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literally an upside down week. No, No, the car did not go upside down. But I need to find a new car now. You do, and you and I are very different. I love new car shop. I can do it once a year. I would do it once a year, man, I that would be to me. That would be I just I love it test driving and then finding all the information and you know, yeah, comparing all you do you do, like researching things. That's that's the part of

you do you do? I do? I do? I just uh, I hate dealing with all that kind of that amount of money and stress and all that stuff. It is. It certainly can be stressful. It's a big decision, right financially, usually the biggest decision you'll make every ten years or whatever. And however you go through cars, what is what is going on here? I know we'll get weekly. We will have all the usual stuff that we get to over the course of the show, including premature speculation, three tough questions,

take a chance on me. We'll break down all of the games Fantasy Football Weekly style, with letter grades on every player. We begin with Pittsburgh taking on Atlanta. Scott nag Harris, I believe off the injury report on front. Yeah, he's gonna go. He's gonna go. So on this one. Everybody who picked up Jalen Warren and Benny Sneller in the week is like, darn it, Well, people had Jalen

Warren on roster season things. Yeah, absolutely, that's absolutely about He's the best running back on the teams, produced about six Fantasy points this year, better than Nausea here well on the Steelers side. On the Steelers side, everyone's pretty much gonna get C grades for me. It's just such a great match up against the Falcons. But the Steeler's offense has been pretty anemic. So let's start with pick Kenny pick it. He only has one touchdown in the

last four games and no multiple passing touchdown games. But the eyeball test is he looks pretty decently. He was making some throws. I thought the exact same thing last week, Like I I saw him looking poison making better. That was me And with Trevor Lawrence last year and earlier this year, he didn't look good last year Trevor Lawrence, and this season we're like, oh, we can see the eyeball test change. Well, we'll talk more about Trevor Lawrence. Yeah,

I saw that, would pick it. Last week he looked really a lot better. Uh. He gets you some points on the ground too, and has a few scores that way. Atlanta has also allowed a couple of scores on the ground. Seven of the seven of eleven quarterbacks against the Falcons had multiple scores. On paper, it's the thirtisiest matchup for fantasy quarterbacks, but they've held the last three under hundred

sixty passing yard. I still think I would lean towards the other side of how Atlanta has played most of the year, and I'm giving Picket a c but they're are many bye weeks. You might not consider it but uh Deante Johnson and George Pickens are also both getting cs because those targets are hyper focused to those two guys with five to six targets per game. Since the departure of Maple Tron, h Johnson sees slightly more volume.

Picker the bigger plays. Uh Deante Johnson hasn't even scored this year, but it's a It's a decent spot in a decent matchup, and again bottom ten against basically every position, so I got se grades on both of them. UH Falcons also second worst against the slot this year, so that's good for Deonte Johnson and possibly Pat Firenmouth, who runs out of the first det Johnson touchdown of the year. I can't do it. I can't get that bold. If pick It only throws one, it's probably more likely Pickens,

but he might get to two here. Pat Firemouth consistently finding three to four catches thirty to forty yard days, but he's semi exploded for seventy five plus yards four times. His floor is basically a low end top twelve tight end. In a good matchup like this, maybe he starts to crack the top of that. But I do have a c grade on him Nagers. Sounds like he's gonna go. Um, All reports are he's gonna go. And the Falcons are

bottom ten against runners, especially recently. The lead back the last three games hundred thirty in a score, HU score, Hudd score. Yeah, we'll take that. But it's Naga Harris behind this whole line, so expect eighty two and maybe a score that sounds more so. Again, I think Harris has played much better lately. Yeah, yeah, so I guess been hurt. Yes, let's look at the numbers. All right, let's let's go over to the Falcons. I got Marriotta

on the bench Sedons week four. The Steels have allowed multiple scores to a QB just three times, and that was Burrow Hurts and Alan Marriotta is nowhere near them. He's not getting as much in the rushing as you'd want him to as he was early in the season. He's a the top two passing yards three times, multiple scores only three times. He's just not getting done. Too much time on Marcus Mariota, but I do think there will be just enough for Drake London, who gets a

B grade from here. The Steelers have allowed a top twelve wide receiver eight times. I'm just gonna talk over that music if you don't mind. Uh. This is a team that's second worst against the wide receiver position, allowing the fifth most receiving yards, second most receiving touchdowns. The secondary wide receivers have only had a high handful of sixty plus yard days. I don't even know who you'd pick out of that. So London gets to be bench

the other guys in the running game. This is really long. Wow. Well that's why you gotta talk over it. Okay, Yeah, in the running game. I have a C grade on Cordelle Patterson that he's still splitting with Algier, but it's starting to shift back to Patterson. Um, he only had six catches through ten weeks, but he's had five in the last two weeks. We mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. He's actually starting to get some some pass catching. Mind you, only one back his top fifty yards on

the volume. These guys are getting to Patterson like the twelve to fifteen touch range. But Patterson through the air should get just enough for that C grade in this one. Yeah, it seems become a very very tricky start. Unfortunately, Washington takes on the Giants. Brian for Washington. We've got a situation where Antonio Gibson's dinged up into this game. Brian Robinson has been running better. Do you feel like this is one of the better opportunities for Brian Robinson this week? Yeah,

I gotta be on Brian Robinson. I was assuming Gibson wouldn't go on Friday. They were showing some signs of optimism out of Commanders camp saying Gibson would go, but he's on the bench for me either way, I'll give Robinson the B. Since Week eate, opposing backs are averaging fifteen rushing yards per game against the Giants have totaled

six touchdowns running backs have during that same span. So I think this really just feels And by the way, this is the first meeting between these two teams, the visional rivals, so we don't have any recent data to go back on, but this just feels like it's gonna be a low scoring rockham Stock Yeah, so I like I like Robinson here with a b um. Also, like

Terry McLaurin, he gets a b as well. Last week, Ceedee Lamb became the first wide receiver to crack one yards against the Giants all season, but most of that was likely because corner of Doherty Jackson left with injury for New York. Jackson has already been ruled out for this game. Number two corner Fabian Moreau, Wait, is it Morrow? And I think we're getting that one right. Fabian Morrow

questionable to play. Even if he does play, he's probably not gonna be a hundred percent McLaurin owns a massive thirty seven percent air yard shaff for Washington and has average seven catches for ninety five yards in his career against the Giant, so a safe B for him. Bench grade for Curtis Samuel, though over his last three games, Samuel is totaled just three catches for thirty eight scoreless yards. He actually has more rushing yards during that same span,

with forty three and then a rushing touchdown. He's a better running back than he's a wide receiver. Curtis Samuel is the rare Wentz dependent receiver. Yeah, you don't want to depend on him this late in the fantasy season, that's for sure. So he's on the bench. Logan Thomas is not, though I'll give him a see opposing tight ends are averaging more than five catches in sixty yards per game against New York. We will take that in the barn barn tight m waste land see for Thomas,

but Taylor Heineke on the bench again. He's been a great game manager, but that feels like that will be his role in this one. Over to the Giant side. Not a ton to like here. We will continue to roll out Sae Kwon Barkley though he gets at me. The Giants expect the return of left tackle Evan Neil, which is huge for Barkley. He'll need it against the Commanders, though.

Washington is allowing just sixty six rushing yards per game to running back since Week nine, and they have surrendered just one score to the position during that same span. Should be back this week to for the Commander's defense. So safe b for Barkley. Uh Darius Slayton, Richie James, I don't think it's nearly as safe as you do. Well.

I think Barkley's, you know, based on the last couple of games and this this matchup, I think Barkeley's got like forty five yard downside rushing and you know, three catches thirty yards. He's still gonna get his twenty in this though, so I hope you're right. Well, if you want, I'm liking to be for Barkley, I'm not liking Darius Slayton and Richie James. Though rich James the top two wide receivers for the Giants at this point, they're on

the bench. The Commanders have only allowed two wide receiver touchdowns over their last six games. One of those scores went to Justin Jefferson, who is the only wide receiver to top one hundred yards against Washington during that span. And needless to say, Darius slat and Richie James are not Justin Jefferson, so bench for them, and Slayton may not even play in the game, so that makes it even worse. The whole passing game really on the bench.

Daniel Bellinger might make his return at tight end, which is intriguing, but a bad match up Washington, only allowing around three and a half catches and three two yards of the game to tight ends. But you might want to pick him up if you're desperate at tight end, but don't play him this week. And Daniel Jones, it's all about the rushing with him, and I don't like

his rushing prospects in this one. The Commanders have a lot of rushing touchdown to a quarterback and two of their last three, but they've also held Jalen Hurts under thirty rushing yards twice, so they kind of limit that aspect for mobile quarterback. So Jones on the bench, Dender takes on Baltimore and I've only got a couple of starters from the pathetic Denver offenses. You can imagine beginning

with Lottavius Murray. With Melvin Gordon gone last week, two percent of the snaps went to Littavius Murray last week, the highest by any Bronco running back since ten. He has seen his yards per carry increase in three consecutive games, topping out at last week's seven point one. That's season high for Latavius Murray. There's gonna be a much tougher

assignment though. Ravens are allowing the fourth fewest rushing yards, the sixth fewest rushing touchdowns, and since acquiring ro Kwan Smith Listen, which I believe is four games now for the Ravens, no back his top thirty yards. So just a c great on Latavius Murray and the all the other starter I've got. By the way, Jerry Judy probably may come back, but they're talking about if he does, he'd probably be on a pitch account if he does come back. So he's on the bench. So's Russell Wilson

moved by the way he managed. Russell Wilson managed to finish as quarterback thirty three last week. He got one more towards the toilet total though, right, I think he's got he did. He got one more week more touchdowns on the number of toilets in his house. Jordan's love with that Christian Watson touchdown. Beat him out. You can do it, Russell. You could consider Courtland Sutton here. He's been a low and fantasy producer ever since Judy got hurt.

He's haulding at least five catches and three straight games, averaging seventy four yards in that span. The promise he hasn't scored since Week four, which, by the way, was the only time Russell Wilson has thrown multiple touchdowns all season. Was that one game in Week four. If Judy returns and I say you just bench sudden outright, if Judy misses this game, then we could throw a c grade on him, and let's go over to the Baltimore side.

Lamar Jackson taking completely off the injury port on Friday, which is great. He did come in with a quad injury um very close to a breakout game last week. For weeks and weeks, I've been telling you about how poorly his box scores have been. He's underperforming what you think he normally is. Last week he came an inch short of a rushing touchdown. Mark Andrews dropped a touchdown pass,

so he almost filled the box score. Last week still is an average game since going all the way back to Week three, is just one eight five passing yards, less than one passing touchdown per game, sixty four rushing yards, and zero point one five rushing touchdowns per game. Denver

is a very tough matchup for Lamar Jackson. Arguably the NFL's best past defense, ranking top three in passing yards, top three and touchdowns allowed, and p F grades Denver at number two in past defense and number seven in pass rush. They've got star cornerback Patrick certain who's awesome, and he would normally lock down the opponent's best receiver. But the Ravens do not do not have a best receiver, So I've only got a C grade on Lamar Jackson

in this game. BE grade for Mark Andrews normally is just a lock a here, But since his return, averaging just four catches for fifty yards, he has Mark Andrews hasn't finished as a top five tight end since Week six. That's painful in this in this landscape, that's crazy. Over the past two weeks, tight ends as a position against Denver averaging two catches for twenty two yards entire position. Denver's allowed one tight end touchdown in the last ten weeks.

So Andrews B grade. J K. Dobbins will not play in this game. Kenyan Drake is irrelevant now that Gus Edwards is back. Since shipping away Bradley Chubb, the Broncos allowing one hundred fourteen rushing yards per game to opposing backs. That'd be seventh most on the season. They limit Derek They limited Derrick Henry to just fifty three yards, but other starting backs recently Josh Jacobs Donte Foreman each top

the century mark. That's good news for Gus Edwards, who look healthy last week, and when he plays, he gets a bunch of work He's had double digit carries and at least fifty two rushing yards in every game he's played, so and I mean every game talking career here. So we'll take We'll take Gus Edwards with with a C grade in this game. When we come back, take a

chance on me. Maybe you're in a pinch for whatever reason, injuries, Maybe you had one of the two teams that are round by this week because rostered several of your players. We've got nine players upon whom you can take a chance when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Take a chance on me, Nine players not normally in your starting line up. Many of these players available on the waiver wire right now. I believe two and a half of my players are on the waiver wire right now.

Find out who they are as we continue along. Take a chance of me beginning at the quarterback position in Scott Fish. Might all depend on if you how sharp your league is or how deep or whatever. And if it does, it does everybody still paying attention in week three? Yeah, So my first one is going to make. My quarterback is Trevor Lawrence. We just talked about him. Not only does his opponent, the Lions allow the seventh most passing

yards and ninth most passing touchdowns. They've given up multiple scores to four the last five quarterbacks. They allow the most attempts, yards and scores on the ground to quarterbacks where Lawrence is very capable. Lawrence Lawrence himself has looked really good for most of the season's since after Week one. Week one was a little rough, but since then he's looked really good, especially recently with five scores in averaging over three total yards in each of the last in

the last two games. I am dying over my decision in Mike in a guillotine league about Christian Kirk versus Tygreek Hill. Hill's got the brutal matchup. Both tackles are missing. Trevor Lawrence comes in hot. It's the Lions. This is it's killing me, killing me right now. The Jaguars having freed Dan Arnold, did either. Once they do that, that well that everybody that's gonna dry up. There's no other yards to go around. He's definitely a better player than

Evan Ingram will tell you that much. Now, there's no doubt about that. Everybody's talking about it. What's the what's your quarterback? Short and sweet Derek Carr at home against the Chargers. Car Is thrown for multiple touchdowns and four straight the Chargers have surrendered multiple touchdown passes and back to back weeks. These teams met in week one, car at two and two, and that kind of feels like a safe floor and a suspected shootout. Mike White goes

up against Minnesota. He has started three games in his career. Two of the three were massive ormans Is throwing three touchdowns in both and topping four hundred yards in one of them. The others start. The bad one was last year against the best secondary in football at that time, Buffalo. The Vikings are on the opposite end of the scale.

The Vikings are yielding secondary that ranks dead last in passing yards allowed two per game, and every opposing quarterback has thrown a touchdown since Minnesota blank Aaron Rodgers in the season opener. There are positive matchups all over the field from Mike White's receivers, particularly with rookie at Caleb Evans trying to start and finish his first ever NFL game and finish. You had to get that in this

for legal reasons. Let's go to the running back position. Yeah, I'm going to the l a Rams uh Kiren Williams. It's it's felt kind of gross to start a Rams running back for the last like all season. But in the run game, Seattle ranks bottom three and total yards allowed give up. They've given up an RB touchdown per game, along with four point seven two yards per carry. So if Williams gets those ten fifteen touches, he's he's probably likely to do decent amount with them. Even down to

the Chiefs. They continue to run it last week though, even in a negative game script because they can't pass the ball. They have no passing offense. So his snaps and touches have increased weekly since he came back from injury. Um Karen has seven targets or seven catches on eight targets in the last three games, so he's he gets points in that area too. Very contrarian. I like it, Bryan,

you take a chance of me running back. I'm going with the backup forty Niners running back who everyone is assuming is Jordan's Mason, who has been active above Tyreon Davis Price, but that was before Elijah Mitchell got hurt and they had Christian McCaffrey active. A lot of times there's a special teams consideration in that to say is the better special teams player, But I think it's Tyring and Davis Price who's gonna service a backup for Christian McCaffrey,

who's been suffering from knee irritation. Uh, he's supposedly over that, but you really can't trust McCaffrey's held at this point. I think, Uh, David's Prices in line for at least ten twelve touches in this game. Not the best matchup against Miami, who's left the second few of the yards and yards were carried to opposing backs, but they have ye a bit healthy catch totals over the last few weeks,

and that's Christian McCaffrey's bread and butter. But again, you never know what the knee and Davis Price I can catch a few balls if needed, and you might find yourself with a starting running back next week. You never know. It sounds like I don't want to predict injury for McCaffrey, but it's back to the same old wobbly kind of injury reports are him? So t d P are you down with TVP? No? But but you built a good

GIU Creem Hunt goes up against Houston. Over his last three games, he's had seven touches, averaging seven touches and thirty one yards. It's been a brutal season for him, but Houston. It's all about the opponent here. The Texans allowing a league high one hundred seventy four yards and one and a half touchdowns per game to opposing running backs. Similar under studies like Antonio Gibson, Kenneth Gainwell, Dantrelle Hilliard

all have recently averaged seventy nine total yards. Hunt had fifty three scoreless yards against the Texans last season, in a game in which he actually outtouched Nick Chubb. Kareem Hunt, take a chance for me, run, Let's go to the receiver position. Scott, I am going back to the Jaguars. I think that offense is gonna have a good game. I think that that's gonna be a fun game to watch. The Jaguars Lions game. Just a high score and shootout.

UH DA Jones double digit star Christian Kirk over Tyreek Hill. I'm I don't know about that. We'll see. We'll find out later. Uh Double digit targets and back to back games before and after the bye, which I like that they came back after the bye and game double digit targets again. It's the third easiest matchup for wide receivers. Who just allowed seventy five plus yards and or scored a five different receivers in just the last two weeks,

and three of those were Giants. Somehow, I don't know how three giants got hit those possible Yeah, Brian, you're taking a chance for me receiver. I'm going to end with Foster Morrow against the Chargers. Opposing tight ends are averaging a hardy sixty two yards per game against lack. Morrow didn't see a target when these teams met back in Week one, but someone named Darren Waller caught four balls for seventy nine yards, and I feel like that

Morrow can match that production. Randall Cobbs got a nice match up against Chicago here. Chicago has been terrible at defending the slot normally, they're awful slot cornerback Kyler Gordon. It would be your starter here, but he's not going to play. They've ruled him out. And the funny thing is he was so bad. He was allowing the most passing yards of any player in the league. So now they got to go into the depth chart behind him

to undrafted rookie Jalen Jones. If you're on the depth chart behind the guy allowing the most passing yards in the NFL, that means you're probably really bad too. Meanwhile, in the two games since Cobb has returned from injury, he's got a touchdown in one seventy four yards in the other game, charge what if he sat on the sideline writing notes, Okay, don't do that. Don't do that, learning learning what not to do by the example set

by Kyler Gordon Jacksonville Scott. You've already picked apart this half ahead already, So what's left to talk about here? Travis e TN? Well, I can talk about e t N. Since Robinson was traded, e t N is averaging twenty four touches for a D four yards and a score in his three full healthy games. The Lion D Lion C is closer to the middle of the pack than you might think, but they've been gashed by larger workload

backs and shootouts, which this is likely to be. They allow four point seven four yards per carry, so when they do run a lot they get a decent amount. The question is health. He's been cleared to play. Uh, it's everything seems like he's he could have came back in last week. I have a B grade on E. T N. I even considered in A but I'll leave it at a B for now, just in case of health and in case Hasty comes in more than we think. Hasty had more receptions last week than ETN has in

a game all season. So that's something weird because we know we can we know he can catch you Cotton College later in college anyway. Uh. The the only other one we haven't talked about since Trevor Lawrence and Zay Jones, where my take a chance on me players Christian Kirk, who I have an A grade on which you're now it is. It is the third easiest matchup for wide receivers. I already mentioned like somehow Giants wide receivers were even

going off on the Lions. He's been targeted nine times or more in three straight, averaging a seven for seventy five and a score in those three. But mostly and scarily, the Lions have allowed the most fantasy points to the slot by a decent amount this season where Christian Kirk plays, So everybody's like, oh, why would you ever bench Tyreek Hill? Never been your studs. I have any grade there? Hey, grade there. Over on the other side, I have a B grade on Jared Goff at one of those rare

weeks where I think you can start him. Jags have allowed three and plus total yards and or multiple scores in three straight game is slated to be a shootout, one of the highest scoring on the slate with fifty one and a half over under, and Golf himself averages nearly two six yards and two scores in domes this year, so so, and he's gonna be at home in a dome.

Alman raw a grade just a target hog, averaging seven and a half catches in eighty eight yards over the last five, players with his level level of volume against the Jags have averaged eight for ninety and most of them scored. I mean, it's a grade for him. I probably could have just had automatic because he's the sun God. Uh. There actually hasn't been a lot of room for secondary receivers against this Jags team. Uh. And also starting you

know what, let's let's just move on. Nobody's starting chart or Raymond or anybody. All right, let's get to the running game. The Jags are giving up under four yards per carry and it kind of shows in the back box scores. Only backs with fifteen plus touches have done much of anything against the Jaguars, and lines don't have a fifteen touch back on ross. They really don't. That's why I have Jamal Williams with a secret and I

put Swift on the bench. The average stat line for those fifteen plus touchers is about ninety yards with a with a coin flip to score, but you need to get there. Luckily, Williams has touched that top that topped that touch mark in eight of the last nine games, so he's the one likely to get there. Andy's scoring like so just like them, So uh se gret on him. You can move me to a B. DeAndre Swift, I

just can't trust still yet. I mean, this is a great matchup against receiving backs, but he's not getting the work. He's still splaying with Justin Jackson. He's finally completely off the injury report, but the last time I thought that, he still didn't do anything. So I just need to wait to see it now. I'm with you on that. DeAndre Swift's draft position next August. It's gonna be fast, it's gonna be crazy, it's gonna be he's gonna be like seventh round flyer. But he's gonna be sitting on

top of the depth chart. He's gonna be healthy. It's gonna be I will say, if you're really in a pinch, like Jags are bottom seven in most categories against receiving backs, they're really bad in that area. And that's DeAndre Swift. Cleveland takes on Houston, Brian there might be a storyline at the quarterback position. Yeah, quite the honor. I get to talk about Shawn Watson. Uh, quite simply he's on the bench. No one throws against the Texans. They don't

need to. You run all over them. Wait and see what you got with Watson Houston allowing two and thirty yards in less than a passing touchdown per game. You don't start Watson in seasonal formats, maybe not even super flex. He's like a daily dart. You know people are gonna be off him. I don't want to talk about Deshaun

Watson anymore. He's on the bench. Nick Chubb is not, though, Uh he gets an a Texans allowing two running backs, you get at least twenty carries, and when Nick Chubb gets twenty carries, the Browns are undefeated by the way before, and no, when he doesn't, they're unfeeded. They don't win. So this seems like the game where you give Nick Chubb twenty five carries backs to get at least twenty carries against Houston have average one and sixty six rushing

yards at one point eight touchdowns. They're just awful against the run. That's why Kareem Hunt was to take a chance of me running back charge. I'm with you there. Over to the wide receivers, Marii Cooper gets a b. A couple of concerns here. How well will Watson play? How much will you need to throw? Probably not a lot. The Texans have allowed the second fewest catches and the fewest touchdowns to wide receivers just four years, so I

can't say bench Cooper, but keep your expectations in check. Uh. Sadly, that's why Donovan People's Jones is on the bench. I've been given to taking. For a second, Am I not correct that he's got much stronger home? Yes? Yet that is correct as well, So yeah, I might even bump Cooper down to a ce UH in a guill team league. He's benchable, but that's really what I don't blame you for that one, Um. You wanted bench David and Joku. You can't have nice things with David and Joku. It

looked like he was Harson Bryant. Now he's out, yeah, and Joku ruled out. So Harrison Brian gets a C and a pretty good matchup. Opposing tight ends are averaging nearly fifty yards for him against the Texans, who have also surrendered a touchdown to the position and three of their last four games, So solid, solid sea for Bryant over to the Houston side. Not a lot to like here. I will give Damian Pierce a B though a couple of really bad matchups. He's been bad as of late,

but this one is a little softer for him. The Browns allowing the sixth most rushing yards on the third highest yards per carried to opposing running backs. The Browns were also also surrendering a league high one point five touchdowns per game to the position, So don't give up on Piers just yet. He had I want to go. He had two brutal matchups he didn't do very well. This is an extremely soft spot for him to have a bounce back performance, Damian Pierce, I'm with you there.

And over to the wide receivers, Brandon Cooks, Nico Collins, I'll give him both. The sea only one is probably gonna do something. The Browns are allowing one plus yards any touchdown per game to opposing wide receivers. If you haven't have both on roster, I do prefer Collins over Cooks. Over the last three weeks, Allen says out targeted Cooks eight team looks like the new wide receiver one in Houston. And lastly, Jordan Aikins Kyle Allen bench when we come back.

What to do with Justin Fields one of the toughest calls of the weekend. He's healthy, he wants to beat the Packers. Finally, No, this is gonna be an opportunity. It looks like every bit like he's gonna play in this game. But do you dare start Justin Fields on the bad shoulder. We'll talk about it when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchi and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you.

You can follow us on Twitter. I am at Paul Charchi, Scott fish Is at Scott Fish twenty four and Brian Johnson at btx j oh. I thought you didn't know You're just pausing for dramatic radio effect. I definitely was not gagging on my own saliva, because that would never happen. If totally weird sounds like it sounds like it does, b t XJ. It sounds exactly like an eye chart. I love it. Green Bay takes on Chicago. I'm gonna start on the green Bay side to build up a

little drama. What to do with Justin Fields here. We're gonna start with maybe my most optimistic outlook I've had on Aaron Rodgers season. I love him this week this is but actually I'm gonna start with the receivers first, because when I tell you how much like the receivers, I think it will make more sense about why like Aaron Rodgers so much. Let's start with Christian Watson, improbably leads the NFL all players in touchdowns over the last

three weeks. Over the last five weeks, the Bears have allowed the fifth most yards six most touchdowns to opposing whiteouts. Watson runs from all over the field, but will mostly see slumping quarterback Jalen Johnson when if if he's even on the field. UH. Once the crown jewel of the Chicago secondary, he's now just a guy allowing a passer rating of a hundred three and a p f F F

ranking of sixty three. So I like Christian Watson with a B. Alan Lazard comes in with a B. Now Watson is kind of destroyed Lizard's fantasy production over the last three games, but I like this match up a lot. If Kendall Vildore, cornerback even goes in this game. He's allowed a perfect passer rating over the last uh last three weeks after our last three games, a perfect passer R. What are you going to retires? You can't say it,

love kindle Vildor. It's such a good name, Vildor. I like that he's given up two touchdown, just gave up two touchdowns of the Jets receivers last week. Over the last five weeks, the Bears have allowed the fifth most yard six most touchdowns per game to opposing whiteouts. Lazard is scored in four or five games against the Bears. I like him here A lot of B grade on Lazard Randall Cobb was might take a chance on me wide receiver. So having said that about Watson, Lazard, Cob

Aaron Rodgers, they're all B grades. Aaron Rodgers, Hey, grade, Now, if you want a factor in the thumb and the possibility and I think he else you got a thumb and something else, maybe it don't bleak or something. If you want to factor that in again, you know the chancity ends up, you know, getting knocked out of the game or something, fine, then give him a B. But let me just mention again, Bears are gonna be without no less than three starters in their secondary, including both

safeties and potentially another cornerback. He's throwing multiple touchdowns in five straight games against Chicago. Like all the receivers, Aaron Rodgers, Let's go to Aaron Jones be grade here. He posted his best game of the season in the earlier matchup with Chicago, one hundred seventy yards and two scores. Since trading away ro Kwan Smith and Robert Quinn, the Bears are giving up one hundred fourteen rushing yards per game

and one and a half rushing touchdowns per game. Aaron Jones should lead the pack and potentially both of those, and you can start a J. Dillon. I almost used him as might take a chance and your running back here. He's very touchdown dependent, but he gets most of the work near the goal line. I just mentioned Bears give up a ton of rushing touchdowns. They've given up the second most rushing touchdowns in fact. So a J. Dillon with a very promising touchdown performance here I played in

a league with him. Is he starting himself? He did not get to draft himself. Somebody took Aaron took j before could take a J. Dillon. If you would think if you're in the NFL playing fantasy, you'd find a way to draft yourself over you think so, especially last year, the girl who drafted A J. Dillon in that league played him against himself like that and he scored. I think he scored two touchdowns that gave that. That's a

great story. So he was scoring on himself. Let's go to really, oh you don't say, um, maybe turn that. Let's talk about what are you gonna do with Justin fields medically cleared? He expected to start Will Matt eber Flews protect his shoulder and withhold the designed runs that are the only reason you're starting Justin Fields to begin with. He's missing his only reliable receiver, Darnell Mooney. The Packers past defense has been more vulnerable in recent weeks, but

it's still they're pretty good. This is the player to me that's got more upside and downside than anybody on the entire slate this weekend. You know, if he if they give him design runs justin fields against a bad Packers run defense and bad tackling defense, Justin Fields could have another in a series of great games and he goes down on that shoulder and he could go out to you could get you could get three plays out of fifty seven rushing yards against the Packers last week.

So that's the upside that it gives you. I've got the middle of the field b grade on Justin Fields, the middle of the field. I don't know the road whatever. Uh so, but you know the A the a upside is there for Fields if he's allowed to run again. Not to be labor this point Bills. You know when when they had the elbow injury with Josh Allen, they didn't give any design runs. They protected their their quarterbacks. It's not clear how this is gonna go, and I

don't know, and you don't know. You'll have to just weigh the risks here. I'm putting a B grade on Justin Fields. Uh, you can start one of his receiving options. Cold commit a very touchdown dependent fantasy producer. Unfortunately, the Packers have allowed six tight end touchdowns in the last five weeks. So if there's ever a time to need a touchdown dependent tight end, this is it. CE grade on cold commit David Montgomery. I've got a C grade

on him. The game scripts very unlikely to tilt in the favor of Chicago's running game, but I think he's startable here for two reasons. One, I suspect the Packers are gonna rest of Andre Campbell one more week to get him to the bye. And then the second reason is the Packers just allowed the sixteenth most rushing yards in the history of the NFL, sixty three, most of it to Josh Jacobs. So when was it Josh Jacobs? No, it was to the Eagles. It was to the set

of Eagles runners. Yes, when the Packers aren't allowing franchise records to be broken, they are still a matchup to target allowing the third most rushing yards and seventh most rushing touchdowns, and we're gonna leave Chase Claypool on the bench. He does not have more than two catches in any game as a member of the Bears. Tennessee takes on Philadelphia Scott. This is an opportunity, obviously for uh, for Derrick Henry against a Eagles run defense that has struggled

lately but might get elephant time defensive tackle Jordan Davis back. True, true, but also in Derrick Henry's favorite volume backs have have done decently against the Eagles, and Henry gets lots and lots of carries, He's going to be able to wear them down a little bit. Uh. Listen, I still have an eight grade on Henry, and you're not benching Henry anyway. But eight backs had at least twelve carries on this

Eagles team. Seven of them scored. Wow, uh, you go up one carry thirteen carries, Every single one of them had eighty plus yards. Every every running back all all uh nine backs that had thirteen carries. Um, no, sorry, all seven backs that at thirteen carries, everyone had eighty plus yards. And Derrick Henry gets basically double that, so

um Tannehill is on the bench. Eagles their second toughest matchup for posing quarterbacks, and the game plan to beat the two, beat or even compete with the Eagles the last few weeks is just run the ball aton, which is what they have. They have the perfect offense for it. So I have Tannehill on the bench trailing Burks. I'm actually giving a C grade to I think he continues to build on what he's started doing the last couple of weeks. Someone's got to get something for that offense.

He's the big play guy. He's starting to get more volume. He has six plus targets in every game since returning. They want him more involved. They talked about that, and the top receiver against the Eagles has seventy five plus yards and or a score in four straight, so that could be Burkes this week. C grade over to the Eagle side. It's an A grade for Hurts and A J. Brown. I don't think I need to go over it at all. The revenge game for Brown, and he's been chippy on

two Witter about it too. Well, No, when when the trade happened and stuff. He was really chippy about how they wouldn't pay him and all that. But let's go to Davanta Smith. Titans are allowing ninth most receptions, sixth most yards, and third most touchdowns to wide receivers because you can't run on them. You have to pass. You can't run. So in the last three games, Smith has seen target totals of eight, nine and nine, corresponding right with Goddard going down, so five plus catch average in

that span. The yardage has been middling seventy eight. But with that volume and this matchup, I got a C grade on Davontae Smith. I'm still keeping the C grade on Miles Sanders. It's just such a good offense and they give him so much opportunity and he's the guy at the stripe. Outside of that, at the Times Titans rank top five and a ton of categories including rush yards allowed, yards per carry allowed, compoy yards allowed, touchdowns,

pretty much everything. Uh, it's certainly not a good spot. You can't squeeze gain one for that pass catching. He probably expects sixty seventy yards and hope first or that's where you're probably gonna get out of Miles Sanders. So I gave him a C right there. Yeah, I'm a little more optimistic, but it is a brutal match. I mean, the offense is so good that he's gonna have lots

of opportunity to get that score. Miami takes on San Francisco and one of the most I think the most confounding to figure out games that we're gonna have on this whole slate. Brian, it's you've got it right now. I'm trying to figure out if I'm starting Christian Kirk with an A grade from Scott earlier in this show, or Tyreek Hill in one of my guillotine leagues. This is a tricky spot. Tyreek Hill's got a brutal matchup

and Miami's missing their two starting tackles. Talk to me, alright, We'll start with Tyreek Hill then, Um, Like you said, it's it's a tough matchup. On paper, the forty Niners have allowed just one wide receiver touchdown over the last three games, but during that same span, the slot has been kind of a soft spot for the forty Niners. DeAndre Carter and Greg Dortch both posted good numbers against

the forty Niners over their last three games. Tyreek Hill runs definitely a third of his snaps from the slot. They could certainly bump up those numbers if they choose to. So I gotta be on Tarred Hill. He always carries that that a upside, but I don't know if he he hits it here. So just the b for Hill and Jalen Waddle just gonna give him a sea here. It's the same tough matchup for him. He's runs from the slot at times too, but I think he'll be on the outside a little more. So I like Hill

a little more than Waddle. So just the sea for Waddle. Like the sicky he is on the bench. The forty Niners have allowed just two tight end touchdowns all season. That's an easy call and uh to tong go Biola give him a ce. The forty Niners have allowed just nine passing touchdowns all season, two over their last five games. It's just the forty Niners have a great defense. So

you've gotta temper your expectations for the Dolphins offense. And lastly, I have to mention Jeff Jeff Wilson and you just mentioned charge the Dolphins without they're starting left tackle and right tackle, and with Raheem Mostert set to make his return. Just to see for Wilson, the forty forty Niners are allowing a legal fifty nine rush yards per game to opposing running backs. San Francisco was also about the ninth

viewest receiving yards to the position. UH So even with the with the return of return of mostart, Wilson still see the majority of the work. But a really tough match of matchups are just to see for him. A tough matchup on the other side, uh for running back starting with Christen McCaffrey. Just gonna give him a B here even though he's over the quote unquote knee irritation. Um we we mentioned Elijah Mitchell. He has been ruled out, so McCaffrey should see plenty of touches, but it's a

tough matchup. Miami is allowed the second fewest yards and yards per carried to opposing backs, but they have yielded healthy catch totals to the very comparable Austin Ekeler and Alvin Kamara. Recently they had seven and six catches respectively. So a B for McCaffrey, But it Tirian Tyrean I believe it's pronounced Davis Prices might take a chance of me running back. I think he sees ten to twelve touches in this game. People say I'm on the Jordan

Mason side after after Garoppolo's yeah, we want to. I want to see again what he'd be like with a fall game, Garoppolo all looks. I think Mason was the special had the special team. Shanahan did say that earlier in this season that he Mason was starting over t DP because of special teams. Well, time will, but I'm going with t DP for now. I could be wrong and we shall find out. I'm hopefully not wrong about

Brandon Aiyuk safe b for him. He has top sixty receiving yards or scored a touchdown in each of his last six games. Miamis has allowed the fifth few yards to wide receivers over the last five weeks to keep it mindly at their by during that time frame, but on the season, the Dolphins have surrendered the third most receiving touchdowns on the red zone, and as five red zone touchdowns ranked fourth amongst all wide receivers. So I like him here with the b over to Deebo Samuel.

If he to play with the quads amstring, I don't think he's gonna go. If he goes, I still got him on the bench because I fear a decoy role is cleared fifty combo yards just one since injuring his hamstring in Week seven. Don't see a ton of upside

here for him. There is upside for George Kittle. They'll give him a B. The Dolphins have allowed the third most fantasy points at tight ends, and they have also given up five plus catches and a touchdown to the position in each of their last three games and last year. I'll give Jimmy Garoppolois c. Miami owns the sixth highest opponent passing play percentage in the league, and I like the matchups enough for the primary weapons even without deebos So. I think Jimmy g gets a sea. He's him. I

like him. I think a little bit more than you. All right, So, Christian Kirk or Tyrek Hill, what do you? Why are you picking? I still think it's Terry Kill, but just because just because he has that explosive, explosive potential, it's a guillotine league question, guillotine league only. Really, I'm going Hill too. Don't sit your studs. I don't know, go with Kirk right now. I'm going Kirk. Go with

Kirk right now. We'll find out. We'll also find out the answer to three tough questions when we come back for our number two of Fantasy Football Weekly. Stay tuned our number two Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchie and Guillotine Leagues dot Com, Scott Fish and Brian Johnson. Good to have you guys back our number two. We always start this hour with tough question number one. Trevor Lawrence just played the best game of his career rest of season. Is he a top five, top ten, top fifteen or

worse fantasy quarterback? We'll begin with Scott Fish. I love watching good quarterback play, and I feel like he's looked really good recently, so I wanted this to be higher than it was. I put top fifteen because the next two weeks he gets really good matchups, especially this week because he's might take a chance on me player. But then the Fantasy playoffs, Fantasy Pros has ranked as the worst fantasy matchups. For the worst Fantasy playoff matchups schedule

four quarterbacks, and I checked like ten different sites. They all said the same things, just bad and and Houston's the other one where the teams just run, they don't they don't have to pass um. So I feel like he's going to have probably three down games to end the season. I put him still in the top fifteen. I know guys like Deshaun Watson stuff might jump in. I think he's currently quarterback twelve or so. He's probably gonna drop a few spots a couple of good matchups.

I have him top fifteen, like probably QB fifteen, Okay, QB fifteen. Trevor Lawrence right in there, coming off the best game of his career. Rest of season, Brian is Trevor Lawrence a top five fantasy quarterback, top ten, top fifteen or worse. I basically have nothing to add to what Scott said. I agree with with everything, but I will I will say I'll put him top ten if they free Dan who averages catch. Okay, so he said

top fift that's what he said. But unlocked step sound When I talked about John Smith catches passes pass past this week? Does he does John nu Smith for a brief shining moment in the first like six games, the best three years rushing tight end of all time. Yeah, he was, you know, he was like tight end one, I had my moment and then it's all fizzled. Sense. Then you guys hit most of my most of my

talking points here. But one thing you haven't talked enough about with Trevor Lawrence and where he's so developed is the accuracyous him last year, and rightfully so for it's terrible. Actually get this, Over his last three games, Trevor Lawrence has completed seventy seven percent of his passes. That is an astounding improvement. Do you know how many games he

had over seventy seven percent last year? None? None, none, Some of them are just like backshort older on the sideline to it like it's impressive and not coincidentally here the Jaguars one two of those three games with this high completion percentage. He's just a different guy. Credit him and Doug Peterson for what they've been able to build there. You guys have already hit on many of the other

sailing and things, but let me mention this. He's been a top ten fantasy quarterback in half his games this year. Top ten are better. He's currently quarterback eleven, so he doesn't have far to go to get up to quarterback ten, which I could easily see him Doing's one thing I didn't mention in mind is he's only faced two defenses in the ranks of the ones he plays in the flayoffs, he was QB twenty five and QB twenty seven those weeks. Well, the Dallas and Jets games are bad, but the next

two are great, So that evens out. We're gonna put top ten. Whoa okay, tough question. Number two with Mike White at the helm is Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson a wide receiver, one wide receiver to flex or bench player rest of the year, Ryan. Before I get to Garrett Wilson among tight ends with at least seven catches, Dan Arnold second second in the yards per catch, Let's give him more looks Trevor Lawrence, He'll be top five before you even know it. But back to Garrett Wilson.

So here, Garrett Wilson splits this year with Zach Wilson. Seven games with the Zach Wilson and four without. He averages five and a half targets with Zach Wilson. Ten without Zach Wilson, he has he have just forty five yards per game. Was Zach Wilson seventy seven, whether it's Joe Flacco or Mike White per game. Basically double the receiver with anybody but Zach. He scored zero touchdowns in

his seven games with Zach Wilson's quarterback. He scored four touchdowns in his four games win Zack Wilson is out under center, and hey, I like the schedule moving forward at Minnesota this week. Great matchup at Buffalo next week could get tricky with the return of T Davious White, but the Bills aren't as nearly as tough as they were against the past as they were last year. Then Detroit, Jacksonville and at Seattle. That's those are four out of

five pretty good matchups. So I got wide receiver one restive way alright, that means wide receiver twelve. He finishes wide receiver twelve. Press. Why are you guys going so much bolder than I than this week? Same question for you, Scott with Mike White at the helm is Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson a wide receiver one wide receiver too flex or bench for the rest of the season. See I I hate when this happens. It happened in the first question. Brand's like Yeah, that's a lot of what

you and the same. I had the same stuff with you know, with Wilson, without Wilson, but I had him ending up right at the edge of twenty four by wide receiver twenty four two twenty four, So I have wide receiver to it just has a lot of upside. Wilson's disappearances are Zack Wilson related. It seems like a few of the matchups are shootouts coming up. We just got to hope it continues. Um, we don't. We don't

exactly know. Mike White favored Elijah Moore last year and he are We already saw a really good play last week and and you know more just have two catches last Yeah he did, but he did. He looked great with them, and who knows if he starts to get more. They had a connection last year. And Corey Davis is still there. There's I I just have twenty four. I can't go to one. I have him is a wide

receiver two. Garrett Wilson rest of season right this week, right now, he's wide receiver nine this week and against the Vikings like him there most weeks. As I looked through the rest of the schedule, I'm asking myself, is he going to be an A, A B. He's going to be an A and a B the rest of the year Going forward, Jets have the easiest remaining passing schedule, plus matchups every week. Um White completed sixty seven percent of his passes in his couple of games last season.

He completed seventy of his passes last week. I mean, dude might actually be pretty good. Garrett Wilson, I I was very close. I went through and started listing players to see if I can get him into wide receiver one. I can't quite do it. I think there's just too many proven veterans who are gonna be safer. But he was very close to wide receiver one. I've got wide receiver two. Him and Sauce Gardner are the reason my

the Jets are my son's second favorite team. And uh, he doesn't know this yet, but we're going to the Jets Vikings game this weekend. Oh you are. He doesn't know it yet though, Wow, well now he might he might when he hears that. That's a good idea. Tough question number three. Appropriate level of concern for Dalvin Cook speaking of the Jets Vikings none Some or a bowl loosening level of existential dread. Scott, Yeah, I'm I'm going

with some. I think the question is is Darrisa going to be back in a couple of games, because it seems like that's left tackle Christian der Yes, Christian dares that it seems like the last two weeks have been a little Derris related, with Dalvin Cook's numbers going down. Prior to that, he had scored five straight for scored in five straight games. Six scores in those five games went over a ten yards and three of those five. Um,

I'm just gonna say some. I think that Kocuh Kevin O'Connell is going to be extra cautious with Darrissa and he'll miss this week, but after that he should be He should be okay, he should still be putting up RB one, r B two numbers. It's it's not blowed, It's it's just some Brian appropriate level of concern for Dalvin Cook. Is it none some or about a loosening

level of existential dread? Well, I'm blowed on him this week based on the current state of the offensive line and the bad matchup against the Jets, But moving forwards got kind of alluded to this. I don't see myself benching Cook against the Lions, the Colts, the Giants, or especially the Packers. So he's at least the Sea in all of those games moving forward. So I'm at some as well, Uh we do. You may recall we asked this very question like week three of the season, when

he started off very very slowly. Then he went on a scoring tear, effectively averaging a touchdown not tear it down per game for the next like six weeks um. And I've mentioned this several times before, say, usually do the Vikings matchups. His box scores are oftentimes bailed out by one big play, and that always worries me about a player. But where I think Cook is still safe at least after this weeks. This is a brutal matchup. His volume is so high, he has a lot of

cracks at making that one big times. And you'r Dalvin Cookie, you still have a chance to make that one big play. Rest of the schedule after this is in my eyes, downright easy. And you know, Brian, you were saying he's not going to be benched, and it was I think he's gonna be an A and a B grade most of those weeks, so my appropriate level of concern beyond a very tough matchup this week is none. Speaking of Jets Vikings perfect lead in, let's go right to it.

Mike White was gonna take a chance at the quarterback. We already sung the praises of Garrett Wilson here, but let me just drill down on this matchup a little bit more granularly. I already told you he was my wide receiver nine for the this week, so that's an A grade. Minnesota allows the most yards to wide receivers two hundred per game, and Wilson runs from all over the field. He's got strongly positive matchups against slot cornerback Chandon Sullivan and rookie at Caleb Evans, who has been

on the field for sixty three NFL passing downs. Ever, that's a strongly positive matchup for Garrett Wilson, A grade for him. I've also got a C grade on Elijah more Scolders scored a touchdown last week, just his first in the entire season, but his snap count remains the lowest of the Jets starting whiteouts, and he hasn't topped two receptions in a game since way back in Week four. Consider Elijah Moore a high risk dark throw against a

struggling secondary. The sneakier play might be Corey Davis, the forgotten man of the Jets wideouts after losing a month to a knee injury. But his first game back last week, he had twice the snap count of Elijah Moore. Like all the Jets receiver, he runs from all parts of the field, and there's a strong matchup basically everywhere except Patrick Peterson and so see great on Corey Davis, be great on Tyler Conklin in a revenge game. Brian Conklin

has some strong individual matchups here. Harrison Smith safety has allowed the third most yards in coverage among all safeties. Linebacker Jordan Hicks has allowed the most yards among all linebackers, and those are guys that traditionally pick up opposing tight ends. In recent weeks, Hunter Henry and Dawson Knox put a big games against Minnesota. I like Tyler Conklin a lot here. Be great. We've mentioned Conklin a few times in the past,

saying this playoff stretch, he's very positive. Starting now, startable every week through Week seventeen. I'm with you. All right, let's go to the running backs. It looks like Michael Carter won't play last week. Zonovan Knight got the majority of the volume and it looked pretty good. But Ty Johnson also factored in it was and was explosive in his his touches. I think they're both startable here. Night

is safer for for PPR usage. The Vikings all the six most receptions to opposing running backs, and Mike White targeted his running backs seven times last week. It was like nine per game. The Vikings run defense is solid and of critical importance. They're getting back defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson this week or they expect to. That will help shut down the running game here. But still, I think in totality you could start Zonovan Knight and tie Johnson

with see grades. Let's go to the Viking side of this game. Justin Jefferson a grade here, but um and a lot of talking, a lot of talking about his potential matchup with defensive Rookie of the Year favorite Sauce Gardner here, who's been fantastic for us. But keep in mind Gardner only plays one side of the field and Justin Jefferson only runs twenty six percent of his plays on that side of the field, so that matchup is not even gonna be in play that often. A great

justin Jefferson. Let's go to some others to talk about t J. Hockinson. I like a lot. Five catches in every game since five or more in every game since his trade in Minnesota, and he's finished as a top five tight end in three of those five weeks. He's got the most positive matchup of any of the Vikings receivers. The Jets have allowed the fifth most receptions to tight ends, the Jets having a lot of tight end scorrel season, which is a little odd, but they've played exactly one

tight end of Hockinson's caliber all year. Very soft schedule. Hockinson should continue to roll here. A B grade on him. The other parts of the passing game I've got on the bench. Adam Feeland looked healthier last week than he had all season. I thought he looked very spry, but I can't quite get him onto the get him to

a starting grade against a very good secondary. He runs predominantly from the sauce gardener side of the field, and actually the other cornerbacks are also very good, Michael Carter, and did you read also very good here? I can't put a starting grade on feeling, and I've got my first bench grade of for Kirk Cousins of the year. The Jets have blanked opposing quarterbacks and five of their last eight and in the other three games they've given

up one passing touchdown in those games. But no New York's secondary elite and again Vikings will not have Cousins, will not have blindside left tackle Christian Darisaw in the game, which is a another cause for worry. And lastly, Dalvin Cook um you know does he needs to get the

big play, which we've talked about before. Jets are very good run defense, no back his top seventy eight yards since week five, and since Week five, opposing runners are averaging just three point seven yards per carry, just one touchdown. Your best hope is from some contributions through the air for Dalvin Cook Romandre Stevenson against the Jets a couple of times big receiving games in the last month. I

don't know. I think it's just in total volume. I'm gonna give Dalvin Cook a B, but man, it was I really want to give him a see here because the Jets run defense is so good. But I'm gonna give him a B. And I think there's a real chance, you know, I was very down and Cook last week. There's a real chance that you've got other options that

might be safer than Dalvin Cook. If you've got starting grades on guys like Sonoman Knight and Ty Johnson Shore, there might be there might be you should have started James Cook over Dalvin Cook. Wow, as it turned out, that looks like we got a new RB one in Buffalo. I know he's looking really good. He's gonna be a fascinating guy for draft purpose as well. When we come back,

Seattle takes on the Dying l A Rams. We'll tell you how many touchdowns Kenneth Walker will score and five we're expecting five I've been told, uh, And whether or not Gino Smith will remain hot against the Rams when we come back Fantasy Football, Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charge and Scott Fish, Brian Johnson with you. I got a block of matchups for you, beginning with Seattle

taking on the Rams. We have previously established Kenneth Walker is going to be the high scoring player of this week. With five touchdowns in Yeah, it's it's almost really weird that I gave him a B grade with the five. Doesn't know it really doesn't. He must fumble the ball like or something. Uh. Walker gets the top ten Rundy and most metrics including rushing yards, touchdowns, yards per carrying

more Aaron Donald. Though no Aaron Donald last week is a little rough for Walkers yardage wise, but he still still score twice. He has nine touchdowns in the last seven games since taking over for Penny, only failing to score in one game. He gets fifteen plus touches every week, averages twenty one touches in his fall games. That volume and potential is pretty good, even though a tough matchup, and he's been in a few of those games he's needed the touchdowns. So if he doesn't get him here,

he gets down to a bet. I wonder if the Rams don't you they just I wonder if they just don't have a collapse game in them and this is it? Yeah, it could be Gino Smith. I got an A grade on the Rams pass rush without Aaron Donald will help um loses on of that bite. Uh, it's on the heels of a three hundred plus yard data mahomes in a two hundred and sixty yard three score day to Andy Dalton is where the Rams defense has been recently.

Gino has multiple scores in all but two games this season and over three hundred total yards and three straight. He's been so so stable. Um Yeah, DK metcalf I got a B grade on seventy plus yards and or a score in seven to the last nine, four straight where he has been the target leader all of them. Uh. In all of them and by far, especially last week with fifteen targets, I was a little ridiculous B grade

their C grade unlock it. He isn't too far behind with five plus targets in every game since the opener. His abilities for that big play, and he did. He has scored in four straight, which is as long as he keeps scoring great UH C grade on him. The volume is a little lower than d K, so I got him with a C grade on on that. Over to the other side, the only the only guy in the passing game I with his starting grade is Tyler Higbee with wall for it in there. Even Matt Stafford

wasn't even throwing for two hundred yards. Um, they just can't move the ball, but it's the second easiest matchups for tight ends. And in the one John Walford game earlier this season, Tyler Habe eight catches seventy three yards. All right, I like it so and with the with the great matchup, I got a B grade on Habee and Karvin Williams was about to take a chance on

me runner. The Charges take on Las Vegas, Brian, this is a Chargers offense that has been, in my eyes, much better with Keenan Allen, who's looked downright spry at times. What are your expectations for Los Angeles? Yeah, So we'll start with Justin Herbert, who have given a to He was averaging nearly two yards and three touchdowns per game

with a healthy Keenan Allen so far. This is a stat thanks to Paul Churchy, and that's nearly a fifty percent increase in fantasy points from the non Keenan games. So an a for Herbert, who had to seventy nine and three touchdowns when these teams first met in Week one when Keenan Allen was healthy. So an a for Herbert and a for Keenan Allen. Las Vegas has allowed at least seventy five yards to an opposing wide receiver

in four straight games. During that same span, slot receivers Paris Campbell and Christian Kirk both top seventy five yards and scored, so they had good games. Alan could easily do the same. Raiders slot corner Amik Robertson owns a pitiful one passer rating in his coverage, so the a for Keenan. Mike Williams has been ruled out. He will not make his return from that ankle injury, so I'll

give Josh Palmer a see. Opposing wide receivers are averaging a healthy thirteen catches an hundred and sixty yards against the Raiders, so there should be enough meat on the bone for both Palmer and Alan and this one, and probably something left over for Gerald Everett he gets a see. The Raiders haven't allowed a touchdown to a tight end since Week five, when Travis Kelsey scored four of them, which is like four of the six tight ends the Raiders have allowed all year. But Everett did score one

in Week one. He had fifty four yards as well, and with no Mike Williams, I like Everett here and again it's the tight end Wasteland. You're not benching Gerald Everett. He gets the scene. You're definitely not benching Austin Ekeler. Uh. Last, but certainly not least. He gets an A did not have a good game back in that Week one meeting, just seventy two scoreless combo yards on four catches, but

he was vultured on a receiving touchdown. I don't know if you ever had a receiving touchdown Vulture by by Xander R. Vaff Hold on where's our vulture? We haven't. We haven't heard from the vulture weeks. He's just vultering things.

But the Raiders allowing one combo yards at one point two touchdowns per game to opposing back, So you're starting Austin Ekeler obviously over to the other running back, the running back in all of Fantasy football RB one in the world, Josh Jacobs gets an a watch that calf injury though, But that's what they said last weekends, and we all saw what happened. The Chargers are allowing on three rushing yards on a league worse five point six yards per carry and one point four touchdowns per game

to opposing running backs. Jacobs didn't do much in the Week one matchup, but things are way way different now. Josh Jacobs, if he go, If he goes, and he should, he gets an a as is Davante Adams. The Chargers have allowed four wide receiver touchdowns over their last three games, and Adams had ten catches, one yards and a touchdown in the first meeting. And he has commanded double digit targets in four straight games. I don't see how that

stops here. Now over to Mac Collins, might take a chance to me wide receiver who scored in his spiked game against the Seahawks. He's on the bench this week, though, has seen nearly thirty percent of the Raiders are yards since Darren Waller and hunter Renfroll went on i R. But it's been that's exactly what I thought. That was a lot of build up and then he's I'm just trying to get my my peacock in for my Mac Collins call last week. I'm still waiting on that. There

are there's my bird. Uh. It's been rare for two wide receivers to go off against the Chargers this year. My money is on Adams. If a wide receiver is gonna go off for the Raiders in this one. And lastly, fostermorrow Was might take a chance on me receiver at tight end, of course, and Derek Carr might take a chance on the quarterback. There should be some points sward in this final matchup of this segment is Kansas City taking on the Cincinnati Bengals. Uh, Mahomes and Kelsey are

obvious as let me just mention this. On paper, the Bengals look like a pretty good past defense. But get this, they have found their way to play against seven quarterbacks who are or were backups this year, and it's gonna be eight when Jacobe Brisette rides pied and this week they're gonna have faced eight quarterbacks who are or we're backups.

So I think this is kind of a paper tiger, and I'm not obviously you wouldn't benching Mahomes or Kelsey anyway, but it also makes you feel a little bit better about Juju Smith Schuster. In his return from concussion last week, he only played thirty eight percent of the snaps, and I get him a B grade because I didn't think he'd only play thirty eight percent of the snaps because he was back. Presumably he's gonna get the full workload here, so I'm back to putting a B grade on Juju.

In the three games prior to his King cushion, he was averaging a hundred eight yards and he had scored twice in those three games. Cincinnati's secondary has surrendered at least seventy five yards to a receiver in four of the last five. Their best cornerback Chadobe E. Wusiers on I Are that means rookie backup Cam Taylor Britt is your starting cornerback and he gives up an eighty percent completion rate and he passer rating of in his coverage.

Juju is a nice start here, and I'd even consider a little dart throw on Marquez Valdez scantling with McCole Hardenman gonna miss another game. MBS has posted Fantasy relevant games here and two of Hardman's three missed games, He's gonna draw a lot of Eli Apple and that is a decent matchup. Apples a gambler and MBS is a guy who can make big plays, so we'll give him a high risk, high reward C grade for MVNS. And lastly,

Isaiah Pacheco in rare air for Chiefs running backs. Over his last three games, he's averaging eighteen touches for total yards. We haven't seen this since Kareem Hunts rookie year, Davian Williams playoff run he has something like that. I mean, it's yeah, it's been a long time. Jamal Charles, I

don't know. The Bengals have struggled against opposing running backs lately, giving up one hundred forty one total yards and one point three touchdowns per game over their last four games, which would be eighth most and third most league wide, respectively. So solid B grade and Isaiah Pachaco. Let's go to Cincinnati. We're gonna give out a grades to Joe Burrow, Tee Higgins and Jamaar Chase. We're gonna go right for us.

Chiefs are a very good run defense and a very shaky past defense, and the game script should tilled heavily to the air. Kansas City sees the third most passes, thirty seven per game. That's the kind of volume that makes Joe Burrow an automatic start, particularly with Chase back. In Chase's two games against the Chiefs last year, he

totaled three hundred twelve yards that's total domination. Chase and te Higgins run from the outside, where they both have strongly positive matchups against rookie cornerbacks Joshua Williams allows posing passer rating of one, and Trent McDuffie has only seen one fifty eight NFL coverage snaps in his entire career. I mean, these are really primo matchups for Higgins and Chase.

So with Chase, of course, you're you're running some extra risk, right, maybe r injury, maybe reduced snap count, but still the upside is so high. I think you've got to have the A grade, and I'm starting Chase in my leagues. Tyler Boyd gets a C grade here. His fantasy production was double in the games that Chase played in. He's

got a neutral matchup against slack cornerback Lagarius Snead. But we've seen the Chiefs give up some big slot receiver games recently, including Christian Kirk's explosion a couple of weeks ago. So we'll try Tyler Boyd even though he has been disappointing, because Chase is back. And then lastly, let's talk about the running backs for the Bengals. Here, Joe Mixon's concussion status. As we're recording this, it's twelve hour. You know, we don't know yet, So we'll try to play this a

couple of different ways. No matter what, it's a tough matchup for Mixing or some j p Ryan um Kansas City's run defense sees the fifth fewest rushing attempts, they allow the tenth fewest rushing yards. Two weeks ago, Austin Ekeler petered out at eighty three yards on four yards per carry. And Austin Ekeler is really good. The only two backs that have scored touchdowns against the Chiefs. You

have to go way back to week five. And what's more, the Chiefs have become very good at stopping past catching backs as well. So I can't say he's gonna help you there either. If Mixing comes back, I'm only to put a C grade on him. But I'm also worried that p Ryan's looks so good. He's learned a place

at the table. He's earned some extra carries here, so I wouldn't blame you if you've benched Mixing, but I'm gonna keep the C grade on him out of respect for the fact that normally he gets the vast majority of the work in the volume here. Now, if Mixon does not go, then I would consider p Ryan with perhaps a C grade in his place, because he won't

have to share with Mixon. You get all the volume, and I'd actually, in that scenario'd probably feel a little better about p. Rhan with mixing because I know he's going to get almost all the work. There you go. When we come back premature speculation. There are still players for you to pick up in advance of the rest of your league. Find out who they are when we come back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Final segment Fantasy Football Weekly, Paul Charge and Scott Fish and Brian Johnson with you.

This is a segment we like to call free mature speculation. In three players that you'll want to pick up this week that other people be trying to pick up next week, but they're already on your team. Scott Fish, you go first. It's finally time. It's finally time. Jamison Williams is rostered. He is practicing golf. Says he looks fast. He gets a great matchup this week if he goes, but you probably don't want to start with even if he goes, But then he gets the Vikings next week. That's an

equally decent matchup for Jamison Williams. It could turn out that, you know, they need another pass catcher in that offense. It could turn out that that deep, speed, elusive, slippery guy, uh could. I'm not saying he's gonna be a league winner. I'm saying get him on your roster just in case. All right, Jamison Williams the first of three premature speculation players. Brian, Who's next, I'll go future starting Packers quarterback Jordan's Love. Um.

You might think this is a super flex player. I think he's been scooped up in most super flexed leagues. But I still think he's worth and add if you need to back up quarter back in one quarterback leagues. As soon as the Packers are out of the playoffs, and that could be as soon as this weekend, Rogers will gladly take a seat. He's not going to demand to play. He's already no and uh yeah, we'll see what he already said something about as long as we're so.

I think even if they if they lose to the Bears, they're definitely out. I think even if they win and other teams win, they might still be eliminated. There aren't buy in Week fourteen. Not ideal, but there's some decent matchups for the Packers starting in week fifteen. They got the Rams, who was a broken team at Miami. Not great, but there should be. They should be chasing points there. Then they have the Vikings at home in week seventeen. As of right now, the Vikings are a secondary to target.

And you know it was only for like a quarter, but love in Christian Watson showed some chemistry and uh, I'm a believer in Jordan's love. He just hasn't that any chances obviously, so we're worth the bench spot if you got them. I'm really excited about Corey Davis, Jets receiver. I gave him a starting grade this week against Minnesota. But I'd like to remind you Jets have the easiest passing schedule rest of season. And listen with Corey Davis was doing let's go wait, go back to the Joe

Flacco era at the beginning of the season. Listen to what we were getting out of Corey Davis in those early games. Week one seventy seven yards, Week two eight three yards in a touchdown. Week three was not good week four seventy four yards in a touchdown, non Zack Wilson games. Corey Davis shows up, baby. Corey Davis went fifth overall in draft. That's amazing. Cooper Cup wins. Corey Davis played two games with Mike White last year. One. Wow, that's great stats. Thank you for pulling that up on

quick demand. Very impressive work on your part. You know, would also be impressive when you break down Indianapolis and Dallas. Oh, let's do that. Uh, let's start with the passing game for the Colts. Let's just start here. Actually, Dallas leads the league in quarterback pressures sacks. They've allowed just twelve passing touchdowns in twelve games, which is one of the fewest, uh,

and the fewest passing yards. They've only allowed eleven wide receiver touchdowns this year, and only two wide receivers over seventy five yards. So naturally, Matt Ryan's on the bench, Paris Campbell's on the bench, who had his role kind of usurped from Gelanni Woods by Gilanni Woods last week. So excited about the future for Johnny Woods. Yeah, yeah, We've mentioned him a bunch of times on this show, but he's probably out with his shoulder injury this week.

Kyle Granson was playing over him before that, and Kyle Granson was sick last week, so that's why. But I have them on the bench. Jopson's gonna play. Yeah, it's switched, but again, terrible matchup for him, So I have that on the bench. Is the biggest guy on the field when the huddle, bigger than him. Him and Ali Cox could hold hands and reach either side of the the end zone. I swear like the two pilots. Michael Pittman is like six five to fifty. He looks like a

little kid. It's like the Raiders with fast guys. They have a type. They love wingspans down there in Indianapolis. Apparently, Michael Pittman is the only guy in the receiving game I've a starting grade on I have a C grade on him. Uh, he's gonna get that. He's got to get there on volume. It's just a tough matchup, but he gets six plus. He has six plus catches in three straight games. Really a bunch of games this year he has had six plus catches routinely see seven to

ten targets. He leads the team in red zone targets. He should find his way there. One way or another. He just gets the volume four it C grade on Michael Pittman over to Jonathan Taylor. I'm still giving him an A grade, but it's not an automatic A grade. It's still in A grade though. Dallas does rank fifth against running backs, but a lot of that is due to the fact they've only allowed five running back scores. That's both rushing and receiving, only five running back scores

and almost nothing in the past game. They shut down the path. But Jonathan Taylor's a runner. He's a runner. He's averaging twenty one rush attempts for a hundred and six yards in a score since Jeff Saturday took over um. The Dallas Cowboys almost similarly allow a hundred five rushing yards per game, so it feels like that's about where

where it's going to be. They allow over four and a half yards per carry, so on Jonathan Taylor's volume, he should get that get there because both backs who had twenty plus rush attempts against the Cowboys had over hundred and twenty five yards or more, so that's where we're looking at with Taylor, plus they won't be able to pass very well, so Taylor's got to do it over to the Cowboys side. Dak Prescott gets a B grade two fifty plus yards and multiple scores in four

straight but it's not the best matchup. No quarterbacks have top two hundred yards on the Colts uh and six quarterbacks have been under two hundred yards, even car Hurtz and Heineke. However, in the last five weeks had multiple scores. They had yard dige totals of two eight, two hundred and seventy six three in eight. You can expect Prescott to be in that for two range. A couple scores, that's B level. He can teeter on a level if he needs to. But um, they did hold down Mac

Jones and Kenny Pickett. But I don't compare those two two Dak Prescott Ceedee Lamb. I got a B grade on tough matchup for wide receivers, Colts allowing the sixth fewest receptions, third fewest yards, second fewest touchdowns, with just six wide receiver touchdowns in twelve games. That's one every other game. That's not a good that's not good odds. So naturally, the other wide receivers like Michael Galup, who's been sick all week, is on the bench. He's had

to he hasn't gone through practice. He's been doing it via zoom or whatever. So he hasn't even done practice this week. So I'm not gonna trust him in a tough matchup. But I have a B grade on Lamb, who's getting five plus catches in all but one game since the opener, averaging ten targets per game over the last The volume is gonna get him there. He's gonna get there. Dalton Schultz A grade. I love him this week. A grade. The Colts do allow are Colts rank eleventh

worst against tight ends. They allowed the third highest catch rate, So if you throw to the tight end, they're catching it. It's like it's like near um. He has three touchdowns in the last three games. In that span, this is the span since you know, the last three games with with Dak Prescott. He also seen eight red zone targets in those three games. That's a lot of red zone looks for a tight end. Uh. He's averaging nearly five catches per games since Dak returned and east tight end

five in that since Dak returned. So A grade on Dalton Schultz, Zeki Elliott, and Tony Pollard. Actually had Pollard with the B grade here and Zeke with the C grade. I have it a little flip this week. Most people would say that's the order it should be in most weeks. Okay, well yeah, just on the eyeball test, right, Zeke has converted five of his eight attempts inside the five. He gets all most of the red zone work, um, and and that's what it's been there. They've been splitting touches

the last two weeks since he came back. It did teeter a little more to Zeke last week and he got the two. He's had three scores in the last three weeks. Keeps you alive that way. But the Colts allowed the fourth most receptions and eighth most receiving yards to backs. It's a really good spot for you know, an explosive pass catching back. I wonder who that could be. And they're both getting fifteen fifteen touches each of the last two weeks. I'm going to go with the more

explosive back the in the receiving game. Pollard used to be sorry, Zeke, you know in his early years, Oh, he had like seventy plus catches his second year, first years, first or second year. Absolutely, Yeah, staves feel like a long time ago. Now Brian new Orleans takes on Tampa Bay. Alvin Kamara has been a straight up disaster and he's got another tricky matchup right here. Yeah, these teams first met in Week two, so we'll reference that game for sure,

but starting with Kamara. He did not play in that that first meeting. But not a lot to be excited about here, borderline bench. But I don't not You're not gonna bench. I'm not gonna should have benched him for like most of the games this year. Hindsight is twenty, I still can't. I still can't give Kamara bench grade here. I'm give him a c UH mentioned vulture. That is the crow eating that somebody should do. Considering Alvin Kamara has scored in one game this year. He scored in

more games than Johnson. It's true, it's true, but I'm starting with the c still uh. Four Saints running backs combined for one and three scoreless combo yards in the Week two game against Tampa Bay. Sadly, that's probably Kamara's ceiling in this one. So a C and PPR. But hey, if you're playing standards still, I can't fault you for benching him there, but I'll roll with the sea over to Crystal Lavegan and give him a B. He had a modest five catches for eighty yards when these teams

first met in Week two. Way back in those days, someone called Michael Thomas was the Saints wide receiver one. He had six catches for sixty five yards and a touchdown. So hopefully those numbers transfer over to a LAVA against the Bucks, who, over their last three games have allowed two opposing wide receivers a top ninety yards while surrending through while surrendering three touchdowns to the position. So a

B for a lave. But I've got all the secondary receivers on the bench, whether it's Jarvis Landry, Rashid Shahid, Marquez, Callaway, Trey Kwan Smith, they're all the same person basically, And un Joe worn, his cellphone might still be in the pads. Remember the kids out there are probably like, what is this guy talking about? Oh yeah, I remember that for sure. Horn He's awesome. He's good. He's really, really, really good. Joe soon one of the best corners in the NFL.

Interdivisional rival. But you can't trust the secondary wide receiver on the Saints right now, especially with Andy Dalton at quarterback, so they're all on the bench as our Taysom Hill and Juwan Johnson. Johnson is just way too touchdown dependent in games he doesn't score. He's averaging less than four PPR points. And as for Taysom Hill, we all know the deal here. He's he's like a game of Russian Roulette. He's actually like the opposite of Russian Roulette. Where there's

five bullets, there's one one chaper. So you do not want to play that game with Taysom Hill. He is on the bench, and obviously Andy Dalton is as well. Over to the buck side, Shod White, I gotta see on him, even if Leonard Fournette returns. It's a c either way. I'm not too concerned with four Nette. He's on the bench, but it's a tough matchup for White.

The Saints are top twelve in the most yards per carry allowed to running backs, but they have surrendered the seventh fewest receptions and the fourth fewest receiving yards the position. The Saints also having allowed a running back touchdown in three straight games. Tampa's offensive line also took another big hit, which we'll talk about more in a minute. So just a safe sea for White here. I wanted to go be,

but I cannot. I will put give a B to Chris Godwin, though he has at least six receptions in eight straight and has scored in consecutive games. Coincide dentally, New Orleans slot corner Chris Harris has allowed six receptions and back to back weeks. So I like Godwin and this one who has also posted pretty good numbers across his career against the Saints. But Mike Evans has not done that. He hasn't surpassed seventy receiving yards against the

Saints since ten has a long time ago. Marsha Latimer battle is real, No, I didn't. Evans has scored twice across his last seven games against New Orleans, and like you said, charge he has been He was fighting, like quite literally fighting Marsha On Lattimore and most of those games. And Lattimore might make his return from an abdomen injury.

He's been out for quite some time. So I'll give Evans a see if Lattimore plays, but a B if Lattimore is out that that's a that's a big difference maker for both players on both sides of the ball. So monitor marsh On Lattimore's status going into this game. Either way. I have Julio Jones on the bench when healthy,

which hasn't been a lot. He still has in top three catches in his six games played, so he's on the bench and not a great matchup, as are the Tampa Bay tight ends New Orleans as surrender just one tight end touchdown all season. Are you done with your things? I gotta talk about Tom Brady, but I'm in no rush talk about I was just gonna say I missed what like for NET practice the last two weeks? What was your great on for NET? And Rashad White with

as for NET? Bench either way and wait to see maybe bump him up to be if you can drop Leonard for NET. Yeah, we talked about the act to talk about it two weeks ago. He had no reason to have the backup running back on the league's worst rushing attack. And you know who else is borderline droppable? Tom Brady, who I have a bench grade on him right now. But if Marshall and Lattimore sits. I'll bump Brady up to a sea. But we mentioned the hit

to the offensive line. No, Tristan Worth, you have three backups on that offensive line, He's gonna have no time back. I think we're talking backups to the backups at this point for at least two or week. Surprised about it. They could use you. Uh, it's not a good matchup on paper at all. Even with a good offensive line.

New Orleans has surrendered just four passing touchdowns over their last five games, and during that same span, only one quarterback has been able to top two hundred passing yards. When these teams met back in week Week two, Brady managed just one passing yards and a touchdown, which was arguably his worst game of the season. His offensive line was in better shape then. We just said it's not in great shape now. So you can explore other options other than Tom Brady this week. I would roll out

any of our take a chance on me quarterbacks. I think I think I haven't ranked twenty eight or twenty nine. I think I've changed my mind. I think you should start Kirk alright, you're you're back to that. You should If I listen to you too, you get my co host you gave Christian Kirk and a you gave tyrk hill Aby. Am I supposed to trust my co host on this show? Yeah? Okay, but done deal. You're well

really you know we're talking Guillotine League again. You're all all great teams, Kirk, seems like the safer play with upside, and we're still still there's six teams left, just so relatively safe here. You still got your ff W coin right, I do uh steam it in the final moments here, Tyler Murray, Bye week, Patriots, Broncos, Bucks, what do you say? I just drop them out right right now? Do it in one quarterback league? Yeah? You can find something else. I can ye and go. I'm not Tom Brady. Thanks

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