Week 16: Championship Week!

Come on? Um uh the season for Fantasy champions I don't know who who would bother to move all my button that is yes, that is more appropriate for the for the season championship edition. If you are still playing, and congratulations if you are you. I think if there's a word for the kind of fantasy managers who are live in Championship week, it is resourceful. You are the people that have overcome so much adversity this year. There's no way anybody's fantasy team was unscathed by injury and

illness and COVID. You pivoted, You made great calls at the last minute, the Saturday de activation of the player you thought you were starting, and you know you went to the backup. All the things you had to do to get here. Well earned. You just kissing the butt of all the people who are still listening to the show right now, aren't you. Most importantly, they listen to this show. How they got that? That's a great point, Um.

I want to acknowledge up front, because of the holidays, we are taping this show on Thursday, and that just means we've got less information to go on than we normally have, especially around injuries. We're gonna do our best, but you may have more current injury information than we've got. But the good thing is is you get to hear the Friday matchups, the Saturday matchups, and the Sunday matchups. We're gonna try to squeeze them all into this show.

We also risked our lives driving here in a blizzard. We we all got here. I'm happy to say. All right, let's begin with the Friday game. Brian, this is Minnesota at New Orleans. Yeah, and this is probably the first time anyone's on a Vikings matchup on this show other than you charge that is true for this year. It certainly is true. And not only that, I don't think we've ever We've never taped on a Thursday. History of

the show. I don't think we've ever talked about a Friday game history of this show down a preview for Friday game. It's it's all all breaking stuff here we do in this twenty six years. You think there would be nothing you love to do, Well, there's nothing left, nothing new left to do. With Dalvin Cook. You're gonna start him still giving him an A on the season.

The Saints do allow the sixth fewest rushing yards and the fewest touchdowns for opposing running backs, but over the last two weeks they've been tronounced by Miles Sanders in the Chiefs backfield, who have all combined to average h rushing yards at one point five touchdowns per game. Uh well, Cook's usage get dialed back, though probably not the He's are clinging to playoff and that's it's slim, but they're

they're clinging to it. And I don't think Zimmer can stop himself from running the ball anyway to his own detriment the past couple of weeks, and for what it's worth, Cook trails Derrick Henry by a hundred yards for the rushing title. Probably not gonna make up that ground, but maybe they let him try hopefully so, but because of that lost game, head Cook played, which certainly would have helped over the receivers justin Jefferson going to give him

a B. There is a upside here. New Orleans is allowing one sixty nine yards per game two receivers over the past three well above their sea season average. They've also surrendered four wide receiver touchdowns over that same three games span. Jefferson will probably deal with Marshawn Ladder laddermore and most, but he's not playing so great this year, allowing a passer rating of a hundred and five in his coverage and he's given up five touchdowns. So B

for Jefferson and a B for Adam Feeling. Even though he's total just fifty yards over the last two games, he has scored four touchdowns over his last five, and just mentioned, New Orleans has surrendered four wide receiver touchdowns over their last three. So I like feeling here, especially going go one up against your Norris Jenkins. He's on the down slope for sure. Uh. The tight ends for Minnesota Rudolph probably not gonna play. Tyler Conklin looked pretty

good last week. IRBs Smith did not, but they're all on the bench. Though New Orleans has allowed one tight end touchdown over the last nine games, and that one to Travis Kelsey, He's not on the Vikings. Lastly, for Minnesota, Kirk Cousins gonna give him a sea. Quarterbacks the Saints have faced started with the most recent have been Patrick Mahomes,

he shredded them. Jalen Hurts and his first start not impressive, Matt Ryan with no Julio Kendall Hilton, that Matt Ryan when Julio got hurt, Nick Mullins, Nick Foles, Teddy Bridgewater. These are all awful quarterbacks are Kirk Cousins is better than those guys. Folds and Bridgewater were able to throw for two fifty and two. That should be a safe floor for Cousins, So I'm gonna give him a sea.

Over to the New Orleans side, Alvin Kamara gets a B. Over their last five games, Minnesota has allowed one nineteen rushing yards and a touchdown per game to opposing running backs.

But Minnesota has only allowed one running back receiving touchdown all year, and no back has even hit forty receiving yards into the Vikes, so don't expect him much from Camaro with Eric Kendricks out, I think that's a huge difference in Eric Kendricks is arguably in the NFL, is one of the one of, if not the best pass coverage linebackers. No Kendricks, I think it's going to be. Uh, it's green light for Camara, definitely. Uh, it's not a green light for Michael Thomas. He's on I R, so

you definitely don't want to start him. But that gives a b to Emmanuel Sanders, who has produced at least seventy six yards or a touchdown in six of seven games. With Breeze at quarterback. The Viking secondary has played better as of late. Only one opposing wide receiver as top sixty five yards over the last three games, but Sanders will see enough volume to warrn a start on Friday. Trey Kuan Smith might as well, but he's very If he with an ankle injury, I'll give him a see

if he plays. But if Smith sits, you might be able to throw a dart at Lill Jordan Humphrey tiny Little Jordan's scored last week, or Jalan Johnson bow software targets, but Little Jordan is way more appealing for obvious reasons. I don't give little Jordan's see if tray Kwan smith

sits why not? And you mentioned charge Eric Kendricks is out that puts Jared Cook into play with the Sea didn't do much last week, but the five targets were encouraging uh tight end as a soft spot against the Vikings with Kendricks out without a doubt, so it Cook gets a Sea with Breeze at quarterback, who also gets to see the concerns with breeze or age, slash ability, health,

Taysom Hill, no Michael Thomas. The list goes on, and the Viking secondary has been much improved of the last month, allowing just two three six passing yards at one point to one point to five passing touchdowns per games. So just the softest of seas for Drew Brees. Okay, not to be confused as a C minus. It is a straight sea right there. Tampa Bay takes on Detroit mat and Detroit is gonna be without their head coach and offensive play caller Darryl Bevel Or it appears he's going

to be that way. I saw that he's in tracing. He's an isolation right now. So it's possible that he could maybe be calling it from a booth up in isolation. They got him in like a sealed John Travolta in that seventies movie Boy in the Bubble. That would be so awesome to have Darryl Bevel in a bubble on the field call and play. Maybe they heart him in like Hannibal lecter On like a two wheeler. Yeah, that'd

be fantastic fun. Uh, let's let's start on the Lions side. Um, I'm gonna talk about Stafford in the next segment, but I want to talk about Marvin Jones Jr. Who in your Fantasy Championship. I'm giving an a grade two and it's kind of worth it. Since week eleven, the Bucks have allowed wide receivers to hit yardage totals of two hundred sixty nine, one sixty three, and one thirty and then Russell Gage even chipped in sixty eight in a

score last week. Jones had twelve targets last week, which is equal to what the other three Lions wide receivers had combined. By the way, Kenny Golladay not practicing again this week, so Marvin Jones is the lead dog in the Lions wide receiver room t J. Hockenson. I'm giving a B grade to the Bucks. Defense has softened against the tight end recently, allowing nine catches for one oh three and a score to the Vikings tight ends yes, and six catches for forty two yards in a score

to the Falcons height ends just last week. Hockinson coming off a disappointing week, but prior to last week's stinking, very disappointing week, he put up sixty yards are scored in four straight Prior to that. Uh DeAndre Swift, I'm gonna give him a C grade. He's on field for two thirds of the snaps. They've definitely been easing him back in as returning from the injury. Eighty two totally yards and two scores last week was enough to keep

many fantasy owners moving through to the finals. But outside of Dalvin Cook, no running back has topped fifty rushing yards against Tampa Bay since Week two. They've allowed one rushing touchdown to a back over the last five weeks. Again, that was Dalvin. That's a tough tough matchup for Swift who was trending all the right way. And then here in the championship game, you get the best run defense

in the NFL. Yeah, that's not good. There's another running back that I'm going to talk about in the next segment for Tampa as well. But let's talk about the passing game there as Tom Brady. He gets a B grade in this one. The Lions have allowed at least two hundred sixty five passing yards in four straight and three of those four quarterbacks tossed a trio of touchdowns or more. The only worry is the Bucks start blowing out the Lions and Brady just stops throwing. But at

that point, Brady's got his numbers, let's hope. So although the running the running situation is pretty tasty, it is Rob Gronkowski. I'm giving him a C grade. Gronk had seven targets last week, but Cameron brad had more receptions and yards. In fact, grons yardage totals over his past four have been twenty five, one oh two, two and nine. He's a little touchdown dependent. Yeah, I just don't know if I feel super confident about playing Gronk in a

Fantasy championship week. The wide receivers Mike Evans gets the A, Chris Godwin gets the B. Antonio Brown gets the Sea Evans seems like he's the only guarantee for targets, as he's led the team in targets in four of the last five and he's topped a hundred yards or scored in four of the last five. Godwin played percent of the snaps last week, Brown was only on the field forty seven, but Brown had seven targets and Godwin only have five. And Godwin had the great matchup last week two.

Over the last five weeks, no team has allowed more receptions, yards, and scores to the wide receiver position than the Lions. Although the Bucks are close and they've played one fewer game. It doesn't help that the top two corners, Jeff Okuda and Desmond true Font, are now both on I R. So you can fire up your Bucks wide receivers in this one, San Francisco takes on Arizona. These are all Saturday. Well, we've had a Friday, Saturday Saturday. We're gonna have another

Saturday game for you tomorrow on the next segment. Triple Saturday. Yeah, Triple Saturday. This is San Francisco Arizona Saturday. C J bet Third is your starting quarterback for the and this one, and it's not pronounced beat hard. Yeah. I'm pretty sure, yeah, but I guess it could be like and be tard something like that. T hard. Uh. Let's start with the Let's start with the running game here. Jeff Wilson gets a C grade. He aggravated his ongoing ankle injury last

week but hopes to play in this one. And I'm the reason name giving him into the C gradies because he does have this ankle injury, and so I'm factoring in this a little bit of risk that he doesn't finish the game. Otherwise he would be a B grade in this game. And I do like elements of this matchup. Over the past two seasons, in games in which Jeff Wilson gets at least eight eight touches, his average game is fifty six total yards, which is good, and one

and a half touchdowns, which is really good. So Wilson's a pretty good start here. Cardinals have been middle of the pack and most running back defensive metrics, but they were obliterated by the forty niners backs in Week one. I'll note that Jeff Wilson was not a part of that back to the passing game now, Oh and by the way, Jerick McKinnon, Tevin Coleman dead to us for a wide variety of reasons, and there's no reason we should even spend time on why those guys are not

going here where he mosted his out. Don't pivot to Jerick McKinnon thinking he's going to get more work with McKinnon out with the mostart out. McKinnon's proven that he's not a factor. And don't tweet at raheem mostart about your fantasy team now. He doesn't want to hear that. Very angry about it. He does not want to hear

that stuff. Okay, let's go to the only element of the passing game that you should be caring about now, and that's Brandon Ayuk, who's finishing with probably the second best rookie wide receiver season outside of Justin Jefferson, and maybe better than Justin Jefferson depending on on how these

games finished out. Despite missing several games, Auk has posted over one yards or a touchdown in seven straight games, and with this quarterbacking and is averaging ninety six yards over the last three games, Arizona is allowing a hundred fifty yards per game to oppose and receivers over the past month. That's kind of right in the middle of the back. But they've kept receivers out of the end zone in three of the past four. B grade on Brandon Ayuk, who comes in hot and c J a

bet thirds by third string quarterbacks. He's he's highly capable by third string quarterback standards. But that's it. You're not starting anybody else there of the third stringers, king of the third stringers, best third string I like it. Let's go to the Arizona side where we'll begin with the running backs. Kennan Drake got dinged up in last week's game, didn't get a lot of action. Chase Edmonds came in, looked really good. But this thing could be flipped because

Chase Edmonds has not practiced, did not practice Tuesday or Wednesday. Um, we don't know about Thursday at this moment. Then his status for this game is unclear. It's not trending well, it's not trending the right direction. Kenyan Drake is is practicing and full, so we're gonna assume he's going to be the starter. Get most of the work that gives him a B grade. Have been gutted by some unimposing

running backs lately. Over their last five games, these guys have averaged total yards and over a touchdown per game. Tony Pollard, J D. McKissick, Devin's singletary, Cam Acres and that was before Cam had his breakouts, and Alvin Kamara. That's you know, those guys are getting about a hundred total yards and when I have touchdowns almost that's uh.

That brings Kenyan Drake into play with a B grade with Chase Edmonds dinged up and for Chase, if you get a full day of practice on Friday or Thursday, then I could see where you might want to go with Chase Edmonds on C grade because he did look really good, but you want to feel a little more confident before about his health status. Let's go to Kyler Murray face the Niners in the season opener, and in that game we got a glimpse of what was to

come for Kyler Murray. He had an efficient passing day, but an explosive running day with almost one hundred rushing yards in a touchdown. Niners past defense has been pretty solid over the last five weeks. Over that span, only Josh Allen has has really touched them. In a meaningful way. Everybody else averaging whoa, whoa, whoa. We're just gonna go buy that. Well, okay, not everything. Every single time you use the word much, it's a bad touch. There is

such a thing as a good touch. I'll have you touched them in a meaningful way. Yes, sorry for your wife. Niners past defense has been pretty solid over the past five weeks, as I mentioned, averaging just one d sixty three passing yards and zero point eight passing touchdowns to non Josh Allen quarterbacks the toucher as I guess maybe

we'll now call him. What's more, no quarterback has scored on the ground against San Francisco since Week four, and Taysom Hill is the only quarterback the top twenty three rushing yards against the fort since Week three, So I've got to be great and Kyler Murray against a good defense. DeAndre Hopkins gets an a comes in red hot with over one five yards and back to back games and touchdowns in two of the past three. And he's had some tough matchups over those last three games too that

he's overcome. Forty. Niners are allowing an un characteristic one hundred sixty seven yards per game to opposing receivers over the last three weeks. They have allowed four touchdowns to receivers over the past three weeks. DeAndre Hopkins likely gets that touchdown. Last guy to mention Dan Arnold, I'm listening. I was. I was worried. He's been fantasy relevant in

three straight games and four of the past five. Low volume dard throw against the Niners defense that has allowed fantasy relevant games to tight ends in three straight ce grade on Dan Arnold. It took weeks, but you finally got it right. So Josh Allen is the toucher. He's the toucher, So we need a sounder for the toucher. What does that sound like? Brand does not want any part of your touching sound, No kidding. When we come back,

take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting lineup will tell you who they are, and we've already alluded to three of them. When we come back. This is it's so much better. It sucks less. It's a legitimate song. It's unlike our previous Take a chance on me. This is that that had a full band piano, it had guitars. That was good. It was good. That's a song the band Nickelback's a billion times better than what we had no know. This is a song like

Back conjected, I feel like it's good. Though you're on the wrong side of this. I'm grateful too. I believe it's called Soap Soap, so the band is called soap um that sent this song to me. It's original work. They clear they made. We are in the clear, no royalty issues. This is until somebody comes up with something better. This is our new taking chant song, which is it's the last week of the year for to take a chance on me. So we got We've got the mantle

at least for the next year. Absolutely, thank you again, soapd the band. Let's go through our nine players that we would not normally start, but we are this week at the quarterback position, and that is Brian Johnson. We're going with the red rifle, Andy Dalton at home versus the Biggles. Over the last three weeks, supposing quarterbacks have average one passing yards and two point seven passing touchdowns versus Philly. Those are that was Aaron Rodgers, Taysom Hill

and Kyler Murray. Dalton pretty much deserves to be in that conversation. Uh, Andy might be without Michael Gallup in this one, but he still has two top tier receivers. And let's not forget he's in a contract here. He only signed a one year deal with Dallas and he could still be a starter in this league. I'm quite convinced. So he's Dallas is alive for the playoffs too. So there's a motivation here is motivation. That's it. That's it. Okay,

let's go to your quarterback, matt Matthew Stafford. Three of the last four quarterbacks to face the Bucks have topped three D fifty passing yards, and as an added bonus, if you throw for three fitty against the Bucks, you also get to throw exactly three touchdown passes against the Bucks. Each one of them has its science. Stafford was treated with kid gloves and practice again this week, especially with the Saturday game. The part that worries me. I don't

know if he's gonna play. He's gonna play, he'll go. He's only two weeks removed from a four yard, three touchdown performance with that same injured thumb, and maybe maybe he gets to call his own plays in the huddle this week. With Darryl Pebbles in the bubble. They should let him. You know, in the old days, when I was a kid quarterback a night that ried, we walked up hill both ways. Quarter Veteran quarterbacks called all their own plays all the time. Now Tom Prady doesn't get

to calls on plays. It's bizarre how things have changed. For the fourth straight week, I think you're still doing. I'm going back to Happy Trombone Ski. That's right. In the past four weeks as a starter, Happy Trombone Ski is a top twelve Fantasy quarterback and this matchup is so juicy with Jacksonville, a team that has allowed multiple

passing touchdowns in eight straight games. Mitch loves to target Allen Robinson runs all over the field and he's got great matchups at every stop going Greg cornerbacks, Greg Mabon, Chris Clay Brooks is awful, and Trey Herndon. It's it's a glorious matchup. Four. Brian, you'll take a chance to me running back. I got Lynn Bowden at the Raiders. Got any music for Lynn Bowden? How would I know? Lynn Bowden is really a wide receiver, but he does.

He's averaging eight yards per carry on on just three carries. But more important, he's running back eligible on all major platforms. But I like I like him. Play him as running back. But he's a great wide receiver. He's a safe play. The Raiders have yielded the third most red zone targets to wide receivers over the last four weeks and the most touchdowns during that span. Bowden has sixteen targets over

his last two games. And if you weren't aware, the Raiders drafted Lynn Bowden and essentially kicked him to the They did it. They revenge. They took like a third round pick four and traded him for like Ach. Yes, it's a revenge game for Lynn Bowden. You take a chance to be runner Matt Uh It's gonna be Leonard four net because Ronald Jones is going to miss the week on the COVID list according to Bruce Arians, So we get another week of Leonard Fournett four net got

seventeen touches last week. He rewarded fantasy players with two scores but an unimpressive fifty five total yards. That's gonna change this week against Detroit. Uh Darrenton Evans and Duke Johnson have had respectable Fantasy days. Against the Lions in the last month, along with Derrick Henry, David Montgomery, Mike Davis, Antonio Gibson, and Dalvin Let's just say this is a bad run defense in the game script could lean heavily towards Tampa running the ball copiously, could I've got Gus

Edwards shooting for a touchdown? We just we want a touchdown. Gus Edwards has got a good chance at it. Mark Ingram a healthy scratch last week. In Gus's last three games, he's averaging eight yards per carry. He gets a lot of work inside the red zone, and the Giants have allowed a running back score in five of the past six games. Gus Edwards Brian, your take a chance of

your receiver? Are you gonna use Linn bout In again that that eight yards per carry by Edwards is bowed in esque though that it is no I pity the fool who does not take a chance on Mr t Higgins at the Texans. The Texans have allowed the most red zone receptions two receivers over the last four weeks, twelve of them on twelve targets. A percent catch rate for the opposing wide receivers against the Texans in the red zone. Houston has been getting schmacked by receivers all season.

They've surrendered twenty touchdowns to the position. Te Higgins, I want to hear your Mr. T impression, though, I gotta practice that next season. Your macho man spot on though that can do that, ad Huck Matt, you take a chance of me. Receiver Tim Patrick has been money near the end zone. In fact, inside the ten yard line, He's had seven targets, seven receptions, and six touchdowns. His seven receptions inside the ten are tied for Travis Kelsey

for sixth in the league. What's more, his thirteen point one average depth of target is ninth highest in the league. And the Chargers are a break but don't bend defense allowing the most completions of forty or more yards this year with ten. Casey Hayward seventh in the league with most yards allowed in coverage. The other corner Michael Davis, and each of allowed three scores on the year. Fire up,

Tim Patrick, might take a chance on my receiver. I'm I'm book ending the season the way it began with John O. JOHNU Now I looked brilliant in the first about six weeks of the season when Johnu John, who came out red hot your fourteenth round tight end selection, was looking fantastic. Then he probably hit a series of injuries and then they just didn't throw to him for a long time, missed some games, and then they just

asked him to block. Now it seems that he's healthier because he's playing the snaps last week and he came up with five catches fifty two yards last week, his highest catching yardage totals since Week five. In the last five weeks, this week's opponent, the Packers have allowed three touchdowns to the tight end position and just over fifty yards per game to the tight end position. I think

most of those fifty go to John U Johanu. I would love to see him finish on I'm honestly surprised you didn't use Zack Moss as your take a chance on me runner, just to really that whole thing and John John great. Yeah, the Moss thing never really panned out through less fault of Mosses and more that they just don't give their running backs much of anything. It's uh, it's I think it's a wasted opportunity for them. Let's work in some matchups beginning with Brian Miami takes on

the Las Vegas Raiders. You already told us you like Lynn Bowden, so does that mean you like to as well. I'll give to a C and a reminder, this is the other Saturday games, so you gotta get these guys in your lineup or out of them either way, too, we're gonna give him a CEE. The Raiders have allowed exactly two quarterback touchdowns and five straight games too, should get there. Considering he's run for three scores over the

last two weeks. I don't see a huge filing for two a year, but it definitely a safe sea over his receivers Davante Parker and give him a see if he plays. He probably will suit up in this one, but he has no proven chemistry with two are right now. But the matchup is nice on paper. For Parker. The Raiders have yielded the third most red zone targets to wide receivers over the last four weeks and the most touchdowns, and for that reason I liked win Bowdens might take

a chance of main receiver like you said, church Uh. Lastly, for the receivers, Mike A. Sicky was not practicing on Wednesday. Uh, hopefully he suits practices later in the week. I'll give him a B if he plays the very comparable Hunter Henry had a great game against Las Vegas last week, and the Raiders have also allowed at least four catches and fifty yards to a tight end in five straight games. So B for Kisiki if he suits up lastly for the Dolphins. At the running back situation, this is very

muddled now. Miles Gaskins should make his return from the COVID list, bumping Salven Akhmed back to the bench. These guys have never been really healthy at the same time this year. When Gaskin has been healthy, he's been the bell house. But Achmed wasn't really in the fold he was injured. Then I'll give Gaskin to see here, I'll assume he gets the lion's share of the touches at running back. It's a good matchup. The Raiders have given up the fourth most fantasy points of running backs, including

the second most touchdowns. So a C for Gaskin, But uh, temporary your expectations at that backfield, It's uh, who knows what's going to happen there. Over to the Las Vegas side, Josh Jacobs can give him a B. No running back his cracked ninety yards against Miami yet, which is crazy. I mean, just stop on that for a second. Think of where the Dolphins were last year and the statement you just made. No running back has hit ninety yards against the Dolphins all year last year, every running back

for the Dolphins. Yeah, and maybe the hat to uh to Brian Flores. Yeah, they've allowed just one running back touchdown as well over their last nine games. It's not a good matchup at all. But Jacobs has scored four times in his last four home games, and he has caught three passes in each of his last three games. That's insane. That's it's that's explosive PPR output for Josh Jacobs. So he gets a B based on volume. Here, Darren Waller gonna give him an A even though it's a

tough matchup on paper. It is Darren Waller. There's been one comparable tight end to go off against the Dolphins, and that was Travis Kelsey, and Waller is a one guy you can compete to Kelsey, So he gets an A. Nelson Aguilar gets a bench grade though the Dolphins have only allowed three wide receiver touchdowns over their last six games, and those three touchdowns went to Tyreek Hill, Tyler Boyd and Keenan Allen. Nelson Aghilar is not in that same

company and he'll probably draw Zavian Howard. So that's a sanilgo for Nelson Aguilar and for the quarterbacks. Mariota was intriguing, but it sounds like Derek Carr is gonna give it a go, even though I don't know. Tore is growing off the bone, but only a lot bad when you know when you saw that injury, like, well, that's it hurt me, It hurt everyone just watching it. Uh, I

got them. They're both on the bench though, regardless of who starts, only five quarterbacks have thrown for multiple touchdowns against Miami, and only two of those five through for more than two touchdowns, and they were elite level quarterbacks as well. Yea, Mariota looked great last week, you did, but that doesn't necessarily matter under contract next year for ten million dollars. It's staggering contract for as a backup quarterback for Marcus Mariota. Tip of that to him for

getting paid. Matt Indianapolis takes on Pittsburgh. I think Jonathan Dayler is pretty straightforward. The passing game is to me is way more intriguing, and I want to start there. Philip Rivers has been a top ten fantasy quarterback over the last six weeks. What do you think against a good Pittsburgh Past defense. Well, you mentioned it's a good Pittsburgh Past defense. You know who. The last quarterback to throw for three yards against the Steelers was Philip Rivers

as a Charger. About what in weeks six? Wow? I don't know if I'm more shocked that it's that long of a stretch or that it was Philip Rivers as a Charger who did nothing. Only half of the quarterbacks they've faced this year have hit two touchdown passes. None have hit three. The upside just isn't there for Rivers in this one. So I have him on the bench all the way down to bench great. I don't think that you can play him in a Fantasy championship this week.

I have every one of his receivers on the bench to Hilton Pittman and the suddenly wide receiver one Zach Pascal, who led the wide receivers in snaps, receptions, yards and had two touchdowns last week, that only muddies the waters for Hilton and Pittman. Steph Diggs roasted this secondary two

weeks ago when Joe Hayden sat out. But with Hayden around, the Pittsburgh defenses back to normal, he's been iron Hayden lately, keeping Terry quiet and holding the Bengals wide receiver group to a total of five catches and seventy one yards last week. That's nothing, nothing, that's nothing. The tight ends was Ryan Finley, and that's the tight ends are on the bench. Two targets each for Jack Doyle, Trey Burton,

and mo Allie Cox last week. Mose on the injury report, but you need to to go down for the other one to be startable. And then Jonathan Taylor, he gets a B grade. The Steelers have been one of the best run defenses in the league until they met the powerhouse back g O Berner last week, who took twenty six touches for ninety seven yards and two scores. I think the Bengals might have laid the blueprint to beat

the Steelers for the Colts here. I think it's gonna be a lot of Jonathan Taylor in this one and the Colts need the win to stay in the playoff hunt. They actually needed a lot worse than Pittsburgh doesn't on the other side. And tell that to Steelers fans, by the way, desperate for a win right now off the lost three in a row. There we go, Benny Snell, I'm gonna give him a desperation See if James Conner

is inactive, now you're now you're talking. If Connor Connor is still dealing with the quad injury, he looks like a true game time decision if Connor goes there, both on the bench. Snell had seventy eight percent of the snapshare last week against Cincinnati and took twenty one touches for a hundred and seven total yards in a score. But no back besides Derrick Henry has done anything on

the ground this year against the Colts. That's why he's a desperation c slash D grade Ben Roethlisberger, he gets the CEA. Four of Ben's last five outings have seen him held under two hundred seventy yards, with two of those under two hundred. He hasn't topped two touchdown passes

since Week ten. The Colts have allowed four of the last five quarterbacks they faced the top three hundred yards and three of those quarterbacks through from multiple scores, so the matchup isn't quite as daunting as it was earlier in the year. Now the wide receivers, which is kind of a mess. Juju Smith Schuster speaking of a mess in a non PPR league, finished with negative points last week and and knocked some people out of playoff matchups.

It was crazy, um Chase Claypool had eight targets but only three catches last week, and then Deonte Johnson had thirteen targets last week. So durn't drop any there, we go, didn't drop any. I'll give Deonte the be here. With Juju and Claypool getting C grades, the Colts have been rocked by some perimeter wide receivers in the last few weeks. Aglare bit them for a hundred yards in a score. Both Kiki Cutie and Chad Hanson of the Texans had two good Fantasy days a piece each in the last

two weeks. Also A. J. Brown and Davante Adams put some good days up against the Colts in recent history. And then Eric Ebron he did not practice with a back injury. Remember he left the game early on Monday, so you can't play him this week. No one in a championship scenario is moving to vance McDonald either. This starting any stealer with Ben rob the way Ben looked and several games, I don't know that I think it started. I think it's Deante and that's it. That's the only

one I think i'd feel comfortable. Just the double digit targets every time he goes out. I think you're largely right on that. I just don't know if I could start Juju Um. It's tough. I don't feel like I'm gonna, yep, tough to get to a championship game of play Ben right now. By the way, in a redraft league, you drop those guys like Juju and Claypool. You just to see if your opponent some fights on those and wants

to wants to do something daring and potentially foolish. Giant, We're gonna finish this segment off with the Giants taking on Baltimore. And for the Giants, there's only two guys to the starting grade. We start with Wayne Gohlman, and I'm worried about Wayne Gelman here because DeVonta Freeman has been activated off I R and he's gonna siphon off some role and that's uh, that's bad for Goldman's waning productivity.

He's averaged only twelve touches and fifty one scoreless yards over the last two games and like waxing productivity not waning correct And after that was after averaging eight yards and a touchdown per game over the pre the prior games as a starter since Week ten, Damien Harris, Derrick Henry Ezekiel, Elliott, Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, James Robinson, good backs of average, a hunter two total yards in a

touchdown per game. I'm just I'm worried that Golman is not gonna get enough work here to approach those numbers. He's got a C grade. Evan Ingram gets a C grade. He's actually stayed healthy all year. And you know many touchdowns we've gotten out of Evan Ingram Pro Bowl or Evan Ingram Pro Bowl or Evan Ingram one. That's it, how Ingram on his career cheese, that's it. Ravens have allowed at least forty five yards or a score to tight ends in four straight games, and they've allowed the

ninth most receptions to the position on the season. Evan Ingram gets a C grade here in the desolate landscape that is the tight end position. Everybody else is on the bench, and I don't even think we need to get into it. Whether it's Daniel Jones or it's Colt McCoy, you're not starting any other part of the Giants passing game. Let's go over to Baltimore. We begin with Lamar Jackson.

Before mopping up the Jaguars last week, Jackson was averaging just one point two passing touchdowns in his prior six games. You know it's he's been a very inconsistent pass sir. Let's put it that way and blob more active on the ground though, And you're here for the rushing and I know that, so let's spend most of this most this time talking about his rushing Here. Giants are elite at stopping quarterbacks on the ground. They're giving up just

twelve rushing yards per game to quarterbacks. They've given up just one rushing quarter rushing touchdown to a quarterback all year, just one. Fortunately, in recent games, we saw Russell Wilson hit forty five yards scoreless, Tyler Murray hit forty seven scoreless yards. So there's some hope for Jackson here, But I don't love him and I've only got a B grade on him. I still think he finds his way

to like fifty rushing yards because he usually does. To be fair, Wilson and Kyler Murray were the only running quarterbacks to get all year. They didn't really face anybody who had feet. Everybody else just stumps. That's it, stumps in a shoe. Let's stick with the passing game here and talk about Mark Andrews, who gets a B grade. He's been much better lately, posting at least five catches

and sixty yards and four straight games. The only tight end to see more than six targets against the Giants was Richard Rodgers and explicably, who put up six h six catches eighty five yards on that many targets. So hopefully he gets a bunch of targets and he can do okay. Giants just got nuked by the Browns tight ends last week, so hopefully there's an opportunity for Andrews here with a B grade, and Marquise Brown checks in

with a C grade. He's been Brown has been downright reliable over the last month, which is bizarre because he was anything but throws entire l Jacks is inconsistent and Marquis Brown is reliable. What the world do we live end? Is weird. This is a tough matchup, though, particularly with James Bradbury likely to return from the COVID list to shadow. In fact, he has returned. Bradbury has allowed just one touchdown in his coverage since the opening game, and the

Giant secondary surrender just eleven receiver scores all season. That's tied for fourth view of Bradbury's gonna shadow Brown. So it's a very bad matchup for Brown, but on the consistency, I'm still giving him a C grade here, hopefully you don't have to play him. Let's go to the running backs. Gus Edwards was might take a chance of me. Runner J K. Dobbins clocks in with a C grade, and

by the way, Edwards is also a C grade. Dobbins has scored in four straight games and has had between eleven and fifteen touches in each of those four straight games. So if he's gonna get these teensy touches, look, you know the the uh, that's probably enough to make him relevant. Here, especially if mark Ingram is a healthy scratch again, then I think you can safely start Dobbins. The Giants have allowed to running back touchdown in five of their past

six games, but Edwards could be the running back touchdown guy. Well, Mar Jackson's a rushing guy, so there is some danger here with JK. Dobbins. When we come back, we'll go through our next set of matchups, including Cincinnati taking on Houston. It's a bad Houston defense. Cincinnati's got some players you don't normally trust with Ryan Finley at the helm, but maybe you've got some opportunities here. We'll talk more about that matchup and what to do about Deshaun Watson in

his offense as well when we come back. Fantasy Football Weekly Championship Edition. Stay tuned yea welcome back Championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Archian, Brian Johnson, and Matt Harrison with you. Brian Geo Bernard two weeks ago had his first fumble in eight hundred carries and probably got benched. Then last week, maybe perhaps Zach Taylor, realizing there of his ways, decides to turn him into a workhorse back and Geo paid off. Do you like him this week

against a reeling Houston defense. Yeah, it was a tale of two cities over the last two games from Geo. So i'mnna give him a B. Put him safely right in the middle. But he does have a upside here against the Texans, who are a joke on defense, especially when it pertains to containing running backs because they cannot. Houston has given up the second most fantasy points of the position, and they've allowed a running back to score against them in twenty of their last twenty one games

going back to last year. The Texans have also allowed the fourth most receiving yards to running back. So d up, Geo, Bernard Tyler boyd Tyler Boy. You gonna give him a B, but monitor him. He's in concussion protocol but probably should play. The Texans have allowed the most red zone receptions to receivers over the last four weeks, and they've been getting flamed by them all year. Twenty touchdown surrendered to the position.

That's why T Higgins was might take a chance on me wide receiver, and I'll even give a j Green a ce who's showing signs of life here if you're super desperate. I've still got Ryan Finley on the bench. Though not all of the receivers are gonna go off the they all have potential to have a pretty good game. But I like Finley a little bit in daily You'll be a cheap option over to the Texas. They want

to passed like seventeen times on Monday Night. Yeah, but that was against They're gonna let him pass more in this game, I think I would hope. So almost by definition, I have to over to the Texans side David Johnson and give him a B. Has given us at least ninety two combo yards already touchdown in each of his

last six full games. The Bengals are kind of a tough matchup though They've only allowed eight rushing touchdowns to running backs on the season, and they've allowed the fifth fewest catches and eighth few s yards to running backs through the air. But they are without you know, Atkins and DJ Reader now and Bettell looks good against the

Bengals last week. So I'll give David Johnson a pretty safe B. Here Brandon Cook's kicky qt you both get a B. The Bengals are allowing one plus wide receiver scores per game tied for the fifth most between the two. I like u t a little more. He'll face slot cornerback McKenzie Alexander, who allows a seventy catch rate in

his coverage to the tight ends. Jordan Aikins. I'm close, but I got him on the bench just because Darren Fells is such a pain in the a that the Bengals have allowed the fourth most yards the tight ends over the last four weeks. So Aikins another guy who might want to take a flyer on in daily, but

I'm done. I'm done thinking this is the breakout game for Jordan Nakins and lastly, DeShawn Watson gonna give him an a. Even though the Bengals secondary has been bolstered by the return of cornerbacks William Jackson and McKenzie Alexander, they've only allowed uh one passing touchdown per game over the last five weeks, but they haven't played any Deshaun Watson's during that stretch. He still gets a name. Matt.

You told us earlier that you like to Tim Patrick and you take a chance to me wide received verse show. Does that mean you're like Drew Lock. No, He's on the bench alight. No single quarterbacks hit two touchdown passes in a game against the Chargers in the last four games. And an interesting stat I saw from Evan Silva Jerry Judy's catch erright in passes from Drew Locktent. That's absolutely horrible. That's why Judy's on the bench to uh, no offense,

not on the bench. I'm giving him a B. Levin targets last week eight for sixty eight and one, and the Chargers just let Darren Waller go bananas last Thursday night. And the Chargers have allowed a tight end touchdown nine times in thirteen games this season. But it's only a BE because I don't trust lock. Melvin Gordon's getting a B grade. He's very close to out snapping dinged up

Philip Lindsay by a two to one ratio. And in the first meeting in week eight, Gordon was disappointing in that first revenge game, telling only forty seven yards on fourteen touches. Double revenge coming here. Austin Ekeler on the other side, he gets a B. Only six of the snaps last week and getting replaced by Kalin Bolage and Air Bear at the goal line was worse Zack Moss and Devin Singletary just gouged this d just a couple of weeks ago. Mike Davis had a good day through

the air. I love Eckler in this match, and I see this a little differently. I've got him as a top five back. I think he's I think he's a hundred total yards in a score. That's what I think that. There we go, air Bear, here he comes. He's getting an A grade each of the last three quarterbacks to face this battered secondary of top two or eight passing yards. But if you hearken back to last Thursday game, the thing that sticks out is that air Bear had two

goal line plunges and one rushing score. Air Bear is also the ground bear. Oh I like it. The Broncos have given up an amazing five rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks in just the last four weeks. That's staggering. Air Bears get a score one on the crowd crownd to Bear Keenan Allen. I'm going to give him a bee. We're assuming the ten days off helped his hamstring quite a bit.

If so, the match hup looks great against the team that just allowed eight for to Cole Beasley in the slot and seven for sixty eight to Curtis Samuel just the last two weeks. Finally, Hunter Henry, He's getting a B grade two. Henry is fifth in the league in target percentage inside the ten yard line, at almost a third of air Bears targets inside the ten go to Hunter. Henry.

A tight end has scored on the Broncos in each of the last two weeks, and one of them was Travis Kelsey going bonkers for one thirty six and a score. So like Hunter Henry a lot in your championship week to I've got um, I've got a very high grade. In fact, my number one ranked quarterback is this week ever swunged like thirty right? Well, yeah, thet oh they are very f You can't outrun a bear. People don't realize that. The instinct the flight, you know when you

reach the flight of the bear. No, the fight or flight instinct is to try to out on the bear. Bad idea. Know, you get big, don't climb the tree when you see the bear. You do your exactlary. You open your coat up to get to appear larger and there I think yelling is probably good. I would scream. I'd scream like a girl if you saw air bear right now? Would you open your coat up in a screen? Wait?

That sounds different. I don't sound different. When we come back, Three Tough Questions, our final edition, can you go three and oh in the Championship week? Come back after this our number two of the Championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Congratulations for those still alive in one or more of your league's well earned this year for three tough questions.

This a forward looking edition of three Tough Questions because there's only one week of play left for most right minded fantasy leagues, and we're covering all of this weekend's games right here, breaking the down this weekend's game, so I don't need to talk about anything really in this season. So all of these questions are forward looking. Tough Question Number one, you've got the first pick in your twenty twenty one fantasy draft. Based on what we know right now,

who is the right selection? Brian, Well, you can't win your league with your first round pick, but you can certainly lose it, and we've seen that happen to people chasing the upsides of se Kwon Barkley, Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara over the last couple of years. I'm tempting to go with Travis Kelsey, but I'm going with the safest pick I can think of, and that's Derrick Henry. I'm taking him first overall next year. He has forty three

touchdowns and counting over his last three years alone. He doesn't catch a ton of passes, but he's just bankable money in the bank, especially late in the season, and he wasn't utilized early on in his career either. They're given DeMarco Mody touches young telling you, I'm no, I'm telling you he was not the same runner he is now. Well, he's earned it now, and I got no problem at setting him to auto draft at one oh one, and

I'll go for a higher upside guys later. He's he's money in the bank, all right, Matt Who should be the first pick in the fantasy draft based on what we know right now? I tend to play in PPR leagues, so I'm looking at the guys who can run and catch, and I got it down to two guys, Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey had four two touchdowns, around twenty five per game, which is exactly the average he had in three games played this year. Cook is averaging twenty

six touches per game this year. And what do we know about the last guy who averaged twenty five touches per your game year he got hurt. It was Christian McCaffrey. Was Christian McCaffrey. He's he was out. So I'm gonna take the guy with fresh legs. I'm going back to Christian McCaffrey at one one. He's fresh. Well, that's one way of looking at it. I guess uh. The correct answer is the biggest differentiator in Fantasy for ball it

probably three years straight. Travis Kelsey. There's no downside to Travis Kelsey catching pass. He's the best player in disposition. It's always a waste slanted tight end. People are gonna delude themselves, including me, You won't be sad if you take Travis Kelly. No, no one's ever been sad about

drafting Tim Travis Kelsey. Now, are you as confident in this as you were when you're saying take Gronk first overall a few years ago, because and honestly, it panned out pretty well that your Gronk had like a ten eleven touchdown season. I think you can be more confident with Patrick mahomes n You probably can. The only why, the only reason to think Travis Kelsey would have a worse season next year than this year his age. I guess at thirty two. But it's not like he's thirty eight.

And we've seen plenty of elite level tight ends play well into their thirties. Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates and you know good tight ends, you know Hall of Fame level tight ends, which is what we're talking about. Travis Kelsey can play into their thirties. Tough question number two for Keeper Dynasty and Empire leaguers. Do you acquire Allen Robinson before the start of free agency or do you

wait until he potentially hits the open market? Matt So for me, if he resigns in Chicago, that's pretty close to a worst case scenario. I was looking at all the teams in the league what their quarterback situations might be next year. The only ones I thought might be worse are the Giants in New England. You can make a case that they're better than Chicago to so acquire

him now. Because his value should either go up or stay the same if he stays with the Bears no matter where he lands, I think you can acquire him now, Okay, Brian, you don't have much to add, even though he's been playing really well with Truebhisky as of late. Basically going anywhere will be viewed as an upgrade. So I had tried to acquire him now, Yeah, I think that mostly makes sense. I think there there's some real open questions

about who the Bears quarterback is going to be. True Whisky has looked better down the stretch, and they're going to give him. They might be tempted to give him another try, but man, I gotta believe that they're going to have They're going to do something to to buttress the position in the off season. Buttress We'll We'll find out Mitch dr Bisky has been targeting him ten times per game, uh since since returning, and that's smart. If you're Mitch Drobisky, why not just throw to Allen Robinson?

And I think that extra usage is going to plan to Robinson's desire to potentially stay in Chicago. Nothing frustrates the receiver more than not getting the damn ball. Look at Stefon Diggs and him leaving the Vikings because of their run first team, he goes over to to Buffalo, they pass all the time, loves it and look at the productivity. Uber talented receiver. I think you guys nailed it. Let's go get him now before we find out before it becomes more obvious that he but finds himself in

a in a likely better spot. Tough question number three. Should Cam Acres be a first round pick next year? Let's start with Brian. We're gonna see a lot of wide receivers returned to the first round next year. It's gonna be Tyree Killed, Davante Adams, DK Metcalf, probably DeAndre Hopkins, maybe even Stefon Diggs and Calvin Ridley going in the first round. You mentioned Avis Kelsey, you take him first overall, I'd certainly take him at any point in the first round.

And then there's still like five six lead level running backs that are gonna be available that are generally viewed as more valuable than cam Akers. So it's not it's not a first round pick for Acres next year, but he seems to be on that trajectory. Maybe Matt, Yeah, Brian hit a lot of my points. I had six running backs, seven wide receivers, two tight ends, and one quarterback, Patrick Mahomes that I think I would clearly take over

Camakers teen guys. So so I think him in the middle of I think he's the middle of the second round. His average draft position next August, I believe will be end of the first round. You're probably I'm not taking him there. No, But here's what. Here's the thing I want to really leave listeners with about cam Akers, and I think the hesitation is going to be I don't want to be part of the Sean McVeigh question mark rotating backfield. Never know game in and game out, who

the guy is gonna be. We need a McVeigh Shenanigan's word. Let's go back to Todd Gurley in twenty seventeen and eighteen. Under Sean McVeigh, he averaged eighteen carries per game. In seventeen, Todd Gurley was Fantasy Football's number one scoring running back. In ten, Todd Gurley was Fantasy Football's number one scoring running back. Sean mcveigh's got it in him to have a workhorse back, and I think he's rotated backs out

of necessity. Acres does have some sneaky workhorse to him that we're flashing on a very small sample size right now. But and now, and now he's hurt, so you may roll into next year not really knowing if McVeigh is going to use him as a workhorse back. To me, that's going to be a little bit of too much risk. And I don't take running backs at the end of the first round anyway. As a general rule. I won't

take him at the end of the first round. But I think there is something's going to be a lot of people who will outside for him if McVeigh is willing to make him that workhorse guy like he did with Todd Gurley. Let's get back to the matchups, beginning with Carolina taking on Washington. We begin on the Carolina side where Mike Davis gets a B grade. To my eyes, Mike Davis looks like he's tiring a little bit. We're seeing more of Rodney Smith in his looks are increasing.

Davis's yards per carry down to four over the past several weeks. Over the past five weeks, he's averaging just nineteen receiving yards as well. For Davis, he was so active in the passing game early on, and they were really using him much like they were using Christian McCaffrey earlier.

It's not that way now, but it's easier to run on Washington than it is to pass on Washington, and Davis should still see a total of like fifteen seventeen twenty total touches since their Week eight by Washington is allowing a very healthy one fifty six total yards to running backs, almost one and a half touchdowns to running back.

So that's um, that's an opportunity here other than a couple of injury ravaged offenses, I should say in that stat So Davis gets a B grade, we're optimistic he can get something done here, and then most of the rest of the passing game is on the inch, with the exception of d J. Moore, who gets a C grade. More, it's averaging one hundred four yards over his past four games and has gone over the century mark in two

of the past three games, but a very difficult matchup. More, it is primarily going to have to deal with Kendall Fuller, who's largely responsible for holding DK Metcalf to ten yards last week. Washington is allowing the sixth fewest yards to opposing receivers and just held Russell Wilson to one D twenty one passing yards. It is tough to get anything done through the air. Teddy Bridgewater obviously on the bench.

Curtis Samuel's on the bench. He's had to run a really good games in November, but September, October, December have been totally underwhelming for Curtis Samuel. And he's got to go up in the slot against Jimmy Moreland, who is not allowed a touchdown all year. Robby Anderson also returning to the bench. I liked him last year. Is my last week as might take a chance of me player at the receiver position, but not this week. He goes up against Ronald Darby, who's um mostly a speed guy,

but this is not a favorable matchup. Darbey has only allowed two scores all year, and it's got the speed to hang with Robbie Anderson. Let's go to the Washington side. Not many starters here either. Antonio Gibson, if he can go, is a B grade and it looks like he's going to go, and man, do they need him back. Dwayne Haskins through the ball fifty five times last week? What

age daft? By the way to see this, Dwayne Haskins was stripped of his captaincy this way getting stripped of his captain How was he, ever the captain based on everything you've ever heard about the leadership qualities of Dwayne Haskins, because you always make the quarterback the captain for no reason other than he's the quarterback, never should have been the captain whatsoever? From in my mind unclear. The assumption is he's going to be back under the helm unclear.

But anyway, before getting injured, Gibson had scored in five straight games, and it's seen as rushing attempts and rushing yards increase in each But one of the questions really here is is Gibson gonna get the full workload on the turf toe injury or does he potentially have a setback. If I knew he was going to get a full workload, I'd have Gibson is an A. But because I can't tell you that, that's why he drops to a B. Panther's run defense has improved a lot since the first

half of the season. Only Aaron Jones his top sixty eight yards in the last month against Carolina, They've only given up one touchdown. B grade for Antonio Gibson. The only other players you probably care about Logan Thomas and Terry McLaurin. Let's talk about Logan McLaren. He gets you. Wait all you ate, all show for that. Logan Thomas up to a B grade. Here's surging in the past couple of months, coming off season highs and catches and yards.

Last week, perfect timing. Panthers are bottom ten in receptions and yards to opposing tight ends. Every tight end to see at least seven targets against Carolina has posted no less than five catches and forty five yards. Thomas averages eight point six targets into Wayne Haskins starts, as opposed to five under Alex Smith. So if if it's Haskins especially, I like Logan Thomas here, then there's a sad case of Terry McLaurin, who's been better in Haskin starts, which

is sad. Uh Caroline is allowing just one forty yards to receivers over the past four games. McLaren's mostly gonna have to deal with cornerback Dante Jackson, who just played a big part in holding Davante Adams to just forty two scoreless yards and just to see grade on the wilting Terry McLaurin of Late Charge. I got some breaking

news on the Alliance coaching staff. Daryl Bevil officially out as his defensive coordinator Corey Undwin and all three primary position coaches on defense, defensive line, linebackers and defensive backsh Lion's wife receivers coach Robert Prince will be the head coach this weekend. That's brutal. They're not gonna have a coaching staff that is that is that is that is not bad. Um. Let's take a quick break. When we come back, I want to talk about Cleveland taking on

the Jets. Bryan Baker Mayfield has red hot and here comes the Jets. I think this is largely going to be self explanatory, but we'll talk about it when we come back. Next segment of our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. Please stay to Championship edition. Welcome back to a championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Giarchie and Brian Johnson and Matt Harrison with you. Brian Cleveland takes on the Jets. Baker Mayfield comes in red hot and he gets the

league's worst past defense. This seems pretty straightforward. Yeah, the only concern is the game script gets flipped on Baker and Cleveland goes and run heavy. For that reason, I'll give him a BE. But there's no upside, hey, upside for sure. Against the Jets will allow the second most passing touchdowns in the third most passing yards. Five straight quarterbacks of throwing multiple touchdowns against New York. So I'll give Baker the A, but a get him out, thank you.

Worried about the time the game script goes the other way, Baker's already got his and the Jets run defense is really good. Yeah it is. We'll talk about that more in a second. Over to Baker's receivers, Jarvis Landry can give him a be. Opposing wide receivers are averaging more than yards and a touchdown per game. Against the Jets, Landry will face rookie slot corner Javelin Guidre. Who you made javelin j A V E l I. It's spelled like javelin javalin. I don't know how he pronounces it.

He allows it catch rate in his coverage though, that's most important. That is not good for terrible, and I'll give Rochard Higgins to see. He's averaging eight targets over the last three weeks, the clear number two receiver for Cleveland. You can throw a dart on Higgins, but not a dart should be thrown on any of the tight ends. There are way too many in that trial. They're all on the bench. And for the running backs on the Browns,

I do not like the matchup for Nick Chubb. You alluded to this earlier charts just to be for Chubb. Since Week six, the Jets have allowed just two rushing touchdowns to running backs. During that same span, only one back has topped eighty rushing yards against New York. And the Jets have also surrendered just one receiving touchdown to running backs. And that came way back in Week one to your boy Zac Moss, like the first quarter of

Week one. That's practically so that makes that gives Kareem Hunt is pretty much the biggest boom bust player on the slate when it comes to fantasy relevance. I'm gonna give him a c. I don't. I don't trust him here. If you need a high upside play, he's look if they threw to him more. Kareem Hunt, I would try. I'd like him a lot more. They just don't throw for reasons I don't understand. As great as Kevin Stefanski has been this year, his unwillingness to throw the ball

to Kareem Hunt is baffling to me. And running on the Jets does not work most of the time. I'm really nervous about, I'll say, overall of bench grade, but I can't fault you if you don't have better options at running back. I have to start Kareem Hunt in one league personally, So it's not a great matchup, though he said so temporary expectations and certainly well just don't really have any expectations for the Jets. But I will give jameson crowd or as see the Browns have surrendered

four wide receivers scores over the last four games. He will be Sam Donald's top target for sure, and then to the running backs. If either Frank Gore Ty Johnson weren't playing, I would give one a see Gore at twenty three carries last week, Thy Johnson Ti Johnson caught six passes and scored. But they're both playing. They're both on the bench. I think that makes sense. Los Angeles takes on Seattle and Matt I hesitate to trust Jared

Goff in any capacity, including his receivers. With my fantasy championship on the line, you should hesitate to trust Jared Goff for anything, ever, because that's what I've been saying for years. Uh. He looked Matt against the Jets last weeks, and understatement, I'm not imagining a lot of golf teams are still alive because he's averaging two sixty five yards per game, just over a score per game. Seattle has changed its entire dynamic on defense over the last five weeks.

Quarterbacks are only averaging three two hundred and three yards per game against the Seahawks compared to three hundred sixty five games in the first nine. Amazing reversal, really sparked by Jamal Adams returned to that secondary. Yeah. Uh, Cooper Cup, I'm going to give him a SEA and Robert Woods

gets a B grade. No wide receiver has scored or topped a hundred yards against the Seahawks since Week nine, and that includes a date with the Rams in which Cup and Woods each tallied a scoreless five catches with fifty yards for Cup and thirty one for Woods. In that game, it was Josh Reynolds with eight and ninety four. Cup has only topped fifty yards twice in his last six games and only has only three touchdowns on the season.

I can't, I can't start him, No, you can't. Woods has been a lot better with his receptions and yardage totals, averaging eight catches and seventy seven yards over his last five games, but he's only scored in two of those, so that's not good. And then the running game cam Akers looks like he's probably done for the regular season. So Darryl Henderson and Malcolm Brown compete for touches and the most important fantasy day of the year. In the four games when Acres did not record a touch earlier

this year, Henderson averaged four team carries. Brown averaged seven Harry's so signs point to Henderson getting the two to one workload. But don't sleep on Malcolm Brown messing this up for you, especially near the line. I totally agree, and I'll hear all these people pivoting to in the championship to Henderson under the assumption that he's going to get the vast majority of the work and goal line carries, and I don't know that that's true. The matchups not

great either. The Seahawks randomly gave up a hundred and thirty five yards to Wayne Gallman a couple of weeks ago, but no other back has topped sixty yards against the Seahawks since Week seven. They've been a great run defense. I've got both of these guys on the bench. I like that angle. Chris Carson. I'm giving him a C grade. He gets between fifteen and seventeen touches every week. Also

has three of the last four Seattle running back scores. Uh. The last time a running back hits sixty yards against the Rams was Raheem Mostert, who got a whopping sixty five yards back in Week six. They have given up five touchdowns to opposing backs over the last five weeks. That's why Carson still startable with the C grade. Russell Wilson he gets a C grade as well. This is I see. The Rams have given up two good games the quarterbacks all season. The toucher Josh Allen in Week

three and inexplicably Jimmy Garoppolo in Week six. Wilson managed an average day in their first meeting, with two forty eight passing yards, sixty rush yards, but no touchdowns by land or air. The philosophy seems to have shifted around the ground game in Seattle, and Wilson's high passing yardage mark in the last six is only two sixty three. Dk Metcalf, He's closer to a bench grade than a

C grade, but I'm still giving him the sea. He'll draw the Jalen Ramsey coverage and he only managed too for in the first meeting, and the Seahawks just aren't passing. I love that for Dk Metcalf. In the championship week, he powered almost all of his owners into the playoffs, and it's it's it's a dicey, dicey start. Metcalf has only cleared eighty yards once in his last six games. He had ninety or more in his first five. UH

and Tyler Lockett, I'll give him a C grade. He was the highest scoring wide receiver in the Week ten meeting with the Rams. From the slot. Of course, He's averaging a very solid five catches and sixty yards over his last six games. He's just not scoring though. Chris Godwin and Jamison Crowder were also recent focal points from the slot against the Rams, so I like lock It more than Metcalf. In this matchup, Atlanta takes on Kansas City.

Let's start with the passing game, where Matt Ryan's coming off the best game of his season last week, completing his passes for three hundred sixty five yards and three scores last week, and that was without Julio Jones on the field, and he completed passes to eleven different players. Even La Kwan Treadwell caught a pass. I think he

got a touchdown too, It didn't. He may have the chief secondary made Drew Brees look downright feeble last week, but over the previous five games, the chief secondary had allowed a whopping two d seventy nine yards and two and a half touchdowns per game. I kind of like Matt Ryan here if he can build off of last week's success. But let me tell you, on balance, Matt Ryan's looked bad this year. B grade for Matt Ryan

in this game, he throws a lot. He just forty passes per game, so the volume will be there, and that's part of why I feel like you can start him this week. Calvin Ridley is an obvious A grade that does not require explanation. I'll just note that he's been incredibly productive in games without Julio Jones, and then we get to Julio Jones. Even if he plays, I can only put a C grade on him because we don't know if he's gonna finish the game. He's been

highly unreliable in these I'm playing hurt games. Kansas City's secondary only allowing one three yards per game to opposing receivers, and it feels like Ridley is going to get most of those hundred three yards, So I just I don't love him here. Tough matchup with Brashod Breland as well. Let's go to the running game where Edo Smith takes

over and you're gonna leave him on the bench. He's the new starting running back since Smith became more involved in the offense in week twelve of these, averaging forty two rushing yards per game in four and a half yards per carry, which is better than Todd Gurley, but still not good enough. Chiefs are average against running backs, which is enough against this group. Todd Gurley's on the bed,

of course, Edo Smith on the bench. Hayden Hurst on the bench too many zero one and to catch games for Hayden Hurst Chiefs the middle of the pack against tight ends. Let's go to the Kansas City side where you're starting Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey and Tyreek killed Nell of a grades, you drafted him early, you're taking him. They've been great. You're obviously starting them in the championship game. And um, and let's talk about Lavian Bell. This is

where the intrigue is in this entire matchup. So Bell is gonna get obviously an uptick in work with Clyde Edwards a layer out. But he's looked totally mundane since arriving at Kansas City, and really it's been totally maintained since leaving Pittsburgh. His last eighties. He hasn't topped eighties seven rushing yards, which is not that much. He hasn't topped eighties seven rushing yards since twenty seventeen. Say, he did sit out a year too, sat out a year

and then did nothing with the Jets. He's done nothing with with this team. Lavan Bell is not good now. Also of concern for me, Andy Reid's gonna throws him these extra carries around to Darwin Thompson, Darryl Williams, and Atlanta is a sneaky good run defense. No back has gone over eighty nine rushing yards against them, and only Tampa has given up fewer yards on the ground than the Falcons run defense. I have a C grade on Leavy on Belt and it was very close to A grade.

Also on the bench, Sammy Watkins in your championship, you don't need four catches for forty five scoreless yards, which is what he always gives you. He has one touchdown since the opener. Also, uh oh no, that is uh that that is it. That's it for the whole matchup. I thought I thought I had a little bit. No, we don't need any more. I really don't have anything else in that matchup. But you know what I found was my page from Carolina Washington and which I failed

to give J D mckissic a grade. So I'm just gonna back up for just a minute because I rewind for for those with j D mckissic, and you're wondering why I didn't mention him because he was on his own page and I had misplaced it. Panthers, he has a C grade. Panthers have allowed the seventh most re set into opposing running backs similar cast pass catching UH

savants like Austin Neckler and Alvin Kamara. I've had huge days through the air, so I think mckissing gets enough to get a C grade in that game, just to see I think it's his very own page. It's kind of funny. I've never done that before. I don't think right I had I backed up and put a guy in, like we could just stitch it all together. That's too much work for Brian. Not in with the holiday, so she doesn't want to go home today. Who wants to

go home for the holidays. Let's get to our final segment of our final matchup of this segment, Philadelphia taking on Dallas. Brian Jalen Hurts. Two weeks ago. You never would have thought you'd been starting Jalen Hurts in your championship game. But you might want to start Jalen Hurts in your championship game. Yeah, you certainly might. I'm just gonna give him a B here. The Cowboys past defense

has looked a lot better as of late. They've only only allowed passing yards per game over the last five weeks, but they've also faced Alex Smith, Lamar Jackson, Brandon ll Alan, Nick Mullins, and C. J. Bethart, and during that span, those aren't very good passers. We're not that Hurts as a great passer yet. But the rushing quarterbacks that the Cowboys have faced. I mentioned Lamar Jackson, he had ninety four yards in a touchdown on the ground and Kyler

Murray seventy four yards in a touchdown. So the rushing upside certainly there for Jalen Hurts. Not much upside for the rest of his teammates. I got Jalen Reagor on the bench. He did have eight targets last week. But you cannot start Jalen Reagor in your fantasy championship, at least I cannot. Probably not, uh, and I'm worried about starting Dallas Goddard and Zach ERT's gonna give them both the sea. Hurts has targeted Eagles tight ends in average

of twelve times per game. That's pretty good. It is pretty good. Goddard has seen more targets than Earths, but Earth's closed the gap last week. But it's a bad,

bad matchup for both tight ends. No tight end has topped four catches or thirty yards over Dallas's last seven games, and that includes Dallas Goddard's fifteen yard performance in Week gate scoreless fifteen yard performance, so just to see, Yeah, that sounds like the one thing Dallas has been good at all year has been that they have not been good at containing running back. So Miles Sanders gonna put

them up in the a territory. Dallas has allowed these second most rushing yards one thirty six per game, and the fourth most touchdowns to opposing backs. Sanders didn't play when these teams first met, but the other Philly backs combined for ninety four rushing yards, so Sanders has that potential on the ground and can produce through the air as well. Over to the Dallas running back side, this is tough. No one wants Zeke to play. That Zeke

owners don't want nobody packing Pollard. I don't want Zeke to play. The Pollard owners certainly don't want Zeke to play. But it sounds like Zeke is gonna play. I'll give Zeke a se because it's a good matchup. Since the Week nine by the Eagles are allowing one one total yards at one point two touchdowns per game to the position. Zeke only Mustard thirty three scoreless convoy yards when these teams first met, but Ben de Nucci was the quarterback

see for Zeke. You agree with that? I think I think I'm gonna think they're gonna go fifty fifty split between Pollard and Zeke and game and they're going to cannibalize you to get one of them. Probably does okay fantasy wise, good luck guessing who it's gonna be. Talent. Try to showcase Zeke for a future trade. Oh, I like that, But the problem is they need to win the game. You know, they're still in the playoff hunt, so the Cowboys can't just showcase a guy at a loss.

The best running back on roster is Tony Pollard. Now some of us told you that last offseason repeatedly. A chance to remind you Fantasy Football Weekly. This is our final on air broadcast. We are a weekly podcast in the off season. To listen so you can hear salient things like Tony Pollard is a better running back than Ezekiel Elliott and you don't want to draft him. Please continue, Brian, I'm gonna give Zeke the sea still, ok, because that's

his upside. Those see upside. You gotta use your best judgment for what what running backs you have on your own rosters. You don't know the He's Pollard put up more Fantasy points last week than Ezekiel Elliott has in thirty seven of his last thirty eight games. Oh yeah, I'm not arguing as a better back at this point.

Trust me, Peacock, peac yard. You might want to fire up the peacock next week if you started Marie Cooper and give him an a. The Eagles have been getting destroyed by alpha receivers recently, allowing at least one yards to their opponents number one receiver in three of the

past four games. Cooper has scored in three of his last four games, and his primary assignment will probably probably be Kevon Seymour, who is allowing a near perfect passer rating when targeted in his coverage over to the other receiver because it's probably only the other one, only one other one. Michael Gallup very questionable to play, so I'll give him to see if he suits up, but he's unlikely to go. But Ceedee Lamb gets to be either way.

The Eagles have allowed the most yards to wide receivers over the last four weeks, and Dalton Schultz gonna give him a c as well. Over the last three weeks, opposing tight ends are averaging five catches and seventy four yards against the Eagles, who have also allowed two scores to the position over that same three game span. And all those plus matchups for the receivers was the reason

Andy Dalton's might take a chance on the quarterback. When we come back next segment, we will talk through a tricky matchup for Ryan Tannehill and the passing game for the Titans. They've been largely very productive, but the game script is all about Derrick Henry and this one. Can you trust Ryan Tannehill? Find out when we come back for the final segment of the final two hour edition

of Fantasy Football Weekly for this season. It is the final segment of the broadcast edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We are a podcast you can hear every week of the year, but the rest of the our off season are shorter shows. We're not breaking down matchups obviously in the off season, and um we'll be talking about the playoffs in January. And there's still lots of reasons to continue listening to Fantasy Football Weekly. We encourage you to

do so. But if you're listening over the air, just know that this is the final over the air two hour edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. Then it's a good opportunity to thank my co host Scott Fish, Brian Johnson, and Matt Harrison. Thank you. This is mere eight for you. Wow, I'm getting up there. You are one of the older co hosts. Are nicely done six for me six year you're six y uh So it is not easy working

this job. I appreciate it very much. And the engineering prowess of Brian Burdette, thank you with you it is the best. Thank you so much for all of your help. All right, let's jump into a final slate of matchups, which includes Chicago taking on Jacksonville. That is me in my final matchup of the year. Let's start with David Montgomery. It's gotten to the point that I don't need to explain why David Montgomery is an A grade, particularly against

the Jaguars boxers. Please start him. He's my number two ranked running back this week. My number one ranked running back we'll be talking about in just a few minutes when we get to Matt's matchup. Let's go to the passing game where Mitch true Whisky. Let's give him one final happy He's earned it. He's earned a happy trombone Ski Moniker with his very solid play over the last month, and he is a B grade. Allen Robinson a grade

averaging ten targets per game. Since True Bisky took over, He's had at least seventy four yards in all four of the True Bisky starts. Jacksonville is also allowed to receiver to reach yards and ten straight games, which is staggering incompetence. Robinson lines up all over the field. He's got very positive matchups everywhere, but especially against uber Green cornerback Greg Maybin, who has three career starts and is

allowing a passer rating of one his cover. I think this is his first revenge matchup against the John w I even thought about the revenge matchup angle. That's very good. Darnell Mooney also with a C grade. He has scored touchdowns and back to back games. Um He's always in single coverage because Robinson soaks up so much defensive attention.

Mooney will most often match up against Chris Claybrooks, who has allowed touchdowns in consecutive games and is allowing an approaching perfect passer rating of one forty six in his coverage. I like Darnell Mooney as a dart throw this week. Cold Commit also coming into the C grade. He followed up his snap share two weeks ago by playing every single down of the Bears offensive snaps last week for cold Commit. Unfortunately, the career high and snaps did not

result in more production. He only had two catches for twelve yards last week. Jaguars allowed the most yards per reception to tight ends, along with eleven touchdowns two tight ends. That second most. They've allowed a tight end touchdown in four of the last five Cole Commit dart throw there as well. Let's go to the Jacksonville side, where there's, as you can imagine, only one starter, and that's James Robinson.

He's proven to be matchup proof. The Bears gave up three hundred six rushing yards to the Vikings and Packers in their last two road games, and so you know, if we're gonna give up a hundred and fifty three yards per game on the road over the past month, that's that feels like an opportunity for James Robinson. Now he is wearing down a bit and we're seeing the usage get dialed back a little bits. They've used him so much, but the Bears have also allowed four touchdowns

to backs in their last four games. He's catching a few extra passes under Gardner Minshew, which I like as well. He's helping out a little more in PPR. Be great for James Robinson here. The entire passing game for the Jaguars is on the bench. Chicago is a good, not

great past defensive late. If you're really determined to find a way to get DJ Chark in your lineup, um, you can check the injury status of Bears cornerback Jalen Johnson, who missed last week's game, and if Johnson doesn't go, you could throw a dart at Chark against cornerback kindle Vildor. That's definitely a made up name. It sounds like somebody in Game of Thrones kindle Vildor Harry Potter were an

Amazon tablet. Yeah, well very much. I mean it sounds exactly like an Amazon tak got my kid a Kindle Vildor for Christmas? Very nice? Uh? Green Bay On Sunday Night, Green Bay takes on Tennessee, Matt. This matchup is fascinating to me a variety of different ways. Let's start on

the Green Bay side. Aaron Jones obvious green light here. Yeah, Jamal Williams left last week's game with a quad injury, and so Aaron Jones at the snaps and the Titans defense has been below average against the run, but the path of least resistance seems to be through the air against them still. DeAndre Swift notch two ground scores last week. So Aaron Jones easy? A uh? Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams? Can they co aard Vark was this week? Sure? Why not?

We don't have rules on Coard Park. Maybe Baker had three thirty four and four only three weeks ago. Minshew and Glennon combined for two sixty three passing yards. Stafford and Chase Daniel combined for three oh seven against the Titans defense last week. So Rogers will go for three hundred and multiple scores, which means Adams automatically goes over

to hundred with a score. Robert Tonyan gets a solid B grade and it's closer to an A. You know what earns the trust of a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers catching a loven touchdowns well catching the ball. Tongyan has caught eighty nine percent of the balls thrown his way this year. What's more impressive, he's caught one hundred percent of his targets inside the red zone. Nine targets, nine catches you don't say nine times nine and six touchdowns

inside the twenty. The Titans held the Browns, Jags and Lions tight ends out of the end zone in the last three, but they allowed seven touchdowns to the position in prior ten games. We're not gonna go as far as Alan Lazard or mvs. If you are going to go with one of them and you need one, Lazard is probably the guy. He had eight more snaps and

five more targets than Valdez Scandling last week. Um because it's the late Sunday night game, and if you need a late swap, I'd go Lazard because he was on the field for the place on the other side, Derrick Henry. He gets the A grade. The Pack have allowed eight teen touchdowns to the running back position this year. That's

the fourth most in the league. There's a little bit of danger here and that the Titans defense is so bad that the Pack get up and kind of like in the Cleveland game, Henry might get phased out just a tiny bits. That's what happened in the Cleveland game though, when they got down by three or four touchdowns in the first half. So that's the only danger here other than that. I like them to pound the ball with Derrick Henry, and that's over and over about the passing game.

And I've got a middling grade on Ryan Tannehill because I'm worried about that very game script. The way you've be at the Packers is on the ground, dominate the clock, and keep the ball away from Aaron Rodgers. So it's very tricky because the Packers have been very good against the past since October um, when they faced the team with a good runner and two good receivers. The quarterbacks

have had success. And here's a list of those quarterbacks, Philip Rivers, Kirk Cousins, and the Week two version of Matthew Stafford. So that's not many. I think the Pack will have to send seven or eight to the box to try to stop Henry, leaving man coverage for A J.

Brown and Corey Davis. Some open looks for Tannehill. Tannell does have multiple touchdown passes in three straight whether that's because they're dominating or they're in catchup mode, and the Titans have scored more points than any team in the league this year, so Tannell gets the b uh So do A. J. Brown and Corey Davis each B grades. Brown has had at least eighty five yards or a score in fourteen of his last sixteen games. That's consistency. Davis leads the team and catches in yards and has

become a solid possession receiver with upside. It's unclear if Jaire, Alexander Shadow, Brown or Davis, but Kevin King on the other side is no slouch either. D J. Moore was able to tally a hundred and thirty one yards on six catches last week, and A Rob had seventy four and scored twice against them in garbage time a few weeks ago, and garbage time could be in play here, so I'm not going to give up on the passing game. And finally, John U. John U. Smith, was your take

a chance on me charge. I gave him a C grade, all right. I appreciate the confidence in John U. John Wu. I hope he goes out of this season, uh much in the fashion that he came in to the season. The final game of Championship Week will be Monday night,

and that's Buffalo at New England. Josh Allen has power teams into and through the playoffs, but this is one of the toughest matchups of his season to the toucher, even with even with the with Stephan Gilmore gone, I'm a little nervous as a about the prospects for Josh Allen in this game. It's a touchy subject to the

red flo AGAs here are. Josh Allen did not score through the air when these first when these teams first met in week at Week eight, and New England has surrendered just one passing touchdown over the last four games, but the Patriots have surrendered five rushing touchdowns to quarterbacks over the last eight games. One of those touchdowns went to Allan in Week eight. So you can still do damage on the ground. And as you mentioned, Stephan Gilmore is out, so big for Alan. I'm gonna give digs

An a because Gilmore is out. Diggs had six catches for ninety two yards in the first meeting that is when Gilmore was healthy. He will not play in this one. Diggs has commanded double digit targets and five of his last six games averaging ten catches for a hundred and three yards, making that span he'sn't automatic a almost regardless of matchup. Cole Beasley only two catches for twenty four yards in the first meeting. I believe John Brown was

healthy for that one. I'm gonna give Beasley a b here. His target totals over the last three weeks ten, ten and eleven, seeing about just as much volume as digs. And to the running backs Devin Singletary and Zack Moss, gonna give them both a sea. New England has surrendered over four hundred rushing yards over the last two weeks. They're getting killed on the ground. Both these backs top

to eighty rushing yards in the first meeting Moss. Moss scored twice and he'd certainly be the favorite at the goal line over Singletary, even though Josh Allen's Zack Moss was take a chance on me Worthy and then you could yeah, you could have all season long. And there's no sadder way to cap the season. And closing with the Patriots are all on the bench. Jacoby Myers likely to be shadowed by jadebus White. That's a no go if Damian Harris doesn't play, maybe Sony Michelle oh yikes,

gets the C grade. But Buffalo allowing less in four yards per carry over the last month, just don't start any Patriots. There's there's nothing to like. I wish we could close with a bigger boom with some exciting playoffs, but New England has zero that that that is the that's just the reality of it. And New England's offseason will be fascinating. They've got about a billion dollars under them to spend, so they can bring in some notable

free agents. Maybe it's maybe the receivers next year are Will Fuller and Allen Robinson and then they you know, they draft a quarterback or they find a quarterback somehow. I heard a lot of steam about Hunter Henry is most likely going to be a Patriot next year. Maybe maybe it's Scario. How about this angle, and I'm serious about this starting quarterback for the Patriots next year. Jimmy Garoppolot decide they've played that thing out. The Patriots, how

obviously have a lot of familiarity at with Garoppolo. They liked him. Um, and they decide they go back, they go to Garoppolo. That would be fascinating. The one thing New England should do or should not do, actually is just don't draft a wide receiver. And kidding god, I can't pick up all the receivers they've drafted have totaled one touchdown. I think of the staggering level of drafting incompetence.

It takes to go a decade of drafting needing receivers for much of that decade basically since Randy Moss retired and only being able to come up with one touchdown? Doesn't Belichick have a dog doing the drafting or something like that? Feels like it isn't it? All right? Let me ask you this next year, as we look ahead to next season, who is quarterback too? Next year? Patrick Mahomes is the obvious quarterback one. Quarterback two is not obvious. Matt,

let me start with you. Do you believe his quarterback? Who are you going to have ranked as quarterback number two? Next? It might be a little bit surprising. Um, I have two names that kind of came to my brain right away. Uh, Josh Allen and the air Bear himself. I like both of them. I do like Josh Allen because he's the rare running quarterback who's really really good at passing to and he's got the wide receivers to to make that

offense work. So I think I would go Josh Allen as my number two, but air Bears very close, very impressive rookie year for him. Well yeah, and I think as as we're in Minnesota, as much as we like with Justin Jefferson has done and is worthy of as of winning of the Rookie of the Year award, he usually goes to quarterbacks, and I think Josh, I think, sorry, uh, air Bear is going to end up getting that. Well, I think we're going to see air Bear with a

new head coach, probably an offensive mind. If you're Eric b Enemy, why would you go anywhere else? Because you don't want to play the Chiefs twice a year? That would be like the only reason. I mean, you know, if you if you want to be if you won't have a long ten year as a head coach in the NFL. There is exactly one clear path to doing that. Hook your wagon to a great young quarterback that's how you have a ten year run as a Maybe he

wants to be a Jaguars coach. Well they but Jaguars might that might make some sense to another team with a ton of room under the captain Ryan. Who's your number two ranked quarterback for next year? Air Bear and Alan certainly in the mix. I think Aaron Rodgers deserves to be in the conversation ation after his resurgence this year, especially if they can put an elite receiver opposite Davante Adams. But I still lean the mobile quarterback. I'm going Kyler Murray.

Kyler Murray's rushing quarterbacks. I think that's what's weapon. That's what the consensus will be. It'll probably be consensus. I'm on Josh Allen as well because I just I just like the overall level of play and I think he's a better passer than Kyler Murray and I get a lot of the rushing production as well. We need the schedules. Really, you might come down to that quarterback two is gonna

be fascinating. You watch what's gonna happen. Mahomes is gonna go like round one, round two, and then no quarterback is gonna go for like four rounds. After that, people are gonna feel like that next year is there's such a big drop off, they can wait a long time. Thank you to everybody who has listened over the course of this season to Fantasy Football Weekly. It has been great talking to you throughout this challenging year for everybody.

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