Week 12: Too Many Cooks?

going on? Charge? It is a weird, weird week. Um, we've had lots of COVID cases that have affected a lot of things, including a Tuesday game against the Steelers and Ravens that we don't know if that game is going to be played, although if history is any indication here, the league is going to do everything possible to play this game, and I do I believe it's going to happen, but it's it's creates a conundrum for a lot of fantasy owners who are going to have to make decisions

for those early Sunday kickoff games to start and not not knowing for sure if that Tuesday game is going to go. If you have if you can make a lateral move or an almost lateral move by taking players from that game out and starting anyone else, you've just

got to do it. In my opinion, We'll have some good pivots for you during the show, but the really the tough ones of the Pittsburgh Wide receivers, right the Pittsburgh Wide receivers are the biggest brought those correct, Those are the guys that were ranked the highest and and those are the toughest ones to play right now. Um, in my opinion, again, we've talked about this in show's past.

For your friends and family leagues, for the majority of you, uh, the best thing is to have a conditional selection that you can make for another player who plays on Sunday and use that player in the event that your Steelers don't go use a conditional player who talked about it before. If that's not available for you for whatever reason, then to me, anybody who gets an A B grade I would definitely play over Ravens and Steelers and maybe even in some cases players who we give a C grate

over the course of this show over Steelers and Ravens. Yeah, even even with the great I think that I'm probably with you charge I I think it's getting played. I still got most of them out of my lineups just in case at this point if I have close enough, you know, comparables. Yeah right, Um, Brian, Let's go to our first matchup, which is Las Vegas taking on Atlanta. And for Las Vegas and Josh Jacobs, there's a little bit of a trickier matchup than it seems because Atlanta

is a sneaky good run defense. Yeah after being like a bull's eye match up for five years at NACE. But yeah, so I'm just giving Josh Jacobs a B here. Just what looked like Jacob was gonna was gonna lose significant carries at DeVante Booker last week. He dominates at category SEV five. He should do the same against Atlanta. But again, there's no slouch against the run. Leave allowed

just four rushing touchdowns to running backs this year. No back has topped ninety rushing yards against Atlanta, which is insane. And Atlanta has yielded the fourth most cares to running backs in gold the ghost scenarios and Josh J. Gibbs is a beast to say the least. So you're still gonna start with a B. And uh and again I'm like years past, like running backs would catch like ten

catches minimum. The game against Atlanta has uh, well it doesn't matter because Alec Ingle had more targets than Josh Jacobs and DeVante Booker last week combined. They don't. They just talk about throwing to Josh Jacobs is not There's no receiving angle for Jacobs when he still gets the b.

There is a receiving angle for Darren Waller. He gets definitely gets an A. Has scored in four of his last six and here comes the Falcons who have allowed the fourth most reception, second most yards, and the most touchdowns two tight ends, So an A for Waller. Nelson agil are gonna give him a C. He's had three games with four and more catches all year, four or five and six for the catch totals. But he scored in each of those games and racked up two nine

yards in those three games. So if he gets the ball, things happen. He has six touchdowns on the year two. That's a lot. That's like a lot more than like most of the top twenty preseason wide receivers right now, So I'm giving a la ce. Atlanta's top seven in most targets and yards allowed to wide receivers and third in yards allowed to the position. So see for alar and a B for Derek Carr. Nineteen passing touchdowns to only three interceptions. That's crazy impressive. That's like m v

P caliber numbers there. And he's been very fantasy friendly to at least two passing touchdowns and seven of his last nine games and the one one of the games he fell short in. One of the two was the monsoon game in Cleveland, which we always a reference. It seems like every we always gotta go back to break. It wasn't a game, it was more like a season, a monsoon season in Cleveland for a month. And Atlanta has allowed the second most passing touchdowns and passing touch

and passing yards. So a B for car over to the Atlanta side. We'll start with Julio Jones. Sounds like you'll play with the hamstring injured. Yeah, and if he does, will he be the decoy? So just to see if he suits up. Las Vegas is allowing one and seventy seven yards per game to opposing wide receivers. That is tenth most, and they have allowed of receivers to top one hundred yards and score a touchdown in three of

the last five games. But if one Falcons receiver is gonna do that, It's more than likely gonna be Calvin Ridley, who gets the A has posted at least ninety yards already touchdown in every game he has started and finished this year, and his two healthy starts without Julio Ridley total twenty three targets an average on twenty three yards. He has a favorable matchup against Trayvon Mullen, who is allowing a passer rating of one on nine in his

coverage and has given up four touchdowns. So in a for Ridley Hayden Hurst just to see here coming off the Goose egg Yeah, he's banged up, but he should play. Raiders allow roughly five catches and fifty two yards per game to tight ends. Hurst averages four catches in forty one yards per game. That's with the with the Goose eggs. So in the tight end waste land. I'll give him

a sea here, but monitor of status. Like Scott said, he is a little banged up and Matt Ryan to another guy he really can't trust, and give him a seat uh the Raiders outside of the take out the Raiders Monsoon game in Cleveland, though in Las Vegas has allowed three twenty one passing yards and two point two touchdowns per game him over the last seven weeks, Atlanta

throws the ball fourth most in the league. Julio's health is obviously huge for Ryan, but even if Julio sits, you still give him a c. But you can look elsewhere in one quarterback leagues and Todd Gurley has been ruled out. I was gonna give him a ce as bad as he has been, but Brian Hill now draws the start. Everyone's clamoring for the waiver wire already, probably before they even heard this, so I'll give him a

CEE even though it's a bad matchup. Since Week four, no opposing back has top seventy rushing yards against the Raiders, but they have surrendered the second most touchdowns to running backs this year, so how many punches in? That was definitely the hope of Todd Gurley, because that's all that's too though. Yeah, the thirdteen goal line carries for Gurley, which is third most, and he converted six of him, so he was good at the goal line. That was the one place so you could count on Todd Gurley.

It certainly wasn't in a yards per carry format where he's like three and a half yards per carry on the season. It's been terrible. Arizona takes on New England Scott last week we saw the shoulder injury for Kyler Murray and we got his first sort of middling production game. And now he's got a tricky but not impossible matchup with New England. What do you think? Right? And he came off on Friday. He came off the injury report,

so completely clear, finding clear. Now it's still it still might affect him a little, but I still have an A. He was still an A start, even middling, so I still have an A grade on him. He has multiple touchdowns in let's see every single game this year. Uh, he's averaging over three per game in his last five. He only has four games this entire year under sixty yards rushing. That's like an extra touchdown right there, just

added in rushing. Uh. DeAndre Hopkins A grade. I don't care that he's going to get stuff on Gilmore, who's sue has been you know, he's probably Yeah, he's banged up, so if he plays, but remember when Belichick used to take away your best option anymore. Metcalfe a touch lock at sixty seven in touch dig six two both Fuller

and Cook's over eighty yards. I meant and all those games because those are games Gilmore played in so interesting um only and in the last two weeks he's allowed nearly a hundred thirty yards to wide receivers, So I think Hopkins could beat him. Honestly, I know, I know that they're looking for that matchup. I still have an A grade on Hopkins, although over Hopkins last month or so. Other than that, hail Mary catch numbers have been pretty pedestrian. Yeah. Yeah, Uh,

Pats have allowed touchdowns to twelve different receivers. They have the third most touchdowns allowed at the position. Uh. They've allowed another five to top eight score scoreless yards. So I'm given Christian Kirkus. I think he's a sneaky play this week, especially if Gilmore plays. You know he'll he'll have well either way. If Gilmore does, Gilmour's not gonna touch him at all, So I like him this week. I have a B on Drake. The Patriots have really

clamped down on running backs recently. They've only allowed three running backs over a hundred total yards that's rushing plus receiving, and all three took nineteen plus touches. But Drake's upside is that he gets fifteen plus touches in all but one game he's played, and they've allowed They've allowed about thirty six yards receiving two per game to running backs,

so I think Drake can get it done here. Um Edmonds, I'm putting back on the bench as he was relegated to back up two days with just six touches last week, so frustrating. On the other side, Cam Newton is getting a B and it's uh, it's once again his rushing. Uh. Last week he did it with his passing, but listen to his home game passing yards at Gilette Stadium on Sto seven and one eighteen so bad. Conversely, on the road averaging over three hundred yards per game, weird at

home had Gilette not getting it done. Uh, So he should get more of Russian opportunities this week though, Uh. It's it's a team. Arizona has allowed a hundred eighty rushing yards to quarterbacks over the last four weeks, and part of that is due to their forty percent blitz rate. They're forcing quarterbacks outside uh, rushing outside. Cam has played three teams with similar blitz rates. He has thirty five carries for a hundred and fifty yards and four touchdowns

in those three games. So uh. His passing yards totals I've mentioned were bad. But in those games, those those blitz those heavy blitz games, he rushed the ball on average nine times. Uh. He yes, we got scolded for missing and nine times. In fact, he has rushed the ball at least nine times uh in seven different games. Uh. So I gotta be great on him. Unfortunately, the return of Harry made Myers less lovable option, and Bird had his first big game of the year. But here's the problem.

H Bird had more targets over the last four games. Myers has only missed four snaps, one each game. Harry had more targets than both of them last week, but put up just forty one yards. It's a mess. I don't know what. And we've mentioned the passing yard shtals. I got well on the bench Harrison White. I'm giving both C grades to Burke. Head went down with the injury, so he clears the way for White to grab grab passes. He got six catches last week. Uh. Weirdly, James White

out snapped Damian Harris last week. I did not see that coming. I didn't either. He had been so lightly used for several games. Yeah, I I have C grades on Harrison White Harris Scott twelve touches, White guy to eleven touches. I can see them both with double digit touches. Touches here, it's all about Michelle. If he comes in and plays, uh takes away snaps. I hope it's just that minimal five six, seven touches that that allows both of those guys in double digits. That all makes sense.

Carolina goes to Minnesota and let's start with the running game and Mike Davis. It will be another Mike Davis game. By the way, the Vikings are top ten and in allowing rushing attempts and rushing yards to opposing running backs, but their performance has been very volid over the past

four games. In two they held down a very good Green Bay running attack in Chicago's running attack to just fifty three yards game, but then in the other two they allowed a struggling Dallas rushing attack and Detroit's rushing attack to average a hundred forty three yards. Go figure. You would think those have been flipped. I don't expect much through the air either way, though, No back his

top thirty six receiving yards against the Vikings. They've been great at stopping opposing backs through the air, and that's been a lot of where Mike Davis has helped and that's why he gets a B grade in this game. Let's go to the passing game. Teddy Bridgewater fully expected to resume quarterbacking duties here startable against a yielding Vikings secondary. Aside from Chicago's non functional offense, the Vikings are giving up two hundred eighty one yards and almost three touchdown

passes per game. Who Teddy is not normally that kind of guy. UM, and each of the of his receivers have positive matchups UM, but he tops out to Sea because he's just not an explosive player. He has topped two touchdown passes once in his last nineteen games. So I know it's ultimate revenge scenario. Basically, I would love to seeing p J. Walker se I don't. I don't think Teddy has revenge in him. No, don't sad scenario.

Capitalize on it. How I'll put it to you this way, In Minnesota, when Teddy Bridgewater runs onto the field, he would get far more we're there, we're their fans in the stands. He would have gotten a far bigger ovation than Kirk Cousins would have gotten. That. It's not even close, not even close. All right, let's talk about his receiver's

beginning with Curtis Samuel's got a matchup. I love Samuel has been a top five scoring wide receiver over the last five weeks thanks to his five touchdowns and his regular use as a runner. He overwhelmingly lines up in the slot, where he matches up against Vikings rookie Jeff Gladney. You might be wondering, how is Jeff Gladney doing this year? Well, he has allowed the most passing touchdowns in his coverage than any cornerback well, for that matter, any player period.

And it's by two that bad. It's given up seven stdowns. Yes, Jeff Sadney, Oh that might that might stick. I'm afraid let's hope that's not. Uh So, be great on Curtis Samuel, Be great and DJ Moore, I like the p J Walker gave him a ton of volume last week and more than Teddy ever did, and then more responded with a very big game last week. He runs from all over the field. He'll most often see rookie Camelot Cameron Danzler,

who's giving up a passer rating of one thirty. So I like DJ Moore here and let's just hope Teddy learns from a little bit what p J. Walker showed last week. You can target d J Moore. It's okay to do that. Robby Anderson gets a C grade. He hasn't scored since the opener um and his speed is frankly a mismatch for Teddy's arm, but the matchup is good against Chris Boyd. I believe he is startable in a pinch. Boyd allows seventy seven percent of the passes

in his coverage to be completed. Let's go to the Viking side. Dalvin Cook obvious A grade and without Adam feeling At who is very unlikely to go. I expect the Vikings to do it comes naturally here. That's run the ball, and they don't need excuse to run the ball. But we're gonna take Adam Feeland away. Expect that much more running. So Cook gets the A grade. Kirk Cousins is on the bench. I think you have to avoid

these low volume games from Kirk. And if you like me and you think they're just gonna run against a bad run defense, this is the This is when you don't want to play Kirk. He averages twenty seven passes per game when he's below twenty seven. Kirk's average game two hundred two yards and one point four touchdowns. That

is not a starting grade. Without guard Ezra Cleveland, last week, the Vikings offensive line looked brutal, and I'm worried about Kirk's Kirk's ability to get in a clean pocket as well. Justin Jefferson is the only other Viking that you'll want to start a B grade here. He typically crushes it when he's heavily targeted and without feeling that should happen here. Jefferson has at least eighty six yards in five of

the six games in which he has seen five targets. UM. He also has all four of his touchdowns in games where he's had those five targets. And I think he gets the five targets here. Favorable matchup as a Panther's defense allowing seventy one yards per game to receivers and um. The only other guys that I think you'd want to talk about. I know what I mean. If Smith unlikely to go, I mean maybe a Mark Andrews pivot there. Yeah, I think maybe maybe. I mean in a pinch, you

could go that direction if you wanted to. Um, I don't have starting here, but that makes feeling. And if Smith out, I mean, they gotta go to they gotta go to something. Even if it's only twenty three passes, there's got to be something got, you would think. So, I'm just I'm nervous about this passing game, the vikings in this matchup. Let's take a break. When we come back, nine players, many of whom are available on the waiver wire.

We call it take a chance on me. Guys you would not normally start you can this week for a variety of reasons. Will tell you who they are. In this a very tumultuous week twelve. Stay tuned to Fantasy Football Weekly. Take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting line. I will tell you who they are and which ones you can. Many of these you'll be able to pick up off the waiver wire. We begin at the quarterback position, and Scott Fish, who

you got? Okay, okay, I know he's looked terrible. He doesn't look he's probably on your waiver ward because he looks so bad. But even really bad qbs can find themselves startable in the right matchup. I have Carson Wentz, They're going to be behind a lot. Seattle just lost Dunbar and there literally every QBA to face Seattle has had either yds or and or multiple more multiple touchdowns are both. Uh. They have allowed six rushing touchdowns too, and once runs a man from time time, He's got

four rushing on the year. It's a spot. As for as bad as he's looked, he usually ends up with multiple touchdowns in the game one way or another. The catches, it's the it's the turnovers. Did you know that Carson Wentz leads the league in fumbles and interceptions? You know hard it is to to be leading in both of the turnover categories. If there were a third turnover category, Carson Wentz would lead that too. I don't know what

it would be. Maybe something like eating a football and then regurgitating it into the mouth of an opposing player like a baby bird. Maybe that would be it. Carson Wentz would lead that too, probably like Brett Favor Dave Craig or something Dave Craig. He was an epic fumble one time years ago. I did a TV show with Dave Craig, and so I teased him on air about the fumbling. He was so pissed. Oh, he did not

take that well at all. So if you ever run into Dave Craig or Dave Craig, if you're listening, he had the Gym Everett reaction. He got it in. He got it in. All right, Brian, you take a chance at me, quarterback? All right, seventy six degree. He's cloudy, no chance of rain. That's the weather in Jacksonville. For Baker Mayfield. He survived monsoon season in Cleveland understandably, barely posted any numbers over the last month. Well, no touchdown

since Week seven. But I'm attributing a lot of that to the weather. I believe there was a buy mixed in there as well. But he's passed the weather gauntlet. And before all that mess, Baker had thrown any touchdown in every game. He was averaging more than two passing touchdowns per game on the season. The last four quarterbacks that faced the Jaguars have it lead have hit at least two d seventy passing yards and two passing touchdowns, and Mayfield is a bit of a road warrior over

his career. It's not the longest career, but a pretty good sample size. He's averaging nearly two passing touchdowns on the road and less than one and a half passing touchdowns at home. So Cleveland's itching to air it out. They got to break the rust off of get the rust off of his shoulders. So Baker Mayfield at Jaguars. I'm going to Philip Rivers. Over the past five weeks, which includes a game against this week's opponent, Tennessee, Rivers

is average a healthy two yards and two touchdowns. He's playing better than I think people realize. Rivers played well against Tennessee two weeks ago, and prior to facing a broken Baltimore passing game, Tennessee was allowing two nine passing yards and two point four touchdowns per game. I would take two nine and two point four from Philip Rivers.

Let's go to the running back position, Scott, who's you take a chance on your running By the way, on Philip Rivers minus three yards rushing on the season, it's uh, my running back is Boston Scott. Last week again he vultured to score had eight touches. I think this is a game where he's going to get more touches. I find the Eagles are gonna be behind, have a lot of offensive snaps trying to trying to catch up there.

This is a Seattle team that's allowed the fifth most rushing touchdowns, fourth most running back receptions, fifth most running back receptions, receiving yards, and and the secondary running back scored a bunch. Chase Edmonds did it last week, Malcolm Brown and Darrell Henderson did a couple of weeks ago. Ja Michael Hasty and Jack McKinnon like the backup running. The second running back comes in and get scores. Why not, Brian, you take a chance of me running. Frank Gore at

home against Miami. Count them up. This will be Frank Gore's sixth revenge game of the season. It's been two Buffaloes and it's a homecoming of sorts. If it's it's

it's in Jersey. On the second time I played, we had two Buffaloes at Miami, a San fran and an Indie this year for revenge games for but Lea Michael Perne on I R right now for the Jets, So it looks like we'll have a bell cow on our hands against the Dolphins, who are fresh off allowing one dred and sixty plus rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns to Denver running backs last week. These teams met in Week six, Gore had forty six rushing yards on sixteen carries.

Not great, but Perrine and Ty Johnson combined for sixty nine very nice yards on ten carries in that game. So give all that to Gore and this one, why not Adam Gaze, Frank Gore, Frank or all right? I am going with Wayne Gallman against Cincinnati. The Bengals are allowing one hundred twenty six rushing yards per game, fourth

most on five point two arts per carry, that second most. Uh, not about Freeman again, he's on I R. Gollman has scored four in four consecutive games, and over those four games, his rushing attempts have increased every week. He was up to eighteen rushing attempts last week, and he gets back to that kind of territory this week, and he's a very good start. In fact, I think he's inside my top ten this week. Wayne Gallman. Your gall in. I'm

gall in on Gollman. Let's go to the receiver position. Scott, who you got. I'm going with Jalen Reagor. It's sensing a trend here with my three picks. Yes, I am once again picking. You're picking on you on a bad, bad Seattle Seattle defense in secondary uh, even if its returns, it more than likely means Richard Rogers six targets are going over to earths. Maybe there's a little extra forts there, but Rigor is at least five targets in each of

the last three weeks. His yardage hasn't been there yet, but the Seahawks have allowed the most yards and second most touchdowns to watch receivers. The Jeffrey return only took away fall of him. It didn't affect at all at all. Rigors to go to guy. I like him in this game a lot. All right, Brian, you take a chance

for me. Receiver Cleveland's Richard Higgins at Jacksonville. I'm not going to mention why Richard Higgins hasn't done anything over the last month, because I will it was a stupid monsoon. But over Jacksonville's last four games, they're allowing more than fifteen catches and two and ten yards per game to opposing wide receivers. They've surrendered six total touchdowns to the position over those four games, and the Jaguars have also allowed one one yard receiver in each of their last

six games. Yes, Jarvis Landry could be that guy for Cleveland, but it's not gonna be Cadarrel Hodge. It very well could be Richard Higgins at Jacksonville. Yeah, I like that play. That's a that's a good one, um. And you know it's not like Jarvis Landry's got big upside in him. Higgins has got more upside, big play potential than Jarvis. It's he or Hooper in the in the red zone

for sure. My uh my, take a chance for me receiver in our final one for this segment is Jachiem Grant, the Miami water Bug who goes up against the Jets. Since Preston Williams injury, Jachim Grant has been on the field for eight percent of the Jets plays. And sorry, Miami's place, I said, Jets for Miami's place. Grant is a sneaky play against the Jets defense that has lost starting cornerbacks Bliss, Suan Austin who when and I are And then they just outright cut Pierre de Seer and

he earned it. New York second day was already bottom five with those guys, and in their first game without them, they got smoked by Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, who combined for two seventeen yards and two touchdowns. And there's a chance Stu Beard comes back for that game. Oh, I would like that too, of may not play this one, and we'll find out. Also, let's find out what's happening

more between Cleveland and Jackson. You've already talked about some of the players you like in this one, Brian, but let's start with Nick Chubb and the running game. Chubb has been very good since coming back. Yeah, definitely, twenty carries last week. Cream Hunk still siphoned off thirteen and the rushing score unfortunately, but uh, Chubb basically seeing Bell cow rushing usage. Even with Kareem Hunt in the fold. He was not targeted though for the second time in

three games last week. In fact, Chub has not seen more than one target at any point this season. That's just not an aspect of his game. Unfortunately, but but what although he is a he's a service of all, they definitely not. They barely throw it a Kareem Hunt either. We'll talk about in the second the second, but the Jaguars do only fifth highest opponent and rushing play percentage and have allowed five rushing touchdowns to running backs over

as many games. So in A for Chub and a B for Kareem Hunt mentioned the thirteen carries in a touchdown last week, he was the only Cleveland back to see a target, although it was just one. But the Jags have yielded the fifth most red zone targets to running backs, and there should be plenty of meat left on the bone for Hunt on the ground and this one who would be for Hunt? And I'm gonna give

Jarvis Lanjury a B as well. I just talked about how bad the Jaguars have been against wide receivers, have allowed a one yard receiver in eat their last six games, six wide receiver touchdowns over their last four and for that reason, Richard Higgins was might take a chance on me wide receiver. And I really like Austin Hooper's matchup as well, and give him a B. There's a potential

here though the Jaguars are awful against the position. They're allowing the most yards per catch and touchdowns two tight ends, and they've surrendered at least one tight end touchdown in six of their last nine games. And for all those positive matchups for the past catchers, Baker Mayfield was might take a chance on me quarterback and over to the Jaguar side. Not a lot to talk about here. Um, I'm gonna stay have a new quarterback. We have a new quarterback. Uh yeah, I was, he was. He's gonna

be the grand finale. I'll stay with James the order you want, I'll stay with James Robinson. Through ten weeks, Robinson his RB four overall, in RB six on a points pre game basis and PPR. That's crazy. Just that says more about the state of running backs in fantasy football this year than it does about James Robinson being

a great talent. It does with only running back in NFL history to log one thousand plus combo yards through his first ten career games, the only undrafted running back to do so in the NFL history, and he's battling negative game scripts everyvery all the time, and sadly, he's probably gonna do that and in this one as well.

The Browns have only allowed one total running back touchdown over their last four games, and during that same four game stretch, only Josh Jacobs has top seventy rushing yards against Cleveland and he did that on thirty one carry. So I'll give a bet to Robinson based on his volume, but he's gonna have to work to really come through. D J. Chark was gonna get a be but he has been ruled out. Um he had a great matchup because there's basically no one to match up against him

or any other wide receiver. Denzel Award, the best cornerback on Cleveland, was the last guy standing. He's been ruled out of this game. So it's Laviska Chanlts and Chris connolly is I'll give yeah, they are both. He's been decent this year. To guy, he's the more safer PPR option between the two. But Chanalt has a very high floor in this one. As Jacksonville likely plays catch up

with Mike Glennon at quarterback. He's on the bench. I do like said, yeah, you gotta like that from the last chance in the NFL starts, He's gonna let it rip. You know he's gonna be playing bon Jovi's Blaze of Glory on repeat pregame, over and over. You know, I hope I like a guy that's self aware enough to know this might be my last chance in the NFL. That's Mike Lennon. Hey one, bonus, take a chance on me player. I want to throw out to you guys,

Vanderbilt's kicker Sarah Fuller. Yeah, I would love. I can only hope she gets in the game, she makes her kicks. It would be fantastic. We are rooting for Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller this weekend. She will be our our tenth take a Chance on Me player. More Fantasy Football Weekly, coming back in Moments, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly Scott Fish, Brian Johnson and Paul Georgie and you can follow us

on Twitter at oh wait, Scottish four. I always think it's twenty three Scott Fish Banker Jr. Not Don Mattingly. I don't blame you, honestly, Uh, if it comes down to those two at Brian Johns is at b t x J and I'm at Paul Chargion. We've got a number of matchups to get to over the course of this segment, beginning with Tennessee taking on Indianapolis. This is a tricky matchup for Tennessee and particularly in the passing game. Yeah, and that's why I have Ryan Tannehill on the bench.

It's tough draw for him. Tannehill has failed to top two and sixty yards in five straight and the Courts have allowed the fourth fewest passing yards to quarterbacks. Not a good spot. Tannehill multiple touchdowns in all but two games. Both Stafford and Rogers head good game games against the Colts, but this last four or five weeks for Tannehill, I just can't trust it. I am. I am giving c grades to A. J. Brown and Corey Davis, though uh

Brown has scored in six of his seven. I know he's a little dinged up, but he should be fine. Outside of the one Dudd game, which was which was a dropped the sideline bomb that he likely would have housed. Yep, yep, I did. I did have it in here that he went one for twenty one in that in that game. Besides that one Dudd game, he's been very, very solid in all other games. Davis had five for sixty seven in that game, a very solid startable C grade stat line.

He's actually been in that range in four the last five games, lead the Titans in targets for the last five games, which is surprisingly so C grade there Jonah Smith, he basically needs to be saved by touchdowns to to be relevant. In fact, Fuser has more catches over the last five weeks than Johnny Smith does. He does, he's he is. He is a tight end dependent, touched and touchdown dependent tight end, right, which is ridiculous consigned how skilty is which I agree completely. Of course, you know

how I feel about this with John O JOHNU. But let me mention this. He does have more touchdowns than any tight end except Travis Kelsey. Yeah, and it's not bad. And here dependent tight end, Yeah, that helps. Yeah, it doesn't hurt to run him into. I have an A grade on Henry I. I don't think it matters anymore who he plays and divorce Buckner is on the COVID list, so he'll be out for this game. In the middle of that defense that Henry should be able to to

run up. Colts have allowed nine rushing touchdowns all three backs of seventeen t more touches top nine yards. Henry average is like twenty four game. He's gonna get his. On the other side, you like Philip Rivers this week he do take a chance on me player rightly, So I have an A grade on Michael Pittman, maybe the

first A grade on the show. Yeah, as you can imagine, the Titans are just as bad against wide receivers as Charge mentioned they were in the past against the past with his take a chance on me, second most receptions, fourth most yards allowed to watch receivers. Two weeks ago, Pittman broke out with seven catches for one yards against this very same defense. A grade there, Burton, Ali, Cox, Doyle tight Ends, they're on the bench. There's splitting too much.

Taylor and Hines. Right after they say Hines is going to get the workload, Taylor gets twenty six touches. I do have a C grade on both here, hoping that Hines can get just enough out of the air and Taylor maintains that twenty twenty touch looad, which is no guarantee. No, it's no guarantee, but but you could probably rack them up both for wreck Taylor up for double digits regardless

he gets those in his down games. Usually h Titans are really really bad against past sketching backs, one of the worst in the league, and hindes his top thirty five yards through the air and a couple of grabs in every single game but one. And uh so I have Sea grads on both of them. San Francisco takes on the Rams. The Rams have become the best overall defense in the NFL. Coults are close. I think it's

Colts Rams one and two. Um. And also, as you're as you're looking at San Francisco players, watch for left tackle Trent Williams COVID status. If he cannot go in this one, it hurts in an already difficult matchup, almost everybody becomes unplayable. I think at that point ce Grade right now on Rackee Mostert, who comes back here. Now what's not clear is in his first game back, is he ready to withstand a big workload or not. Yes.

I was just gonna say with most Remember Michael Kaiser, they're leading tackler in the line in the linebacking corps is out is out for for the ramp for the Rams, Yes, which which is helpful. It was probably in your notes and I just thought okay, it's a there's a tough matchup for where he most the Rams allowing uh only an average of seventy five rushing yards per game, that's seventh fewest and zero point four touchdowns, second fewest to

opposing running backs. They've been even better lately. No back his top forty eight rushing yards since all the way back to Week six, and Rahee Mostard who had sixty five yards, which is just okay, and only three point eight yards per carry, which is about what I expect in this game for Mostart. The only other player I have a starting grade on is tight end Jordan Read. It's because he's a tight end. We don't have a

lot of options. The Rams are playing white outs, so well, the Niners might just choose to send the ball to Jordan Read go to the tight end instead. In the earlier matchup, George Kittle went berserk monster game against the Rams ten catch game that said Read is not George Kittle, and Kittle's big game is the only high volume tight end game the Rams have allowed all season long. So just to see grade on Jordan Read, it's a dart

throw there. Everybody else is on the bench. Nick Mollins is a backup quarterback against the NFL's best past defense. That's not good. Deebo Samuel is trying to overcome a hamstring injury, and if he does start, he projects to draw Jalen Ramsey. That's death to him and then for Brandon I Ken needs to clear the COVID protocol before we even know if he can go, and then he might get Jalen Jalen Ramsey. If Deebo Samuel doesn't go, just let's just not play any of them. Let's be

one of the worst Super Bowl hangovers in history. Are suffering. Yeah, well, you know, in fairness, I mean all the injuries offensively and defensively. You know, it's but it's it is, it's gone. It's gone ugly fast for them. I was optimistic it wouldn't go this way, but it has. Let's go over to the ram side. Then, beginning with the passing game, Let's let's start with Jared Goffin gets a C grade in back to back games. We've gotten good Jared. And when he's good, you want to believe in that guy.

And three yard against Seattle, monster game against Tampa. But then when he looks bad like he did in the earlier matchup with San Francisco. Here, like you just want to gouge your eyes out, and the Niners make at Richard Sherman backed for this game. That could be a that could be a serious game changer for that defense. Even without Sherman since the opener, San Francisco's past defense has been very good. They're giving up the second fewest

passing yards without Sherman. Three quarterbacks Ryan Fitzpatrick, Aaron Rodgers, and Russell Wilson. Those are three good quarterbacks have scored two thirds of the touchdowns given up by the Niners all year. The other eight quarterbacks are averaging one yards and zero point seven touchdowns. Jared Goff is not in the caliber of Aaron Rodgers Russell Wilson, so I think he is potentially sitting at a dud game here. Just to see grade for him B Grade and Cooper Cup.

Over the past three games, Cup is seeing forty targets and he's averaging a hundred two yards. The problem is he's never found success against the forty Niners. In four career games against San Francisco, Cup has topped out at just thirty one yards as his best game. Against the Niners. That includes his eleven yard game against San Francisco earlier this year in the slotty matches up with Jamar Taylor. That's a neutral matchup. Taylor allows a lot of catches,

but he does not give up big games. I think Kwan Williams might be back for this one after they reversed his suspension too. That would be very helpful. Not for the Rams. No, yes, um, Robert Woods gets a C grade in this one under the assumption that Richard Sherman returns because he Woods only runs even of his plays on the other side of the field, which means he'd be on the Sherman side. Upgrade Woods to a

B without Sherman. Though some good news. Woods has tallied one yards or a touchdown in each of the past three meetings against San Francisco, so he's been successful here. In the Week six meeting, he only had four catches for twenty nine yards, but he did score a touchdown. Now, let's talk about all the people on the bench, all the Rams runners on the bench since Week eight. Get this,

This tells you why you can't trust these guys. Sense Week eight cam akers Darryl Henderson, Malcolm Brown, have split touches exactly in thirds. It's impossible to trust any low volume back against a very good forty nine run defense allowing the fifth fewest rushing yards and the eighth fewest touches per game. Henderson posted a decent game against the Niners in the earlier meeting, but Acres wasn't getting the ball back then. So I don't trust any of them here.

And they're on the bench and the two tight ends, same deal. They cannabalize each other. They are on the bench as well. Um today, I feel like I'm gonna missed anybody. No, I got everybody. That's all the Rams. All right, Let's go to Miami taking on the New York and Jets. Brian for Miami, we have some changes at the running back position. Yes, Salvin Ahamed probably not gonna play. He's out. He's ruled out and ruled out.

So we're looking at Patrick Lair DeAndre Washington. They might be able to get Myles Gas back and come off. But that's I think he's here. I think they're going to press him into service, full time service. I not, but I feel like they don't like the other backs. That's what they should they flat out. It feels like a week to to not go to go all in on one of them, because it seems like it's going

to be a platoon in my mind. Uh. And the Jets run defense is actually shaped up quite nicely over the last month, and it's not as easy of a run matchup for Miami as it is a pass matchup. No. Yeah, the opportunities are there for running backs. New York is one of twelve teams with an opponent rushing flavors centage north oft. They've also yielded the most red zone targets to running back, so that that plays into the past game. But again, picked your poison. It's probably gasking if you

gonna go with one of these three guys. But I think you just got to see how this pans out and move forward with the Miami Backs next week. Uh. Speaking of more questionable players to don't go, Viola probably will play and assume he does with the thumb injury, UNA give him a c. The Jets have allowed the third most passing yards and the tenth most passed passing touchdowns this year. Seven straight quarterbacks have thrown for three hundred yards end or multiple touchdowns against the Jets, yes

two of us bench last week. It was probably more attributed to the thumb injury than his play, which wasn't looking too good, but again hopefully that was because of the thumb. So A c for two of a very soft one. DeVante Parker just to be here, only three catches for three five score of the yards in the first meeting these teams played in Week six. By the way, Parker only has one touchdown across his last four games against the Jets and hasn't topped sixty yards against them

either during that span. But as long as the game script isn't completely flipped, Miami won this game twenty four nothing in the first matchup, so there was like no need for offense really on the Miami side. Parker should be fine against the Jets, so if the script is not flipped. The Jets recently lost starting corners blasan awesome tie Are and uh Pierre de si Here who just was released, so we didn't really lose him, they jettisoned him, so neither were any good anyway when they were playing.

But the Chargers wide outs top two hundred yards and scored twice against the Jets last week, so b for Devanta Parker and Jakeem Grant. Was your take a chance of baby wide receiver? I like that definitely. And again the sneaky, sneaky daily angle with a guy like Grant, as he returns kicks as well, and you pair him

with the defense, you can double up on that bonus. Uh, Mike Gisicky can give him a sea has put up at least forty yards and three straight games and has recorded at least four targets in each of those games as well. Of all the tight ends to garner at least four targets against the Jets, and that's a lot of them, only one has failed to hit six yards or score a touchdown. But keep in mind Kausik he was blanked in the first meeting. But again Miami did not need much offense in that one. Over to the

Jet side real quick. Frank gore As might take a chance to running back, he'd probably be a bell cow. In his sixth revenge game of the season, Jamison Crowder Uh finds himself in a very crowd dead wide receiver room all of a sudden give him as see though Uh target totals of two and three since returning from injury, but as with Joe Flacco, uh Sam Darnald Donald is

going to make his return. Cooper Cup and Keenan Allen have top two hundred yards or scored against Miami in recent weeks from the slot, So Crowder gets a see, I'm gonna bench Breshad Perriman and Denzel Mims. Perriman is coming on strong, was developed developing a nice rapport with Flacco, but those days are over. He had three touchdowns over his last two games. Perriman probably sees a lot of Avian Howard, who has ranked fifth and coverage among back

by Pro Football Focus. And Mims again a guy we like on this show, an up and coming prospect, but not this week. Keep him on your bench, but make sure he has rostered and then Sam Donald will make his return. Did not play in the first meeting that was a Flacco game, but we got to see something first from Sam before we insert him into our starting lineup. Well, maybe a few times before, but I think we need

to see a lot before we put him in starting lineups. Um, we have a moment or two before the break Scott. Among running backs, there's a hierarchy of Derrick Henry Dalvin Cook, maybe Aaron Jones, Alvin Kamara as four elite backs. Is Antonio Gibson the next backup. He's a roughly top five at this point. He's getting there, and it's it's weird because he's one of those guys that we kind of

saw this extreme. We were like, either he's gonna bust or he's gonna be big because he's such an athletics him and so good in the receiving game that he's not being used in yet. So once mckissic leaves town or they figure out to you, like I think, I think Gibson is still just he's learning how to build early down NFL running back and he's big enough to handle that load. Once he gets his full game around him. I think it's absolutely possible. Yeah, I do too. There's

that kid is going to be very good. I've seen this thrown around out there, and I think it's absolutely right. He's kind of like this year's Miles Sanders. Miles Sanders did in the receiving game and now he's got the full compliment. This year, Gibson is doing the running game and he'll get the receiving later. He's a converted wide receiver for Pete's sake, throwing him the ball. Who would you you know, if you're Washington and your Ron Rivera and Scott Turner, who would you rather have get the

ball in space at the end of a reception? J D, Mick suck Itt or Antonio Gibson He's back, Yeah, well when I need him to sound bad, kissics making it work. And I think they want Gibson to focus on learning this role and that's why he hasn't gotten it yet. But it's coming. I think it is coming. Um. If you if you want a further deep dive on all of our player rankings explanations, we encourage you to go

to Guillotine leagues dot com. All of my player rankings are there, explanations for most of the key players updated usually up to the minute as well, and there's so many moving parts this week. We encourage you to go to Guillotine leagues dot com. When we come back, three tough questions for a panel of experts. You get to play along see if you can go three and oh on Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charge and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you this

is a game. We call three tough questions. I will pepper my co host, with three tough questions. They will try to get them right. You'll try to get the right player along. See if you can go three you know, tough question number one. Dalvin Cook's playoffs schedule is brutal. Should his owners trade him Scott? Yes, definitely. If you're the fantasy manager that's definitely going to miss the playoffs and you're done with the season and you don't care,

sure why not. It's a Mike McCarthy move, Matt Patricia move, It's it's mostly an out of games move. Just trade trade Cooking. You know, let's let's make our team worse for no good reason. Uh the way this year is going a healthy back getting twenty plus touches. I don't care what the matchup is. I'm keeping Dalvin Cook on my roster. I know you could probably get a decent amount for him, but I just trust him through through,

even through the bad matchups. In most scenarios, the answer is no, many many scenarios, just you hold on too, Dalvin Cook. But since there are a couple, I'll have to make my answer. Yes, you should trade Dalvin Cook. If you're really on the outside looking in but you're clinging to playoff hopes, you have no right to be there, but you are because of Dalvin Cook. And if you can, and I never like doing a three for one or two for one rom heavy where I'm getting two or

three players for one. But if you basically have no chance to make the playoffs, would you could? But you want to both threw yourself up and based on the bad matchups. If I can get a QB one and a wide receiver one in like an RB two for Dalvin Cook and someone's gonna pay that, that's the right hatch. If you need depth, you can get a lot. But if you're already gonna be in the playoffs, I have no problem starting Dalvin Cook in those matchups if he's healthy.

But uh, I guess that's my answer is yes, though, yes you should trade Dalvin Cook in some instances. Week fourteen, he faces Tampa. Tampa is number one defense in yards allowed, number one defense and yards per carry number three and fantasy points allowed. Then Week fifteen, Vikings have the Bears. This is the easy game. The Bears have given up the second fewest touchdowns to running backs. Then Week sixteen. If you get that far for the champion hip game,

all you have to do is play the Saints. The Saints are number two in yards allowed and number one in fantasy points allowed. Their last one yard game was allowed to a runner was three years ago. Who did it, Scott? Go? Figure? Now, if the offensive line for the Vikings were better, I'd be defiant and I would just say, you know what, they're gonna run on that team, and they're gonna run through those teams anyway. But I don't see that in this Vikings offensive line. This is not a team that

can just exert their will that way. And if you've got Cook, you're probably headed to the playoffs because Cook has powered due to the playoffs. You don't need week twelve wins. You don't need week thirteen wins. You're playing to get to the playoffs and then go get the championship. You need three straight wins in the playoffs. Is it is Dalvin Cooking the Vikings going to dud in any of those three matchups? Well, probably yes, in any of them he could. Chicago and Minnesota played in Week ten,

Cook had nineties six yards. That's great rushing yards on thirty carries, yeah, thirty carry yet three or whatever three point three perk and no touchdowns. Of course, right this isn't This is all about getting to win at the end of Week sixteen, and you can't have your best player hitting you with a dudd in one of those weeks. So you can name your price on Cook. When you dial up the Derrick Henry owner and offer him Dalvin Cook, he's got to think about that offer. That's like the

one one for one you can listen with. Derrick Henry's got in the playoffs Jacksonville, Detroit, Green Bay. That's money right there. Nobody. Derrick Henry is gonna win a lot. He's gonna win a lot of leagues. And that's a trade you might be able to pull off right now. You could trade for Aaron Jones, he's got Detroit, Carolina, Tennessee very favorable. You could trade for Josh Jacobs, hope he gets through Indi so he can get the Chargers

in the Dolphins, Alvin Kamara, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Minnesota. They're just there are other options all you care about at this stage. If you have Dalvin Cook and you're going to the playoffs, he is getting to week sixteen, and I don't think he cannot hit you with duds in three straight brutal matchups. Tough question number two. Washington head coach Ron Rivera says that he'd like Alex Smith to be his quarterback next year for Terry Mclaurin's Keeper League,

Dynasty League, Empire League managers. Does this hurt help or really neither? Brian, But we can just throw help out the window, And no one's ever been like, oh, we got Alex Smith, that's really gonna bode well my wide receiver one next year. So it's between hurt and neither.

So since Alex Smith has had three full ish seasons with twenty plus passing touchdowns, seventeen he finished with twenty six passing touchdowns, so he's not been a great quarterback from a fantasy perspective, but has been able to support a wide receiver one in those years. And twenty thirteen Jamal Charles led the team in catches, yards and receiving touchdowns.

I think that was the year he had like five receiving touchdowns against the Raiders though or something like that, but Dwayne bow was the leading wide receiver that year. His numbers are not spectacular, so not off to a good start. But in Jeremy Macklin led the team with eighty seven catches, eleven yards and eight touchdowns. Those are wide reaper one numbers. Uh. And in seventeen and Travis Kelsey was in the mix that year from Macklin, he

hadn't quite popped off like we've seen him now. But in twenty seventeen, Tyreek Hill seventy five catches, twelve yards, seven touchdowns with a very explosive Travis Kelsey in the lineup. So Smith has supported wide receiver one numbers and what we've seen so far, he's locked in on Terry McLaurin. And if he does that next year, I think it cannot hurt him with Alex Smith as his quarterback, all right. Uh, First off, that's Perryan stat courtis sa Adams or I

like to credit where credit is due. Uh On this one though, I actually kind of disagree that. I think it can help him because it's a lot more consistency from al Smith then what he's had to deal with at the quarterback position previously. They've played three and three quarters games. So Alex Smith came in after the first quarter at the very very very end of the first quarter of the game. So he played three quarters of one game and then three straight games. McLaren's worst game

of those four five eighty four from Alex Smith. The Alex Smith in that in that game through and a score in that three quarters, and then he's been eighty four more and five or more catches in the three after that. Uh. I did put neither though, because you know there's gonna have to be some dud's coming. Uh, it will happen. But he was very up and down with the Hodgepodge, so I I think it's right middle of the road. It's definitely not like a stud young

quarterback that they can grow with. And he can be a target hog like air bear to to Keenan Allen, but he's gonna be just fine. Um. Having Alex Smith as the quarterback next year for the was in Keeper Leagues, Dynasty Leagues, Empire Leagues hurts. McLaren isn't producing any better statistically under Smith than he was under Dwayne Haskins or Kyle Allen. It's all been the same, and with Smith's age and diminishing arm, he's not able to unlock the

best to McLaurin. The sooner Washington finds a young talented quarterback, the sooner McLaren become becomes a bonkers, elite, top five receiver. To be fair, I don't think he's ever had the arm that's been one that's to diminish. Actually, you actually have to have a presence in the arm for to diminish. My problem with those other quarterbacks where their averages. He had a bunch of under forty yard games with Dog Smith. He's never been under eighty four. Well, he's only at

one game under sixty one yards all year. One game. It's performed the same with all of them. As here's what we want. Look at Keenan Allen under Philip Rivers and Tyrod Taylor, and look at Keilan, Keen and Allen under Air Bear. This is what we want for Terry McLaurin, arguably the most talented receiver in the league. I mean, just from a talent standpoint, we until they get a quarterback who can unlock his potential, he's gonna languish as

this second tier receiver. You have to get that young guy, and killing years with Alex Smith doesn't get you where you want to be. When you're a keeper league, Dynasty League, or Empire League manager. Question number three. Luckily, Washington's on pace for a top five pick or a bottom bottom could go any direction right three tough Question number three one more? Do we sabotage drop every Ram and buccaneer

running back? Scott? I wanna. I don't know how to even answer this, because I say yes, no questions, I'll tell you how to answer. What you're asking is barely possible, like the type of fantasy manager that would pick up a Bucks or Raps already back, probably as a dubster fire going on already, So you're just throwing a match into a dumpster fire that they already have. Uh you can? I?

I would? I. I really don't want anything to do with them, even though the Rams, like Clayss schedule is very good, Like if one of them can separate themselves, that would be a nice stash, But I'd rather have nothing to do with those backs right now, Brian, can we sabotage drop every Rams and buccaneer running back the Rams? Definitely? Yes,

that's easy. And even though between Leonard Fournette and Ronald Jones it's been there's been like six instances where it's like the stars have perfectly aligned for it to be player X is week, but then it's player Y who goes off. If I roster both of them and in both of them, meaning for Net and Jones, I will hold and just hope one can truly establish himself, and it's probably have to come through injury. It would have to be so that that that's so, I guess I

will say. I'm gonna say yes, even though that one rare instance would be a no. But yes, you can drop them all though there their trash. Yes, you can sabotage drop every Rams and buccaneer running back. Does this mean that every Rams and bucket you're running back is terrible? No it doesn't. Does this mean that none of them will ever have a good game? No, some of them

will have good games. Will you be able to predict which player is going to have a good game and when No, No you're not, And you're gonna get it wrong way more than you're gonna get it right. The playoffs are almost here, and in the playoffs you have to win three games in a row. Can you imagine starting any Ram or Buccaneer player running back confidence for three games in a row. There always gonna produce three

games in a row for that teams. Those teams. No ram or buccaneer running back has a starting grade this week, which tells you plenty as well, you're not starting them this week. You're not starting and beyond yes, you can sabotage drop them all. That's work in one more matchup into this segment, and it is the Chargers taking on Buffalo Scott for the Chargers, justin air, Bear has become an unbending Come on, yes, he's unbengeable. I I gave

him a grade just because he's so unbengeable. He's he's he's a guy who has thirty three plus yards and or multiple multiple touchdowns in let me check my notes on this one again, every single game he's played. It doesn't matter. Bills are actually bottom five against quarterbacks bits, mostly because they have a lot of ton of rushing stuff to quarterbacks that is that has put them there. And Herbert it's usually like a ten to twenty yards guy, So don't count on that. But I I trust Herbert

right now. Uh keenan Allen a grade. He's averaging ten plus targets per game with Herbert leads the NFL and targets and receptions, you can't bench him. C grade for Williams has at least four catches in five of the last six, and in those five games, he averaged nineteen yards per reception, good for eighty yards and scored four times. Uh second wide receiver has four catches or more in seven in the last seven Bills games. Now, you don't think Mike Williams is gonna at trade Avious White coverage

in this one. It's possible. But have you how many how many wide receivers do you think are better at contested catches in the NFL that Mike Williams so big they go up and get it. I said that, I said this, What was it last year? I think it was last year with Kenny Golladay when he went up against White. I said, I don't care contested catches. They can they can overcome that. So I trusted Mike Williams for the C grade here, Henry, I gotta B grade to the problem with Henry is he hasn't topped fifty

yards since Week three. That's what That's what gets me with this. Otherwise, the Bills have allowed the most receptions, most yards, and third most touchdowns to tight ends. They have allowed quite as much since Week six, but they faced Chris Herndon, Ryan is Oh, Jacob Hollister, and Dan Arnold, so so I will go more with what they did early in the year. Clergan's better tight ends. Uh. The tight ends that are more on bar with Henry in that early part average seven and a half catches and

eighty yards and a touchdown. So that's where they give it up. The running back position is where it's really tough for this one. Ekeler might play. They don't. He probably won't, but he might. Blage probably not going to play, but he might eat. He's he's been hurt all week. The the internet doctors don't think he's gonna go. If if Blage goes, I'm starting him because he's got sixteen plus touches in three straight good for seventy yards in each.

That's right along with what the Bills are doing. All the starters they allowed fifteen plus touches, two did seventy to twenty yards. You can count on that. Uh. If not, it's gonna be Pope and Kelly. It's Troy Mayne, Pope's birthday. On your angle and there. Yeah, and he he had more touches than Joshua Kelly the one game that uh ballot the game before ballots really took over. So maybe, but I have them both on the bench. I don't

know who to trust if Blage is out. So on the other I'd like to think at this point, you're nobody listening. Has to start Troy main Pope, Yeah, that would be that's that's that's really reaching. But the running back landscape, man, it's it's it's bad. Yeah. On the other side, josh Allen John Brown is going to be out for this game, so it makes it a little rougher for Allan. But the charges have allowed multiple touchdowns in five straight uh, none of them top two hundred

and fifty yards. But Allen has seven fifty total yards and six touchdowns in the last two games. He's he's really coming on strong right now, Digs, you're not mentioning him. I got an a grade their second in the NFL, and targets, receptions and yards double digit PPR points in let me check my notes on this one. Every same go game. He only has one game with fewer than six catches. He just gets it done. I do have

a C grade on Gabriel if John Brown sits. He has produced in the games John Brown has been gone five one all three of those games over fifty yards cut three touchdowns like he's produced. One of his touchdown was not in one of those games was a game that John Brown left early. But uh, like a six yard touchdown or whatever. Beasley I'm putting on the bench just because he's been so hit or miss. With John Brown out, he might see a little extra work. But

I I did Gabriel a little bit more here. Uh Moss, Zack Moss, you know that guy. I'm familiar and I kind of like him in this matchup. I do. I have a B grade on him. Moss has outtouched Singletary in two straight games, out snapped him in three straight. He's the guy you want to start against the Chargers defense that has allowed eight touchdowns to running backs in just the last five games, six running backs over sixty yards in that five game stretch. As well, I have

Singletary on the bench. Yeah, the Cody Ford is going to be out for the rest of the season, which is a loss to that build's offensive line. But still hoping that they have an opportunity to get something done here. And this might be for those that were patient with Zack Moss, this might be your chance to finally get the big payoff. You only had to wait twelve weeks. That's right. He's been Yeah, it's been okay, you know,

more so lately. And I know that first half of the season was tough, but you know, at the end of the day, we're gonna get paid. On Zach Mass. I believe that the preseason you called him a league winner. It's coming. That's right, that's right. I meant it meanted the Fantasy playoffs attack that we meant. When we come back, Kansas City takes on Tampa Bay. Tough matchup for Clyde Edwards A laire. Do you start him here? We'll tell you when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome

back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Church and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you another block of matchups, beginning with Kansas City taking on Tampa Bay. Patrick Mahomes, Tie Reek Hill, Travis Kelsey all a's I'm not going to spend much time in any of those three guys, because you're gonna start up no matter what the Bucks secondary is the middle of the pact group that eventually yields big games most of the time. They've given up multiple passing touchdowns

in five straight games. Homes should be fine here. Tyreek Hill obviously a grade as well in a fantastic matchup against slumping slot corner Sean Murphy. Bunting Hill could be sitting in a very big game, and Travis Kelsey always in a grade. He's red hot right now. The bigger conundrum is really Clyde Edwards a layer. What are you

gonna do with him in this situation? Very tough. No back has managed to top sixty rushing yards against the Bucks, and that's a team that has faced Christian McCaffrey at full health, Aaron Jones, Josh Jacobs, Alvin Kamara, and Alvin Kamara again, and none of them top sixty rushing yards. Tampa's number one in yards per carry aloud at three

point three. They've yielded the most receptions to running backs, though, but Clyde isn't even getting that involved in the passing game, averaging just three catches for twenty three yards through the air. If you are cool with fifty total yards, which is what I think you're gonna get out of Clyde Edwards a layer ground in air and no touchdown. Okay, see grade, that's about where I think you find a lot finishes

on this one. The receivers are on the bench and Sammy Watkins comes back for this, and I think that muddies the water for me. Cole Hardman, DeMarcus Robinson, Um, those guys worse quasi viable dart throws while Watkins was out. But now Watkins comes back, fewer balls to go around. I don't know how exactly how much Watkins is gonna play, but enough that I think you're not gonna want to start any of them, and they start cannibalizing each other.

Watkins was also very unreliable after his big week one which he always has, and after that he was mostly missed than hit. All right, Now, let's go to the Buccaneers side. The Bucks maybe without guard Ali Marpett, who's got a trying to get through the concussion protocol, and he might and tackle Donovan Smith who's got an ankle injury. Those if they're both out, that's that's a sizeable loss

for this offensive line. Let's start with Tom Brady. He gets a B grade, accepting his inexplicable dot against the Saints on national television. Brady has been very good uh and occasionally explosive, multiple touchdowns in five of the past six games. The addition of Antonio Brown stretches opposing secondaries very thin even to go to him like Kansas City, and Brady's got some positive matchups with his receiver's beginning

with Antonio Brown a grade each week. Antonio Brown is getting more and more attention from Tom Brady and he's turned into the number one target. He led the team last week with thirteen targets, averaging just fifty two yards. Though in the three games with his bucks, it hasn't translated to a lot of production, but it might hear because most often he's gonna get coverage from chart Various Ward, who's allowing a passer rating of one fifteen. He's given

up three touchdowns in his coverage. This is the best matchup, one on one matchup Antonio Brown has seen, so I've I'm giving him an A grade in this game. Mike Evans gets a B grade. The one thing we count on from the Buccaneers offense is that Mike Evans is the red zone target. He has seen thirteen targets from inside the ten yard line, which is crazy, that's the most. And he has scored eight of his nine touchdowns from inside the ten yard line. That's some dependable. He's really

a goal line back. He's the Larry Kinnerbrew receivers. That's unreal. More often Evans. Evans gets gonna have a tricky matchup with Bashad Breland, but I think he gets into the end zone here, so I do have a B grade on him. The guy who Antonio Brown's killing it's Chris Godwin. He should be playing through a finger injury injury, but um Antonio Brown's targets are coming right out of Godwin.

With Brown in the lineup, Godwin has fallen to third in the packing order, trailing both Brown and Evans and targets. Over the last three games, He's failed to reach fifty five yards since Brown showed up in two of the three. Since Brown showed up, I'm nervous about him in this matchup as well. C grade for him. And then the last of the receivers to talk about is Rob Gronkowski.

Like god when Gronks numbers are also down since Brown arrived and increasingly Gronk has got a divvy up looks with Cameron Brad who annoyingly is on the field for about the plays. The low volume means that Gronk is touchdown dependent. Good tight ends have generally fared well against against Kansas City. They've given up two tight end touchdowns last week. So so I've got to c grade on Gronk and you can start him on the bench. Though, are the runners as I alluded to last segment, Ronald

Jones LEO four nett for Jones. If you take away his improbable yard touchdown run against Carolina, He's averaging only thirty seven rushing yards over the last five weeks and only one touchdown over the last five weeks, So don't get fulled by the highlight here. Predominantly he has been a struggling runner. Kansas City's run defense has been a lot better over the last six weeks. No back his top seventy seven yards, and they've only allowed three rushing

touchdowns in those six games. Leonard Fern normally a safe play for some PPR production, but the Chiefs have been awesome against pass catching runners and he dropped five balls last he did it wasn't that something? Um? Only one runner, Christian McCaffrey, has scored a receiving touchdown against Kansas City. So for Nets on the Beach. Our next matchup the New York Giants taking on the Cincinnati Bengals. Brian, I told you I liked Wayne Gallman in the running game.

What do you think about the passing game here? Daniel Jones has got a chance against a reeling Cincinnati secondary. Yeah, there's some angles here at the passing game. Let's start with Danny Dimes as pass catchers. Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepherd. Gonna give them both the sea, but they both have b upside here. Outside of the opener, the Bengals have surrendered at least one wide receiver touchdown in every game,

and seven wide receiver touchdowns over their last three games alone. Uh, so there's there's opportunity for both of these guys to produce. Shepherd sees more targets, averaging eight per game over his last three, but Slayton has five catches in back to back games. Arguably the higher ceiling too for Slayton. So Shepherd the safer PPR guy, But Slayton has a pretty safe floor and a high ceiling here. Evan Ingram a pretty high ceiling as well, has nine or more targets

and three of his last four games. The Bengals are allowing the ninth most receptions and fourth most yards to tight ends, who have also scored six touchdowns on the season. That's a healthy number, so would be for Evan Ingram and a very safe c for Daniel Jones. The Bengals have surrendered surrendered multiple passing touchdowns and six of their last seven games at least three passing touchdowns and three

of their last four games. Alex Smith was the only quarterback who failed to throw multiple scores during that seven game span, and they really haven't faced a ton of quarterback mobile quarterbacks. Lamar Jackson didn't run much in a blowout win against the Bengals, but Carson Wentz had nine carries for sixty five yards in a rushing touchdown against the Bengals, and Jones can run for at least ninety yards that and then his legs get out, but we'll

take it. I'll take a ninety yard run, but getting the end zone next time if you've got that much daylight, Danny, And like you said, charge Wayne Gallman. Gallman, you take a chance of me running back over the Bengal side. By the way, do you have a grade on him? I'd give him a B grade, Yeah, definitely. He's usually I put a C on take on guys, but he's a B take on this week. I looked, I looked since we chalked last about Wayne Gollman. He's my number

fourteen running back. At the moment, he looks pretty good. Um, Jooe Bernard has not really looked so good with Joe Mixon injured. He has uh, he is in concussion protocol. He looks like he's trending towards playing. You gotta monitor that for sure. If he doesn't go, it's Somaj p Ryan, the aforementioned Somaj p Ryan on this show. Um, whoever can gets significant touches is in a decent spot against the Giants. Gonna give him both the sea. Whoever gets

the start, basically, we'll get a see here. The Giants have allowed three rushing touchdowns are running backs over the last two weeks, and since Week six, opposing backs have average average nearly seven and a half catches and sixty receiving yards per game against New York. So see for whoever ends up starting at running back for the Bengals. Just to see for Tyler Boyd. He's been at least a b every week this year, considering he has six or more catches and four straight games. But it's Brandon

Allen time. Now it's not Joe Burrow and Giants rookie slot corner Darnay Holmes has held opponents scoreless through his last nine games. So just a see for Boyd, and I got see Higgins on the bench. He had worked his way into every week's starter status. Now before last Sunday's game, he was among rookie receivers third in reception, second in yards, and second in touchdowns. But now he's got Brandon Allen on the bench, and he's going to

see the most of James Bradberry most likely. So Higgins is on the bench, A J. Green will not be seeing James Bradberry. They're eight teen players right now with at least eight end zone targets this year, okay, and all of them have caught at least two end zone touchdowns. Most have at least four or five except A. J. Green. He's the only player among those eighteen players been targeted nine end zone targets, zero end zone touchers. That is nine.

I will say there's a little whole. Brandon Ellen made Tim Patrick and Kurt and Corlett Sutton valuable a few times. He's better than It's better than Ryan Finley. Yeah, yeah, what's I'm blanking on the principle's name. It's not Mooney in Ferris. I think it was Principal Moon. It sounds right. He's more disappointed in those nine times than the nine times Ferris has missed school, that's for sure. And Brandon

Allen on the bench, Sandy, Sandy, excuse me. Seattle takes on Philadelphia Scott Um Chris Carson may come back for this game. Will but it's a tough matchup against a really good run defense. Yeah. I still like Carson though. They when they do have a running back go, they tend to make him the bell cow. They don't, they don't flip it up. They don't have multiple guys going. So if he's the lead back here here's an interesting thing. The lead back for Seattle has scored a touchdown every

single week since Week three. It's interesting. I think in fact, Week three was the only game the lead back didn't score a touchdown this year for Seattle, so I think is a likelihood there. The Eagles are are actually actually uh, the middle of the pack against running backs running the ball, but one of the best stopping them through the air. Chris Carson does most of his damage running the ball.

So that's that's uh, that's enough for me to give Chris Carson probably a be in a likelihood fifteen plus touches uh, and and I think a likelihood for a touchdown in the passing game. You're not benching Russell Wilson. You're not benching dk metcalf. I still have a grades on both of them. The Eagles have held eight qbs under two and forty five yards, and six of the ten they faced had just one or fewer touchdowns. But

they have not faced Russell Wilson. In fact, the quarterbacks they have faced, let's just say they're not a murderer's row. I won't go through the list. They're not great rushing quarterbacks. They faced like Jackson and Jones twice Daniel Jones twice all had sixty plus rushing yards and they combined for two scores. Russell Wilson can run, too, so Uh. Dk metcalf also in a grade scored in all but three games, has ninety were more yards in all but three games

as well. Tyler Locket, I'm given a B grade to He's top sixty five yards in six of ten games. Even his bad games are his are your four for forty types. His boom games are one yards and three touchdowns. So because of that range, that that possibly that floor of a C grade and the boom of a high A, I'm giving him a B grade right in the middle. It's very spineless of you, very spineless. Uh. He gets

a decent matchup against Nicol Roby Coleman as well. On the other side, whence it was might take a chance, I mean quarterback Rigor was my take a chance on me wide receiver Boston Scott was might take a chance on me running back. So that leaves us with none of the wide receivers. You can't stand no more wide receivers can't start them. Uh. If Earth's goes, and it sounds like he will, I have a C grade on Earth's and Goddard, I think they will share both. Se

six plus touches are six plus six plus targets. You go the Seahawks haven't faced tight ends like the Eagles have. You almost the Eagles tight ends are on a different platform than most tight ends in the league, really because they target him so much. Despite a Richard Rodgers, Yeah, yeah, they the Seahawks face Kittle, but he went down real early in that game, so it's hard to It's hard

to decipher much from that. Uh. The Seahawks have allowed a tight end touchdown in three of the last four grades weeks, so sea grades for both of those guys. I think they'll get it done. Sanders, I'm given a B grade to The Seahawks have allowed the fourth fewest rushing yards. Seems good, right, But much like a tight end, they haven't faced anyone. I mean, they faced Elliott on a bad day. They Cooking Madison destroyed them. Outside that it's like Girly Michelle Drake, Hasty Acres Zack Moss on

a bad day. So they have allowed the fifth most rushing touchdowns. However, the fourth most most running back receptions and the fifth most running back receiving yards. So it's is rushing yardage that they hold down. Well, Sanders can do it all over the field. He's gonna get fifteen plus touches. I got a B grade on him in one note we mentioned went earlier. Has leads in interceptions and fumbles. Yes, he also leads in sacks sacks absorbed. Yes. During one of our breaks, I looked it up. I

did not know this beforehand. In Dave Craig led in interceptions and fables. Right, I don't know that he was an impressive poll right there. That's a crazy poll. That is well done. Twenty one and sixteen. How about that sixteen, that's a lot of the worst. His worst was eighteen. It really, man, You've got to be a pretty good quarterback to have anybody trust you to put the ball in your hands continually when you fumble sixteen and eighteen

times in seasons. Principal Rooney, see, I think what the problem where I'm getting him confused is Darnell Mooney is in Chicago and that show you know that, or the movie was based in Chicago. That's where it's all blending right there. Abe froman The Sausage King of Chicago. When we come back. Premature speculation, one of our final premature speculations of the year. We're tapping out on these soon.

These are players you'll want to pick up this week that other people are gonna try to pick up next week. We'll tell you who they are when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. This is a segment we call premature speculation. We'll give you three guys we think you should pick up now that others will be trying to pick up later, but they'll already be on your team. Scott, who is your premature speculation player? I'm going with Visca La Visca chanlt.

I think we might be seeing a like a Chase Claypool thing again where you're gonna want him for a few weeks. And this week, Uh, he's gonna play this game against the Browns. Uh. They're already missing DJ Shark and they're missing Chris Conley for that game. He could be started this week. After that, he gets the Vikings and the Titans for your fantasy playoffs. Those two those the first two weeks at least, it seems like good matchups there. The last rookie wide receiver you did this

with was Chase Claypool. I remember you can start on this week, but then he had four touchdowns. Yeah, Brian you're premature speculation player not very exciting. I'm just gonna say the Titans Dante Foreman, who was the backup to Derrick Henry, it's it's handcuff season and we're getting there. And if you if you roster Henry, you should probably

grab former. Now we mentioned the ridiculous schedule when it comes to ease for running backs to the Titans and the playoffs, and if you're planning on being in the playoffs and you don't roster Derrick Henry, odds are you're gonna run into the Derrick Henry Owner and you could essentially end all his hopes right now if you go grab Deanta Foreman, put him on a dead bench spot because uh, Henry Owner was gonna want him and he's

not gonna be able to get him. The Rams have the easiest remaining schedule for wide receivers, with three deeply favorable matchups Week thirteen against Arizona, Week fifteen against the Jets, Week sixteen against Seattle Josh Reynolds available, Incent of Leagues will be a flex starter in three of those games,

including the two playoff games. He's on the field of the snaps easy matchups and if anything happens to Cup or Woods, Josh Reynolds could easily end up being a B grade A grade player in that scenario, and even with even if they're healthy, he would make some sense to Chicago takes on Green Bay. Now a lot to talking about the Chicago side, except yes, it's the return of Sad trombone Ski. The he will start for the Bears, if you've forgotten his three starts. He looked good against

Detroit the opener. They look pretty bad against the Giants and they got benched in Week three, and I'm not expecting a lot here to see grade for Allen Robinson. Robinson crushed division rival Green Bay last season with Drew Britsky under center, topping one hundred yards in both meetings. Robinson will have his work cut out for him against j R. Alexander. Pro Football focuses number one rated cornerback who is allowing less than twenty yards per game at

his coverage. Um feeding Robinson makes sense anyway. Though Robinson has been able to average seventy two yards this season, We've seen at least seven targets. I think Sad trombone Ski will hit him plenty all the rest of the parts of the passing game are off the board with Mitch Drabinsky, including Jimmy Graham, who has become a tight end, a touchdown dependent tight end who has only scored once in the last five weeks, and Green Bay's only allowed

three tight untouchdowns on the year. David Montgomery is a B grade. He sees eight of the Bears running back touches. He'll face a bad Packers run defense, allowing one hundred fifty seven total yards to running backs. That his fourth most. Unfortunately, Matt Neegie can't be trusted to go with the obvious best advantage he has on the field, which is the ball. Naggie's Bears ranked dead last in rushing attempts, and that's

why I can only give Montgomery a B grade. Let's go over to the Packers side for Aaron Rodgers just to be great here, no opposing quarterback has hit three yards against Chicago, nor has any throne more than two touchdowns. Only the Rams have allowed fewer passing yards than Chicago, and even then, the Bears haven't allowed running back to score through the air. He retains. Uh Rogers contains a B grade here because of Davante Adams, who you have to start every week, and he does get an A

grade in this one, even with a tricky matchup. Going to his other receivers, Alan Lazard C grade, he runs mostly from this slot where he will see a struggling busted screen door. He's been dreadful lately over the past four games. Busted screen doors allowed his passes to be completed, sorry, the passes to be completed, and four touchdowns in four games. So Alan's are I'm tempted to move into a B grade right now? Let's keep him see see C grade and then Robert Touny in five targets last week in

a touchdown in a tougher matchup than this one. Chicago has actually been yielding two tight ends, allowing three tight end scores in the past four games. And let's moving over to the running game. Aaron Jones B grade. Despite the pains taking over usage of Jamal Williams, Aaron Jones has garnered at least fifteen touches in every game he's played.

Um Jones is in a tough spot here. He's he goes up against the Bears that ranked fourth against the run by Football Outsiders, allowing just seven total touchdowns to running backs. Um Jamal Williams on the bench, not getting enough work for him to be startable and just getting enough to be a nuisance to Aaron Jones. Marcus Veiled a scantling by the way, also on the bench dealing with an achilles injury, and I think Lazard is going to eat his lunch. Okay, let's go to our next matchup,

which is let me see New Orleans and Denver. Yeah, that's the one. Let's go Alvin Kamara just to be for him. He was clearly banged up last week with the foot injury, only played for of the snap share for the Saints, and he's not out of the woods yet, so I'm a little concern him for Camara and a bad matchup at well as well. Only two running backs

have top thirty one receiving yards against the Broncos. Las Vegas did have four rushing touchdowns against Denver in Week ten, but outside of that game, Denver has only surrendered three other ground scorers two running backs all season, and only one lead back has top ninety rushing yards against Denver since Week three. So just to be for Kamara, Octavius Murray is on the bench, of course, Michael Thomas just to be for him here as well. A fifty two

percent target share last week. Thought like that, definitely gotta like that. His owners deserved that, Yep, languishing owners. But Denver has only allowed two wide receivers to reach seventy yards in the in their past six games, and most often most often, Thomas will face a very difficult matchup in Bryce Callahan, who was Pro Football, focuses number two rated cornerback and is allowing a passer rating them just

forty nine in his coverage. Ray b for Michael Thomas Emmanuel Sanders in a revenge game here, I'm pretty torn. At least four catches and five of his last six games, including last week, he has double digit PPR points and all five of those games, but I gotta bench him here. With Taysom Hill at quarterback, I'm benching Jared Cook uh to just three catches over his last three games with zero touchdowns, hasn't topped two catches and seven of his

last eight. So in the tight end wasteland, you thought you at least Jared Cook stay viable if healthy, but he is not this week. And and Taysom Hill of course, we got to mention him just to see though Denver has only surrendered one passing touch shown over the last two weeks. But anything Hill does passing wise is gravy. It's all about the running, just like Cam Newton, and why don't you know it, Cam Newton based lebron Goes this year had seventy six rushing yards and a touchdown

against Denver. Sam Donald somehow, somehow had eighty four rushing yards dripped off like a seventy yards, But that was probably the game we were talking about before. So see for Hill. But of course he's got a upside. Who knows in this world? Over to the Denver side, definitely not a lot to talk about. I got Melvin Gordon and Philip Lindsay just on the bench. It's that simple.

Don't even mess with these guys. This week against New Orleans, allowing only three point five yards per carry to running backs, the only allowed five total touchdowns to the position, both rushing and receiving all season. Let me just jump in on Gordon Lindsay for a second. Their playoff run uber easy. If your trade deadline isn't come yet and you just want to have some match, some options and flexibility for runners in the playoffs. Those are guys you can get.

We don't have time. But if you can only pick up one, and that's any next trade Kirk for both of them, stop um to the receiving game really quick. I like Tim Patrick a lot. I think he's startable. This week he gets to see the same simple out twelve wide receiver touchdowns this year. That's a lot, just one over their last three games. But Patrick is startable. He has double digit PPR points in six of his last seven games. In five of those six games, he's

either top one yards indoor scored a touchdown. So see for Tim Patrick. Yeah, six four to fifteen good size. I like him. I like him more than Jerry Judy. I also give Judy a seat. I thought if he's out, your not playing him. If he suits up, be wary. You know, it's at eight targets in four straight games. But he'll see Chauncey Gardner Johnson in the slot a lot, who is yielding forty seven scoreless yards per game. But as Scott said, he might not play. So definitely monitor that.

And I'll give Noah fantasy. Only one tight end has top two catches or twenty two yards against New Orleans over the last four games. That was Jordan Reed. Fant is in that realm, but it's such a waste land that I'll give fantasy here when as fantasy Andrew lock my boy on the bench. Yeah, Judy is questionable. So Baltimore takes on Pittsburgh and knows what is now a Tuesday night game. Let's presume it's gonna happen. Scott came down. Yeah, so I'll start with the running game. Yeah, because it

doesn't looks like RG three. Yeah, it looks like r G three is going to be the guy. We'll just start there. Whatever. The Steelers are top three against quarterbacks, running backs, and tight ends, so this is not a good matchup for anyone on on the Baltimore side. The wide receivers they're not top three against, but the wide receivers for Baltimore are not very good. They don't get it done. Griff and I have on the bench. Uh Mark Andrews. I am given a B grade though too.

He had five six and a score last week playing the Snaps. Because Boil is out for the season, he's basically their only weapon. Uh So I think he's startable on volume here. Uh, he'd probably get a better grade if it was, you know, a different situation. Uh. In the running game though, So mark Ingram and J. K. Dobbins have the potential, they have the possibility to play. We won't know that until possibly Sunday or Monday Tuesday. So at this point I'm going to assume they're out.

If they are completely out and not playing, I'm giving Edwards a C grade. It's a tough fifteen plus touch volume ce because it's a terrible matchup. But Edwards is scored in every game, he had more than ten carries. He showed an ability to handle full load. He ran, He ran through Bitsburg in the earlier matchup this Yeah, both the end of ten and the end of nineteen as well. He did it. Uh yeah, So he's He's a guy that if he gets the volume, I think

he's a C grade. If either of those two do play, though, I want nothing to do with the whole backfield. Uh. And and likewise, if they don't play, Hill is justice. Hill is on the bench. I know they haven't allowed the Steelers have allowed thee the fewest running back receptions and the second fewest running back receiving yards. Terrible spot for that too. On the other side, I barely need to go over this because Big Ben's in a Johnson's in a clay Pools B. I don't care how tough

the matchups is. Uh. Juju is a C because he's been practicing limited, he's injured, and if history has showed us anything with Juju, he tends to be more of a decoy when he's when he plays hurt, so I have a C grade on him. Johnson has ten plus targets in every full game over a hundred and back to back Claypool. Just that he can't stop scoring, isn't it? With feeling out, he might get a touchdown and tie feeling for the league lead at eleven at this point.

The Pittsburgh Steers I mentioned this last week. They just keep throwing. In fact, the Seahawks and Bengals are the only two teams that pass more when they're tied or ahead. Eric Hebron is the king of thirty to fifty yard games. He scores half the time. He's scoring three the last four, so I'm giving him a B grade here. James Conner C grade on volume. Tough matchup against the Ravens. But if he gets twenty fifteen Dwane Carries, I'm giving him

the sea. Yeah. That's what all he's good for is to see these days, and he needs all of that to do it because he's not producing effect efficiently. If you are listening to this show, this episode of Fantasy Football Weekly over the air, I know that it is also a podcast. You can podcast and go back listen to the entire episode. Roy's grateful for those people that rate, review, and subscribe to Fantasy Football Weekly. Best of luck in week twelve, everybody, We'll talk to you next week. Bye bye.

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