally Dalvin co. His thirteen rushing attempts against Seattle were his most since Week one, which is depressing. Cook should get volume against a Dolphins team. They're giving up twenty five rushing attempts per game one yards per game to opposing running backs. Again, We're not sure how Kevin Stefanski will use him, but it's probably more than the usage was getting under John d Filippo.

On the Miami side, everybody's on the bench. In the Dolphins five game road losing streak, they're scoring an average of sixteen points, and the Vikings are the toughest defense out of that group by a lot. In the passing game, the Vikings pass defense has been terrific against against far better quarterbacks than Ryan Tannehill. The only receiver you might be tempted to start as Kenny Stills, but he's gonna get Xavier Roads all games, so I think he's dead

to us anyway. Kenyan Drake and Frank Gore are both on the bench. Drake is scoring some touchdowns, um, but he's only averaging nine touches per game. For whatever reason, they won't play him, and so at nine touches per game, you can't start him, not against the Vikings. Frank Gore is still looking for his first rushing touchdown and if Kings are unlikely to give it up there on the bench as well. I don't know if you can count miracle touchdowns either players. Well, they score, but you can't

really bank on one happening. If it happens in back to back games, how much of a miracle is it really. Texans take on the Jets. That is a game for today. Be sure you set your lineups on that the early game. It is the early one which starts it I think three or something, and we highlighted the Cleveland Denver game. That's also the Saturday games. That is the Saturday night game. Don't put any of these players in your flex Yeah, well, yeah,

you probably don't want hammering that home today. That's fine. Texans take on the Jets of Brian What are your thoughts on Lamar Miller? I think this could be a fantastic game for a player who has been very good for a couple of months. You want my overall thoughts on Lamar Mill, I really don't, because I remember how much you loved him last year. I remember how much you loved Monty Ball a couple of years before. Okay, but anyway, that was not a couple of years ago.

That was a couple of years before, years ago, a couple of years before that. Yes, and it's years ago, Monty Ball your number one running what's really number one? It was a bad call that officially neutralizes my say, Kwon Barkley number two this year. That's the ace up my sleeve when it comes to Lamar Miller. And anyway, today's game, I'm giving him a B and I hear I'm praising Lamar Miller and you got to pull out the Monty ballgard. Well, what is this with this latent hostility?

You know it's week fifteen. You know you praised him today and nice and overall. Then you took the first stab. You took the first step. Okay, let's get along. B Over the last four games, the Jets are allowing a hundred three plus rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns have allowed that two opposing running backs. Miller is a lock for eighteen to twenty touches. Dante Foreman has been activated off the pub list, but he'll eat into Alfred Blues

workload more than Miller. So if you're worried about Alfred Blues workload, you should be worried about Dante Forman. Anyway, Miller gets the B over the receiving game. Jandre Hopkins obvious A uh. Damarius Thomas can give him a B. Kind of quiet since his two touchdown game in Week twelve. Not kind of quiet, how about very quarry quiet. But secondary boundary receivers have not been quiet against the Jets, topping one hundred yards and three of New York's last

four games. It was done by Robert Foster, Taiwan Taylor, and Robert Foster. So there you go, and oh yeah to Mary's Thomas. Thomas actually had a good game as a Bronco against the Jets, catching fast for a hundred and five yards and a touchdown. He's got a better quarterback now, so I like Thomas. He gets a B, as does DeShawn Watson. On paper, you're likely to get to fifty and a touchdown and a half through the air,

regardless of who he plays. New York is bottom seven an opponent passing touchdown percentage, which doesn't bode well for Watson, but he's still a threat with his legs. Despite having two rushing touchdowns on the season, he could do some damage here. Mobile quarterbacks have had success against the Jets in recent weeks, most notably Josh Allen's nine carries for a hundred one yards and a touchdown. Marcus Mariotta had four p plus yards mitched whisky top fifty yards, so

Watson can certainly do the same. And real Quick Kiki Qti has been ruled out, so you don't want to contemplate him whatsoever. Over to the Jets really Quick Elijah McGuire and Robby Anderson, where both might take a chance. Of the players, McGuire is the more safer floor, Anderson's the boomero bust option there, and then Chris Herndon is viable in the tight end waste Land. I'll give him

a see. Houston has allowed seven touchdowns a tight ends over the past seven games, and over the past month they are allowing over eighty five yards per game to the position and They've allowed a tight end to score in four of their six road games this year. You remember this preseason when Deshaun Watson, the question was whether or not he should be the number one ranked fantasy quarterback because of all of the explosiveness that he showed

last year. None of that explosiveness has shut up this year. He's got one explosive game on the season. In all reality, people in the semi finals are probably not contemplating starting

DeShawn Watson's probably not. He's just been He's been utterly mundane a c LS last year at the quarterback position, and Watson and both of those guys are kind of down this year and they and both of them had done really well in no small part because of their mobility, and you take that mobility away and it's just not the same for those guys. Could be next year, could be next maybe maybe another year removed, but I don't

know that they'll ever be this runners. They were Donovan McNabb to go old school, how about r G three. For a couple of years, Donovan McNabb was a really good, rushing, mobile quarterback and then he got hurt, had a major knee injury and never really ran again at r G three is an extreme example of that. One good season as an amazing rusher and then nothing. So yeah, it's a lot of times they don't ever become rushing quarterbacks. Again.

Let's go to stay. A couple of phone calls people nice enough to be in hold for quite a while. Uh Colin in Indiana, Hello, good morning, Thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it, no problem. Um, I'm in a little bit of a pickle here. I had like many Keenan Allen getting a zero. Yeah, the only uh bonus was my homes had a bad game for my opponent. So I am starting an a rated Andrew

Luck and the Chicago Bears defense. But I don't know if I should rely on Hilton with the ankle or popping Aaron Jones versus the Bears and hope for the best. I think if Hilton is playing, you go Hilton, and because you're down already, UM, maybe you do do that and you double up on the Luck Hilton combo. The Jones matchup just sucks. I I don't I don't really want any part of that unless it's desperation time. Well mark Ingram playing into this at all then no, he's

so touchdown dependent. I didn't think so bad, but I ask, yeah, Um, I think I think you got I think you have very good advice for something that needs to come back from a deficit. I think that's the right way to go. Yeah, all right, thanks Colin. Appreciate the calling from Indiana, Bennon, Wisconsin. Hello, hey guys, hopefully I can call in tomorrow next week rather than and uh, if not, marry Christmas. I appreciate you. Appreciate that so really quick. Um, I have to try

to decide on a defense. All the rankings outside of Years, which I usually go with, Years suggest Bears defense Packers over the Ravens. Mm hmm. Well given given to the Redskins as well, given the newer news about the Bear the Packers being without their starting right tackle against Khalil Mack. I can't imagine I'd want to start anybody over the Bears. You you don't like the Ravens at home against Jamis Winston the pick machine, I do, although Winston has been

a lot better in that regard. The point is, as I went against Mike Williams and I sat the running back for the Chiefs. Williams so really quick. If I can quick jump in, I'm I'm starting Tyler Boyd. Would you start him over Ridley or Pettis or maybe ye Ridley if he needs the ceiling. I think Ridley's got the high ceiling here boys got the Boy's got the Raiders and Nick Nelson in the also got Jeff driscoll Is. This is true. Still, Yeah, I go Boyd, but that's

just that's just. If you want super high upside, I'd go Ridley. I just hope that they throw away from Patrick Peterson the whole game. Yeah, there's an angle there. Thanks, Ben, appreciate it. Yeah. Um. When we come back, Titans take on the Giants without Odell Beckham. Does that help or hurt? Sterling Shepherd and say Kwon Barkley in a tricky matchup? Find out more when we come back. This is Fantasy on the Man. Welcome back. It's our number two of

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Hot question number one in the chart league where we use free agent blind bidding, I've been holding onto my final dollar of free agent money for several weeks in the event my kicker gets hurt because I only got one kicker. And at that way, if I need to make an emergency transaction, I've got my dollar for that one transaction. Should non waiver free agent claims just be

free hold and cost of dollar? Brian, I'll address your kicker scenario when you tell me that I'm wrong for saying you should get rid of the mandatory one dollar for claims, or even as I'm all for zero dollar claims and zero dollar first come, first serve. As Once Weaver is run, you have to let teams give them a chance to field a roster in the event of emergency, and really out there there could be teams that at Odell Beckham, Kareem Hunt, A. J. Green, Melvin James, James

Conner keeping it going mat rita A J. Green. And look, if you let these guys make zero dollar claims, they're not gonna get anybody good. And if they do, they deserve those players because everyone else in your league is asleep at the wheel. And then first come, first serve. It should just be open for anyone. You just need to allow people to field a full roster. And if you make it where you have to pay one dollar,

then that's impossible. Yes, and obviously you're talking about fictional money based on your for your your hundred dollar or whatever cap that you use, uh in your league for free agent plan bidding. I think this question came about because Chart you and I had lunch the other day and I asked you, is the Chart League the epitome of like the perfect redraft league? And the first thing that you came up with was, I don't know if we should allow zero dollar bids in FAB and I

think you should. It's something that we made a change on safe leagues. Uh. We used to have one dollar minimum bids, and now we have zero dollar bids on all Safe Leagues transactions. And it's just really well received by the fantasy community. And I think that's the uh, it's it's the it's the more popular way to go right now. The case for having to charging a dollar for free agent transactions after the waiver wire has run is this, every transaction should have cost, it should have

weight to it. By living within the cap, you're proving something extra about your abilities as a team manager. Right you know, there's still some extra strategy involved in my case saving they're saving this dollar just in case I need it, or at some point do I risk the dollar? Right so, you know, do I do I right now? You know, do I risk that dollar and just say I think my Dallas kicker is gonna be okay the rest of the way. Um, there is some strategy to that.

But there's also the zero dollars. The zero dollar side of it is that, you know, transactions still do have a cost to built into them because I have to

drop somebody right now. A lot of leagues used to you know what I think is, you know, it's not how I like to play when you've got twenty two guys on your roster dropping somebody doesn't even have any weight, And I don't like it there, But um, you know for my leagues that are almost universally with short rosters, uh you do have you know, it does cost you something. And I like the idea of eliminating some element of luck because you know, this kicker situation I'm in is luck.

The situation that Brian just described, with all the eight injuries that all hit one team, or even just three that hit one team at the end of the year, it ends up being really a matter of just bad luck. And that's not how I want to decide leagues. So after a lot of consternation and a lot of thinking, I believe the correct answer are zero dollar waiver wire bids, not waiver wire, post waiver wire free agent costs. Question number two, Carson wentz season is almost certainly over next year.

Is he a top five quarterback, top ten quarterback or lower than ten? Matt uh. Here are the quarterbacks that I will have ranked higher than Wentz next season. Mahomes, big Ben, Matt, Ryan, Luck, Newton, Breeze, Goff, Watson, Rivers, Rogers, Brady Cousins Wilson. That's a thirteen right there, so I guess he's below ten. Yeah, I don't have much to add. And I think Jimmy Garoppolo could even All those guys I named, by the way, have more Fantasy points per

game than Wentz this year too. Yeah, I think this year is gonna be tricky this year. In my league, charch League, he's quarterback twelve in the weeks he's played weeks third, three through fourteen, so that puts him in the conversation for top ten. Um there are I gotta I got my list of guys as well, but they're in My list is very very similar to your list. But here's why I'm gonna take some of the guys

out of your list. Brady and Breeze. I think I'd rather be a week a year early than a week too late on the end coming for those guys, and so I think they're going to be outside of my Outside of that group you just mentioned, Golf I think is going to be outside because Girly just siphons off too many scores in some games and he leaves you with a bad box score in too many games. So I think Golf is gonna be on the outside of that.

So that takes my thirteen Mine was thirteen two down to ten and I have exactly right now number ten. Now that's it. If you told me Golden Tate's not coming back, that might be enough to get me out. He's in a contract year. But I'm just I'm gonna assume that the team that's got his rights now and could potentially either transition tag him or franchise tag him, is gonna keep Golden Tate. And I think given that top ten is the correct answer. Oh wait, did you go?

Did I skip you? Vanni's hot question? Number three? Odell Backham season is probably done. What I know next year is he a top five wide receiver, a top ten wide receiver or lower than ten. We go to our Giant's desk and Brian Johnson, Uh, his injury is not threatening the start of next season. So I'm just gonna keep it short and sweet and say he's definitely inside my top five. Just think I mean, Michael Thomas, DeAndre Hopkins, you know Julio. People have mixed emotions about Julio will

be in the top five wide receiver. But I'm just gonna say, yes, I will have Odell Beckham inside my top five unless something unforeseen happens over the summer, which is very well could with him. Actually, here are the wide receivers I for sure want over Odell next year. Antonio Brown, Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, Davante Adams, Adam Theelan Tyreek Killed, DeAndre Hopkins, and Juju Smith Schuster. That's eight

right there. There's a whole bunch of wide receivers that are kind of in that same tier with Beckham, Keenan Allen, A. J. Green, Mike Evans, and Mark Cooper Stefon Diggs. So that comes down to who's the quarterback in New York next year? Can I Can it get worse than Eli? It certainly could. Is that Joe Flacco? Is it Blake Bortles? Is that Jamis Winston? I don't know yet, So I think he's lower than tent Right now, did you really put Amari

Cooper in the same categories Odell Beckham? Absolutely, he's a better wide receiver right now? Yeah? Right? Sample size all right? Whatever? Okay? Uh. Matt summed this up almost point by point through my list, including your list of receivers, was identical to mind with one exception. And I had also had my secondary list filled with all the same guys that you talk except

Robert Woods. And then you throw in this mystery at quarterback where I think there's a decent chance that an even older and worse and more noodle arm lay Man, he's still your quarterback. I think that he will not crack my top ten Odell Beckham outside of the top ten next year. And by the way, and as somebody that's i've owned him in in in my twenty team league in back to back years, got him. I tired of his injuries. Jeez, it's you know, Willie play, won't play?

Will he finish a game? You know? And then he missed all last year most of last year. We might as well say a J. Green sucks too. I don't even have Green. I don't have Green out my list. I don't even have Green in this list. I noticed. But yeah, I mean that there's something I didn't mention to. The addition se Kwan makes it not as important for Odell to be the feature in that offense because Kuan is so good and he's gonna be probably RB one.

If he's not RB one, you're doing it wrong. Next year, well Odell was on a ridiculous stretch from his injury too, So don't forget that. But I'm gonna forget it. Titans take on the Giants, matt Um, I don't really, I don't. I don't, I don't. I was gonna try to lead in with something compelling about the Titans. How about this last week the Derrick Henry bit, will he have one third of the yardage? Maybe I gave him a B grade.

I started looking at the backfields the Giants have faced recently, and let me know if any of these like stick out to you. Is super good backfields? Washington, Chicago, Philly, Tampa, San fran Washington again, Atlanta, Philly again. Those are the last eight games. Chicago is pretty good backfield. It's not super impressive though, right there's not There's not a fantasy stuff it in there. Mostly those are not good back Eight different running backs have topped eighty total yards in

that list right there. That's crazy. Uh So this stat's courtesy of Evan Silva. By the way, uh Derrick Henry's averaging five point four yards per carry and a touchdown per game in career December games and four point one yards per carry with a quarter touchdown in games in any other month. So Henry gets the B grade. But he's still splitting touches with Dion Lewis, and so Dean Lewis gets us C grade as well. I just highlighted

the giants deficiency against backs since Snacks left. I'll add that they've allowed the third most receiving yards to opposing running backs in their last five, so Dean Lewis is in play. Marcus Mariota barely startable. The Giants have allowed an average of twenty seven points per game over their last three while facing Josh Jackson, Chase Daniel, Nick Mullins,

So that's good for Mariota. But on the other hand, he's throwing twenty four or fewer pass attempts in four of the last five, and the Giants have only allowed multiple passing scores in one of their last eight games. With at Corey Davis is just a C grade two. It's really tough to rely on him. He's super inconsistent, and he faces generous Jenkins this week, who over the last three weeks has only allowed twenty two yards in his coverage, and granted, remember the quarterbacks he faced over

those three, So it's uh, it's not great. Uh. Anthony Firkser is a real life person. And if you're extremely desperate for a tight end, John H. Smith had I r we are in the playoffs. Yeah, the Giants allowed the fifth most receptions to tight ends. But Anthony ferks is not in your line up. Play him over Jimmy Graham. Yeah, it's probably yeah. Uh. O'Dell's ruled out with a quad injury and very quickly, ELI in the passing game are all on the bench. Maybe Evan Ingram. Uh. Titans are

top five in passing yards and touchdowns allowed. Stirling Shepard hasn't topped thirty seven yards since weeks seven. Evan Ingram did catch three passes for seventy seven yards last week and tends to be only relevant when Odell Beckham is not in play. O'Dell's not playing this week, So if I'm playing any part of that passing game, it's Evan Ingram. Uh. People, I've had a bunch of people reach out on Twitter or just personally that they want to start Sterling Shepherd

because Odell Beckham's gone. I'm like, that doesn't help him, that hurts him. This is that's no help with Sterling. Sterling was good last year when Beckham was gone for for quite a bit of the season, but he just hasn't been there the last couple of months. No, and I think he I frankly, I just think if you're gonna stop somebody in that passing him means take away Sterling Shepherd and you go make Russell Shepherd beat you.

And there was no virtually no running game for the Giants last year, and that has completely changed this season. Of course, that is true. Raiders take on the Bengals. I already mentioned Derek Carr might take a chance on me quarterback. I've got a C grade on him. Jared Cook all the way up in an a. There are only three quality tight ends who have faced the Bengals all year. All three of them scored. Eric Keebron, Travis Kelsey, O j Howard. Cook has been on a tear for

the last month. Touchdowns in three games out of four and back to back one hundred yard games for a tight end. That's awesome. A grade on Jared Cook. Jordy Nelson clocking in with a C grade. Finally healthy in the last two weeks, He's been targeted eighteen times, while posting how many is that per game? Nine times, while posting almost one hundred fifty yards in the two games. He is a plausible dart throw against a very inconsistent Bengals secondary. Let's go to the running game, Doug Martin

all the way up to a B this week. Bengals have given up at least one touchdown to a running back in twelve straight games, and no team has allowed more fantasy points to running backs this year than the Bengals. After a very promising start, though, Doug Martin has reverted to his old self. He's averaging just barely three yards per carry over the last two games, and he hasn't topped seventy two rushing yards or ninety two combine yards all season, So that does tap his upside a little bit.

But a very strong matchup and for once, the Raiders probably aren't playing from a big deficit. So I like Doug Martin here, and I think he's a sneaky play. Do you know, is what's his what's his cost in on fan ball? Do you know? Look really look it up really quick. I know Georgy is a great play. I think Doug might be too let's while you're looking at I'll mentioned Jalon or Shard while we're talking Raiders and wrap it up there. The Bengals have allowed the

most touchdowns to opposing runners through the air. Six. That's the bid on Richard who never scores, but still six h six passing touchdowns to running backs is a lot. They've also allowed forty four or more receiving yards to a runner six different times. Jalen Richard, Jalen Richard is a is A is a reasonable play here in PPR leagues to muscle Hamster. That's it's also a goodbye. I just I just think people just see Raiders and I'm like, I'm I'm out. But I think this is when you

see Bengals defense, you go, I'm in. I'm in. This game is the reason fantasy football exists as oaklind Cincinnati without it down that the only people watching, the only people who care. People in Oakland don't even care anymore. Let's go to the Bengal side. Joe Mixon gets a beat. He saw a season high thirty one touches last week with this is with a j green out, Uh that you know this offense really does go through Joe Mixon.

He's also topped one hundred thirty eight yards and two of the last three weeks in Oakland's LAS two games, they held backups Spencer wear and Jalen Samuel's in check. But overall, let's remember the Raiders rank bottom three and rushing attempts and rushing yards per game, and their twenty seven yards per carry. This is a very plus matchup for Joe Mixon. We'll give him a B grade. Tyler Boyd also with a B. Raiders secondaries a lot of four scores and one one yard game to opposing receivers

and just their last three games. Tyler Boyd runs mostly from the slot, where he'll see struggling slot cornerback Nick Nelson. Nelson allows a passer rating of one hundred thirty and he's given up at least eighty three yards in two of his last four games. So Tyler Boyd a nice B grade. Here. John Ross is on the bench. I know he has scored in six different games, but and so you might be thinking John Ross is better than

he is. What you probably don't realize those touchdowns are masking one point eight receptions per game and twenty yards per game for John Ross. That's it. If he does not score, he daggers your team. How we do not time? Let's take a break. When we come back, more matchups, including Seahawks taking on the forty Niners. Does Tyler Lockett continue his strong season? Russell Wilson? Will he bounce back after a dreadful fantasy game against the Vikings? Find out

when we come back. This is Fantasy my green bill Premium on the van. If your league did not knock out Todd Gurley last week, you got a big problem coming. We'll tell you about the Rams game in um a little later in the show. But that's that was your big opportunity. Knockout Todd Gurley last week. This week he's my number one ranked running back. It's gonna be tricking.

Why did you whisper that a little seductively there? Because what what he's what he the box score he's gonna put up is it's going to be borderline sexual for his owners? Yeah? There, uh yeah. In most cases the guys who guys and girls who you know, the Rams propelled them to the playoffs. Most of them probably had a bye last week. Was there is there a better times Fantasy Football by wedding of the Rams. Absolutely, absolutely

Seahawks take on the forty Niners. Brian Russell Wilson, speaking of bad last week's seventy passing yards last week scoreless passing yards, probably bounces back nicely here against the forty Niners though, right, Yeah, these teams just played in week two weeks ago. I hate it when they do that. Yeah, it's it's kind of bizarre, real quick. The Saints and Panthers. They're playing for the first time this week, right week seventeen.

It is a second game. That's even weird. But anyway, Russell Wilson, I'm gonna give him an a. Despite just seventeen pass attempts a couple of weeks ago, he did throw for four touchdowns, and the only quarterbacks who have failed to throw for multiple touchdowns against the forty Niners are case Keenum, Derek Are and Josh Rosen. So Russell Wilson still an elite play giving him an a. His wide receiver Tyler Lockett can give him an a as well. Only had one catch in the first meeting, but it

was for a fifty two yard touchdown. There's just should be more volume passing for Seattle in this game to lock it is an obvious A. I'm benching Doug Baldwin. Pete Carroll's optimistic Baldwin will play. He actually played in that first meeting and scored a touchdown on one catch as well. But I'm not trusting them in in the fantasy playoffs and groin injuries and receivers reinjure all the time, and and I I'm not going as far as uh

the more h Moore or John brown Um. And then tight end, I don't remember who starts for tight end for Seattle either, not recommending you start him either whoever it is in this gamet or Ed Dixon or who knows. And then Chris Carson. Lastly, he gets an a thirteen carries for sixty nine nice yards against the Niners in that Week thirteen game. Penny eight into his workload in that game with seven carries for sixty five yards in

a touchdown. But Rashott Penny has been ruled out, so Chris Carson is an elite play this week, giving him an A. Uh. Speaking of elite, let's go over to the forty Niners and George Kittle. George Kittle has over seven hundred yards after the catch. Wown high tight ends have seven hundred yards probably none. The second highest is juju in like the five fifty range. Wow. There are twenty seven players with seven hundred regular receiving yards in the NFL this year. Are Jugo has seven hundred after

the catch? Make your call right now that you're gonna have Kittles your number one tight end next year. There are only three other tight ends besides Kittle that have and that's what Kidle has after the catch. I've already put him. I got him ahead of Earth's. I still gotta go Kelsey first. But yeah, Kittle, I got killed bub Earth right now. But anyway, he's in a uh despite having just six catches for seventy yards in the

first meeting. That's probably his floor in this one. You're clearly not gonna bench Kittle, and if you are, I don't want to hear about what league you're in. So he gets in a Marky's Goodwin. Sadly on the bench. Added to the injury report on Thursday with the calf injury. Just the lost season for him. Pretty sad he's on the bench. Dante Pettis is not, by the way, He'll be a nice last pick of your draft next year. Definitely, he's gonna be way off radars next year to himself

and Dante Pettis. I canna give him a be He's a kind of that hail Mary play you might be looking for if you're a Keenan Allen owner. He's certainly paid off two weeks ago with a hundred twenty nine yards and two touchdowns. Not guaranteeing that repeat performance, but he is a viable play as the top pass catcher when it comes to wide receivers for of course, uh and for that reason, I like those two. I like

Nickmullins might take a chance let me quarterback. You can go back and listen to the podcast if you missed that. And then for the running backs, Matt Brita limited all we can practice. You just don't he could pop up and play. You never know, you never know. That's so frustrating. I think he plays in this one and every other time that he's been active, he ends up starting the game, but then you never know if he's gonna finish it.

When frustrating. Yeah, So if you're banking on Justin Williams as a Justin Wilson as a starter, you better be wary of that. But it is a good matchup for running backs. Since week nine, the Stoks are giving up a hundred sixty plus combo yards and one plus touchdowns per game, and uh Wilson had a hundred three or four compo yards in that first meeting, So you got you got a monitor of that situation very closely. Though

for sure Washington takes on the Jaguars Matt. In my mind, there's one startable player in this entire matchup, Leonard four Nett. Nobody else you like yelled in though I had yell starting great on anyone else other than for Net and yelled in. I had yelled in, and then I Westbrook as might take a chance on the wide receiver as well.

I don't even feel that great about those guys. So if you shouldn't know, I I try to take these stabs to to find some some lower level guys that yeah, okay, Baker Mayfielah, you know, I'm I'm I'm I'm a man of the people. Uh four Nett. I gave the A grade two. Over the last three weeks, Washington's allowed one to Zeke one se both Lamar Miller and Josh Adams top to eighty five yards apiece. UH. Tackle Jeremy Parnell

is out for the Jaguars. That's a that's a little bad for for net, but he's gonna get thirty touches in this game. UH. Cody Kessler in the passing game, all on the bench forty three passing attempts. Last week for Kessler, all I could manage was to forty and one. In the prior week when they kept the ball on the ground, he only had twenty four attempts. That's probably what we're gonna see this game, and he only two hundred and fifty yards. So basically the passing game is

all on the bench. On the other side, it's Adrian Peterson. I gave a C grade two, although if you take away his nine d yard run. It's been a disaster APS averaging under two yards per carry since Colt mccoig broke his leg. But a similarly big running back did torch this Jaguars defense for two d some yards and

four touchdowns. When was that last week? Really? We never saw it coming, So yeah, I mean you the Jaguars really mail it in again and play with as as as little energy and effort as they did last week. It's possible. Uh, Josh Johnson and the passing game are on the bench. Yeah, stop, just right there. Good, Okay, Buccaneers taking on the Ravens. Let's start with Jamis Winston with a C grade here in a brutally tough matchup. Now to Jamis is Jamison's Jamis's credit. Jamison is whiskey. Yes,

it's delicious. Whiskey is what it is. Since his most recent unbenching, Winston has limited his mistakes with just one pick in three full games. He's also thrown exactly two touchdowns in each of them, which isn't bad, but you don't get two touchdowns against an elite raven secondary very easily. Since Jimmy Smith's returned from suspension, the Ravens are giving up just two sixteen passing yards one and a half touchdowns per game. There are several injuries though in the

Ravens secondary. Check their status on Sunday. On Sunday morning, they had a bunch of questionable guys. Three three starters and their secondary. They're all questionable. Check their status. That might give you a ray of hope for Winston. If some of those guys do miss time Mike Evans gets a C grade, it feels like a major letdown coming here. No receiver has scored a touchdown. Get this, No receivers scored a touchdown against Baltimore in the last three weeks,

and that includes Julio Jones and Tyreek hill Church. Come on, let's be ballsy. Mike Evans is on the bench. He's on the bench in this game. You don't start him in this I don't know if I can flat out put him on the bench. I don't think I can. I'm not, I'm not. I'm close. Evans hasn't faced the defense that ranks in the top ten against receivers all season,

so this should be tougher than what he's seen. Baltimore's only allowed three catches of more than forty yards on the season, so the deep ball is not going to be there either. But if you think Winston's gonna have well, the thing is, here's the catch. If you think Winston is good for a touchdown, it's going to the guy with an A grade, Cameron Braid. He has scored three

touchdowns in four games since Winston took over. Again, his senses unbenching Baltimore although a great secondary shockingly bad against tight ends. They've allowed the third most fantasy points to tight ends over the last five weeks. Four straight opponents have posted tight end scores against Baltimore. Really, so break it's an A grade here. I don't how much left over Mike. Are you worried about his receiving totals? Had two three three two one three for reception totals. It's

not strong. He has to score touchdowns on every catch for him to get a grade every He had two catches twelve yards, two touchdowns last week. He's got to score every time. Adam Humphreys is on the bench in this tough matchup. I don't think I need to expand on that. A lot of them to say that slot receivers have struggled against the Ravens and better ones than him. Tyler Boyd did nothing, snow nothing, conly nothing. So uh, Adam Humphreys on the bench, Peyton Barber's on the bench.

He's failed to top three yards per carry in three straight games, and that street continues here against the defense that gives up less than three and a half yards per carry. He faces a run defense that's top three and rushing yards allowed, top three yards per carry allowed, top three and rushing touchdowns allowed. It's a brutal matchup for Peyton Barber. Let's flip it over to the other side. Lamar Jackson is fascinating in this game. Tremendous upside and

potentially heartbreaking downside in Lamar Jackson. The two mobile quarterback quarterbacks who have faced the Bucks, Mitch Robinsky and Cam Newton on two different occasions, average six yards per carry, and that's about what Lamar Jackson averages, right around six yards per carry. If he's going to continue to get seventeen ish carries at six yards per carry, the MAT says, sixty, you're supposed to do this before you start. That's a one hundred two yard rushing day. Hundred two yard rushing

day potentially on tap for Lamar Jackson. Meanwhile, the Bucks secondary is allowed passing touchdowns in every single game. Lamar Jackson's coming off his first ever two touchdown passing effort, so it all feels like it's going well for Lamar Jackson. We've got an A grade on. But Joe Flacco is healthy. There's a scenario out there where Lamar Jackson throws a pick early or can play has a four completion first half, which is in him. He is not a good passer,

and here comes Joe Flacco. Just be aware there is a Flacco. There is a Flacco scenario out there that that kills Lamar Jackson. It seems like injury for me. They've totally changed their offense to be a Lamar Jackson based offense now, and it seems to tell like they don't have a Joe Flacco offense at their disposal. They running Flacco offense for ten years through that in the garbage can and lit it on the fire. It's gone. Kenneth Dixon was my Yes, Kenneth Dickson was might take

a chance of me running back? Uh, And I've got a B grade on him. I've got Gus Edwards down to a sea grete I mentioned earlier in the show, Kennet Dickson could be your starter in this game. And Gus is trailing, is going the wrong direction with his attempts, his yards per carried decreasing over the last three weeks um. The Bucks have given up one yard rushing game and

four the last seven games. They've also given up a very very robust five point seven yards per carried backs in those last seven games, so Gus Edwards can still get something done here, but I prefer Dixon, especially through the air, and all of the wide receivers and tight ends are on the bench because Lamar Jackson does not throw. I'm old enough to remember when Gus Edwards was in an exciting bill Cow. He wasn't exciting. He wasn't exciting bell Cow for about a week and a half and

then that was it. We'll take a break when we come back our final set of matchups and lightning round looming. Stay tuned. Final segment of the semifinals edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. This is Fantasy Football Weekly, presided man. Final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. We've got three matchups left to get to. Paul Ciarchi and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you. We begin with the game with the highest over under for the weekend, Patriots Steelers. Brian, is

there anybody you don't play in this one? Not when it comes to the passing game, but there are some questions in the running games on both sides. We'll start with um New England side uh in the game is in Pittsburgh, Real quick, Tom Brady Gronk obvious as they are feeding off each other. Now that Gronk is healthy, Brady's back to posting monster numbers. Amazing those two running

parallel Brady's success absolutely and UH. For the wide received ris, Julian Edelin and Josh Gordon both get very strong vise. Pittsburgh secondary has been struggling lately, having allowed for wide receiver touchdowns over the last three games. It's hard to imagine you're benching Edelman or Gordon if you have them

on roster. Uh. Now over the running backs, though, starting with James White, give him a B and PPR, a C and standard though it's not a great matchup for him through the air the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is only allowing twenty seven yards per game through the air to opposing running backs. So I'm not loving James White and this one. And I'm definitely not loving Sony Michelle because of James Devlin,

the ultimate vulture who saw that coming. If you have told me Rex Burke had was had done this, I'd be like, Okay, I can see that Burke had has been invisible and James Devlin, so yeah, insert Fantasy Football Weekly talking about Bill Belichick running backs for the last ten years. And then let's not forget Rex Burkhead is active to he could always but yeah, Pittsburgh is not allowed to. They've a lowed one one hud yard rusher all season, I believe, so your hope from Michelle is

a goal line plunge. But now that's that's not who knows, So it wouldn't surprise me if Devlin doesn't get a touch though either. Yeah, absolutely definitely not allow to get a touch at all. But I'm gonna give him Michelle a see, but certainly explore other options. He's not a He's not a slam dunk start by any means. Uh. Speaking of slam dunk starts on the Pittsburgh side, Ben Roethlisberger, Juju Smith, Schuster, and Antonio Brown obvious a's Vans McDonald

borderline A and the tight end WASTELANDE. I'll give him a B though, with the Patriots have allowed seven touchdowns to tight ends this year and opposing tight ends are averaging nearly sixty yards per game, so McDonald is viable in the shootout. And then more questions at running back for Pittsburgh is James Connor gonna play. I do not know, nobody knows. Uh, he's a game time decision right now. Uh if he goes, I would give him a B

in a pretty good matchup. New England's getting gashed lately by running backs, most notably Frank Gore running all over the place last week, So I'll give Connor the B, even though you gotta be a little worried that he's not a But if Connor is out, Jalen Samuel's the starting running back slash tight end. Depending on what fantasy site you play on, I'd give him the see uh, just in this matchup because he can't catch the ball.

But I don't know. You just gotta wait and see what you can't really wait and see because this is a night game. It's a very scary proposition if you don't own both Connor and Samuel. So right, see what happens. Eagles take out the Rams, Matt Nick Foles at the helm for the Eagles. That does not help the fantasy prospects of any of the Eagles. And I don't think I would start anybody in the passing game outside of Zach Ertz. But that's just me. How do you got it?

How you got it. Do you just want to do this matchup for me? I got zach Ertz is an a uh. It feels like we're due for a giant Earth's game. There is virtually no change in his production uh in both last year and this year when Falls was in versus Wentz. So that's a good thing for Earth's and Falls targeted Earth's more than any player and his two starts this season, however, Nick Foles only through one touchdown pass and two starts earlier this year. And

the Rams secondary is really good again now. Uh. In their four complete games with a keep to leave in the lineup, the Rams have not allowed a wide receiver touchdown and no wide receiver has topped fifty yards. Nickel Robie Coleman lines up against Golden Tate. He hasn't allowed more than twenty yards in coverage in eleven of twelve games this year. So the whole passing game is on the bench. It's all benched except for zach Ertz, and in the running game, Josh Adams and Darren Sprawls are

on the bench too. It's worth noting that Corey Clement will be out and Sprawls led the team in snaps last week figure. But the Rams are top five in every category against pass catching running backs over the last five weeks, which leaves Adams to pick up the scraps. I kind of I kind of like Adams here. I don't he's gonna be on the field for like a third No, I think the climent out. I think he's gonna be on the field more than that. Rams are giving up five and a half yards per carry over

the last month of games. It's it's just too tough shot. Penny rode over them. So did La Garrett Blunt, so did Jordan Howard. You're straight ahead bigger runners, and I think Josh Adams has got a chance here. I'm going to give the advice to not start Josh Adams in a playoff matchup chart will and you can direct the hate mail too at Paul Charchy and on Twitter. On the other side, Todd Gurley obvious a worth noting that the Eagles have the fifth most missed tackles in the

league this season. That's good for Gurley to get back on the horse here. Jared Goff, I'm giving an a grade two as well. The Eagles have allowed the third most yards and the seventh most passing touchdowns over the last five weeks, although it's worth noting one of them will probably have a really good game, the other one will probably have a okay game because that's how it's gone this year for Goff and Gurley. Uh. All the wide receivers, Robert Woods, Brandon Cooks, and Josh Reynolds all

get a B grade. Woods has led the team in targets since Cooper cups a c L tear forty six for Woods, a thirty eight for Cooks, and then twenty six for Reynolds, and Philly's secondary has allowed the second most catches and yards to wide receivers this season. So Reynolds gets the because he's had two thirty three air yards over the last three weeks. That's top thirty in the NFL during that span. And uh, it's just a

good matchup for everybody. It is. It really is. If you didn't, as I mentioned earlier, if you didn't knocked Todd Gurley out last week, like you said, I think that team is more than likely going to the champion. It's worth noting that Woods is probably a borderline A and Cooks is the huge upside guy, so for sure. Yeah. Uh, final final game to break down before we go to your call, Saints taking on the Panthers Monday Night Football. Obviously,

grades for Drew Brees, Michael Thomas, Alvin Kamara. All of them rank inside my top four this week. In fact, Breeze and Thomas are my number one players at their position. Let's go to mark Ingram, who's got a trickier, trickier outlook. Since his big games in weeks ten and eleven, He's averaged only forty four yards on a very mundane and four point two yards per carry, also not chipping in the passing game at all, having not seen more than

three target it's in a game all season long. The Panthers give up the fifth fewest rushing attempts in the sixth fewest rushing yards per game. So if he's just got to get it done on the ground, I don't know the market Ingram does. He drops down to a C grade here, and I'd have a lot, a lot

of hesitancies starting mark Ingram. He will be somewhere else on some other team and will be a leading running back on some other team next year, and you all the better season then, um, all the rest of the wide receivers besides Michael Thomas around the bench, bre he spreads the ball around too much. He can't trust Tray Kwan Smith, Kith Kirkwood, Austin Carr and who they just signed. They just signed some kid off the practice squad from

the Redskins him either. Alright, not that guy, Not that guy, whoever that guy is. Let's go to the Carolina side. Christian McCaffrey. Have still got an A grade on him, But dark is this a tough matchup? The Saints rank number one in rushing attempts per game, number one in rushing yards per game, number one in rushing yards per carry. But who cares. He's like the fifteen ranked wide receiver this season. That's where he helps you out. Fortunately, as a dual back threat, he does have a shot here.

Say Kwon Barkley, Todd Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott all managed to top one hundred total yards and each found the end zone against the Saints last season. McCaffrey averaged eighty three yards scored in each game against them as well. He's got to get it done through the air, where you can get a little something done against the Saints. But make no mistake, a very tough matchup, and the A grade I have a Christian McCaffrey is only because he

is so talented. Let's go to the passing game. Cam Newton gets a B. He's produced exactly two passing touchdowns and nearly every game this year, and that feels about right against the defense that's averaging one point eight passing touchdowns. So let's go for two touchdowns for Newton. He's not getting many carries this year, but I will note that the Saints have allowed the most quarterback rushing touchdowns four of them, so maybe maybe Newton surprises us with a

rare rushing touchdown in this one. D J. Mort gets a B. It's a juicy matchup for him. They're allowing Saints allowing the most fantasy points to receivers on the season. Saints secondary has improved a bit lately, allowing just one touchdown to receivers over the last four weeks, but receivers are still wrecking a tent plenty of yards. Sick players have totaled at least seventy four yards against the Saints in just the last three weeks, so two players a

game topping seventy four yards. I think Dj Moore will get to that point as well. Maybe he gets lucky with a with a touchdown, and Curtis Samuel Was might take a chance of me wide receiver, and I've got to be greade on him too. So a lot of guys to go to there. If you're going to Ian Thomas at tight end, don't Only one tight end is top forty yards against the Saints all season, and only two have scored against them all year as well. It

is time for Lightning Round semifinals edition. You know the rules. One question between two players. We will move on and hang up on you right about the time you finish your question. You can listen on the delay on your in your car at your home streaming device. Will take plenty of calls zero five, three to six h Jessica, you've been on hold for the better part of two hours. Thank you for your patients. Sure, I'm looking at uh and it's flying Jush Edwards or James White standard scoring.

We're looking for touchdowns. Yeah wow, I'm gonna go Edwards against the Bucks. The Bucks give up so many rushing touchdowns. I think that's I think that's the right flying touchdown as possible. Tom, You are next. Hi, guys, Um, I'm up pretty big and I'm actually in an all play leaf. I have to be two out of my three opponents. Um, I'm looking for actually a lower risk between the two pretty high risk players out the two Kennis Kenneth Diskenny

Golladay in my flex. I have a strong opinion on this. I think though, the highest risk is Kenny Golladay, So I would definitely go Dixon in this matchup. Matt, thank you for your patients. You've been on hold a long time too. Oh sure you, guys, I gotta drop Austin Hooper. Uh. Not very good choices, really, its choices Vernon Davis or Ryan Griffin. Oh man, I'd go Griffin. He's actually been quas i active lately. And you can't How do you start a redskin on a fourth string quarterback who hasn't

started a game in seven years? I we can't do that. Chris, your next hey, half point PPR Kyle Rudolph or that McGuire cat. That McGuire cat. Now, I'm waking my part right now and back to the quick call it before check for Foster too. Brookser intrigues me? Or can can we help Chris out here. I said the cat you did, OK, just making cat and not say the cat. He just mean yeah right and said he's licking his I don't think i'd randomly MEO. So that's you. You do your wife,

you do it a lot. Yeah, Joe in Toronto, thank you for your patience. You also have been holding virtually. I'll show thank you. Beck. Um. I don't know if he Wi is playing tomorrow. UM, I gotta choose between these two receivers today in a fifty fifty league, UM, Hamilton's or b Anderson Robbie Anderson and the huge Upside like him a lot better than Hamilton's. Thanks your patience, Joe, Mike,

You're next on the fans. Hey, guys, Uh standards Uh Jante Pettis or Dickson, Uh Pettis or Ed Dixon Non Dixon, Kenneth Dixon. Uh. If you need the ceiling, if you need the safer play, it's it's Dixon. I would say, I think it's Dickson. Either way I would take. I would take Dixon on either side of that. Mark your next standard Lee Plex Aaron Jones or Julian Edeleman. I like this soft Jay Jeman Aaron Jones or Julian Edelman. What if he has Julio Jones on his team. Rich,

you're on the fan, Hello Hard Rich Rich, Yeah that's you. Sorry, mandatory tight end, PPR great or Thomas Thomas. Yeah. I just had him as a bench five three minutes ago. So so yeah, this one, this one's I think pretty clear. I like how you had to tell Rich who he was. Yeah, that's you. Yeah, that is you, Rich, Dan. Your next Dan is not is listening and listening to the radio, which doesn't Jordan Howard or what he was. Just a bad connection. Yeah, I'm sorry, Dan, I'm sorry tweet us

at explosive output. I thought I thought I heard ourselves back at that. Sorry Dan, Dave, you're next. Yeah, Hi, thanks everything. That's your guys. Oh, thank you. I'm enjoying watching your bracket right now. I love it. Um I got for the fourth grade week the mar Jackson or Cameron the cat mutiny. Brian, are you gonna meet out again? No, I'm gonna go l Jacks just because of the shoulder

injured or the shoulder concerns with Newton's there's something. Hi, Trevor, You're next, Standard League, Ivory or McGuire, a right, I'd go McGuire, Yeah, I would do Jared that you are like uh standard league Coin or Howard against US Slackers because it's standard. I would take Howard in a cold weather Chicago game and let's see if he can get his way into the end zone. Bill, you're next on the fan. Hey, fellows, we are not penalized for turnovers

Jamis Winston or Derek Carr. Not. Anytime you're talking about Jamis Winston, you need to clarify it's Car in that matchup. I'm not trust and Winston in Baltimore, even with no penalty. I think the upside here might be Winston, though, especially if you're not penalized for turnovers against the Ravens. Come on, upset, Derek Car's got the Bengals upside fine, thank you. They issued Patrick Mahomes in this Kansas game and he just

threw a touchdown. Stand that's amazing. Brent, you're next. Hey, guys, hate to do this half point PPR. This is really ugly. But Gus Edwards or Tony Michelle, Um, I'm really down on I'm really down at Edwards and I I think Dixon is gonna is going to get the majority of the work. But that's very speculative. This is just my personal opinion brand, so I don't know that you should necessarily automatically do that. But if you're with me on this,

then we're taking Sony Michelle. It's r Beloved Meat Sauce, two co workers, and Tonio Brown or Adam Steeling because I need one of them to score more points, so one of my co workers doesn't have to write a thirty seven and a half bus right charges pointing at me because this is a conflict of interest. I think that's right exactly, because I am concerned that Miami will struggle mightily to score points. I'm going on Brown in the shootout meets us good luck Man, good Luck Sauce.

No Saturdays with Sauceday or else would have just walked into the studio and asked his question Wild versus Calgary coming up after this, Dan, thank you for calling back, and I'm sorry again about hanging up on you. That's all right. I was going with the soft j Jordan Howard or Elijah McGuire M half PPR. I think we're gonna go at the McGuire cat meal. Look what's happened. Look what's happened? Thank you? This Hey, it will be forgotten,

says no, that says this is not gonna stick. Jerry, you're next, that McGuire, Jerry, Yeah, PPPR League, Austin Hooper or Evan Ingram. Don't play Hooper, Yeah, don't play Ooper. You might not even right. We'll go Evan Ingram here and hope that without Odell they just throwed him that much more might be on. A good game might be, but what a disaster season for a guy that I thought was gonna be good. Yeah, I thought that injuries though, I didn't think he'd be Monty ballgood. Chris your next,

Raapert Evan Ingram? All right, it's great. We gave him the A grade. Gary, you're on the fan. Guys, I've tried to call a hundred times in this last two hours. Man enough you didn't get in that physic. I'm glad you got through. Gary. Thank you for don't hang out on him, Charch Yeah, don't hang out on Gary, and don't ask about three players. Yeah, don't blow it now. I'm I'm a mail carrier. Don't make me go. Uh

just a quarterback question. It's a big one. Hot Jah Matt Ryan or uh, Josh Allen says, guys, I don't like him here you don't Nope, Yeah, and I've listened, listened to all week Charch, that's all you said. If you don't like Matt Ryan all week, nervous you might die on the Josh Allen hill. That's the problem. I may, I may, Okay, Well, it's just I think if it's me, I'm taking Josh Allen. I don't know if it was you got Shane, you're up? Uh, Samuels, I can start

him a tight end or kittle cattle? How dare you? Yeah? I agreed you can kittle. There should be a rule that you can't ask about kittle on lightning ground. Pete your next, Elsha and Jeffrey or Chris Gotlin Scotwin's got a brutal matchup in Baltimore. Go to the wire man. All of our take a chance on me, guys. All of them are better. Churtis Samuel, who are you guys again? Robby Anderson, Me Anderson and west Field? Over those Let's come on, Nick Foles regular collar taco. Hello, Hey guys,

Uh non ppr lock it or boyd? I got lock it? Uh? Did you say it was non PPR, then unlock it. If it's PPR, then I would I'd go a different way, Megan, your next high Hi one point PPR? Do I do steel Ard digs Theling or Diggs? Is that is that we asked full PPR? If Xavian Howard doesn't go, Diggs as our guy against Tory mc tire, retire, retread. You pointed Brian on that. Brian, I think I think Howard's not going to go. I would take Diggs. Stevie are

last caller today? Hey, half point PPR Aaron Jones or kind of six H Jones. I'd still play Jones. Yeah, more guaranteed volume even in a brutal match. Good luck in the semifinals. Everybody, it's um you know it's Stewart. I well, thank you, thank you for a great season. I appreciate it. Scott Fish will be in your place for the big, the big final show of the year, Championship Week, Week number sixteen. If you miss any part of the show, check out the podcast cafe and fan

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