Anything But Leftovers

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly
source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
All right, what's up and welcome inside to Fantasy Football
Weekly iHeart Radio Production. Well, should I say the all
new Fantasy Football Weekly. iHeart Radio Production want to give
a big shout out to everybody who joined us last
week on the debut version of the all new format.
I'm your host, Corey Parson, the Fantasy executive, joined by
John Leguezza and Brian Johnson, and we are getting ready

(00:33):
to talk fantasy football for week number thirteen. We are
getting all so close to the ever so important playoff
weeks your journey to fantasy football glory this season.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
Now, we've already had some.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Games take place, so not a full slate of games
going down this Sunday, but we still got a lot
to talk about. Let's get ready to hop right into it.
Fellas game between the Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. John,
you drew the Arizona side. Let's get it rolling, all right.

Speaker 4 (01:05):
Let's go start with your running backs. Pair of probably
one star starts here. That's Bam Knight and Mike Carter.
I guess maybe I should have started Trey Benson and
Emory Di Marcardo both DMP. You're not gonna see them,
so normally we would love to slide up into the
usage role. I don't know if we're gonna get it.
Last time we saw the Cardinals, Bam dominated the RB

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touch here about two thirds of that. But but but
one point two yards per carry three point one of
the season. Not any good. Mike Carter, get the Spider
Man jift out, Mister Johnson, it's so bad everyone, hell
man is it? It's so bad? Less than three point
one yards per carry, less than one yard before contact,
less than two and a half after.

Speaker 5 (01:42):
This is both of these backs.

Speaker 4 (01:43):
Forty four percent success rate, two percent explosive rush that's
between the two of them.

Speaker 5 (01:48):
Well, he's forty two targets, so.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
It doesn't it doesn't help. But they're both former Jets, right, John.

Speaker 4 (01:54):
I thought we were done with the Jets abuse off air, Brian,
how could you do you like that?

Speaker 5 (01:59):
Please?

Speaker 1 (02:00):
He saved their game until the very end, So we'll
mention him now and then we'll briefly touch at the end.

Speaker 4 (02:07):
Car On, Yeah, I had wept the tear for my
eye there if you couldn't give anyone in the edge,
it would have to be Bam Knight because as similar
as these profiles have been, he has had the edge
and goal to goal carries ten to two. Though with
the lack of production, that could get flipped anytime. Everybody
in the world is waiting and see the status of
Marvin Harrison, because I think that's really the true contingency

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play here. If Marvin Harrison is in, I gotta be honest,
I'm worried about Michael Wilson, who was Fantasy's wide receiver
four over the last two weeks. There is still hope
even with Harrison because he has assumed a slot role.
He was the leader in routes before that surgery. Again,
I wouldn't really want to touch Harrison. He's probably a

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one star play. Wilson probably a must start without him.
That my boy, Jacoby Prissette top ten quarterback all six
games he started. He's number one in attempts, third and yardage,
number six and Fantasy points per game. And the thing
really is now the Cardinals are running a real offense.
That's what you get when the quarterback can see over
the line. They're actually working on the center. That number
has spiked Brian for the Cardinals up from twenty one

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percent with K one over thirty two percent, which is
where you want to be. Tampa's kind of turned into
a pass funnel. We know that you want to avoid.
Vita Vea Jabelle Dean is back for practice. Ben Morrison
also return so the secondary for Tampa is back together.
The band back together, though in the last six they've
really struggled against the pass bottom two ep for play
you are to play and man the blitz and sack

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rate all kind of non existing. So I think Arizona's
going to be able to operate against Tampa. I'm actually surprised.
There are a little bit of a dog with Mifield,
you know, banged up a little bit, no doubt.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
Well, we're looking at Brian when me look at the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, mentioned may feel a little banged up,
but there's also some interesting developments in that running back room.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, we're looking at the long awaited return of a
Bucky Earth. I mean, I don't even remember if you
played this season. He did, but it's been I don't know,
eight nine weeks we've been without Bucky. But you want
to temper your expectations this week, bucksocie Josh Gizzard said, Bucky,
you would have a similar workload to Chris Godwins when
he made his return, and for Contact god when played

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thirty five percent of the snaps in his first week back.
So I just got one star on Bucky. I know
you're excited getting your line up, but I would still
look elsewhere if you're If you're holding Sean Tucker, I
give him two stars in this matchup. Just one star
for Rashad White. Rashad White over the last two games
has handled sixty percent of the snaps to forty percent
from Tucker, but Tucker's got fifty five percent of the

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rush attempts to thirty percent from White, and Tucker is
the guy in the red zone. So Tucker two stars
one more week. I we'll see Bucky ramped up in
week one if Bucky gets a full workload. I'm sorry,
but we got to go with what the OC is
saying here. So again, one star for Bucky and Rashad,
two for Tucker. Over to the wide receivers, and I
will mention quickly it is a good matchup. Over the

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last three the Carl Cardinals allowing one hundred and sixty
three combo yards and two total touchdowns per game to
running backs. So a lott of mouse to feed now.
But Tucker is startable and Mecca Buca still startable. Give
it him two stars. Through his first five games, thirty
eight targets, twenty five catches, four forty five and five touchdowns.
He was averaging twenty plus PPR points per game. Over

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his last six, Egbuka has fifty five targets but only
twenty three for three h four and one touchdown, less
than ten PPR points per game. He's kind of hitting
the rookie wall here. Matchup middle of the road. Arizona
surrendered four wid wide receiver touchdowns over the last four
that's good, but just ten catches one hundred and thirty
six yards per game to the position overall. That's why

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the two stars as all egg Buka is getting, and
that's what I'll get to Chris Godwin as well mentioned
earlier earlier as snaps were down in the thirty percent range,
that is expected to go up here and what should
be a shootout hopefully, so two stars for Godwin. Really,
my favorite receiver of the Bucks this week is Kate Otton,
canna give him three stars. Great matchup here. Cardinals are

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allowing six catches sixty six yards per game. That's the
sign of the beast. Two tight ends last week Brenton
Strange and Johnny Munt combined for six catches one hundred
and five yards in Arizona. So like Kate Otton with
three stars. Even though we're not so sure about Baker Mayfield.
I think he's gonna play. We'll go under that assumption

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and if he does, just gonna give him two stars.
That's because he's a little banged up, but it's a
safe two stars. A hat trick for Trevor Lawrence and
Brock Purdy against the Cardinals over the last two games,
they each threw for three touchdowns, So why not Baker.
If he plays, he should, so we'll keep our fingers
crossed there.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
Definitely injury news to keep emp to date on, to
keep in your radar as you prepare to set your lineup,
saying you are looking at a possible Baker Mayfield. Let's
get out to our second game of Sunday. You got
the Buffalo Bills traveling to Pittsburgh take on the Steelers.
Buffalo at three and a half point Roads favorite in
this one, total sitting at forty five and a half.

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John the Buffalo Bills. That wide receiving room is pretty shaky.

Speaker 5 (07:11):
Man.

Speaker 4 (07:11):
Is there a single player more important to their team
than Josh Allen Man?

Speaker 5 (07:16):
Unbelievable. First things first, no one circles.

Speaker 4 (07:17):
The wagons like the Buffalo Bills, right, mister Pawson News
out of Northern New York. Buffalo just ruled out both
starting tackles left tackle Dion Dawkins, right tackle Spencer Brown.
We saw that a factory O line last week. Alan,
I think took a career high eight sacks, so worth
keeping an eye on, but again we don't want to overreact.
Alan can move. You'll probably see some RPO stuff. You

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might see some boot leg stuff. I think, maybe some
extra beef in the backfield to try and protect him. Again,
not all hope is lost, but definitely worth noting. Into
the offense, start with James Cook four stars. Of course,
he's the RB six in a year, and I think,
maybe most importantly than anything, the receptions are back. So
I wrote, way to go, Sean McDermott. You're allowed to
throw to your running back least five through nine that's

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four games. Cook had two total targets for one reception.
Fast forward week ten and beyond those three games, eleven targets,
eleven receptions. Mind blown emoji, seventy nine percent of the
running back touches in that span. You know, all the
great stuff you want to see. Plus, Pittsburgh is tough
on running backs. But again, I think the utilization has

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to come first to that wide receiver whom you mentioned.
It's a disaster for the Bills, Palmer and Samuel Dnp.
They just waved Elijah More and they brought in Brandon Cooks. Guys,
you either died the hero or live long enough to
recommend Brandon Cooks. I can't believe this, but this is
an offense that's looking to push. They're competitive. They need

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a receiver that fits the archetype that Cooks kind of provides.
He's got good hands, he's good to those three, four, five,
six routes that's across as your hitches, your hooks, So
he's a potential volume player.

Speaker 5 (08:54):
Can't believe it. I'm gonna slap two stars.

Speaker 4 (08:56):
On Cooks because I think they can meet him this
weekend seem for Kier, who I think may struggle a
little bit with that front seven. He's wide receiver twenty six.
He does have a solid flour. I do only have
two stars on him for the cap routes. I think
Cooks might play every down. Maybe we want to knock
him down to one star, but I was kind of
galaxy bringing this one. Dalton Kincaid is back, but maybe limited.

(09:19):
Hard to go into that third star. I think he's
a two star, must start every week, but he does have,
you know, a cap ceiling because he's not out there enough.
Tight end position kind of rough. He's top four tight
end in four of eight games. Josh Allen automatic four star,
two top two finishes in the last four. I put
Superhero with a question mark because he might be doing

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the things he's doing without a single top twenty five
wide out Pittsburgh D's been good, the blitzing, a little
bit less, playing a little bit more too high. That's
where that second star from Brandon Cooks came from. If
we see Buffalo back to some preventative stuff, I think
that's where Cooks would excel. Just looking for a little
bit of separation to get those you know, five seven

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eightyer completions. I wouldn't be surprised if he goes, you know,
seven for fifty one. Maybe he falls into the end
zone and ends up as a wide receiver, tow back
and out of nowhere.

Speaker 2 (10:12):
We've got into the part of the fantasy football season
where Brandon cooks relevant.

Speaker 3 (10:18):
So this is where we all, this is where we are, Brian.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
But you get the honor of discussing the Pittsburgh Steelers
and all the fantasy fireworks they bring.

Speaker 5 (10:28):
To the table.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, I send a little sarcasm there, Corey, and it's
it's deserved. But the player I'm most excited about I'm
gonna start with for the Steelers these days is Kenneth Gainwell.
Just giving him two stars because Jalen Warren is still
in the mix, of course technically the starter, but Gainwell
has carved out a really nice role in Pittsburgh's offense.

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Since Week nine, He's taken more snaps than Warren. Warren
has handled sixty percent of the rush attempts as opposed
to twenty three percent from Gainwell, but Gainwell sixty two
route share, twenty five percent targets per route run. He's
handling eighty five percent of the long down distant snaps.

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Jalen warrened is fifteen percent ninety seven percent of the
two minute drill snaps going to Kenneth Gainwell they're using
in the wildcat inside the ten yard line. Kenneth Gainwell
is now thirtieth in catches among wide receivers, tied with
teammate DK Metcalf with forty two. So he's just a

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PPR gold mine. And the Bills over their last three
games been getting gashed by opposing running backs, surrendering one
surrendering one hundred and seventy seven compoit yards per game,
and five total touchdowns during those three games. So a
strong two stars for Gainwell, and I gotta get slap
two on Warren because they are essentially splitting the work,
but Gainwall getting the more money touches, so like him

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more between the two. But so two stars for Gainwell
and Warren and just two for DK Metcalf. Borderline. He's
good when he scores touchdowns, which he did in four
of his first five games, but only one touchdown over
his last six games. Pretty much been a bust in
fantasy and reality. I still I can't get over this

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move that Pittsburgh made off of pickins trading him for
a third round pick and then signing Metcalf to the
one hundred percent guaranteed money giving up picks brutal, brutal
and not a great matchup here, But the Bills have
surrendered four wide receiver touchdowns over the last three games.
But you need that from Metcalf. You're only starting a

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MIP desperate, So a desperation. Two star rating for Metcalf,
and way too many tight ends in Pittsburgh. Darnell Washington,
Pat fire Muth, John new Smith Washington since Week nine
has the lowest snap percentage, but he has the highest
target percentage. It's just an absolute mess. So spending way

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way too much time talking about the Pittsburgh tight end.
Star for all of them, and one star for Aaron Rodgers,
who I guess is starting with his broken.

Speaker 5 (13:06):
Wrist no injury designation.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
Okay, good luck Aaron Rodgers at an awful matchup too.
It's his non throwing hand. But still the Bills are
allowing just over one hundred and eighty passing yards and
one touchdown per game to opposing quarterbacks. Yeah, don't go Rogers, way,
stay out of mister Rogers neighborhood.

Speaker 3 (13:27):
Oh good one right there, Brian Rogers neighborhood.

Speaker 2 (13:30):
But we are just getting started rocking and rolling right
here in our neighborhood. Got a couple of interesting prime
time matchups. Will break them down when we return right here.
Fantasy Football Weekly, all right, back up and ad them

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the all new Fantasy Football Weekly, Cory pass and Brian
Johnson and John mcgues again. You ready for Week thirteen
of the NFL season. You know what Week thirteen is
in the NFL season. It is Thanksgiving Week. We've already
had three games in the books so far, mister Brian Johnson,
Is there anything that you want to touch on? Anything
fantasy managers should be keeping in mind as they move

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forward that we saw on Thanksgiving Day.

Speaker 1 (14:36):
Yes, we're all digested. Well. I think people who had
Amanra Saint Brown or have him on their team lost
their appetite pretty early in the day. That was a
brutal loss, and that's one that's gonna have some major
ripple effects if some guy is to miss extended time.
So most cases, you're not allowed to pick up players
from teams have already played, But if you are, I'm

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looking that Tom Kennedy looked kind of interesting. I think
he's tight in eligible. I was looking Rossdwlly's a way
that was that was a big whiff. But uh but yeah,
that was probably the biggest takeaway from Thanksgiving other than
Lamar Jackson looks like absolute ass. I don't know how
else to say it. Man, Lamar Jackson looks broken. So
did the Ravens. SOI like's the guy who you thought

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you could be banking on in the fantasy playoffs at quarterback.
I don't know if it's going to be l Jacks,
but hopefully he turns that around. But I don't know
you notice anything, John, Yeah, one.

Speaker 4 (15:31):
Take on each game. I got something about rip of
Monrose Fantasy manager seasons. I know my gameteen leagues are
in the garbage disposal now hard.

Speaker 1 (15:41):
To take that league. Big big hit in the guide and.

Speaker 4 (15:44):
Just tremendous that I think on the packer side, nice
to see that Deacon hit the acceleration button and get
vertical love look really sharp. I think they were starting
to taake a lot of flak for that. In Neilgar
ticket score. Detroit defense's also very good of the middle.
The Cowboys defense is not the joke we thought it
was early on and It may be a little premature,

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but I know the anti Chiefs crowd has those shovels
out because at six and six they don't look right.
They're probably you know, reaping what they sew not having
in explosive runner back there and maybe even a true
vertical threat as well.

Speaker 5 (16:19):
Joe Burrow is a really great quarterback.

Speaker 4 (16:22):
And I think to your point with the mare, I
don't never want to say Lamar looks bad or is
playing poorly because he's so great. I think he rushed
back feeling their back against the wall. Is a guy
that came with an ankle. It's not just the running
that we all love his fantasy manages, bri.

Speaker 5 (16:38):
It's that burst.

Speaker 4 (16:39):
It's that ability to do the tigger bounce, you know,
and get in and out of the pocket and open
up those spaces.

Speaker 5 (16:45):
He hasn't been able to do it. He looks very guettable.
He looks at least a half step slow.

Speaker 4 (16:48):
So, yeah, this is one of the closest like NFL
seasons we've had coming down the wire.

Speaker 5 (16:53):
All the automatics are in a lot of trouble.

Speaker 1 (16:55):
Right, Yeah, I want to real quick. You touched on
the the Cowboys defense. Yeah, since acquiring Quinn Williams from
the Jets. They are a very tough run defense, So
don't look at their overall numbers moving forward. We'll point
that out. We'll be sure to point that out in
coming weeks. But yeah, that's a whole new defense for Dallas,
especially against the run.

Speaker 4 (17:16):
Yeah, and you can't imagine how often decads quoted all
so they're the thirty first worst this and the worst this.
But if you couldna move a piece like QW in
the middle, you have to reset those expectations.

Speaker 5 (17:27):
He is a true game record and needle mover.

Speaker 3 (17:30):
Yeah, great Cole, no doubt.

Speaker 2 (17:33):
Q ball definitely getting it done down there in Big
d Let's get to the action that's going to be
taking place. Let's go with the Denver Broncos and the
Washington Commanders Sunay Night Football. Broncos a five and a
half point road favorite in this one, John the total
sitting at forty three.

Speaker 3 (17:51):
And a half.

Speaker 2 (17:52):
As far as the Denver Bronco goes, what's going down
with Courtland Sutton and Troy Franklin. These two gentlemen are
really pushing each other.

Speaker 1 (18:00):
All right.

Speaker 4 (18:00):
Watch, we're gonna get into the wide receiver room in
a second, I've got something cool on that.

Speaker 5 (18:03):
Let's sort at the top. RJ. Harvey.

Speaker 4 (18:05):
I know the last performance is a little bit of
a letdown, but game scripts are what they are. He's
easily a three star volume play. There's a twenty five
pointeen total on Denver. So you want the running back
with those nice favorites. Also perfectly tied by for the
post by rookie bump narratives anyone last time we saw
them sixty percent of the RB touches. But but but

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the big shaking butt, which is the little bit of
the killer keeping you off the four star play is
Julia McLoughlin actually got all of the goal to goal attempts.
So you gotta pump the brakes with Harvey a little bit.
But we've seen how explosive he is. Again, he's hit
young and he's healthy. They might route, so you want
to roll him out without question that wide receiver room. Now,
let's get into this really quickly. Okay, Franklin, believe it

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or not, is my guy with the three star star.
Sutton and Bryant both gets two, and I think that
says something about Sutton's regression and Bryant's progression there was
a real shakeup in that pass catcher room where Franklin
has kind of surpassed Sutton as the wide receiver one
in targets, and I think Bryant has surpassed Evan Ingram
as that next up underneath. He's eating up all the

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slot stuff. So whatever you thought about Ingram, I think
you want to ding him, And whatever you thought about Brian,
I think you want to give.

Speaker 5 (19:17):
Him a little bit of booze.

Speaker 4 (19:19):
So I'm more into a Franklin and Bryant rest of
season where it was Sutton and Ingram to kick us off.
Bonix is going to get the rare three star star
for me, very rare. Why I know he's not been great,
he does have three top five finishes.

Speaker 5 (19:31):
On the year.

Speaker 4 (19:32):
And again when we were mentioning Nuance and contacts Brian
a minute ago, how important is to split who are
those finishes against people? The Bengals, the Cowboys, the then Cowboys,
and the Giants at the time, the three worst teams
when they were being playing. So he's only beating door mats.
Lucky for him. Washington d is just that now. Granted
they did get safety kwond Martin back, but they're still

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missing Lattimore and Trey Amos in the secondary, they're in
a lot of trouble last month and a half, their
bottom three and blitz rate, pressure, rate completions allowed. Yeah, perception,
these are all the things that Denver probably look to
take advantage of. Washington defense is really disaster without Daniels,
They're really kind of demoralized. So this being one of
the weeks that you really want to roll with all
the Broncos, I may not be saying the same thing

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about them the seventies from.

Speaker 2 (20:15):
Now, Brian, when we look at the Washington commanders, I mean,
this was probably hyped up as a battle of last
year's you know, top two finishes of the Rookie of
the Year award, but it's not going to go down
that way.

Speaker 1 (20:28):
No, it's pretty ugly on the commander's side. And yeah,
to the back to the Broncos real quick. Definitely a
team I'll be I'll be looking at stack in daily
this weekend. Not going to be using many commanders, if any.
We'll start with the backfield Chris Rodriguez and Ja Cory
Krossky Merritt Bill Bill Bill Bill Star has fallen big time.

(20:49):
I got one star on each of them. The utilization
report on Fantasy LA from Dwayne McFarland would suggests se
rod is the back to roster now, which is true,
But this is a no go in the starting Rodriguez
against the Broncos, allowing just one point one nine yards
before contact per rush attempt. That is the lowest clip
in the league, opposing backs averaging just seventy six rushing

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yards per game. And Denver has also allowed the fewest
receptions to running back. So there's no angle here. So
one star for the Commander's back. You'll keep them both
on the bench. Terry McLaurin coming off the real bench,
supposedly practicing in full but guess what. So is Patrick
Sartan the best cornerback on Earth? So I just got

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one star on McLaurin and Deebo Samuel. Since Week four,
Denver has allowed one wide receiver touchdown two all season.
That's it. And I don't know, John, you know, what
is the implied team total for the Commanders in this one,
like thirteen and a half points. It's got to be
a record low. I don't know. You may be with
a look in that. Why slog through the rest of

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these The rest of these guys you don't want to use, well,
you might want to use Zach Ertz, the one startable
commander this week, giving him two stars a decent matchup
on paper against Denver. In recent weeks, Dalton Schultz six
catches seventy seven yards. Travis Kelcey just had nine for
ninety one in a touchdown. The Schultz line is a
little more realistic for Ertz, but we'll take six for

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seventy from a tight end most cases. So two stars
for Ertz at one star on Marcus Mariota. The only
thing I'm looking at here is maybe maybe a rushing,
rushing prop ladder. I'm seeing plus money at thirty yards.
I might go thirty forty fifty on Mariote. He's gonna
be run for his life in this one. That's about
all he can do. So that's the only angle I

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got on Marcus.

Speaker 4 (22:39):
And yeah, Washington's gonna have to get to nineteen points
to clear.

Speaker 5 (22:42):
I do not see that happening at all.

Speaker 1 (22:44):
Oh, smash that under all.

Speaker 5 (22:46):
Yeah, I don't see that happening at all.

Speaker 1 (22:47):
Oh no, no, no, definitely not so. Yeah, let's get
out of this game, Corey. That's enough for the command.

Speaker 2 (22:52):
Yeah, make sure everybody jot that down. Washington team total
under nineteen. Let's get to something with a little bit
should be a little bit more fantasy fireworks. Monday night
football matchup between the New York Giants and the New
England Patriots. Some people say the surprising New England Patriots,
and people say they saw its coming when Mike Vrabel's
taking over Patriots. A seven and a half point home

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favorite total in this one, John forty six and a half.
Kind of a fantasy sweet spot if you can get
the right personnel on your team.

Speaker 4 (23:23):
Yeah, two things off the metal really quick one to Patriots. Yeah,
it's a bit of a surprise, but if you were
really following all the schedule stuff, maybe not so much.
We're gonna see them test their metal a little bit more,
you know, I from when they make the playoffs, which
I mean they certainly should. Then to the other one
mentioned bad teams. Not all bad teams are created equal people.
We love the good bad teams, even teams like the

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scenes are the Giants teams that are gonna be bad,
but at least they're gonna press and have some exciting pieces.
We love that for fantasy. This I think might be
one of those games star with Tyro Tracy definitely a
two stars start. I worry a little bit about the
game getting away for it, which might take him out
of it.

Speaker 5 (23:57):
Also some singletary usage, but you have to start trade.

Speaker 4 (24:00):
He's the RB fifteen over the last two weeks, twenty
three touches a game nearly twenty percent target for out runs.
So let's just checking all the boxes. You really can't
leave them on the bench. Over to Wilndale Robinson, he
gets a three star start. I can't believe I'm saying it,
but he's darts number one. He has three times as
many targets with Dart under center as any other wide receiver.
That's including my one star start counterpart Darius Slayton, who

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really takes a bit of a ding with Dart. I
don't think we've hit that point with the protection and
the route maturation right. Slayton runs a lot of long routes.
I don't think the Giants have hit that yet. He's
maybe more of a next year player. With k Neighbors back,
he could be a nice tertiary piece, but I'm getting
away from it. One point and one and a quarter
of yards were out with Dart for slate not any good?

(24:42):
You do want to get with THEO Johnson in a
kind of bit of a shallow tight end pool this weekend.
I'm gonna go three stars for Johnson. I know he's
dart solid number two. He's also the team lead in
red zone targets pretty much by a mile, and then
the dart four stars. When you give me a guy
that could run with a number one QB overall equally
potential like Dart is, that's a guy.

Speaker 5 (25:02):
Man.

Speaker 4 (25:02):
He has three top four finishes in his last five starts.
New England is good, but I think it becomes hard
to defend that team of the Giants with Darton's ability
to run. I know they were talking about throttling him.
I don't think he's a type of player that's able
to do it. So I don't think the Giants will
be wild. But even if New England gets ahead and
he play a little bit soft, that's gonna help the
dart running and the wan Dale slot stuff that I mentioned.

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So I think the functional piece of the Giants often
should be good this week.

Speaker 1 (25:29):
What one thing John real quick that you forgot to
mention is that the Giants will forever be the Patriots
daddy as well, so that's still a thing.

Speaker 5 (25:40):
My Giants friends. Never let it go. Oh, I never
hear the end of it.

Speaker 2 (25:43):
Moving right alone to the other side of the football,
the New England Patriots.

Speaker 1 (25:47):
Brian, Yeah, a lot to like on the Patriots side,
even though aside from my joke there there there, they
should win this game. But starting with Trayvon Henderson and
even three stars, left tackle Will Hampbell is expected to
miss at least four weeks, so that does hurt Trayvion
and the offensive overall, but still an amazing matchup for Henderson.

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The Giants allowing more than two point five yards before
contact per rush attempt. That's the second highest clip in
the league. They are allowing well over one hundred and
sixty combo yards per game to running backs. Granted, there
was overtime last week, but the Lions backfield, primarily Jimir Gibbs,
had fourteen catches against the Giants, so a smash spot

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for Henderson. Raman J. Stevenson of course thorn in his
side and all our sides, and if you're desperate for
running back play this week, you could look for Stevenson
likely out there on the waiver wire, but don't love him.
I'm just gonna give him one star. It should be
the Travion Show, I hope, So three for him, one
for Romandre. Over to the wide receivers, real crowded room.

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Now with the return of Kashon Boode, we got Sefon Diggs, Booty,
Mac Collins, Pop Douglas, Kyle Williams getting more snaps. Remember
Efton Chisholm, he might even make an appearance. I was
unfortunately drafting Epton Chisholm at the end of the summer,
thing you would be something in Best Ball. He is not.
But again, really crowded wide receiver room, so I'll only
throw two stars on digs, one on the rest. Too

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many miles to feed. Really a crapshoot against the Giants
defense allowing less than one hundred and fifty yards per
game to wide receivers over the last five not a
ton to go around, So just digs with the two
star startuble grade. Same for Hunter Henry. Matchup doesn't stand
out on paper, but opposing tight ends averaging five catches
per game over the Giants last seven, and the excuse me,

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the tight end quality has been great during that span,
but the very comparable Dallas Goddard total three touchdowns in
two games against New York during that frame, so I
think Henry could do the same. I'm not guaranteeing a touchdown,
but a decent enough matchup, you're gonna start Henry, and
you're definitely gonna start Drake May. Three stars here. Matchup
decent enough for wide receivers and tight ends. Running backs

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will get involved in the passing game as I mentioned,
and May can move himself and we might see more
scrambling with Will Campbell out. So May, I don't know
he's in a he's the top five quarterback now, so
I pretty much an auto start. But the matchup is
certainly strong enough. So three stars for May.

Speaker 2 (28:14):
All right, good stuff right here, as we can send
you to rock and roll through week number thirteen in
the NFL season. Still got some more to get to,
Still got some fantasy insights to break down, including a
marquee matchup between AFC South rivals.

Speaker 3 (28:30):
It's Fantasy Football Weekly.

Speaker 2 (29:12):
All right, Fantasy Football Weekly Forrey Parsaid, John Leguessa, Brian Johnson.
Want to thank each and every last thing and wanting
you for rocking with us on the All New Fantasy
Football Weekly, a presentation to iHeartRadio. Let's jump right back
into the Week thirteen action big matchup right here in
the AFC South. We have the Houston Texans traveling to

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Indianapolis to take on the Colts Indianapolis. A three and
a half point home favorite total in this one currently
sitting at forty four and a half done.

Speaker 4 (29:45):
Yeah, the term comes up once a week. This is
my dog fight of the week. I wouldn't be surprised
if this one ends with a total half of that.
You know, the way the defenses have kind of played
as of late, are all talking to the fantasy stuff.
So start with sh what he marks gotta go three stars.
He's a must start. I think we've seen the true
flipping and the takeover right that post by rookie stuff.

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He's had more than three quarters of the backfield touchload
since Week ten and seven of eight of the goal
to go attempts. Much as I love Nick Chubb, I
think that's kind of failed.

Speaker 5 (30:17):
Eventually.

Speaker 4 (30:18):
All those lower body injuries were bound to get you.
He was one of my favorite PUER runners of all time.
Hate knocking the goat. Yeah, and it's Nico Collins, who
I tend to love and really feels like a perennial
three star kind of guy.

Speaker 5 (30:29):
I couldn't get there. I got him at two stars.

Speaker 4 (30:33):
He's wide receiver thirteen over the last four and this
has been like the supposed breakout. He did have seven
catches in three or four, but now we're getting the
QB change. Stroud has not been good, but getting to
that in a second plus you get the boosted cult secondary.

Speaker 5 (30:47):
I'm not sure I love this Houston's offense, especially vertically.
Brouly got something to.

Speaker 1 (30:51):
Say the least boosted with the sauce Gardner now now until.

Speaker 4 (30:55):
Yeah, and Travarious War is a you know, bad man
in the first place. That defense, I know they gave
up a lot of yards and points, but it's achieved
all the volume. We may be looking back at this
being a really good defense to close out. So Nico
gets a little bit of a ding of two stars.
I got Higgins his counterpart at the scene two stars.
So if you're playing like DFS so looking for one

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v one, I'd probably rather have Higgins at the price.
He's now the clear wide receiver two. He's had at
least four catches each of the last three, thirty one
percent target per route run, and over one hundred air
yards per game in that span. The production has been good,
but not great. When you talk about those kind of
underpinning metrics Pride, those are the underpinning metrics that get
you the breakout game.

Speaker 5 (31:38):
One hundred air.

Speaker 4 (31:39):
Yards and thirty one percent target per route, that's elite
stuff that's coming the expensive. Dalton Schultz, who I have,
is just a two star kind of guy you're playing.

Speaker 5 (31:47):
If you have him, you might be able to do better.
Maybe not.

Speaker 4 (31:49):
He's the number three option on a low volume, not
so impressive team. My beef with Schultz so far is
we generally think about tight ends. As you know, end
zone guys. Guys might full into the paint get us
so six points. Did you know Dalton Schultz has just
two end zone targets all year? Then you get this CJ.
Stroud under center. I've got him at one star and

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I've had this mix of question marks and exclamation points.

Speaker 5 (32:16):
I'm not really sure what that was supposed to mean
at the time.

Speaker 4 (32:18):
But at seven point one YPA, his off target rate
is north of thirteen and you get no rushing stuff
at all. I mean, until he shows us something, it's
very hard to get excited about that. I was a
big proponent of Stroud and that rookie season he looked great.
They didn't follow that up by protecting the young man.
Now he's done a good job of avoiding sacks, but

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it's come also the expense of that verticality I mentioned
Indianapolis d last thing. They're very well schemed, but they're
one of the worst tackling units in the game. So
sometimes even when they're in the right spot, they don't
close the deal. And that's kind of translated into bottom
three success rate over a pretty substantial sample, which is

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gonna hurt you. So they're gettable, you'll probably try and
run right at them. So that's why I like the
Mark stuff. And after that, maybe some deep shots to Higgins.
But again, really hard to get excited about the Texans offense.
They're really predicated on succeeding through the D Now.

Speaker 1 (33:17):
Be honest, I'll be out right out front, I want
Davis Mills to stay at the quarterback for fantasy purposes,
especially Nico to Do you feel that way.

Speaker 4 (33:28):
Personally, No, But the spreadsheet guy me saying yes, you
know the spreadsheets and all the advanced stuff. All the
data is saying they should be letting Mills hand this back.
But do you think about the investment and the draft capital.
I think you gotta stick with Stroud and almost let
him sink you. And I know those might be famous

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last words.

Speaker 3 (33:50):
A Hi, Brian.

Speaker 2 (33:51):
When we look over to the other side of the
football to Indianapolis cult side.

Speaker 1 (33:56):
Yeah, a big divisional matchup. As you mention, a lot
of history here. We'll start with Jonathan Taylor, and I'm
pulling up history less than real quick. This is the
first time these teams have met this season, but going
back in history, got it right here, boys, But bear
with me. Jonathan Taylor. Here are his touchdowns scored against Texans,

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starting with the most recent one one one, one, two
two one sounds good, It's a lot of touchdowns. Tough
matchup this week though. This season against Houston, they've surrendered
the fourth fewest rushing yards to running backs, but Taylor's
offensive line has been almost as awesome as he has been.

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More than two and a half yards before contact per
rush attempt is getting paved in front of Jonathan Taylor,
who I got to bring this up, is still the
leader for offensive Player of the Year. I believe Jonathan Taylor,
which is total bs. You know who the correct answer is?
Got who should it be? Do you think IF's not

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Jonathan Taylor?

Speaker 5 (35:10):
Mm hmm, John Mitchie obviously.

Speaker 1 (35:13):
Besides also, yeah, besides it, I don't.

Speaker 5 (35:16):
Know who else would you have?

Speaker 1 (35:18):
It's Jackson Smith and Jigma Man. And because I made,
I made. I made a bet on him fifty to one.
Uh way back in the summer.

Speaker 5 (35:28):
By the way, where's it now?

Speaker 1 (35:29):
Taylor is minus one thirty five, he's plus one hundred
and then it's a great job and it's McCaffrey twenty.
So it's those two. But it's gotta be JSN. But anyway,
back to Taylor, tough matchup again, but he's playing lights out.
The Colts are gonna want to lean on the run
in this game, because, as we'll get to in a second,
it's tough to pass on the Texans. And then in
a minute or two we'll talk about Daniel Jones and

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his fractured fibula. I guess so they're gonna they're gonna
use JT in a bell cow roll here. I'll give
him four stars. I was gonna go three, but we're
going four. But definitely no more four star or three
star grades. Well that's not true for the Colts, definitely
not in the wide receiver room. Starting with Michael Pittman
just two stars here, quietly having a top twelve season.

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He has scored or topped one hundred yards in all
but three games. This could very well be the fourth,
though we've mentioned it many times. Texans' secondary is stingy
as they come over their last five games opposing wide
receiver units averaging just nine catches for one hundred and
fifty yards per game as a whole. Those are awful numbers.

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We'll go back to history class here. Pittman's last three
against Houston one for one, I'm sorry, one for sixteen
not sixteen, four for thirty one, and then five catches
forty four yards. He's been getting worse against the Texans.
So just two stars for Pittman and Alec Pierce, who
even though Pittman is a top twelve wide receiver statistically

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right now, Pearce has kind of emerged as the Colts
wide receiver one, but again a brutal matchup for Pierce.
Two stars here. Houston's boundary coverage is allowing the fewest
yards per game to perimeter wide receivers. You might think
that might pave the way for Josh Downs, but he's
been pretty much a bust this season. I'm not giving

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Downs anything higher than one star. So again, two for
Pittman and Pierce. One for Downs. But I said there'd
be no more three stars for the Colts. But that
is a lie. Tyler Warren save three stars here. The
Texans have surrendered just three touchdowns to tight ends all season.
That is not great, But over the last two weeks,
twelve catches combined to Tennessee and Buffalo tight ends, and

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that was without Dalton Kincaid for Buffalo. Jalen I'm sorry,
Tyler Warren is more elitd than all those tight ends
combined if you combine all their skill sets. So three
stars for Warren and then how Daniel Jones. Have you
guys seen the footage from practice where he's just he's

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dropping back to hand the ball off and he could
barely make it. They're saying he's gonna play with this
fractured fibula.

Speaker 5 (38:13):
How about that report?

Speaker 4 (38:14):
Though he looked great out there, you're like lesson people
be careful with these beat reporter snippets, because if you
saw that, there is no way you left that video going,
oh man, this guy looks spry out there. He did
not look again, it's very limited, but he did look great.
And now you have to worry about in game injury.
It'd be hard to ignore that.

Speaker 1 (38:36):
Yeah, and a brutal matchup. And I was like, oh yeah,
Anthony Richardson maybe, but he's on IR does anyone can
use no cheating? Who can name the Colts backup quarterback?
I had to look it up, that's for sure.

Speaker 5 (38:51):
I don't even know. It's so man, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (38:53):
Yeah, it's pretty bad. It's Riley Leonard. So super flex
super flex players out there. If you're des rely Riley
Leonard from More to dam All right, Riley Leonard. But uh,
even if Jones suits up, man, I'll give him two stars.
But you can't be too optimistic about about Indiana Jones

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in this matchup. And yeah, it's all I got for
the Colts in this one.

Speaker 2 (39:20):
Maybe we can be more optimistic about some of the
players in our next game, Los Angeles Rams travel east
to face the Carolina Panthers.

Speaker 3 (39:29):
John as ten points favorites.

Speaker 4 (39:31):
Yeah, the double digit spread kind of says it all.
I mean, on paper, the Rams are a class above
the Panthers. I mean respect to the Carolina to get
into six wins. I think in the face of a
lot of adversity, they've shown the ability to close out.
That's it, all right, Kyra Williams at the top of
the Rams. I think this one I was wishing it
was a half star out there. I think he's a

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three star Redraft play. You have to play him in Redraft.
He's only a two star in DFS. So if that
makes sense that if you don't really have options, obviously
you have to roll them out. But I don't think
we're looking at some big ceiling game because of the
blowout floor, as I describe it. When La has really
outpaced opponents, that's when you've seeing Blake Koram. If this

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one were to stay really close, that's where you get
those big touch outputs from Kiren. Again, he touches the
ball too much, he's too involved the bench. But I
also think his lack of explosivity is part of that
cap ceiling as well. So you got to roll him
out there. But he never feels like a thirty five
point guy now with the fun stuff. Pooka easily a

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three star guy. He's the wide receiver five on the ear.

Speaker 1 (40:38):
Just three huh yeah, well you'll justify it here in
a second.

Speaker 5 (40:42):
Yeah I will. I worry.

Speaker 4 (40:43):
I worry that they're gonna blow out the Panthers today.
Maybe I should have started what I thought was the
most important thing we've been rapping with the defense.

Speaker 5 (40:50):
But J. C.

Speaker 4 (40:51):
Horn is not practicing, and neither is Christian rose Boone.

Speaker 1 (40:55):
If they're both out, those.

Speaker 4 (40:56):
Are that's Carolina's head and show two best players by
a mile, impacting the two deepest parts of that defense.
They are in a ridiculous amount of trouble. Who could
we soar the routes get throttled a bit that had
to do with La running a lot of the thirteen
personnel Right that your one back three tight ends Tyler

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Hagebee went down. They seem to shift back, so who
his route rate is back in place? I guess you
could always give this guy four stars again. I just
worry that they're gonna be up twenty eight early and
we might not see him. Devanta Adams same thing. Whether
you have verty won three and a half four stars,
five stars. These guys are incredible. He's the wide receiver
six in the year, so the Rams of the five
and six, he has twenty two end zone targets is

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DeVonta Adams. That's more than double the third and fourth
player combined. Just incredible. I think Kobe Parkinson maybe worth
a desperation start one star. It is limited routes because
a TD in three straight, so he is getting looked
at in the green zone. Matthew Stafford also another three
star star. It's really unbelievable the way that we have

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disproportionate scoring in fantasy.

Speaker 5 (42:04):
They have a.

Speaker 4 (42:05):
Quarterback he has negative rush points on the season and
he's still the QB five top five two of the
last three. Carolina d again missing some critical pieces. Their
negative EPA per play give them a five and a
half yards of play. RAMS could shred them and that
would be the only worry I have for the ceiling
case for those whiteouts.

Speaker 1 (42:26):
Yeah, I want to throw something into for DeVante Adams.
He is essentially the RAMS goal line back now too,
Like you get to the one you're not You're not
excited for Kyra and Williams. You're like, Okay, it's Davante
Adams time. That's that's for sure. When they get close
to the one, Corey, I know we're probably getting a
little close on time. We probably get into the Panthers

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half after the break. Do you guys mind if I
just glaze one more personal bet I've made Well, Well,
you're talking about how elite Matthew Stafford is and he
is now the front runner for MVP over my boy
Sam Donald. But Stafford fifty to one got him too,
and those odds didn't move after they acquired Davonte Adams,

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which was wild. So I hit it again. But we're
still rooting for Darnald on this show.

Speaker 2 (43:14):
All right, Still got plenty more to come right here.
Fantasy Football Weekly one hour and books hours two coming up.

Speaker 3 (43:19):
Brian will break down to Carolina.

Speaker 2 (43:21):
Panthers for this matchup and probably give us some more
of his best as he tries to pick his rotator cuff,
patting hisself on the back his Fantasy Football Weekly the
rest of the week thirteen slayed up next. All Right,

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Welcome into the all new Fantasy Football Weekly iHeart Radio presentation.
Corey Paulson, Fantasy Executive, Brian Johnson, and John Legueza continuing
to rock and roll through week number thirteen. Thanksgiving week
means the fantasy football playoffs are inching closer and closer
and closer, and we're gonna make sure that we got

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you coming now. We finished off the last hour breaking
down a matchup between the Rams and the Panthers. We
got through the Rams, Brian Johnson, My man, is your
turn to take the microphone. You have the honor of
discussing the Carolina Panthers.

Speaker 1 (44:29):
Yeah, keep pounding, baby, I live in Charlotte, my hometown team.
But man, it's been up and down for the Panthers.
I don't know if this is a great rebound spot
for them and Rico Doubtle specifically, I'm still gonna give
Rico two stars. Slight uptick for Cuba Hubbard in recent

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weeks in terms of snaps, Cuba saw thirty five percent
with the offensive snaps last week. That was up a
slight tick, but Rico still the lead back, so again
he gets the two stars. But that's because it's a
brutal matchup against the Rams. La has surrendered just three
total running back touchdowns all season. One hundred and nine

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yards per game is combo yards per game is what
rushing receiving is what LA is allowing to the position.
One running back has managed the top one hundred yards against
the Rams all year. That was Derrick Henry, and he
was one of two running backs to top eighty yards
against the Rams all season. And believe that it was
Tony Pollard way back in Week two. So just a brutal,

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brutal matchup for Rico. Not gonna rebound here, but you
still can start them if needed. So two stars for
Rico as well as two stars for t Mac Tetoroa McMillan.
I don't like the matchup for t Mac, but tough
to sit them. Averaging nine targets over his last five games,
you can tell the skill set is elite. Has had
some drops, but those will happen. But I was eating

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three stars because he's gonna get fed. I envision the
Panthers will be chasing points in this game, and solid
games for opposing number one wide receivers against the Rams
recently Jackson Smith and Jigba. Yes there's no other Jackson
Smith and Jigba, but still nine catches for one oh five.
Maybe a more reasonable comp is Juwan Jennings six catches

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seventy one yards, one touchdown for Jennings recently against the Rams.
So t Mac has that has that potential, They'll be
safe with the two stars. I'm gonna be very safe
and give one star to Xavier le get and Jalen Cocher. Honestly,
maybe one has two star potential, but I couldn't couldn't
tell you which one. I will say, if you're a

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Dynasty player out there, I'm stashing Jalen Cocher wherever I can.
I think he's the better the two receivers. But both
Legett and Coker on the bench this week, as is
Jatavian Sanders. I wanted to give him a starting grade.
It's a sneaky, sneaky good matchup for tight ends against
the Rams. Kate Otton kind of with the bed last

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week four for twenty one, but before that ten catches
seventy yards were a j barner. The week before that,
forty nine ers tight ends combined for eleven catches over
one hundred yards and two touchdowns. Juwan Johnson scored the
week before that against the Rams. But Tavian Sanders is
getting He's feeling heat from Tommy Trumble. Who did start
the season as the starter when Sanders was hurt. So

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a little too much of a split here. So I
Tremble was out of the equation, it would be two
stars for Sanders, but since he is not out of
the equation, they both get one star. Therefore not startable
and either is Bryce Young. He either goes off or
he's just a total dud. And this feels like it's
gonna be the game where we get the dud from Bryce.
The Rams have allowed multiple touchdown passes in just three

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games this year, So just one star for Bryce Young.
But I hope he proves me wrong. But yeah, not
a lot to love on the Panthers side.

Speaker 2 (47:54):
Guys, I keep pounding Brian for the hometown team. Let's
get to the rest of the games going on in
the slate this week. Let's go to the Jacksonville Jaguars
at Tennessee the Titans. Jacksonville a six point favorite in
this one total coming in forty one and a half.
John got some interesting things going on with this Jacksonville
Jaguars team, a playoff team in the AFC right now,

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and there's a little bit of a fantasy things that
we can look at.

Speaker 4 (48:20):
If they're gonna be considered a true contender. They need
to handle their business against this Titans team coming off
the buye, and I mean really smush them good, because
a lot of us have questions of what is this
Jaguars team. I don't even know what they are. They're
not really an offensive team. The defense has played well
at points, They've also gotten destroyed at points. I'm not

(48:43):
sold on Lauren sor Ry. Let's get into it Travis ATM.
First off, the rumors of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Speaker 5 (48:49):
He's a three star.

Speaker 4 (48:50):
Star for me. Since the BUYE four or four RB
one finishes. He's over twenty touches a game. He's the
target leader, and he commands all the goal the ghost stuff.
So Touton is a nice player, and if you're heading
into the fantasy playoffs, is a priority stash. But he's
not more than a stash right now. I would not
start Touton. Brian Thomas got in a full practice in

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the wide receiver room, and I think that just takes
everybody down from startable in borderline excited to start them
to not really startable.

Speaker 5 (49:25):
Want to see it.

Speaker 4 (49:26):
First, I thought the move to bring in Jacoby Myers
is a really great real life football move. He's a
really good real life football player far as fantasy. He
needed that volume and the sole attention he was getting
in Las Vegas to get the fantasy points that we need.
Thomas and Myers. I have them stuck at the two stars,
leaning towards one and a half. They haven't played together yet.

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I think the same two star label applies to Breton Strange, though,
given the relative strength of the positional fields, I'd rather
start Strange with confidence. He looked great out there. He
had three explosive plays in the last game alone Tewa. Again,
he's a one star guy for me. He's unreliable six
and a half YPA. He throws too many picks and
he really needs to run for touchdowns to give you

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that fantasy output. So he just doesn't bring guys with him.
I'm just not a fan. Tennessee defense. The one major
thing to know is always is Jeffrey Simmons playing. He
is back, though they've still been really a bottom five
defense just because of the volume. The offense is not good.
They give the ball back, they turn the ball over,
So again Jacksonville should take care of business. I don't

(50:31):
know if they do it, who will get it other
than at And that's the piece I have confidence.

Speaker 2 (50:35):
In traum Etn. Brian, you have the Tennessee Titans. This
should be quick.

Speaker 1 (50:42):
Yeah, pretty quick. I got some interesting angles. I think
back to Etn really quick. I was looking at his
Of course, the Jaguars and Titans played twice a year,
so the ETN seen him a lot. Zero career touchdowns
rushing or receiving for Travis Etn against the Tennessee Titan.
That's pretty wild stuff, all right. Anyway over over the

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Titan side of yeah, not not a lot of wild stuff,
especially in the backfield, sorry, with Tony Pollard and Taj
Spears both one star rating for each, essentially splitting snaps,
Spears handling the majority of the passing where it's a
tough matchup for Pollard and Spears. The Jags are allowing
just one hundred and two convo yards per game to

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running backs and since Week six, they've surrendered only three
total touchdowns to the position man. Pollard so much hope
for him early in the season, but he has not
panned out. So we're moving on to the wide receiver room,
where Calvin Ridley lost through the year, so we're looking
at Lek a Omanor and Shamira DK in seasonal. Cannot

(51:45):
trust them one star rating, but I might be dumpster
diving for both in DFS since week seven, so it
is a plus matchup. Arizona is top ten in the
most I'm sorry not Arizona. Jacksonville in the most receiving
yards per game in PPR points per game to permiter
wide receivers, there will be garbage time and DK specifically

(52:10):
for you, I guess Novice daily players out there. DK
returns kicks and he's returned two for touchdowns so far.
So you play DK and the Titans defense and he
does that and he gets enough work in the receiving game.
There's a major payoff there. And I do like cam
Ward in DFS as well, only forty six hundred, only

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one star in seasonal, but Jacksonville does own the highest
opponent passing play percentage and cam Ward finally running thirty
plus yards rushing over his last two games. There's there's
a bonus touchdown right there. He did throw forty two
pass attempts last week. He's gonna throw a lot again.
I mentioned the Jaguars own the highest opponent passing play percentage,

(52:55):
So follow me if you're desperate or if you're crazy.
But cam Ward and the Titans defense, I'm firing that
up in daily and then you can load up on
studs everywhere else. That's that's my main angle for Tennessee.
And lastly I will touch on the tight ends, and
it's really more of a dynasty angle. Chegokonkwo is getting
usurped by Gunner Helm, who is taken nearly seeing nearly

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twenty percent of the target chair. Uh recently ocon Quo
down to ten percent, and Helm's taking seeing less snaps.
But Oconquo basically blocking Helm is the receiving option at
tight end, the primary receiving option. So a stash in dynasty,
but one star just telling the one stars for the Titans.
I'm trying to fill time talking about the Titans, Fellows.

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It's not easy, but uh, I hope, I hope. I
made you proud there.

Speaker 2 (53:45):
You did a fantastic job of bed which you also
liked the daily breakdown. That's some good insightful stuff right there.
So we got you cover at all angles right here.

Speaker 3 (53:53):
Fantasy Football Week.

Speaker 2 (53:55):
Moving off to the next contest, boy, the New Orleans
Saints and the Miami Dolphins. Miami a five and a
half point home favorite that should tll you what you
need to know about the Saints. John What you got
on this one right here? Had gots manjury news and
the whole kind of stuff going on in New Orleans.

Speaker 4 (54:09):
Yeah, I think I like the Saints in this one,
but I do get it they haven't looked great up
front since losing Eric McCoy at the center position. That's
always gonna hurt you. Though, I got a man, I
am the industry's highmen on shuck. We'll get to the
rookie in a second. Let's start with Devin Neil where
he's stepping in for Alva Kamara. You really have to
start this guy just based on the volume alone. So

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solid two stars. I don't think I can get to
three because I do worry about the point total. But again,
he's really good at catching the ball. They showed the
one that's to go to him over and over again yesterday.
The only thing is, what's the problem Taysom Hill kind
of looming to suck up all the high value touches
in the green zone. Though, let's be honest man, People

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that are talking about Tasom Hill gonna be the RB one,
not a two point two yards but carry he's not
granted they we use him as a battering ram at
the five, but it's it's Neil's backfield. If you ask me,
Odowa Lave probably the only three start that you're gonna
see on the same team. Ever, he's getting wide receiver
one usage. He's third in the league and targets. He's
also seventh in deep shots. So we like that mix

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of not just volume, but a combination of volume and depth.

Speaker 5 (55:18):
Gotta love that. My guy Devon Velay.

Speaker 4 (55:20):
I gotta just put him at one star, but I
wanted to mention him because I do think he's somebody
you may want to hold on too if you may
need a desperation player down the road. Brian's also done
a really good job of highlighting plays that we might
like for Dynasty. Whenever front offices, telegraph, roster ship moves,
I'm always paying attention. Right, they traded for Veyley, then

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they opened up room for by moving Shaheed out of town.

Speaker 5 (55:46):
Vyley.

Speaker 4 (55:46):
It was just like that remember that sentence episode. First
you get the sugar right, then you get the money,
then you get the women, then you get the power. Veley,
first he got the routes one hundred percent route rate.
Then he got the targets, seven targets. Hopefully one day
we will get the receptions. We have got him yet,
but I do think if you're gonna be playing one
hundred percent of snaps and getting over a half a
dozen targets a game, there could be something there. Then

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Tyler Schuck again seemed beIN as Veley one star for now,
a player we want to be thinking about in the future. Listen,
you don't throw a touchdowns, You're not gonna score a
Fantasy points. So that's where it's been. But the underpinning
stuff for Shuck is good sixty eight percent completion positive
EVA pert tempt single digit sack ate, two percent in
percepty rate.

Speaker 5 (56:26):
He protects the ball.

Speaker 4 (56:27):
I like his under interceptions as a plus prop this weekend.
Oh also, my guy Juwan Johnson, solid tudo. You start
him as a tight end every single week. He has
three top three finishes year to date, and I mean
he's looking pretty good again. It's kind of coming to
that expensive alay. You could sell him a little sour.

Speaker 5 (56:45):
That's the guy. I want to do it, But for
right now, Johnson and every week player and the Dolphins dead.

Speaker 4 (56:50):
Defense is not good. I don't think they should be
five to nine point favorites over anybody. They're one of
the poorest tackling teams in the league right now. They
don't stop the run, they don't sack the quarterback, which
could be good for Shuck.

Speaker 1 (57:00):
Yeah, I like the Saints in daily as well. Shuck
and Bailey thirty five hundred. That's a nice cheap dart throw.
And yeah, there should be some some points in this
game for sure.

Speaker 3 (57:13):
Any of those points is gonna come on to Miami
Dolphins side up.

Speaker 1 (57:16):
I would think so. I would hope so Corey, and
most of them should probably come from Devin h Chan,
who got to give four stars, was on an absolute
sun run before the Dolphins had their bye last week.
His two games prior, he totaled nearly four hundred combo
yards at the matchup. Good good enough. Here, the Saints

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just allowed one hundred and fifty plus combo yards to
the Falcons backfield be Jon Robinson and Tyler Aljier. H
Chan can easily replicate that on his own, even with
Ali Gordon and Jalen Wright eating to his workload. Just
a tad bit more than we'd like to see. But
Devin h Chan four stars, even in the lost season
for the Dolphins. I think, why am I blanket on

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the coach's name, Mike McDaniels. Playing for his job, he'll
want to feed h Chan, and he'll also want to
feed Jalen Waddle. Going to give him a safe three
star rating here. Wattle been a borderline wide receiver won
this season, proved to be major steel on draft day
back in August. Now, if you exclude the Cleveland we'll

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call it hurricane game. It wasn't really hurricane, but it
was really bad weather game the Dolphins had earlier in
the season, and that was without Tyreek Hill. I think
it was the first game without Tyreek Hill. But without
Tyreek Hill, and he exclude that awful game where no
one could throw the ball. Wattle has been averaging eight targets,
five catches, ninety yards per game. Very solid production. Three

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star rating here for him. I can't go with any
other Miami wide receiver though, but one star is for
the remainder there Now to tight end gets interesting. Darren
Waller practicing in full. Greg Dolcic was looking decent in
relief for Waller, but we'll see if Waller is activated

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is active on Sunday. If he is, I will give
him two stars. Dulsage easy, I might give three stars
now only two starts to Dulsage if Waller sits, but
the matchup decent enough. The Saints are allowing more than
five catches and fifty yards per games to tight ends.
Will take double digit PPR points any day in the

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tight end position. So again, Waller starts two and if
he's out, Dulsage gets the two star raiding and two
stars for two. You know I'm gonna give give him three.
Screw it. He looked pretty good or really bad for
the most part this season, but he has thrown for
multiple touchdowns in more than half of his games. But yeah,
when he flops, he flops hard. Hopefully shouldn't be here though.

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The Saints are allowing explosive pass plays at a rate
well above league average, and the corpse of Kirk Cousins
just tossed two scores against the Saints last week, so
Tua can do the same. Three stars for Tua, let's go.

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Speaker 2 (01:02:22):
The Minnesota Vikings travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks.
Seahawks eleven and a half point home favorite Seahawks laying double.
They just totally this one is forty one and a
half though, John, what do you think about the Minnesota
Vikings this weekend?

Speaker 5 (01:02:37):
Man?

Speaker 4 (01:02:37):
I was a week early on my Max Brosberg debut call.
It looks like who will be seeing soft benchiganad from mccarfee.
We should all just be glad we're not gonna be
subjected to any more of that game film. He might
end up being good someday, but now it's not the
time for him. He's a little too pressed. So Minnesota
goes to show you when you have a winning quarterback

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in the building and you could win forteen NFL games
in one season, let's not look that gift horse in
the mouth going forward.

Speaker 5 (01:03:05):
That looked ridiculous. He had like a bad half against a.

Speaker 4 (01:03:08):
Really good defensive front in Detroit, and everybody sent Donald.

Speaker 1 (01:03:12):
Packing reaching on your reaching to the choir.

Speaker 4 (01:03:16):
He's been another really really good team. So Aaron Jones
to start, I mean to start. You have to start him.
He's the engine of the offense, regardless who's on the center.
He may get force fed, he's gonna run, he's gonna
catch the ball. He might be used to protect this guy,
but man seem to be sent for justin Jefferson. You
have to hold your nose and start him. He's too good,

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not too It makes me think of us arguing, not
us personally, but the industry at large arguing whether or
not to start Jamar Chase without Burrow Old Van Flacco
came off and targeted him four hundred times. So Jefferson's
still over two yards perrout. He's still over one hundred
air yards pergean. You can't sit that no matter what again,
you hold your nose, you roll him out there. I

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don't think i'd be doing it for DFS because I'm
worried abot to Seattle defense. We'll get there in a second, Addison,
That's where I draw the line, Hockinson drawing the line.
One star is all around. Brosmer does not get a star.
He's a rookie UDFA against like the toughest defense in
the league, Brian. I'll let you twistmorrowm if you want
to get me down to top three defense, the top

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five aaper play yard to play sacks. They're number one
in Hurry's per game. Brosma may be seeing ghost. I
don't this poor young man. Why would you do that
to this guy?

Speaker 1 (01:04:29):
Yeah, here's my take, John, here's my take what Viking
should do a quarterback. Yeah. I feel bad for Brosma
putting into an awful situation here. Kevin O'Connell, why don't
you suit up? You were drafted. Why don't you go
out there and sacrifice yourself. You're the same age as
Aaron Rodgers. Go whisper to yourself out there. Okay.

Speaker 5 (01:04:50):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:04:50):
We were also convinced that Minnesota could win No matter
what with the schematics, and all of a sudden we're like, well,
maybe quarterback matters?

Speaker 3 (01:04:57):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:04:58):
Does ma.

Speaker 2 (01:05:00):
And you were a week early on that the Seattle Seahawks. Bryan,
you told us in our number one about your JSN
ticket for Offensive Player.

Speaker 3 (01:05:12):
Of the Year hopefully see hopefully you guys listen.

Speaker 2 (01:05:15):
I want you to bring that one home because that's
good times for everybody.

Speaker 3 (01:05:18):
Want you to bring that one home.

Speaker 2 (01:05:20):
But before you bring that one home, what is JSN
and the rest of the Seattle offense going to do
this week?

Speaker 1 (01:05:25):
Yeah? I catched that JSN ticket at half time or
during the break. That's already over. But let's sort with
the running backs quick, because I think we might see
a lot of these two in a game that should
be dominated by the Seahawks. I will mention Kenneth Walker
is questionable. You want to monitor his status, but even
if active, I'm gonna give Walker and sharpen a three

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stars in this game the Seahawks. I can envision thirty
forty rush attempts in this one. The Packers ranted up
on the Vikings last week, sans Josh Jacobs, Emmanuel Willson
looking like Ladanian, Tomlinson light out there, so I gotta
like Walker and Charbonne in this one. It's been pretty

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much a split since Week nine. But the long distance,
I'm sorry. The inside the fifteen rushes, Walker is leading
at sixty three percent over twenty five percent to Sharbonney,
which it was the reverse the other way around, So
Walker the guy in the red zone. But I would
start both with confidence against the Vikings, and you gotta
start JSN with confidence, of course. Four stars for him.

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JSN one of four wide receivers in NFL history to
cross thirteen hundred receiving yard to the first eleven games
of this season. He's the only one of those four
to do so on less than one hundred and twenty targets.
He's seen one hundred and seven targets. By the way,
that's because the Seahawks have beaten the brakes off a
few teams and they just haven't needed to throw the

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ball enough, so that could be the case here though
unfortunately enough against the Vikings. So I'm still given JSN
four stars. We see him get it done in one
play virtually weekend week out. He's got four or five
fifty plus yard touchdown, so four stars are JSN, I'm
bumping Cooper Cup down to two because I'm worried about

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game script. Rashid Shaheed. We haven't seen enough from him
since getting traded over from New Orleans over the last
two weeks. Shaheed an eight percent target share, Cup is
at seventeen percent. Decent enough, but game script a concern.
So just two stars for Cup and tight end AJ
Barner Elijah Royo. Barner still still the lead candidate between

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those two, but again too much of a platoon there,
and the game script of course a concern, So one
star on Barner and Arroyo, and last, but not least,
certainly not least my boy Sam darnold Man John you
were alluding to it earlier. This is quite the revenge
game scenario, to say the least. I really hope that
Mike McDonald let's Sam Donald exercise all his demons all

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over the Vikings and Kevin O'Connell, who, by the way,
should present his Coach of the Year award to Sam
Donald pregame because Donald won that award for that fraudulent
head coach, Kevin O'Connor. I'm standing up for JJ, I'm
standing up for my boy thor Koc deserves more heat, Fellas.

(01:08:28):
I'm just gonna leave at that. So four stars for
Sam Donald, screw it, run it up, chaos. Really it's two.
It's two stars for Donald. I'm a little worried about
game script.

Speaker 2 (01:08:38):
I ain't Kaoc on the hot seat for mister Brian Johnson.
A right, Let's keep rocking and rolling. Go to the
AFC West Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers charges laying
nine and a half in this one at low total
at forty and a half, the Raiders, john have been
a disaster. This this Pete Carroll rebuild thing going so

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well and year number one here in this might be
a one and done scenario.

Speaker 3 (01:09:04):
That doesn't matter too much for what we're trying to do.

Speaker 2 (01:09:06):
We're trying to find some fantasy value late in the
season on Las Vegas.

Speaker 3 (01:09:11):
Is it there man.

Speaker 4 (01:09:12):
Worst possible runout for Vegas? First off, you don't take
a running back, which should be the last piece of
a functional offense, in the first round when you don't
have an O line to protect him. Maybe they thought
good quarterback play from Gino Smith would be the rising tide.
Well breaking news. I don't know what happened to Gino

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one of the biggest true talent dropoffs we've seen out
of nowhere. I mean I spent the last couple of
years building up Gino and watching the tape and showing
people some of these whole shots and ability to do
challenge vertically and right on the money. Gino has been gross.
I guess we'll get to the second. You gotta go
with Genty. He's a three star every week starter. If

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he had any kind of good ecosystem around him, he'd
be a four star guy. The usage is I put voluptuous.
He's got two top five finishes in the last four loan.
He's over eighty percent of the running back touch here
for the season, over thirteen percent of the team targets,
and one hundred percent of the goal to goal attempts.
That's all the fantasy goodness you could ask for. It's
just a matter if they get him close enough to

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the green zone. One stars. If that for Tucker and Locket.
The past game in the wide receiver room is just awful.
My note says, no, please don't over the brock Bowers.
He's a three star mus dark guy, seemed to be
said for Genti. If there was anything going on around him,
he'd be a four star guy. You have to start
this guy no matter what you know. The mainstream media
might be telling you. He's got number one tight end potential,

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eight targets per game, twenty three percent target pre outrun,
and fifty six percent weighted opportunity rating after moving Meyers.
So he's the guy. It's just relying on Gino, who
I mentioned, of course, look great in the toughest match
of versus Cleveland. That feels like the anomaly. He's got
the most interceptions in the league six point two air
yards per attempt kind and the Chargers front seven is

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so good. Tully to pilot, I probably butchered out, but
he looks like a missile out there. Daan Henley, Derwin James.
That's why they're top five and fantasy points per game
against quarterbacks and wide receivers. I think they're number six
to running back. So Charges front seven really tough. Vegas
might have a really tough go with this. They make
a boat raced on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (01:11:24):
Divisional boat racing never a good thing. Brian, How does
the Charger fantasy aspects set up for this contest?

Speaker 3 (01:11:32):
Right here?

Speaker 1 (01:11:34):
Yeah? Before I jump into those, I've been patting myself
on the back a lot. I long gonna do the
opposite here. My best ball bags of gent are massive.
I was flipping the board, meaning I was taking him
like top three, trying to diversify myself from the field. Yeah,
it's blown up in my face, poys. But anyway over
to the Chargers side, we'll start with Kamani Videll. As

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far as I know, no O'marion Hampton yet. I know
his practice window is open, but I don't believe he's
active or been activated, nor will be activated for this game.
So we'll go under the assumption Noah Marii and Hampton,
but we eagerly await his return. But anyway back to Videll,
only two stars here. The Raiders are allowing only one
point three yards before contact per rush attempt. That's that's

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a stout run defense. That's the second lowest clip in
the league. And the Chargers offensive line in shambles right now,
So I don't like Videll's prospects on the ground. He'll
he'll chip in through the air, of course, So a
pretty safe two star Raiding, but not a smash spot
by any means for a videll in this one. Lad
McConkie and Keenan Allen a little more of a smash

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spot for them. I'm gonna get both of them three
stars here with that. With the offensive line issues for
the Chargers, Max Crosby and company should be in Justin
Herbert's griddle all day, so quick hitters to Ladd and
Keenan will be in play. And speaking specifically to Allen,
the Raiders use zone concepts on eighty four percent of
their defensive plays and Allen is LA's leading receiver against

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those schemes, with the team high two point two yards
per route run. So I think Allen in for a
sneaky big game and he's the cheaper of the two
options if you're a daily player out there. Quentin Johnston
Man No. One star for QJ, started hot this year,
but since Week five not great. He's got two goose

(01:13:23):
eggs during that time frame, one last week. Just way
too much of a spike spike week player to be
trusted in seasonal and maybe throw a dart in DFS,
but he's a tournament play upside. But the floor, we
don't how scary it is. He He's hit it twice
in the last four games, so I'm pretty much out

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on QJ. Been in on Aronde Gadsden for the most part.
I'm not out on him this week, but not a
great matchup against the Raiders. Shockingly tough actually, the Raiders
allowing less than forty yards per game to opposing tight
ends and just three touchdowns allowed to the position all
see and the Raiders are allowing five and a half
catches to the position though, So a solid two stars

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for OG, but not a smash spot for him either.
I will give Justin Herbert three stars though. In ten
career games against the Raiders, Herbert has twenty touchdowns and
only two interceptions seven and three record, pretty much their daddy.
He did throw for two forty two and two against
Las Vegas in Week two, hoping that's close to his
flour in this game where the Chargers should be throwing

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more than running. Dak Prescott recently threw for four scores
against the Raiders, so they can surrender big games. Herbert's
had some bad games recently, but hopefully hopefully he bounces
back here. Coming off the buy.

Speaker 2 (01:14:41):
All right, good stuff as always, all right, final segment
of the program coming up.

Speaker 3 (01:14:47):
This is the Shedor Sanders segment. You know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (01:14:50):
Yeah, we got a lot to say, We got a
lot to talk about with it.

Speaker 2 (01:14:52):
The NFL's most popular player, as it seems, special segment
dedicated to him. Our final segment of the program. Make
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(01:15:33):
Fantasy Football Weekly. You all knew Fantasy Football Weekly. Want
to thank everybody for getting involved, hanging out, rocking and
rolling with us. And now it is time to talk
about the San Francisco forty nine ers and the Cleveland Browns.

Speaker 3 (01:15:48):
Will save the drama.

Speaker 2 (01:15:49):
We'll let John start with the San Francisco forty niner side.

Speaker 4 (01:15:53):
Yeah, I guess that's the less dramatic side. Obviously, four
star matchup for our guy, Christian McCaffrey. I think if
the one quick tangent, we don't know anything about predicting injuries,
people with any degree of certainty, take the best players, Okay,
that are gonna win you fantasy championships if they stay healthy.
Christian McCaffrey, I had to do the math, and I
needed more fingers than I had. He's on a four

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hundred and twenty two touch pace. This is just insane.

Speaker 5 (01:16:17):
Overall RB one or two, four of the last six.
Then it gets a really lot less inspiring.

Speaker 4 (01:16:22):
Juwan Jennings, I think the floor is there, see start
him two stars, kind of hold your nose a little bit.
Lack of sealing maybe four exceptions in his last six,
so we love that TD in three or four, but
that's been a big piece of the production.

Speaker 5 (01:16:34):
He doesn't have a single top ten finish all year.
Not great.

Speaker 4 (01:16:37):
Ricky Pierso Hawai liked he's now a one star guy.
You really don't want to start him. He's getting all
the roots, but none of the target. Fifty two routes
the last two games, just six targets, three catches for
six yards.

Speaker 5 (01:16:49):
I put woof in capitol letters George Kittill.

Speaker 4 (01:16:52):
Remember he is the premium target with brock perty under center.
The split for Purty thirty one percent target per route
run almost two and three quarter yards per route and
a double digit deep target rate for a tight end.

Speaker 5 (01:17:05):
That is insane.

Speaker 4 (01:17:06):
George cut at least a three star play Perdy have
a little less faith in because he's been a little
wild with the ball this year, not as protective of
it as i'd like. He's a five percent interception rate,
and he's not running either, So I've kind of pumped
the brakes and in for fantasy. I still love Kittle, I
still love seeing see they're the trunk of the tree.
Cleveland defense excellent. You don't want to tempt them. So

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now that I think about Jennings, I probably sit him.
They're really really good, especially at home. That combination of
Garrett and Graham are game wreckers. But you can't sit
McCaffrey or Kittle ever.

Speaker 2 (01:17:39):
Now, not even going to advise that those of you
must go to guys Brian On the other side of
the football. The Cleveland Browns, their quarterback, is the story.
Nothing else really matters.

Speaker 1 (01:17:51):
Well, he is the story, but he's probably one that
matters the least. Let's get out of the way. I
I gotta go one star on Door. He seems very confident.
Let's see what he can do. But uh, there's not
enough to go, not enough to like for the receivers.
So I got a one star on shud or per
usual that the guy that draws the most interest for

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the Browns is quin Shawn Judkins running back. Just gonna
give him two stars in this game, though it really
hasn't been getting much help from his offensive line all season,
a mere one point one six yards before contact per
rush attempt. That's the lowest mark in the leagues. He's
been doing it all on his own, but he's been
doing a great job. But it's a it's a tough,

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tough matchup against the forty nine ers. The Rams backfield
did get to San fran in Week ten put up
good numbers, but in the two games since then, the
Ram I'm sorry, the forty nine ers have shut down
the collective backs of Arizona and Carolina, most notably Rico Dowdell,
who's a fair comp to Judkins. So just two stars
for Judkins over to Jerry Judy. I'm signing because I

(01:18:58):
was just kind of, you know, giving to her grief.
But I'm gonna give two stars to Jerry Judy just
because number one receivers have fared well against the forty
nine ers in recent weeks. T Mac scored for Carolina
last week. The week before that, Michael Wilson fifteen catches
one hundred and eighty five yards, and then the week prior,
both Puka Nku and Devonte Adams sixty plus yards in

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a touchdown. So if the volume's there, Judy could be serviceable,
so two stars for him. I will give Harold Fannin
two stars as well. Since week ten he's seeing a
twenty four percent target share, as opposed to five percent
from David and Joku, who is questionable. By the way,
He's forever questionable. It seems like so he's one star
rating for Endjoco even if he plays. But I will

(01:19:42):
give fan and two stars, maybe even bump him up
to three if in Djoko is out. The Carolina tight
ends did not farewell against San Francisco last week, but
prior to that, opposing tight ends total twenty five catches,
two hundred and sixty seven yards, four touchdowns over San
Francisco's three games prior. So fan and again startable, especially

(01:20:03):
startable if Njoku is out and I'm not going to
talk about Shador standers again. Prove me wrong, though, Shador wait.

Speaker 5 (01:20:10):
I gotta drive in real quick.

Speaker 4 (01:20:11):
I got so triggered during the Shador stuff and I
rooted for him. I tend to like him personally. He
seems cool enough. But there was a gigantic social media
handle with over one million followers tweeting about the longest
completion made by a rookie all year with all types
of emojis and celebratory stuff. It had a negative five
a dot. It was a screen that went to the

(01:20:32):
house for whatever seventy yards. That was the Samson play.
So again, you gotta be careful. This as the nuance
in the context whoa seventy five yard touchdown in the
books negative five a Doutlet's let's pump the brakes.

Speaker 5 (01:20:44):
If he can execute, he might be okay.

Speaker 4 (01:20:46):
He did make that one game breaking throw though he
looked great on that single throw to Bond because he
forced the mistackle. It made the big throw, but he
also had at least two interceptions dropped just to get
it out there.

Speaker 2 (01:20:56):
All right, Still rocket and roll unless you da Sanders alight.
So the final game, Atlanta Falcons travel to New York
to take on the Jets. Jets, excuse me, the Falcons
are a two and a half point road favorite in
this game. A blustery total of thirty nine and a
half in this one. It seems like the New York
Jets in the final segment every week. But John, you

(01:21:21):
have the as a Jet fan, you have the Atlanta Falcons.
But you know it is what it is. Go ahead
and rally it off.

Speaker 5 (01:21:29):
You nail that. You just you get what you get
and you don't get upsets.

Speaker 4 (01:21:31):
Sometimes this is good a border on unwatchable most likely
bijon automatic. Start, must start no matter what you know.
He's got five top five finishes. But right, but but
bought the big shaking part. He's also been outside the
top twenty in three of the last five. But you
can't risk sitting the guy. You just kind of cope
with it. Then you get darn Old Mooney again. I

(01:21:54):
think you have to start it. Brought made a good
point about volume before number one wideout's just deserving a
little bit of a tens. But he only had a
twelve percent targe of a route run at the Saints.
He did make a really nice TD gram that was
a very good play and throw my Cousins. But David Gross,
he looks terrible. He's only at below twenty five percent
first down per attempt. This is Kirk Cousins. They've been awful.

(01:22:15):
Jets defense, believe it or not playing your best defense
right now without q dub. I don't know if I'm boring.
It's a tackling really well and stopping the run. I
don't know if that could sustain. Very hard to believe
in the Jets.

Speaker 5 (01:22:25):
I'm not looking for much of anything in this one.

Speaker 1 (01:22:30):
Right, all right over to the Yeah, I gotta talk
about the Jets, though, and I'll get this done. Breece Hall.
You know I almost gave Breese three stars. I'm only
gonna give him two. Though. The Jets old line has
been solid, creating more than two and a half yards
before contact per rush attempt and haul averaging and respectable

(01:22:51):
four point six yards per carry. But the Falcons pose
as a tough matchup on paper. They've basically shut down
every opposing running back not nick named j T or CMC.
We know who those guys are. That said, opposing backs
have racked up decent catch totals, and Hal can certainly
help there. So he is startable with two stars. I

(01:23:12):
was borderline three, but it's going to be conservative here
and give him the two two stars as well. For
John Metchi, the third, the jets new number one wide receiver.
In his last two games, three catches forty five yards
in a touchdown, six catches sixty five yards in a touchdown.
It's easier to throw on Atlanta than it is to pass,

(01:23:33):
he'll get peppered with targets. So two stars for John Metchi,
but clearly the only wide receiver we'll talk about for
the Jets. And I will mention Mason Taylor, but one
star for him. Target share has dips south of twenty
percent since his mini heater mid season, and just about
as bad a matchup as it gets on paper against

(01:23:53):
the Falcons for tight ends. They've allowed one total tight
end touchdown all season, only three tight ends have topped
fifty yards. Only one of those three has top sixty
yards against the Falcons all the year. So one star
for Mason Taylor and John I apologize I didn't prep
well enough. I don't even know who's starting for the

(01:24:14):
Jets at quarterback. Who's starting for? Is it Tyrod Taylor
or is it justin fields or.

Speaker 5 (01:24:18):
Yes, it's started matter squeeze again my John Metchi propaganda.

Speaker 1 (01:24:22):
I'll but one star on Jets quarterback. I honestly I
didn't even look because I didn't care, guys. Yeah, So
one star.

Speaker 5 (01:24:33):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:24:33):
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Happy holidays, but do not forget if you missed I
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(01:25:09):
Corey Parson, the Fantasy Executive. Best of luck in Week thirteen,

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