Week 8: Weather or Not?

what's going on? Good to be back to Harrison. Yes, you're you're already prepping your bend Benducci was sound a lot like Mario, by the way, No, there's there's no now correlation there. What happened is they were sick of people getting three tough questions wrong. So you brought me, brought you back to hammer away three tough questions. We

will have three tough questions later in the show. We will also provide fine players upon whom you can take a chance premature speculation where we give you players we believe everybody's gonna want to pick up next week, but you will already have because you were listening to this show. And we will break down every game Fantasy style with letter grades and every meaningful player. First, I want to start with this guys, we've got our first weekend with

probable weather issues. We've got Green Bay with windy conditions, Cleveland with wind and rain, Buffalo with rain, and it's cold rain at that at this year. So tell me the point at which you start changing your lineups when when weather strikes almost never, it has to be it has to be really really implement Uh. These are these are high wind ones, and there's a lot of data that supports anything twenty miles per or or less. Uh does not change the does not impact the game or

the fantasy stats too much. If it's twenty five miles per hour or more and sustained winds with high gus. Uh. There's a very small sample size of those, but it's shown that passing attempts go down, Russian attempts go up, but the Russian attempts aren't as efficient, so the Russian stats stay about the same and the passing stats go down. Yeah, so you're gonna see a lot more three and ounce and stuff like that, and the long kicking game's gone. Now all of these games have the threat of that

twenty wins. I mean, that's that is wind is a bigger deterrent than precipitation is in many cases, you know, because wind really does affect the ball more than the precipitation does kickers. If you play in a league that still does kickers if it's very windy, I would usually take them out of those games. You don't know which direction they're they're they're going. In that perspective, they'll probably kick towards the field goal. Well, yeah, but which ways

the wind going? Now, A wet surface I don't think changes a lot with kickers, but a flippery surface does. So if you've got snow, sleet, or seat, then I think you got to be worried about the footing for the kickers. How about remember that Chicago game where the fog was like I think, I don't you can only see a foot in front of you. That was one of the great games of all time. Eventually they moved the camera down to like field level just you can sort of see the blobs moving around the field. That

was a great game. I was in Las Vegas watching it with all the other betting degenerates for that game, and that was that was a ton Did you bet the under on that one? You know, I don't remember that if I did or didn't. But man, with that a bit a good play, I got it. Although you would think if the defense can't see the ball, you could just run it like any direction you want. The refs also can't see the ball, so they can't put their hands up for a touchdown. You just can't out

in the end zone and wait until somebody finds you anyway. Um, Mostly our advice is don't panic. Yeah, right, were Okay, let's get into some of the matchups, beginning with the Rams taking on the Dolphins. This is the very first game for twah. But let's start on the other side in the field with the Rams and what's been a pretty inconsistent passing attack. What do you expect from Jared Goff?

It really has been inconsistent. Goff has multiple touchdowns and five of his six, but he's just averaging over two hundred fifty yards per game. He's only passing the ball thirty two times per games. That's part of the problem. Yeah, he's not not passing the ball a ton. The Dolphins d though, has been lit up by some good qbs and held down bad qbs like you know what the

average defense generally does. Goff probably finds himself on the upper end of those average quarterbacks, maybe two hundred plus yards one of two touchdowns. I'm giving him a C. I I don't know that it's starting, but he is also not going to kill you if you throw them in. Yeah, it sounds right. Uh, Cooper Cup, I'm gonna give him a B. Cup has the match you want here. He's leading the team in targets, catches, yards, only has one game with fewer than four grabs. Best cornerback matchup as well.

Give me Cup with a B. Woods. He's getting to see. He's still been consistent, but not the consistent he was over the last couple of years, like like consistent on a slightly lower level. Um. He might get Xavien Howard in this one, which is a little concerning, but he's been very good. Yeah, I wouldn't blame you for benching him, but I'm guessing you probably don't have a lot of better options than uh, Robert Woods with the potential target share, he could get Robert C. Grade for Robert Woods the

rest of the passing in and I'm benching. I know Reynolds has had a good game last week, I can't trust it this week against a better defense. Higbie and Everett. If Higbee does go, they're definitely benched. If he doesn't, I can't trust evert. You know, he's he's a two to three catch twenty at thirty five yard guy. So uh, Henderson, I am given a b too. Though he's outtouched Brown forty seven to twenty nine of the last three weeks getting getting a lot of the It's it's crazy because

he's now the guy getting the goal line work too. Um, let's see three running backs under the age of thirty seven to hit that, to hit the fourteen plus touch volume, that's a Frank Gore stat and take him out of it. Uh, to hit the fourteen plus touch volume, all hit a hundred yards against the Dolphins, I think I think Henderson can get that fourteen touches, So I think he's got the possibility to get near a hundred yards. And this

surprised me. About Henderson fourth in the NFL in red zone carries and fourth in the NFL in goal line carriers, you would think it would add up to bigger splash with fantasy game. It's shocking, but at some point that's gotta flip. If you're getting that many opportunities in those spots.

It's gonna work. It's got to work out eventually. By the way, side note on Darrell Henderson Pro Football Focus his highest rated healthy running back right now, Well, still give the ball to Malcolm Brown out of all six of them. Right on the other side, we got to a tongue of iloa. I like that. There's no one in there, but there's kind of there is. You have to say it like there's a pretend there's an end

yes to a tongue of violoa. Uh. He's left handed and the only left hander in the league, so I expect that to completely confuse opposing defenses who were unaware that keps are allowed to throw with the other hand. Not since Michael Vick have we seen a south paw. I was gonna say they probably saw the Hopes do it once but assumed it was some kind of wizardry or something. I'm I'm giving him a C grade here.

I think he's got enough weapons. I I think we saw enough in the first game here, and it's it's the middle of the road match up against the Rams defense. The problem is, I need Parker to be healthy. It sounds like he is. Sounds like he's gonna go if he goes. Yeah, but then there's Jalen Ramsey. Yeah, yeah, I'm still getting That's why he's getting the C grade. If he goes, he's not getting the A grade or a B grade. Uh. You have to imagine two is going to lean on his best option, but he will

get Jalen Ramsey. As we just mentioned, the question is how many targets will he see? He was averaging at least seven a game, but had some low ones and has been banged up. Ramsay has held down posing wide receivers, and the receivers he covers don't get a lot of targets. They don't throw at him much, so that's the concern. They're there. Yeah. I think it's like two and a half targets per game, two point three nine or something like that. Some ridiculous. Uh. Preston Williams I have on

the bench. He's he's scoring three of the last four. But I guess how many catches Preston Williams has on the season total. It's gonna be low. It's gonna be like twenty. It's twelve twelve twelve catches on the season. You can't count on anything there bench. Even though I love him, Gasecky, I'm giving giving a seed two. And I found this really interesting this week. Mike Kasecki has been practicing with two on the scout team all year,

and I don't know what that says about Gasecky. And they just shigned signed Adam Schihen to this new deal. Two other tight ends besides Gasseki scored touchdowns in their last game. Yeah, I'm really I don't know what to make of that. It doesn't like yeah, has scored in two straight as well, but you gotta figure Gisiki is going to be the guy with that much work timing

with twa. The other tight end, by the way, was Dirham smythe who sounds kind of like a like a minor league baseball team, like the Durham Smith or something. It sounds like a whiskey brand. I can see that too. Yeah, there's it's a good name. I like his name. Uh. This is a ramsdy that allowed nine for one to the Bears tight ends and seven to one O nine and a touchdown to Kittle over the last two weeks.

She he only ran fourteen routes in the last two weeks, where Gisicky is on the field almost all the time, so I think it's more luck that she had those couple of big plays. I gotta see grade on GHASICKI, but I like him a little bit more than that Miles Gaskon b Grade. The Rams have allowed five different running backs to have four plus catches. Gaskin has hit that in all but one game. Uh. He only has one touchdown, but the Rams uh have and the Rams

have only allowed three running backs to score. But gascon as thirteen plus touches and all the games the seven running backs who had thirteen plus touches all total ninety two or more yards. I think there's a safe floor here, taking very safe Raiders take on the Browns Matt and Josh. Jacobs has been really underperforming expectations, and it might feel like a trip to the Browns and bad weather would be perfect for him, But the Browns are actually sneaky

good against the run. Yeah, he only had thirty two snaps last week. That's really low, only ten rushing attempts for seventeen yards. Granted he was playing the Bucks and they're really great against the run, but he's been limited in practice this week with a knee injury too, and the Browns are only allowing sixty eight rushing yards per game. That's top five in the league. You put that all together, I'm putting Josh Jacobs on the bench this week. That's

that's all right. There we go, given what he's done for the past month. You want bold, how about Da car getting an A grade over two hundred sixty yards and multiple touchdowns in five straight which is impressive considering his very weird wide receiver corps. The matchup is right though. The Browns have allowed three hundred six yards and two and a third passing scores per game this year. That means Darren Waller is also in play with an A grade.

The Browns are bottom ten in receptions, yards and touchdowns allowed to tight ends, and Waller is averaging the most targets amongst tight ends per game at nine point two. The wide receivers are just like David s Pumpkins their own fang. I don't have any idea what you're referencing right there, Betty questions any questions. By the way, I can see that with Waller if if the weather is really bad, I can see a lot of Waller dumping off so Brian Edwards was still limited in practice this

week with a foot and ankle injury. I think he's probably not going to go. Nelson agil Are played the most snaps among the wide receiver group last week, is quietly scored in three straight but only has twenty targets on the season, so I'll give him a C grade along with Henry Ruggs, who was on the field of

the snaps last week. The problem with Ruggs as he's averaging two receptions per game despite being on the field all the time, so he gets the C. Because the Browns are allowing sixteen receptions for two yards and a score and a half per game to the wide receiver position, which also puts Hunter Renfroll in play with a C. But he was only on the field for just over half the snaps last week. It's a mess in their wide receiver corps, so that's why they're all getting SS.

Let's flip on over to the brown side, where Baker Mayfield is getting a B grade. Baker had five touchdown passes last week after O'Dell went down with an a c L injury on the second play of the game, but he's only averaging a d passing yards per game. That's twenty five among quarterbacks. The good thing is the Raiders have allowed at least two seventy yards to every quarterback they've faced who is not named Cam Newton, and each of the last three quarterbacks they faced have thrown

for multiple scores. Jarvis Landry is still dealing with a rib injury and has been limited in practice all week, but I'll still give him a b. He hasn't scored yet this year, but he was Baker's favorite target way back in the day before O'Dell got to Cleveland, so I think there might be something there. There's a couple of other sneaky wide receivers to put on your radar. Rashard Richard Higgins played of the snaps last week. Donovan

people Donovan, People's Jones. It's plural people's. He's the people's um, the rookie out of Michigan. He played sixty nine per cent of the snaps last week. Come on, Brian, Brian's not here. It's just it's just everybody does it. It's just there's something fresh, interesting, there's it's not to me. It's just everybody does it. You know what, Sometimes you

just do things like happy Birthday friends up Cliff. So the Raiders are allowing thirteen receptions per game to the wider run, but they're allowing big yardage totals of a hundred and eighty yards, so that favors the home run hitter. Donovan Peoples Jones is the home run hitter. He's averaging eighteen points seven yards per catch. I'll give him a

sea and leave Higgins on the bench. Harrison Bryant out snapped David and Joku last week and Peacocks to Brian by the way for his bold Harrison Bryant call two touchdowns last week. I'll give Bryant a solid SEA in this game because Austin Hooper's out again and Vegas is the middle of the pack tight end defense, but they've cracked recently, allowing fifteen catches, a hundred ninety yards and two scores to the tight end over their last two games. Finally,

Kareem Hunt is an ah. The Raiders are allowing four point nine yards per carry and Dearness Johnson was only on the field for two snaps last week, so it's all Kareem Hunt, all the time, all the time. I've got the Jets taking on the Chiefs. This is not going to take very long. No, it won't know, so sneak this one into this first segment. Uh, there's a only one starter for the Jets, and it's at a C grade, and that's LaMichael p Ryan. The Jets stubbornly

run the ball even when trailing badly. P Ryan over the past two weeks has almost as many snaps as Derrick Henry and Josh Jacobs, so he's getting enough use here in recent games. Philip Lindsay DeVante Booker had success running against Kansas City, so depending on the health of New York's offensive line, p Ryan could surprise us with a few decent runs here, and he's a plausible starter in a bye week with a C grade. Everybody else is on the bench. Jamison Crowder's out with injury, Brishad

Perriman likely doesn't get through the concussion protocol. Let's talk about Denzel Mims, who's also on the bench here. Um, he got his first action last week, didn't do a ton with it. He runs most of his routes on the right side of the field, where I get overmatched by cornerback chair various wards. So he's on the bench.

But let's mention this about Denzel Mims. If you're in a dynasty or an empire league, think about the rest of his career with Trevor Lawrence and no Adam Gaze and be thinking about what Denzel Mims would be worth to you in one because now is the time to trade for Denzel Mims. It will cost you very little in a dynasty or an empire league, and he has the potential to blossom big time next year. All future peacock that can is that a pre cock precock that

with the time machine and the peacock together. You know, Brian had him as his premature speculation last week. Yes, so, I mean, but he didn't say it was premature spect that's really prema very premature. Let's go to the Kansas city side, where Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey are obvious A's I'm more worried about the Chiefs running games, sniping them through than than on the ground than really the Jets, much like last week's blowout win when they didn't need

to perform in the second half and didn't uh. Tyrey Hill also in a grade New York I was a healthy fourteen catches for one eighty yards per game to wide receivers, and that's great news for Hill, who out targeted all the other Chiefs whiteouts last week. But he does have a sneaky tough matchup with slot enter back Brian Pool, who is ProFootball focuses fifth highest graded cornerback.

But Hill can run from everywhere. He just mostly runs from the slot, so it wouldn't take a lot for Andy Reid to just design more plays for Hill outside because he runs there anyway, so there's no saying that he even actually gets the Brian Pool matchup in this one. Sticking with the passing game, c grades as dart throws for DeMarcus Robinson and Icole Hardman. These are low volume guys,

but plausible dart throws. With Sammy Watkins out, Both guys have got positive matchups against dreadful cornerbacks Pierre to see her and Blessing in Austin. You made that name up. Then, lastly, let's go to the running games. Clyde Edwards Hilaire. Since the Bell trade, I think we can agree. Clyde Edwards Layers posted his two best NFL games, Putting the pressure on him is damaging six yards per carry. Since the trade, I think he will still see most of the work

against a medium bad run defense for the Jets. They ranked twenty three yards per carry allowed their twenty three in rushing yards per game. There twenty six in rushing attempts per game. So I think there's enough work to get a B grade on Clyde Edwards Hilaire. So what about Lavy on Bell in a revenge game for Brian who's not here? Last week in a blowout when he got seventeen snaps, which isn't a ton six carries, that's a decent amount for a first game with the team. Though, yeah,

I'd agree it's not bad. Uh six carries and he averaged six and a half yards per carry, and you might say, well, okay, that was in a blowout win. So why not put Bell in at the end of the game, which is a lot of when he got his work. But this is gonna be a blowout win too. It's the Jets, so Bell is gonna find his way back on the field here. Um. He they didn't throw to him at all last week, but the Chiefs barely

through the ball period and that could change here. I still believe Bell will get goal line looks if the opportunity presents itself, and I think he will start to catch more passes. I've got a C grade hammer hammer the bell score. Bell scores a touchdown in this Oh you like that alright, Chief's favorite one. In some circles, it's between ninete that is, that's that's a big number. I have reason. I have reason to believe that is a very big number. When we come back, take a

chance on me. Nine players not normally, not normally in your starting lineup. We'll tell you who they are. Who you can get off the waiver wire, plug into your lineup. When we return to Fantasy Football Weekly, Welcome Day Football Weekly, Paul Charching from Guillotine leagu dot com, Scott Fish and Matt Harrison take a chance to take a cheer, to take a chance on it's growing on me. It is. It is growing at me like a fungus and nothing nothing to do with this. So you get that checked out.

You have a lot of those. I really don't take a chance on me. Nine players not normally in your starting line up. Many of them are available on the waiver wire. Let's begin at the quarterback position. Scott Fish. I know this guy is because I picked him up in two of my leagues in the last week, but he's probably half owners are more. I'm going with Carson Wentz. Don't look now, but the Cowboys are top five in

most points allowed through seven weeks in NFL history. That's a healthy thirty four points seven points per game they're allowing. Uh with Washington and buy winner of this one leads leads to the division is a three win team. So I think Carson Wentz is gonna be on fire. The Cowboys have allowed multiple touchdowns to five quarterbacks and Wentz has had multiple touchdowns in all but one game, and he's put five more touchdowns in with his legs too,

so there's always that that floor as well. Go pick him up. I love just he just plays with so much heart, and I know he makes a handful of really bad plays every game that just you cringe, But man, he just he wants to win so overtly and far light without all the armed talent, and yeah, maybe that's

the light. Yeah, that's the light part. Okay, who is you to take a chance in the quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has been super solid in his last two games, hitting at least two hundred sixty five yards in both with three touchdown passes against the pretty good Rams defense. But Jimmy g really thrives on super bad secondaries because last year, remember he killed the Cardinals twice and they were amongst

the worst secondary in the league last year. And this year he's going to kill the Seahawks twice, who are allowing a shocking forty eight passing attempts per game for three d seventy four yards and two scores per game. The Seattle defense is on pace to allow six thousand and passing yards. It's crazy. I keep thinking, I mean, these are the kinds of stats you normally will hear, like through the first three games of the year, right, and then teams start to normalize. We're like at the

halfway point and we're still talking about nothing's normal here. No, it is weird. Um. The funny thing about Kirk Cousins lousy season, and he's actually a better fantasy producer in

many ways. He's been fantasy relevant in four of six games this year because the Vikings are constantly playing from behind, and the volume has been there for him where it hasn't been in years past, he's um This week he sees the Packers, a team that he posted a good game against in Week one, a lot of it in garbage time, but that's gonna be the case here too. The Packers have a good past defense, but they have

allowed multiple touchdowns to five of six opposing quarterbacks. Kirk Cousins this time around, on like Week one, has got a red hot Justin Jefferson available as well, and that will help make Kirk Cousins that take a chance of me. Quarterback, Scott, let's go to the running back position. Who is your player? I got JK dobby in this one. I kind of like both Gus Edwards and JK Dobbins here, but Dobbins

is the better pass catcher. Gus Edwards has three targets and no catches on the season, So I'm gonna go with the better floor and the more explosive player in JK. Dobbins. Uh. It sounds like mark Ingram is going to be out with that mid to high ankle spreen giving the opportunity here. The Steelers are have been good against opposing runners, but I think with Dobbins Dobbins floor and if if he starts producing and has explosive plays. I think he's going

to take away more touches than Gus will Matt. I've got Jim Michael hasty because the forty Niners have the best team running back total in the league. They're running backs are averaging a hundred and ninety one total yards per game and almost two scores per game. That backfield has included big days from Raheem Mostert, Jack McKinnon, and Jeff Wilson, everybody on roster, basically all of which are

either out or trending in a bad way. As McKinnon is supposedly dealing with fared legs, I think he bounces back and plays a bunch of this game maybe, and Tevin Coleman might return. They haven't taken him off five r yet, but let's get hasty here, because he's averaging five point two yards per carry on the season. Seattle has been okay against opposing backs, but Kyle Shanahan scheming a running back game that's way better than Seattle's rundy

might take a chance of me. Running back is Boston Scott. Miles Sanders not expected to play in this game, so Philadelphia will start Boston Scott Cowboys allowing one hundred sixty two total yards per game, fourth most to opposing running backs. It's been even worse the last two games, where they're averaging thirty rushes against almost two hundred total yards and one one and a half touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. I hear they give up a lot of

points to that Dallas Cowboys defense. I heard that just moments ago, that they give up a lot of points. Um Scott is going to be an excellent play with the percentage of snaps he's likely to see. Saw sent the snaps last week, and so I think that's the same thing here. Strong play Boston, Scott Fish. Can you do a Boston accent because I'd really like to hear one. Probably not, but people don't know this, but we're Halloween costumes costumes today and I'm wearing a side from Boston

Market and Matt is wearing an Ardvark costume. There's the there's something you can make the noise too, Can you really with the button? That's probably actually pretty good. Let's go to the receivers for take a chance on me, Scott. I'm going with a tight end with Albert Kua buonum. Uh, don't look now again, but Albert oh has thirteen targets in the last two games. With injuries continuing to rack up, and uh, we might be without Tim Patrick this week.

Lock has been you know, with all these injuries, Lock has been reverting back looking for his old Missouri teammate that he threw seventeen touchdowns to normally that played in college together. Think they never works. It almost never works. But I think this amount of injuries and the the weird playout a lock. Maybe it's actually working out right now because it has to. So I'm going with Albert Matt. Your previous two selections were both forty niners. Who do

you got first this time? How about a forty niner You don't say, Yeah, Brandon Aiyuk, who as of recently was only like thirty five owned in ESPN leagues, so he's still pick up a bull. He's top two hundred yards or scored in four of his last five games. Deebo Samuel is out for this one, leaving Ayuk as the clear number one, with only Kendrick Bourne and Trent

Taylor as the additional wide receiver options. And you've heard of Seattle's defense, right, I have I have heard about Seattle's They're allowing twenty two catches two eighty yards per game, just too wide receivers. If Iuke has half of that, that's eleven. We'll take it. Yeah, we'll take that. Could be a breakout game for Brandon Aiyuk might take a chance of the receiver is a much more of just a safe play. And that's Greg Ward only owned in

seventeen percent of leagues going up against Dallas. DeShawn Jackson's out, he's injured again, and I think, by the way, I think it's a career for for Deshaun Jackson. A Ward quietly averaging six targets over the past five games, and he's found the end zone three times. But this is a good matchup in the slot for him as well. The Cowboys have allowed multiple touchdowns to receivers in four of the past five games, and if multiple receivers are gonna get paid, I think Greg Ward has got a

very good chance of being one of those guys. Four of the twelve wide out touchdowns Dallas has given up has gone to the slot. Ward has got a very favorable one on one matchup against Jordan Lewis, who has given up two scores and is allowing a passer rating of one hundred eleven in his coverage. Let's go back to the matchups. Scott Fish the Colts take on the Lions. T Y Hilton is being outright dropped in many leagues and understandably so. Does he have a chance against a

pretty bad secondary? No? I still don't think so. Okay. In fact, I don't like much of this passing game. Rivers finally had his first startable Fantasy Day last week since week one. Like I have him on the bench, I have Pascal on the beach. I know it's in okay match up, it's actually more middle of the pack, but the Colts have had a different target leader at wide receiver in three straight weeks at this point. The Lions, yeah,

tenth worst against wide receivers. Uh, but if you look into it, the the receivers that did well that made those giant amounts that got them to tenth worst. Hopkins huge game, Julio huge game, and Keeling Cole had a fifty one yard, a thirty five yard, and twenty four yard catch in garbage time to get his hundred sixty yard day or whatever the big days have come from

garbage time are true studs. The Colts don't have any of those guys, so I have the passing game on the bench except for Tree Burton, who has five red zone targe gets in the last three games, and that doesn't even count his goal line touchdown run. So he's getting available in a lot of leaks. By the way, Trey Burton, Yeah, he's got five or more targets in each game he's played. With tight ends the way they are,

I'll give him a sea here. The Lions have allowed every tight end to get at least every tight end with at least three targets have top sixty five yards are scored. I think Burton can get that, so CE grade on him. I'm giving a B grade on Taylor, though, I think finally this is a game where Taylor might might start to uh show a little bit. The problem is he's broken eleven tackles this year. He's got that great offensive line and he's not breaking tackles. That's that's

a big problem. Lions are fifth worst against opposing running backs. Taylor has been pretty pedestrian, but he's going to get all the carries he's been getting all the carries, and the lines have allowed nine touchdowns in six games nine times nine time. All running backs to top fourteen fourteen touches is which Taylor gets every single game have top seventy yards or scored. I think Taylor can get that.

I'm giving him be grade here. On the other side, the Colts have been surprisingly very good against fantasy quarterbacks. They have allowed just seven passing touchdowns in six games. Uh, they did. They did allow rushing touchdown, but since Philip Rivers is the only quarterback in starting quarterback in the NFL with zero yards rushing zero, he's at zero. He's the only quarterball have three yard rush and three kneel downs, so uh, and they have allowed the fewest passing yards

by a pretty fairly wide martian. So I have Stafford on the bench, I have Galladay with an A grade. I don't care if he gets rhads or if he gets Rocky sin. Those two have stayed on their sides, and Marvin Jones and Golliday switch, So yeah, you're gonna see Golliday and Marvin Jones get equal shares of each I'm going to give Marvin Jones a C because on the time sees up the aainst Xavier Roads. Do you remember what Marvin Jones did to Xavier Roads, destroyed him

as a Viking. I'm just giving a secrete based on that alone. Obviously three touchdowns coming from Marvin Jones in this game could be. But by the way, and I'm betting this is a weird status I pulled in as I was looking against the against the Colts here, no receiver shorter than six three his top sixty five yards on them. That is weird. So you need to be a big wide receiver or Marvin Jones, Xavier Rhodes. So I'm giving a beta Hackinson at least fifty yards and

or a touchdown in every game this year. I know that's the the you know for everybody that sort of got out of Hockinson last year with the injury played rookie season maybe one year too early. Yeah well yeah, I mean back now tight ends rookie years. Anyway, I know there's that tell that to Harrison Bryan and the

Colts have not been tested at all at tighten. They they're good against sight ends, but they have any one so uh DeAndre Swift and Peterson here in the running game, Peterson's a little banged up, and Swift has overtaken that role. So I got Peterson on the bench, I got Swift with a B grade. Here's a terrible stat though about Swift. Okay, this is from Mike Tagleer Fantasy Pros. Thirty nine point five percent of Swift's rushing yards came off of two carries. Yeah,

that's a lot off of two carries. But his snap percentages touches surpassed time draining the right way. Yeah, three straight games, three touchdowns last two weeks. Yeah, I gotta be grade on Swift. All right? That sounds about That sounds about right. B grade on Swift. It's not too late to join a Guillotine league. This is the hot new format that is sweeping fantasy football. The premise is, yeah, I just joined one this week. You did. Yeah, I

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stage of the season. When we come back, Chargers take on the Broncos, Well, I'll tell you whether or not Justin Herbert will continue the hot streak he's on when we return. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul charge In. Your co host today are Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Got a few more matchups to get to in this segment, including Chargers taking on the Broncos. Matt. Justin Herbert has been nothing short of a revelation at quarterback and is

re energized the Chargers. How do you like him against the Broncos this week? Do you remember former like Saints quarterback Bobby A. Bear very well? I want to call him Justin air Bear. You know, air Bear has been awesome, averaging eight yards and two and a half touchdowns per game. Problem is, the Broncos defense has been really really good lately, allowing only one touchdown pass over their last three games.

That's one total in three games. No quarterback top two yards in that span, and by the way they faced Patrick Mahomes, Cam Newton and Sam Donald still, but I mean they're pretty good, So I'm giving him a B grade. I am giving Keenan Allen and A grade. It's been the slot receiver that's burned the Broncos so far this year. Chris Godwin Jamison Crowder each beat the Broncos for good days, while Chase Claypool and Tyree Kal also had decent games

flexing in and out of the slot. So He's had double digit targets in every game that he started and finished with Air Bear, So I think Keenan Allen's a solid A here. Mike Williams is on the bench though, Speaking of games that Allen has started and finished, Williams is averaging one catch per game in games where Allen finishes the game. That's a great stat. That is the best stat of this show so far. Hunter Henry is top six amongst tight ends in targets, receptions, and yards.

He's a solid B in this game. The Broncos have not allowed a touchdown to a tight end since Week one. They did help hold Travis Kelsey to only three catches and thirty one yards last week, but Henry's still been one of air Bear's favorite players, and Joshua Kelly. He had thirty eight snaps last week, while Justin Jackson had thirty one. Kelly had seventeen touches. Jackson had ten. That's

pretty much flipped from the week before. Both are kind of mired in a straight hoth hand time share this week against the Denver defense that has allowed only two total touchdowns to the running back position through six games. They're only allowing three point nine yards per carry. I'd bench them both. If you have to play one, it's Kelly, but I'd leave them both on the bench if I could.

Let's go over to the Broncos side, where it's the long awaited Melvin Gordon revenge game and it seems to come at a perfect time for him where he's likely a bell cow again as Philip Lindsay is still limited in practice with a concussion, probably won't go on this one, and the Chargers are giving up a hundred and thirty seven total yards and two scores to James Robinson just last week, one totally yards to Alvin Camaro the week before. I like Melvin Gordon with a solid be here putting

Drew Lock on the bench. Great stat from Evan Silva. In his nine career starts, Slock has twelve interceptions and fourteen fumbles and a hundred and seventy passing yards per game. He's gross and his wide receivers are all on the bench to Jerry Judy's averaging three catches per game. Tim Patrick's dealing with the hamstring injury probably won't play. Dave Shawn Hamilton and kJ Hamler are warm bodies at best.

UH fish like Albert Oh in this one, I do too, and Noah Fant I'm giving them both a b um fantasy Superslid had seven targets again last week, and the wide receiver situation is an absolute disaster. The Chargers have allowed big tight end days to every tight end that you'd actually consider starting. The only ones that haven't done well were the Bengals tight ends, the Panthers tight ends, and the Jaguars tight ends. They don't even technically have

tight ends. They're not even on your roster. That's really interesting, because I think Noah Fant is going to be a top five fantasy tight end the rest of this year. He could be that whole pat He's the he's the best play maker. Make it definitely rock two tight end sets most of the rest of the year, and I think both are in for you know, pretty good rest of the season. Justin air bear air air, the justin a bear. What do you think if we're gonna go with their bear? Yeah? How'd you get a bear sound

so quickly? That was very well done? The bear? That's uh, we could have the justin air bear. There we go there there? That might we can find better bear sounds. I think that's a brand meditates to sounds generally, very peaceful bear sounds. Crap on me. Stealers take on the Ravens. Will start with the running game and James Conner. He posted fifty five yards in his one game against the

Ravens last year. In Baltimore's last four games starting running backs, they faced of average fifty one yards and just three point one yards per carry. They've only allowed to total running back scores all year. So James Conner is just a C grade in this matchup. You probably have to started because it's a tough bye week and he's been reliable to this point. But I don't love him in

this matchup and you shouldn't either. Let's go to the passing game, where Ben Roethlisberger also a rare C grade for him and probably the toughest game on this year's schedule for Roethlisberger in the passing game as he travels to Baltimore to face arguably the NFL's best secondary. Aside from the Ravens let down against Patrick Mahomes, the average game is two hundred thirty four yards and zero point

eight passing. That's it, so probably a tough game cup and coming from Ben Roethlisberger over the over the bye week. It doesn't help that Baltimore added Russia Yanique Ningakway to bolster there otherwise relatively average pass rush and Roethlisberger's gonna have to face him too, so just the C grade

their C grade on Juju Smith Schuster. He'll go up against slot cornerback Marlin Humphrey, who's graded fifth overall by Pro Football Focus at the at the cornerback position and owns just a seventy five passer rating in his coverage. That said, he has allowed plenty of receptions and to sue, jud should probably see more targets with Deonte Johnson hobbled by injury, which brings us to Deonte Johnson, who, by the way, I love Deonte Johnson. Can you just finish

a freaking game? You're killing me. I love to see the two touchdowns last week, but I don't know how much more of this my heart can take because I I've rostered him everywhere. I love this. The Ravens have allowed just three wide receiver touchdowns all year, and just one opposing wide receiver has topped one hundred yards all season long. Baltimore's cornerback duel of Jimmy Smith and Marcus Peters would present problems for even a fully healthy Johnson,

and obviously that won't be the case this week. So just to see grade on Johnson and to see grade on Chase Claypool, who's done little in games in which Deonta Johnson has been on the field, and you're almost banking on him leaving the game if you're gonna start Chase Claypool. Johnson plans to play, and uh, a matchup with Baltimore is not easy. As I mentioned, the one angle you've got here, He's got a big size defferential on Marcus Peters, who he will run against often, and

I think that's your glimmer of hope for Cape. For Chase Claypool is a potential touchdown, box out touchdown. I call him Clay Chase Pool too sometimes. Did I just do that? Okay? I did tweet that once by accident. All right, let's go to the Baltimore side where Lamar Jackson. You know, that passing attack for Baltimore just has looked out of sync all year, and a game against the Steelers doesn't feel like a get right opportunity since the opener.

Get this, Lamar Jackson's average passing game since the opener one hundred seventy three yards and one point four touchdowns. That's all like Drew lock numbers. Those are very locky in that's in the conversation also with Cam Newton. And that's not good. And we may talk more about that a little later. I hope we we had. I think the team would really hope for sophomores Markeys Brown and Miles boy Can to make a big step up this year.

That really hasn't happened. Unfortunately. No posing quarterback has top two touchdowns against the Steelers. No quarterback has run for more than twenty two yards against the Steelers. They're pressure, it's insane. It's of the time they get to the quarterback. I'm almost banking on the pressure flushing out Jackson and

then go and runs. I think he's sitting on a one touchdown passing game and we're hoping he chips in fifty yards and a coin flips chance at a rushing touchdown, and that equates to a B grade for Lamar Jackson. The receivers, it's not great Mark Andrews. Just to see it's been a jackal and hide season for Mark Andrews with three good games and three terrible ones. This game, unfortunately, he's got dud written all over at Pittsburgh's allowed just one touchdown to tight ends all year, and that was

way back in Week two. They've also allowed a tight end to top two catches or thirty yards once that's it's just it's all bad then Marquis Brown, like Andrews, it's been a boomer bus season for Brown, and while the matchup is tough, I'll mention the Steelers have allowed multiple wide receiver touchdowns in three of their last four games and other opponents top receivers have posted big games, including Travis Fulghum and A. J. Brown, who both scored

in top two hundred fifty yards recently, Brown is the this Brown Marquise is the top receiving target here. So he does get a C grade and we'll hope he goes he does better going forward. J K. Dobbins was Scott Fishes, take a chance of me player. I think you could also in a pitch, especially in a bye week, give Gus Edwards a try. He's been the Ravens best

runner all year in my to my eyes. In Baltimore's last game after Ingram went out, Ingram got a huge spike in usage with season highs and touches and plays, and he scored on a carry from inside the ten yard line and the Ravens last game. So we're gonna hope that that happens again here and we've got a C grade on Gus Edwards. If you if you like what you hear in Fantasy Football Weekly, but maybe you have more questions you're not sure who to bench and

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And you don't say yeah, Curtis Samuel, nicely done. When we come back, three tough questions for a panel of experts, play along see if you can go three and oh. Welcome back our number two of Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul charging co host today Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. This is a game we call three tough questions. I will pepper my co host, with three tough questions. They'll try to get them right and you can play along. Try to go three and ow. Tough question number one.

After back to back to back underwhelming performances, what's the appropriate level of concern for those with Josh Allen? None some or a bowel loosening level of existential dread? Scott, I think it's some. He's still had over a hundred yards on the ground in the last two weeks with seventeen carries. But the big issue isn't as much Alan as is they can't run the ball. This allows defenses to key on Allen. If you're worried about Allen at all, it's because you don't fully believe in Zack Moss to

get the run now that he's back from injury. They have four negative matchups, one positive, four neutral. Not the greatest schedule. I actually really like what Brian Dabble has been doing. I think he can write the ship. But I don't think we're gonna see that top three we saw in the first couple of weeks. So really, let's be honest. This is just charged disguising the Zach Moss question. You b the code. Matt Fish stole a lot of what I was gonna say. I think his schedule is

a little bit harder than he led on. According to the Shock Fantasy Metrics, they have the fifth hardest schedule for the remainder of the season, including Week thirteen with the Niners, then Steelers, then Broncos, then Patriots in the playoff run. All of those are proving to be pretty tough matchups for quarterbacks. Still, he has thrown from multiple scores and six of seven this year, and his running ability hasn't vanished. He might be the best running back

on the roster. You shut up, so I'll just say some because of the upcoming difficult schedule. The correct answer is none. Even in his three bad games, he's thrown multiple touchdowns in two out of three, and just the nature who he is and think he's got, he's gonna have some big passing games, deep balls, connecting some of they just don't. But his running just neutralizes the dead inside. He's gotta have the bad passing game and the bad running game together before he gives you the rare dud

dual dud, and it almost never happens. Even last week he had no touchdowns, but he chipped in sixty one rushing yards. The sixty one rushing yards, you know, six point one points, that's a touchdown and a half passing. So the downside just isn't there. And the player You're right about the playoffs schedule. Playoffs schedule is not good. But that's still only three games out of the rest of the season and we still got a long way to go. Not worried about Josh Allen, I mean, generally

you want to do well in the playoffs. The question number two, what's the appropriate level of concern for those with slumping running back Ezekiel Elliott none some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread. Matt, what are you sure like to talk about bows? There's a lot of bowl talking. How's your bowl feeling, hear? I think it's feeling pretty loose right now. Good thing. I have a

bi day at my house. The Cowboys had no double and triple cleaning materials, but day is so fantastic, so clean, applying the ceilant. You don't know about the three seashells. The Cowboys have no offensive line. They're down to their third string quarterback who might be delivering pizza's next week. Plus their schedule is by far the most difficult running back schedule. The rest of the way matchups with six top ten run defenses on the horizon and they have

a buy in there make Zeke very undesirable. His only good matchups the rest of the way are Minnesota and Week eleven, and since in Week fourteen, that's it. Bowl loosening level of existential dread. Alright, Scottowe Elliott, what's the appropriate level of concern? Given the running back landscape and all the injuries and the fact that Ezekiel Elliott has still never missed a game except for that six game suspension. I'm just going with some because he's going to be

the twelve to thirty Carrie touch guy. Uh. Last game. This last game was the first game this season he's had under twenty touches um and the Cowboys cancer steam drives. So obviously you have to have some concern. But given this landscape, man, I'm not, I'm not. It's not existential dread for me. This question is not about the landscape. This question is about Ezekiel Elliott and your I'm gonna

keeping level contential dress still start. Let's go. Let's take and I get one right, and Fish got one wrong. That's right, like hallelujah. Let's take the emotion out of this and go straight to the numbers. Are you ready that he'll still be game pretty much since Dad got knocked out. He's running back forty among running backs. Obviously, he has zero one hundred yard rushing games this year. Talking about Ezekiel Elliott, five fumbles worst among all running backs,

four drops tied for most among all running backs. Two of those drops turned into interceptions first among running backs. Seven quarterback hits allowed in past protection worst among running backs. This is Ezekiel Williot, declining yards per carry in three straight games. Receiving numbers way way down last three games fourteen yards, thirty one yards, six yards in receiving. Convinced me. Everybody charged the bridge drop Elliott sabotage drop. Zeke is

averaging less than two yards after contacts. Here's a four yard after contact guy for his for his career. And here's the part that should if those numbers didn't scare you enough. On this the holiday Halloween weekend, his snap count has dropped massively over the last two games. He is usually an eighty five to snap count guy. The last two weeks with all of this happening, he's fallen into the mid sixty on snap counts, and Tony Pollard

has seen career highs. This team is starting to put the better running back in the game, or they're taking mileage off their umpteen million dollar back in a season that's pretty much lost. Either way, the appropriate level of concern bowl loosening levels of existential dread. Let's go to our third final question number three. What is the appropriate level of concern for those with John U. Smith? My guy none, some or loosening level of existential dread man

Zack Moss question and church. Have you seen Johnny Smith play when healthy? Oh? God? Have I you think I haven't broken down all that tape? Are you concerned with Patrick mahomes arm talent when healthy? Were you concerned about Michael phelps immun ability to his pribe? Were you concerned about Michael Jordan being being able to score twenty points when the other team pissed him off? No, no, No, John, who has been hurt? Don't worry about That's all I

have to say. Don't worry about John, Oh John who he has been hurt. This offense is good and he's gonna get his opportunities when he's fully healthy. Matt, my kids have a poster of every one of those guys on the wall, including John WHU Smith as well they should. There's no John Hu Smith worry here. Tannehill has been much better than expected. John got a bing bit dinged up, and after a run of tough defenses from weeks nine through twelve, he's got the best playoff schedule for tight

ends that I've ever seen. Three bottom six tight end defenses in the playoffs, including Jacksonville Detroit and Green Bay. If you play in week seventeen, he gets Houston, which is another one. There's no worry about John Oh Smith here. Did you guys know, and I'm sure you didn't. I only learned it this week that in South Asia many of the languages JOHNU means my love. So from here forward we are referring to him as JOHNU. JOHNU Smith, my love. John U. Smith highest scoring tight end on

a per game basis prior to his ankle injury. He's three games removed from that injury. He's probably in a good spot right now when he gets the Bengals this week and they're arguably the worst team against tight ends in the entire league. We are not at all worried about John new Smith. Let's get back to the matchups and the Titans taking on the Bengals. What a fantastic transition opportunity. This is right, absolutely perfect, John new Smith obvious a grade, obviously in a grade. I just compared

him to some of the grades of all time. Now, if every sport pale, if soccer, did you worry about the Bengals have allowed six tight end touchdowns in just the last three weeks. That's what Jona Smith gets to go up against a team that has allowed the second most yards and the fourth most receptions to tight ends. This is a smash as a grade. Jonna Smith firing up Anthony Ferk Sir for this one too. I don't I think it's I think it's I thought you were gonna ask if I was gonna hard vark this thing.

Can you had looked? I don't have a great art park this week. If John who is your If John John John is your art park, please please go right ahead? Would you like to? I don't know that John U John Wu has an ardvark here, but I'm giving him an A grade. Derrick Henry I have on the bench. No, I'm just kidding that. It's clear clear a grade. The Begels could be the eighty five Bears right now, and I'm probably still starting Derrick Henry. Uh enhanced. They're not

that good. They've allowed the fourth most rushing yard story backs uh Tannehill also in a grade. I like the Titans a lot this week. Sixteen touchdowns in six games, and the one game he didn't throw multiple touchdowns, he threw one yards. On the other side, the Bengals have allowed multiple touchdowns every game since Week one, where to Rod Taylor wasn't able to so okay, Herbert would have done it. Sorry, air bear, air bear, that's right, the air bear. Hold on. That's good. Oh that's that's a

lion that's not changeable. No, not I know a lion roar year one that was like the MGM lion right there. That's more like alright, we'll go with that. That's all right, We'll call it a bear. A J. Brown with the A grade nearly three yards and four touchdowns in the last three weeks, the main man for Tan Hill, and I'm giving Corey Davis a courtesy C grade. I'm being really nice to him because, uh, the first game back, he saw Tan targets in Week one with John Who

and Brown and both healthy. He got his two that week like they were able to coexist. So I think there's potential here for him to co exist here. He might be the modd Odd man out, but I'm giving a C grade. Um the second wide receiver against the Bengals this year has consistently been in that seventy yard range and many of them score touchdowns. Sodas with it. I have this game as just an ultimate shootout. So I have a lot of really good grades for the

Bengals as well. Really yes, well, now let's mention upfront, Bengals are going to be without their left their offensive line tackle, and their starting center. They actually, I'm worried about this. They're actually pulling up two practice squad guys to be in reserve for the for the offensive line this week. I I I don't know that that offensive line is going to spring the Bengals for a lot here.

Joe Burrow has legs, he can move around, and but also he's been stacked on hun and twenty seven times this year. The line hasn't been that good already. So uh, it's more about the this matchup. UM. Burrow leads the league in attempts and completions, has five games over three hundred yards, trailing Andrew Luck who had six, So he's probably gonna break that, gonna smash the working passing record. Um.

They will play from behind probably in this one. The Titans have allowed two fifty plus yards and multiple touchdowns to five straight passers. I got that. For Burrow here to playing from behind, he's gonna he's gonna have to throw a lot That's why I actually have all three of their receivers in my top twenty this week. I just don't know if he's going to have to have enough time to pass effectively. I'm nervous. I'm not. I'm not. Uh, Tyler Boyd, you're mentioning one of their one of their

cornerback just went out. Uh, Kurtzner? Maybe not sure? Yeah, okay. The Titans have allowed the third most receptions to wide receivers, the fourth most fantasy points. They've given up five wide receiver touchdowns and just the last two games. Uh and A. J. Green's got twenty four targets in the last two. He's yet to score, but the targets are there, the efficiency starting to come around. Actually have a grades on both of them. And I have a B grade on Higgins.

As I said, I really like him this week's He's got four plus catches in five straight, sixty plus in four straight. He can get a big play. I have. I have great grades on all of them. Geo Bernard last one run game, this is this is what tough. This is where I would have liked a lot more of the offensive line is better. I'm giving him a C grade just because his fifteen plus touches are probably

going to happen. And he's been a double digit fantasy guy every time he's been the lead back with with mixing out or even back in the back in the old day. So um, I'm giving him a courtesy C grade on volume. Yeah, I had to. I had a B grade on him before the all these injuries the offensive line. I had to lower him. Did the Sea territory as well for Geo Bernard. When we come back, Forts take on the Seahawks. Fascinating matchup in that the Niners want to run, but the Seahawks are really good

against the run. The Seahawks want to pass, but the Niners are really good against the pass. Are are they? Oh? We'll find out when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back. Then it's a football Weekly. I am Paul Charchi in my co host or Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. The Niners take on the Seahawks. Matt game in that, in many ways it's two flawed teams, but it feels like what they one team does well, the other team stops.

And I don't know that these teams are able to get in the normal kind of rhythm that they that they have been in. Now you love the Niners in our take a chance segment, you gave us three different four niners as you take a chance of me players, And I wanted to mention um some people have said, hey, what were the grades on those take a chance on me guys? So Jimmy Garoppolo, Jamichael Hasty, and Brandon Auk all get B grades as might take a chance on

me players this week. George Kittle gets an A. Kittle has never scored against the Seahawks, but seven for eighty six and six for seventy in his last two trips to the Emerald City, and it's worth noting that Seattle hasn't allowed a touchdown to the tight end this year, but with all the injuries to the running backs and wide receivers, it's hard to believe that Kiddle won't be a focal point in this one, so he's still getting an A. Kendrick Born and Trent Taylor on the bench.

Born has topped four receptions once in his career and top seventy five yards exactly zero times in three years. Taylor's the slot guy and has had eight targets from Jimmy g on the air, sweet matchup. Just can't trust the players against this awesome Seattle match up here, Tevin Coleman and Jerick McKinnon. I'm putting them both on the bench after I touted Hasty. I clearly imagine one of these two more aculously becoming healthy and getting twenty two touches.

I think McKinnon's canna have a big workload here because he is rested from his weak legs, his tired legs um. By the way, Coleman his last game out was Week two. It was against the Jets. He had fourteen carries for twelve so bad. So he's definitely on the bench. I guess I could give Jack McKinnon probably a see if it looks like he's healthy and going to be the starter. There's no reason to think he's not healthy. It's not

on the injury report. One is healthy. One of the weird things with that Shanahan consistently does even when he's got a Jamichael Hasty, Like we saw it with Jeff Wilson just a couple of weeks ago when he had Hasty, he takes the veteran and shoves him back in because he trusts the vest Turan. I think McKinnon is the sneaky play here. You might be right, um, Russell Wilson chart. You alluded to the Niners having a really good secondary this year in past defense. Um, but Niners have played

exactly two good quarterbacks this year. Tell me more, Tyler Murray and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Where the two that they played that were good? And noticed Stu Beards in there. I appreciate that two of the best rushing quarterbacks in the NFL. That's right. Other than that, I don't think any of these guys are particularly good passers. But the list is Sam Donald, Carson Wentz, Jared Goff, Cam Newton, and Daniel Jones. Almost said scam Newton. But but there's some bad passers

in there. Now. Wentz is a good passer and goffs a good pass They're not great, but they're good passers. Yeah. And then Berry had so Stubird had three fifty yards and three scores. Kyler had to thirty and a score through the air and another nine and a score on the ground. And by the way, Russell Wilson built a lot more like Kyler than some of these other quarterbacks, so he could get going. I got Russell Wilson as a solid A grade, and I'm giving A grades to

both Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf. In those two games against good quarterbacks. The wide receivers did well to DeAndre Hopkins had fourteen catches for a hundred and fifty one. Preston Williams had four catch is for one oh six in a score. Davante Parker even at fifty yards in a score in that game. So I think that they're both sitting on a grades. And now the running back position, boy,

this is a mess. Game time decisions for Chris Carson, Carlos Hyde, and Travis Homer all questionable with various injuries. It's been flipping back and forth, who's the most healthy, who's the least healthy. And by the way, late afternoon start, so you're you're probably not gonna have answers for this when the early games kick off. I think that you're benching everybody, including rookie DJ Dallas, who is the only

healthy guy on the depth chart. Right now, the Niners have allowed the fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs on the air, and if one of the above injured guys is active, it totally takes out the timeshare angle with DJ Dallas, so they're all on the back. I think that's the safe play, giving what we don't know going into that game. Vikings take on the Packers and this is going to be in all probability of one

sided affair with a battered Vikings de fence. Let's start with the Vikings offense though, and Dalvin Cook, who does get an A grade. Packers are allowing one hundred fifty eight totally yards and one point four touchdowns. That is the fourth most and the second most respectively to opposing running backs on a per game basis, and that's I think the Vikings you're gonna try to run for as long as they can and keep Aaron Jones off the field.

They want to replicate the game they had against Seattle. Well, sorry, Rodgers, Rodgers, I was trying to say, Aaron Rodgers, um, but that's okay. Feel you feel free to interrupt anyway, It's okay. I don't mind keep ball Packers off the field. Cook is uh. Cook has had great luck against the Packers, averaging one hundred thirty five total yards and one point three touchdowns

per game against the Packers. Again, what I was gonna say, trying to replicate exactly what they did to Seattle, although in a losing effort a few weeks ago where they kept Russell Wilson off the field by just running the whole game and eating up the clock. That's their only real way to victory here. So I think I think we'll see plenty of Dalvin Cook. The other A grade is Justin Jefferson. See if you can follow me on this, Packers have got one elite cornerback j or Alexander. He

shadows the opposing number one. I believe that will be Adam Feeland will be the number one because Theland has roasted this Packers team in the past really several years, So I believe that that will be the case. And that puts Justin Jefferson on far inferior coverage with Josh Jackson, who ranks his quarterback seventy three by Pro Football Focus. So Justin Jefferson I think potentially sitting a very good game. He ranks, by the way number one by Byroball Focus

among all receivers, not just rookies, all receivers. Also, if it does become a really windy game, Justin Jefferson's averaged up of the target is much less than Adams, all right, so that might be safer as well. I might have more routes that are shorter the line of scrimmage. Theland drops to a B level here again, the gayer Alexander's shadow coverage is part of why. Although he battled him gamely in the opener, and he scored twice and put up a hundred ten yards, and so he can beat

JayR Alexander. He's proven it already. But over the past three games, Alexander is held Will Fuller, Mike Evans, and Julio Jones, three other very good receivers to under fifty yards. Kirk Cousins was might take a chance on me quarterback. You heard that earlier in the show. He is a C grade. Now let's go to the Packers side. The Vikings are going to be without their number one, number two, and number four cornerbacks. Like cornerbacks they're gonna put on

the field as starters. Matt Harrison, Matt Harrison, Matt Harrison hand the three guys that they will start. Gladne hand In fields have a combined six NFL starts against Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, who are obvious a's there's something better than an A, But yes there is there. There's the fantasy arc Vark, the double a double art Vark. If there's ever a time for the double a ard Vark, it's the double Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams, who's got two ways in Adams as well. Ye, yes, so we'll

go with that. Staying with the passing game, Marques Velde Scantling is a C grade. Here is a bit of a dart throw. The Vikings are allowing the most touchdowns and fourth most yards to opposing whiteouts, and Velde Scanty had an explosive game against the Vikings and the opener. But I'll mention this, He's done basically nothing else all year. So total dart throw on Marques Velde Scantling. But you'll

never get a better matchup than this. He had a good matchup last week and didn't do anything either, so there's a lot several good matchups. He played Atlanta, did nothing, a lot of good, a lot of risk. Robert Tonyan is a Tonyan, thank you, that's right. Rou is a C grade after not allowing a touchdown to tight ends through the first four weeks. The Vikings have allowed a touchdown in their previous two games, and he is a touchdown dependent player, so I think you got a crack

at a touchdown here. Vikings are also going to be short one of their linebackers as well due to COVID, and last lastly, actually second to lastly, going to the running game, Jamal Williams a grade with Aaron Jones out. Williams got of the snaps last week without Jones and he's been over and three straight weeks. Anyway, Vikings are middle of the pack run defense, giving up four yards per carry. Game script will work in williams favor here as the Vikings figure to be trailing throughout much of

this game. And I'll note though that the Vikings have held their last three starting running backs to an average of just fifty four yards per games, so the run defense has been okay lately. But man, I just it feels like the run defense also had unique and go way on it it did, which that doesn't anymore. Hey, One of the thing to mention in this windy game with the conditions could be an issue and you'll want

to check it before kickoff. Mason Crosby, their kicker for the backers, probably not going to play his games, so um, you may need to be searching for an emergency kicker if you have Mason Crosby. Let's start work in one more matchup, and that is Scott the Patriots taking on the Bills. I think we've reached a point where you can't start. Aren't any Patriots? No more? Not at all? All right, Well that's where we are. Yeah. Edelman's out, Harry's out. The running backs are mess. The Bills are

tough against everything. The Bills have allowed several multi touchdown games, but Cam has just three passing touchdowns. Unbelievable in his five starts. That's fewer touchdowns than Tom Brady had last week. Yeah, that's insane. In the last four weeks, of different wide receivers lead the team and targets every week and only once this season is a new England wide receiver topped eighty yards. Yeah, they're on the bench, the terrible on

the other side. By the way, we should me to Julian Edelman out, Yeah, edlemen and maybe out for a long time. And some people think it's a career ender for him. We'll see. Yeah, he's yeah, he's at that point. On the other side, I give Alan a B grade. He still has that super safe floor due to his rushing had seventeen rush attempts in the last two weeks, which we mentioned earlier last week. He only is the

only week he failed to have multiple touchdowns. The Pats held down Lock and grapplone fits but gave Oka days to har Mahomes Wilson. Allen is far closer to those other three who had multiple touchdowns, So I gotta be grade over on Allen. Now into now into the passing game, John Brown has practiced fully. He's gonna play, which messes up stuff a little bit. Uh. If I told you that Beasley Cole Beasley was wide receiver nine team on the season before the season, he's He's what people thought

Juju Smith Schuster was gonna be. I think you're right about that. Yeah, basically Beasley and Crowder are what you hoped for Jujuic Smith Schuster. I believe that comparison happened last week. Oh man, Uh tells I listened. No, Actually I just didn't. I didn't remember it. Uh, twenty five targets in the last three games. There may be a case here. If Gilmore does play, he'd be on Digs and Beasley would have the better matchup. If Gilmore doesn't plays,

they all get better matchups. I have a C grade on Beasley if Gilmore doesn't play. I think I'm moving it to a B and a B on Diggs as well, because with no Gilmore, Diggs is gonna get his targets. He's got at least six catches in all but one game. Uh, John Brown, I'm giving a C grade two bit it's hard to trust him. He's gone out of one game, he's missed three other games. When he's played the full game, he's like a seventy seventy eight yards and a touchdown guy,

and he's practiced fully. So I'm definitely I'm definitely going to give him a starting grade. But it's it's always a little bit of a risk um with the running backs. Yeah, it's uh Zack Moss, excuse me, Zack Moss. Bills are passing over sixty of the time and when they run it a lot of it's with Josh Allen mosson Singletary are splitting touches down the middle. If I have to start one, it's Moss. I'm giving him a courtesy C grade. Courtesy just because I'm in the room with Charge and

he's gonna get mad and fired me. Singletary staff percentage is dropped three weeks in a row, so if us gets more work. Singletary has been bad, I'll get' get I'll give him Moss the C grade just so I don't get fired. It's worth it. Um One quick note while we while we wrap up this segment about Cam Newton and how bad he's been, I was trying to find a comparable for his passing this year. I couldn't find any active quarterback who's as bad as Cam Newton, so I had to go really into the depths. Do

you guys remember Ja Marcus Purple Drank Russell. Yeah, Cam is throwing fewer touchdowns and more interceptions than Jam Marcus Russell did in his career on a per game basis. That's how bad it is for Cam Newton right now. Terrible. When we come back. Premature speculation. Three players you can pick up now that everybody else is going to want to pick up next week, but they're already on your team. Premature Speculation coming up next Welcome back, manas Football Weekly

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Scott saying nice to random numbers. There's been so there's been so many epic moments already in this award winning episode of Fantasy Football Weekly. Uh. Premature Speculation is a segment in which we give you a player that you're going to want to pick up now because everybody else is going to try to pick up this player next week. Scott, who is your premature speculation player? I'm going Jalen here. I think it's finally time. Deshan Jackson is out for

a while. Uh, it's it's been guys like Fulham and Ward playing Earth's is still out. He had ninety six yards in his first two weeks playing with a torn labor. I mean he's he's finally he's finally back. Um. Yeah, fourteen different receivers have top two hundred yards are scored. He might actually show up this week, but Jalen Reagor get him first round pick man. I've got another rookie

wide receiver who's been injured. Michael Pittman returned to practice this week, which means the Colts have twenty one days to either activate him or put him on i R for the rest of the year. And they wouldn't have him practice if they weren't thinking about activating him. Let's say he sits this week, and let's even say he sits next week against Baltimore, that's fine. After that, he gets Tennessee, Green Bay, Tennessee again, Houston Vegas, then Houston again.

Those are really really good runs that everyone but the Packers are bottom six in the league against wide receivers. You couldn't ask for a better schedule for Michael Pittman to come back and take over as wide receiver one in India. He really is. It's not t Y Hilton anymore, right, that is a job right for the taking. And so many other receivers, rookie receivers blossomed right around week four,

week five. For him, that's just coming up now because of the time he missed well, and Pittman was starting to as well the right right when he got hurt. My premature speculation player is Dallas Goddard currently available and half of leagues people just dropped him forgot about Dallas Goddard. He may end up playing as fast as this Sunday. And if he does, what a fantastic spot he walks into.

I'll remind you in the two healthy games he had at the start of the season nine targets and eight targets, and that was when zach Ertz was on the field. Now zach Ertz out at least a month and probably more. Dallas Goddard is going to become the go to receiver in this offense, and it could happen as fast as this weekend. You'll want to pick him up. He could finish out the season as one of the five highest scoring tight ends. Wouldn't be surprised. Bonus prespect Ellen Lazard

started practice. He's available in thirty in sixty seven percent of leagues. I like it, a man. Do they need a second target to throw too? There? All right, let's get back to some matchups, including the Cowboys taking on the Eagles. Matt. There's just it's sad how little there is to talk about with the Cowboys anymore. Yeah, it's pretty bad. I'm giving Ezekiel Elliott a B, and it's kind of a generous B. I guess if it were like a Valentine on the front, they would say, be mine,

us us, mind us. See what didn't trick me into giving him? Has topped? Good? Good job. Scott Zeke has stopped a hundred yards and four of his last five games against the Eagles, but the one he didn't was the most recent game and he only notched forty seven yards on thirteen attempts. And we've got Bendnucci likely starting, So the Eagles defense is just going to stack the box against the Cowboys. They were already allowing the fewest

yards per carrying the league at three point three. So it's closer to a see I think than even a b here uh passing game. Andy Dalton still doubtful with that nasty concussion. So Ben DiNucci time in college, he had six touchdown passes and seven interceptions, starting for a full year. How do you go through a college schedule and throw six touchdowns? How do you watch? How do you put up those stats and get on an NFL roster. How does that happen? On the bright side, he did

complete sixty of his passes last week. That's two of three. Uh. The Eagles defense is pretty good, though decently healthy considering it's the Eagles and the pass rushes legit. Add that and with a messed up OH line, and I think you have the entire passing game on the bench, including Amari Cooper, who will draw Darius Slay who's been excellent this year, Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallup. Can only hope Ben de Nucci has two seconds to throw and he

won't have that. Dalton Schultz also on the bench. And then let's go to the Eagles Boston. Scott was chartes take a chance on me, so was Greg Ward car and Wentz was fishes to take a chance on me doing your work for you. Really, thank you, guys. And then you guys talked about Jalen Reagor and Dallas Goddard.

I'm a place, he's an a I think by the way, I'm I'm giving Scott and Wentz each a's and Ward a b oh he gave me a. Miles Sanders still not expected to play neither as alshon Jeffrey, and their bye week is next week, so if the Eagles wanted to hold them out one more week against the depleted Dallas team, this would probably be a week to give them all an extra game of rest. Um. I don't know if you can start reagor or got it because it's a Sunday night game, so I don't think that

you can start either of them. So I am going to give Travis fulgum in a grade, especially if Regor sits. It's a B. If Regor comes back. Seven different perimeter wide receivers have topped eighty yards against the Cowboys this year. Five of those scored as well. Last guy, I'll mention Richard Rogers. He gets a B, especially if he's the only tight end of town or doesn't go shot or doesn't go yeah. If he he probably gets down graded to A. See Rogers played in eight of the snaps

last week at six catches for eighty five yards. The Eagles throw to their tight ends no matter who it is, so I think that Richard Rodgers isn't play both ways. Saints take on the Bears, and let's start on the Saint side. Alvin Camara is an obviously, although I mentioned the Bears defense has been good, not great, but they've been good against runners all year long. But you're starting Camara, who's probably got the highest floor of any running back

in the league. How about Latavius Murray? You might be asking C grade here, Um, it's maybe a bye week starting this about bye week? See grade Camara doesn't leave much on the table for Murray, but you know, you get ten touches, you get fifty total yards, and maybe maybe you get lucky with a touchdown. UM. Although four different backup runners have scored against the Bears, so he's got a chance. So CE grade for Latavias Murray. Let's

go to the passing game. UM blots to not like here, So Marquez Callaway out, Michael Thomas out, Emmanuel Sanders out. So Drew Brees falls to a bench grade. Chicago is allowing less than one touchdown pass per game, and I just don't think you can dump off enough balls to Alvin Knara to get to a good final number for Drew Brees, so he's on the bench. Jared Cook gets

a C grade. The Bears have been around the league average against tight ends in most categories, but They've allowed a tight end to put up at least fifty yards on five occasions. And Cook's recent outings have largely been supported by touchdowns, and the Bears have only given up one tight end score of the last three weeks. And I don't know he'll get a few extra passes his way. Just to see grade for Jared Cook, C grade for Tray Kwan Smith. Just super spotty production for him, even

with all these players out. I don't know the automatically get does well here he runs from the slot. Primarily he'll match up against Buster Screen, who is allowing thirty nine yards and zero point two touchdowns per game in his coverage. Those aren't great numbers. And just to C grade for take Trey Kwan Smith, Deante Harris, it will Is, it's on the bench. I'm not even gonna I'm not even I'm not gonna laborate on Deante Harris. You've said

too much. I already have. Let's go to Chicago. Allen Robinson is trying to clear the concussion protocol, so he does I don't think he does either, But if he surprises us and plays, it's an incredibly juicy matchup against Marshawn Lattimore, who has devolved into one of the worst cornerbacks in the NFL, allowing a near perfect passer rating of one fifty six in his coverage. So if Allen Robinson goes, definitely start him. If he doesn't go, then there's no part of the receiving group that I think

you want, no receivers that you'll want to play. Well you do, you want to play him either way. Jimmy Graham gets a C grade. He might not need a touchdown to this week, as the Saints are allowing the third most receptions per game and fifth most yards per game to opposing tight ends, and they've allowed the third most touchdowns. So if you're kind of a tight end dependent player like Jimmy Graham, I think one way or another he could be okay here and a C grade

on him. David Montgomery just a C grade. He hasn't topped three point four yards per carry in any of the last five games, including that juicy matchup with Carolina that he just blew. It'll be um, It'll be tough sledding against New Orleans Saints, allowing the eighth fewest rushing yards seventh fewest receiving yards per game to opposing running backs, and I'll mention his starting center, Cody white Hair, has

been ruled out of this game. So really, I think if we're not a bye week, i'd be just saying bench grade on David Montgomery, but relative to everybody else, it's just a C grade here. Let's go to our final matchup, and that's Scott Fish with the Bucks taking on the Giants. The Bucks offense has been electrifying lately and that, but the Giants defense is much improved. Not it is, but it's much improved. Let's hear what you

like about the Bucks. Yeah, the Brady's leading a second the NFL in passingdown and he's the NFL leading passing touch passing touchdown leader, topping Drew Brees just last week. Yeah, not bad, not bad so, and he's been doing in it with guys like Scotty Miller and Tyler Johnson stepping up. That whole next man up attitude has come from New

England all the way over. The Giants have been top third against quarterbacks, though top twelve, so Tavia bay Uh's likely to go a little more bounced in this one. My theory on this game is that the Giants offense won't be able to do anything in the Bucks defense will be able to hold them down, and they're gonna run a ton more. So I'm only giving Brady the B grade on this one, even though he's been so lights out lately. I'm giving Scotty Miller the B grade

as well. Has at least five targets in four of the six games, and when he gets five targets, he's been a lock for seventy plus yards. In fact, he reached seventy plus yards in all but one of his career games that he had five targets. Yeah, so I think seventy yards are in store. I should mention Godwin's out if I didn't. That's that's probably why I'm giving Miller the B here. Tyler Johnson's on the bench. He's

scored in two straight, but he's talented. Just eleven yards on three targets and you need the touchdown, But so I'm putting him on the bench. Given Mike Evans the B grade, it might be a squeaky wheel against the cheese grease. We did that last year too, that same exact thing someone else did that My car seems to be squeaking. Give it some cheese. Yeah, exactly. Uh, he's still got the ankle. James Bradberry has blanketed Evans in

the past, but that was with the Panthers. This is a new team, new defensive schemes, new quarterback, and about a hundred other differences. I still feel safe putting Evans in, and he's gonna need to produce with godwinel B grade, there be grade on Gronk. He's finally coming on with twenty two targets in the last three games over fifty yards and each scoring twice. He's actually got six red zone targets in the last three games. That's more than

almost the entire receiving corps combined. For the box. He's getting those looks. And the Giants they're great against tight ends except for the fact they've faced one top twenty ranked tight end and that was Dalton Schultz, so they haven't not been test it at all. B grade for Gronk running game non PPR, you're going Jones PPR, you're going four day. Could I say that B grades for B grades for both, but for actually I have a

B minus for Jones and the C plus. Yeah, B minus for Jones and C plus for okay, okay, fine, B for Jones, C for four Net, But I like for net a little bit more in PPR. Jones is the starter. He's running hard the Giants. T is no pushover. They've done well holding backs down. The reason I like for Net more in PPRS last week when Jones dropped the ball, for Nett played most of the fourth after after that drop, and for net is the past catching

back there. It's weird to say, but he is. On the other side, Daniel Jones Porson quarterbacks are averaging two hundred and fifty three yards against the Bucks and they've only given up nine touchdowns in seven games. Yeah, nine times and justin justin air bear, justin, justin. I can tell you have kids, You've got you've got the roar. When is a third of ye, it's pretty easy. You

just have Daniel Jones on the bench. I'm giving both Shepherd and Slayton Sea grades since week to only two wide receivers of top seventy five yards against the Bucks. It took Allen Robinson sixteen targets to get there. It took Nelson Agilar eight or nine. Excuse me, Davante Adam was with ten targets, only got like sixty six yards. How are you giving them seas? Then here we go. Shepherd is the safe play because he's got six catches

in two of his last three games. And this this is a fun stat here, Uh, Shepherd has at least six targets in eighteen straight games. He gets peppered, he gets just enough. So I think he's the safe guy that you're gonna get sea level production. For Darius Slayton, I'm giving the se grade too, because they've given up four or five playce of over forty yards. You might remember Justin Herbert had two long fifty plus yard bombs. Justin who air bear. If we just s grade on

Ingram almost very hesitant there. I expect a three for thirty three for forty type game. And the running backs around the bench, they're just terrible. Even Freeman's healthy, who cares final moments of the show, Davante se Man, I'm I'm not gonna give him a ce um when Christian McCaffrey has been healthy in the past, Matt he's been a nine percent of the of the workload guy. But Mike Davis has been so good. What is a reasonable expectation for Christian McCaffrey and his owners as he's expected

to come back next week? Well, has Mike Davis been The last couple of games are dudish fire for Davis? Yeah, he he hasn't put up great rushing numbers. Uh, had a couple of games where he's averaging over five yards per carry, but a couple in there one point seven, three point five wasn't good. And Christian McCaffrey's you know, he's just an otherworldly talent. I don't think that it's gonna knock too many touches off of his docket. Maybe

a few, maybe one or two and that's it. Yeah, just the goal I once to annoy it, right, wouldn't that be horrible Christian McCaffrey owners that have languaged through this and then he doesn't get the ball to stripe. It wouldn't surprise me if Carolina worked in more to running back sets though, with with two good pass catching running backs, maybe it'll go that way and we'll find out. I'm I'm I'm pretty optimistic that it's going to be

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