Week 4: Taken Bye Surprise

into the mix? Sounds like you're coming up on lent yea. It does sound like I'm coming up online plenty to get to. Over the course of the show, we will give you premature speculation at the end of the show when we reveal the three players you want to pick up now that everybody else will be trying to pick

up next week. We'll answer three tough questions. We will take a chance on me with nine players not normally in your starting line up, many of whom are available on the waiver wire, which is extra important this week because we have a surprise bye week surprise with the Steelers and the Titans um and this looks like this will count as their one by week and you know we knew going into the season they're gonna be situations in which you just had to be a nimble, flexible

owner and league, and it's already upon us. It only took four weeks, and now you get to we get to find out who's who's got a deep roster, who can work the waiver wire, who can find free agents? As a guy who just traded for Derrick Henry this week to the guy I'm playing against. From the guy playing against, he's laughing all the way at me. That's

that's delicious. Right before the Titans obviously tested positive for covid, um, you know your your league is not going to be able to have rules in place for every possible scenario. But what we were looking at when we thought this was gonna be a Monday or Tuesday makeup, why is um, what do I do? If you know? Do I leave Derrick Henry my starting lineup and just hope that the Monday game happens or the Tuesday game happens? And you

didn't know for sure? And one of the better ideas that I saw get floated around Twitter, and I think it was Ryan McDowell that I saw who did it said it first. Was have a provisional player designated in case that guy doesn't go. Um, and I think that would have made sense here where you would have said, all right, i'm starting Derrick Henry, but if he does not go, I'm rewinding it back to this guy who hasn't played yet. Yeah, and I think that you should

stipulate it's if that game isn't played, it's not. It's not if Derrick Henry all of a sudden comes up lame and he's, oh, my hamstring hurts, I'm not playing today. It's the whole game is called off right. I thought that was a good way, a good way to handle it. Um, there's myriad different scenarios here. We just encourage you to be flexible, be fair, and don't be like I got a I got a guy in my league who's just trying to turn everything to his advantage and trying to

wind his way into carrying a bunch extra play. Don't do that. Let's let's jump into the man you want to name names chart, Yes, I do want to name names calling out let's go, let's do it. I'm not doing it. Uh. Let's begin breaking down the matchups one game at a time. Beginning with a real barn burner Jacksonville at Cincinnati, which actually kind of is a barn burner in years passed. This was dreadful, but there's a lot of players from both sides you can go with here. Yeah,

the battle of the Kitty Cats. Let's go James Robinson We're gonna start with for Jacksonville gets an A grade. I think so week one. I admittedly kind of called him a warm body as the starting running back for Jacksonville, but I've been way off. I apologize, James Robinson, you get the A. The Bengals have allowed these second most rushing yartists and running backs and have yielded the third most touches to the position in gold. You got scenarios.

Love James Robinson here with three ground scorers already twelve in rushing yards among running backs, third and receiving yards. Just an absolute jackpot so far for anyone who has him on roster and who did the good times will keep rolling this week against the Bengals. D J. Chark likely to play this week, Yep, I'm gonna give him a CE here. He's been limited with the chest injury that held him out last week, but he should play.

The Bengals are actually bottom seven and targets heeld to what targets he yielded to wide receivers, meeting not a lot of targets he looked to wide receivers and have only allowed two scores to the position. Secondary is pretty good, William Jackson, particular corner or just the running defense is so bad. They're finally to the past Noon Loan wide out is it seventy five receiving yards seventy five receiving yards against since the yet, but Chart could get there

if healthy. Gonna give him the C. For the other receivers, Lavishka Chenult and Keelan Cole, I'll start with Keelan Cole, who's turning to a sneaky safe PPR play from the slot. Fellow seemster Greg Ward had eight catches, seventy two yards and a touchdown against the Bengals last week, So I'm giving Cole a C. Got a bench. Chenult though, super exciting player, but super dangerous to start and see them with formats. If Chark somehow doesn't go all up, all upgrade,

he's gonna go. Yeah, So I got Chennault on the bench. Now that brings us to Tyler Eiffert. In the revenge game, opposing tight ends have blown up the box score against the Bengals. Chargers tight ends total ten targets for six catches eighty three yards. Eagles tight ends thirteen catches for I'm sorry, thirteen targets for ten catches and ninety two yards. That is Hunter, Henry and zach ERTs for the most part.

Tyler Eiffert not those guys. But hey, since he let him walk and this is a supposed shootout, so I'm giving him a sea here and Gardner Minshew given him a b no chart killed him last week. His left tackle was also ejected early. Did not bode well for Minshew. But onward and upward with Gardner. Don't forget he has

wheels as well. Carson Rent Carson Wentz ran for sixty five yards and a score against Since he last week, I think Minshew's a safe b uh in a high scoring affair or what or what should be a high scoring affair. Now over the Bengal side, Joe Mixing brutal beginning to the season for him, but I'm gonna go to bat for him. The Cincinnati offensive line is thirty in adjusted line yards, and those remove the ability of the running back basically, and what the opportunity that the

line presents to the running back. Thirty in adjusted line yards, twenty eight and second level yards, and thirty first in open field yards. He's doing it all on his own. Still has touched to roles of and nineteen. Gotta keep rolling with Joe, especially against jackson Ville, who are allowing a hundred forty combo yards and a touchdown per game to end the running backs. Doesn't it feel like this is the breakout game for the season for Mixing, It's

gonna come. This happened last year. It's basically the same script, very slow starting. Uh, he'll get it going and come on, he's got He's got Joe Burrow behind him or in front of him, I should say, but we'll talk about him in a minute. To the receivers, Tyler Boyd, he gets to be the Bengals, I'm sorry. The Jaguar is only allowing a hundred thirteen yards pretty game to wide receivers as a whole, but only one receiver has cracked

seven yards against him. That was Paris Campbell running from the slot and Adam Humprey has had a good game from the slot as well, five catches for forty yards and a touchdown. So Tyler Boardy gets a b uh sees for Tee Higgins and a J. Green, and I like te Higgins more than a J. Green at this point. Higgins played the snaps last week, saw nine targets. He ran the most pass routes of any wide receiver on Burrows dropbacks. He gets the c i'lso give a J.

Green one as well. Just thirteen catches for a hundred and sixteen yards across three games. But all those targets you just figures sooner or later Burrow, if he's gonna keep throwing that many passes to a J. Green sooner or later, they're gonna connect. Yeah, and then then the rust has to get knocked off at some point. Like you said, the target totals nine, thirteen and six. Those are healthy enough. Yeah, So a J. Green gets the start.

Drew sample though everyone's favorite waiver wire wire Darling on a on the waiver wire last weekend from a tight end perspective, one target last week oops, he ran thirty four routes on fifty two of Burrows drop backs. Not looking like c j Uzoma in terms of reliable fantasy producer, he's on the bench, and then Joe Burrow lastly, but

not leastly, an A. This is a real stat. Jacksonville owns an opponent completion percentage of as the next highest teams like seventy one big games by every quarterback to face Jacksonville. Ryan fits Pastrick, Ryan Fit's Patrick just through for two touchdowns and gash them on the ground. So Joe Burrow gets an A this week. Joe Burrow right now in most fantasy leagues roughly quarterback ten in fantasy points scoring. I mean, that's what do you guess? And

this is first three NFL games. He's the real deal. Holy Field, what's what's the borough garbage time named? Brian? Are your workshopping that one yet? I'll go back to you, all right, Okay, Indianapolis takes on Chicago. I've got just a couple of starters on the Indianapolis side, and it's primarily Jonathan Taylor's. You could guess a heavy usage day coming here. Probably Taylor faces a Bears defense that has

allowed running back to score against them in seven straight games. Taylor, of course getting heavy, heavy usage UM although in Chicago's defense in home games, they've allowed one one hundred yard rusher in their last twenties six Soldier field games. That's it, So I don't know if the Taylor gets to one

hundred yards here, but a score is likely. The only other starting grade I've got is for emerging tight end mo Ali Cox with a see it's in part because Paris Campbell and Michael Pittman have been ruled out of this game, and that means Ali Cox is gonna get that many more looks. And he's posted Fantasy relevant games and back to back weeks, and he outsnapped Jack Doyle last week, and it looks like he's gonna be the designated pass catching tight end a little bit like Eric

Ebron was a few years ago. So he'll be back in the mix. Here bears the middle of the packet defending tight ends. They're giving up five receptions for forty two yards per game. The rest of the the rest of the Colts are on the bench. Even t Y Hilton, aside from Calvin Ridley, receivers have been rendered useless against Chicago. They're the only secondary that has not given up a

single touchdown to wide receivers. And this despite the fact that he's had these easy, easy matchups every week rolling into this game, he still hasn't scored. He's averaging forty four yards per game, and he's had all these plus matchups. So now here's a bad matchup. So putting him on the bench more like t Y Wilton. I like it.

I will, by the way, I'm going with Burbish times so bad alright, last thing on hilt and he's gonna face an elite cornerback and Kyle Fuller, who's yielding just passer rating of forty two in his coverage, is playing very well as he often does. Nahem, heines way to random. Philip Rivers is playing this sort of safe non fantasy ball where he's completing a high percentage of his passes

without challenging downfield. Is our average yards per paths for Philip Rivers six point nine, the same as Teddy Bridgewater. That's it. As a result, he's thrown just one touchdown in every game and provides basically no upside. Let's go to the Chicago side, where we've got a handful of starting grades, and that is it. David Montgomery clocks in with the c Tariko and his out so he's gonna get almost all the work, but the matchup is difficult.

The Colts have allowed the eighth fewest rushing yards and the fewest total touchdowns to opposing running backs. Just one no posing back his top sixty three yards and that includes Dalvin Cook, who is way better than David Montgomery. So just to see grade on Montgomery here. The only receiver I like is Allen Robinson. I think the quarterback

upgrade to Nick Foles will certainly help get this. Only forty seven percent of Allen Robinson's targets from from I was about to say, what are we gonna do with this? I need to do a trombone like. I gotta trombone Ski, I really do. I'm just find ways to work him into the matchups going forward. Of Allen Robinson's targets from sad Trombone Ski were deemed catchable by Pro Football Focus. That's it can't even give you a coin flips chance at a catchable pass. So the upgrade to Nick Foles

should certainly help here. Colts have allowed the third fewest yards to receivers um and Robinson plays from all over the field, which usually helps, but the Colts have got solid cornerbacks at every spot, including the resurgent Xavier Rhodes, just the b on Allen Robinson. Nick Foles is on the bench. I know he was heroic last week, but he's been very inconsistent over his career and this is a tough matchup against Pro Football focuses number one ranked

path defense. They've allowed the fewest passing yards by a mile, and I don't like any of his receiving matchups other than Alan Robinson, Anthony Miller, Darnell Moody. That was our spot starter guys against bad defense, as we are not going up against the Colts solid secondary here with them, and Jimmy Graham is also on the bench. The Colts have allowed the fewest yards to tight ends. It was just picturing Trubisky trying to flip a coin and edicine

envision struggle. I think he I think he'd managed to have the coin not hit the ground. That's I think that's that would be the problem, no doubt. Up anti gravity coins. An anti gravity coin. There you go. Me's a Fantasy football weekly coin. When we come back, we'll talk about the Chargers in a tough matchup against the Buccaneers and the Bucks shorthanded in this game. What to expect from those players? And nine players upon whom you

can take a chance. These are players not normally and you're starting lineup, many of whom are available on the waiver wire. We will tell you who they are. For those with Steelers and Titans scrambling to find a starter, stay tuned to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. A segment week all take a chance on me, a royalty free version for the so long that can't end soon enough. We really make a chance on me. Pay royalties to people for listening to that man. The advice

is golden though. The advice is very very good. We just put this out. They're red hot. If you come up with an original take a chance on me song and send it our way has to be has to be fully original. We may listen to it, and we will listen to it, and we might play it. You could be the background music behind this segment, or just bart into a microphone and we might play it too. That it would be about where's the super sad troumbo?

There it is? This could be take a chance on me and I would take it over the song we just heard Somebody step on a duck take a poop on Me by Odell Beckham. Let's begin at the quarterback position. Who's you take a chance to me? Quarterback Brian Matt Stafford at home against the Saints who are now going to be without starting corners Genores Jenkins and Marshawn Lattimore.

You gotta love Stafford even more the healthy Kenny Golladay back in the lineup, and unlike last season, you gotta love the matchup against the Saints, who have surrendered passing touchdown totals of two, three and three to start the season. They are bottom nine and passer rating allowed, with a one oh eight passer rating allowed to opposing quarterbacks. And really, when you think about it, there haven't been many games with a healthy Stafford, Golladay, Marvin Jones and t J. Hockenson.

Hockinson was injured early last year, like in Week two, and uh Stafford got hurt mid season. So not Stafford. I might give him an a grade in this matchup might number ten ranked quarterback this week? Matt, who is your take a chance of me? Quarterback? I mean in a week where you have a surprise bye week for Ben Roethlisberger and Ryan Tannehill. You might need to pick

up a guy like Teddy Bridgewater and start him. Uh. The Cardinals is his opponent this week, and they faced off against Garoppolo, Stafford, and Haskins, who all put up eerily similar numbers all right around thirty three passing attempts, two hundred fifty yards and two scores. Well, Bridgewater, he's averaging two nine passing yards this year. Yes, it was gonna throw for that eight yards at a time. To fifty and two seems very doable for Teddy Bridgewater. I

think you can bank on that in this matchup. Might take a chance to me. Quarterback is stew Beard. Yes, Ryan Fitzpatrick, you may remember last week when I recommended that you start him, and because we got you, you gotta pick your spots with him right when you've got these when you know he's gonna throw a lot. Love the yolo stylings of Ryan Fitzpatrick, and this is one of those spots. The Seattle defense ranks dead last in completions allowed, dead last in passing yards allowed, dead last

and pass rush by Pro Football Focus. Meanwhile, the run defense ranks. Second, May's not gonna run the ball. They're just gonna throw stew Beard's arm out of socket. And you want a part of that. Isaiah Ford, by the way, sneaky deep play in this in this why wouldn't you use them and take a chance to me later in this N one comment? Wow, but he is a sneaky deep play, all right, Brian, who's you take a chance of Mere? Running back? Yeah, we're not done picking on

the Seattle secondary just yet in this segment. But not yet running back Latavius Murray, I'm staying in Motown. On the other side, though, for the Saints going up against the Lions, the Lions once stout run defense has gone from proud to cowardly. They're allowing six plus yards per carry and am good. Yes, Alvin Kamara is in god mode right now. But Murray has at least twelve carries in two of three games and has caught a pass in back to back week so he will be serviceable

in Detroit this weekend. Matt, who's your take a chance of Mere? Running back? Well, there's death, there's taxes, and there's running backs against Carolina. Three things. I'm not going there. There are also death taxes. That's true. They will tax you into the grave. Uh, well, you can run away from this because Chase Edmonds is the guy that you want to start. Last year, the Panthers allowed almost two running back touchdowns per game. This year, they've allowed seven

running back touchdowns in three weeks. So if we carried the nine, that's more than two. Oh my god, there worse somehow. Kenyan Drake is still the bell cow, but hasn't been totally amazing yet, averaging only four point one yards per carry. Edmonds is averaging about six touches per game.

But at five point four yards per carry that the Panthers are giving up, that's still thirty yards right there to start, and we're gonna get more because there's no reason to pass against the Panthers when you can run. So I think, I think, actually Kenyan Drake is just gonna get tired in this game, and Chase Edmonds is gonna have to hop in. Uh. You guys, remember Zack Moss, one of my favorite sleepers from the preseason. No, this is your chance, this is your last chance to buy

him on the cheap. Right here. Last week we saw a rookie breakout performance is from Justin Jefferson, Brandon I U. P. Higgins. These rookies that are now a month in that's this is like their preseason has just happened. Now they're ready to hit the ground running. Zack Moss, as you may recall, Week one, scored a touchdown, Week two, got hurt, Week three didn't play. Here we were into week four and he faces Las Vegas, the team that has allowed the

most fantasy points to running backs. They ranked thirty first in yards per carry at six yards per carry. Mosses in line to get goal line carries ahead of Devin Singletary, and the Raiders have allowed multiple rushing touchdowns to every opponent Moss can catch, and the Raiders have allowed the most receiving yards and the second most receptions to running backs. Both he and Devin Singletary sitting on nice games. Ryan, who's gonna take a chance of your receiver. Let's get

Let's get back to the aforementioned Seattle secondary. This is not a drill. These are real statistics. That Seattle has allowed two wide receivers so far this season seven the six catches. The next highest total among teams who have played three games is forty seven. Cheez. The Jets have allowed the third most the next worst team with fifty and they played on Thursday night, So that's four games. Next yards allowed to wide receivers by the Seahawks one thousand,

one hundred and thirty six in three games. Yes, Denver is the next highest, who played four games with seven hundred and nine four. I'm gonna pick on the secondary way more when we get into the matchup. That's all you need to know about Preston Williams. Get him in your lineup, and probably Isaiah Ford like you mentioned as well, Matt. Your take a chance of me receiver is Marquez Valdez scantling, excellent pronunciation. Alan Lazard suddenly out indefinitely after undergoing core

muscle surgery on Thursday. Uh Davante Adams is still very questionable at the hamstring injury. They're saying that he practiced in a limited fashion. But it's a it's a Monday nighter right before their bye week. Why wouldn't they save him? Which means m VS is the number one wide receiver in Green Bay and he's playing against Atlanta, that same Atlanta team that has allowed five different wide receivers. To top ninety yards already this year. Yep, I will pick

him up and start him all right. I am going with Randall Cobb. He plays the slot receiver position for Houston and they go up against Minnesota. Cobb coming off, by the way, an impressive game against these Steelers, a much better defense yards in a score. But we're not just chasing that box score because he has a juicy matchup against an injury battered Vikings secondary missing its slot

cornerback Mike Hughes. He has been ruled out. His replacement last week was rookie Jeff Gladney, who allowed one hundred twenty yards from the slot, including a sixty one yard play. He has allowed a passer rating of one twenty one in his coverage this year. Randall Cobb an excellent pickup and play opportuney dy for you. Uh. Let's go to some matchups, beginning with the Chargers taking on the Bucks. Matt The Charges are all kinds of banged up, including

missing their two best offensive linemen. Yeah, Brian Bulaga and Trey Turner both ruled out for this game, so I didn't even know about that as I was making these matchups up. So I downgraded all of my guys a full letter grade. I took Keenan Allen from an A to a B. UH nineteen targets last week versus Carolina ten ten targets the week before. That's double digs and every Justin Herbert start right there. I still like him as a B grade, but with Bulaga and Turner out,

Herbert's can have less time to throw. Hunter Henry taking him from a B to s C hasn't scored yet, but eight eight and seven targets, five six and five catches, and he's topped fifty yards every week, so that's pretty solid. Mike Williams has a hamstring injury. He looks more doubtful than the questionable tag Uh and Jalen Guiton looks like the next man up, but you're not crazy enough to start him. I took Justin Herbert from a SE grade

to bench. He has thrown for three hundred yards in each of his first two starts, which is pretty impressive. It's very impressive now in Tampa allowed six of the first nine quarterbacks they faced to top the three yard mark, but in the ten games since then, including this season, they've only allowed two quarterbacks to top the three yard mark. They've only faced Breeze Bridgewater and the Broncos quarterbacks this year. But I just don't like it for Herbert in this one.

Let's talk about Austin Ekeler, though. I'm gonna keep Austin Ekeler at an A grade. While Tampa has been really good against the run since Todd Bowles arrived, they're very weak against pass catching backs, ranking in the bottom four in the league in receptions and yards allowed through the air to running backs. Eckler caught all eleven of his targets last week. That's pretty good. And if he's if Herbert's rushed this week, he's gonna be ditching off to

Ackler the whole game. I don't know. I still an A grade. I want somebody to be able to run the I want my running back to be able to run the ball. If he's got an A grade, he's gonna catch fifteen balls in this game out. I hope I got a solution to throw a minus in there, not a not a solution, as you like to call it. I'm keeping Josh Kelly on the bench though, because ecler was on the field for seventy of the plays last week and out rushed Kelly twelve to eight. He's simply

a change of pace back in the Herbert offense. Let's go over to the Bucks side. Uh Leo and Roe Joe. I got him both on the bench. The good news what yeah really? Yeah? Okay, four nets out and so yeah, four nets out that he's he's his head coach said he does not expect him to play. Okay, Well, then Rojoe is probably a star. Let's let's go with that. It's a tough it's not an easy matchup. Yeah, it's

not an easy matchup. But two of the Bolts front four now on I r with Ingram and Sustin Jones, and the Chargers are allowing four point four yards per carry over their last twenty games. Now, my my bench grade was they're splitting time almost evenly. But if Leonard four Nett is now out, Ronald Jones probably gets sixteen to twenty touches in. This is officially out of officially, but the better it looks for Rojoe, the worst it's going to be. I'm sure Keyshawn Vaughan is the guy

who comes into this game and gets sixteen. All right, Tom Brady see start. Since the beginning of last year, the Chargers are one of the best in the league against the past, allowing under only two sixteen passing yards and just over a score per game. And Brady will be without Chris Godwin and this one who's feeling his hamstring again and it's not feeling good. Mike Evans. I'm

giving a B two uh. Cornerbacks Michael Davis and Casey Hayward have done a spectacular job against the posing wide receivers this season, holding everybody but Tyreek Hill to under sixty five yards, and Hill was the only one who scored a touchdown. Evans did garner ten targets and top two hundred yards in the other game when Godwin didn't play, and he's always a threat near the stripe, as evidenced by his two catches for two yards and two touchdowns

last week. One of the strangest lines ever receiver. Yes, yeah, Scottie Miller. He's on the bench, justin Watson to the bench to Miller has more targets on the season than Godwin, but has only seen the field on of the snaps, and when Godwin was out, Watson had the Miller's a game time decision. So I don't think you're gonna want a monkey without against a good secondary. And O. J.

Howard and Gronk, they're both on the bench. According to Evan Silva, among tight ends, Gronk is twenty eight in the league and routes run and Howard is thirty five. So if you're only running about fifteen to twenty routes a game, that's not enough to get fifteen to twenty targets. It's not even enough to get five targets. So they're they're both on the bench. All right, New Orleans, We're gonna try to fit in one more matchup New Orleans takes on the Lions're we've already talked about some of

these players in a certain amount of detail. Here, this is a there's an injury battered Saints. UH Saints team offensively and defensively. Michael Thomas officially ruled out, as is Jared Cook. So they're both on your bench. But let's start with Alvin Kamara real quick, easy, a second in receptions and fifth in receiving yards among everyone. Yeah, not running backs. Everyone. Opposing backs have only total eleven catches

against Detroit so far, but that's about to change. And Detroit has also allowed the third most rushing yards and running backs uh, so smash spot for Alvin Kamara. Latavius Murrios might take a chance, I mean running back for that same reason. Detroit's run defense is just abysmal at this point. As we just mentioned, Michael Thomas out, Jared Cook out, so I'm giving Emmanuel Sanders a B here. Desmond Truffont unlikely to make his season debut for the Lions.

Uh Sanders was dreadful in Las Vegas in Week two, but had touchdowns in the two other games, had a season high and catches and yards last week, but only on five targets. Kind of troubling, but no no Cook now and Thomas is still out. He gets it, he gets a B and have to throw to him, right, Gonna have to throw to him and and to tra Kuan Smith. He's see more targets with Thomas sideline totals of seven and six and again it's a good matchup.

The lines are allowing five farts per game during five yards and more than a touchdown per game allowed to wide receivers by the Lion so B for track Kuan Smith, Adam Troutman, if you're in super deep tight end lead to tight end, only lead me. He might be viable, but he's not. And Drew Brees I had to see. I'm gonna might throw a minus on that one charge. Sorry he could he could say he looked better last week with Kamara, but I'm sorry, but Camar did all

the heavy lifting. Uh that's not It's a decent matchup. But he's very short on weapons on this one. So just to see for Drew Brees over to the Lions side, Kenny Golladay gonna give him a safe be Alan Lazard went nuclear last week and an injured um Mike Evans score against New Orleans in Week one. Genor Jenkins is Marshawn Lattimore is not an A? What is? What is it? Why would he not be? Because they just got ruled out. I forgot to change my note, So he's in A.

He's actually an A plus now. Marvin Jones my number one ranked wide receiver this week. Yeah, you did a plus. No, he did an A and got a Marvin Jones. I guess I'll bump up to a B now. I had a meta ce mild success for secondary receivers against the Saints. But again everyone's hurt. So be for Marvin Jones. And before the quarterback news, I t J. Hockenson with my

highest graded path catcher too. Oh yeah, well, Darren Waller sat on a monster game against Detroit twelve catches, I'm sorry against New Orleans twelve catches, a hundred and five yards and a touchdown. Robert Tonyan had five for fifty and a touchdown. Even O J. Howard scored a touchdown the aforementioned piece of garbage by Matt So Hockinson gets an A and Matt Stafford might take a chance to

the quarterback, He's take a chance on me. He's an A grade now, he's a great He's not even taking And I feel like I took an easy lay up there. I think you did too. To be honest, that wasn't even that wasn't even difficult. That's the pot calling the kettle black church. What are you talking about? What do you mean? I give you what's paws the Seahawks. That's a great matchup alecent of leagues. That is that is that is an absolutely lay up? Is Zack Moss. Let's

be real. People are dropping, people are dropping Zack Moss, which is crazy talk crazy. When we come back, Houston takes on Minnesota team with a lot of defensive problems. Actually, both teams have got defensive problems. There's a lot of points coming in this one. We'll tell you which Houston and Vikings players you will want to start, if not all of them, when we return. Also, if you want to get all by player rankings, you can get them for free at guillotine a leagues dot com. Every player,

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sounds arg. Matt Harrison is at Explosive Output and Brian Johnson is at B T x J. That's easy to spell and well, as long as you hear the T is a T and not a D. By the time you know I say it goes through my Mike through the processing on your speaker in your car with road noise, pos are going to be like p d x Q, what's that Brian toilet xylophone Johnson, that's what That's what it stands for. Knowing for all of those things. The Vikings and the Houston Texans will meet on Sunday. Dalvin

Cook sitting on potentially a gigantic game here. Texans have allowed the most rushing yards, the second most yards per carry, and the third most rushing attempts to opposing backs. And this is really what the Vikings are all about. It's just establishing the run and then finding spots for Kirk Cousins. I don't know what the Vikings are all about. Well we know of Mike's Mike Zimmer wants his offense to look and that is how he wants it to look.

So Dalvin cooks an easy A grade. The passing game clocks in with starting grades for Kirk Cousins, a positive matchup for almost all of his receivers, including his tight ends. Um he won't have the volume for a massive day, but one of two touchdowns as possible here, so he gets a C grade. And now let's talk about some of those positive matchups, including Adam Feeling now over the

last two weeks. Theland has been quiet um a couple of weeks ago because he was getting double coverage in the last week because they basically just throw to Justin Jefferson.

I expect a bounce back game of sorts here, but he likely gets shadow covered from Bradley Roby, who follows top receiver even into the slot where they can sometimes hide theeling but don't confuse Bradley Roby with a shutdown corner, and he used to be a quasi shutdown guy, but he's not anymore, and he's giving up a passer rating of one twelve in his coverage, So advantage Feeling b

grade next. Justin Jefferson with a breakout game last week, including a career high fifty one snaps on offense, and that'll continue after he broke Randy Moss's single game rookie receiving record. Jefferson should primarily face off against slack cornerback Eric Murray, who gave up a score last week did Juju Smith Schuster and is giving up four inches and twenty pounds to Jefferson, who might just out muscle him for contested catches. Justin Jefferson gets a B grade. Let's

go to the Houston side. They've played the toughest schedule in football by a mile, and by some measures, the toughest opening three games in the history of the NFL. They've actually been competitive, they have, which is kind of been surprising. Yes, Deshaun Watson gets an A grade in this on two of the three quarterbacks to face the Vikings of top three hundred yards against their rebuilt, inexperienced secondary. The Vikings pass rush has been mostly invisible and Daniel

Hunter is not ready to play yet. Even though he's eligible to come off i Arch, he will not. All three of Watson's receivers have plus matchups against their cornerback counterparts, and let's dive into them right now. Will Fuller expected to play despite a mid week hamstring injury. You want to watch his status though hamstring injuries. They'll warm him up before the game, they'll verify he can go. Hopefully he will. Minnesota has yielded five scores to opposing wide receivers,

which is tied for second most. Fuller most frequently runs from the left side of the field, which puts him up against disaster grade cornerback Holton Hill, who Pro Football focuses ranks as cornerback one hundred four. I am guessing most listeners would not have guessed that there are one D and four cornerbacks in the NFL. He has a significant fuller, has a significant speed advantage over any of the Vikings cornerbacks. Assuming he goes, you will give him start.

He is a B grade. He would be an A grade were it not for the hamstring. Brandon Cooks gets a B grade. Uh he's I wish you'd get more than the five targets per game. Um, but man, he's got a terrific matchup on both outsides of the field. Vikings cornerback Cameron Danceler is likely to come back in this game, but he's still very inexperienced, and Cooks has the massive speed advantage over Danceler. I think you can

give him a B grade. One other starter. And by the way, Randall Cobb again was might take a chance on me wide receiver, love him in the slot this game. Jordan Aikins, you're in a pinch for a title, and you had my guy John U. Smith, or maybe you had Eric Ebron. You need to pivot. Jordan's Aikins has posted two relevant fantasy games in three weeks despite the brutal Houston schedule. He now gets a Vikings defense that has allowed big games to mo Ali Cox and the

afore mentioned John new Smith. Then, lastly, David Johnson hasn't done much yet that could change here A grade for David Johnson. Minnesota's a lot of rushing touchdown to the last five starting running backs they faced. Johnson was obviously limited by Baltimore and Pittsburgh, and those are really good run defenses. The Vikings run defense is graded thirty feet

by Pro Football Focus. This is a far better matchup and David Johnson goes back to being an A. Let's go to our next matchup, which is Arizona taking on Carolina. Matt We're looking at a game time decision status on DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah, I had him listed as an A grade. It's now downgraded to a B because of the game time situation. Um, it's a good matchup for him if he does go a hundred and seventy six yards per game to the wide receiver position allowed by the Panthers.

That's bottom five in the league. So Hopkins, he's he's their best option. Christian Kirk still nursing a groin injury, and Andy Isabella and Larry Fitzgerald. You just can't trust those guys enough in this situation. So I got all of those guys on the bench. I do have Dan Arnold on the bench as well. Sorry, Brian, uh. He's only averaging three targets, actually less than three targets and

under two receptions per game. That's just not enough. But maybe everybody being injured on the wide receiver front gives Brian Dan Arnold moment to shine. This is it, This is it. He's still better than Gronk. This is the one um check the tape in the sets. I'm still gonna give Kyler Murray and a grade. He's throwing for about two sixty per game. The Panthers are giving a giving up about two six per game, so that's a solid floor in the passing game. Plus everything he does

in the running game is just gravy here. And then I did mention that I like Chase Edmonds as might take a chance on me runner, So I obviously like Kenyan Drake to who also gets an A grade. Although it's worth noting that the Cardinals were the only team that the Panthers held to under fifty five rushing yards last season, when they held David Johnson and Edmonds to fifty two rushing yards combined. Still, I don't believe it. And if you can't give Kenyan drake An a grade now,

when can you? There's no other time? Well, this is it, this is this is it. On the other side, the Panthers, I'm giving Mike Davis a b Let it be known that the Panthers stick with one running back at all times. Davis had twenty one touches to Reggie Bonafon's too last week. Uh and since the beginning of the Cards are allowing just under one yards per game to opposing backs. But another forty seven yards through the air. That seems like a bankable hundred totally yards for Mike Davis and this

one and probably a shot at a touchdown. I talked about Teddy Bridgewater as might take a chance and met quarterback. I will add that Cardinal safety Buddha Baker is out for this one too, which makes him a little bit more interesting. And I do like his wide receivers. I'm giving both d J Moore and Robby Anderson b grades each are averaging just over eight targets per game. One is getting nine three yards, the other eighty. That's both good.

We've been a little disappointed from the scoring output so far, and the like I said, the Cards have allowed a ton to the wide receiver over the last nineteen games, seventy five total yards. Speed receivers such as Terry McLaurin and Kenny Golladay each had nice days against this secondary. So I like Robbie a little bit better than DJ. But the more breakout is coming soon and it's going to be furious. This might be our last chance to

get DJ more at a discounted price. Finally, Ian Thomas, really I got him on the bench we assume, so, yes, maybe three games isn't enough of a trend, but there's two working against Thomas. First, he's averaging one point three targets, and second, the terrible Cardinals tight end defense is suddenly not so terrible. They've only allowed one score on the season and only fifty three yards per game to the position. Alright, Seattle takes on in Miami. We've already talked about a

bunch of players in this game. Because so many opportunities to score with these bad defenses. Let's start with Seattle. I know the air game is way more interesting, but we've got drama at the running back position. Chris Carson looks like a game time decision. After the cow Boy Tristan, somebody tried to wrench his leg out of socket. Yeah, that was pretty bad. That's pretty bad. The crocodile roll, the crocodile, the old crocodile role. What do you think

about trying to start Chris Carson here? Yeah, I was all set to give Carlos Hide solid be here. So yeah, as you said, Carson a game time decision. Now, Pete Carroll says it's a good chance he suits up. So if they let him play, I'm gonna give Carson the B and if he sits, then then Hide gets the B. It's that simple. If Carson plays, you cannot play Hide. Now there's a scenario out there, a worst case scenario where Carson's active. We all assume he's gonna get carries.

But they decided to play it safe and use Hide as their starter and just keep Carson waiting in the wings. If that, but I think it's a chance you have to take with Carson. That is against Miami, who is allowing a healthy four point six yards per carrying a rushing touchdown per game to back, so they've also they've also surrendered the seventh most receiving yards of the position, nearly sixty yards per game. So whoever guess the majority of carries here? Touches here is in a line for

a good bell cow day. But uh well, let's say a B for Carson again. If he doesn't go hide gets a B. Who doesn't get a B? Or Tyler Tyler Lockett and DJ Metcalf. Miami's allowing a hundred ninety yards per game to wide receivers seventh most could be without their best cornerback Byron Jones. Lock It has seven catches in every game coming off the touchdown hat trick. DK Metcalf has four catches in every game, for nine yards in a touchdown, yards in a touchdown, and a

hundred ten yards in a touchdown too. He got leon leaded. Imagine if he gets five catches in a game, what could he do? We're probably gonna find out on Sunday. Greg Olsen, speaking of scrambling for tight ends, I'm on the fence here tended to give him a c in a likely shootout and a homecoming game for the former Miami Hurricane, but Miami Miami has allowed just eight catches for a hundred two yards to tight ends. That being said, those tight ends are Ryan Izzoh, Reggie Gilliam, Dawson Knocks,

James O'Shaughnessy, and Tyler Eiffort. I only know Tyler Eifford is basically Dawson Knox. So Greg Olson, if you're super desperate, give him a go. I'll give him a sea here and Russell Wilson. Come on, that's an easy a over to the Miami side. You're missing one receiver. David Moore is one of my sneaky favorite plays of this week. Why I mean, he's the starting outside receiver on the best arguably the best passing offense in the NFL so far this year. Byron Jones is out as the cornerback

for Miami. That means Xavian Howard, who will follow Guys, is going to follow DK Metcalf on the outside. That means David Moore is gonna get rookie cornerback Noah big Binogginy Bigog and he is allowing a passer hundred thirty six in his coverage and two scores already, and he's not even a starter. He's already given up two scores. He's profo. Bill focuses ninety drank running back David bar you're sneaky play. I like that. I think that's more of a DFS dart than a seasonal plug in play.

But there's potential there for sure. Um potential is there for Miles Gaskin. Now, I'm even a B and PPR, but a see if you're still playing standard leagues, because Jordan's Howard is always a vulture threat, as bad as he is, but Gaskins is a universal starter now twenty seven touches against Jacksonville last week had five catches. He totaled ten catches in his two games prior, when you're seeing less work. Seattle has allowed the sixth most catches

to running back. So I'm liking gasking a lot here in this potential shootout. And you have to like the wide receivers for Miami against Seattle. We mentioned the massive numbers are allowing in catches and yards. I want to extrapolate those really quick. So on a sixteen game pace. The Seahawks are gonna allow four hud five catches. Last year the most a lot it was two hundred and forty. By the Bucks, they're on pace allows six hundred or six thousand, fifty nine yards. The most last year was

three thousand, one hundred and seventies six. Also buy the books. That's why President Williams was like, take a chance for me a wide receiver. Ryan It's Patrick was would take a chance in the quarterback and Mike Kasicki was gonna give him a seat. But he gets a b now that Jamal Adams has been ruled out for Seattle, so safety for Gassicky it's gonna be a point orgy and stuff beach baby. By the way, Gassicki runs more slot routes than a tight end in the league. He's sitting on.

I think he's in a grade. When we come back, three tough questions. Play along see if you can go three and oh with our panel of experts. It's Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly on Paul Archie and Guillotine leagues dot com. Brian Hart, Brian Harrison, Brian Johnson, Guillotine Lease dot Com, Matt Harrison Shocked Fantasy. Yeah, you want to get in your Shock Fantasy promo code Peacock dec promo code Precock four dollars for a full year

of shock Fantasy goodness. That is a lot of shocking at Shock Fantasy, a shocking deal, a shock for the peacock. Al Right, absolutely, this is again we call three tough questions. We encourage you to play along. See if you can't go three and o as I Pepper my co host with three tough questions, beginning with tough question number one, what is the appropriate level of panic for Lamar Jackson owners? None? Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread? Brian alright, so,

l Jacks. Last year he finished as QB six or better in seventy three percent of his games. That's super impressive. He finished outside the top eighteen quarterbacks in zero percent, so insane ceiling, super safe floor. Your loving life with Lamar Jackson last year, especially based on his ADP, I'm pretty sure this question is oriented for this year right now.

This year, he was QB five in week one, okay, so far, so good, but then QB eighteen in week two, and then QB twenty two last week, so you're not feeling too good about l Jack's right now. He still is averaging eleven plus rush attempts per game. That is good, although zero carries inside the five yard lines so far not good. So I'm just gonna say some because he's clearly not on the same trajectories last year with the bloated ADP, but he will have big weeks. So just

some level of concern. Okay, Matt, what is the appropriate level of panic for Lamar Jackson owners? His bad games tend to come against the Kansas City Chiefs for one reason or another, specifically specifically, So I'm not going to freak out about a quarterback who's averaging eighty rushing yards per game over his last nineteen games. I'm not going to freak out about a guy who has forty two touchdown passes to only eight interceptions since that span. I'm

not freaked out at all. Come on, let's get over this, guys. This is okay. There's no panic here. The correct answer is some the defenses are taking away Mark Andrews, and that means they're they're making Jackson go to his second year receivers Brown and Boykin, and the hope was that Brown and boy Can in their second year would improve and progress, and they frankly, they haven't and or Jackson just isn't being is not able to find them consistently,

and because of that, his passing numbers remain bad. Now the running remains mostly intact. I think, with the exception of what Brian mentioned, we're not getting these we're not getting these the touchdowns that we were hoping to get, but he's still getting carries. And because those rushing numbers, the fifty yards, the sixty yards, the seventy yards, the eight yards on the ground, you've got basically a statistical safety net for Lamar Jackson that means you never have

to be in a bowl. Loosening level of existential dread. Tough question number two, sticking with Baltimore, they're running back. Such a wation has been a disaster for everybody involved in particularly mark Ingram for the rest of the year. Is Ingram and RB two a flex or a bench level player? Matt, we begin with you for this one. It's weird that Gus Edwards has kind of looked like they're best running back so far this year, and as

and and that's not a good sign. I do like j K. Dobbins quite a bit, and I think that eventually his role expands more. He's definitely involved in the passing game, so mark Ingram's in a three way time share now and in the next couple of weeks here he's got since Philly and then a bye so those two games are good. Then then you get the bye week. But out of the by it gets absolutely nasty. Pittsburgh twice, Indie, Dallas, and Cleveland, who are all top ten running back defenses

this year, are five of his next seven games. Out of the by. He's gonna be on the bench in five of those seven games, so he's gonna get more bench grades than flex grade. So he's on the bench. Yeah. I we thought, or I thought at least that Ingram was gonna be a safe RB two for the first quarter of the season at the least, But his carries have gone down starry in Week one from ten to nine to seven. Like L Jacks, he too has zero

carries inside the five yard line. J K. Dobbins has two and Gus Edwards has one, and like Matt said, Gus Edwards looks like the best running back on the team right now j K. Dobbins just has to improve as the season goes on, one would think, and as Matt also alluded to, Baltimore is the tenth partiest remaining strength of schedule for running backs per fantacy pro So Ingram on the bench, Ingram on the bench. Ingram has fewer snaps than Dobbins, which you mentioned, you guys took

most of my talking points. Um, just the ten touches a game. That's just not enough for reliable production and ten why would he get more than the ten when Dobbins figures to get better and Gus Edwards has been playing better. I think, Um, you're saving graces that Ingram has gotten double the red zone looks than Dobbins and Edwards combined. But I don't. I don't know that even that continues here, So it pay means to me to say it. But mark Ingram, you guys are correct. Bench

he will be a bench level grade most of the time. Now, Matt, follow up on your point in the schedule. I think you can wait two weeks on Ingram. Hope he gets value in these next him. He rolls into that by and into that brutal part of his schedule and then we move him hope for an uptick from Ingram Right. Don't sell now because his value is very low now, but these next two weeks are promising. Do it after the Washington game this week and then before the bye

when there's more value. Not leaving since and Philly the next two weeks are both good matchups to tough question number three? Should fantasy owners drop Carson Rentz Wentz out right, and I'm gonna pivot this into two parts. One would be in quarterback one leagues where you're just starting the one quarterback, and then secondarily, what if you're in a super flex and you can start too, So there's two. It's a two part answer to this. Can we get four out of three? Then yes, yes you can get four.

I don't think I can, Okay, alright, well yeah you maybe not. Alright in super flex you can't drop and you basically can't stop drop a starting quarterback in super flex, but make sure you have Jalen Hurts on roster if you have wins on your team in super flex, But for one quarterback leagues, the answers absolutely yes right now. But you can drop him right now with the next

three games being san Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore. That is absolutely brutal for Wins, who virtually has no weapons left outside of zach Ertz. But pick him back up, preferably before the Baltimore game in week six, because after that it goes Giants, Dallas, Giants, Cleveland, Seattle Man. Any warm body quarterback is going to get a starting grade of probably at least a B against those teams moving forward. So drop him now, let pick him back up, alright?

Is that is that? Is that a valid you get You gave it, You gave a You gave an answer, which is yes, dropping one quarterback, Leagues, no, drop, don't drop in in super flex, Matt, Yeah, Brian hit the nail on the head. Can't drop him in super flex. But you could drop him right now. San fran and Pittsburgh in the next couple of weeks. But then the

schedule does lie and up considerably. They have the fourth easiest remaining schedule against the pass, and you should get some of these receivers back with Alshon, Jeffrey, Jalen Reagor, Dallas Goddard and uh DeShawn Jackson, that should all be back on the field in the near future, we hope, although the Eagles can't keep anybody healthy, so I don't know why. Uh there there there's good times ahead for Wentz. It's not all bad, but we need some receivers back

on the field for him. You guys hit all my talking points here. I'll mention this. I did some Philadelphia radio this week and Matt let me tell you they they have had it. He'd see Carson that's is under siege and the fact that Nick Foles did what he just did. The Eagles fans are I rate that the team has decided to go with Carson Wentz. Not always sunny in Philadelphia Cloud Carson Wentz. But it here's the thing, though, he's never he never gets like a full team with him.

It's always disaster level receivers, the injuries. The offensive line is hurt right now. They have one wide receiver who is healthy one that's it and he was in the right and Dallas Goddard's on I R. I mean, it's it's just nobody could do much with what they've got to work with their all right, Let's get back to a couple of matchups here, beginning with Baltimore taking on Washington. Hey, that's me. We just talked about Lamar Jackson. He is a I agonized I agonized over this grade for a

long time for the last two weeks. Of course he is he there have been a lot of struggles. He faces a much improved Washington defense this week, featuring a ferocious front four, but they'll be without Chase Young, who has been awesome through three weeks. Job, maybe they end up generating a lot of pressure on Jackson and then he has to run from the pressure, and then he runs out of the pocket, and then he runs downfield and he helps you with a bunch of rushing yards,

which is really what we want anyway from Lamar Jackson. Now, he could help with his arms. Washington second areas they're just okay, and he could get on track with the receivers here. But I still think his best opportunities on the ground. But I can't give him an a grade based on the version of Lamar Jackson I've seen the last two weeks. I'm only giving him the b let's stick with the passing game, Marcus Brown gets a C grade.

Washington secondary is surrendered the fifth fewest points to Fantasy points to opposing receivers so I just you know, Brown is always the hit and miss Jackpot guy. I think he's more likely to be a miss here, especially if there is a lot of pressure on Jackson and they can't set up the long past to Marcus Brown. Also, he may get covered by Ronald Darby, who has one skill trade, which is to run fast, and that's what Markus Brown does. Then uh that's se Then, oh, Mark Andrews.

I would stay with the passing game. Back to back lousy games for Andrews, including a dreadful sniping by Nick Boyle last week that was frustrating. Fortunately, Washington has struggled against tight ends with three touchdowns in three games. They gave up a monster game to the similarly athletic Dallas Goddard and week one. So I've got a B grade on Mark Andrews. Now, we talk about the running backs, and I know we just talked about a lot of these guys. I don't think you really want to start

any of them. But Washington did give Nick Chubb and Kareem Honda hundred fifty four rushing yards last week. So if you gotta pick one, it's Mark Ingram I'll give him the sea here. I'm tempted to throw a dart at Gus Edwards just because he's been the best of the bunch, but he just doesn't touch the ball enough. And J. K. Dobbins is out of consideration. Baltimore is gonna have a get right game this week. It's just I feel like it's just coming. I wouldn't be surprised

if they put up forty points. Yeah, it's it's just coming. And and everybody's gonna be sleeping on it because they all saw what happened on Monday night, well in the week before. Though, this is not just one bad game. That whole offense just looks so out of sink. Where's the game again? Is it in Baltimore at Washington? It's not that far off a bus. There's gonna be more

Ravens fans at that game. There's not gonna be Ye. Well, let's let's go to the Washington side of this game, where I've got three starters for you, beginning in the running game with Antonio Gibson, who was scored back to back games and increased his yards per carry and yardage total outputs in every game, but he faces a very good Baltimore run defense. Nick Chubb, David Johnson and Clyde Edwards A Laire all struggled against Baltimore, managing a scoreless

fifties seven rushing yards per game on average. That's it. Gibson gets got the goal line carry last week, so that was good news. Wasn't not Peton Barber, it was Antonio Gibson, So you still got a shot here and we'll give him a C grade. Also getting a C grade Terry McLaurin mcon It's a brutal matchup. The Ravens have allowed wide receivers to score just five times in their last eleven games, the last one yard receiver against

Baltimore a year ago, Week four of last year. McLaren runs from all over the field, but he's got tough matchups at every stop. It's Jimmy Smith, Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey. McLaren did pop up on the injury report later in the week with a thigh injury as well. It doesn't help matters and that helps cement the C grade um and then lastly, a sneaky play at tight end if you've get if you had Johnny Smith or Eric Ebron, Logan Thomas only one fewer target on the season than

Terry McLaurin, and he's averaging playing time. The Ravens have been more yielding to the tight end position than any other spot. Tight ends of top fifty yards in every game against Baltimore, and that includes David and Joko and Jordan's Aikens. They're not exactly the second coming of Tony Gonzalez. So Logan Thomas in play, I'm happy to say low too, low too to his friends. Low to um Matt Buffalo taking on Oakland. Let's see if we can squeeze this

into about three minutes. Yeah we can. Zack Moss was here to take a chance on me runner. But I actually like Devin Singletary better this week. I'm giving him a B grade. Uh. First, he's garnering five targets per game versus four targets on the season two Moss. Second, he's led or tied Moss and rushing attempts every game that they've both played this year. Third, the matchup skews in his favor. The Raiders have allowed at least two touchdowns to a single running back in every game this season.

It was Christian McCaffrey, Alvin Kamara, and Rex Birkehead. What do they have in common? They all lead their respective running back rooms in targets on that day, and I think Singletary will do that, especially with Zach Moss still kind of nursing that toe injury. The back with the pass catching ability wins the day against the Raiders. Josh Allen, he gets an A savaging thy six passing yards and over three touchdowns per game. He's just an auto stark. He is uh. Stephan Diggs, he gets an A too.

Since the start of last year, the Raiders are allowing a hundred and seventy yards to the wide receiver position, and Digs is top to eighty five yards or scored in every game in his Bill's career. John Brown, who's dinged up. If he goes, I'm gonna give him a see. Cole Beasley, He's a He's a good see start as well, both averaging six targets per game. Brian nailed the Cole Beasley one yard game last week. Give m a becoc

charge where you. Brown was blank last week after a calf injury, but enjoyed seventy yards and a score in each of the first two If healthy, it's a it's a good game for him, and the Raiders just lost first round cornerback Damon Arnett and their secondary sucks. Beyond that, we're not chasing the tight end scores from last week at all, So let's move over to the Raiders. Josh Jacobs is a B grade. He got Caroline in Week one,

wonderful explosive output there. Then he got New Orleans and New England among the best run defenses in the league. Follow that up with Buffalo, who's only allowing eighty eight rushing yards per game since the beginning of last year and around half a touchdown. It's just a B for Jacobs this week. Cars on the bench. The Raiders are missing Henry Rugs, Brian Edwards, Ritchie Incognito, and Trent Brown

from their old line. The Bills have allowed over three yards and two passing touchdowns to each of the last two quarterbacks they faced, but they've been very good over the last year, only two twenty one per game. So I'm just leaving car on the bench. I am giving starting grades to a couple of his receivers. Though Darren Waller gets a B. He's going to get double digit

targets in this game. He's averaging nine point three. Since tight ends who have had double digit targets against the Bills have averaged eight catches a hundred and thirty yards in a score per game, So I'll downgrade this possible A grade to a B because Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmonds are elite at covering the tight end for the Bills. They held Higbee, Herndon, and Everett to forty yards or less. Hunter Renfro is the only wide receiver that gets a

starting grade. He gets a sea really is he's running about six of his routes from the slot. Jamison Crowder and Cooper Cup each scored and topped a hundred yards from the slot this year already, and the Dolphins slot wide receiver Isaiah Ford had seven catches for seventy six yards. The only issue maybe do they throw a waller in the slot and put Hunter Renfro on the out side just because he's healthy and he's upright? Yeah? Yeah, Nelson Agilar is not meant to play outside either, is not

meant to play. You could have just offended with that. So it's going to be a day Z day. It could be another guy who's meant to run out and another guy in a revenge game? Does Joe every Buffalo games a revenge game because like jettison so many guys and turned through so many guys that have stayed in the league. When we come back, Cleveland takes on Dallas.

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on all of these great players. Certified fresh at is uh Guillotine League still forming every almost every day at Guillotine leagues dot com, we encourage you to check that out. Brian. By my eyes, Baker Mayfields played pretty well the last couple of weeks. Odell Beckham sparking to a level of competence that we haven't seen in a while, And here comes Dallas minus some starting cornerbacks. What do you think

of this Cleveland offense? Yeah, San Baker Mayfield the easy be uh maybe even in A. The Cowboys have allowed nine passing touchdowns over the last two weeks. That's all you really need to know for Mayfield. And the injury is like you just mentioned, so he's in a great spot as r as wide receivers at L. Beckham gonna get an A was limited by a back injury for most of the week, but practice and full on Friday. The Cowboys have surrendered the most wide receiver touchdowns was seven, somehow,

beating the Seahawks in a category. Seahawks only quote unquote only have allowed five wide receiver touchdowns. So in A for Beckham uh and B for Jarvis Landry only thirteen targets for Landry to Beckham's twenty two so far. But he's been a little dinged up. Just mentioned the seven touchdowns surrendered to wide receivers by Dallas. Four of those went to fellow slot with wide receivers at Russell Gage

and Tyler Lockett. So B for Jarvis Landry. And I'm gonna give Austin Hooper as C as in C later if you don't produce in this game, already dropped him in all my leave. Hayden Hurst came through against the Cowboys four catches for seventy two yards and a touchdown. Even Greg Olsen was serviceable five catches for sixty one yards. That should be Hooper's floor here. You should be able to replicate the Olsen numbers. But if he doesn't, there's another tight end in Cleveland I've got my eye on.

We'll talk about a little later in the show. And of course we have to mention Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. Kareem Hunt a little if he with a groin injury. Groin injuries on running backs, no boy, no. So we'll get to Hunt in a minute. If Nick Chubb easy a Hunt sits pretty much an A A Hunt goes but a strong B. But he's he's an A either way, You're not starting in one over Kareem Hunt. He's been

great even with Cream Hunt lurking all year. Uh Chub averaging five point seven yards per carry on seventeen yards a game. It is a tough matchup on paper, as no loan back has topped eighty five rushing yards against the Cowboys for better or for worse, Dallas is funneling the opposition to the past, so and so kareem hunt back to him. I'll give him a see if he plays. He has had double digit carries in every game, which is kind of a choker to me, but only and

to receiving scores so far. But hasn't hit twenty receiving yards yet in a game. But he's stuffed to sit in PPR. I'll still give him a c over to the Dallas side. Just gonna give Zeke a b here. He might get the return of Tyron Smith his last town. That would help big time. So the Cowboys are the only team in the NFL without a rush of fifteen plus yards. It was the Jets against Sam Donald to

care that on Thursday night. And the Browns run defense has been very good, having well the fourth viewist rushing attempts in fourth viewist rushing yards to running backs at three point three yards per carry. Zeke does have twenty six touches in every game, is the second most target running back in the league. So a safety with with a a potential for sure Mark Cooper gets an a at least nine targets and eight yards in every game. He's not a coin flip like Michael Gallop or Ceedee Lamb.

Cleveland secondary has already given up five touchdowns to opposing wide receivers and and an opposing receiver has topped at least seventy yards in every game. And Cleveland's top corner, Denzel Award is just having an off here, looking like a shadow of his warm herself. So in a for Cooper, I'm just sitting get Michael Gallop and Ceedee Lamb. Is ce.

I mentioned the plus numbers for opposing wide receivers against the Browns, who are also yielding the fifth most targets to wide receivers and the most targets to wide receivers in red zone. But both of these guys are just in danger of getting left out in the cold. But you have to start them both in a suspected shootout. I got some Eric Decker theory on Ceedee Lamb this week. That theory we don't have enough time to get all right, um,

and who else is stortable? Dalton Schultz gonna give him a sea has seen sevent snapshare since Blake Jarwin went down. Cleveland has been getting lit up by tight ends, allowing seven catches, sixty yards and a touchdown per game, So a safe c for Adulton Schultz. And last, but not

least unless you're Jerry Jones, of course, is Dak Prescott. Yeah. Hey, the Browns have surrendered multiple passing touchdowns in every game and st Based on everything else you said, there was no doubt that Dak Prescott was going to be an a Why does Jerry Jones hate him so much that I don't understand? Well, he's senile and I can go on by that. Well, well, I think it might just come down to money. That might be part of it. New England takes on Kansas City. There's not many starters

on the New England side here. Let's start with Cam Newton. For three years, Newton is per even to be an inconsistent passer at best, and even now under Bill Belichick, he's thrown just two touchdowns in the three games. And this is toughest matchup by a mile so far this year. Kansas City just finished destroying Lamar Jackson, holding him to

nineties seven passing yards and one score. Chiefs have given up solid rushing performances to every quarterback they've faced, though, and I'm not ruling out a decent rushing game from Cam Newton, but I don't think you're getting anything from his arm, and rushing is very scattered shot, so I'm just giving Cam a C grade. His receiver. The only

receiver I'm starting is Julian Edelman. Even with teams playing catchup against Kansas City, they've still allowed the fewest Fantasy points to opposing receivers, so I think it's hard to rely on Edelman in this matchup. He'll see a lot of Tyrone Matthew and he's held opponents scoreless while not allowing any receiver more than forty one yards in any game. Those are brutal matchup for Julian Edelman and just the

C grade. Probably I could put him on the bench, and it's tempting, but I've I've settled on a C grade for Julian Edelman. Nikkil Harry needs primo matchups to be startable, and this is not even close to one of them, so he's on the bench. Let's go to the running game. James White's the only running back I'm recommending that you play, and he only gets a C grade. Runners have fared well against the Chiefs through the air, that's White's game. Not have scored, but they're giving up

sixty running back receiving yards per game. The Chiefs arey, we'll take sixty six for sixty for James White. That's a C grade. Worried that he splits it with Rex Burkhead a little, Well, he wasn't before, so he got a whole week of practice in so I'm hoping not. And you mentioned Rex Burkhead, Sony Michelle, but off I R. Here's Damian Williams, and back comes James Harris. Damian Harris,

thank you, And here comes James White. And so now that whole backfields way, way, way too muddy, except I think James James White, who just goes back to being when it seems to be the only one with a defined role. Agreed, Let's go to the Kansas City side, where every week I kind of say the same thing. Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, Tyreek Hill, all a grades. Two weeks ago, the similarly skilled Russell Wilson through five touchdowns

against the Patriots. You know, for Kelsey it's a tough matchup and no opposing tight end is top thirty yards against the Patriots. But you start him anyway, because he's Travis Kelsey. As for Hill, New England's secondary has been oddly beatable this year. They're allowing the seventh most fantasy

points to opposing receivers, including five scores to wide receivers. Already, Hill should see a healthy dose of Stephan Gilmore and Jonathan Jones and coverage, and both have uncharacteristically given up scores in their coverage. So we're gonna keep the A grade on Tyreek Hill. The only other guy I'm starting

is Clyde Edwards, a layer with a B grade. Patriots rebuilt front seven are allowing a healthy four and a half yards per carry, far easier to run than pass on New England, So I think you're getting a lot of volume from Clyde Edwards, a layer the catches. He's just not doing anything near the stripe, and I'm I'm really worried that at the end of the year we're gonna look back at Clyde Edwards, a layer and say, well,

that was an interesting four touchdown season could be. I mean, he's doing nothing inside inside the ten, inside the five, and his offensive line has given him nothing to work with either. He's not going to be the new Ryan Matthews. Izzy, Well, he's already better than Ryan Matthews, I think. But he's a good receiver and the Patriots, although the Patriots have been good at stopping backs through the air, but he'll still pick up a few yards that way. Let's talk

about Sammy Watkins for a minute. He's protecting an injury and as a result, he's basically catching the ball and falling down. I can't start him based on that. I know he had a decent game last week and had a good week one. Sammy s Watkins, Yeah, I like it, Sammy Squatkins. We're not starting him. Final matchup of this segment is Atlanta taking on Green Bay on the Monday nighter, and this looks like a massive shootout, but we've got big question marks at both wide receiver positions for the

star player. It is super thorny from a wide receiver perspective, and good matchups for any wide receivers who decide that they are going to play in this game. UM let's start with Calvin Ridley, who did pop up on the injury report on Friday, limited in practice with an ankle injury. But I don't believe that one. I think that that one is most likely to go, still giving him an A grade. He's wide receiver one in Atlanta now, averaging twelve targets hundred and sixteen yards per game. He scored

four times this year already. He's an A grade now. Julio Jones and Russell Gauge, I'm gonna leave them on the bench. But if they do play, there a C grade. Um, I just can't trust if either, We'll plan it's Monday night. Jones is still dealing with a hamstring, which caused him to sit last week. Gauges in the concussion protocol. If he clears it, though he's you know, it's not like he's got Probably he's probably a little bit more likely

to play than Jones. Uh. Neither participated Thursday. Uh. Since it's a Monday night game. If they're in your lineup, you need to have a backup ready and I I recommended Marquez Veldez Scantling, you can pick him up. If not Brandon Powell or oh lim Oh my god, I can't even say his name, old m me day Zackius. Yeah, he had four receptions for the Falcons last week. We're gonna call him o z uh and Brandon. Is he

the Wizard of Oz? Yeah, he might be. Brandon Powell had three receptions last week, so if either Jones or Gauge play, they're in. But those are options, I guess if they don't, I'm giving Hayden Hurst a be lack of wide receiver depth probably means an increase in targets for Hurst, although it didn't work out last week when Hurst only had three targets and had the half of Mike Evans game one catch, one yard, and one touchdown.

I'd rather start Hurst and a flex over Powell or Zackius if you need an Adams, Jones or Gauge replacement. It's a soft be though. It's like a like a bay Uh. Let's talk about Matt Ryan A grade averaging over three yards per game, and the Packers have yet to allow a three d yard pastor this season. But I've given up multiple scores to each quarterback they've faced, and the running game him, Todd Gurley and Brian Hill.

I'm giving both a C grade too. Yeah. I'm glad you're mentioning Brian Hill because I I be at least in at least last week, I thought he looked like the better back. Well, let's talk about last week fifteen touches for Girley eighty two yards in a score. Hill ten touches last week eighty yards in a score. Uh, that's better yards per touch for Hill there, But it

seems like a timeshare now. And the Packers have given up big numbers to Dalvin Cook and Alvin Camaro, Wall, Latavius Murray and carry On Johnson kind of back up halftime backs. Each had respectable days and change of pace rolls over on the Packers side. Uh. Aaron Jones is an easy a per game averages with Davante Adams fifteen carries, three point six targets one touchdown per game averages without Davontae Adams fourteen point eight carries, six and a half

targets one point eight touchdowns. He's actually better without Davante Adams. So maybe if you're an Aaron Jones owner, you're hoping Davanta Adams. Maybe. Um, that's a that's stat's courtesy of Mr Scott Fish. By the way, Aaron Rodgers, I'm giving an A grade two and Brian says, I can't give fantasy Fonzis anymore, So I'm going to make Aaron Rodgers, who has two a's in his name, the Fantasy Art Vark because there's it's a double A grade brand to find out what sound is like, so we can can

add that in. We've got the we have, we got the dock, we've got the vulture, we've got the peacock. Well, we got a Fantasy art Vark. Now we have probably bell Um. That's the single bell although the Falcons have allowed three passing yards in every game this year, so Rogers is going to be great. Davante Adams, he's still got the hamstring injury. They're talking positively about him, but why would they bring him back on a Monday night, right before a bye week against Atlanta who they should

beat at home. It doesn't make any sense to bring Davanta adam Is back unless he's I think you're kind of right, and he said he he only wants to come back in a percent. But we've seen guys do this before. Yeah, to come back before the bye week and surprise us is strange. I can't put him in a lineup, but if he does go, he's an A grade.

Of course. I mentioned Allan Lazard core surgery out in definitely MVS was might take a chance on me wide receiver with a B grade worth noting that Malik Taylor and Darius Shepherd are the two other wide receivers on the depth chart. Shepherd had one target last week, so he's probably the next man up, and then Jay Sternberger, Robert Tanyan, Mercedes Lewis. Roll the dice if you want to. If there's a lot of injuries here, because they might. Yeah,

you don't want to. Robert Tonyan with has been more of a scoring threat of if it was one guy, it's an A grade yeah, right. If you could roll them into one guy and one other than that, it's a super tight end s great for any of them, if you want to, roll the dice, if you want to. When we come back premature speculation, this is the bit are we give you three players to pick up this week that we we will be hot waiver wire pickups next week and will already be on your team Because

you listened to Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment of Fantasy Football Weekly, Thank you for listening. If you're listening over the air and you missed part of the show, it's all podcast able Fantasy Football Weekly on whatever podcasting platform is your favorite, but rate and review it on whichever one you listen to subscribe, rate and review please we appreciate that very much. This is a segment we call

premature speculation. We offer a player each of us that we think will be a potential waiver wire pick up next week that you're going to already have on roster. Brian, who do you got Harrison Bryant. Cleveland's tight end. Austin Hooper has been a pooper of the bed so far this season. He's clearly a product of the Atlanta offense. He did not make that offense go. That offense made him go, and now he's in Cleveland sucking it up.

Austin Hooper, that is you know who doesn't suck. Harrison Bryant, six five pounds, fourth round pick by the Browns out of Florida Atlantic this year unanimous All American Phil Mackie Award winner that goes to the most outstanding tight end in college has had a ton of opportunity yet Harrison Bryant. But he did score a touchdown last week and if he soaks up some more targets from Auston Hooper, and

he will because he's a better football player. He's gonna have do pretty well for the man of the season because Cleveland has the ninth easiest remaining strength of schedule for tight ends and the landscape is getting kinda kind of ready. So keep your Ryan Harrison. Bryan Austin Hooper signed a forty four million dollar deal with twenty three million guaranteed. It's gonna be it's gonna be hard to get him out of the starting line up in four weeks.

I think he's got a great name. By the way, if you drop the tee off of it, Yeah, Brian, he's Brian Harrison. Is he one of the Harrison Brian, we mentioned Brian Harrison. You're premature speculation player. Matt Christian Kirk is suddenly down to forty eight percent owned in

ESPN leagues. He is still limited and practice of that groin injury, and I kind of hope he sits this week because he can't hurt it anymore if he's sitting, and why because he gets the Jets terrible defense next week, Dallas in week six, Seattle in weeks seven, that's delicious buy in week eight, and then Miami in week nine.

He's got some really nice matchups coming up. That's four starting grades in the next five weeks for Christian Kirk and if he is owned, if you're in one of the forty eight percent where he is owned, and this is your bylow opportunity on a gimpy Christian Kirk with schedule coming the Kirk store called, They're there, Kirk's for sale, Come on about All right, let's go to my premature speculation. Guy is Pittsburgh running back Anthony McFarland. He's the fourth

round rookie from Maryland. He's um. He's medium built, but he's a willing inside runner and he's got some bursts and big play potential to him. I don't know why, but Benny smells in the doghouse, and we all saw him look great in week one. But for whatever reason, Benny smith Snell is apparently not going to be a factor in this in this offense. Maybe it's the Benny smell. I think you pumped him up too much. I don't

know why. McFarland um, after getting zero snaps in week one, zero snaps in week two, got seven touches last week and turned seven touches into fifty yards and that was more than Benny Snell got as well, might add both in touches and yards. James Conner is the league's biggest injury risk at any position, and the Steelers are handling him exactly the wrong way. He can't be a workhorse, and here they are using him like a workhorse. There is no bigger ticking time bomb than James Connor. So

let's pivot to his backup. And it may not be Benny Snell. It could be Anthony McFarland, could be, could be, but I don't know yet. But last week it was insert Jaylen Samuel's. We have two matchups left, beginning with Philadelphia taking on San Francisco. It's last man standing for the Eagles. There's just there's nobody left other than with Miles Sanders, one of the two reliable players left on Philly.

Sanders gets it be um. Despite key injuries all over the defensive side for San Francisco, there's They're still top five in terms of fewest rushing attempts, rushing yards, receptions, and receiving yards allowed to opposing running backs to be fair. To be fair, they've also faced Levy on not a Bell Cow and the Giants and see Quon, so not much competition for San Francisco. Sanders will be the best

back they faced. He's averaging twenty seven touches per game in a meaty eight targets per game, so he's an easy volume based b in this one. Zach ERT's gonna give him an A even though it's not a great matchup. Saw ten targets last week and that's probably a safe floor moving forward. With all the injuries for Philly on offense, the forty Niners are banged up on defense, but they have been stout against tight ends as well, having only

surrendered seven total catches to the position. So uh. But in the tight end landscape this week, especially with no John new Smith right, you have to just bump up earths into uh to the wide receivers. No a's going out to these guys. To Sean Jackson ruled out, so get him out of your lineup. The song remains the same with him with a hamstring injury. Um. The forty Niners have actually allowed the fourth most catches to wide receivers, and that's behind the Broncos and Jets in two and

three who played four games. And of course Seattle's number one with like a million, but anyway, a good matchup for wide receivers and Richard Sherman an Emmanuel Moseley. Starting quarterbacks are not going to play in this game, so Greg Ward gets a c I just worry they're gonna play to take greg Ward away, because who else do you throw? I cannot name another Philadelphia wide receiver right now.

I don't know who they are, so I'm just saying greg Ward it's not and he runs from the slot, and fellow slot receivers Braxton Barrios and Golden Tad had good games against the forty niners when they're a little bit healthier. So I'm giving Greg Ward the sea here, and I'll give Carson Wentz to see. It's really only in super flex, but even in one quarterback leagues. It's only because the two corners I mentioned are out. Nick Bosa is out, d Ford fellow defensive end is out,

uh Solomon Thomas is out. Strong side linebacker Dre green Law is out. Everyone is out for San Fran and Wentz can still run. He had sixty plus yards in a rushing touchdown last week. Daniel Jones had forty nine rushing yards against San Fran last week, so Wentz sort of has a safe floor, but not really. That's a nice contrarian angle on Wentz right there. Okay, I like that. Sadly can't play this game in the main slate on the other side because it's the late game is a

Sunday night game. But anyway, over the San France side, they love. They hate when you call it san Franz and san France, so I love saying san France. George Kittle gets in a he's ready to quote unquote let it loose against the Eagles after practicing in full on Wednesday and Thursday. The Eagles conceded a good game to Logan Thomas, who had four catches or thirty seven yards and a touchdown, and then a monster game to Tyler Higibe. You at five catches, fifty four yards and the touchdown

hat trick. So we haven't given out a FUNSI yet. I'm giving it to Kittle on his return. A grade for George Kittle. Devo Samuel was not supposed to play, but he will play in this game, but will be eased back into action. Keep him on your bench, but check your waiver wire for Debo if he's available. Scoop him up right now. I'm gonna leave my receiver grades as they were before the debo news. That's a B

for Brandon Aiyuk and a C for Kendrick Borne. The Eagles secondary is allowing over one eighty yards per game to opposing wide receivers. That includes two hundred and thirty yards the Bengals whiteouts last week, so Ayuk and Born are both startable, as is Nick Mullins. He gets to see this is really only because George Kittle is coming back. But the Eagles are allowing the seventh highest opponent passer rating and have surrendered five touchdown tosses over the last

two weeks. So uh C grade for Mullins. And lastly to the running backs, Jerick McKinnon will play with the rib injury, he should serve as a lead back and give him a B here. Philly shut down Washington backs understandably so and limited Joe Mixon last week, but the Rams backs gashed Philly in Week two, primarily Darryl Henderson had a hundred twenty one combo yards and a score.

Jet can get to that, and do not forget about Jeffrey Wilson, who also gets to see he will be the goal lineback in this one, and the Eagles have yielded the second most touches to running backs in goal to go snari Oh, all right, I'm done for the week. Our final matchup is the Giants taking on the Rams. There's only one starter for the Giants and it's tight end Evan Ingram. I don't even love it. He's been quiet, but maybe a good game here. Opposing height ends against

the Rams have been targeted eight times. I was scoring a touchdown per game, so maybe you can get at something done. You're really in a pinch. You could try Golden Tate, who runs from the slot, so he gets to avoid Jalen Ramsey and draw a much easier matchup with Troy Hill. Hill is allowed twenty one of twenty two passes in his coverage to to be completed, So in fact I'm gonna give Golden Tate the C grade here.

Everybody else is on the bench. Daniel Jones has zero touchdown passes the past two weeks and another's a tough match up. Darius Slayton's on the bench because he draws Jalen Ramsey who will shadow him. Um and with Sterling Shepherd out I think that makes it a lock that Jalen Ramsey shadows Darius Slayton. So he's out and all the runners are out. Dan Lewis, Devanta Freeman, Wayne Gollman. Lots of reasons not to play any of them. They split snaps evenly last week. The Giants run the ball

less than any team in the NFL. The Giants runners as a group are averaging one point eight yards per carry. Here we just say, don't start Giants until further notice, and well we'll like, you know, yeah, well we'll we'll put to mention Giants runners anymore. Could you get one point eight yards if you fell forward? It's taller than that, so yes, yes you could. All right, we can't they're not the Giants runners. No, they can't. They're short. Let's

go to the l A side. Lots of starters here, a whole different story, beginning in the passing game with a B grade on Jared Goff coming off one of his best games ever, and he has my highest grade for him this year. UH. A couple of backups, Nick Mullins and Sad trombone Sky both posted solid fantasy games against the Giants and his receivers and Tyler Higbee have all got plus matchups. I worry most honestly, just that the Rams running backs are gonna be so good that

Jared Goff doesn't end up in a big game. So just the B grade on him. Robert Woods and Cooper Cup each get a's. For Woods, he's tallied one hundred total yards a touchdowner both in all three games. He's going to go up against James Bradbury, who has already been victimized for two scores in three games. Cooper Cup works from the slot. He now leads the team in targets,

receptions and red zone targets. He's going to see the horrible slot cornerback Darnay Holmes, who ranks is Pro Football Focus is cornerback one hundred five out of like seven correct um and then Tyler Higgbye inexplicably silent last week, but a bounce back could becoming. The Giants are allowing twelve yards per catch two tight ends, although not a ton of volume. They don't have to throw the tight

ends that much. I don't think there's a very good tight end defense, although they haven't shown it to this point. I think I worry there's just not enough meat left on the bone for Higby here with all these other mouths defeat um. And then let's go to the running game. Darryl Henderson sitting on potentially a great game, and he is an A grade. He just shredded too far better

run defenses Buffalo and Philly. The predictably bad Giants run defense shredded in all three games as well, giving big performances to Benny Snell, David Montgomery, and both of the Niners running backs last week. And so Darryl Henderson, who has been great, should continue to be very good here and we'll get the bulk of the work. But that doesn't mean you can't start Malcolm Brown. Don't say cam Akers because he's been ruled out. Not cam Akers, Malcolm Brown,

and all the more reason to like Malcolm Brown. Plenty to go around here against the Giant's team allowing one hundred fifty three total yards and one and a half touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. The dual headed approach worked last week against the Giants when Jerick McKinnon and Jeff Wilson combined for under fifty yards and three scores. We'll try two running backs here too, Malcolm Brown. If you're in a pinch, available on waiver wires in many leagues,

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