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be back. And and for everybody who put up with me sounding like I was doing my portion of the show, my third of the show from an outhouse in Albuquerque. Um, thank you for putting up with that. I really appreciate it. And it's great to be back my coast today. Scott Fish and Brian Johnson, Hello, Hello and Scott. You haven't even been on the show like a month. I love that we all have, yes, true, I love that we all have varying degrees of facial hair. Today I grew it.

I grew on a COVID beard. Yeah, I got the the mustache. I'm bringing awareness to men's health with the awfulness of my mustache. And it's not for you know, it's not for looks. It's for it's for awareness that, over the course of the show will answer three tough questions. We'll give you a premature speculation. We'll give you nine players upon whom you can take a chance, and of course we'll break down every game fantasy style with letter grades. You know how it works. We begin Scott with the

Lions taking on the Browns. It looks like Jared Goff's not gonna go on this one. And I don't think there's hardly a Brown to start outside of maybe Swift, and that's got to be it Browns or Lions. It's it's bad on both sides. The passing game, I have, I have three starting grades. I have DeAndre Swift with an A grade. He's coming out, still get to night, still help from the quarterback position, no help from the quarterback position, but he still gets all those those balls

thrown to him. Who of his three backups are injured. Two of his three other running backs in that backfield are injured running backs who have grabbed at least four balls against the Browns, basically the dual threat backs. They have torched the Browns. Those four backs scored eight touchdowns at averaged about a hundred yards, So I got an A grade on Swift. I have a C grade on Hockinson despite the disastrous goose egg. I think it might

be a little bit of a squeaky wheel game. Maybe Tim Boyle depends on Hockinson is a safe option I have. I have a C grade on him. It's I'm not confum, but the Browns have allowed six catches for sixty yards and a score two in each of the last three weeks, two tight ends. That's the average stat line. So but in the passing game, I have everyone else on the bench, mostly because of Boil but also the it's it's not a good spot. On the other side, I have the

whole passing game on the bench. Again, Baker's top two hundred fifty yards just once in the last nine weeks and only two multiple score games. Most teams basically just run on the Lions. They don't have to throw. I can't trust Baker, he's still banged up. I have Landry on the bench because his best game is seventy one yards and he hasn't scored all year. I've Donovan People's Jones on the bench, who came up with an injury this week and once he had that full job, they

were they were shifting the top coverage to him. So, by the way, yeah, rightfully so, But I don't I don't trust him. But a grade on Nick Chubb, who will be back? Uh? Last time Chubb got twelve plus touches and failed to get seventy five total yards was in twenty nineteen. He's gonna get twelve, He's gonna get sixteen. The six seven backs who had sixteen plus touches against the Lions, seven of those backs scored nine times, and six of them had a hundred plus total yards. Now,

is there a chance that backup role demails? That I knew you would go there? In the two games the Deanist Johnson played with Nick Chubb this year and Kareem Hunt out, he had thirty five total snaps, not touches snaps, thirteen touches for forty seven yards in those two games. Even against the Lions, good matchup should get ahead. Tim Boyle could score easily zero points in this game. I think it's a Chub day. No, I would Alba argue in the Nick Chubb side of this, Yes, I I would.

I would not be flexing Deernest Johnson. But I can see your arguments. So if you're really entire straights, let's go over to the Tech. That was very brisk, thank you. Let's go over to the Texans taking on the Titans. Not a lot of great starters here, but there are some Texans. Oh wait, we were not. What game are we doing next? Jets, Dolphins, Jets, Dolphins Jets, you say let's go to all right, let's go to Dolphins Jets then, Because Texans Titans is a take confest, we'll get to

that a little later. So Dolphins at Jets, first meeting between these two divisional rivals, so we can't reference recent history in this matchup. Starting with the Miami side, the road team in to a toungo. Viola was going to we might take a chance of the quarterback, but it's too easy in this matchup. I'm giving him a B here for to New York. New York has allowed multiple

passing touchdowns in five straight games. Over those five games, opposing passers are averaging a whopping three five yards and two point four passing touchdowns. Solid B for Tua uh, Solid B for Jalen Waddle as well. It really doesn't matter who's playing quarterback from Miami, Waddle produces consistently. Uh. The one glaring difference though between Twa and Brissette is all of the touchdown receptions for Waddle worth thrown by Tua, and the Jets have surrendered five scores to wideouts over

their last four games. Love Waddle in this game. Now for Miami's wide receiver to Albert Wilson and Isaiah four both had four catches and eighty plus yards in Week ten. But not gonna throw any se darts or or harpoons here both around the bench. But Mike Kisiki is not who is really truly the wide receiver to for Miami.

Runs most of his routes from the slot or outside. Uh, he gets a b was more like Mike goose Egg last week like that, but finds himself I think I someone tweeted me that, so I can't take full credit for it. But use Kasecki finds himself in the perfect bounce backspot against the Jets, who over the last five games have streundered four touchdowns to the tight end position.

During that same span, the very comparable Kyle Pitts posted a monster game with nine catches or nineteen yards in a score, and like Kasecki, Pits runs most of his routes from the slaughter outside. So a great matchup for the quote unquote tight end Mike Gisicki. And lastly for Miami. I'll give Miles gascon to be only because it's an odd numbered week. He only goes off in odd numbered weeks, and the even numbered weeks he he wets the bed.

But it is an amazing matchup that Jets are allowing one and eighty nine combo yards and two point two touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. I will say, though, I will not be shocked if Salvin Akhmed how performs Miles gas Gas to me is the is the hardest guy to start this week because you know, the opportunity so good, and he's flopped so hard so many times to get not an odd numbered weeks. So that scientific

fact in a week eleven. Here over to the New York side, shockingly a f you guys to talk about. Of course, we'll start with Michael Carter, the most fantasy relevant player on New York. Can give him a see though, just to see very strong splits with Mike White at quarterback. But New York is going with Joe Flacco in this game, and let's get it out of the way. Flacco was on the bench, by the way, so uh, just to

see for Carter. The Dolphins run defense has become very stout against opposing backs, holding them to sixties scoreless yards per game over the last several weeks. Uh, the Seas continue with Corey Davis. The Dolphins have yielded the third most red zone targets too wide receivers, and over their last five games, they've surrendered five scores to the position.

The Dolphins secondary has also surrendered to one yard receivers and five touchdowns to wide receivers over the last five So I do give Davis a starting grade with the sea and the once. I mean he'll likely be shadow by Xavian Howard, who was once corner. He's allowed seven touchdowns in his coverage, the most among quarter cornerbacks this year. And uh one more starting grade for Jets receiver. It's not Alijah More, it is Jamison Crowder. Miami has been

very generous you slot receivers. They've yielded the most targets and allowed the most receptions. Two receivers running from the seams and I did mention Flacco earlier. He's on the bench shock right now. You can't can't without saying Ravens take on the Bears. And Lamar Jackson missed Wednesday and Thursday's practice. We came back Friday with whatever his mysterious illness is. We don't know what the illness is. Um I'm gonna go with um blumbago. He gets sick more

than a high schooler with a test. It's crazy. A grade for Lamar Jackson. I like all receiving options as you're here in a minute, and I'll mention that Chicago has allowed the third fewest quarterback rushing yards, just seven per game, but they also haven't faced any mobile quarterbacks all year. So still like Jackson with an A grade. Marquis Brown missed Thursday, Thursday's practice, and Wednesday's practice with thigh injury, but came back Friday. He's expected to go now.

Chicago could shadow Marquis Brown with their best cornerback, Jalen Johnson, but they tried that against Mike Evans a few games ago and Evans crushed him. So I think they're gonna keep the They're gonna keep Jalen Johnson on one side of the field, and then that means that Marcus Brown is gonna get plenty of plays against Kendallville Door, a frequent whipping boy on this show vild Or, giving up a passer rating of one hundred forties six in his coverage.

His Pro Football focuses ranked cornerback, and that's why Marcus Brown gets an A grade. Richade Bateman will also get plenty of kindall Ville Door. He's getting increasingly involved each week and just based on his normal deployment lots of wildore in this game, only five teams have allowed more wide receiver touchdowns than Chicago, and I think Bateman could easily find the Enzo for the first time in his career. Permission to throw out a nickname Preville Door. Oh please,

the Ville door is a jar? Doors a jar? I mean, how about it? Can't he just be like an open book? I mean, I don't know, isn't that? Isn't that? You know? Is he bad at read coverage? I don't know. I don't know. There's I mean, I think there's I think there's a better angle on killed Kendallville Door. I'm gonna go back to the lab. All right, thank you, yeah, workshop that please Mark Andrews. If I didn't say Bateman's a B, he's a BAT. Mark Andrews also be uh

second in yards among all tight ends. He remains an a leite option, but it could be a tough matchup. The Bears had only allowed one tight end touchdown until their previous game before the bye, when Pat Fryarmouth scored twice. Uh. Since Week two, they failed every opposing tight end under fifty yards and that includes the like of Darren Waller and t J. Hockenson. So just the B grade on

Mark Andrews, but I still like him enough here. Now the running backs is a it's a messy situation and I'll do my best here for the With Baltimore's running backs, if Latavius Murray is healthy, presumably he returns to the starting role, but he's shaping up as a game time decision, we don't know yet. And if so, he gets a C grade, and then Devonte Freeman would probably get enough touches where you've attempted to play and you probably shouldn't.

But if Murray is out, then will upgrade Freeman all the way up to a B grade. Since he would get the overwhelming Lions share of the touches. The Bears are allowing one rushing yards per game on four point six yards per carry to opposing running backs, both sixth most, and as people probably know by now, uh, they have ruled out Khalil Mack for the rest of the year, so whatever run support he would have lent will not be there. Okay, so let's go to the bare side

of the field. I like David Montgomery here B grade. Last we saw him before the bye, he put up an impressive game against a good Steelers defense, and he's even healthier now after the bye. Baltimore's top five and rushing yards allowed, giving up only four yards per carry, but they've given up eight rushing scores, which bodes wall for Montgomery as Chicago calls running plays at the highest rate inside the five yard line. So I like Montgomery to score in this game, and so a B grade

for him. Let's go to the passing game. I originally had a C grade on justin Fields, but I've lowered him to a bench on news that Allen Robinson will not play in this game or is not expected to play in this game. Listed as doubtful. Baltimore is allowing the most passing yards almost three per game. Where Fields kills you is he's only averaging twenty four passes a game.

That's the lowest among all starting quarterbacks. Now, Baltimore usually sees thirty six a game, So maybe Fields gets into the low thirties on on attempts and that could get him to an okay game here, but he's gonna have to do it on Darnell Mooney and Cole Commit and I don't know that those guys can carry a passing offense um. And also, Baltimore has been very good against rushing quarterbacks to this point of the season, allowing the

second fewest quarterback rushing yards just seven per games. So I don't know the field is gonna help you there either, and that's why he's on the bench. Mooney comes in with a C grade. Baltimore giving up one d eighty four yards per game to opposing receivers, that is eighth most. They've also allowed a receiver to post at least eighty four yards or multiple touchdowns two receivers in four the

last five, so there are opportunities for Mooney here. Marlon Humphrey who used to be a great cornerback, has allowed five scores in a passer rating of over one hundreds coverage, which is not like it is. It is a little bit odd. So an opportunity for Mooney there and then Cole Commet. I had him. I had him on the bench originally and then ultimately decided on a C grade coming off a career best game eight targets, six catches, eighty seven yards against Pittsburgh, And it's a good opportunity

for defense that struggled against tight ends. Ravens are bottom seven in receptions, yards and scores to tight ends, and the Ravens had really brutal Yeah, that's exactly what's gonna say. Yeah, there, you know, at one point early on, I'm like, well, it's like Travis else. Ye really even since then, exactly, I like the way you think, Scott Fish. When we come back, hopefully you'll like the way we think about

nine players not normally in your starting lineup. It's called take a chance on me, find some guys off the waiver wire that can help you this week. When we return Fantasy Football Weekly, it's take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup. I want to mention, by the way, shout out to the local Minneapolis band I think I believe called Soap, the band that was nice enough to record the US for us,

which is pretty damn moss awesome. And I have not given them a shout out by name yet this year, and I apologize for that. We gotta go see him play. We should help the band reach out, let us know, let us know how we can support you, because you've helped us and now we're gonna help you. At the quarterback position, Scott Fish, give us a player under the radar that could be available for people to pick up

and play. I'm not sure exactly how under the radar he is, but he's he's still under about owned, which is just ridiculous. And we've talked about this before that he needs to be more rostered more. Jimmy Garoppolo, Uh, yeah, the Jags held down Went and Allen recently, but before that, they've given up five plus yr days, five multi touchdown scores. Even Alan got a bunch of work done on the ground, and Jimmy g seems to be running it in now that he knows that Trey Lance is on his field

on his heels. He's running scores in But Jimmy has multiple touchdowns in three straights and all his weapons are healthy. Now, so give me Jimmy. G Yeah, the fact that all the weapons are healthy. To me, it's a big part of that story. I should just at that and moved on. You got right. There was quarterback position Brian the Raiders Derek Carr at home against the Bengals. It is carbage time yet again, since he is coming off their BIS so they've had some time to prepare for this one.

But still over the Bengals last two games, they surrendered five passing touchdowns to Baker Mayfield and Mike White. Uh. This game should be pretty high scoring is very simple Vegas things. Though. It has the second highest over under on the Sunday Slate at fifty point five points. I like the Raiders to rebound here at Derek Carr. I'm gonna go with Cam Newton. You guys know, I've been very skeptical of Newton in the past, but this is such a fascinating matchup. He gets to go up against

arguably the worst past defense in the NFL. Washington ranks twenty nine and passing yards allowed and dead last in passing touchdowns allowed. Um. What makes this particularly fascinating is he's going up against his old coach. Ron Rivera knows where all the bodies are buried with camwy All, the deficiencies, all the problems in his game, and the good things in his game. So can the old coach scheme up

away to stop Cam Newton. I don't know that you can stop him from running into touchdown, and I think there's a good chance he does that. Here the last mobile quarterback that Washington has seen, well, the only mobile quarterback that Watchington scene was Daniel Jones. And you maybe remember earlier too he ran all over to yards in touchdown in that game. So I think one way or another, Camp finds his way to a good game. Well, two snaps two touchdowns last week, that the first two. At

one point he was two for two. That's right. Let's go to the running back position, Scott, who you got? I have Jeff Wilson Jr. Which is starting to turn into even better start. Now Mitchell is now doubtful. Of course, James Hasty is out. Hasty is out, and uh. The only other backs are Trey Sermon, who has done nothing all year and they don't. They seem to hate him and the doghouse. And then Trenton Cannon, who's a special

team's guy. This is a This is a four team that has had the run back touch of the ball twenty seven times per game over the last four and every back that has had ten plus touches against the Jags has top sixty plus yards. I think Wilson gets t touches easy. I could be first half if Mitchell plays. If he doesn't play, he could get twenty plus ye Mitch, and I don't think Mitchell goes if I don't need. He's doubtful at this point. He's been banged up for a long time. He just he needs a week off

to heal. Let's go to your running back, Brian, who doesn't want to go back to Vegas. So I'm gonna do the same. Kenyan Drake of the Raiders tried all the second times the charm. I know I'm saying goes, but it will be this week. I like Drake against the Bengals, who over the last two games have allowed two thirty one combo yards and two touchdowns per game

to opposing running backs. I know Josh Jacobs is the lead back for Las Vegas, but there should be some scraps left over for Drake Drake on the ground, But this is all about the receiving angle. Despite having their by the Bengals have yielded these second most targets and the second most red zone targets running backs, and our top three in the most catches and yards allowed to

the position. Your lead running back for Tennessee is not Adrian Peterson, it is Donte Foreman, and Foreman gets a great opportunity against the Texans, allowing the second most rushing yards and the fourth most rushing touchdowns per game. And basically this Texans defense, they've shut down half the defense or traded away or otherwise or without half their defensive starters. At this point, Foreman had seventy eight total yards last week against a far tougher Saints defense, and he had

tripled the output of Adrian Peterson and Jeremy McNichols. And the icing on the cake. McNichols isn't playing this week and Adrian cat catch, so the passing work out of the backfield may very well go to Foreman as well, a delicious opportunity. He almost looked like Derrick Henry out there. I was I forgot how big Foreman is, dudes, giant. I forgot he was in the league too. Yeah, that too. That's because the Achilles injury. Man, you guys don't come back from that as all. It bodes well for cam

Akers a little. But Formans, like three years off his achilles has taken him a long time to get back. We'll find out. Let's go to the receiving options, Scott, I'm going with Adam Troutman. I can't believe I'm adding Adam Troutman in here. But the Eagles have been basically the seventeen Giants or the twenty nineteen Cardinals right now. They've allowed the most yards, receptions, and touchdowns to tight ends. Seven different tight ends have tallied nine touchdowns, scored nine times.

Truman has six plus targets in three straight. He has nine catches in the last two weeks. He's coming on. We don't have all all of our fish sounds, are not, sorry, not fishing all of our animal sounds that we've got. You know that. You know we have a number of them at our disposal here right. We don't have a fish. We don't talk about trout anywhere, No trout to be. If we talked about kickers, we'd have to either bass to It makes total sense. Scott Fish going with Adam Trapp.

Go figure h Bryan, Who's gonna take a chance of the receiver. We said the Texans and Titans were a take comfest on I'm going with Houston's Nico Collins at Tennessee. Now, Houston's Danny Amendolas all the second most targets among Houston wide receivers last week and charged one of your favorite players, Chris Connolly is still getting some targets, but my gut

is telling me to throw the harpoon at Collins. In a very plus matchup, opposing wide receivers are averaging more than twenty five targets, six team catches, and two hundred and twelve yards per game versus the Titans. Whiteouts are also averaging one and a half touchdowns per game against Tennessee and que up that peacock because might take a chance of me wide receiver. Last week, Marquez Callaway scored against the Titans. Nico Collins is gonna do the same.

I'm in the same game opposite side of the field. Marcus Johnson, the name many of you are not even familiar with. Your's. Your is your Julio Jones replacement for the Tennessee Titans. And he goes up against Houston like Don to Foreman does. And this is secondary that surrendered

six receiver scores in their last four games. And Johnson has quietly been a favorite of Tannehills in the non Julio Jones games, where he's garnered a target share percentage of six and pent for Marcus Johnson got him one yard game last week. I think he has another good one here, Marcus Johnson. I was dumb enough to sit Marcus Johnson over Cole Beasley, Chris Godwin and Tyler Lock in the Dynasty League last week. But you but you left. You still got him. I'm holding it. I'm gonna play

this week. You're right. I like the call. Fantastic. Let's go onto our next matchup, Scott, which is the Colts taking on the Bills. Colts passing offense went belly up hard last week and a much tougher matchup this week. I was gonna say it's it's not getting much better here. The Bills have only allowed six passing touchdowns this year through nine games. That's it's amazing. That's ridiculous. So I hope you're not counting on Carson Wentz. He did, he had a nice streak in there, but it came to

an end last week. He's not getting anything this week. I'm still giving Michael Pittman a B though, he's he just gets such a huge percentage of that team's volume. It's not the best matchup of Pittman is almost a lock for eight to nine targets, five to six catches weekly, and the players that have gotten that kind of volume against the Bills have done pretty decently. So there's hope there. But don't hold for a score though, because that just

doesn't happen. Jonathan Taylor, however, I have a B grade on I could be talked into an A bit it's just such a tough matchup. The reason I could be talked into an A I'm doing a B is that Derrick Hunt Derrick Henry crushed them for a hundred and fifty six yards and three scores. That's the only comparable to Jonathan Taylor that has played the Bills. Michael Carter had eighty two and a score against the Bills. Um

easier to run on the Bills than past. Yeah, all the other runners are not even remotely like Michael Carter is probably maybe Antonio Gibson and had a hundred total yards too, So there are backs that have done it against the Bills, and Taylor's right in that field, so I give him a beat. On the other side, there's a whole lot of stuff that you just don't know

where the scoring is going. I like, I like Alan for an a grade Like once Alan struggled against the jag two weeks ago, but he rebounded big last week. This game, he gets a cold steve that is bottom tending almost every passing category, including allowing the most passing touchdowns. So a grade on Allan Diggs gets an A because

he's coming back around. He has eight five plus yards and or score in four straight grabbing at least seven balls in each of them, and he's top sixty sixty yards in every single game, like he's got a super safe floor. So this team is allowing the sixth most receptions, eight most yards, and second most touchdowns and wide receivers, but I sadly just can't trust the other three wide receivers that you know every time you think you gotta read on which receiver might have a good game turns

around and flops. Yeah, Sanders had a lot of touchdowns earlier in the year. Um last week Sanders snaps went down to Beasley had a couple of huge plays. I'm sorry, Davis had a couple of huge plays. Beasley had a couple of good games. But now he's got the rib injury that really took him out last week, and he might be slowed this week. So I have them on the bench. I didn't believe me for that. One might pop up. We just don't know who Dawson knocks. I have a C grade on last week. Dan Arnold had

had a decent five for sixty seven stat line. Earlier in the year, Mark Andrews and Mike Gasecki had had really good days against them. I view knocks closer to those guys than all the mesh of tight ends that did twenty to forty yards. Uh, so he's gonna see for me here. Hey, don't forget about the two point conversion for dan Arnold touchdown, he touchdown. You need to get every little bit in. Uh, I'm on the running game. I have them on the bench too. Just like the

wide receivers. Uh. Part of the reason the past game should have a field day is because the Colts are sneakily a top five run defense right now. Um and with Breta coming on last week stealing snaps and touches and touchdowns, it's a three way split. Last week it was six touches to seven touches to eight touches. I don't like that, so I have them on the bench. Yeah,

and it's you know, it's not the Jets again. So even though there were whatever four or five, you know, was it four running back touchdowns for each of them scored and Breda got two twice. I'm just like we knew it was gonna happen. Who didn't call Matt Brita everyone first game that he hasn't been inactive since Week three, scoring twice. Let's let's squeeze in one more matchup, Brian, because I think this one's gonna be pretty short, based in the fact we've already talked about half of the

players in this game. Texans taking on the Titans. I already told you two different Texans that I liked, including starting running back down to foreman. Yeah, we'll started on the Texans side with the guys we haven't talked about. Brandon Cook's gonna give him a B. The move back to Taylor at quarterback did not affect Cook's massive targets share. He saw thirteen targets last week at Miami. I said

this earlier. Opposing wide receivers are averaging more than twenty five targets, sixteen catches, and two twelve yards per game against the Titans. That's why Nico Collins was gonna take a chance on me wide receiver. It also makes Tarad Trod Taylor worthy of a Sea dart. The Titans have surrendered the fifth most fantasy points to quarterbacks and mobile quarterbacks like Kyler Murray and Trevor Lawrence both scored on the ground against Tennessee. But all the Texans running backs

are not worthy of any darts unless they're like elephant tranquilizers. Uh, they're all on the bench. Over to the Tennessee side, A J. Brown and easy a here. Brown has seen the Texans four times in his career and has totaled five touchdowns against them, scoring in every game. He's also topped one yards and three of those four games, So this is a smash spot for Brown and it could be a smash spot for Marcus Johnson. Charge here, take

a chance of me wide receiver. And I had a great write up written for Jeff Swain night end but has been ruled out. Unfortunately he had distance some distanced himself from Anthony Ferkser and Michael Pruett. So I'm gonna give ferks to receive though here kind of a sleeper tight end that has been a massive disappointment, but an amazing matchup for the tight end uh for Tennessee, and

I will go with frokes Are again. Despite having their by Houston has yielded the second most red zone touches and have allowed the third most touchdowns to tight ends with a sit with six, and five of those six tight end touchdowns have come over the last six games for Houston. We're opposing tight ends are also averaging nearly five catches and sixty yards. So Anthony Brokeser could finally come through for those that are probably draft him in best Ball. But if you're desperate tight end, go out

and grab ferks Er. Uh, Dante Foreman, Like you said, charge was yourna take a chance on me running back and of course, you have to mention Ryan Tannehill, who, outside of Jacoby Brissette, Baker Mayfield and Mac Jones Houston has surrendered multiple passing touchdowns in every game. Tannehill has been kind of a disappointment touchdown wise. The rushing touchdowns have been saving him from Fantasy irrelevancy. But uh, and I should have mentioned this is the first meeting between

these divisional opponents. But the last time Tannehill saw the Texans at home last season, he went for passing yards and four passing touchdowns. Might do that again. I don't think he's got the receivers to do that at this point, but you never know. He's got Marcus Johnson. What are you talking about? Well, there's that he doesn't have Jeff Swain though that hurts, That does hurt. Uh. Final chances to join a Guillotine league is this week. We've got

drafts over the weekend. If you still want to join and there's still what eight weeks of play left, plenty of time, plenty of fun. You can still join a Guillotine league at guillotine leagues dot com. When we come back. More matchup breakdowns, including Packers taking on the Vikings what to expect from Kirk Cousins, Justin Jefferson, and Adam Feeling in a tricky matchup when we returned to Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul charchy and Scott Fish

and Brian Johnson. You can follow us on Twitter if you'd like. Scott Fish is at Scott Fish twenty four, Brian Johnson is at b t x J, and I am at Paul Charchion. You're just gonna have to figure out how to spell it, which honestly is not that easy. Packers take on the Vikings in a in a matchup

that has a number of fascinating angles. But let's start with A J. Dillon assuming the workhorse role with Aaron Jones out, and maybe more important than the rushing opportunities is he's proven himself to be a capable receiver with one hundred receiving yards over the last two games, and if he can pick up Aaron Jones receiving duties, it

cements Dylan as a high floor, high upside play. This week, the Vikings run stuffer Michael Pierce had a setback on his injury and will miss several more games in the last three weeks. Minnesota's bottom ten in rushing ards and rushing scores allowed to running back, So a nice opportunity for a J. Dell. In fact, he's my number four ranked running back this week. Love him A grade for a J with him and he did not draft himself. Now he's got, he's got. Well, we gotta hope he

faces himself. He did last week, but he won. He wanted he himself. Let's go to the passing game for Aaron Rodgers a B grade. The Vikings really tattered defense has overperformed for several weeks now, and they get Harrison Smith backs, their safety, they get their number one quarterback, Patrick Peterson back, and since Week three, Minnesota's allowed just two hundred thirty five passing yards and one point one passing touchdowns per game. That's it, and that was largely

without those guys. Maybe the other shoe falls against a familiar rival here, Aaron Rodgers and Rodgers was awesome against Minnesota last year, but that was a totally different Minnesota defense than this year. Rodgers has thrown exactly two touchdowns in five of seven games, and I've I've got him on about two touchdowns of this game as well. Davante Adams is an obvious A and I don't even need to expand on that really. Um, but let's talk more

about Randall Cobb and MVS. That are they were flirting with CS, but I can't quite get there because they just have so many one, two and three catch games that even in even in favorable matchups where you look going and go, oh, this looks like a good one in the slot for Randall Cobb and then you get two catches for twenty three yards. Jeez, no reliability for these guys. And mostly the Vikings are getting beat by opposing number one receivers and not the not the other guys.

So I've got bench grades on Cobb and MVS and Alan Lazard is not expected to go in this game. Let's go to uh, let's go to the Viking side and Dalvin Cook. Five career games against the Packers, Cook averaging nineteen touches for one D twenty six yards and more than a touchdown per game. So I like Cooks here. He's an obvious A start and we'll we'll be watching

injuries here to uh. Whitney mer Mersey is out and Rashan Gary is shaping up as a game time decision that could really weaken the front end of a defense that allows four point one yards per carry but has given up seven rushing scores. I still think the Vikings best path to victory lies through Dalvin Cook, and we're gonna get a lot of use from Dalvin Cook in this game A grade. It's a lot trickier for Kirk Cousins in this one. The Packers have become the league's

most hostile past defense over the past three weeks. They've completely shut down Kyler Murray, Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson, holding them two averages of one hundred passing yards and one touchdown between the three of them. The best way to shut down Kirk Cousins is to get pressure on Cousins, at which point he gets skittish and he started starts throwing checkdowns and dump offs. And the Packers pass rush

has been phenominal of late. Even if for Shane Gary can't play, I worry that Cousins won't have time to get his receiver's open down field. Green Bay ranks number one in completion percentage and number two in yards per attempt, and this it's the yards pert tempt that worry me. I think it's gonna be a lot of dump off stuff from Kirk, and I'm nervous about that. So I've got just the C grade on Kirk Cousins. Let's talk

about his receivers. Justin Jefferson was great last week, but I'm dramatically tougher matchup against a team that has not allowed any receiver more than thirty seven yards in the past two weeks. Despite facing Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson, Green Bay hasn't given up a touchdown to a receiver in three weeks. Cornerback Kevin King is allowed just one touchdown and rookie Eric Stokes has a passer rating of just seventy five against him. These are good. These cornerbacks

are playing way over expectation. What a roller coaster ride for King went from like down's been good. Jefferson has been super steady, and that's why he gets a B grade here. At least eighty yards are a touchdown in six of the last seven. Jefferson posted just twenties six yards in each of his two matchups against Green Bay

last year, though, so be great on Justin Jefferson. Ce grade on feeling he's become somewhat touchdown dependent and the Packers having a lot of wide receiver touchdown in three straight games. As I had mentioned earlier, there's just no soft matchups in the Packers secondary, and as I said before, I worry about dump off passes, which don't necessarily bode well for feeling. Tyler Conklin gets a C grade coming

off a two touchdown game. Packers have only a lot of four touchdowns the tight ends, but they've surrendered the second most red zone touches two tight ends, and they've given up the ninth most targets and the six most receptions to tight ends. So I think Conkling can get a little something done, So we'll give him a C grade. You're gonna blow into the conk shell. I don't have anything like that, but you should have that. If you're going to get the cock shell right there, that could

be Adam Troutman right there. Thank you to Brett, to your engineer. Do you know what Bob Harris calls him football die hards? Bob Harris the fish missiles. That's pretty good like that. I like it. What is your what is your wife nicknamed? The fish missile? This joke came up when I found that out, I bet it did come up. I am not that joke right now. The stats take on the Eagles, Yes they do. Trevor Simeons should be on your bench. I don't care that he

had that. He's average two seventy five yards and two scores in his two full games last two weeks. The Eagles have allowed multiple scores six times. But they were all really good quarterbacks Dak Mahomes, Brady Herbert types, the Jimmy G Donald Golf Bridgewater types, six or fewer yards for all of them, and I come bind two passing touchdowns. So they've held down the quarterbacks they should held hold down. I have seen me in on the bench. Same with

all of his wide receivers. Sorry, Noah, take on for callaway this this week, Brian. Here's the fullest of wide receivers to top just sixty yards against the Eagles. See who am uh Tyreek Hill, A J. Brown, Keenan Allen and uh Deepo Samuel. Those are Those are all top ten wide receivers in the league. And the Saints don't have anybody close to that under sixty yards against the Eagles, So I have them on the bench and the run, and of course Adam the fish missile troutman was might

take a chance on me player. I have an A grade on mark Ingram in somehow, somehow, I have an A grade. But here's the thing. I'm neither starting tackle is in this game to down a whole letter grade. Oh Man kamares out. Tony Jones is designated to return, but I don't think he gets returned for this game. It's gonna be all Ingram. He had eighteen touches last week.

This this Eagle's defense has allowed the seventh most rushing yards and the seventh most strushing touchdowns, the sixth most receptions, eleventh most receiving yards. And he's You're like, mark Ingram, why you mentioned receiving stuff. He's had nine catches in the two games with Trevor Simeon. He's actually catching passes from Trevor Simeon. He's getting the goal line work. Okay, maybe it's not the sexiest A grade out there, but

it's an A grade alright, alright. On the other side, on the other side, Jalen Hurts is an obvious A to me. But if you if you didn't already know he has finished as a top twelve twelve quarterback in nine of ten weeks. No other quarterback has done that six times this year. He's just always getting there with the rushing yards. Now he's added passing to that production.

Um and this is a This is a matchup against the team that's given up over nine yards and eight touchdowns in the last three weeks two quarterbacks uh in the passing game for all the wide receivers, DeVonta Smith. A grade for DeVonta Smith. The Saints of allowed a hundred yard receiver in three straight games, five wide receiver touchdowns in that stretch. In just the last two weeks, Smith has nine catches for a hundred and eighty two yards and three scores. He's coming on right as Hurts.

His passing is growing up. I do have Quess Watkins on the badge, even though I admit he could break a big one. They're gonna get passing yards here. It's just tough to trust because he's only top three catches once in in this this season. Dallas Goddard. He gets to see if he goes, which it should. It sounds like he's gonna go, so I have a C grade. He generally gats two to six balls um. In his last three full games, he averaged over sixty yards per uh.

So I got him with a C grade, and I have Jordan Howard and and Boston's got on the bench because Miles Standers might come back. It sounds like he's gonna play. Yeah, but even if you didn't, it's a bad matchup against the Saints are on defense only really only Christian McCaffrey did well against him, and it took him twenty four attempts. Yeah. Yeah, nobody's gonna get twenty four attempts. Although the Eagles have shockingly turned into a

pretty run heavy team, very run heavy. Jalen Hurts. You can't tell from the box score if you didn't watch his game. He's coming up the best game of his career. He looks like the quarterbook game. Yeah. The poise, the decision making, the accuracy all really remarkably improved for for Jalen Hurts. He's his ascension could be starting right and they might have three top fifteen picks. If they don't need a quarterback, that would be I don't mean a lot, Brian.

We've got four minutes to work through. Bengals Raiders. I think you can do it. Let's give it a go. Starting on the Bengal side, Joe Mixon gets an A. The Raiders are allowing on forty three compoyards and more than one total touchdown per game to oppose running backs. Uh mixing a rare breed of bell cow in these times meeting. He's also a very good receiver. Last week, Kansas Cities Darryl Williams caught nine balls for one hundred plus yards and a touchdown in Las Vegas. Easy A

for Mixing, just to B for Jamaar Chase. Las Vegas is only allowed one receiver to top one hundred yards that came back in Week two, but they have allowed six wide receiver touchdowns over their last four games, so for that reason, I'll give t Higgins a B as well. Over the last three weeks, Higgins has seen just three fewer targets than Jamaar Chase and is averaging nearly eighty

yards per game during that span. Higgins has in scored since Week two, but it's due for some positive touchdown regression in my opinion, and Tyler Boyd can give him a C. Only in PPR leagues that we're not play him in standard, but uh he will face Raider slot corner Nate Hobbs, who owns an eighty eight percent catch rate in his coverage. So I like Boyd in PPR with the C. I also like cj Uzoma enough to

give him a See. The Raiders have surrendered six touchdowns to tight ends, which is the third most, and all those touchdowns have come over their last six games, and Joe Burrow gets a B. Not much explaining here when all of his weapons got starting us so easy started for Burrow over to the Raiders side, and Darren Waller, who has been pretty much a disappointment disappointment this year, but still gets a B here. Over their last three games.

Since then, Cincinnati has allowed nearly sixty yards per game to tight ends, as well as a touchdown to the position in each of their last two hunter Renfro gets a B as well. The Bengal Bengals have allowed a wide receiver touchdown and four of their last five games only the Detroit wide receivers had not scored during that span,

which is totally understandable. And if the if a Raiders wide out it's going to score, it's going most likely gonna be renfro who, despite having his by, has seen the fourth most targets inside the ten yard line among all players this year, and Brian Edwards gonna give him a c uh. Edwards has seen the second most targets among Raiders wide receivers since the Henry Ruggs incident, and he did have eighty eight yards in a touchdown last week, so he's worth a harpoon toss or is it a heave?

Would you throw a harpoon? You talk said you heave it. I don't know I launched shoot. I mean it comes out of some kind of a gun like mechanism. I think you shoot it, but hard I mentioned it earlier. This is a suspected shootout with a fifty point five over under. So Edwards gets to see Josh Jacobs limited with a knee injury all week, but he should play

in this game. Gonna give him a b over. The last two games, the Bengals have allowed two thirty one compo yards and two touchdowns per game to running backs. Huge numbers, huge numbers. Kenyan Drake is the more more of the receiving back for Las Vegas, but Jacobs has average four targets. Over his last few games, and despite having their by the Bengals have yielded these second most targets and red zone targets running backs and our top three in the most catches and yards allowed the position.

That is why Kenyan Drake was might take a chance of me running back, and I coupled that altogether with Derek carrs might take a chance on me quarterback. Nicely done, I would say there was a lot of talking in

a very short time. Take us the water here, all right, you go, you go do that and we will prepare for our number two when we start our number two In moments for three tough questions, including some insight onto Cam Newton, find out if you can go three and oh as you play along with our co host three tough questions our number two Fantasy Football Weekly coming up next. Do you welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly? Pult Charchi and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. This is a

game we like to call three tough questions. Tough question Number one? What Fantasy Football Weekly letter grade? Will Cam Newton most often get A, A, A, B, A C or A bench grade? Scott so, Cam Newton last year finished as a top four team quarterback nine times, nine times, a top ten quarterback six times. And that's with almost no repast weapons. Eight passing touchdowns last year, yep, and and twelve rushing. We gave him a C and a ton of bench grades last year because we could never

tru trust the passing. That's that's what he was getting last year. Now, I think we can trust the passing just a little bit more, even without Dan Arnold. Even without even without Dan Arnold, He's got all these weapons he's got, He's got McCaffrey, he's got Joe Brady, who you know. I I feel like truy well. I supposed Josh mcdown's okay over and he's done. He's done okay for himself. But mostly his entire schedule is filled with

bottom seven defenses. During the fantasy season, he plays the Ants, uh, he plays the Bills. Those are maybe the only two matchups that are tough. The rest are bottom seven pass defenses. I'm going with B grade. Okay, I'm gonna go high on this, Brian, which letter grade will cam Newton most often get on this show the rest of the way. Yeah, When I first saw this question, I was like it's got to be a bench because he just can't trust

Cam Newton. But then you looked at the schedule which Scott just mentioned, and it's it's pretty soft at Buffalo and at Miami to two tough matchups remaining for him. But outside of that, he's got a very plus schedule. And I would have went B as well if if they held onto the the surging Dan Arnold. But since he's he's in Jacksonville now, I'm just gonna go to

see for the most part for Cam Newton. But he is startable and who would who would have thunk it cam Newton starting quarterback for the tail end of the season. I did not expect it either. I've got C grade is the correct answer. Tampa twice as a C grade, in part because they're getting that whole secondary back healthy. Finally Sean Murphy bunting coming back. And this is a This is a trickier Tampa defense to throw upon than it used to be. And nobody of any Gilk runs

on Tampa very much. So the Tampa once Buffalo is tough, you say Miami is tough. I don't agree C grade here this week he's got a C grade we already give that. Do we do that matchup? No? Yes, we haven't done. Yeah, yeah, he was might take a chance on you guys. C grade for this week. Atlanta and New Orleans also C grades. I I was going a little high. I think you were going to question number two tread trade deadlines are approaching and you could turn

Deebo Samuel into almost any receiver in the league. Are you selling high or are you holding Brian? Yeah, Deebo has been pretty incredible. His worst receiving game was he had three catches for fifty eight yards, but he ran a touchdown in that game to salvage that stat line. He's all. He had another rushing touchdown last week on top of a receiving touchdown. His worst UH statistical output was five catches for fifty two yards. That's still double

digit points in PPR. I'm there's only one wide receiver I would trade him for, and that's Cooper Cup, who just has a slightly higher floor and ceiling than Debo. But for the most part, I don't know what my answer would be, So I guess I would say, yes, I would trade him for Cooper Cup. But that's I don't think it's pretty much a no, I'm holding holding strong, Samuel Scott. What about you? Are you holding Samuel? Will you selling high? I'm holding Uh, he's doing it all.

He's hard to guard all with kittl and are you taking up taking up defenders? They can't pin him down with the top receiver. The running back issues are somehow giving him goal line carries inside the five as well. The fourty Niners have seven games left in our fantasy season, and only one of those teams ranks in the top half of the league against wide receivers. More than that, this is the time of year where I start to like want to bolster my starting line up, and deepos

the kind of guy i'd want to trade for. I'd trade two pieces. I'm not going for depth, so I'd rather I'd rather just keep neither of You mentioned the injury issues that have haunted Deebo Samuel in the past, and I think that's the only reason you to trade Samuel is you put your finger in the wind and you just go, you know what, I'm not. I'm not

rolling the dice on Samuel anymore. And it's it's a thing until it's not, it's right, and that's but that's and that's that's how I look at almost everybody with injuries until you get to like a will Fuller level of injury history, I tend to say, I'm not going to bank on a guy getting hurt. Yeah, we care so a little about the injury thing. We didn't even mention you, didn't even mention you guys hit on the

schedule stuff. I looked through this. He's gonna have an A grade in every game to week eighteen, and in week eighteen you shouldn't be playing anyway, don't matter. So yeah, and Cooper Cup would be the only guy that I would exchange him for. And that's we're not saying. The question was not phrased. Is there any player you would have you would possibly trade it for? So the answer on real Deebo Samuel is real quick. I went look back at preseason ADP Brandon Auk wide receiver twenty three,

Deebo Samuel, wide receiver thirty five. Who Although, by the way, it's a quick side note, this easy, easy schedule for San Francisco also applies to Brandon, Are you yeah? You know I mean by low and I you right now while you're at it, maybe that should have been the tough question. Question three, What is the appropriate level of concern for Mike Williams None, some or a bowl loosening level of eggsistential dread Scott. It depends on the manager

going with what Brian was just talking about. For the manager who drafted Mike Williams a hundred and twenty overall on the ten eleven corner where his ADP was right along guys with Callaway, Marvin Jones, John H. Smith, Curtis Samuel, Michael Gallop, Sonny Michelle, Jamal Williams, Devin Singletary, Tyler Higbee. For the people that drafted him among those, they should

be fine. They understood over the last two years he's a thirty to sixty yard guy who occasionally has blow up games and touchdowns, so they there they should only worry some because maybe they're concerned as his blow up games were all of the earlier of the season and now he's done for the year with the big blow

up games. For the manager who traded him after traded for him after that hot start, they traded real, they should be at woke up eights, some leftover Chipotle, dracob a pot of coffee and then they jumped out of treadmill level of existential bow loosening dread. That's where those managers should be. But I think for most managers that should be some, because people realize what Mike Williams is.

Some is your official answer to that in a very roundabout circuitous way, Brian, what's the appropriate level of concern for Mike Williams? None, some or blowed? That's a very tough response to follow up to. I I gotta go with just some too, considering he had a hundred and sixteen roughly PPR points Mike Williams in these first five games and over his last four like twenty four total PPR points and injury, always some sort of concern with Mike Williams. Knock on wood, he won't get hurt uh

for the remainder of this season. But like Fish said, it's not like he's under performing based on a super high a DP, so you can't be blowed on him unless he traded for him. But like Fish said as well, but just in a nutshell, just some. Uh, it's still a high poetent offense and uh, hopefully you can regain some of that early season magic. So where you drafted. Mike Williams has nothing to do with your appropriate level of panic right now is you're staring into the gaping

mall of the Fantasy playoffs. It doesn't make any difference. The correct answer is blowed. He said. Other than weeks one to three and five, which is a long time ago, he's wide receiver nine nine zero. He has always been a bloom er bust player. And here's the key part that you guys missed. Can you count on Mike Williams to power you in three straight playoff games? Hell no, I don't. I don't hope for my tenth or eleventh. Jeff,

you out spent a little off. I think he starts to come around too, and that should raise the bar from make Washington takes on the Panthers, and for Antonio Gibson. What a freaking head scratcher this guy is. When you think you should bench him against the Saints and the Bucks, he scores twice in both games, and these other matchups that look highly exploitable, you get nothing out of Antonio Gibson. So what do you think against the Panthers. Let's take

a look. He did look much healthier last week, and he got a lot of usage. Panthers um should continue as a plus opportunity for him. In the last three games, Caroline is allowed the eighth most yards per carry despite seeing only the twenty first most carries. Caroline is very tough to pass upon, and the game script should favor Gibson here with plenty of work. I'm giving him a B grade in this game. Taylor Heineke in the passing game, is on the bench and a brutal matchup against the

league's number one past defense by yards. They're giving up just one hundred passing yards per game. That's Carolina over the past four games. That number drops even lower over the last month of games. Carolina is giving up one hundred fifty eight passing yards per game. That's nothing. It's a disaster for opposing quarterbacks, and less than one touchdown per game. The mid season acquisitions of Stephan Gilmour and c. J. Henderson give the Panthers arguably the deepest set of cornerbacks

in the league. Heineke is on the bench, Ricky Seals Jones is out with a hip injury. They might ask Logan Thomas to come back a week early, but they can't start him either. That just leaves Terry McLaurin just to c grade here, and it's just based on his personal talent. Despite averaging nine targets in the last five games, McLaren only has reached sixty yards once and scored once. Those aren't great stats. The Panthers are allowing the fewest

yards to receivers, just eighty per game. And I mean, if if McLaren and the rest of the receivers have to divvy up eighty yards, McLaren gets forty half of it himself, and that's it. It's tough. In fact, you know what, I'm putting McLaren on the bench. Forget I've just talked about bench great Terry McLaurin. Let's go to Caroline and Christian McCaffrey is an obvious A. Let's move on to the passing game. We've already talked about Cam Newton.

He was my take a chance to the quarterback. If I didn't make this clear though, Matt Rules come out and said that P. J. Walker is gonna get play in this game too. But I don't think it's gonna be translate into enough, especially obviously nothing on the ground. I don't know, it won't take any rushing work away from Cam that I think you need necessarily downgrade Cam Newton, so C grade there, and p J. Walker siphons off

some but hopefully not too much work. D J. Moore gets a B. Washington's allowing two one yards per game to receivers that is second most, and is allowed multiple touchdowns to the position in five of the last seven games. Were should have no trouble exploiting Kendall Fuller giving up a passer rating of ninety two and William Jackson, whose Pro Football focuses one rated cornerback. So I like DJ Moore here. I was tempted to let you throw a dart on Robbie Anderson, but I just can't do it.

That would have been great. Betch Terry McClard start Robby Yaders, it would It would have been tempting, but he's coming off a two yard game. In a zero yard game, I can't do it. I just it's all. But the matchup is clearly bent in Anderson's favor, and I'd like to tell you to start him, but I can't do it. I'm sorry, and anything to the Cam and Robbie stood next to each other for press conference, so that that

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all the players who matter. Forty niners Take on the Jaguars. Scott, you already told us about the running game. We love Jeff Wilson in this opportunity. Although the Jaguars run defense is better than people think by a sizeable margin, just three point seven yards per Gary. But if you tell me any one forty niners back is going to get the vast majority of the work, I'm interested which they run it. So let's sell's talky about the passing game.

Jimmy Garoppolo, he was my ticket chance on the quarterback. Obviously I like him. Here his receiving options. Deebo Samuel, I have a I have a bench grade on. I think it's just obvious at this point he's an eight grade. So I'm gonna move on to Brandon Aiyuk, who have a C grade on. He has nineteen targets in the last three weeks. Fifteen wide receivers have topped sixty yards and or scored on the Jags this year, fifteen of them. That's that's basically two week so are closer one and

a half two a week. Whatever um the target volume he's getting, I think he's in for a decent day. Um. Most of those days were off of yards because the Jags have only allowed six touchdowns to wide receivers and that's four different players, so only four wide receivers have scored on the Jags, so you gotta hope for yards. Quietly, the Jiants defense is pretty good. It's not it's not terrible. It's not terrible. George Kittle, I have an A grade on he scored in back to back games for the

first time in his career, which is crazy. Uh, seventeen targets in the last two games. Four tight ends have seen six or more targets against the Jags. Their average that their average stet line five and a half catches for seventy five and a half yards. Yeah, and those those four tight ends that did that, they scored three times. A better big day for Kittle over on the Jags side. I have Dan Arnold as the only player in the

passing game with a grade. Yes, that's it to not even James Robinson passing game Trevor Lawrence bench grade because the fours have allowed one multiple passing touchdown games since week since Week four, and in those in those six games of posing quarterbacks are averaging a hundred and fifty nine yards per game. That's terrible. Dred fifty nine from and the wide receivers Marvin Jones hasn't top thirty five yards in three straight nat hasn't top twenty five yards

in three straight. Uh. Agnew is the wild card. If you need a real dart throw. He's getting five plus targets, he gets runs, he can break off big places. He's had a great, great game in four of the last five. He's the gadget player we thought Lavis was gonna be. He's the gadget player that Urban wanted Etn to be. Yeah, it's it's a tough matchup. But if you're I have them on the bench. But a dart throw c is okay too. Uh. Dan Arnold is the B grade I gave here. You gotta buy in if you haven't yet.

Sixty plus in four five, four plus catches in those same four games. Um sure. Last week all of his stats came in one drive. Who cares he got him? We don't care for fans. He was tagged with the one yard line too, don't leave that out. He should add a touchdown. The forty Niners have a lot of tight end touchdown in three of the last four. Dan Arnold has no touchdowns on the year, but maybe he gets it this week the one yard line and had

the mini touchdown. James Robinson a B grade this is my I don't care that he's got two injuries he's nursing. He keeps playing through him, and he gets so much work. Three of the four six team plus touchbacks had a hundred plus yards and scored. So I think Robinson gets that kind of volume and has a decent day. I'll

give him a beef because of his injuries. And don't don't forget Dan Arnold in depth knowledge of the forty Niners from his time spend Cardinals last year Cardinals and they met twice a year, and yeah, huge advantage for my man. Damn. Okay, speaking of Cardinals, Cardinals take on the Seahawks. We already know for shoe word that Hopkins is out of this one. There's stay say, Kyler Murray is a game time decision here, but with the looming bye week, I don't think he's gonna go. We'll find out.

I'm reading he's trending towards playing. This is a pretty important game for it more important with last week's loss. So I'm gonna give Murray the Sea assuming he plays. If he doesn't play, he's on your bench, of course, and I would bench um Colton McCoy. Uh if McCoy gets the start because over Seattle's last six games they've allowed zero, one, one, one and one. I think I left another one off their passing touchdowns. Let's give Seattle

some credit. They were a disaster in the opening four fitch weeks of the season and they've gotten a lot better. Not not quite back the legion of boom days, but that secondary is playing pretty well. But I will give Murray the see if he goes, but don't expect too much running from Murray. He wasn't doing that before the ankle injury. And like you said, DeAndre Hopkins ruled out.

That's uh. That doesn't bode well for Murray. So let's talk to or talk about the wide receivers that will play and give Christian Kirk and A. J. Green both a sea. I'm gonna give Kirk the high Sea in honor of the re release of Ecto Cooler for the the new Ghostbusters movie. So the high Sea for Christian Kirk. Uh tough matchup on paper for both just mentioned. The

Seattle secondary has played well. They have surrendered just one wide receiver touchdown over their last five games, and over their last four games, only one wide receiver has topped forty one yards and that was Davante Adams, who had seventy eight scoreless yards last week on eleven targets. So don't expect too much from Christian Kirk or A J. Green in this one, and don't expect too much from Zach Ertz either, but I will give him a sea.

The Seahawks have surrender just three touchdowns all season, but fantasy relevant options like Tyler Conklin, Tyler Higbee, and Dan Arnold all had pretty good games against Seattle. Relevant absolutely, Dan are Old, very fantasy relevant. Gotta be from my boy Scott Fish. They'll get more relevant than that. James Conner, talk about fantasy relevant, leads all running backs with twelve

total touchdowns eleven rushing. What are the odds on James Connor to lead the NFL and rushing touchdowns prior to the like, I'm sure something like that. Man, he's he's been a league winner at this point. I'm gonna give him the way. People that listen to the show in the preseason, we talked about the red zone and the inside the five usage, and we told you Chase Edmonds never touches the ball, and we told you Kyler Murray

doesn't run inside, so we identified that early on this show. Absolutely, and we expect Connor to touch the ball a lot in this one. The Seahawks are allowing plus combo yards and a touchdown per game to opposing running back, So an a for Connor. No starting grade for backup running back, you know, Benjamin, but he should be rostered in most leagues because if something would happen to Connor. We got starting running back on our hands with Chase Edmonds on

I R and should be for a couple more weeks. Um, that's it for the Arizona side over to Seattle DK. Metcalf gonna give him a b uh. Metcalf most of his routes from the left side of the field. Three has a strong matchup against Marco Wilson, who has allowed touchdowns in five different games wide receiver touchdowns. That is, in five different games this year. Metcalf did scored his latest meeting with the Cardinals last year. I should have mentioned again, I think every matchup has been like a

divisional matchup. It feels like in the show almost everyone this is uh. This is the first meeting between these two. But Metcalf did score his last meeting with the Cardinals, our latest meeting with the Cardinals last year. But in three career games against Arizona, d case total just six catches and seventy five yards outside of that touchdown. Kind of a brutal history, but I will give him a

B here just to see. For Tyler Lockett, he has a tougher matchup in the slot against Byron Murphy, but it's tough to ignore lockett stat lines against Arizona from last season when he had nine catches, sixty seven yards and a touchdown and then fifteen catches, two yards and three touchdowns, the one that really propped up his overall numbers from last year. Uh. See for Lockett, Gerald Everett

is on the bench. There are better tight end options out there, and Russell Wilson, uh gonna give him a B. Was shut out for the first time in his career last week, but that was somewhat excusable considering he was practicing against invisible players for a few weeks, but he was coming back from finger surgery. Was a cold weather

game in Green Bay. The three best passers to face the Cardinals, who were Kirk Cousins, Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers all managed to toss multiple touchdowns, and Arizona could be without all pro safety Buddha Baker, which would obviously bode well for Wilson. Wilson through for three and two touchdowns in his two games against Arizona last year. Uh. And now Chris Carson, UH was maybe gonna make it

make his return is most certainly not now. Uh season ending next surgery for him, wasn't gonna give him a starting grade. Uh if he went, I'm not giving a starting grade to any Seattle running back anyway. Even with Carson out, Arizona has allowed the eighth fewest fantasy points to running backs. Pete Carroll better let Russ cook in this one, because if not, let's hope Russ's finger responds a little better than last Well, he was rehabbing for nineteen hours a day, see now and he got shut out?

What if he had rehabbed for twenty hours a day. Russell Alex cons has become like the game long lead right hard Give him ten Carreys, He'll get your forty something yards given it feels that way, doesn't it. I like I would have given Collins a C grade just based on the prospects of a rushing touchdown, but that's me. Cowboys take on the Chiefs, and let's mention Marie Cooper's out for this game. He was a late week addition

to the COVID list, so he's out. But I still like Dak Prescott with an A grade along with Ceedee Lamb and Zeke is obviously in A grade as well. But let me just mention the return of left tackle Tyrone Smith helps everybody, so that's all good news there. Chiefs secondary has gotten a lot better. First, from comparing the first five games the year to the second five games the year, they're allowing ninety fewer passing yards and almost half as many touchdowns, so this has turned into

a trickier matchup. But they've also seen a lot of wobbly quarterbacks in that span, so I still I still like Prescott in a level here, but it's not as strong and a as it was when Cooper was playing. And filling in for Cooper will likely be Cedric Wilson, and he is a dart throw if you want to give him a try, and he had to fill in for Michael Gallup for long stretches of the season. Then he was getting you two and three catches a game, he found the end zone once in a while, and

favorable matchups. You could prespect Cooper. Cooper is gonna miss Thursday's game against the Chiefs too, and that's a that's a good point to um. Michael Gallup bumps up. He was a C grade. I bumped him up to a B grade here. In his two games of work this year, he's print run predominantly from the left side of the field, where he sees chart various Ward, whose play is improved enough that it makes it so that it's not a

slam dunk for Gallop. But I'm like Gallop pretty good, and they threw to him plenty last week in his first game back. So we'll give a B grade to Gallop here. Dalton Shall gets a little bit more um likable as well. With Amari Cooper out. Sheltz quiet over the last three weeks, producing two of his lowest yardage outputs of the season, but should bounce back against Kansas City. Chiefs have surrendered the fifth most yards the third most touchdowns to tight ends. Let's go over to the chief

side of the ball. We're back to the point where now all I have to do is just say Mahomes, Hill, Kelsey obvious. As I've been mailing in the chiefs conversations most of the year, the last couple of weeks, I've had to explain in more detail why Mahomes was a wobbly A or Mahomes was a B, or why Kelsey was a B instead of an A. But you know, after last week, I think they're all right back here

to obvious A starts. Let me mention this about the Cowboys secondary for all to talk about Tavon Austin, and we bring this up a lot in the show. But and Austin's eight interceptions, it's awesome, but he's giving up the second most yards of any cornerback, and opposite him, Anthony Brown's giving up the fourth most yards of any cornerback. So Mahomes, Hill, Kelsey all obvious a's, and they remained

highly startable. Darryl Williams as we're probable starting running back technically Clyde Edwards Hilayers a game time decision, but after getting very light use during the week in practice, I don't think he's gonna go, And even if he does, I don't think he gets a big workload here. So we're gonna keep Clyde Edwards layer on the bench, Darryl Williams with the C grade. Besides struggling against really run heavy offenses in Denver and New England, Dallas has been

very good against runners in all their other games. They're giving up just sixty two rushing yards and a third of a touchdown per game on the ground. That would be third fewest and the fewest over the full season. So just to see grade on Darryl Williams here and all the other wide receivers, the random dart throw you can attempt on Josh Gordon, me, Coole Hardman, DeMarcus Robinson, Byron Pringle. No way has Gordon even been playing. I think he's had I think he's got two catches as

a chief. That's it for Gordon, Well Pringles the guy, right guy. But the other guy, Hartman is the most active out of that group, I guess. But what you know, for everybody always tries to play any kind of guessing game with those guys. Dah, forget about it. Forget about it. When we come back, we're gonna jump into the time machine as we talk through some premature speculation players that you will want to pick up this week that everybody else will be trying to pick up next week when

we return to Fantasy Football Weekly. Fast segment. Fantasy Football Weekly Paul Charging, Scott Fish, and Brian Johnson with you. This is a segment we like to call premature speculation. We give you three players you want to pick up this week that other people will be trying to pick up next week, but they're already on your roster. Scott Fish, Yeah, I'm gonna go with Lativus Murray, who somehow has only rostered in of leagues. I think people just starting running

back on a run ahead of offense. He was starting before he got injured. They just released Levian Bell. They're not giving Tyson Williams any work. It's DeVonta Freeman had took the role while he was out, but they seemed to Latvia's look the best and they gave him the most work before he went out. He might be coming back this week, but you want to get him now before people realize. All right, your premature speculation player, Brian, I wanna go with the Giants Sterling Shepherd, who's only

rostered in Yahoo leagues right now. Shepherd was a top twenty wide receiver to start the season has been been dinged up. He might make his return this week against Tampa Bay. We'll talk about that game in a little bit, but he's the best wide receiver on the Giants went healthy and Daniel Jones looked looked his way early and often early in the early in the year, he had target totals of nine, ten, fourteen, and it was it was like three pretty much full games and uh, the

Giants usually playing from behind. I know se Kwan Barkley's coming back, but Shepard could be a big time helper, and he's available, and like I said, almost seventy percent of leagues right now, he's gonna be my Antonio Brown pivot this week. There you go, There you go. It does make sense. Yeah, for what possible reason in the tight end apocalypse that we are living in is Evan Ingram only rostered in twenty percent of fantasy leagues. That's absurd.

He's scored in back to back games. And here's your clincher. Rest of the way schedule is second easiest for the Giants for tight ends. The only stopper he's got left to Chicago and deeply plus matchups against Philadelphia the Chargers Philadelphia again, along with a bunch of just generally positive matchups Damn Babay this week Miami, Dallas, Washington. There's a lot of opportunities for Evan Ingram. The Eagles isn't just

a good matchup. It's most yards, touchdowns and receptions to time and twice and normally like you get docked for playing Travis Kelsey, which the Eagles did. Kelsey had four catches, twenty three yards, no touchdowns, and they're still putting or giving up insane numbers in that game. So, you know, I think this is a it's a go get Evan Ingram. Let's let's go game on. Our last couple of matchups

begin with the Steelers taking on the Chargers. Scott. We still at this stage, as Lesa's we're talking right now, we don't know the starting quarterback is gonna be. We don't doesn't matter at this stage. Yeah, I don't think it matters. They're preparing for Big Ben too to be the starter, but they have not at this moment, they have not activated him. That could happen as latest you know, tomorrow or what ever. Uh I have either one on

the bench. It doesn't matter. I'm not surprised. The Chargers allow the fuse completion second fewest attempts, third fewest yards, and third fewest touchdowns, mostly because they give up everything to running backs. That's what happens. So I have Nase Harris with an A grade and obvious A grade charges run of the week are Is he your fantasy yard park right here? I let's do it, fantasy yard Vark.

Chargers have a bottom six Rundy in almost every single category, including allowing the most rushing yards and second most rushing tds. A grade on Harris. Let's go back to the passing game. Though we're gonna bounce around a little. I'm still giving Deonte Johnson a B grade. I can't help it. If Big Ben's in, Big Ben targets him all the time, and exactly Mason Rudolph. Mason Rodolph did too. I like him more with Ben, obviously, but he's a lock for

five to nine catches no matter who's in. And every receiver with five plus catches against the Chargers had sixty five plus yards and or scored um. The top target against Chargers has gone over a hundred yards two weeks in a row. It's I believe DeVonta Smith and Justin Jefferson if I'm remembering correctly, UM, Chase Claypool, Raybary McCloud. I'm not doing either of them. Chase Claypool, I don't trust him with his toe injury, I don't. I don't trust him uh in a tough matchup. Yeah, and and

the second receiver usually does very little against the Chargers. Um. They've only allowed four wide receiver touchdowns all year. That's so, I don't even know if Deanta is gonna score, but he should get the targets and yards. Pat Firemouth though B Grade twenty nine targets in the last four weeks, resulting in four plus catches in all four thirty to sixty yards, and he scored thrice. Yes, Big Ben really targets him in the red zone. But guess what Mason

Rudolph did two, three, three times last week. He's got seven red zone targets in the last three weeks. If they're going to use him down there, I'm going to give him a b uh uh. Justin Herbert B Grade. The Steelers d has been really stout in their last five games, barely allowing over two hundred yards and score two checking notes here, let's two Teddy Gino Baker Fields and golf. Before that, they got torched for two four yards per game and two point to five touchdowns per

game to Alan Carr, Burrow Rogers. Those types. I put Herbert, and they're gonna be missing t J. Watt. They're gonna be missing Joe Hayden. Uh make a fit. Patrick's probably not going to be activated in time. He's on the COVID list. He'll probably He's probably gonna be out. I have no problem giving Herbert a B. I might even I'm teetering on an A honestly, with all those players out.

Keenan Allen's an obvious A for me. Eleven plus targets in three straight, five plus and catches and all of them in all but one game this year, and seventy five plus yards and four of his last. He's back. He's back with Mike. When Mike Williams went down, Keenan Allen came back. Mike Williams c grade. If Hayden and Fitzpatrick don't go, I'm sorry, I know it's it's Mike's. Here's the problem. We've get We give se grades two guys that are gonna get you yards a lot on this.

We think three four catches forty three four catches for sixty yards. We will give him a C grade. Maybe they Mike Williams has a better shot of blowing up than most of those guys. His ceiling is so much higher, so I'm gonna give him the C grade on. He's that guy. Plus he has a chance to be much with the battered secondary. I'm listening to that. Austin Ekeler obviously a grade. The only downside is the Steelers don't

give up a lot of receiving work. But they've faced like two to three good past they faced Swift, Aaron Jones, maybe Kenyan Drake. They haven't faced receiving backs, so that's why they haven't given up a lot. A grade on Austin Ekeler. All right, Giants take on the Bucks on Monday night, Brian, this is a Giant's running game that's expected to get Sae Kwon Barkley back. What do you think about him in his first game back against a usually tough Bucks defense that was a bit yielding last week?

They were a bit yieldly in terms of touchdowns. Antony Gibson at the two, but he's still only average two points six yards for carry. You got the like sixty five yards on twenty carries. A little flukey there. Tampa Bay could be without defensive line invite eve A. That would certainly bode well for Barkley either way. I'm giving Barkley a c uh if he comes back. But he

is trending in the right direction. But as you're alluding to, a brutal match up on the ground, but the Bucks have yielded eight plus targets per game to running backs. We all know Barkley is a very able catcher, so a c floor he does have be maybe even a upside in this one. But I play it cautious, um, but I think you can trust that he will play. You know. It's like, as you said, it's a Monday

night game, so a little dicey. But if if he's a scratch, I don't know if you can be a scratch if you haven't come back from injury yet, you probably can. They're being very, very cag with his status, but I think it's a lot of showmanship. There was talk that, you know, if they needed him last week it was a bye week, they could have started him potentially. I think Barkley goes in this game, and I think he's closer. People know the Giants don't need Barkley, they

need a new g think. But anyway, I don't even I don't even have a doubt. They've mentioned using two backs. They mentioned that week one when Booker got four carries. Yeah, you know, I think I think it's anymore. We're not going to talk about the the other backs though, but good point there. Um, it's not a brutal matchup for the wide receivers, but what a mess at the positions for the Giants. We'll start with Kenny Golladay. I'll give him a c. I guess I had no idea that

Golladay came back in week nine. Did Yeah, he did. The Giants are coming off there by they didn't play in week ten, but Golly didn't make his return in week nine. The Bucks are allowing more than one touchdown per game to wide receivers. Richard Sherman just went on I R I don't know if that's addition by subtraction. It most likely it wasn't playing much for the last month or so. Anyway, it's a it's a banged up secondary for Tampa Bay. But is it Sean Murphy Bunting

probably comes back for this game. They've got both their starting outside corners. I think this. I think this secondary's rounding into form. Okay, Uh, just my way taking. So I will still give Golliday the sea. We'll talk about the other receivers in a minute. Just because he's healthy and Gettleman, Dave Gettleman, that is probably gonna want to

justify this horrific signing in primetime. I guess, so A see for Golladay as we expect, or at least I expect the Giants to be playing and catch up mode in this one. Um Sterling Shepherd we talked about in uh premature speculation might make his return from a quad injury. He did practice on Friday, so he's leaning towards playing. I still would pick him up right now either way, even if he doesn't play in this game. But if he does play, he's still on the bench for me.

You can't trust him to play going into Monday night. You certainly can't trust him to finish the game coming off a quad injury. So a bench great for Sterling Shepherd. Uh can Darius Tony there's too many wide receivers to talk about. On the Giants, they're also yogurt uh Tony. Tony can be special, but they've hardly targeted him since

he's come back. He hasn't been special since popping off in Week five when he went ham against the Cowboys no other receivers were healthy, and since then he's been injured and when he has played, he's totaled eight catches for sevent scoreless yards across three games. He's on the bench. Um, we could talk about Darius Slayton, but I don't really want to. Do you guys want to talk about Darius Slayton. Nope, Okay,

he's on the bench too. We will talk about Evan Engram again, who charged had as his premature speculation player. I like that call, and I do like him enough in this game to give him a see. The Bucks are allowing six and a half catches per game to opposing tight ends. Ingram could very well lead the team in targets if it's not se Kwon Barkley in this one. And lastly, we'll go to Daniel Jones. Got him on the bench. UM. Over their last six games, Tampa Bay

is allowing less than two passing touchdowns per game. Uh, the competition at quarterback hasn't been great. We're talking Taylor High, Ninky, Trevor Simeons, Slash, Jamis Winston, justin Fields, Jalen Hurts, Jacoby Brissette, Mac Jones. How did the defending Super Bowl chance kept this kind of a primrose path of Uh, pretty pathetic competition. But guess what, Daniel Jones pretty pretty So he's on

the bench. Jalen Hurts did rush for two touchdowns against Tampa Bay's that's the angle for Jon But he's really only viable as a in super flex two quarterback formats, and he's a deep breach even even in those kinds of kinds of leagues. He's on the bench. All right, Enough about the Giants. Over to the buck side. I wanna give Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, both of the Godwin on the injury report again he was last week

with the foot injury. I expect him to play. Evans likely will be shadowed by James Bradberry, who is a very good cornerback, but he doesn't cover guys like Mike Evans every week, who has scored seven times over his last five games. Chris Godwin his second in red zone targets, behind only Cooper Cup. The Giants have surrendered seven wide receiver touchdowns over the last five so be for both

Evans and Godwin. Antonio Brown pretty much hasn't been ruled out, but most likely not going to play this week with the ankle injury. Has not practiced all week. This personal chef going to play. We're not gonna get into any of that stuff. At least I don't want to. I've got I got enough flak about things I say. How about just pay your help exactly? Don't just pay your help? That's all. Yeah, Antonio Brown, I have a defeated joke,

but I'm not gonna go there. Uh. Rob Gronkowski though, didn't see him like he was gonna play earlier in the week, but he's practicing full on Thursday and Friday, looking like he will be a go on Monday night. I'll give him a see. If he does play, he'll have a neutral matchup against the Giants who have surrendered, who haven't surrendered a tight end touchdown since Week four, but they are allowing five catches and fifty yards per game to the position, So see for gronk Tom Brady

gonna give him a beat. It's not the easiest matchup, believe it or not. The Giants have allowed just two passing touchdowns over their last three games, and that's with Patrick Mahomes and Derek Carr in the mix during that span. The Giants have good cornerbacks and James Bradbury to Dorry Jackson. So not a smash spot for Brady, but he's pretty tough to bench, borderline impossible to bench really, so a

B for him. And lastly for Tampa Bay, Leonard Fournette going to give him a B. New York is top ten and the most touches and yards allowed to backs, and this should be a positive game script for Lenny, who still dominated the backfield touches in a shockingly negative game script against Washington last week. Basically the bell cow for the Bucks. So safe B for for net. We've got a couple of minutes here at the end of the show, guys, let's talk about some of the developments

from Thursday night. Patriots backfield almost a dead even snap count for Damien Harris and Romandra Stevenson. Scott, do you believe that this is going to be a roughly even split going forward. That's tough. So Damian Harris got in a limited practice and then one full practice right before that game, Like that's that's all he got in for a workload for a game plan for that game. I mean it's only a practice and a half more than the other players. But week before that, Romandri Stevenson got

zero and then came and dominated the snap count. What I'm saying is maybe that's why Harris was a little bit more limited, is he he wasn't prepped for that

game plan. But that's a good point. Um, I think it's going to be a pretty decent split, and it puts us in a position where we don't know who to start for any of the Patriots going forward because Hunter Henry is so touchdown dependent, um, all the wide receivers or mishmash and if this is a split now, it's just confusing his Heck, I would bank I would still bank on Harris, But man, Romandre Stevenson looks. It looks good, doesn't he looks? The thing about Stevenson why

I think he's not going away exactly. He's the better pass catcher of the two. They're throwing to him. You know, coming out of college, we didn't necessarily expect Steve Ininsen to be a pass catcher, and if James White were healthy, he probably wouldn't be. But there they've decided they're going to throw to him. And if he's gonna keep getting three four, five ish, you know, targets and receptions per game or Mondari Stevenson is going to be a guy

to contend well, if I recall correctly too. And he missed the second half of his last year in college due to injury, and if that hadn't happened, he would have been a much higher traffic I do have a fun fact for you on that Roger Stevenson had five targets, and we tend the full game he played, not this, not Thursday Night. Five targets. Damian Harris has never had five targets in NFL life, college or high school. That does not surprise me. What do you think about Mac

Jones going forward? We love the fact that he's a high completion rate guy, but the downfield passing hasn't happened yet, and at the end of the day, to get the kinds of box scores we want from a passing game, you've got to be able to complete some twenty yard passes. Yeah, he doesn't have the most impressive weapons either. He's he's a gay man draw. I mean, he's a great quarterback. You might be the best rookie quarterback in the class

ahead of Fields and Trevor Lawrence. But uh, it's gonna be tough for him to crap crap crack the top twelve on a weekly basis. So he's kind of more of a really yeah second quarterback. Feels like he had a lot of those at Alabama, though. It feels like a decent amount of hitting Jalen Wattleship that worked out okay,

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