FFW Week 16 (Fantasy Championships)

of Fantasy Football Weekly. If you are listening now, it means you are two of ten, or two of twelve, or two of fourteen or two of twenty people left in your league. Congratulate you think there's nobody listening that is out, No, because you because you're better, and you give up although you could play daily fantish or you're playing fall that works. Yes, maybe they're just last two weeks, last two weeks. Don't Are we doing the auction game into the playoffs? I believe so, I think A right,

we wouldn't. Yeah, I hope so. Uh, you want to get the auction game in while you can, though it runs through the NFL season, So you want to do that? Uh. My co host today Brian Johnson, Scott Fish, Good morning, morning, Merry Christmas. Let's put a bow on this baby. Yeah, let's unwrap some championship gifts. So let's unwrap some hardware for our listeners Championship week. You know who won't be, uh, who won't be helping out our fantasy owners, Todd Gurley.

It's he might, but he might not, and you're not gonna know. And here's the the really bad part with Gurley is it's a late game start, late afternoon starts. So now the problem is for to put this in Central time uh time zone, You're gonna have to make decisions by twelve o'clock noon, not knowing in all probability if Todd Gurley is going to play against the worst

run defense in the NFL. And that magnet that that all gets magnified by the fact that there's not a lot of clarity behind Todd Gurley where the team has been I think trying to mask their true plans for what they what they want to do if Todd Gurley can't go. So let's start the show, and we've got sixteen matchups to do it. There's no Thursday game. We gotta get through every matchup. We gotta take calls, Ben, Chris, Matt, Tommy, Ellie and Greg. We already have got full phone money.

We have a lot to get to. But let's talk about Girly because this is so important to so many people. I believe if you have another viable starter in the noon games, you can't start Girly obviously. If you've got a viable start in a later game, then you can wait and find out if Gurley's in or not. And if you do, put Girley in your flex, not in your running backs. Yeah, very great, it's a great point. Put him in your flex. You could x in a wide receiver if you needed to, So don't be a

end warm. Yes, even if doesn't play, he's probably better than most head ends here. Well that is that that might be true. The tight end landscape is so bad. So you guys with me that, given what we know right now Saturday morning, and I don't think we're gonna know anymore because I think they're playing coy, you can't start Todd Todd Gurley based on on on what it looks like right now. If you have another quasi startable player like somebody and maybe my top thirty of my

rankings on fanball. You with me on this, absolutely, okay, all right, so let's play it one step deeper. Now you are a John Kelly owner and you've got to make a decision. You've got to make another similar decision. Do you try John Kelly? Now? I think this is I think this is a far more difficult decision. Here's why. Even if Gurley goes, Kelly's still going to have a role.

Eight different back up runners had Fantasy significant games backups against the Cardinals because they're so bad against the run. Kelly has a degree of safety that you don't have with Todd Gurley. What do you guys do about John Kelly. Well, we're gonna get into this matchup later, of course. But c J. Anderson is a thing now, and they say they want to give him a look, get him up to speed on the plays one of the playoffs. I don't know, but I think Kelly, you can start with confidence,

at least at the flexi level. John Kelly got every first team snap this week pretty much. Yes, so c J. Anderson has been on the team for five days, Illuzzes on Kelly, you know, two different teams this year on his third team. Who does when the past It's one thing to teach him a handful of plays for running. He can't be on the field on passing plays very much at all, even though he's a decent pass blocker. He can't know all the You can't know all the assignments.

You can't know all the blitz pickups when you've been on the team for four days. That stuff is out. I am not listening to the c J. Anderson steam. Yeah, I'm only on Kelly. I'm not going to argue that at all. All right, good, let's move on to the

matchups because we have so much to get to. We begin with Cincinnati taking on the Cleveland Brown Scott It's Joe Mixon has been fantastic, but I don't and but Tyler Boyd is out, and I'm worried that the whole defensive game plan for Cleveland, who just shut down Philip lindsay it's going to be to stop Joe Mixon and

win the game. That that could be true. I mean, this is a game where both Mixing and Chubb had a hunt and twenty plus total yards each then the last time they played, which is pretty rare for both running backs to have great games. But honestly, I don't like anything in the passing game here. I just don't with boyd out Ross is your little dart throw thing. I don't even think he can get it done. Uh Uzoma.

He had thirteen targets against the Browns a few weeks ago, and the Browns ever allowed double digit fantasy days to Jared Coke, O j Howard, Travis Kelsey, Austin Hooper, Jordan Thomas into a bunch of players. So I gave it Uzoma just like a kind of a C grade. I don't even like it. But in the tonight end landscape nowadays, yeah you might have to, and it's an okay matchup for him, But I'm not starting Drisk, I'm not starting the wide receivers, and I know what you said about mixing.

I'm still giving him an A grade here because he's averaging over thirty touches a game over the last two and he's going to need that this week for them to have, so at that kind of volume, I'm giving him an A grade. All four running backs with at least twenty touches against the Browns hundred fifteen plus total yards and three of those four were over a hundred fifty total yards. So I I still have an A grade on mixing. I think I have in my top six or seven running backs this week. I'm I'm more

nervous about mixing than you are. But we'll we'll find out. And he's been great. Yeah, I'm curious where you haven't ranked now, But let's let's go to the Browns while you okay uh on the brown outside. Mayfield gets his second revenge game against Hugh Jackson. If you remember a few weeks ago, he had two hundred and fifty yards

and four touchdowns. Since then, his numbers have dropped a little little in the Bengals held down Keenum and rivers and cars, so that expectations should be a little tempered, but he does have multiple touchdowns in six of the last eight. I gave kind of a week B grade here to Baker Mayfield, but I don't love Landry or callaway. Landry is so boom or bust right now. He felt a hundred day up with a fifty plus day and then a thirty seven yard game, and since who Hugh left.

He's been all over the map. Really, Uh. I have a bench grade on Landry, believe it or not, a bench grade on Callaway as well. And I like Gallowey, do you man, he's so inconsistent Goose Just two weeks ago he had a Goose. That's he's he's he's a Antonio Callaway is a boom or bust, all or nothing guy. And it feels like against Cincinnati, this could this could be.

And by the way, he's fresh off a career high five catch performance last week, right, so you know he's trending short term, trending one game short term, that's right. I like him as I like him. It's a dark dark and I like is what's this fan ball price? Antonio Callaway? Thank you? Maybe I just don't have the cojones to drop him into my championship game line. His

price is uh, David and Joeku. I have a C grade on because I think he's going to do better than that, and every time I give him a higher grade, he does nothing. So he had five or sixty three and a touchdown last time against Cincinnati, and that if you remember that sweet crowd surfey and touchdown. He had basically in that game. The Bengals of a lot of five tight end touchdowns in the last eight weeks and over sixty yards to tight ends in five of those

eight games. I actually like him better than to see, but I'm given to see just because I think he'll do better and I want to be scored in that game too. And Nick Chubb, I want to say it's just an obvious a but maybe he's not to some. But hundred twenty eight and two touchdowns last time. Since Hyde left, he's averaging a hundred four total yards per game, and he scored eight touchdowns in those eight games. He's just an every week start now, So a grade on Chubb.

I love Nick Chubbs my number three running back this week. That's three. We're talking on the earlier show. That's about where I have him. He's gonna go off. He's sitting on a monster game, Nick Child. Love him. This week Atlanta taking on Carolina. Carolina is gonna be with without its starting quarterback. Tyler Heineke will be your starter. Yeah, yeah, Atlanta, Let's start with the Atlanta side of the matchup. Though, I think they're gonna breeze through this game win handily

and I see a lot of points coming. You see it the same way pretty much. Uh, We'll start with Tevin Coleman, with Judge Edo Smith on I R now Avonta Freeman not coming back, Coleman's in line for some bell cow usage in this game, and then with Cam on the shelf. This game script look looks like it's gonna heavily favor the running game for the Falcons. So even though it's kind of a tough matchup on paper, Tevin Coleman's gotta get an a grade this week, especially

with all the injuries at running back. He's he's in line for twenty touches minimum in this game, So I'm giving Coleman an a coming off the big game. You actually had a big game in the first meeting way back in Week two, over a hundred yards on six point seven yards per carry. Julio Jones listen as a game time decision right now. A little nervous about that, but he's expected to play with ribbon hip injuries obvious a there. If he's active, you're starting him forever. Reason

he sits, that's the only reason. Calvin Ridley or Mohammed's Sanu become viable. But if Julio is active, they're both on the bench. Especially Ridley hasn't scored since mid October. Is a disappointment he's been after the crazy hot start. I really thought he was heading for like a bonkers rookie year. I will say his snaps in those hot star games like he was not playing very many snaps, so it was a little bit flukey. I kind of like Sannu against Captain Munderland in the slot. Manolin has

been bad. Yeah, the ceiling, he's got a safe floor, but there's no no exciting ceiling with Sanu. But if you're desperate, I could see Sannu as a dart throw take on type receiver. Definitely like him more than Ridley in this game. Austin Hooper not liking him a whole lot. Served up a zero burger last week. Dropped a touchdown which wasn't even a real target, was off a broken play.

He's dinged up the Panthers on but the season looks soft against tight ends, but they hadn't conceded to tell didn't touchdown in five straight games and no tight end. I said forty yards during that span. The forty yard mark Hooper did have five catches for fifty nine yards and a touchdown in the first meeting, but I almost would look else where. Odds are you're not contemplating starting Hooper, but I'll give him a see if he suited up

and teamed healthy. And then Matt Ryan just obviously last week's top scoring quarterback, top five quarterback on the season, You're starting him in this game. And I'm gonna cut to the chase with Carolina. The only player worth mentioning now is Christian McCaffrey's nobody else. I'm not going d J. Moore of Chritis Samuel with heine Key and uh No, Christian McCaffrey. Caroline has packed it in, but he has milestones to hit. I think his four team catches shot

of the receiving record for running backs. He got snubbed for the Pro Bowl to guys usually and it's the Falcons. It's Christian McCaffrey against the Falcons scene that gives up the most receptions to running backs and has for four straight years. So let's just give him the old fantasy Fonzie at it. I love it. Uh Tonight's game Baltimore taking on the chart jurors on the Baltimore side, Lamar

Jackson a fascinating matchup here. Now you already know that the rushing line basically reads like a running back averaging seventeen carries for eighty six yards. He's Chris Carson playing he is He's Chris Carson playing running back or playing quarterback, and you're gonna need all of those rushing yards because he's not gonna pass on the Chargers elite pass defense.

Los Angeles just put Patrick Mahomes and his passing abilities on his worst performance of the year, and Lamar Jackson's fractionally as good a patcher a passer as Patrick Mahomes. So it's all about the legs here. So what are you gonna get from Lamar Jackson's legs? Chargers having a lot of rushing touchdown in twenty games twenty that is a lot of a few and so that is going

to make things tough on Lamar Jackson. I've got him as a B start because the rushing numbers give him a very safe floor, but I don't think he's got the explosive upside that you want from Lamar Jackson. I want to see like a quarterback Jamal Charles, remember when he had twenty rushing yards and a hundred fifty receiving. Honestly passing yards and rushing, we might get that. Gus Edwards gets a B grade here. Uh, you know, he is somewhat touchdown dependent here, but I think there's a

good chance he does score. Charges have allowed eight rushing touchdowns to backs in their last five games. They've also allowed almost five yards to carry to running backs over the last eight games. Gus Edwards good start. Kenne Dickson even gets into this mix a bit here as well, with a C grade Los Angeles. As I mentioned, they've given up all those rushing touchdowns, all those yards per carry. Gus got more work, he got more carries last week,

but Dixon had more snaps last week. So this thing could be a little closer to fifty fifty, and I think you can still start Dixon in a pinch. Let's go to the Chargers side. Melvin Gordon goes right back to being in A grade, even though he's got a tough matchup with the Ravens defense allowing the fourth fewest rushing attempts in the third fewest rushing yards per game.

They have been a little more vulnerable lately though, giving up eighty eight rush yards and a touchdown per game to Peyton Barber and the Chiefs Committee of running back. So there's you know, there's still some safety here, and Melvin Gordon was great all year. We're gonna keep starting in with an A grade. Keenan Allen's expected to play through his hip injury, but uh, he's gonna sleep. See slot cornerback Brandon Carr in coverage, who's allowed over thirty

two yards just once in his last five games. That is a tough matchup for Keenan Allen. He's surrendered no scores all year out of the slot. That's again, tough matchup for Keenan Allen, who I'm putting a B grade on out of respect for Keenan Allen, but he's probably in reality closer to a seat. Mike Williams was an unexpected here last week. Zero chance of a repeat this week. Uh, that is, it's not happening against a great Baltimore defense that hasn't allowed a score to a wide receiver in

four straight games. So I've got I've got a wobbly SED grade here on Mike Williams. I don't love him, and I still think you're you're reaching if you try to chase last week's box score. No great on Hunter Henry this week, not yet, not yet, But I'll tell you what flash forward the next year. So August, I think we are August four, third August of next year. Hunt is Hunter Henry a second round heick. I think he's gonna go. I think his average draft position is

going to be round two. That's how high Hunter Henry is gonna go. Next year. The Year of the tight End, the year is it's gonna be all It's gonna be all tight ends all the time. And those that or that's gonna be our big talking point in our on our silver anniversary shows when we come back, take a chance on me. Even though it's the championship week. Look at all the problems that running back people have. Look at all the brutally tough matchups for quarterbacks out there.

We will help you find good matchups, even for those of you in the championship week. Take a chance on me. Coming up next, this is Fantasy Football Weekly Green Bell Premium on the van. If you change, take the final show of the year Final'll take a chance on me. Of the year, Paul Charchi and Brian Johnson, Scott Fish. These are nine players not normally you're starting lineup, and even in a championship week, you can start these guys

in many cases. Um and Uh. In particular, I think all three of the running backs you're gonna hear about startable for many of you with all of the running back problems. Um that all the people have limped into the championship game with these running back issues. These are guys that are gonna help. But we're gonna start the quarterback position, and Brian Johnson, I'm gonna go with Sam Donald. Or if Mike Francesco was called us calling this, you'd

call him Sam Donald. But Sam Donald at home Bruce's Green Bay. Donald understandably struggled in his first game back from injury at Buffalo, but I looked very good at home against the Texans last week, which was a tough, tough matchup. This is not a tough matchup considering Green Bay's decimated by injury. They have allowed multiple touchdown passes in four of their last five games. The only one failed to do it was Josh Rosen. Uh. That's because

the Cardinals actually dominated that gamemall control. So I'm liking Stamp Donald this week. You might outscore Aaron Rodgers. Okay, I don't like going second. Just why? I don't know why I go third? Is it better to go third? I have no idea. Uh So, my my guys, Dak Prescott. UH had a weird week with Dak Prescott. At first, I thought it was a good matchup. Then I thought over the last half season, nine games, whatever they're average, they're allowing the Bucks are allowing two yards and one

point three touchdowns, even a vastly improved secondary. Right, But in that span there are road games, multiple touchdowns to three of them. And if you look at their road games this year, they're allowing an average of thirty seven points per game on the road. All Right, Six of the seven teams thirty four or more points. And if the Cowboys scored twenty five points, they will be the worst road team in NFL history by points allowed, by

points allowed. All right, Um, and the Bucks in road games they're allowing an average of three hundred yards or three yards and two points seven touchdowns against. I really have started to like Dak Prescott this week. All right, let's go to UH let's go to Marcus Mariota. I hope Mariota, I hope most of you don't have to go this far down the down the list, really, but uh, if you throw out the Redskins domination of Cody Kessler and the Jaguars and feel free because Kessler is not requisite,

I'm got starting quarterback. Five of the last six quarterbacks have faced the Redskins have all posted big games, including three or four touchdowns, and half of the last six. I'm also throwing out Marcus Mariotta's Mayor Mariota's last two games because he handed off to Derrick Henry fifty times. That probably doesn't happen. I just think everything corrects back to the middle here. Mariota's arm might just light up Washington,

and maybe if his arm doesn't, his legs might. Kessler just ran for sixty eight yards against Washington, and mobile quarterbacks have fared well against the Redskins. It's a dark throw, for sure, and I hope you don't need him, but Marcus Mariota a plausible play. Let's go to the running back position. I'm gonna stay in Jersey and go with the Packers. Jamal Williams at the Jets. Uh limited this week with a toe injury, but don't be concerned with

that at all. He'll be full go on Sunday and basically he's in line for bell call work as well with Aaron Jones on. I are the Jets have shut down the Texans and Bills in recent weeks, but I'm not reading into that too much. Randall Cobb also doubtful for this game, so the Packers are short on pass catchers. So Jamal Williams, you can start with confidence this week. Yeah, all right, great, agreed? Running back position, Yes, all right.

I have this weird guy. We just talked about John Kelly. Uh. During the break, we're watching a little bit of John Kelly Porne, some stiff arms from college and whatnot, just just devastating players. His stiff arms are so devastating. But this is a great spot for him. The Cardinals have allowed the most rushing attempts, most rushing yards, and the most rushing touchdowns this year, not to mention over the last five games five point two yards per carry. I'm

with charge. I think it's a John Kelly day. I think it is too. Elijah McGuire's you're starting running back for the Jets, and he has been for two weeks when he's seen twenty touches per game, and he gets a juicy matchup with Green Bay. This is the same Green may defense that Jordan Howard just rumbled through last week. Week for that, Atlanta put up five yards per carry from their backfield. Week for that, Chase Edmunds, Remember Chase

Edmunds carving up the uh the Packers. And if that's not enough, Packers just put their second defensive tackle on I R. Kenny Clark, who joins Mike Daniels on injured reserve Elijah A. Choir is a shockingly safe play this week. Let's go to the wide receiver position. Bryan, let me peacock really quick. Mcguires might take a chance on me running back last week, but I like you piggybacking on that. Im all right. We're going deep deep here at wide

receiver with Isaiah McKenzie of the Buffalo Bills. That is deep leads the team and target over the last two weeks and has five carries for twenty six yards as well. Runs out of the slot for the Bills, and the Patriots are very susceptible to slot receivers. Allowing six yards per game in the seam and the Bills should be chasing points. You expect Belichick to shut down Josh Allen's legs. I see him looking Mackenzie's waist seven or eight times in this game, and he has a PPR upside. M hmm.

I'm going with Blake Jarwin in that game where you need to explain who Blake Jarwin is. That's that's sad that I really do. But big Blake Jarwin is a tight end for the Dallas Cowboys. Um they play the box. It's been a tight end wasteland. So I like this. Jarwin has seven targets in each of the last two games and nine different targets have had five nine different tight ends about five targets against the Bucks this year, and all but one had double digit a Fantasy day.

I like Darwin and what I think is going to be a decently high scoring game. I mean they they've allowed the fourth most receptions and fourth fifth most yards to tight ends this year. Remember da Marius Thomas when he was a guy, Yeah, and he's a thing now. He's fresh off a six catch, eight target performance, both of those career highs with his new team the Texans. Kiki Cutie's out, He's going to continue to get a

lot of volume. And he goes up against an Eagle secondary that is dead last in yards and dead last in receptions allowed to wide receivers, and they just ruled out starting cornerback Sydney Jones with a hamstring problem. What meager resources Philadelphia has will be pushed to DeAndre Hopkins side of the field. So it's gonna be primo matchups all game long. For to Marius Thomas, I really like him this week. That's a I think that is a very strong take a chance on me, play a little

bit of house house cleaning. I failed to mention Philip Rivers entirely in my in my in my breakdown of the Chargers, and maybe it's because I wanted to forget because it is not a friendly matchup at all. Now. Rivers has to touchdowns in every game and multiple touchdowns in every game but one. But this is the toughest matchup of his year. He faces the NFL's best past defense.

He's got to do it with a hobbled Keenan Allen and Baltimore completely shut down Jamis Winston last week four of the fat past five opposing corner of court start over. Four of the past five opposing quarterbacks have failed to top even two hundred eleven passing yards against the Ravens. A C grade on Philip Rivers um the waiver wire may be more helpful to you than what Philip Rivers is going to produce. We haven't talked about some of

these guys, but we will. With the big name quarterbacks, Rivers, Brady, Breeze, Oh it's bad. It's I've never recalled the scarier Championship week with the big name quarterbacks like this. Totally agree. Brady's Brady right now is at seventeen, Rivers is at fifteen, Breeze is a thirteen, Rogers is at eleven. It's you know, none, none of those guys inside the top ten. And these are the guys you thought you'd start every week and

never have to think wise about. Yeah, it's it's a weird week where guys like car and Keenaman Prescott, I'm actually considering with or above some of those guys exactly. Let's let's work in one more matchup into the segment, Tampa Bay taking on Dallas Scott and I don't like any any players for Tampa Bay in this matchup, and I think Mike Evans is the only startable player. What do you got that? That's pretty much where I am because Brad is so touchdown dependent given the tight end

waste Land probably gave. I gave him a C grade, but he's so dependent on that. Barbara, I also gave a C grade, but I really considered benching. It's only because he always he gets fifteen touches every day game and he's scored in like four of the last five, so he actually runs hard from that offense. He does the Cowboys having allowed to runner over sixty five yards since Week seven, So it is it's a C grade on volume and hope for a touchdown and barely. But

you're you're right about everything else. I have Winston on the bench. The Cowboys since that Saints game, are just crushing quarterbacks. And Mike Evans he leads the NFL and hunrew yard receiving games, and he's right now on a career high ACE with eighteen yards per carry, which is per catch, which is which gives him. I gave him a low B grade. Honestly, it is a homecoming game. I believe from Mike Evans. Correct. I believe he's a

Texas guy. He went to Texas Tech. M yeah, he went to A and M wait, I'm really thinking about that. I think he did. Yeah, that's right, because he was Manzell's he was bailing out Johnny Manzel, making Manzel look like an NFL caliber quarterback. On the other side the Cowboys, I gave Dak Prescott a B grade. He was my takeom. By the way, I didn't mention this every quarterback on the road to face to face the box twenty plus

fantasy points, every single one on the road. Uh Amari Cooper I gave a B grade because that um, he crushed it for He's crushed at the four out of the five weeks since during the Cowboys and disappeared last week. I know that it was a tough game and not his fault. Though the Colts have only allowed one top twelve performance from a wide receiver all year, so Mari was gonna get, you know, a little ding that week.

But but since during the Howboys, he's been awesome. UM. Of the eleven receivers that had seven or more targets against Tampa Bay this year, nine had seventy five yards and more in sixth scored. I gotta be grade on him. Already talked about Jarwin is gonna take a chance on me? Guy and Zeke I have is my number one running back this week? I think it's a clear cut obvious A yeah, that's all. We'll take a break when we come back. Buffalo taking on New England. This is such

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like the sound of that. We should celebrate, except you know what I have to do Washington Redskins pregame radio after the show. Well you need, I might need. You know it's weird right from this to go to Redskins Pregame what. Yeah, weird, very weird. Let's let's jump into a couple of matchups and Buffalo taking on New England. We know the Buffalo sides is a little more obvious Patriots side. I can't wait to hear what you have

to say, Brian, because this is a nasty matchup. I like kind of like the Buffalo side better in general. Starting with Robert Foster Fish's boy uh nine plus yards and four of his last five games over the last four weeks, he's averaging it insane twenty four yards per catch, which is by far and away first among wide receivers with double digit catches during that span. Uh, he's getting a B from me. I like him in this matchup a lot. Not like Zay Jones. He has struggled since

moving to the outside. He's on the bench. But I do like Isaiah McKenzie as might take a chance of me wide receiver might play a little running back in this game because they're all banged up. Uh. Speaking of Shady, McCoy says he's gonna play. Can't do it. He's on the bench and making matters where for of him. Josh Allen has thrown to his running backs just eleven times in the last four games. So uh, the PPR aspect

is not there for Shady. So he didn't get you to the championship, so you're not gonna play him in the championship. As for Josh Allen. He's gotten a lot of people to the championship and highest scoring fantasy quarterback for the sense he returned from injury four weeks ago. Nobody's outscard Josh Allen over the last four weeks QB one. Like he just said um on paper. The Yeah, the

Patriots don't give up a ton to rushing quarterbacks. But the five true comparable rushing quarterbacks they faced the Shawn Watson, Blake Portles, Patrick Mahomes, Marcus Mariotta, and Mitch Dubisky combined for carries and a hundred eighty six yards. That's about still only like, yeah, like eight carries and I don't know, like forty yards, but if you get one touchdown. But right, but if each each of those got Trubisky had six carries, if he gets seven to eight carries, Allen will do

stuff with his legs. Everyone says, you know, belloffs to take that away. I would play Josh Allen over Tom Brady in this game. But so I'm giving Allen a B. Now, speaking of the Patriots, we can start with Brady. I can't give him to see uh three four yards and zero touchdowns in the week eight. Uh matchup between these two teams, and that was on forty five pass attempts. Since then, Buffalo is yielding under twenty six pass attempts

per game. And here the touchdown totals since then in each game one zero, one, three to Ryan Tannehills somehow one one. They've given up zero or one touchdowns the Bills have in ten of the last twelve. You're looking at in all probability zero or one to Brady, who, by the way, terrible. It's track record. It's the Bills is bad. It's not like you think you go dominate the Bills every time they met and he doesn't. It's weird can saying how good record is. Yeah, that's true.

So yeah, Brady gets a soft sea here. Uh not a slam dunk start by any means. I can't fall at you for starting them, but I would honestly look elsewhere. Uh. Speaking of Gronk, I'm gonna give him a b even though he's looked pretty old lately. But that's based on the talent pool in the tight end. Waste Land historically has destroyed Buffalo. Being a Buffalo native and all but just had three catches for forty three yards in the

first meeting. I just referenced uh. Since then, no tight end as top forty three yards, grons forty three yards and on the whole season, fifty five yards is the most yards opposing. It's a bad game for Gronk. He gets to be uh, Julian Edelman safe be here with her. Without Josh Gordon, he was gonna get a be He's a lot for at least eight targets in this game.

And the Bills have surrendered four wide receivers four wide receiver touchdowns over the last three and Edelman had nine for one of four in the first meeting, So he's a safe play. Chris Hogan is not. I'm not going there, even with Josh Gordon no longer on the team. Just no, oh, I gotta talk runn backs with quick. Sony Michelle has disappointing down the stretch, yet hasn't topped sixty three yards or scored in the last three weeks. James Devlin and

Rex burkhead clearly culture threats. The Bills are ranked nine against the run by Football Outsiders and since Week eight, only one opposing running back has top sixty yards, but they have given up the second most rushing touchdowns. They've even up three in the past two games. But again you can't count on those going to the you can't. So he's he's a very soft Sea as well, and so is James White in PPR. He's clearly a bench

in standard. Uh. New England is nine in one when White gets at least nine touches, and he does better at home, So there's hope here. He's the only one who had any success against Buffalo practically as a running back. Ten catches for seventy nine yards and he ran a touchdown in in the first week. Figure, but do not expect that to happen again. Uh, he's a cn PPR at best. Yeah, that's it for James White. Let's go

to Washington, Tennessee and this will not take long. The whole Washington passing games on the bench behind Josh Johnson. No elaboration required there. Let's go to Adrian Peterson. I've got the softest of Sea grades on him. Tennessee is completely shut. They completely shut down Leonard four Nette and say Kwon Barkley and back to back weeks. That's it.

I mean, I could really just stop there. They have in recent recent history, though giving up big games of Lamar Miller and Isaiah Crowwell, so you know, maybe there's an angle for Peterson if there's one touchdown to be had, he's the probable guy. But I can't even tell you there's one touchdown coming from this Washington offense. So the softest of Sea grades on Adrian, I hope you don't have to use him. Let's go to the Tennessee side, where Derrick Henry is locked in as an A. The

Redskins have been trampled by opposing running backs lately. Over their last five games, they're giving up over five yards per carry, and big volume backs like Lamar Miller and Ezekiel Elliott and Sae Kwon Barkley have averaged one d twenty six rushing yards alone over that span. Derrick Henry's the definition of volume lately at with fifty touches the last two games. So an A grade for Derrick Henry,

a B grade for Corey Davis. The Redskins secondary didn't allow a touchdown to Jacksonville's receivers last week, but they gave up because Jacksonville doesn't can't pass. But they gave up a ridiculous seven scores to wide receivers in the three prior games. Uh, Corey Davis primarily lines up on the left side of the field, where he'll face cornerback Fabian Moreau, who they was. So he was terrible as a slot corners, they're trying him on the outside. He's

bad there too. He's surrendered at least one hundred yards and two of his last six outings in his coverage. That's not good. So Cory Davis gets a B and Marcus Mariota was might take a chance on me quarterback. Let's squeeze in another matchup, maybe even two. Their their brisk like this one, and it might be Jacksonville taking on Miami. There's no Jacksonville players outside of Leonard four Net right, Yeah, normally we go side to side like

Jacksonville in Miami. I'm just gonna say the Jacksonville and Miami passing games are all on the bench. For all of them. Kessler's averaging a hundred forty nine yards per game, and the Jacksonville defense is number one against wide receivers and held seven quarterbacks under two hundred this year. They're all on the bench. So let's go to the running backs. What do you think about four next. He's been bad,

he's and it's such a good match out. He is completely off the injury report now after after dealing with his twenty seventh lower leg injury. Since during the league, the Dolphins surrending the second most rush attempts, the third most rushing yards, and a running back has topped ten total yards against the Miami Dolphins nine times this season, so nine times. I have a B grade on Leonard four nett uh. And then on the other side, Kitlin Blage the Belage Barrage coming, as they like to joke,

I have a C grade on him. It's a top five d against fantasy running backs. But the Jags, they are just not tackling. They've given up. You could see it in that there's so much quit and I honestly think Bellage is gonna take all of those Gore twelve to fifteen carries and maybe then some. It's volume, energy, EGS team that's given up. I'm giving him a C grade. This is the first game in NFL history without an over under, I believe, just kidding, big, don't even bother.

It's actually the lowest of the week at thirty eight point five. Alright, final matchup of this segment, Houston taking on Philadelphia. I already gave you to Marrius Thomas is might take a chance, I mean wide receiver. I like this passing game. What do you think about Deshaun Watson, Brian Well. Volume has been the issue with Lotson when it comes to pass it. But Philly is getting passed on copiously, copiously, great words. So Watson just simply he gets a B. He's got d T or take a

chance to me wide receiver of course. Deane Hopkins, who gets an A. I don't care if they roll quadruple coverage on Hopkins. He's a slam dunk start, of course. And Lamar Miller burned a lot of people last week, me being one of them. Not not his fault, but uh appears he will return from that ankle injury in a very very meaty matchup, so you have, let's hope, so he has a game time decision, he's questionable. I definitely wanna you want to monitor that, and I grab

Alfred Blue if you can. But whoever gets the start gets to be Uh. The Eagles have loud the most fantasy points are running backs for the last six weeks, giving up nearly one eighty yards two touchdowns per game to the position. So if now I think the best case scenario is for fantasy at least Lamar Millard is inactive and then Alfred Blue just houses all that work and he turns into potentially a top ten running back

in that scenario, yep, I agree. But I bet you Miller plays in this game, and it's gonna muddy those waters. But if if he goes, I think you gotta you gotta give Miller at least the flexi level play uh over to Philly. Not a ton to say I got Josh Adams on the bench. Houston allows only sixty six rushing yards per game on three point two yards per carried to oppose backs, and Wendell Smallwood was way too much of a factor last week. So Josh Adams cannot

be trusted. Zach Ertz can definitely be trusted. He's an obvious a and this is a great matchup for him. Houston has allowed tight end touchdowns and seven of their last eight and UH over eighty yards per game during that span to the to the position, So you gotta love Zach Or It's even without Carson Wentz and uh alshon Jeffrey last week's wide receiver one uh number ones that fared well against Houston, as evidence by my take a chance on me wide receiver last week, Robby Anderson.

Can we get that peak? Oh? I was, I was already headed that way alright, So alexand Jeffrey, I'm gonna give an a. H He and Nick Foles make sweet music together. So I'm giving Jeffrey the A. But you're not. You're not starting Golden Tate in the championship week. And I'm still not going with Nick Foles, even though I like he can be. I'll get foals to see, just because I love Arts and Jeffrey so much. This week he gotta like fold a little bit. I'll give him

a see. I agree with that, and but that's more of like two quarterback play take a chance on the type of play. Yeah, I don't think anybody needs to start falls now champiship week unless you're in that quarterback flex. But a very nice daily option as well. Yes, that is true where you'd want to play, not the other famble. Hello Ellie, Hello, thank you for calling in. How can we help you? Okay, So I'm in a championship around with my uncle, Big Bad Chad, and I have two

questions regarding my quarterback. In my tight end. From my quarterback, I could start Jack Attack Prescott or Russell the Mussell Wilson, or I could pick up Jared dot Off. What should I do if she needs to be on the show? Now, I know you need your own show. I think I love it. I have Wilson easily the highest of those three. Yeah, he's my number two quarterback this week. We love Russell Wilson, Big Bad Chad's going down, great chief snatch up. Okay. For my tight end, I could do of Ingram or

jim jim Graham. What do you recommend that I love? I love these uh these nicknames. Oh it's it was more Jimmy Graham. Yeah, Jimmy Graham's giving us nothing. And you know the you know, the broken thumb hasn't helped him catch any better either. You're in Wisconsin, you know all about the troubles that you're having with Jimmy Graham over there. Yes, Jimmy, jim Jimmy Ellie, thank you for calling in. Don't be a stranger. We'll talk to you next year. Okay, okay, Steal, thank you. Yeah, she's a

poet and she knows it. I like it. Matt, say good morning guys. See before I get to my two questions, because it's not lightening around. Thanks for another great season. Thank you, Matt. Saturday, Next Saturday. I always feel that void and that first Saturday when you guys out there and I'm already looking forward to mid August. Outstanding. Thank you very much. Oh you bet guy. Um luck for Matt Ryan my first question. Okay, I've got him three

and four. I love him. I lean luck just because I think the Panthers are probably gonna struggle to score this one. I'm gonna lean luck. Why does that help? Why does that hurt Ryan? If? I don't know. If Ryan's the volumes will be there, I don't know. I feel more of a runfriendly script for the Falcons of this game, where the Giants could still manage to score more. I don't know. I'm just gonna lean look. I just like look more in this one. I have luck in

there now, so I'll keep it that way. Okay, next one, um, Okay, if I have to sit girly, I've got mixing along with him, Tariko and is my flex if I gotta sit Girly. Mike Kelly is available, I believe, or I could throw mark Ingram in there. So I think I'm okay, you're lucky. Go ahead. I'm starting to lean toward towards benching Girly. So what do you guys think? I was just gonna say you're lucky that besides mixing, all of those are late games, so you don't have to decide

till the You know, that's a huge advantage. Go get Kelly right the second. I was gonna say, get Kelly, because if Gurley doesn't go and you're gonna probably maybe know at that game time decision, Kelly might be the guy to play and it's not a good matchup for Ingram. We'll get to that later. But know Ingram is not in this discussion. I'm mixing and co are oh yeah, without but I think you go get Girly and you're playing over alright, go get killed playing over Girly. What

luck that Ingram? You know Cohen and Kelly games? No kidding, thank you appreciate it. Yeah, we're gonna work in one more call. We're doing. We're consider we have sixteen matchups to get there. We're doing great. I love that. On time, I mean, hello, Ben, credit me, Hey guys from work. Merry Christmas everyone, you guys, thank you appreciate it. I'm gonna do this and if I have more time, I'll ask the actual question. Give me a scenario, because you

guys are the gods of fancy football. Scenario is this week four team, the commissioner is still in the playoffs. The other guy, the other owner, offers me this trade, offers me three Cohen for Tyler Boyd. I wait twenty four hours. This is Wednesday. I accepted. Thursday nights games play. Friday comes along again. Commissioner in the playoff decides to say, hey, guys, my bill of rights were set. The trade deadline was

set for week twelve, so no clusion. And then he reverses the trade, doesn't call me and lets things go. What's your guys? Overall two cents on that, Well, the trade deadline was twelve and you made a week fifteen trade right. System allowed it. Basically, it's the system allowed it, but the rules. Yeah. I think he did the right thing to do it. He just should have communicated it better. Yeah, yeahst better. Yeah, that's why I wasn't too much a stickler on it. But but I just wanted to kind

of get it. It is a bad beat. It sucks. Yeah, it's it's unfortunate, but yeah, it's you shouldn't let the fact that he didn't have a there was a wonky setting that, you know, stop you stop you guys from playing away. Everybody's agreed to play. Yeah, I was all right, guys, all right, what else you got? Alright? Really quick? I need two of four, one of which has to be a receiver. So I think it's Robbie Anderson or Calvin Ridley. Okay, that's what I thought. My flex Kalen Bellas or Damian Williams,

Wiam Williams non PPR both Still are you guys? Are awesome? Thank you, appreciate, good luck, Bye bye. Um, we'll take a break when we come back. Lots more matchups to get to and three hot questions. Can you go? Three? And O find out when we return for our number two of Championship Week Fantasy Football Weekly. This is Fantasy Football Weekly presented by Devannies on the San Tim had to Twitter follower Jeff Brumfield who alert to me that Lamar Miller has been ruled out and I had not

seen that. That news came down overnight and I had not seen it yet, and I've seen it anywhere else, but you know, doing going through Twitter, it's it's legit. He's not traveling with the team. Lamar Miller's out, Alfred Blue launches up the rankings, and I I think if you were to put a letter grade on Alfred Blue, it's probably in a grade considering the opportunity against the Philadelphia run defense that has been brutal for six weeks. To quote Will Ferrell in old school, you're my boy Blue,

You're my boy Blue. Um, he needed the money we need. I'm gonna have to make a sizeable adjustment on Alfred Blue right now. But he will probably move into top twelve, top twelve ish territory at the running back position phase on the opportunity. See, there's there's really a lot of this goes back to do the opposite, right, you know, And a lot of good running backs had good years. You know, say Kwon Barkley had a really nice year and he was consistent all season. Zeke was good all year.

But you know, sooner or later, most running backs end up doing this to you. And there's gonna be a team with Alfred Blue, Damian Williams, and John Kelly. That win there is and by Jamal Williams or Elijah McGuire. Right, that's the guy you're talking about. It's unbelievable. Hot question number one. Who should be pick number one on your cheat sheet when we do our first show next year on auguste, Brian, there's some steam. We've been talking tight ends.

I know Harrison said he's taken Kelsey one oh one. I kind of like that, but not enough over the big running backs. It's got to be a running back to me, and it's three guys, comes down three guys. It's Girly, McCaffrey and Barkley. But and I don't really know right now. I don't know, but I'm just in the history of the show, nobody's ever said, well, I don't know, I don't know right I know between those three, but I'm gonna go with McCaffrey just because he's going

to break the receiving reception record for running backs. And he's not only top five running back, he's a top twelve wide receiver if you just use his receiving numbers. And Barkley's close but there is Odell Beckham. There is some competition on that team for touches, not a ton on Carolina outside DJ more. So I'm gonna take CMC one dot zero one. Do you like that you're Kamara this year? And yeah, I see that. Uh, just for the listeners, McCaffrey is eight away with two games left

to break the reception record. Um, I will always say Kawan Barkley because mostly because it's tough to go Gurley three years in a row. That's just really tough to do. Just board him. No, it's just no. If Gurley ends up repeating as Fantasy champ here um, that'll be the first time it's happened two years in a row since before one. It's just really rare. And see to see a third I just don't know that I can see it.

And he's he gets less touches than Zeke and then Barkley and guys like that, so it's it's a lot of touchdowns. So I went Barkley, who has been top thirteen in all but two weeks, had a top thirteen performance in all but two weeks. He's twenty two. He's failed the top a hundred plus total yards just twice um, and the Rams offensive line oldest in the NFL. So

I'm gonna go with Barkley. What the heck? Uh? Needless to say, I'm not someone who demands that running backs be taken with the first overall pick, but it's a running back and it's Sae Kwon Barkley. Sa Kwan has the most upside next season since LaDainian Tomlinson, who posted that transcendental fantasy season in two thousand six when he had two thousand, three hundred total yards and thirty one touchdowns and two passing By the way we got that's

a great point and two passing touchdowns that year. Um. Barkley has that kind of upside in his game. And here's why. He's got the agility of Barry Sanders in Paris and I've never casually made for any other running back. He has that level of agility. He has the receiving ability of a Thurman Thomas he had or a Marshall Falk.

He has the explosiveness of an Eric Dickerson. Say Kwan Barkley is the most complete running back this league has seen since LaDainian Tomlinson, and he gives you that crazy, bonkers upside that nobody else can touch. Now, if you look ahead to next year, one way or another, that offensive line is gonna get better. It's probably the worst in the NFL. Probably gonna get better, god, I hope so.

And one way or another, his quarterback, whether it's Manning or somebody else, probably gets better by default because Manning has been about as bad as any starting quarterback in the NFL, and Barkley has still been awesome for fantasy owners. He doesn't get to play the Falcons in Bucks twice like McCaffrey doesn't. Well, but you know that was this year's Falcons and Bucks. Who knows next year? Right? Um?

You know, even though Pat Schermer frustrated some of us with Barkley's usage at various points this year, He's still already touched the ball three hundred times this season, So you sage is not going to be a problem. Sherman's a very good offensive mind, say Kwon Barkley should be the first pick on your cheat sheets when we're doing our shows next year. Hot question number two on next August cheat sheet. You see a theme here? Who should be higher? Juju Smith, Schuster or Antonio brown Man. This

is tough because Antonio Brown scores like crazy. But I'm maybe it's just the dynasty mindset coming in, But I'm gonna lean Juju here. Uh He's he's had a hundred yards and or a type stone in seventeen twenty eight games and through the first two years, he's fourth in receiving yards in the first two years of his career, fourth in the NFL history receiving yards, averaging nearly eight per game. Uh. Man, I like his upside and his potential, and Antonio Brown is coming up on thirty here, so

give me Juju. Yeah, we've had the mentality where you want to be a year early before a guy falls off, right, Antonio Brown might not fall off next year, but he's getting to that point where he's getting old. And Juju really closed the gap this year. And uh, I'd rather be off a guy you're early and be wrong rather than go and you know, invest the first round pick, second round pick on a thirty old wide receiver. So I'm just gonna go with the younger guy, and I

go Juju as well. I want to crackt he's thirty. He'll be thirty one next year. Okay, Antonio Brown when When I crafted the question, I thought the answer was gonna be Juju Smith Schuster, and then I started digging into it and decided it's not um. Eight of the top ten fantasy receivers this year have something in common. Guys of the top twenty have something in common. They're not slot receivers. Slot receivers all most always struggled to

consistently produce fantasy numbers and especially touchdowns. And that's the big difference here. Good slot receivers can turn into Jarvis Landry at a moment's notice. Remember, Jarvis Landry was an an elite scoring option just last year. Even Adam Feeling an excellent receiver having a borderline historic season this year, it's just wide receiver twenty three. Since the second half of the season, wide receiver twenty three digs his wide

receiver sixteen in that same time frame. Slot receivers aren't generally the elite guys that lead you to fantasy championships and the are the highest scoring receivers. It's the outside receivers. And I think I think Antonio Brown is still there's no reason to suggest he falls off a cliff next year at thirty one. He's got plenty of good years left and is still an elite receivers. Also double the outside receivers that there are slot receivers that hurt. That

helps a little. I don't think the ball off. I was just fully mitigating that risk. Vanni tot question number three. Now is the perfect time to work on twenty nineteen rule changes? Next year, rule changes. Well, everybody's still engage, all your owners are still in a fantasy football mindset, and the season still fresh. What's the one rule that every league should adopt for next year? Brian? And do you actually have an answer this time? Yes? Alright, always

answer right, the right answer both times. Uh. And I'll go three for three here saying I'm done with the head to head in the semifinals. I think just say you're standard four teams in the semifinals. Make it short and sweet. Top two scores advance of the championship, no head to head in the semifinals. That or let the number one seed picked their opponent. But I let's keep it simple and say everyone plays each other essentially in

the semifinals. Top two run four wild cards play to advance, Then the four two buys to wild cards play to advance. That's how you know how nearly all my league run. You're done, all right? Mine is. It's simple and it's easy, and it's just something everybody needs to do. Is have the sixth playoffs Bobby top points or or all player, whatever you want, but the top five. I know so many people really love the head to head and they're very passionate about that. Tough five still had to head.

Whatever you want there. But the last spot, get that best team in. Don't don't allow a bad beat totally. That's all of my league's last last and last last spot is goes to the highest scoring team, regardless of records. Get that team should get in. Ye absolutely, Jared, just throw something in with mine. Uh in the same vein of not screwing over like the best teams who get

you know, bouncing the playoffs one bad week. I like reserving some of the prize pool for best record or most points like smiles don't event yeah, and then the rest goes to the playoff. I'm cool with that. But the right answer is free agent blind bidding. It's the single most important thing. We're still talking about that, but we are. I know, more more than half of the league's don't use free agent blind bidding. Still, it is mandatory.

There's nothing more important than the equitable distribution of free agents throughout the season. The teams that are winning now, or the teams that are that have picked up Damian Williams and Alfred Blue and are working the waiver wire, the people who got Philip Lindsay early, who got George Kittle off the waiver wire, these are the teams that need to be rewarded. And if you can't do it any other way than free agent blind bidding, and it's

on wax now, you will now approve of zero dollar bids. Correct, I'm on, I'm I'm fifty one percent on zero dollar bit on it. It's it's narrow, but I'm I'm on it over one dollar free agent pickups. So that's a different that's whole different story. Correct answer free agent blind bidding. Honestly, I think we just gave people three good things. I think not doing head to head in the playoffs is

freaking cowardice. That's what it is. This is some bitter owners like well, I would have beat if I were in the other bracket, I would have won my game. Who part of the fun and drama of fantasy football is the bad beats and the head to head matchups. The a f C doesn't get to play the NFC just because the a f C has got an easier, harder matchup. It doesn't work that way. I just like the two best teams advancing each week. Yea, It just life doesn't work that way. I like the draw. I

don't know. There's a lot of meritocracy out there. Life works that way in a lot of scales where the best just rises to the top. Vikings take on the Detroit Lions and um so moving parts here, at least a little bit. We'll try. We'll do our best with what we can and based on what we know. Uh. One of the key moving parts, Snacks Harrison, the Lions run stuffing defensive lineman, may not play in this game.

He's shaping up as a game time decision. If he doesn't go, Dalvin Cook vaults from a B to an A. In the time since Snacks got there, they went from five and a half yards per carry down to four yards per carrying. Only two backs have scored rushing touchdowns since they acquired Snacks Harrison. But if he doesn't play, then again, Cook goes right to an A grade, otherwise a B grade. Obviously, Dalvin Cook coming off a season high nineteen carries in a lot of success in Steven

Kevin Stefanski's new system. Let's go to the passing game. B grade on Kirk Cousins. The last four quarterbacks to face the Lions have averaged a very modest two U or twenty yards in one touchdown, which is actually Kirk didn't even get to those numbers against um against the Lions last time they played, but that was without Stefan Digs in the game. Diggs makes a huge difference. He'll keep Darius Slay busy. Feeling should have a much better game because, uh, Darius Slay won't be able to go

on him out of the slot. So I still think Kirk ittt finds his way to a decent game here. I've got I've got B grades on both on both Diggs and Feeling. On the dig side, he does draw Darius Slay and that is a tough matchup. But frankly, Diggs is better that Darius Slay. And it's not like Slay is absolutely He's not Patrick Peterson, He's not Xavier Rhodes. He is not a stone cold, lockdown cornerback, So you

still start Diggs, you still start feeling. Lions did to hold theland to twenty two receiving yards in the other matchup, but again that was without Digs, so they double and tripled him for the whole game. He lines up against Nevin Lawson in the slot. That's a corner that has seated five or more receptions in four of the past six weeks. Kevin Kyle Rodolph goes to the bench. He hasn't scored in eleven games and has top forty one

yards just once in his last ten. The Lions haven't allowed more than forty tight end yards and they've given up only one tight end score in the past seven weeks. On the Lions side, the only starting grade player is Zack Center, and it's in part because Lindvall Joseph may not go. I mentioned moving parts here. He may not go in this game. And Eric Kendricks has been ruled out. And that's two guys right in the middle of the

Vikings defense. And here comes to the north south running style of Egan native Zach Zentner, who's actually averaged four and a half yards per carry. Not bad over the last two weeks. He has scored in each of those games, and callin blage. Even if you take away that's seventy five yard touchdown, he's still average four and a half yards per carry against the Vikings, so starting great of a sea on Zack Center the whole passing games on the bench, Matthew Stafford is missing his number one and

number two wide receivers. The Vikings are elite against the past anyway, and that brings us to the bench grade on Kenny Golladay, even though it's coming off a career best outing of one forty six yards, but a lot of that came last week because they moved him into the slot to get a better match up. The Vikings are solid all across the board and there's nowhere to

hide Kenny Golladay here. Mackenzie Alexander has been awesome over the last really two months, and the Vikings have allowed just three wide receiver touchdowns in their last ten games. Kenny Golladay bench fish, How does that feel? Scott? Are you stinging? Are you mad? I'm just gonna cry a little, weep a little in the corner. We need to go to break instead of me doing this. You're you're right,

we shouldn't do this on there. Let's go to break and we'll come back to tell you if you can get a rebound game from se Kwon Barkley this week against a vastly improved its defense. This is Fantasy Football Weekly presented my Green Bell Premium on the van. Welcome back to the show. Championship Week Fantasy Football Weekly. Hopefully you are still alive playing for something. You've got something

on the line. I hope that's the case. Uh Scott a quick flashback listener request for a more specific rating on on Kenyan Drake. We sort of gloss store. We just went you know, we're not starting any Dolphins but other than Caitlin Blage, but you want to just mentioned Drake in particular for a moment. Was it Kenyan Drake's mom that called in and asked us question the email or Dan Grant in that game I just gave for

Net and Bellage starting grades. I have. I have Kenyan Drake firmly to the mid to lower end of your bench, right in that range, midd to low end of the benches. Okay, thank you. You would think that middle far out that Drake would be would make sense, and I was shocked that they just went wholeheartedly for Blage. But that's what they did last It wasn't injury related, no, So that's it. Let's go to the Giants taking on the Cult. Scott.

My worry as a frequent se Kwam Barkley owner, is no Odell Beckham, no real passing threat and now the whole Colts offense is there to take away Kwan. Maybe I'm nervous. It's the same guy that I just mentioned has been a top thirteen back all but two weeks this year. Right, right? How are you benching him in your championship game? I don't want to. I'm still giving

him a low A grade. He's had eighteen touches and basically every game this year, and the Colts are Cults are allowing the second most receptions and seventh most receiving yards to running backs. Still giving him an A grade, but because of O b j outs and the tough matchup against the Cults team who has only allowed one top twelve performance from a wide receiver this year. Uh, and they're good against quarterback all the whole passing game

except for Ingram is on the bench. Ingram the Colts, allowing the second most receptions and most yards to tight ends. I have a B grade on Ingram, but you could even talk me into an A. I think it's a good matchup. But I have a B. What a dog Ingram has been this year? You know he was tight end one last week? Been hurt? Yeah, I think I think he has Uh. I think the sixth most tight end one weeks this season something like that, which is crazy considering. But all you have to be have to

have a tight end one week is top twelve. Yeah that's right, so about eight points. Now, this is a super Bowl homecoming of sorts for Eli Manning and if they bring back Mario Manning him, I like it. This is where they wanted the last super Bowl in the Cult stadium. Okay, this is I told Brian this this morning. I have all major Cults players in my top ten of their respective positions right now. So I have an A grade on Andrew Luck, t Y Hilton, Eric E. Bron,

and Marlon Mack. Yeah. Ebron's got twelve touches as a tight end in this year of titends, uh and uh in the three grame. I'm not even gonna go over it. Hebrons an A grade. Obviously you're starting him. Marlon Mack. I love this. Giants or bottom eight in nearly every category against running backs, and Marlon Mack just torched a

much better Dallas defense. A grade there, and with luck In Hilton when Hilton plays, Look at the last six weeks with with t Y Hilton, he's averaging just under ten targets, seven catches, and a hundred and twenty yards per game over the last six Next year, is he a top Is he gonna be in your top five at the y t Y Hilton top five on your cheat sheet next August? He then rolling healthy? You know

Andrew Luck a whole year healthier and that line keeping right. Yeah, maybe man, he's gonna be He'll be top ten, But how close? How high does he climb? H He hasn't had fewer than seventy seven yards since week ate, so a grade there and and Luck. I know that he's had a couple of duds, but this is a bounce back place. Watson, Newton, wentz Ryandale had three hundred yard games in our multiple touchdowns. I got an A grade, unlock. We should mention t why Hilton's a game time decision. No,

he may not play in this game. There's a real and I don't and there's a real threat he may play. What what I've seen is that he's questionable but likely to play, is what I've seen. But maybe that's been the case the last like three weeks. I think goes off. Yeah, he's it's it's tricky, but so keep an eye on it. Yeah, you do want to keep it eye. It's an ankle injury. You do want to keep an eye on that. Yeah. And it's a Neon game, so you'll know early Green

Bay takes on the Jets. We've already talked about a bunch of players from this game. What do you think about Aaron Rodgers and what otherwise feels like a pretty juicy matchup against a bad secondary. But Rodgers has just been so mad as a fantasy producer. Yeah, and he's banged up to knee groin injuries. Uh, I'm doing him. See honestly, almost like Donald Moore in this game, the only been going for him only Josh Allen and brock Us.

While I failed through multiple touchdowns against the Jets in the last eleven games, I cannot fault you for starting Aaron Rodgers, but again, he's another big name quarterback. I would uhhly suggest you explore other options in a better matchup, so just to see for Rogers. Uh, Basically, the only guy who's got throwed to is Davante Adams, who has

just been money in the bank all year. Only the Eagles have surrendered mour yards through the air, two wide receivers in the Jets, So Davante Adams automatic a Randall Cobb listen as doubtful. I was kind of intrigued by his prospects, but anymore, not anymore. But I'm not going to uh Marquez Valdez scantling fish say that. Other say ESP's name for me. I can never do it right. It's more like Equamini st bench. They're both on the bench, and so is Jimmy Graham. I'm not trusting him in

the championship we get all uh. Only Gronk and Eric Ebron have topped forty two yards against the Jets of this year. They're brutal on titles, and Jimmy Graham is brutal all around. So he's on the bench, and Jamal Williams was might take a chance on me running back very viable this week over the Jets. Eli McGuire was here to take a chance for me running back charge, I love it, I like him. You can love him this week, which is said especially against the Packers, who, yeah,

probably packed it in. I would imagine anyway, great play this week, so is Robbie Anderson was a great play last week, even better matchup this week. Green Bay secondary is very exploitable. Uh. They've allowed the second most touchdowns of wide receivers and Robbie and Donald are really clicking right now. And that's why Donald was might take a chance on the quarterback and I'm not going Chris Herndon.

He's been mentioned a lot, but hopefully you're not contemplating starting him, even though he's a borderline top twelve tight end option this week. Uh, the Packers also tough on tight ends. We've allowed just two scores of the decision to the position all season. So I'm bention Herndon. In Championship week, Chicago taking on the San Francisco forty Niners, and I like a bunch of Bears in this matchup

a lot. Let's start with the running game or Tariko and gets an A grade forty Niners give up the fourth most receptions and ninth most receiving yards to opposing running back, so you know own will help you through the air. Here. They allowed Chris Carson and Mike Davis to catch all fourteen of their targets last week. Who Cohen has caught twenty eight of his last thirty two targets and he has scored twice over the last four games.

I think he chips in with a really nice all around all purpose game here and an A grade Ontarikohen. But Jordan Howard also startable. Over the last three games, He's average eighteen carries per game on a solid four and a half yards per carry. That eighteen has been a magic number for running backs against the forty nine Ers, the five backs to get eighteen carries, four of them scored, two of them found the end zone twice. So I like Jordan Howard here as well. Be grade on Jordan Howard.

I've got a borderline A grade on Alan Robinson in this matchup. I love him here. The forty Niners just put a Kello Witherspoon on in reserve. That means they're starting three rookies in their secondary and that was a group that already allowed the fifth most fantasy points to wide receivers with three rookies starting here, the forty Niners have allowed the seventh have allowed seven wide receiver touchdowns in the last three games alone. Allen Robinson is a

great start. He's up to wide receiver. I think I've talked to myself into wide receiver eleven for me this week. Doug Baldwin did last week to the Niners. A rob could duplicate that's not out of the slot, but yes, that could be. He runs all over the field, but anyway that is story does run from all positions of the field. He's my favorite of their receivers. You could because of all of those problems. I've got a C grade on Taylor Gabriel. Anthony Miller has been just completely

off the radar. It's not nothing for three or four weeks, and I mean nothing, but in a dire pitch you could use him, but I hope you don't have to go to that level. Trey Burton gets a C grade. He hasn't topped forty yards or four catches in eight weeks now. He did score his first touchdown in six games last week, but the forty Niners are good up just one tight end touchdown in the last ten games. It's a Again, in any other year, Trey Burton would

be a flat out bench. This year he gets he gets a C grade and that bride leaves just Mitch Drabinsky with a solid B grade. He hasn't uh mit bisk He hasn't been allowed to throw more than thirty one passes in two months. And I don't like that part where they're dialing back is his volume and this there are gonna They're gonna run a lot. But the forty nine secondary so bad for the reasons that we already discussed. And and he's thrown one or two touchdowns

in every game in the last two months. The Niners secondary all banged up. As I mentioned, they're allowing the third most passing touchdowns over the last five games. Mitch Robinsky, one way or another, air or ground, will have a nice game, all right. Let's go to the other side. Forty nine only a couple of guys to mention the

running game. Matt brit is back at the helm. But the Bears give up the six fewest rushing attempts, the fourth fewest rushing yards, and the fewest rushing touchdowns per game to opposing running backs, and he's always at risk of failing to finish a game. I've got a C grade on the Niners starting running back and you don't want to go to the depth players at all. And then, um, that only leaves us a couple of the guys to talk about. George Kettle, of course supposed to great numbers,

but the Bears have been great against tight ends. No tight end has gone for fifty yards and none have scored in the last seven weeks. That said, the Bears have not faced a single top ten tight end all year long, and in home games. Kill has seen at least seven targets in five of the last of five of the six home games, and he had a hundred yards and a score in the game in which he didn't see seven targets. So one way or another, Kittle ought to get you to a good game. Here a

grade George Kittle. Last guy I'll mention Dante Pettis. Chicago actually as great as Chicago's defense is, they actually give up the fifth most receptions in the six most receiving yards to wide receivers. Pettis has has turned into the go to receiver and Marquis go to and totally disappeared. Pettis has been a consistent producer here for a month. Touchdowns in three games, hundred yard game and the other one. So um he is he gets a B grade. As

they battle back, playing from behind throughout. Nick Mullins is on the bench. All right. That wraps up this segment. When we come back, the last segment of the year for Fantasy Football Weekly, our championship edition. Stay tuned. This is Fantasy Football Weekly, the final segment of a championship edition of Fantasy Football, the most weekly Thank you for joining us. I hope you are in the championship game. We have four games to get through and then we're

gonna get to Lightning Round. We'll do our best to be brief here so we can get to as many of your questions as possible. We begin with the Rams taking on Arizona. We broke down the Todd Gurley situation in great detail at the start of the show. If you miss that, go back to the podcast, which will be posted I'm told within minutes of the end of the show, So check out the podcast for detail on that. So let's do let's you know, given that, let's not repeat that whole opening part of no No, Let's so

we can take the no. Uh. John Kelly was my takeome guy, so obviously I like him whether Girly plays or not. I like him because I think he'll end the game. He'll get he'll get the touches girly if he starts. I'm only giving him a C grade just because I think he could come out early. I really do. It's a sixteen and a half point line. I think they could get ahead and he could just come out um. In the passing game, I'm giving Golf a Z A

C A Z wow a CEE. As you've mentioned many times on this show, the dichotomy when when it's a running day versus a passing day, when it's a girly day. I think it's gonna be a girly Kelly day, So I have Golf with a C grade here. I don't think they're going to pass a ton against the top five past defense and the league's second worst run at defense, so uh, I give him a C grade. I give Cooks a C grade mainly because it's a tough matchup with Buddha Baker, but he could always have one of

those big one hundred yard days. He has five of them this season. He's always good for a big play. A C grade there, B grade for Robert Woods, who is top sixty yards in fourteen straight and he's averaging ten targets per game in the last four. But he gets Patrick. No, he won't get Pat. He'll get Budda Baker for a lot of this matchup yet tricky. Yeah, yeah, he gets tough match up with Buddha Aker. What I think. I said that for Cooks, but not not Cooks. It's

Woods that gets the tough match up, right, But Peter, Yeah, exactly. Uh, Reynolds I have on the bench. I just don't think there's gonna be enough meat on the bones in the passing game in this one. The only way that he's he has a game good game here is if they just throw away from Patrick Peterson go to Reynolds. And and that was last week. He had twelve targets last week, but not even a great game on those twelve targets.

On the other side, I've Rosen on the bench, bench and the whole passing Honestly, I gave Fits a sea because he's averaging five for sixty two over the last few weeks. He's getting something. So in PPR leagues, I get in the sea. But Roby Coleman is very good in the barely a C grade and DJ I actually did give a B grade too, because he's mill of the pack against the running I think Rosen's gonna have to dump it off to him just enough to give him an Okay day, that's it. Pittsburgh takes on New

Orleans and a high flying shootout. Brian that there's not many people to bench here. I don't think they're kind of is well, let's talk about well, you're mentioned James Conner, he's been ruled out. Yeah, the Jalen Samuels show again.

But uh, I'm gonna give him a be because New Orleans is very tough against running backs on the ground, allowing just over fifteen carries and like fifty five yards per game, so they are susceptible through the air running backs and Jalen Samuels can catch the ball, So he's You're starting Samuels if you want him this week. The volume is definitely gonna be there for him. Uh, speaking of your starting is an elite run D I mean this is not. He have to downgrade him in standard standard.

He's a C. Actually I should clarify that p PRB Standard C. It's a brutal matchup, sort of a tough matchup for Antonio Brown, but not really. He's obviously the real The real concern here is Juju, who heard his growing this week in practice game time decision. I don't know what to tell you other than you gotta monitor this, and if you're banking on him, I think James Washington is the next guy. Up. Four targets in each of

the last two games of Juju is out entirely. You will have to absorb some of those, and you know they're gonna focus a ton on Antonio Brown. But I would have a better Uh. It's a late game, though, so you're not gonna have a lot of ballback options. So he's one that is definitely available out there if you're desperate. Uh. But yeah, keep you around Juju. All I can say vans McDonald, I'm I got him on

the bench. Uh. Even though the Saints have allowed three tight end scores over the last two games, allowing under three catches and under under thirty yards per game to the position, I just can't trust Vans in this game. And then uh big Ben, you get road Ben. But he's been pretty good on the road this year. The yard the touchdowns have been middling, one or two touchdowns in every road game, but the Saints are allowing two

passing touchdowns per game. So Ben offers a very safe floor in the Championship week in this matchup with it, it's certainly still a high ceiling possibility over the Saints. Really not a whole lot to talk about. We'll start with the un Backs album. Kamara just cann give him a B. The Steelers have allowed only one yard rusher all year, and only one back has top sixty receiving yards overall. They give up the seventh he was rushing yards and the third few was receiving yards of the position.

So just a it's a tough matchup. He's down at running back thirteen for me, and and that puts mark Ingram firmly on the bench for me. Uh yeah, what a disaster mark Ingram has been for his owners this year? Holy cow, really really disappointing. He's had about three good games and well, he said, and of course he missed the first four games. We said avoid him at all costs going into the year. I know I did, at

least I'm pretty sure you did charge. But anyway, he's on the bench over and over to uh the receiving game. Michael Thomas obvious A I'm not recommending other wide receiver. His owners wouldn't feel like it's well, well obviously and that no touchdowns in a month of play. Hasn't it a hundred yards in a month of play. It's it's been obviously. But you're starting him, Yes, it doesn't matter what his great is. You have to start Michael Thomas in this game, but you don't have to start any

other wide receiver. Tra K wants Smith is way too much of a dark throw and we're not going anywhere there North, Ben Watson, and Well, I'll finish with Drew Brees. He gets a sea. Along with Tom Brady, Philip Rivers and Aaron Rodgers. Drew Brees all have gotten seas down this show. Odds are if you've been banking on Breeze, you've been bounced from your playoffs already because he's been absolutely brutal statistically over the last three weeks. Not an

amazing matchup, but over the last three games. Pittsburgh is the line of three yards and nearly two passing touchdowns, so you're gonna start breeze. But you might have better options out there. That's all I can say. Kansas City takes on Seattle. Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and and Travis Kelsey are all obvious a great Mahomes is my number one quarterback, Kelsey's my number one tight end, and I like to Rek Hill here as well. Even though there

there there are some matchup. There are some tricky parts of this matchup. But Tyree Hill lines up all over the field. He's probably sitting on a night's game as well. The only the big question, the big thing to know. He Spencer wears out and date well, he's doubtful, so we assume he's not going to go. I can't remember the last time a doubtful player played almost never right, Uh. Damian Williams will be your your workhorse quasi workhorse running back, and I've got a B grade on him, but it's

almost an A grade. Since becoming regularly involved in Week thirteen, Williams's average to four and half yards per carry and a touchdown per game on the ground, but he's also caught twelve of thirteen passes in that span, and he faces a Seahawks team that gives up the eighth most receptions, fourth most receiving yards per game. Two opposing backs other all purpose backs like Aaron Jones and Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin Cook all had big games both through the air

and on the ground. I like Damian Williams in this one. Let's go to Seattle. Chris Carson is sitting on a monster game and he's my number two ranked running back this week. The Kansas City Chiefs give up the sixth most rushing yards per game and five yards per carry to opposing running backs. They also give up the most receiving yards and the most receiving touchdowns per game to running backs. So a great game coming for Chris Carson. They're so bad here that Mike Davis gets a starting grade.

He's up at a sea here. Rashad Penny is out, and Davis is gonna get enough work that he could even chip in something meaningful as well. Let's go to the passing game. I like Russell Wilson a lot too. Now he's got low volume, and that has meant that because no team runs more than the Seahawks in he

ranks twenty seven in passing yards amongst starting quarterbacks. Yet despite that, he's throwing multiple touchdowns twelve different times, and the Chiefs of allowed multiple touchdown passes nine times, including four straight. So you're all that together and Russell Wilson sitting on a couple of touchdowns here, Doug Baldwin, be great. Be great on Russell Wilson, by the way, be great on Doug Baldwin. Over Baldwin's last four games played, he

has seen almost double the targets of Tyler Lockett. So you know, Baldwin is always more of the go to receiver traditionally than lock It. Lock It is the low volume guy. You like the volume here for Baldwin a lot. He goes up against strong, usually strong coverage from Kendall Fuller. In Fuller's last two months, he hasn't allowed any touchdowns and only once in his coverage did he give up more than fifty four yards. So I don't love the matchup with Fuller, but I love how much volume Doug

Baldwin's getting. He gets a B, Tyler Lockett gets a B. The chief secondary allowing the sixth most receptions to receivers, and six of the last seven touchdowns they've given up have been to non slot receivers. That brings Tyler lock into play here. Orlando Scandrick is the only Chief's cornerback

who is the speed to hang with. Locket is really really fast, but Scander Colon plays one side of the field, so you can get a positive matchup for Tyler Lockett against the much slower Steven Nelson on the other side. So I like lock It here as well, A B grade for him. Final matchup, it's the do we have a Monday night game? I think it is a Monday Monday in games, Denver taking on Oakland Scott wrap it up for US final matchup of the year. Yeah, I

actually like the quarterbacks in this game. I get them both starting grades. Let's start on Denver side. I like Keenum. I know he had a bad game against them week two when they faced but since then the Raiders have gone on to allow the most passing touchdowns in the NFL, including eleven straight multiple touchdown games until Driskill screwed that up last week. But I I really, I really like Keenham this week to uh re can restart that trend. Uh.

So for the wide receivers, I'm benching Sutton. He's just lost right now. He's just lost since Emmanuel Sanders went out, and Hamilton's and Patrick are getting the work. Hamilton's is getting the targets, he's getting the receptions. Um, He's had at least nine targets and at least seven receptions in each game since he went out. I have a C grade on Hamilton's and a C grade on Patrick, who's more of the big play guy, gets more yards. Uh.

I think they're both playable at see. If I had to choose one, I'll choose Hamilton's if those two of those two though, because the Raiders have allowed seven touchdowns to the slot in just since Week ten and Hamilton's that angle yep. So uh, Philip Lindsay I'm given an A. The Raiders are allowing a ridiculous amount of rushing yards. I think it's like a hundred and twenty game something like that. Uh, second worst in the NFL. In that case,

I think lindsay o rebound. I know that since Sanders went down four carries for forty four yards, you're scared, but but this is this is a get right game. On the other side, Derek Carr, I'm also given a C grade. He's averaging two hundred nine yards and two touchdowns per game over the last three and the Broncos have allowed three hundred plus and or multiple touchdowns and six of the last seven. And we're just talking off air. He hasn't thrown a pick since Week five. So I

like Derek Carr right now. I don't like his wide receivers though, because I don't know who to start. They're so they're so hit and miss. I have them all on the bench. Where I do like their passing game is Jared Cook, who I give an A grade to the Broncos fourth worst against tight ends. Cook the fifth best tight end on the season and kid only two and a half Denver Broncos team just a couple of weeks ago. I remember, so uh, and I have the running backs on the bench. I don't I don't care

how many Carr's Martin gets. I just can't start him in this matchup. I don't blame These teams hate each other too, so they're gonna go at it. It's gonna be a good game. Final Lightning Round of the year. We'll try to zip through as many colleges as we can, and about the four or five minutes that we've got left, beginning with Patrick, thank you for your patience today. Hello Patrick, Hi, um PPR league and we get credit for return yards? So three Cohen or Derrick Henry. Wow, I don't know

how much return yards Cohen gets. You can't sit Derrick Henry right now. He's he's got another great matchup and yeah he's on fire. Tommy, Hello, Dak or Rivers? Oh oh boy? Wow? Um, I got Dak a few spots higher. It's a Rivers Baltimore. Ye, Rivers is Baltimore. I'll take Dak, Bill, Welcome to the Fanily. Hey, thanks guys, Rivers, Rogers or Keenum. That's the toughest question between two players. You're breaking the

rules in Championship week Rivers, Keenum. I think you just you just talked to me into clean Um you Keenum, you just talked me into Keenam James Hello, Hey, thanks guys. I got half point PPR for the Lindsay or do Cook. Wow, you really gotta pick between those two. I think it hinges on snaps. I was gonna say with us, Yeah, there you go. I totally agree. If they're snackless, then you start cooking. Who cook looks great? Right? Andrew? Hello? Andrew by uh between Uh, I'm sorry, I got head

the wrong page up here. Between David Johnson or Marii Cooper for half point PPR higher, Okay, I think that's going to be more of a shootout than people think. Chris Hello, Hey, half point PPR. Corey Davis or Ken Allen. I'd actually go Corey Davis in this one. I'm nervous about Keenan Allen. I don't like that matchup at all. And he's banged up and he's banged up. Ryan Hello. Yeah. If Gurley doesn't go, go with Kelly or Damian Williams, well you gotta pick. Oh, no, you don't. They're both

like games. I go Damian Williams. I think Mark you are next? Two running back? Uh, Melvin Gordon, Chris Carson a cop opped up. It's your one question between two guys. Bring it down to two guys. Mark, I don't think this has happened over here. Now it's happening, right, Damian Williams, Jamal william or Melvin Gordon, Bobby you are next? Stravinsky or Breed Rabinsky, there's our guy here. Yes, ye, Tommy, you're next, PPR Cavin Coleman or James Wood, Kevin Coleman

Smith out It's yeah, it's gonna be Coleman. Fred you're on the fan. Yes, I like to know between Philip rivers Um just one more cousins or should I take up one of your take a chance on the quarterball because he's trying to have people trying to beat the system. In Championship week, John the next John, I'm gonna met running back starts too, and then I've got Melvin Garden, Jamal Williams, Jalen Samwell or John Kelly. All right, let me just see the idea here is as it has

been now for five years. It's one question between two players so that we can get to as many callers as possible bowl and not try to decode your start three or five. That's how we do this, and that's how we've always done it, and I think we've now on our third or fourth time through. This one just sums up the fantasy football season right this season. Trance, please help me here, I can't. I'm sorry, Trent say

it again. Louder League Balliage or blue. I think it's blue now that la Dave, You're next, Dave, I got Sony Michelle or you might be talking me into Outfred Blue. I honestly think it's blue. It is. There's no James Devlin on the Texas. That's right, Greg, you're next, watch Foreman getations. Yes that's you. Greg? Oh? Um, Gordon or drop somebody and go pick up there and a NONR Gordon. Yeah, Gordon, Yeah, it's Melvin Gordon. You can pick up Derek. Wait is

Derrick Henry? Did he say Derrick Henry? Oh? I just tuned out after he said, you gotta go get Derrick Henry. I have Derrick Henry higher than Gordon. Yeah. Yeah, to take a defensive move if nothing else. Um. In our final moments, I want to send a heartfelt thank to my co host Scott, Brian and Matt for a it. As you guys know, as ever as the listeners know,

preparing this show is not easy. These guys dedicate a lot of hours throughout the week to be ready on Saturday and to execute this level this this program at the level that you've become used to, and it is not easy. And I'm very grateful. Thank you very much guys, and thank you Matt Harrison as well. Are great the opportunity it is you work incredibly hard obviously as well. Thank you. I appreciate that. We'll be back next August three for the twenty five year, the silver anniversary of

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