Week 13: Elementary, Watson

Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Hello, gentlemen. The a team that's so, that's what we're gonna call it while Matt's not here, which is probably the best way to handle that. We've got plenty to get to. This is for some people formally the playoffs. For other people, this is the week you have to win to get into the playoffs, which really makes it a playoff game for you, remember or not, even if you're not in the playoffs, what else?

What better things do you have to do other than listen to this show and it's enjoy Yes, well, we hope. So we will get to all the usual stuff that we do, including take a chance on me. We will do the three tough questions. No premature speculation at this late stage of the season, we're retiring that as we have more games to get to in our allotted time. Um, but we will also break down all of the matchups,

including the New Orleans Saints taking on the Atlanta Falcons. Brian, I've got to Taysom Hill take for you, which is he ain't finishing the game if he plays as badly this week as he did last week, specifically as a passer. I think they bring in Jamis Winston and they platoon Hill like they did with Drew Brees. Fantasy footballers would like to see that unless you have Taysom Hill on roster.

Otherwise he's the most hated man in the the game. Basically. Uh, these teams actually played two weeks ago in Week eleven, so we'll certainly reference that game. That was Taysom Hill's first started quarterback. He did alright, passing two three yards eighteen of twenty three. That was just icing on the though he had two rushing touchdowns. He's basically got to do that again to remain relevant. And like you said, if he's not running the ball, and he's not can

get it done with his arms. So I'll give him a CEE with there's a upside and then there's bench downside. I'm I'm kind of here there, So you know I picked your poison with Haysom Hill. He probably is poison, but just a CEE for him. Over to his pastcast pass catchers, Michael Thomas, Gonna give him a B. He had nine catches for a hundred and four in the first meeting, yet a fifty two target share in that game. That's absolutely insane. Has now topped a hundred yards and

five of his last eight games against the Falcons. But again, tough to trust Taysom Hill. His passing was just so bad last week. But Atlanta's secondary allowing two yards per game to wide receivers, that second most in the league. So you're definitely starting Thomas with a B. And you know what I'm I think you give Emmanuel Sanders a see here. This is more of a gut feeling. It's to see her at bench. He had four for sixty

six and that first meeting double digit PPR points. Just mentioned the heavy yardage surrender to wide receivers if Winston comes, and that certainly bill as well. For Sanders, I'm gonna of standards the sea, but he's certainly not a must start. Uh. Alvin Camara might not be a must start either. I don't think he is. I'm going to give him a B real quick, I should say. Jared Cook on the bench. One catch in the first meeting, one of the three catches he's had over his last four games. He he's

dust at this point. But back to Kamara B. But it's borderline C territory with Hill at quarterback. We're gonna get into the brutal splits with Kamara and Hill later in the show. I'm sure. The first meeting again was Hill's first start. Kamar had thirteen carries for forty five yards and a touchdown, did not catch a pass, had just one target, and the Falcons are tough against the run. They've allowed just four rushing touchdowns to the running backs

this here. No back has topped ninety rushing yards and since Week six, opposing backs are action just two point five catches and seventeen and a half receiving yards against Atlanta with no receiving about that, that's Morris, that's when he took over. Since then, their run defense has been on top of it. Ye, it's a it's a different team right now. And lastly, for New Orleans, Octavius Murray

on the bench to have big numbers against Denver. But you can't ask for a more positive game script than when the opposing team doesn't have a quarterbacks run the ball over and over Murray on the bench, over to the Atlanta side. Todd Gurley will start with him, should play, but it does not matter. I'm benching any starting running back for Atlanta. The Saints allowing only three point five yards per carried to opposing back, so they've only allowed

five total touchdowns to the position. Atlanta backs total fifty two scoreless combo yards on fourteen touches in that week eleven matchup, just one catch total to the position for Atlanta, so they're all on the bench. Calvin Ridley never on the bench, just to be though. He had five catches for ninety yards in that first meeting, which is basically

a floor game for him. Before facing the quarterbackless Broncos, the Saints were allowing one seven yards per game to wide receivers, so safe b for Ridley with a upside, and Julio Jones supposedly felt great in Friday's practice, so we're gonna towards him playing. He suffered the hamstring injury he's suffering through right now. When these teams first met in Week leven, he only had two catches for thirty nine yards. Understandably, but more shockingly, Julio hasn't scored on

the Saints since the playoffs. Just three touchdowns in seventeen career games against New Orleans and awful against the past for a long time, a long long time until recently. I just you know, the Julio thing is going to win and lose games if you guess right on whether or not Julio is going to finish the game. And Julio can't tell you right now Julio is going to finish the game. You have to use your best judgment if you have him on roster and the Guillotine League,

no danger. Yeah he's out, but in in seasonally it's up to you but to see if he suits up. But he might not finish the game. I'm not gonna start hating her. Has had no catches in the first meeting, so he's on the bench for me and Matt Ryan. I'll give him a see if Julio plays, but I think I might bench him if Julio sits two thirty two yards, zero touchdowns, two interceptions in the first game. The Saints have only had one passing touchdown over the

last four games, including that Falcons game. So soft bench Julio Matt Ryan's not the same guy this year. I wouldn't be surprised if we're gonna get done with the season and they're gonna say, oh, by the way, we you know, we don't really mention it, but he's had this injury all year long or something that he is

not the same guy. Rams take on the Cardinals, Scott, you know, for the Rams, trying to guess which running back may have a good game is usually a fool's erond do you have an angle on any of these three guys. Nope. I think that Acres is gonna start to get more and more work of this this season

progresses here at the end of the season anyway. But I have Momll on the bench, only one runner his top seventy five yards rushing on the Arizona Cardinals since Week one and the best receiving day thirty one yards on these Cardinals run defense since week one. I have them all on the bench. The passing game, I hate Jared goff Man. I can't. I can never tell when he's going to be good or when he's gonna be bad, very hard to know. You look home road, You're like,

you don't even know when it is. It's just random. I think, Uh, Golf drop three hundred plus in three straight before his dot against San Francisco last week. He was also averaging nearly fifty attempts per game in those three. I like that in this one with the Vegas highest over under here, and these are the two fastest paced offenses in the NFL, so I think that he could have a ton of attempts here. So I am giving him a C grade. I wouldn't be surprised if it's

a B grade. Uh. Woods and Cup, I'm giving both B grades too as well. If you had to bet on a start here, it's probably woulds the guy with twenty seven targets in just the last two games. Uh. He also has twenty carries for a hundred and fifteen yards and two scores of the season, so he can get it done there too. But he has eighty plus yards in three the last four, cast five, cast five or more catches in each of the last four. He's the safe B grade. Cup is the boomer bust B grade.

Only one game under forty yards and almost always has five catches. You have a safe four, but every once in a while, once or twice a year, and once or twice this year, he's gone over a hundred plus in the score. So that's that's I'm going to look forward to Beasley and Crowded both went over a hundred and a score on the same Cardinals team, and they've given up a lot of slot yards this year. So I'm giving a cup to b Reynolds. He's gonna CE grade two. As I said, it's gonna be high temple.

I think. I think the run game is gonna be all split up at the passing game. Reynolds forty plus yards and six of his last seven. That's C grade worthy. When you're getting three to four catches for d yards, you can hope for more, but that's that's C grade right there. On the other side, Murray has not really been the same since his shoulder injury. Last week was really really rough, and this week the Rams their number the number one d against fantasy quarterbacks. This is a

very tough matchup for Kyler Murray. Yes, they've allowed the sixth fewest yards and the fewest passing touchdowns six out of the eleven teams they faced, so over half the teams they faced failed to even record a passing touchdown against the Rams. It's a tough spot, but it's Murray and he does run, and I think that rushing gives him a little bit more. He can get two hundred plus yards. I'm still giving him the C grade, but

know that it's a really rough matchup. So if you have a nice spot start, it might it might be hoover you to go with someone over Murray. And you know, for Murray, the schedule doesn't get a lot easier. So they've get a surprisingly robust Giants defense on the road. After this, they gotta go across coast. Then they go Philadelphia. We just saw Philadelphia put Russell Wilson on a tough game. Then they go San Francisco. That defense is rounding into shape.

And for the horrible leagues that play Week seventeen, he goes back to the Rams again. So it is a tough stretch for Kyler Murray, who powered teams into the playoffs. Yeah, I don't know that he gets you through the playoffs. Yeah, it's it's yeah, that's a really rough stretch. He might be getting a lot of sea grades and just mostly off his rushing end name. Yeah, Uh, DeAndre Hopkins. I'm giving a B grade too. He has been a little

rough lately, Yes, he has. Outside of that Hail Mary, and he's got a day with Jalen Ramsey perhaps so is the number one d against wide receivers fewest yards and fewest touchdowns to wide receivers. They go back Ramsey and Hopkins from Yeah, if it wasn't if it was anyone but Hopkins, he might get a C here. But he gets a B grade because fifty five catches and fifty yards is like his floor. Those are those are the bad games. We're talking about five or fifty, So

anything better than that's probably B range. I have Kirk put back on the bench. Uh, it's We've already mentioned. It's a really, really tough matchup and uh he's been a missing act lately, having only top fifty yards once in the last five games. He hasn't scored in the last four games either. Kenyan Drake C grade here. The

Rams are fifth best against fantasy running backs. They've allowed a running back to rush for more than fifty yards, uh, just once since Week six, and that was sixty five yards. Not not a great game. No, uh, they've allowed a few twenty five yard receiving days. Can catch the ball. He's gonna get that fifteen to seventeen touch volume. He's what I like to call on this show, the volume. See that's what that's that's what he gets. He gets the volume. See here. The final game of this matchup

is the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears. I want to start with the complicated situation of DeAndre Swift, who cleared the concussion protocol but is now dealing with some kind of illness I had at full health. If we get to feel really much better about his illness status by Sunday, I've got a B grade on him. Chicago is seeing the fourth most rushing attempts and they've allowed the ninth most rushing yards per game. The way you beat Chicago is on the ground, not through the air.

And these teams met in Week one. As you may remember, Swift had a bad game and then dropped the game winning touchdown on a pass in the end. And Daryl Bevil did say on Friday that DeAndre Swift, if he plays, might have a smaller package of place to scary for a fantasy start. It is because the reason I was hoping to give him the B greatest because prior to the concussion had worked his way up to a twenty one touch game, which was the first time he had really had a big share of the workload. So I

was excited for that. But I just don't know that it comes altogether here. Plus add in Adrian Peterson saying that he looked you know, he looked funny and he wasn't thinking clearly midweek that that worries me a little bit too. So we'll watch Swift. If Swift doesn't go, or you need a dart throw, you could certainly try Adrian Peterson here, who performed well with Swift out entirely two weeks ago. Well, I guess one week ago, but Thanksgiving. Then let's go to the passing game. T J. Hockenson

gets a B grade. He's scored against Chicago in the first meeting, and all season long, the Bears have been tormented by tight ends, allowing the fifth most receptions, the sixth most yards, and the second most touchdowns to tight ends. Hockinson is a very good start. And I've got one other starting grade with Kenny Golladay ruled out, and that's Danny Amendola. Why he runs from the slot. He's going to return from his hip injury in time to face

the busted screen door, Yes, buster screen. He's been awful. He's allowed four touchdowns in the last five games. There's a great opportunity for Danny Amondola. Slow receivers get it done more than the outside receivers against the Bears, and then the whole rest of the Detroit's passing game, including Matthew Stafford around the bench. Yes, the Bears were dissected by Aaron Rodgers last week, but on the whole they've been very good. No quarterback is at three yards or

three touchdowns other than Rogers. Marvin Jones does nothing with without Goliday. It's in Matthew Stafford. By Matthew Staffords thumb still, he's still questionable the thumb injury because he's playing through it. The thumb still isn't right. He's trying to play there. There's a scenario where Stafford doesn't even finish this game. All right, let's go to the Chicago side. We've got a couple of plays here of most note to fantasy owners Allen Robinson got the rare Friday down grade and

injury status to questionable with a knee injury. That's a concern. Guys who get downgraded on ride A ten two more often be ruled out. So watch this one closely now. If he goes, Robinson is a boom or bust play in true bisk true brisk too true, brisky, Mitch to brick. Why can't I see it? Mit Tbsky? Can I just do this? I thought you were tried for a joke,

Mitch Troubinsky. I've said Sad Trombowsky so many times now I don't even know his real name in Mitch Trobinsky starts good heavens, Allen Robinson has average ten targets, even if it has resulted in just sixty yards per game. The Lions are allowing one hundred nine four yards per game to oceiver? Is that sound effect? Isn't it the worst trombone solo ever? Ah? Anyway, um, what was I saying?

The Lions are allowing yard per game to opposing receivers, and its opponent's top receivers top one hundred yards and back to back games, so there's plenty of upside for Allen Robinson if true Whisky does what he normally doesn't, just keep throwing the bald Robinson, which is what I would do if I were Mitr Whisky and I wanted to try to save my job. Agreed. Next, I've got

a nice sleeper play for you in Darnell Mooney. The Lions are expected to be without starting cornerback Jeff Okuda, and that means Desmond true Font is going to see extended time and Mooney predominantly plays on Desmond trud front side of the field. Pro Football Focus ranks true Font as cornerback one twenty one. There's only thirty two teams in the NFL, so if you're cornerback one one, you're

not very good. Get this. Every single pass that's been thrown in true fronts coverage since Week eight has been a completion. So I like Darnell Mooney in this game. He's questionable too with the knee, but they said they expect him to go, so continue with the passing game. Jimmy Graham's on the bench. He's losing too much time to Cole Kemmet Commet, and he is a touchdown dependent player who has scored one time in his last seven games. The only other player you care about is David Montgomery,

who's got a B grade in this game. The Lions allow the fourth most rushing yards, the third most receiving yards to running backs, a total of one sixty six yards per game, and Montgomery should get most of that

one sixty six. There's nobody else to get a catch a pass or run the ball there mcnaate Matteneggie didn't use Montgomery nearly enough last week, despite a good game and a long run against the Bears, or sorry against the Packers because the Bears are down by a grillion points all time garbage time by David Montgomery last week. Just that long run was not garbage time. And you think I was stuck with him, but he didn't. But Detroit's not gonna get way out in front in this game.

So Montgomery is a very safe play and he gets a B grade. Garbage time by Mark keys Brown on Thursday to Yeah, how about that? It was? Oh yeah, it changed a lot of outcomes, didn't it? On Wednesday? Absolutely? Wednesday? Sorry, yeah, no problem. How do we come back nine players not normally in your starting lineup? We call it take a chance on me. We'll tell you who those players are that you can start this week for a variety of reasons.

Also will continue breaking down all of the matchups. If you're looking for all my player rankings, go to Guillotine leagues dot com. More fantasy football coming up in just a moment. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly Ball Arch and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you just hate the song? I love it so I want more of it, every and louder every stag. I would rather hear the trombone solo again, turning up the voltage on the cold they go together? Could they co exist? The trombone solo makes

the song better. Uh, this is nine players not normally and you're starting wind up beginning at the quarterback position. Scott, I have Baker Mayfield, the Titans of the fifth worst team against fantasy quarterbacks. Mayfield's top two d fifty yards just twice this year, but he's had a bunch of bad weather games, and in the four of the five games of twenty seven attempts or more he had multiple scores. The Titans have allowed twenty seven attempts or more to

every single quarterback they face. It's it's it's just a game where he's gonna get to pass a lot more than he's been able to lately. Yeah, the volume is there. Titans are seeing forty passes per game, which is would be a huge uptick for Mayfield. And that's how he gets fed in this game. Bryan, you're take a chance in the quarterback the artist formerly known as Stu Beard, he's now Stu Stubbs. Ryan Fitzpatrick at home against the Bengals,

assumed starter. He should be the starter. We'll talk about this game a little later. We're gonna assume he's starting right now for the segment. Fitzpatrick has eight passing touchdowns in his last three games against the Bengals. Has a dolphin, a buck, and a jet and that all came in the same year. That's a joke, but very recently so he carves up Cincinnati on the regular. The Bengals have only allowed one passing touchdown over their last two games.

That was Alex Smith and then the Giants last week. Daniel Jones was carving them up, throwing bombs to the one yard line, but he got hurt. But before that game, uh, since he had surrendered well over three plus passing yards per game over their last four and fourteen passing touchdowns during that four game span. I've got Philip Rivers assuming he goes, he's trying to work through a toe injury. If he doesn't, Jacoby Brisette might even be a plausible

answer here. Now Prost's already stealing goal line work from Philip Rivers, but it's actually impacting the runners because he's running in touchdowns and Philip Rivers is actually scored multiple touchdowns in four of the past six games, So very

favorable matchup with Houston. They've given, they get. They've recently given up three hundred four passing yards to Jake Lewton and Cam Newton doubled his per game average, ballooning up to three hundred sixty five passing yards against Houston Philip Rivers, assuming he goes, let's go to the running back position, Scott. So. On the west coast, we have this beast blowing up

the league by the name of de Kalin Metcalf. On the East coast, we have a guy that's about to start blowing up the league by the name of Jackalin Dobbins JK. Dobbins. Okay, he's coming for you. He had seventeen touches out of the twenty two running back touches last the last healthy game he played. He didn't play this last Wednesday, of course. Uh, he had six the snaps. He's had two games where he's at sixty plus percent of snaps six team one and seventeen for eighty five

in a score. Kenyan Drake hundred sixty four yards, daven Cook a hundred and sixty yards, Gibson had a hundred eight against Dallas. Uh and they those three combined for seven touchdowns. And that was just in the last six weeks. I I got J. K. Dobbins blowing up Dallas. We're gonna talk more about Tim a little bit later in the show as well. Uh, let's lose your take a chance of me running back Billy's Boston Scott at Green Bay over the each in each of the last six games,

Scott has been Phillies leading receiving running back for the Eagles. Yes, Miles Sanders was injured for some of that stint, but when since Sanders has returned, his touches have gone from seventy seven to seventy to fifty percent. Scott Scott's have gone up during that span, from eight percent to thirty percent, of the Packers have surrendered the second most receiving touchdowns

and the most receiving yards to opposing running backs. It should be no surprise Green Bay has yielded the third most red zone targets and touches in Golden Ghost scenarios to running backs. I hate the wide receivers for Philly. In this game, it's gonna be all tight ends and running acts catching the ball. So Boston Scott playing from behind. I've got Miles Gaskin returning to the starting lineup, and I know sevon A Commen may come back as well.

Umubtful now, and I think Gaskin is gonna get the overwhelming majority of the work against the Cincinnati defense that's given up the third most rushing yards, two backs and touchdowns. In four of the last five Gaskin has gotten at least twenty one touches and five is six starts. If he gets anywhere near twenty one touches in this game, he is sitting on a potentially goldmine game. Let's go to the receivers. Scott, who is your take a chance

of me receiver? Gave Davis Gabriel Davis for the Buffalo Bills. I gave him a starting grade last week, and I will do it here again this week. With Brown out, he had three for seventy nine and the score last week. If he's still out there, go get him because he's he's been good when Brown has been out. That all my buttons got moved and I could not find the peacock right away. But that's that is a delayed earned

peacock right there. Brian, you take a chance of me, receiver, help me, but I'm going t Y Hilton at Houston now, you against the Texans. You might remember t Y Hilton from such box scores as one yards and three receiving touchdowns two three yards and a touchdown, one hundred and seventy five yards and two touchdowns in a hundred ninety nine yards just two years ago. But yes, those are

in the past. But the Texans allowed more than one hundred sixty five yards per game to wide receivers, and if you take out they're bad weather game in Cleveland. We've mentioned the Raiders a game a bunch of times. Houston has surrendered thirteen touchdowns to wide receivers over their last eight games, so one time. T Y Hilton more of a double d Daily Dart, Daily Dart. I've got Keelan Cole against the Vikings because he runs out of

the slot, which puts him up against Jeff Gladney. Jeff Gladen, he has allowed the most passing touchdowns and the second most yards in the league. That is a very favorable matchup. Cole has been active in this offense, more active since Gardner Minshew was benched, averaging a healthy six targets per game.

Since then, other slot receivers have posted Fantasy relevant games against the Vikings like Curtis Samuel, Ceedee Lamb, Danny am and Dola Marquez, Velda Scantling, Russell Gauge, Corey Davis, and Zach Pascal. If those guys can do it, why not Keelan Cole. Let's go to our next matchup, which is the Indianapolis Colts taking on the Houston Texans. We've already talked about some of these Colts. I like the quarterback, presumably Philip Rivers. You liked receiver t Y Hilton. Let's

stay with the passing game. What about the best receiver on the team. Yeah, Michael Pittman really quickly. I want to mention these teams haven't played yet. This will be the first meeting. They're gonna play again in week fourteen. Uh next week camp. But yes, Michael Pittman, hold on, I get a chance to use there is that is our crow crow eating right there? Wow, nicely done. Not still nine targets for Pittman though, and he is the lead receiver on this team now, it is not t

Y Hilton. And again the Texans I just said allow more than hundred sixty five yards per game to wide receivers. Take out the bad weather game in Cleveland and thirteen touchdowns to the position over the last eight is what Houston has surrenders would be for Michael Pittman. T Y Hiltons might take a chance on the wide receiver and Trey Burton going to give him a c. Over the last two weeks, he has more targets than Jack Doyle and mo Ali Cox combined, and he gets a nice

match up here with Houston. Again, if you take out that bad weather game in Cleveland, Houston has allowed seventy two yards per game to tight ends over their last three So a C for Burton and to the running game for the Colts. Jonathan Taylor should make his return from the COVID list. Uh. The Texans have allowed these second most fantasy points and the most rushing yards who running backs, and going back to last year, they have let a running back score in seventeen of their last

eighteen games. So yeah, I'm giving Taylor a b here, assuming he gets the bulk of the work. And that's why I'm gonna bench nihem Hines. Yes, the matchup is good on paper, but uh, Indie's line is a little banged up. Costanzo is out there their top guard, and I do expect Taylor to see the majority of touches and Houston has only surrendered one receiving touchdown to running back, so I got highs on the bench. Over to the Houston side, David Johnson hasn't officially been activated, but it

sounds like he will get expected to the Texans. I'll give him a see. Before he was concussed, Johnson had scored or topped one hundred Comboy yards in three straights,

so he was certainly serviceable. The Colts are a tough matchup as no back as top seventy two rushing yards against them, but it will be a big boon for David Johnson if DeForest Buckner misses his second straight game, Johnson is no Derrick Henry, but without DeForest Buckner, Derrick Henry just had his way with that Colts defense last week, So if he's out, Johnson might be a b um.

Brandon Cooks is a b The new lead receiver for the Texans has at least eighty yards and or a touchdown in five of his last seven games, averaging eight targets during that span. There are now seven extra targets per game up for grabs. With Will full Fuller suspended, India's a solid corner duo and Xavier Rose and Rocky Sin is it? Rock your sin is it? But the Colts have allowed a ninety eight yard and one d and six yard wide receiver outing over the last two games.

So I'll give the B to Brandon Cooks and that leaves Kiki Cutie and Isaiah Coulter out of Rhode Island, where I went there my freshman year. I had forgotten that I had done that until I saw that. Yeah, I was like, oh yeah, I went to you are I I gotta like you know who that? Of course he does he's University of Rhode Island tape over here. Knowes what what high school he went to? Probably, but I got them both on the bench. Uh. Someone needs

to step up in Fuller's absence. We gotta let this, see this, let this play out in a tough matchup against the Colts. Nonetheless, so they're both on the bench, as are Darren Fells and Jordan Nakins. Uh. The Colt steps surrender just one tight end touchdown all season, and Deshaun Watson, though not on the bench, of course, he gets to be. The loss of Will Fuller is massive uh. And the Colts have well the fourth views passing yards and touchdowns to quarterbacks, so it's not a good matchup.

What Lamar Jackson did have thirteen carries for fifty eight yards and a touchdown against the Colts, the only true mobile quarterback they've faced, and Watson is certainly in that ballpark. The Raiders take on the Jets Scott uh and for this one, Josh Jacobs is out. Dante Booker, they presumed starter and workhorse back in this one he is he is. Uh. Since Week five, the Jets have allowed just one touchdown

and running backs that's pretty good sneaky good run. Yeah, in that street, in that stretch, teams just don't need to run because passing is so easy though too so. No back in the last five weeks has more than sixteen carries against them. They're not running the ball a lot.

Uh right now, DeVante Booker, we don't have a lot to go on this season for good When he's gotten the ball, he's averaging five and a half yards per came where I was gonna go, well, not with the yards per carry, but he's had eight plus touches twice. He had sixty plus yards in both of those games, hit three touchdowns in those games. I have a B grade on Booker because I think he's just gonna get just gonna get the workload of fifteen touch workload. It could be it could be a C. But I'm gonna

go with a B on the Derek Carr. I have to give him a C grade because of the last five games, he's averaging a hundred eighty four yards, which is very, very bad for a starting quarterback in the NFL. He started so well too at the beginning of the year. The Jets, though they have allowed the fourth most yards to quarterbacks and only one quarterback failed to score multiple touchdowns, So I think this might be a little bit of a get right game. He hopes to have Aglar back

or playing in this game. He's been missing practice all week with the angle injury. Limited practice on Friday. We think he should be back. If he's back, I give a the C grade because the Jets just as bad against the wide receivers as the Arthur quarterbacks. Fourth most yards allowed wide receivers. Nelson Aglar seventeen plus yards per reception. He's top fifty yards in five the last seven. He's averaging over five targets a game. He's the safe guy. I have Rugs and Renfro on the bench. I want

to I want to put this though. If all does not go, I'm giving C grades to both Rugs and Renfroll because I think those targets, you know they're they're gonna get some targets anyway. Those targets have to spread out. I think they try to hit Rugs deep. I think Renfroll becomes the underneath safety valve. I think they might get enough work with targets moving from ail R to those two to make them both seaworthy. But as for now, it's just with the sea. I love Seaworthy, Yeah, seaworthy.

What was the Melvin Gordon line you had before? Let's not go back now. If you're playing the Bucks, then you could really be you can be double ec worthy right. Oh yes, yes, our uh Darren Waller A grade. The Jets are fourth worst against tight ends. Raiders consistently look for their tight ends for scores. David David. Derek Carr has nineteen touchdowns this year, eight of them to tight ends. That's a lot of tight end touchdowns from Derek From Derek Carr. The Jets have given up huge days to

wide receivers and tight ends. Uh. Ten ends who get seven or more targets. Uh, we're talking about nine of those wide receivers are tight ends with seven or more targets score scored. Eight of them had a hundred plus yard days. Wellard has seven or more targets in eight games this year. He's gonna get there, so he should have a really good day. On the other side, Sam Donald has three passing touchdowns in the last seven weeks. In his seven weeks and his best game is two

and thirty yards. The question is are the Raiders defense bad enough for Donald to do much. I don't think they're that bad. I'm gonna give crowded. Yeah, they're not prop up darnal bad. I've given crowd of the C grade though, because the Raiders are one of the worst, one of the two worst in the league against slot receivers. Um Nim has had a nice game last week, but Crowder is the guy I would look to hear. Nine different slot receivers have top fifty plus yards against the Radars.

That's a lot of them, So C grade for Crowder Gore, I'm giving him a C grade to uh, no worry about his top seventy yards against the Raiders since we three, however, they've allowed fifteen touchdowns and given Gore's twenty one touch usage last week and really no one to take Cary's from him. He's also getting the volume. See yeah, I think he's good for that seventy plus yards if he gets similar volume again when we come back. Jaguars take on the Vikings James Robinson coming off a big game.

He's been uber consistent this year, but the Vikings run defense has rounded into form over the past month and a half, making this a tricky matchup. We'll tell you if you can start James Robinson when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Jarchi in Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. A block of matchups coming up, beginning with the Jacksonville Jaguars traveling to the Minnesota Vikings. Let's start with the running

game and James Robinson. Over the last eight Vikings games, only Zeke has top seventy five yards on the ground. They've given up just one rushing score and one receiving score to Runners in their last six games right now, right now, But I don't know he's better than the Runners. The Vikings are faced in six, seven or eight of the last games, and this is a sneaky, tough matchup um Robinson, though it seems a match up proof. I mean just he basically performs well, not usually explosively against

just about everybody. He's provided at least nineteen touches and ninety four combo yards in his last five games. That's good enough to give him a B grade in this one. Let's go to the passing game, where Mike Glennon gets a C grade. I thought he looked decent last week against the Browns, and each of his receivers have got plus matchups over their cornerback counterparts. The Vikings secondary looks

slightly improved lately, but remains highly suspect. Minnesota is just one game removed from giving up three touchdowns to Andy Dalton. So you know, in a pinch, you could start Glennon, but you probably care more about his receivers. Already told you Keelan cole Was might take a chance on the wide receiver and he gets a B grade in this game. D J Chark with a B grade. He's trying to play through a rib injury. I think he'll do it here.

Chark has commanded at least seven targets and four of the last five games he's been getting more use with Gardner Minshew out and he's got a He has a score and a one hundred forty six yard performance over those last five games. Chark will face on the outside Chris Boyd and sometimes undrafted free agent Chris Jones on the outside, both of whom yield passer ratings north of one hundred twenty in their coverage. So B grade for d J Chark as well. Let's go over to the

Viking side. This one's really interesting. Everybody feels and I do too, that they have to give Dalvin Cook less usage. Since his midseason injury, the Vikings have used him to the tune of twenty nine touches a game. He is visibly wearing down, and over the last three weeks his yards per carry have dropped from six down to three and a half. And that's because of the I believe because of the extra usage. So I think they dial

in back some here. But the Jaguars allowed the six most rushing yards and the eighth most receiving yards to opposing running backs, coughing up one d fifty total yards per game. That is the fourth most. So Cook remains an a start here. But don't expect another twenty nine touch game. I think it's closer to eighteen to twenty. And that's why Alexander Madison is a dart throw C grade here. If you believe like I do, that Cook's gonna see fewer touches, let's go to the passing game.

Kirk Cousins is a B grade. Again. If Cook's gonna get less usage, that puts an emphasis on Cousins, and he throws a few more passes in this game. Volume is usually what keeps his numbers non fantasy relevant. In many cases, when he gets volume, he does very well. The Jaguars have allowed exactly two touchdowns in four straight games. I think Cousins is sitting out approximately two touchdowns in this swar and and he's thrown multiple touchdowns in four

straight So a B grade for Kirk Cousins. A grades for Adam Theland and Justin Jefferson. Jaguars secondary starting undrafted free agents Trey Herndon, Luke bark Who and fourth round rookie Josiah Scott. This is a secondary right for Pilfering, and I like both Feeling and Justin Jefferson with A grades. Jaguars allowing two hundred eight yards per game just to the wide receiver position. Both Feeling and Jefferson can get paid in this game. Lastly, Cal Rudolph is a C

grade with IRV Smith out. Jaguars are a defense that's allowed the most tight end touchdowns nine So if you need to pivot a tight end, Kyle Rudolph's the guy you can use. We just mentioned in passing, Uh, well, actually we didn't. Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Miami Dolphins. I take that part back, Brian. Let's start on the Bengals side of the ball. Giovanni Bernard disappointed last week. I don't love his chances against a surprisingly decent Miami

run defense. What do you think the Bengal is just gonna be mentioned in passing at the end of the show. Basically, I got the Geo on the bench. He didn't lead the way quote unquote lead the way with the leaven of the fourteen running back opportunities. Those are carries and targets for since he last week fourteen opportunities. That is not when you've when you've got Brandon Allen's quarterback quarterback.

So you can't like Geo's prospects against the Dolphins. No opposing back as top to ninety yards rushing and only one back as top thirty five receiving yards all year, and that was the aforementioned James Robinson in Week three. So Geo safely on the bench here. Tyler Boyd is almost there. I'm gonna give him a see though Miami

has surrendered just eight wide receiver touchdowns all season. That's not a lot, fourth fewest, but the Dolphins have allowed back to back one hundred yard games to the position. But keep in mind Brandon Allen had a hundred thirty six passing yards total last week, so it's gonna be tough to get to a hundred yards for Boyd. But he will face slot corner Nick need Um most often. He hasn't allowed to score all seasons, So very soft sea for Tyler Boyd and T Higgins. I got him

on the bench. You can cover a J Green with a parking cone at this point. That means Higgins will draw Xavian Howard. Pro Football focuses number one rated cornerback in coverage and just overall in general. So Higgins is on the bench, and so it was Brandon Allen. Of course, over to the Miami side, Miles Gaskin was your to take a chance on me? Running back chart I love him a lot in this matchup. You have to Davante

Parker love him too. Can give him an A. And again this is under the presumption Fitzer Ryan Fitzpatrick is the starting quarterback. I'm gonna give Parker in a B to but in A for Parker since he has surrendered the fourth most wide receiver touchdowns per game one point three, and over their last four games alone, the Bengals have surrendered seven wide receiver touchdowns and to one yard games

to the position. Parker will face outside corner Tony Brown most who allowed seventy eight yards and a touchdown in his coverage last week wide receiver too. I'm tempted here, but Parker got all of the targets last week. Mac Collins saw three and jachiem Grant, a friend of the show, had too. It's a great matchup, but I'm putting them both on the bench here. I feared the negative game script for the wide receiver to for Miami, so they're

both on the bench. But Mike Asiki is not gonna give him a b. The Bengals have allowed the seventh most receptions, the most yards, and eighth most touchdowns to opposing tight ends. They just got scorched by Evan and Gram last week for a hundred nine yards, and Gram had in top of the hundred yards since earlyen So you love Gaseki here, and I love Ryan Fitzpatrick of course, as do you charge might take a chance on the quarterback.

I love it all right. Let's go to our final matchup of this segment, which is the Cincinnati Sorry, I don't know why I got these two teams backwards. Uh, the Cleveland Browns taking on the Tennessee Titans. We already talked about Baker Mayfield take a chance, I mean quarterback. Let's talk about the rest of the matchup. Yeah. Since I like Mayfield here, I like Landry here. Last week was his first good weather game without O b J. And he had eight catches for a hundred forty three

yards in a touchdown. He's getting He's getting a giant one of the largest target shares of his team's targets in the NFL right now. Uh. He also had his first touchdown of the year, which was nice. Titans ninth worst against wide receivers. So Landry's got to be Higgins and Hodge. They have combined for one game with three or more catches this year. For more than three catches, yeah, I can I can't trust them. Hodge had a goose egg two weeks ago, but he was better than Higgins

last week. You don't know where it's coming from. They're both on the bench. Austin Hooper. Titans are ninth worst against tight ends. They're they're just a bottom ten in a lot of defensive categories here, allowing three touchdowns in the last four games. In that span, they've averaged a five point five catches and sixty four yards two tight ends allowed. That's that is a lot for those that are not used to the average tight end of those

are healthy numbers. Yeah, if you get sixty, if you're getting sixty yards out of the tight end, that's a really good day, especially in especially in twenty. It's a great matchup, so I'm giving, but the Browns and the Browns have a propensity to look for their tight ends in the end zone, so I'm giving. I'm given Hooper a C grade here, and it's just because of Hooper. He has so many low yardage total games this year that it's it's tough to trust him despite the great matchup.

Nick Chubb gets an A. He's just really darned good. Titans are seventh worth against running backs. Every running back with seventeen and more touches top two hundred yards and our scores scored Nick Chubb nineteen plus touches in all three games since returning top two fourteen in all three of those. Hunt also very startable B grade here has at least ten touches in every single game he's played

with Nick Chubb this week. When you're getting ten touches, you're getting decent volume, especially in a good matchup against As I mentioned, the Titans seventh worst against running backs. They have allowed three receiving touchdowns in the last five weeks, so it's a good matchup for Hunt. Here. On the other side, Derrick Henry is an A grade. I don't even think we need to talk. We don't even talked

about him anymore in the past. I'll mention the Browns are a pretty good run defense, but it doesn't matter. Did James Robinson just have a hundred fifty nine yards against them last week? And Derrick Henry is better than James right doesn't have always worked that way. He was out last week. Onto the passing game, Ryan Tannehill. Browns

are eighth worst against quarterbacks. That should help maybe Tannehill's really really bad streak going on, But look at the look at the schedule they've played so the last several weeks. Chicago Indie, Baltimore Indie. That's a brutal run for for Tannehill. That's like a Deshaun Watson schedule. I'll talk more about that in just a minute. Ryan Tannehill Mike Glennon through for two thirty five yards and two touchdowns. Uh and Carson Wentz through for also two d thirty five yards

had two touchdowns against this Cleveland Brown Brown's team. I think Tannehill is a little better than both of them. Uh. He has sixth straight under two hundred six yards. But the upside is there. I'm thinking little mid two hundreds, a couple of touchdowns for Tannehill. You here, I think I think that's be worthy. I think that's a solid safe outing A J. Brown. He was over analyzed last week by me. I admit it, Brown, I gotta B grade two or an eight grade to here this week.

He's just too much of a stud. And Corey Davis. I'm giving a C grade to Brown's eleventh worst against wide receivers. Davis has at least three catches and at least sixty five yards in all but one game. That's surprising is surprising, isn't Yeah? I think Tannehill is sitting on a nice rebound to his season beginning here. A J. Brown could be somebody who becomes the highest scoring wide receiver the rest of the way. That's I'll stay. I'll plant my flag on that. Like when we come back.

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have some flaws. Three tough questions, beginning with tough question Number one, it is sabotage drop season. Should fantasy managers drop Deshaun Watson? What what Scott alluded to the last the last segment here, they have Indie Chicago Indians since he coming up, since he's not much Indie Chicago and Indie coming up on the schedule. It's a really really

rough schedule coming up, and he's lost Will Fuller. I still don't think you could do it though Watson and Watson has run for two over thirty five yards last few games. Chicago's allowed four touchdowns passing in the first six weeks, but since then they've allowed multiple touchdowns in five straight both of both of those Indians Indians Chicago the early season is what got them in some really weak matchups on the schedule, games against like Minshew and

Donald and Falls and Mayfield and Tannehill for Indie. I still think he's gonna be a borderline top twelve guy, and I just I just don't want to give an opponent a top you know, a guy that could perform at a top twelve level, even if you have better replacement options. Keep him on your bench and don't give him to anyone else, all Right, Brian, should fantasy managers drop, sabotage drop DeShawn Watson. Yeah, like Scott said, Colts Bears Colts over his next three But he gets the Bengals

at home in week sixteen. Like Scott said, And even if I'm streaming quarterbacks the next three weeks, I'm finding a bench spot to stash Watson for that week's six team matchup in the event I'm still alive. But he could have a good game against the Colts. Who knows, it's the first meeting. And even if he has a bad game, you can essentially sabotage drop Watson after this game because his name value still brings a lot to the table, and the Bears matchup is bad. Yes, but

I looked back at all the quarterbacks they face. They have not faced a quarterback comparable to Deshaun Watson over the last two seasons. Really like a truly mobile quarterback. He could be the skeleton key that gets to that defense. So don't drop Deshaun Watson, and h please don't cue the Beastie boys right now. Charge, don't do it. He's gonna do it. I can't find it alright there they are the whole boy of the sabotage drop. He is to put a good player who's gonna struggle on an

opponent's roster. That's the whole point. This fits all of the criteria of the sabotage drop right year, right now. With the Shawn Watson here, let me let me phrase the question differently. Can Brandon Cooks carry a passing offense? Answer? No, he never has. He has always been a robin to somebody else's batman, and defensives are going to play to take Brandon Cooks away. And then who is Deshaun Watson gonna pass to? Who's gonna carry him to fantasy glory?

Isaiah Coulter from the University of Rhode Island. The point is nobody, and if he maybe he squeaks out one good game against this tough run. By the way, Indie ranks number four and passing yards allowed, number five in passing touchdowns allowed, their number three and fantasy points allowed

to quarterbacks. The Chicago ranks sixth and fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks eighth and fantasy touch in passing touchdowns allowed, and they have an allowed of quarterback rushing touchdown all year. This is a brutal series of matchups. Ken, Watson have a good game against one of these teams, maybe he'll find a way. Maybe, but more than likely he's going to dud in one of these games, and he will knock out one of your opponents from the playoffs when

he does. Now you might say, well, he's gonna rush me to victory. You're own Watson, apparently, because Watson has one rushing touchdown since the opener one. He has top fifty rushing yards zero times this year. He's not the same rushing quarterback that you think he is. He didn't need to add. Will Faller out there full fuller advantage drop. Who are you replacing him with? Who are we replacing him? You can find help by listening to this show and

take a chance on me. Tough question number two, what is the appropriate level of concern for Alvin Kamara? None? Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? Bryan, My bowels are loosened, bricks are falling out right now, Rostering. I'm passing bricks, but I'll go with bow loosening level of existential dread. Just three targets over the last week, last two weeks for one catch for negative two yards.

For Kamara, he was on pace to break Christian McCaffrey's record for receptions by running back set just last year. He was gonna like shatter it. And that's all going down the tubes. Taysom Hill is taking all the goal line work, the Tavia's Murray's arguably healthier and fresher right now. He's not a better running back. But until Drew Brees comes back, we're not going to see the Alvin Kamara we were used to for the majority of the season. So I am you know, you know the poopy pants

scared right now? All right, Scott, what's the appropriate level of concern for Alvin Kamara? None? Some or the bowle loosening level of existential dread? See. Uh. When I start thinking about this question, my stomach starts to turn a little, and then I think my balls are gonna loosen, And then I think it is Taysom going to stay the starter? Is Jamis Winston gonna come in? And I think how far away are we from Breese really coming back? Because he's gonna want to end this season on a high

note if this is his last year. I say just some because I think this might just be a short term thing and we'll be okay in the playoffs. The correct answer is a bowl loosening level of existential dread. And I'll tell you why. It's not even just Taysom Hill, which is a massive concern. The no targets to Alvin Kamara at the negative receiving yards and the siphoning off rushing touchdowns because as I said earlier in the show, I think Taysom Hill is gonna get benched sooner or

later because he can't pass. The foot injury really worries me. This is this is no small deal. Remember last year when Alvin Kamara famously played through all those injuries and scored in two games all year. I think we might be back to that. He doesn't pass the eye test and the only way Lottavius Murray is getting equal playing time. That should never happen. If Alvin Kamara is healthy. He's not healthy. And I don't know that you get over a foot injury while you're playing on it. My bowels

are loosened. Tough question number three. Last week, I asked you about dropping all the Rams and Bucks runners in this segment. This week, I'm asking about the Baltimore Runners. Now that everybody's healthy. Should Ravens running back managers drop them outright? Scott? First off, I think I might want to leave it. Both of your bowls and this this very small, very small studio. Yes, it's not that small of it anyway. You know how I feel about J. K. Dobbins.

I think he's taking over the load. I already said it earlier. I think he's going to be the lead back going forward. I think he's led the lead in touch in snaps four straight games, and two of those games everyone was healthy. I think he starts to be the sixty plus percent of snaps fifteen to twenty touch guy for the rest of the season. I say no, I say keep Dobbins, right, Brian should Should fantasy owners

drop all Ravens? Yeah, I'm with fish. Fifteen rush attempts for Dobbins in week eleven, then he got the VID as we all know this week twelve, but they were ready to give him an extended look. So I'm holding onto Dobbins, but I'll drop the rest of them. But so the answer is now, yeah, that is correct answer. Gus is too touchdown dependent, he's out Ingram's uses, too scattered, he's out we just have this one game sample size, and that's all it is on Dobbins, just the one game,

the glimmer of hope. That's that game before his COVID designation was going to be legitimate. We got to really though. The other game that Markingham was out, he got sixty percentsion. I think Justice Hill looks pretty good, look pretty good. Could be four way rotation if we're not careful. I'm for at least one more week. I'm watching Dobbins. But if they go back to being another rotational team, even rotation between those runners, he's out. He's got a one

game leash and that is it. Let's work in one final matchup into this segment, and that is the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Baltimore Ravens. Not a lot to talk about on the Dallas side. Yes, I was gonna says Bryant revenge game. It is Bryant revenge. There was ever a revenge game. It might be this one. I know. It's too bad it's not in Dallas, so we can't go out to the Star. Uh, let's go. I have one starting grade on a Cowboy and it's a Marie

Cooper and it's only a C grade. In Andy Dalton's three full games, Cooper is averaging yards and has scored twice. Baltimore is a top five defense and yardage allowed to receivers, and they've allowed among the fewest passing touchdowns. Cooper will get a healthy dose of Marcus Peters and Peters is is probably the easiest of the matchups in that secondary, depending on whether or not Jimmy Smith plays in this one, but either way it doesn't matter. It's a brutal matchup

and Cooper is the only guy can start. Staying with the passing game. Andy Dalton's on the bench. I think that goes without saying. Against Baltimore. Ceedee Lamb also on the bench. Out of the slot. He has a very tough matchup with Marlon Humphrey and staying again with the passing game. Dalton Shaw, it's the tight end. No tight end is top fifty yards against Baltimore over their last eight games. He's on the bench too, and that leaves us with Zeke. It's come to this a straight up

bench designation. Going back to weeks six, Elliott has topped three point eight yards per carry, which is not good. One time vikings. He has scored one time Vikings. He has topped sixty three yards one time Vikings, so he's not playing the Vikings. So it's just a bench grade for Ezekiel Elliott. Let's go over to the Baltimore side where things get a lot more interesting. Lamar Jackson expected back and man does he need to get right game

and this might be it? Please please. Jackson has scored just one or two touchdowns in eight of the past nine games. He's been held under two hundred eight passing yards in the past eight of the nine games. Only the Jets throw for le yardage than the Ravens. Fortunately, Dallas can give up gigantic games to anybody. The Cowboys have allowed multiple passing touchdowns in eight of ten games. I think Jackson is going to find his way to two or even three touchdowns air and ground this week

and to B grade for Lamar Jackson. Marcus Brown had the the nifty touchdown late in Wednesday Night's game Wednesday afternoon's game. When he doesn't score those long touchdowns, though, you usually get you know nothing from Brown, so you know the risk here, high degree of variability, but the matchup very strong. Dallas allows the second most fantasy points

to receivers. Brown runs from all over the field, but most often he'll see him he'll match up against back up cornerback Anthony Brown, who has allowed three scores in the past two games. So I like, I like Marquise Hollywood Brown here, and he's got to be grade for me. Mark Andrews another guy where we hope and expect to get through the COVID protocol by this time time for

the game. If he plays, he faces a super rising the solid tight end defense giving up just four receptions per game to the position, but they give up touchdowns. And that's why we're starting Andrews anyway. Andrews always a threat in the red zone. He's seeing thirty of the team's target inside the twenty. That's fifth most across all NFL teams. So we'll start Andrews here with a B grade. And the aforementioned JK. Dobbins we just talked about him.

We hope that he's going to go back to getting the high usage that he had, and I've got a C grade on him here. In the two games where Dobbins saw at least fifteen touches, he averaged one hundred three total yards and he played of the snaps. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that that's gonna happen here again. The Cowboys have allowed four of the past six starting running backs they face to put up a hundred fifteen rushing yards. They're vulnerable to bell cows. Please make JK.

Dobbins the bell cow. Greg Roman, we're begging Ingram and Edwards are on the bench. As previously discussed, when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly, a big block of matchups for you, including the New York Giants and the Seattle Seahawks. I think Chris Carson is one of the trickiest guys to figure out across the entire slate of games. This week, Brian Johnson will tell you whether or not you can start Chris Carson when we come back to

Fantasy Football Weekly. Fantasy Football Weekly returns, We've got three matchups for you in this segment, beginning with the Giants taking on the Seattle Seahawks. Brian, for the Giants, it's gonna be Colt McCoy at the helm, and I think that pretty much means we're not starting any part of that passing offense. Would the possible exception of van van Ingram, What do you think. Yeah, I will say Daniel Jones

put in a limited practice on Friday, he's doubtful. But even if he plays, you're not wanting to play Daniel Jones, nor Colton McCoy if he's the starter against the Seahawks, who have just been giving it up in masses through the air, but not so much a lot better. Yeah, and that's coincided with the return of strong safety Jamal Adams, who is all the world. So for that reason, Darius Slayton, Sterling Shepherd, Golden Tate, I'm gonna give them all a sea.

They're not all going to get I'm not touching those guys with Colton McCoy, it's really it's Sterling Shepherd's only when I would give a soft seat. Two, I will bench Slaton Tate, even though Tate led the team in targets with nine last week, a lot of them coming when cold McCoy entered the game. And don't forget this is a revenge game for Golden Tate going back to Seattle. But all right, you talking about that, they're all on the bench. Seattle. They used to give up like through

they don't now. Jamal Adams has returned that to everybody who started. Travis Folgum or we'll talk about the Eagles wide receivers later in the show. How bad they are, so I'll put them all on the bench. They are. They all are double ds though in my mind daily darts for the Giants wide receivers and a matchup that has gotten tougher. But so Evan Ingram, though we'll give him the start, can give him a B. Jamal Adams

isn't shadowing tight ends. He's plugging like all the other holes in the secondary Right now, Ingram has at least nine targets, and four of his last five games the Seahawks allowed the most yards per catch to the position. Dallas Goddard just had a great game against Seattle. So love Ingram here with it be even with Colt McCoy at quarterback and Wayne Gallman lastly for the Giants. Just to see here, he has scored in five straight games for the longest current streak among running backs. But two

major red flags here. One is Colt McCoy of course, in that whole offense, and no one runs against Seattle. Opponents are only running the ball thirty three percent of the time against the Seas So Gallman's carries have increased week over a week, but again not a great matchup. But the volume will still be there, but it won't be as much as we're used to. So just to see for Gallman over to the Seahawks side, Chris Carson going to give him a be despite only seeing of

the snaps last week. But he did look good when he was on the field. You have to think they might have been easing him back into action a little bit. I think he'll see more work against the Giants, but it's not a great matchup. Only one running back has topped hundred yards against New York and against New York, and only two loan backs have gotten more than fourteen carries. That speaks to no one going over a hundred yards. But there's just not a lot of volume for featuring

runners against New York. But the Giants have surrendered the sixth most receptions and second most receiving arts to running backs. So be for Chris Carson. I got Carlos Hide on the bench though less Carson, I'm just I'm so nervous that it's gonna be another I mean, hid got like two thirds of the work last week. I'm worried it's gonna be closer to Carson owner like everywhere. I'm so nervous that it's gonna be like fifty fifty between the two of them, and they both just sort of dud well.

Hide's got a toe issue that popped up late and last week's game too, he's supposedly gonna play about. I am concerned for Carson as you are, but I'm still starting Carson bention Hyde uh DK Matt Metcalf. Of course we're starting him, but just gonna give him a be here because he's gonna get shadowed by James Bradberry and this is gonna be a fun matchup to watch. Since week to brad Berry has allowed less than fifty yards in coverage in every game and just one touchdown during

that span. And Bradberry is a big dude six one two ten, but he's a guard in DK. Metcalf is a power forward in basketball. So I still like Metcalf a lot here, but temporaryr expectations a little bit. They met each other last year when Bradbury was with and Bradberry held him to two catches thirty one yards. Now did get a score in the two catches, but still, and you know, different teams, and you know Metcalf is better this year, but still, that was a one on

one matchup that Bradbury did pretty well. And Tyler Lockett is way better when he plays the Arizona Cardinals. His last non cardinal games, last six non cardinal opponents, Locket has cleared fifty yards just once and has not scored during that span against non cardinal opponents. I gotta thank

Pete Harrington from guillotine leagues for that one. The Giant secondary has played well lately, only allowing two receivers to reach seventy five yards over the past six games, but lock It will mostly see rookie slot corner Darnay Holmes, who was allowing a seventy six percent completion rate in his coverage. I think, uh, it feels like a Lockett having a better game than Metcalf kind of day, But

you never know. But I'm still starting Locket with some confidence, and I'll start Russell Wilson of course with more confidence than lock It. A strong be here over the last three weeks, Seattle's bottom ten in passing play percentage after throwing the ball like pent At the time and Wilson's

number have. Wilson's numbers have definitely suffered during that span, and nobody has topped two touchdowns against New York since the opener, and only Tom Brady and Carson Wentz up top two yards against them since Week three, But to eighty and two still feels like a safe floor for Wilson in this one. Newly takes on the charger Scott and I'm sitting on a Damien Harris vibe in this game.

I'm I kind of like them both and White sure and Rex Burkhad being out his simplified matters White it is and my concern, and they've been talking about how worried they are about botha In that pass stich, I can see Cam Newton dropping back, dumping it off to Harrison White quite a bit in this game. Harris rarely catches, but yes, I agree. Yeah, so I've i've C grades on both Harris and White. Harris is gonna get more volume, maybe some goal line work if Cam doesn't take it,

White's gonna get the catches. Um, I've I have Harris with fifteen plus touches, uh and C grade there. Yeah, so C grades on both of them. Cam Newton, I'm giving him a C grade two. He's had a seaworthy grade on rushing alone, not just kind of his passing game, passing yard, just his rushing a seaworthy grade in six of his nine fall games. So then you have the passing on to that. That's basically all it is. Charges

have allowed four different quarterbacks to rush one in. Uh, so, I guess I still got to give Cam the sea, but I don't love it. Wide receivers I don't even care. I don't even care about they keep handling non functional passer in today's NFL. How do you get to Week thirteen with all the advantages that a quarterback has with four touchdown passes. Yeah, it's mind boggling. It's staggering ineptitude

as a passer. These these target catching yards leaders flip weekly, and since Week five, no wide receiver has topped eighty two yards on the Chargers. It's not a good spot for them. On the other side, Herbert once again, he has had three yards and or multiple scores in let me check my notes again every single game this year. You can't you can't ever mention he's an A grade. Keenan Allen's inn A grade even though he's gonna get a lot of Gilmore, who does shadow. And I just

saw this this week and I didn't realize it. Stephan Gilmore was the number six ranked PF slot corner last year and he doesn't He's not stot doesn't pay. That's how good he is when he's in this lot. I don't care. Ellen plays from the slot a lot. Yeah, I just don't know how much Gilmore he sees in this game. If Gilmore shadows him, I don't care. Still, he's gonna get ten plus targets because he gets ten

plus targets every game. A grade there, Mike Williams, I'm giving a C grade to two dods in the last three isn't great. But if Gilmore, when Gilmore does get on Allen, or even if he is on Williams, Gilmore is allowed a hundred and eighty or so yards around just under a hundred eight yards in the last three games. And Mike Williams is a great contested catch wide receiver. I think he can get his Uh. Williams will get five to seven targets. He's top seventy yards and three

of the last five. That's sea level right there. Uh, Hunter Henry last three games are really encouraging. It was bad early in the season, but recently thirty in a touch, forty in a touch, seven for sixty seven last week. His usage is going up. He's played of the snaps in the last five games. Although Arizona and tight ends did minimal last week, Houston and Baltimore lit up the

Patriots the two prior weeks. Uh. Just to be grade here, though New England's only surrendered one tight end touchdown and Austin Ekeler I'm back to an A grade with played sent of snaps, twenty five touches in his return. Every running back who's top thirteen touches on the Patriots had eighty plus yards had eleven catches last week. He looked great. He e You would never have known he had. He's it was a first game back off a massive hamstring.

He's gonna double that. He's gonna double that thirteen touches. So yeah, I'm I'm on board. Broncos taking on the Chiefs in a rematch from earlier this year. Only a couple of starters on the Denver side in the passing game. UM, let's begin with Drew Lock, who was on the bench. He's expected to return from the COVID list. He's been a wreck, completing just fifty five percent of his passes and averaging just one touchdown per game. He's only playable in the easiest of matchups. And this is not it.

Jerry Judy was just a C grade, not counting last week's offensive debacle for Denver. Judy average sixty yards per game with two scores in his previous six games, which is okay, sixty yards and less than a coin flips chance at a touchdown. He'll aim to keep that consistency going against Kansas City, a secondary that held him to just twenty scoreless yards in the first game. Judy will face most often utility defensive back Tyrone Matthew in the slot,

who's allowed one score in his last six games. So just the C grade on Judy a C grade on Noah Fant. He has not scored since Week two, which is bad, and he did very little in the first matchup. That's bad too. Fortunately, Chiefs are getting hammered by tight ends lately, giving up monster games to Rob Gronkowski and Darren Waller over the past two weeks. Fan's been playing gamely through an ankle injury. Is expected to start here, but I don't think that ankles fully healed yet either,

So a C grade for Noah Fanse. Let's talk about the running game. We think Philip Lindsay is gonna play, but we don't know for sure. You're gonna need to watch this one down to game time decision level. If um, if Lindsay doesn't end up going, you could start Gordon. He's been a complete dud in four of the past five games. I think to my eyes he looks pretty slow, pretty powerless. He hasn't caught a passing in three games, and the Chiefs have not let a back top seventy

seven rushing yards in seven games. If Lindsay's out, then we'll give a C grade to Gordon, and otherwise he's out. Is the one game that Lindsay was inactive for earlier. Gordon posted season highs and carry's yards and touchdowns, and that's really what he needs to be fantasy relevant. And for Lindsay, he's going to be out either way if he if he tries to play or not, we will not start him. So let's go over to Kansas City and this won't take long. Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, and

Travis Kelsey. They are all ranked number one at their positions by me at Guillotine leagues dot com. Kelsey's wide receiver for right now, I believe unbelievable. Biggest positional differentiator in football is Travis Kelsey. And it's not close. We say it every year and that nobody wants, nobody's willing to draft him in the first half of the first round. What Tyree Hill is going to do to slot cornerback

he saying bassie should be illegal even in Colorado. M Staying with the passing games, Sammy Watkins gets a C grade. He's always a dark throw. He did little in the first game back, did little in his first game back last week. The Broncos only good quarnerback Bryce Callahan is gonna miss this game. So you want to try Sammy Watkins? Fine, you know, I think so. It's gonna be so easy to find Hill and Kelsey, they won't need Watkins. But then again, maybe his turn does really well historically in

Week thirteen matches Week one, uh. And then lastly, this could be a Clyde Edwards a layer game as well. Now, volume is always a concern for Clyde, but I can live with his recent usage, which is twelve touches and fifteen touches. That's enough to get him to viability. I also like his three touchdowns in the last three games for Clyde. The Broncos run defense was overrun over the last few games by both Las Vegas and New Orleans, and they've allowed nine scores to running backs in the

last six games. So I kind of like Clyde Edwards a layer here more than I have. The last several games. He has been sick. They they've been talking about being worried how much he's going to be able to play correct and we'll monitor that up to kick off, assuming he's ready for maintain the workload he normally he has been getting. I like him. Now do you like Levian Bell, who apparently he's the next guy who's gonna fight this logan Paul YouTuber guy coming up? I like him more

in that matchup than I do in this one. Man, if you would have sold on LEVI on Bell at the moment the Chiefs picked him out, you could almost named your price on Bell. And he has done nothing nothing. It's all about striking at the right moment. You'll be striking at the right moment. We come back from the final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly, as we covered the final three matchups, including the Eagles taking on the Packers. What to expect from Miles Sanders when we return to

Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi in, Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you. Thank you for joining us. If you are listening to this show over the air, know that you can hear the whole thing back by a podcast, Fantasy Football Weekly and whatever your preferred podcasting medium is. We've got three matchups

to wrap up the show. No premature speculation, which normally during the season goes into this spot until about this stage of the season when we have more games to talk about and the it's no longer really picking up guys for the rest of the year as much because there's just not that much time left. Our next matchup is the Philadelphia Eagles against the Green Bay Packers. The way to beat the Packers is to run the ball? Is this a Mile Sanders game? Brian, I wish I

had the answer for you. We're gonna assume it is, even though his touches since returning from injury have gone down from seventy seven to seventy to just fifty percent last week's all the while Boston Scotts have gone up eighteen percent to thirty percent to percent. But like you said, it's a good spot and the only way to really

beat Green Bay is running the ball. The Packers allow one fifty seven combo yards per game to running back slot, the third most, the third most, and three straight opposing starting running backs up top two hundred combo yards. But be wary of Boston Scott. He was might take a chance of me running back. I think he's heavily evolved in the receiving game in this one, as Philly plays from behind. Uh Dallas got Sanders can catch, by the way, Yeah, I mean you know, you know you can pass to him.

But he's been out targeted by Boston Scott and basically every game they played recently. So there we go. Uh Dallas Goddard might get out targeted by zach Ertz, who is making his return. I'm not gonna starts in this one. I gotta see something from him first. They might ease

him back in. I will give Goddar to see despite Green Bay allowing the fourth fewest receptions, seventh fewest yards, and the eighth fewest touchdowns to tight ends just three on the year, but the competition hasn't been great at the tight end level. The Colts tight ends did combine for forty seven yards and two touchdowns against the Packers a few weeks ago, so I'll give Goddard to see here. But again, I'm worried about the Earth's factor here. Uh, He's not gonna blow up like he did last week.

Got her that is, And the Eagles wide receivers did not blow up last week, totaling forty six yards against the Seahawks, who were allowing forty six yards per catch earlier in the season. I'm not sure Jayer Alexander is gonna shadow any of these scrubs, but he'll essentially cut the field and half. So they're all on the bench. Long story short Jalen Rieker, Alejan Jeffrey, Travis Fulgham, Greg Ward, even Marky Mark he's on the bench. Carson bench, he

is on the bench. No guarantee even finishes this game, So an easy bench for Carson here over the Green Bay side Aaron Jones and to give him a B. Philly has been tough against the run for the most part half, but they've been vulnerable as of late, as the last last three starting running backs they face have either topped one yards or scored a touchdown. Last week Aaron Jones. Jones saw the most rushing attempts and rushing

yards since Week two. But Jamal Williams will continue to steal couches touches because you know why, Fish, He's pretty good football player. Jamal love him. We all love Davante Adams. He gets an a. Adams has nine scores over his last six games, finding paydirt at least one once in everyone. He's also averaging a hundred nine yards over that span. He's essentially matchup proof at this point. But whatever, here's

some analysis anyways. Philly has allowed only two receivers to reach seventy five yards over the last six games and have only allowed one receiver to score over their last four. We can expect Adams to see shadow coverage from Darius Slay, but he just got flamed by DK mattcalf And again, I don't care what the opposition does against receivers. You're gonna start Davante Adams with confidence. I'm starting album's art with confidence to at least a sea level. Confidence. Last

week was confidence, there you go. Last week it was ardrew six targets and found the end zone on just a forty six percent snap. Sherry should see more work in this one, and he draws a favorable matchup with Avante Maddox, who is allowing seventy of his passes to be completed in his coverage in a passer rating of

one oh seven. Lastly, for the past catchers, Robert Tonyan can give him a B. Philly hasn't allowed a tight end touchdown and its last five games, but they have allowed the seventh most receptions to the position on the season, and Tonyan is just a mountain has a catch rate which will play nicely against former slot corner Jalen Mills, who concedes five inches and fifty pounds to Tonyons, Mike

and Tonian in this matchup, and Aaron Rodgers. A. Philly has allowed only one passing touchdown over the last four games that went to Russell Wilson, but the other three quarterbacks they faced where Benda Nuci, Daniel Jones and Baker Mayfield in the infamous Monsoon. So we like a a Ron here next match, I'll give him the art work just for Matt Fantasy yard Park. There we go, the Fantasy hard Park. How did I miss this? I was gonna say, I sleep walking through through the air assumed

he was hybridating. I was gonna say, must have been rid. You know the weather is getting colder. Now we're in December. You can't let me forget the up Bill's taken. The forty nine defense, got Richard Sherman back and immediately looked dramatically better last week. What do you think about his opportunity the opportunities for the past. I want to start with the passing game and Josh Allen in particular, as

he's got to try to beat Sherman. So Josh Allen has just one game where he didn't have multiple touchdowns on a one way or the other. And in that one game seven yards passing in sixty one rushing. So the one game he didn't throw multiple touchdowns, He's still had a good game. Uh. That said, Ellen's five worst games in the Fantasy in this year. We're with John Brown out like all the one through five, the worst

games he's played this year. We're with they're still good games, but they were with John Brown out, so you're ceiling has to come down a little bit. I'm giving Allen a B here. Is the tenth best against fantasy quarterbacks have held seven teams under two yards passing, but the rushing floor helps uh. San Francisco allows the most rushing yards two quarterbacks and the most rushing attempts, so be great for Alan. I'm giving Digs the B grade. He has six or more catches uh in every single game

since Week three. He has a tough match up here with Sherman, but Sherman wasn't able to clamp down super great last week, even though overall they kept him down. Um Uh. Last last week was the yardage dud for Digs. But he gets the volumes and he gets the catches. As I said, six plus catches you're getting you're getting points out of him. Segret for Gabriel Davis, who's gonna take a chance on me? Player Cole Beasley I have on the bench. Is the best game for a slot

guy against San Francisco this entire year? Forty one yards and none of them scored, not one so bench grade for Beasley. I'm sorry, charge, I have Mosson Singletary on the bench after they've nervous tough matchup. They flipped again in touches. Moss led once again in snaps, but they flipped again in touches. Only two running backs of top sixty five yards rushing against Santranc, So, uh, they're both on the bench. On the other side, Nick Mullins A great, No,

just see if you're awake. I mean the whole air bear thing. I just don't know if you're awake over there right now. So alright, As mentioned last week, the Bills are bottom ten against fantasy quarterbacks as they've given up the most rushing touchdowns and tenth most rushing yards. Uh. Two quarterbacks it through the air. They're actually pretty decent. So that's why Mullins is getting the bench. I don't

expect him to run all over the field. Curtis Samuel and Brandon Au however, I do have sea grades on now that they're both going to play. They're both just too good of playmakers. Samuel, Yeah, Samuel erupted getting thirteen targets with ayuk out and I with Samuel got fourteen targets that I think even if they now they split him seven seven, yeah, seven eight targets for each this week with them both in that's that's good enough volume to probably see a ce I figured with one of

those touches, and they both run the ball too. With one of those touches. Somewhere, they're gonna break something to get see where they good? Did Deebo Samuel look last He's finally healthy, right off the foot injury from the preseason and you know the various other things he's had. He came out. I thought he looked fantastic. He looked like one of the least fun guys to tackle receivers. He did last year too. Yeah, he looked just like the guy that was just steamrolling opponents in the in

the playoffs in the second half of last year. Reminds me of an Kuan Bold in a little bits I was gonna say next year, I wouldn't be shocked if we're talking about him in the likes of the A. J. Browns and the McLarens and stuff like that. I wouldn't. Yes, Uh, Jordan Reed, I got a B grade on a couple of weeks ago. I said he's a prespect get him for this last couple of games. Stretch run and it starts here. Uh six targets and back to back games.

The Bills are third worst against tight ends, allowing the second most yards. Two of the last three starters top six yards, and they've had seven tight ends top sixty yards and or score against them. We mentioned earlier. Sixty yards for a tight end is a pretty dang good game. That's a B grade there where he mostard, I'm giving a B grade too. He only played twenty nine snaps, but he got eighteen touches. When she means when he was on the field, they were getting him the touches.

It was his first game back. I think he'll get more work this time somehow, uh fled uh San Francisco running backs and snaps and usage. In the last five games, four running backs had fifteen plus torches against the Buffalo Bills. All of them had a hundred plus yards. Most of it's getting that fifteen plus, yeah, most of it's gonna be A guy who's gonna sneaky power teams through the playoffs is traded. I like it. Our final matchup is

the Washington football team and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let's start on the Washington side. Alex Smith is on the bench. He is a game manager. He throws short passes with a few touchdowns, and he has a bad matchup. Is the only receiver of his that you want to start wide receiver Terry McLaurin. Of course, he's got an ankle injury, but expected to play through it, averaging nine seven yards over the past four games catching those slow motion wobblers

from Alex Smith. He's also had at least seven catches or eighty four yards in six straight games. I mean he just, regardless of opponent, Terry McLaren finds a way to get it done. Steelers have a good past defense, but opposing number one receivers have had some success, including Marks Brown last Wednesday and Tee Higgins a couple of weeks before that. So we'll we'll keep the B grade on Terry McLaurin in this one. The only other quasi receiver we've got his tight end Logan Thomas. It's a

it's a brutal matchup. I don't like it at all that From that respect, Pittsburgh's allowing the second fewest receptions and the third fewest yards to opposing tight ends and just one score all year. But this year's tight end landscape is so bad you probably need to start a guy who has at least sixty yards or a score and four of his last six games, So in a pinch, you probably need to start Logan Thomas, and I'm giving him a C grade only because it's such a dry

year at the position. And then Antonio Gibson. He's been much better lately, but he's been dominating bad teams. The Steelers allow the seventh fewest rushing yards per game to opposing running backs, and in Pittsburgh's last month of games, no back has stop seventy three yards. Guess Gus Edwards got a goal line plunge last Wednesday afternoon. That's the only score in the last month against them. Gibson's a very good talent, but I'm not I'm nervous about this

game still. I think he gets enough usage here and especially on the ground, that he should be playable. Pittsburgh's great against receiving running backs, and I've got a bench grade on j. D. Mckissic, who has done very little for two straight games. Let's go to the Pittsburgh side. Ben Roethlisberger gets a B grade. Pittsburgh is the perfect team to neutralize what Washington does best Defensively. Washington, they've got the four first round picks on their defensive line.

They create a ton of pressure, but Ben gets rid of the ball quickly. He has the league's fastest throwing time at two point to nine seconds per next Jen Stats. What's more, Pittsburgh ranks number two in pass blocking. The Washington secondary is going to have is gonna need to hold their coverage for longer than their used to, and I think that's gonna open up some avenues for Ben Roethlisberger.

So who's he gonna throw to? Well, Deonte Johnson is coming up this horrible game where he dropped more balls than a Hernia specialist. He had three drops in two potential fumbles in that game. But on the balance of the year, Johnson has been uber reliable. He'll face both Kendall Fuller and Ronald Darby on the outside. Darby has allowed just one score in the past seven games, but Fuller has been tagged for three scores in three weeks. So I've got a B grade in Deonte Johnson and

hopefully he bounces back. I do worry that, like what happens if he drops his first pass at at him? Does Ben even look his way again? That worries me about Johnson. In fairness, everyone was dropping passes Sitsburgh and West, Team Ebron, Claypool, they all Chase somebody said tweeted seven drop passes in one game. Chase Claypool be great here. You start him because he scores touchdowns. Washington's only allowed

seven scores opposing wide receivers, which is third fewest. On top of that, they've given up just one yard receiver that was a Marie Cooper just one week ago. So I don't love Claypool here, but he's just been so consistent with scoring. I've gotta be grade on him. Uh. And then Juju Smith Schuster a C grade. He has been very consistent. He's been the least consistent of the Steelers receivers. And Juju will face Jimmy Morland in the slot. He hasn't given up a touchdown all year. So just

the C grade on Juju Smith Schuster. And then there's Eric Ebron, who you touched on tight ends are responsible for two of the receiving yards that Washington has allowed. That is the fifth highest ratio. Washington has allowed averages of five catches, fifty yards and half a touchdown to the position. That gives Eric Ebron a C grade. Let's go to the running backs, Connor and Snell. So Connor is in the COVID protocol um and since this game is Monday night, you may not know whether or not

he's going to be the starter. So whether it's Snell or Connor, it's a tough matchup against the Washington run defense that allows the sixth fewest fantasy points to running backs. Only Nick Chubb is top eighty six rushing yards against Washington in their last eleven their eleven games this year, and they've been especially tough lately. Washington's only given up two scores to backs in their last six games. So I've got a C grade on Connor if he goes,

and then you bench Snell if Connor doesn't go. A C grade on Snell makes sense. I don't like you the one much and you're not gonna again Monday night. You may not know what Connor status is when you need to set your lineup. I wanted more Anthony McFarland too, in that Ravens like that. I thought it looked okay

to whatever. Um, We've got just a moment here at the end of the show, give me a player Dynasty and Empire league owners could pick up now that's widely available that you will be glad you have on your roster next summer. See, I was thinking more if it's if it's a Shower or if it's a Empire or something. I think. I think at the end of the season

here A J. Dillon needs to get on rosters. He's going to be the only Packer under contract, packer running back under contract next year because contracts are up on Jones and Williams and they need that money to sign Juju Smith Schuster. Right, they might go signed Juju Smith Schuster. That might be, but I mean I think they keep

Williams because he'll be cheaper. Packers keep Williams. They let Aaron Jones go because Aaron Jones thinks he should get a Dalvin Cook style contract, and I don't think it's gonna happen. We'll find out if that plays out. But I like that A J. Dillon. That makes some sense. Thank you for listening to Fantasy Football Weekly. If you are listening over the air. As a reminder, we are also a podcast. You can check us out on your favorite podcasting platform and here the entire show via podcast

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