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The FFT Crew gives start and sit advice for AFC home games.

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2:50 Players We Love

5:01 Players To Avoid

10:05 Joe Flacco

15:50 Injuries, News, and Notes

22:03 One Question For Each Game

34:10 Ravens-Dolphins

39:29 Jaguars-Panthers

47:01 Bengals-Chiefs

55:02 Patriots-Bills

1:01:50 Raiders-Colts

1:05:50 Steelers-Seahawks

1:09:09 Titans-Texans

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And we are getting set for Fantasy week 17 your fantasy championship for most of you now if you’re playing into week 18 we’re going to have a normal week next week of course we’ll look forward to 2024 a little bit more but we will help

You out in week 18 but for most of you this is it and it starts tonight and it might start without Amari Cooper he is questionable for tonight’s game and we’ll update you on that today we have eight AFC home games actually seven AFC home games plus I’m going to throw the

Pittsburgh Seahawks game in there are we going to go right back to Ken Walker this week are we starting Raheem moer probably but I you know probably scare try to scare you a little bit on that one uh do we like Joe Mixon this week Austin Eckler there’s also non-running

Backs that we are going to talk about we’re going to talk about the Raiders defense which has been really awesome for a while now and what that means for uh the Indianapolis Colts all right good morning Heath good morning Jamie what’s going on guys good morning hi I’m just

Looking at where I have the Raiders defense and seeing if you’re going to yell at me to move them up or down uh probably up yeah I’ve got them too low I’m going to move them up a little bit oh they’re 20th okay they’re they’re up they moved up yeah they’ve been they

They’ve been well they’ve scored four touchdowns in their last two games that helps but uh well how many touchdowns have they given up like three right no it’s I mean they they they gave up some some garbage Time stuff to uh Easton stick but they’ve been just very good

Even before the Antonio Pierce hiring and Jos e stick had a better game against them than patri momad correct yep yes yes he did all right well let’s uh let’s talk about some players that you know that uh the NFL memes uh handle yeah on Twitter they did a a a

Photoshop of momes Jersey Mac Jones and then the other one they said was this is what Mahomes would look like if the bears actually drafted him could be oh man all right let’s uh we let’s talk about some players that we love this week Jamie who’s going to take

Us to a fantasy Championship uh DeAndre Swift to start of the week um excited about his matchup with the Cardinals because everybody does well against the Cardinals uh they’ve allowed 16 running backs to get at least 12.7 PPR points this season and if you haven’t been

Counting there 17 weeks so far of the season so it’s pretty much uh a great situation to be um the Eagles have definitely made an effort to get Swift going the last couple of weeks 18 carries two weeks ago uh 20 carries last week against the Giants he for uh I know

The concerns are definitely there of what happens at the goal line with the tush push and the lack of receptions he did have three targets and two catches two games ago against Seattle so uh they are still getting him some opportunities in the passing game but not much like

You would like not as much as you would like uh but really just about the matchup the last four last five running backs against the Cardinals have gotten over 19 PPR points so there’s a chance for you know potentially big game here for for Swift so uh borderline number

One running back uh for me and should definitely be in your lineup for sure yeah I have DeAndre Swift with five great matchups so far this year Washington twice Kansas City they have terrible run defense Seattle and the Giants he has scored 14.4 or more PPR fantasy points in four of those five

Games so he’s come through when the matchups have been good all right DeAndre Swift start of the week Heath how about you whose player do you love uh Clyde Edwards aair we didn’t see any Isaiah Pacho at practice yesterday and so it’s yet a very short period of time

To get through the conc protocol we’ve already got Jerick McKinnon on IR Chiefs running backs have been heavily involved in the passing game and in the Red Zone this season we’ve seen 15 touchdowns for them we’ve seen about six targets per game Edwards Air is gonna be sharing

With either L Michel peryan or generic Prince so I don’t think those guys are going to see the same normal workload as the normal rb2 in Kansas City and we just saw him score 20 fantasy points against the New England Patriots who are actually a good defense the Bengals have

Been one of the worst defenses in the NFL and they’ve given up a touchdown to a running back in five their last six games and 10 of their last 12 games it’s a rushing TouchDown for not even the receiving stuff oh man it’s great stuff

For Clyde if Pacho is out uh in the two games that Pacho just missed Clyde and McKinnon combined for for 15 carries and five catches in one game 17 carries and seven catches in another game would you start both of you would you start DeAndre Swift or Clyde Edward zir assuming uh Paco’s

Out uh probably Clyde and PPR and Swift and none yeah definitely Clyde and PPR I might I think they’re they’re both very similar and naone I have Swift just ahead of Clyde and and none and half I’d still go Clyde all right it’s just a shame CES on such a terrible

Offense but uh just kidding okay players to avoid uh you know we’ll get a lot of people I like the Chiefs just so you know but there’s just not that many times you can make fun of the Chiefs in the last five years so you gota you got

To jump at your opportunities here yeah you got you got like two and a half weeks left you think they’re get to turn you think they’re gonna snap out of it or you think they I think it’s like 50 5050 that they just flip the switch and everything’s fine yeah yeah all right

Players to avoid Jamie who you benching this week uh I would bench saquon Barkley this week I know that’s uh tough to say but um they are facing arguably the best defense in terms of running backs I shouldn’t say arguably they’re facing the best defense in terms of

Defending running backs the last five weeks the Rams are number one over that Span in terms of shutting down running backs you say okay who have they played uh they did it to Alvin Kamar last week they did James Connor in the stretch so they’ve been good against two running

Backs that I think are on par with Barkley I know Barkley came through in what seemingly is a tough match up because the Eagles going into that week were top five in terms of fantasy points allowed to the position but we know that this Eagles run defense has certainly

Not been the same but in two of Barkley’s last four games he’s been under nine PPR points so he has shown us the ability to have some stinkers during the stretch so again against this defense which we know has been great you’ve pointed this out time and time

Again Adam in how they defend pass catching running backs they do give up receptions but they don’t give up yards they’re top five in yards allowed uh fewest yards allowed to uh receiving receiving yards for running backs I’ll get that right at some point

Um but you get the point uh but in any event I think Barkley has a terrible game here against the Rams if he does not score and I don’t know if he’s going to score based on what the track record has been yeah Rams give up the second

Fewest receiving yards per game running backs only the Panthers give up more all right barley I really enjoying this uh me and Dave being aligned and Jamie being the outlier I normally have to be the outlier it’s nice to not not be that guy this week you like

Barkley uh yeah I mean I it’s a similar thing with Zeke in that what do he have 26 touches 26 touches in their last game 23 two and a half game two games ago they’re playing their best quarterback again this game’s got some weird line movement I lo noticed last night I

Wanted to see if it changed this morning uh it’s it’s five and a half now so it shrunk down to four and a half last night in terms of the spread but still less than a touchdown spread but the way the Rams have been playing and the way the Giants been

Playing yeah Giants one of those teams that just so bad on the road and a lot better at home but if the Rams are actually good they’ll probably Stomp the Giants which is what good teams do uh we’ll see Ram Rams defense has been has been a problem but not their run defense

It’s been their pass defense how about you Heath uh who’s a player to avoid um I would like to stay away from Devon h we talked about this a little bit yesterday but his his high usage games have come exclusively in blowouts he does not have more than 12 touches in a

Game that’s been within 30 points this season or or 20 points this season three scores um and really even his big games that have been 12 Touches for 100 yards and two touchdowns have been blowouts One Direction or the other so I just don’t think unless Raheem Mo’s out you

Have any reason to expect more really even double digit touches from H it’s a ter like yes I know the Ravens give up a lot of yards per carry but it’s still a terrible match up against a great defense in what’s probably a low-scoring game but you have not only moster banged

Up hn didn’t practice yesterday also so right you know you got two guys dealing with injuries here I mean we may be under selling Jeff Wilson not necessarily from as you said a good matchup because it’s not but just from a touch standpoint you know so he should

Probably be rostered in more leagues um or at least with the idea of an insurance policy in case you know he doesn’t go or you’re trying to replace Peko or trying tol Josh Jacobs still and you couldn’t yet he knows air white or Clyde he’s not a bad just stash on your

Bench remember at this point the guys you’ve been sitting on to see what happens Zack shanet for example somebody like that you could putt them off your team and maybe take somebody that can might help you or or at least block your opponent from from doing something this

We yeah now so for hn and moer they did not practice we have a lengthy practice injury report to get to here moster never practices on Wednesday but he also got banged up you mentioned yesterday Jamie that that he wasn’t even mentioned in the coach’s press conference so we

Just kind of assume moster it’s fine uh he I’m assuming he’ll be limited today but uh it’s something to keep an eye on and then aan I’m not surprised he didn’t practice because he Mis practiced last week and was kind of a question mark but you know obviously Thursday will be more

Telling and then Friday will be the most telling for the practice reports and we’ll keep you updated throughout the week and with that said I think we should probably get to the uh to the injuries including the game tonight but before we do that if you’re enjoying the

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Like yesterday when I talked about the Browns Jets game I didn’t really ask you much about Joe flacko unless I’m just forgetting so I feel like I skipped him a little bit and I shouldn’t he’s the number three quarterback in fantasy over the last four games he leads I know

Heath you know this you said it yesterday he leads the NFL in passing yards over the last four games do you know who’s second second in passing yards over the last four games four weeks yeah four weeks or four games well over the last four for most of them it’s both

Both over the last four weeks who’s second in passing yards behind FL Baker Mayfield I was gonna say baker or Derek Carr uh Jake Browning oh yeah those two guys love this game yeah it’s gonna be fun to see and and I hope our audience

Can can oblige her in uh sending us who their fantasy quarterback was who their quarterback was in their Championship if they win I guess win or lose doesn’t really matter but like who who’s who you starting this week you know because it’s easy to say okay Josh Allen or or

Mahomes or or Herz you know not Mahomes but Josh Allen or Herz or you know Brock pie even but you know did did you actually get there or or win it with with a jake brownie or Derek Carro Joe Flack or one of those guys Mayfield I

Don’t see a lot of that like because you and I it’s it’s Mahomes and Stafford I’ve got another one where it’s Lamar versus Goff uh this is a super Flex there’s a hinei I guess but py golf Mahomes are the other three quarterbacks I I don’t have a whole lot of those guys

But yeah I’m sure there will be some yeah all right well see if people are relying on flacko but I think it’s relevant to talk about this because Amari Cooper might not play So Jamie where are we on flacko right now I think he’s still in the uh

Top 15 through 20 range you know depending on where he might end up for me I’m just thinking about I think right now he’s 15 or 16 um if Cooper plays I’ll leave him there if Cooper’s out there’s no chance I would play Joe Flaco at all right it’s just there’s like why

Because he’s been he’s been very good he’s been good in some tough matchups this is a tough matchup and you know the the Jets have just been absolutely fantastic and so you take away his best arguably his best I don’t want to take anything away from David njoku who’s

Been been awesome as well so you know one in onea um in terms of his pass catchers but uh man does that ramp up the Elijah Moore Revenge game Factor um if there’s if there’s no Cooper um but yeah it would it would stink if Amari Cooper

Doesn’t play imagine that he gets you there with 50 points last week yep and you think okay at least get 12 to 15 you know from what he’s been doing he’s obviously been great at home we know that narrative uh for the most part and to not have him would just absolutely

Stink okay so yeah so Elijah Moore if if Cooper’s out tonight would Elijah Moore be ahead of a guy like Gabe Davis or Tyler Lockett something like that I think it’s easy to say he’s ahead of Gabe Davis now um you know I don’t have

It ranked that way but I I’m sure a lot of people looking at it would say why am I taking my chances with Gabe Davis um but not ahead of lock it no he’d be still a number three receiver at best yeah he’s at 46 for me I do have him

Ahead of Gabe Davis right now I’ve got a Adam you want to help me make a lineup decision so I can blame you I’m playing Jamie So Jamie doesn’t get a vote um but I for I have two lineup spots with the injury concerns have Jordan Addison I

Have zamir white I have khle Herbert and I have Elijah Moore I I’d obviously like to wait for two of those guys but Herbert has foran back now as well I need to just start Elijah Mo tonight right oh yeah you need two of them yeah oh absolutely absolutely not even a

Question Elijah Mo Elijah Mo right oh yeah hell yeah uh all right last thing real quick here um hell yeah oh yeah um now I’m rooting so hard for Elijah Moore uh I’m looking at one of our leagues our 2qb league Jack he picked up one two three four people without dropping a

Single player he is four God Jack does that all the time you need to punish him and make him just make him forfeit the uh tqb just drop the most recent players he picked up that he picked up illegally well they’re not it’s not illegal you can’t do that but oh this

He’s just taking so much advantage of this unbelievable okay uh news and notes Here uh Jared holy cow we’re getting really long here so I feel like it’s going to be a two-hour show but Russell Wilson what is going on Jared stum is going to start for the Broncos these

Last two games this one’s against the Chargers and Russell Wilson reportedly expects to be released this off season why are they benching him because if he gets hurt in the next two games we saw this with Derek Carr last year if he gets hurt in the next two games and

Can’t pass a physical by March he’s guaranteed an additional $37 million so NL PA gonna continue to be okay with this they should guarantees for injuries is is insane to me like well the their jobs to represent the players’s interest and guys are getting benched just because they’re afraid they’ll have to

Pay them more if they get hurt well regard they’re not losing money they’re still getting their game checks so yeah yeah and and and the flip side of it is obviously another player is getting a chance to play all right so stum plays yeah if by

The way if you’re an quarterback and the team signs Jared said run exactly that’s Derek Carr last year you think you think Russell Wilson’s on the Broncos next year no no no I I hope he’s on the Raiders uh that’d be fun that or the Falcons right we’re gonna talk about

The uh Brock pie practiced in full trod Taylor starting for the Giants jacobe brette is starting for the commanders will Levis could play this week CJ strad could play this week that’d be awesome Kyler Murray Mis practice but it was an illness so he should be fine Kenny

Picket was limited as of now we’re still expecting it to be Mason Rudolph and Trevor Lawrence miss practice running back hn and mostard miss practice Peko Mis practice Brian Robinson was limited so uh they get San Francisco Josh Jacobs Mis practice R Andre Stevenson is on IR

So he’s out uh Zach Moss was limited not sure if that will matter for you with Jonathan Taylor and Deontay Foreman practiced in full as Heath mentioned khil Herbert gets Deontay Foreman back uh wide receiver Amari Cooper we already told you about could be a game time decision uh Jamar Chase miss practice

Jordan Addison miss practice Jaylen wadle has not been ruled out he’s got the high ankle sprain but they won’t rule him out yet courland Sutton in the concussion protocol Z flowers they did an estimated practice he was listed as a dnp remember he wasn’t practicing much

Last week he ended up playing so we assume Z flowers will play uh Nico Collins was limited so that’s good I he played about half the snaps last week uh Debo Samuel was limited Maris Brown miss practice again Chargers uh Keenan Allen and Josh Palmer did not practice Allan

Has the heel injury Josh Palmer’s in the concussion protocol they’re at Denver Z Jones back at practice he was limited Michael Pitman was limited that’s a good sign we’re hoping for Pitman to get back out there and that’s a good sign to start the week limited he has a shoulder

Issue and a concussion Michael Thomas you can come back uh but he missed practice then we look at the uh the Packers wide receivers Christian Watson and onav and Wicks miss practice jayen Reed was limited is Jaden Reed gonna be potentially a mustart guy this week if he plays

Yes potentially yeah all right Michael Mayer miss practice Cole KT miss practice and Hunter Henry was limited if you need a and how do you feel about Hunter Henry this week if he plays at Buffalo no um not great no but I mean again how desperate are you just lost hackinson

Can’t find anybody else sure uh Buffalo by the way two games back of the Dolphins if the Bills beat the Patriots and the Dolphins lose to the Ravens then it is the bills and the Dolphins playing for the division in Miami in week 18 it’s it’s amazing how how much that lost

To the Titans could be crushing for the Dolphins I know I know by the way sorry go ahead no go ahead no I was gonna make I was gonna say some stupid I was gonna say it very likely if that happens Adam and the Bills win that those two teams

Are playing again in Buffalo the next week right I hate that though I don’t love it and and that game should be the one that’s flexed to Prime Time I mean got the chance to be the best game of the week um what I was going to say is

Would you take a free ticket right now to Chargers Broncos e stick versus Jared STM potentially no Keenan Allen no no Josh Palmer so you’re looking at Quint Johnston and Jaylen gon Alex Erikson right that that’d be their top three receivers like I’m trying to decide if

I’m gonna go to the pinstrip bowl today Jamie I like I I got it’s the something something bad The Bad Boy Mowers pinstrip bowl or something yeah let’s go to the off I was at dinner last night with a couple hurricanes fans and they were like so excited about the game like

Why oh third string quarterback no thanks uh offensive line two Falcons offensive linemen got hurt last week they were both limited that’s good Trent Williams was limited but another starter on the 49ers line Aaron Banks who got hurt on Monday he missed practice uh Ryan ramch right tackle for the Saints

He missed practice Braden Smith could be back for the Colts he’s been out a while right tackle for the Colts Tyron Smith missed practice for the Cowboys and left tackle cam Robinson for the Char for the Jaguars he’s practicing I wouldn’t expect him to play but hope he can be

Back soon uh in terms of kicker Greg zerline if you’re starting Greg zerine tonight just be aware kicker for the Jets he’s questionable you might want to get away from him um how about remember I talked about the coin toss thing with Jer Alexander they suspended him for

That I don’t remember if I talked about that on air or off air but theyed him did you hear his answer no oh he said he’s he’s he wanted to do it because he’s from Charlotte oh yeah right yeah but he he crashes the that was crazy all

Right um lerus Sneed Mis practice with a calf injury that is a big one we’ll keep an eye on thats to the Moon Dallas defense defensive tackle Jonathan henkins we know how important he is he missed practice Colt the Colts pass defense has actually been really good

They’ve been a tough matchup they uh put their starting safety Julian Blackman on IR Buffalo uh Philadelphia Philadelphia’s run defense Jamie already mentioned it it’s been bad lately however two linebackers Cunningham and Marrow they both were limited in practice and so was quarterback Avante Maddox who’s been out since week four or

Something like that so they could be getting healthier on defense so could Seattle in the secondary um and Pittsburgh still beat up on defense with Minka Fitzpatrick and linebacker at Landon Roberts well Fitzpatrick practice right or he’s limited no I I’d have him as missed oh

Okay maybe I saw earlier in the week that they expected him to come back this week but okay okay okay uh the Houston Texans defense getting a little healthier Denzel Perryman and Blake Cashman two linebackers practice will Anderson could play this week they’ve been struggling without Will Anderson

Lately and they get Tennessee this week and uh that’s going to do it I guess for the news and notes all right we’re GNA get to one question for each game after this quick break on fantasy football today there’s more than just Pride on the line it’s a top of the table old

Firm Derby Celtic Rangers Saturday on CBS Sports Network welcome back everybody Miami’s at Baltimore Heath give me some quarterbacks you would start over Tua and does that change of jayen Wadd plays which I assume you’re not expecting at this point we are not expecting Jaylen wadlin so the answer is most of them he’s not a top 15 quarterback for me

This week I would start all the guys you’ve been starting as top 12 options definitely I would start baker Mayfield and Matthew Stafford and Joe flacko I’d rather start Trevor Lawrence if he plays would you guys start Derek Carr at Tampa Bay or Tua at Baltimore Carr easily car’s been very

Good for two games well better than the last two for Tua yeah yeah can’t can’t worry about names at this point car yeah the last two weeks don’t erase the the whole season either well neither doesn’t match up that’s not changing I just want to say this about

Tua he averaged 9.3 yards per attempt against the Jets they ow six yards per attempt he averaged 7.9 yards per attempts against the Cowboys they they allow 6.8 yards per attempt and I did go back CU I missed it at first was Christmas that pass he threw to Tyreek

Hill I actually think was a really good pass and should have been a deep touchdown the first first quarter yeah yeah I don’t think he’s playing were those two games yeah they were at home all right all right yeah okay uh flacko tonight without Cooper or Tua uh Tua okay right

So with Cooper flacko without Cooper to him yeah all right Jamie I’m gonna give this one to you I know Ken Walker was a disappointment last week Pittsburgh at Seattle are you going right back to Ken Walker this week if he was in my starting lineup yes uh if he was a

Borderline guy probably not he’s just inside my top 24 um I wonder how much the shoulder injur is a problem you know probably should have Revisited that last week I know he still got his touches but it was not the same didn’t feel like the

Same type of guy uh that we saw the previous week against Philadelphia and also uh you know this was one of my concerns how much of the passing work was Drew lock and how much of it was Geno Smith well probably was Drew luck because we did not see that from him at

All yeah okay Tennessee’s at Houston which running back do you prefer in this game Derk Henry last time he faced Houston it was uh one of the worst games of his career or Devin single T Heath who do you prefer um I will still go derck Henry but they are not as far

Apart as you would expect with those two names they’re both uh borderline number two or highend Flex options I’ll take single T especially if St play this has blow up potential Cincinnati at Kansas City do you guys like Joe Mixon this week the Chiefs have allowed 13 and a half or

More PPR fantasy points to a running back in seven of their last nine games do you like Joe Mixon this week I’d start him over Ken Walker and Derrik Henry and Devin single ter but I would start Clyde over him in full PPR great all right so he’s good so he’s

Good solid number two running back yeah chargers at the Broncos are you confident in any player in this game would you take a free ticket to this game no I looked at the weather too it’s it’s uh I don’t know at the time of game but it’s supposed to be 44 degrees on

Sunday in Denver that’s not so bad I think it probably take no but it’s bad for me on the golf course yeah yeah uh it’s a little little drizzling right now um uh I’m confident Eckler his history against Denver is awesome absolutely awesome start Eckler man I’ll tell you I

Feel like every week you get like 10 to 15 running backs who we met we just talked about like Mixon Eckler uh I guess Ken Walker would be decidedly behind them but I don’t know Bree Hall Zeke H Swift par yeah Pard for sure he’s

The king of this group ET yes etn at least has the the cake matchup but no but I mean in terms of the weekly canoe it’s the Big Canoe Eckler’s in the canoe this week right oh yeah least he’s not out of the can no not this week no he’s

At he’s the head of the canoe oh yeah he’s top 10 running back this week all right he did I put him at the front of the canoe against the Broncos all right Patriots are at the bills which running back do you prefer in this game Zeke or cook I’m going Zeke I’m

Going to go back to cook all right the the Zeke ranking are wild this is my favorite favorite thing of the week yeah and I I’ll probably pull back a little bit this afternoon but not much like this is just part probably a good glimpse into my process

When a when a running back is averaging 22 touches a game over the last month and and seeing six to 10 targets almost every single game he’s going to project to the top five running back like I’m not going to project him at two yards

Per carry so is what he did last week yeah let me let before Jamie get in there let me just say what the rankings are at the moment in non PPR Jaimie has Zeke 28th Dave has him 32nd and Heath has Zeke fourth in full PPR Jamie has

Zeko Elliott 19th Dave has him 26th and Heath has him third so bait right now go ahead Jamie no the only question I had is you’re you’re you’re taking and I know there’s there’s an injury part of this but you’re taking the recent production from Zeke and

Factoring that into your ranking why not Carr or someone like car well it’s twice as long for Zeke and the injury like that there was a major thing that changed though there is a major thing that changed for the saintes too t what what is what is that T’s not

Playing well I you know that’s gonna happen this week yeah ta could easily I don’t but you know that Kevin Harris may not get more work this week I mean there’s there’s that is true Kevin Harris has definitely been creeping in on some of the Zeke

Carries uh he has to they’re gonna throw it to him 11 times you can’t hand it to him 20 times also his last four games have been one game Stephenson got hurt one game and then the other three he just missed 13 points for Zeke and pprs 27 9.6 against

Kansas City and then 21 at Denver and in the two big games he caught it tou down we had seven catches or more in both of those games that that Chiefs game is the one that scared like this they should blow out the Patriots here they really

Should and I gonna say I would be decidedly right in the middle of your [Laughter] rankings I feel like he’s in the canoe you know oh he’s definitely in the canoe well I think the way you have him ranked well you the 19th PPR okay that’s canoe all right so different different

Viewpoints there on on Ezekiel Elliott and uh the bills they do give up the fifth most receiving yards per game to running backs they do struggle there he’ll be a fun one all right Vegas at at the Colts when you look at Jonathan Taylor and Michael Pitman do you fear

The Raiders defense is this a matchup to avoid I I initially started the week with uh Taylor a little bit higher than he is now um they’ve been great against running backs I mean it’s hard to overlook what they’ve done since Pierce has taken over and you’re saying Pitman I’m sorry did

You say Pitman yeah yeah uh I would not fear starting Michael Pitman at all no T Taylor is uh like I would start Eckler over Taylor for example which is not something I thought I’d say okay I wonder just how much the thumb is going to hinder his work in the

Passing game because we didn’t see that last week we did not we almost never see it’s weird it’s like Min will throw to any running back other than Jonathan Taylor it seems um well I guess just Zach Moss uh Isaiah Pacho is the only running back to score more than 12.6 PPR

Fantasy points against the Raiders in their last six games that includes no he did not do it last more than 12 your 12.6 was what he scored in the other game right he wasn’t that good last week 12.6 he’s had the two Pea’s had the two best games against the

Raiders in the last six games Bree Hall was bad 10.5 points moster 10.3 Vikings running backs were bad Eckler 7.8 running backs are averaging 3.4 yards per car against the Raiders in their last six games and since week five they were one and three okay since week five

They’ve given the third fewest points in in football only the Steelers and Raven only the Ravens and Steelers have allowed fewer points per game than the Raiders since week five uh Carolina at Jacksonville starter at Calvin Ridley who is playing quarterback for Jacksonville right now we’re projecting Trevor Lawrence because he’s literally

Never been missed a game because because of injury and so as long as Trevor Lawrence plays I will start Calvin Ridley as a number two wide receiver if it’s CJ bethard then I will get off of Calvin Ridley okay but he’s never good in bad matchups if you consider this a bad

Matchup he’s never good in these match I’m so conflicted about whether or not this is a bad matchup it’s a bad matchup it’s week seven but I sort of agree but they have the worst pass they have the lowest pressure rate in football and they have the fifth highest I think

Blitz rate in football it’s incredible that’s pass and every week well I mean there there’s there’s two things I play here the the prior to this last game he had nine targets he had 25 Targets in his last two games it’s not like they’ve been trying to avoid Calvin reallyy

They’ve been doing everything possible to get him the ball and in two of those games he’s been awful whether bad call bobbled catch something has gone wrong for him to make him not produce at a high level you got a bad qu a quarterback who’s struggling right now with an with an injured

Shoulder probably still an injured ankle uh who knows where Trevor Lawrence is at and there’s so much coming out of Jacksonville about why they’re not running the ball more whether successfully or not well here come the Panthers the easiest team to run against like if there’s ever a situation where

Take pressure off of your injured quarterback or your backup quarterback and just run the ball against a team offensively that has struggled for the majority of the Season there is no easier situation for Travis etn to have 20 plus touches in this week in this

Game and so you don’t like Ridley I do not like Ridley no would you start would you guys start Chris Goin over Calvin Ridley without hesitation I definitely would if Beth was the quarterback I would not if Lawrence was would you start in that same game Adam thielen or Calvin

Ridley there’s more upside with Ridley I start Ridley um it’s a Beth Or Lawrence question again okay uh this is what I would say about Ridley here the the the Panthers one thing they don’t do is they just don’t give up the big play they are

Fifth best in terms of 20 plus yard completions I look at different I look at 20 plus yard completions I at 20 plus air yard completions they’re kind of average in the air yard thing and that’s when Ridley’s good he makes big plays he has faced six teams that are currently

Top 10 in completions allowed of of 20 or more yards like the 10 among the best he’s faced teams that are that are good at stopping big plays he has scored more than 11.8 fantasy points once in those six games he scored 5.2 or fewer PPR fantasy points three times in those six

Games so to sum it up when he faces teams that don’t give up big plays he sucks and the Panthers are fifth best they give up the fifth fewest big plays which True Media and I Define you know whatever you want to say it’s a 20 plus yard completion again they’re a little

Bit more susceptible to the Deep ball and that’s been all Trevor Lawrence has done since he sort of turned his season around he’s just throwing it deep a lot more and Ridley’s benefited but it’s just this is not on paper what when Ridley is good all right we

Spent a lot of time there I’m just when we get to these guys in the games I’m probably going to go quicker just so everybody knows let’s go right to it Miami is at Baltimore again we just talked about Tua these guys want to try to get away from

Tua Tong of byoa um try to get away from from aan is he in your top 20 this week aan no not in my top 30 okay so like for me single ter chuba hubber those guys ahead yes chuba for sure chuba’s been better yeah I’d probably go hn over chuba Steelers running

Backs Nai for sure Warren’s right there I’d probably go hn all right moster any hesitation with moster um the Dolphins if if they L they’re three-point under though I won’t even bring this up but the only time most most really bad when they like really lose you know when they lose by double

Digit points um but they’re three-point dogs so we’ll give them some credit here any hesitation with moster guys no he’s not a top 12 guy for me I’m probably starting him as a number two but there are some guys that I would start over him I’ve got a little bit of concern I

Think this like I said I think Baltimore’s defense could uh could hamper the Dolphins yeah he has what like seven catches in his if they win this game do they lock up the one seed oh they yeah uh so okay anyway seven catches in last nine games and uh all right mostard

Or Clyde if P Go’s out right now mostard but I might go Clyde I’ll go Clyde and full PPR I’ll go moer and anyone else all right and Tyreek kills a start if Jaylen Wadd does play I mean we can revisit that on Sunday obviously where do you think you’d rank him

20 somewhere between 24 and 30 Okay C the Dolphins tight ends Lamar Jackson who would you start ahead of Lamar Jackson this week um Allen Herz that’s it pie Prescott Prescott pres sorry deck okay okay so yeah start Lamar Jackson uh okay how do you feel about Gus he may not he

May not play next week this is his last MVP showcase if he wants it how do you feel about Gus Edwards and div and versus Devon hen and throw justice so in there as well he got a lot of work last week too uh Gus over hn somewhat easy call um

Hn just has not gotten in the end zone recently at all and hn over Gus people yeah yeah it’s Gus hen Hill and naan hn gust Hill and PPR I’d like to see if waddle doesn’t play which is what we’re expecting I’d really like to see them get H hand like

Seven catches you know I would just love to see them get the ball in his hands he’s obviously the second most dangerous player with the ball in his hands I’d love that that would save his his bacon a little bit but yeah know certainly there’s I understand the hesitation um

Z flowers we talked about yesterday Jamie likes him I think more than Heath does but he’s a number two or three wide receiver yep uh would you guys start Z flowers or Calvin Ridley flowers H Ridley with Lawrence flowers if not I’m doing that myself in a half

PPR Championship where I have to make a decision on a third receiver and for me it’s flowers no matter who the quarterback is and we can’t trust Odell Beckham right no no all right how about Isaiah likele I would call this an average matchup they’ve been good at

Times they’ve been bad at times against tight ends Al just dolphin’s defense in general has has been better since Ramsey came back but this is a road game they’re better at home um but yeah likely what do we thinking about likely this week eath uh right around like the

Most borderline top 12 tight end you could be it’s a it’s not a great week at tight end especially with Hawkinson gone um so I don’t love him I think I’ve got him 13th hope you have a better option but that there’s one streamer I would start

Gerald ever over him I would start Tucker craft over him so two streamers I’d start over him oh okay Everett Everett who’s had eight Targets in three straight games by the way and gets a great matchup Everett and Tucker crap and how about you Jamie are you higher I feel like you’re higher

On likely yeah I would still start likely um targets have still been there for him trusting Lamar I I think again the Ravens should have an opportunity here for a big win and likely has been good in two of three games I think they continue to feature him and and this

Dolphins defense has definitely been very good against tight ends but still trusting him as Lamar’s guy as opposed to Tucker craft who may get Luke Musgrave back and over Jo ever all right Ravens DST is top six for everyone so you can start the Ravens DST let’s go to Carolina at

Jacksonville uh let’s see already gave you the Calvin Ridley stat how about this stat though if you are considering Adam thielen coming off a good game the Jaguars have allowed more than 13 point or no 13.9 or more PPR fantasy points I usually go 14 but 13.9 more PPR fantasy

Points who was it that had the 13.9 uh was it Godwin I don’t know um I think it was Nico anyway the Jaguars have allowed 13.9 or more PPR fantasy points on receiving totals alone to nine wide receivers in their last eight games Deontay auk Hopkins Nico tank Dell Chase Amari

Cooper uh Mike Evans and Chris CH Godwin so it’s a lot of good receivers there I will say that but what a matchup this has been how we feeling does anybody have faith in Adam feeling are we feeling feeling are you are you feeling it as I used to

Say uh he’s a number three receiver you know we’ve we’ve certainly seen the the pitfalls I’m I’m moderately more Curious in how DJ charcoal do because he’s coming off a huge game and this is now will be his third Revenge game of his career in his previous two uh in his

Previous two he played the Jaguars as a member of the Lions and had six catches for 98 yards when he hadn’t been doing very much at that point it was week five so take that into account first year with Detroit then this year as a member

Of the Panthers he played the Lions and scored a touchdown so I think he feeds into it a little bit um playing his former team so not that you would start CH over Thelen but good good DFS play for sure uh based on the matchup so yeah

The’s uh you know I think it’s just one of those depends on who you have type of guys so he’s in the same range for me as as Ridley uh as Tyler Lockett as um trying to think of the PPR guys little ahead of Deontay Johnson

Those type of players I think I like him just a little bit more than that he’s a low and number two wide receiver he does have almost no floor but we’ve seen still enough glimpses of what we had early in the year and it is a fantastic

Matchup yeah all right so BR young looked very good last week first time he’s looked actually you know more than confident now In fairness like being a quarterback playing against the Packers has been the the free space over the last few weeks course so is Jacksonville

I don’t know I think I heard on Red Zone that the going into last week’s game oh the uh the last two quarterbacks who had faced the Packers had won NFC offensive player you heard that on fft as well really when did you say that uh last

Week before the game sorry uh it was puka AA last week it was not Bryce young okay Jamie uh I have a FanDuel lineup open and the first player I put in is DJ CH so let’s go uh I will not be stacking with Bryce J though so the people are

Here I’m sorry it took 42 minutes for this the people are here for the chuba hubber debate today guys so Jamie is pro chuba hubard Heath is not so so Pro chuba hubard uh Jamie go make the case for chuba against the Jaguars I mean he’s just been as consistent from a scoring

Standpoint as you could find with I think it’s 11.1 or 11.9 in five games in a row uh 17 or more touches in all those games Jaguars as we know are terrible against anything when it comes to anytime you throw against them they’re number one in terms of receptions in

That stretch he has a five catch game so I would hope that they get him the ball in in the passing game a little bit more than they have the last couple of weeks my sanders I know practiced yesterday but came off the game last week a little

Bit banged up and we know they don’t really like him at all so you know you’re looking at probably 16 to 20 carries I don’t think they get blown out in this game because especially if CJ Beth plays the Panthers have played tougher the last couple of weeks and

Chuba’s been a big part of this offense so um against this defense I don’t think you should be sitting chuba hbert at all that’s how I feel like that’s he does have a five catch game in in this stretch he it’s also his only game with more than two Targets since November the

5th like he’s just not really been involved in the passing game and if he he’s that that 11 to 12 point range is kind of a number three running back right uh no um I know I did this a few weeks ago with rre Stevenson when Dave and I were debating Stevenson 11

Basically is top 15 on a weekly basis yeah well it’s 11.6 PPR fantasy points in five straight games for chuba hub Jacksonville’s run defense is the only thing that’s not terrible right I mean they they are not B stopping the Run yes right you catch the passes I I

Just I think 11 might have been top 15 when we had six teams on a buy or something but Gus Edwards is averaging 11.4 this season and he’s already 30 in PPR per game yes yeah so I think there’s a difference I’ve done that too there’s a difference between like looking at

What a player averages and then just week by week and you’re right the buys obviously play into that well how many how many running backs there were no buys last week how many running backs scored 11 PPR fin I don’t know like Pacho is averaging 14.2 and he’s RB 15 um last week

Yeah this is Cur I’m actually interested in Austin Eckler was RB 24 at 11.6 yeah I don’t think 11’s so great but I you know I bet 11 is good for like the running back that I think it’s probably a lot better in half PPR oh yeah I’m sure

Yeah all right uh okay great stuff there but that if that’s his floor then that’s good you know then his floor is borderline yeah I don’t have a strong feeling on chuba HUB I think I’ve got him maybe just a little bit too low I think he should be right around

Rb24 I might have 27 or 28 all right uh and then on the other side of the ball where would you rank Lawrence if he plays uh we have him right now as if he’s playing so he’s uh just inside top 20 for me I think I have him

15 17th for Jamie 18th for Dave 14th right now I see for Heath okay um etn like we talked about it yesterday he’s top 12 for everyone in format start etn uh we already went over Calvin Ridley I I did think you guys were too high on

Him I was surprised Jamie had is the lowest at 22 Keith has him 18th he’s 24 as of yesterday okay so he moved him down all right um and then uh yeah does does Z Jones factor in at all does he hurt Calvin Ridley does he playing he’s he was

Limited so that was a good sign he unlocks Kelvin Ridley they could actually that could be that could be the case all how about Evan Ingram must start not even hesitation no matter who the QB is and on paper it’s a bad matchup but he has done well

He you know Cleveland was a tough matchup he was since Kirk has gone out he’s been a monster y absolutely okay except that Baltimore game all right sit sit the dsts I would say yeah Jaguars are a borderline streamer Cincinnati is at Kansas City I already used up all my stats for this

One uh what no no love here for Jake Browning as I mentioned second most passing yards in the last four weeks I mean you saw the first game without Jamar Jason it wasn’t pretty it he threw three interceptions I think you know he still threw I think 42

Passes for 330 yards or something like that but you’re right I mean he did it wasn’t pretty you’re right the only way would be is if sneeze out yeah I’d rather start Rod Taylor so we’re we’re talking about this game as if as if Chase is out right y he did

Not practice again on Wednesday there was a little bit more optimism for him but in terms of playing at this point I would I would bet against it I asked them about Mixon earlier he’s a solid number two running back he’s top 20 he’s not top 12 uh Bree Hall tonight

Or Joe Mixon H uh Hall was close all right uh you going to start zamir white or Joe Mixon if Josh Jacobs is out Mixon white all right so again we talked about t Higgins yesterday but where do we stand on him are you are you not terrified of T Higgins if Sneed

Plays I’m not terrified of of Higgins but certainly lower expectations I think he’s a highend number two wide receiver with no no Sneed like top 15 and he’s a lowwin number two wide receiver if Sneed plays around 20 to 25 yeah I’d probably have him a little bit higher than that he’d

Be a number one receiver if sne up it’s tough man like when you start getting to about 24 or so in the wide receiver rankings it’s not like I can look at these studs that are behind you know th Higgins be like well how come you’re not playing this guy over him you

Know uh but how about how about jayen Reed would you start jayen Reed over T Higgins no probably not not if he was like 100% playing all this time and producing like he had been then yes but you know who knows how bad this tow injury is if he’s just trying to play

Through okay so momes let’s get back into that I know we talked about this yesterday but um Stafford or Mahomes Mahomes for me all right Mahomes is ninth for Jamie and fourth for Heath you can listen to yesterday’s show if you’d like but uh St you have Mahomes ahead of stra Heath

Yes H how many points you expect from momes this week 21 22 22 23 22 23 okay you have anything else you’d like to say that’s top four I don’t I just threw a number out there uh I probably haven’t projected for 24 it’s probably more likely but no

I think it’s it’s a good matchup and it’s just it would be different for me with momes if it was that he was legitim like last week was bad but for for most of this season it’s just been a drop here a drop there a deflection off the

Hands and I just I’m not going to believe that’s going to continue happening it might I understand if somebody wants to sit him for CJ strout okay it’s a it’s a great matchup I mean look Mason Rudolph just threw three touchdowns against them you know so it’s uh there there’s there’s

Certainly or two touchdowns there there’s certainly reason for optimism here for for momes um I actually I think it’s better for Mahomes honestly that Pacho is is likely out yeah because there there’s an easier Reliance I think on okay we can just ride our running

Back here to a big win as opposed to oh my God we got to rely on skir uh because of the the DJ reader absence but this should be a game where he has some bounceback potential here to get some confidence for this team going into the

Playoffs so they have not played well um offensive line has not played well receiving core has not played well Mahomes has obviously been a byproduct of that you know so this is not that type of Defense they just have not been the same does this count as a squeaky

Wheel game for Travis Keli after his rant on his podcast did you see that yeah I mean I read the transcript he is yeah he’s uh he’s not not happy not pleased with himself or the team or or anything how many tight ends are you starting over Kelsey n none Rashid rice

Is still a must start right yep 100% definitely the best wide receiver in this game even what number one receivers have done against this team it’s the Bengals I guess not if you put Pickins as the number one guy I mean but I wouldn’t but no uh well I mean it’s funny because

Addison was better than Jefferson Pickins was better than deont Jefferson also played well in that game like yeah seven for 84 I this is a great matchup uh don’t even so like would you start him over would you start Rashid rice over uh puka or Cooper

Cup uh no but right there I think I have it puka rice cup okay cup of rice and Clyde we already talked about he’s Heath’s player that he loves he’s a good he’s he’s a real solid running back option um assuming Pacho is out if Pacho is in

Then you start Isaiah Pacho uh I hope I didn’t ask this but Travis etn or Clyde Edward zir etn all right um okay I think we’re good with this game Chiefs DST is startable again Patriots are at the bills but first we’re at commercial break we’ll be right

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Want to shout out Thomas schaer we’ve got the Bak Burger Dynasty league in its first season we raised a ton of money for St Jude and he is in the championship we have four I think four players four people in the league who are from England so we’ve got we’ve know that

International well I forget how many it is we’ve got an International Championship we got one of the London guys versus Schaefer so Thomas Schaefer is representing our country this weekend what is the preferred burger cooking method in England it’s not baked I think they pretty much eat what we eat you

Know normal oh you do you think the Cuisines are pretty much the same thing never been there but from what I understand they they are very much like us in that regard except if you order chips I it’s not the same uh if you order fish and chips not

The same uh anyway good luck to Thomas sha for rooting for everybody to win the Bak burer Dy it’s still one of the more amazing stories that I’ve heard from you and that you were in this dynasty league for how many years 10 10 years then you

Took over the league when it disbanded and kept some of the original members right yeah and then in setting up the draft with some of these people that you’ve been in league for 10 years you just discovered that they live in England I had no

Idea well I I had never spoken to them you know I was not a very active Dynasty league so but it is now it’s it’s a great League very happy about it and I don’t think either of you have paid your dues so you’re gonna have to do that uh

I thought we had this conversation you didn’t right you said I did and then you said you didn’t no I said it was because of what you owed me for the baseball league that I paid for oh okay I don’t know whatever uh Patriots at bills and uh all right let’s let’s talk

About I did have a question here Zeke or Clyde Edwards elair in the chat Zeke for me uh Clyde for me right you guys are pretty split on Zeke you heard that debate earlier please listen to it what do you how do you feel about James Cook though after

So what happened last week was if you looked at the the air yards for Josh Allen since Joe Brady took over it was pretty low not like crazy low not like Daniel Jones low or anything but lower than usual last week it was over 13 yards which is really really high so he

Gabe Davis it he didn’t throw to James Cook once but cook still got his I think 20 carries so Heath how do you feel about James Cook against the Patriots who at times have been just phenomenal against running backs yeah I’m nervously viewing him as a must start uh he’s the

Top 15 running back for sure pretty much going right back to him he still had 20 carries you know it’s not like the usage was bad just the production was bad the the fumble was bad you know so I wonder if that was let’s take advantage of the Chargers secondary and

See if we can get Josh Allen going a little bit you know from a a downfield perspective I think they go back to what’s well uh Stefan Diggs has not been working for them and had long talk about him yesterday do you like James Cook or Stefon Diggs cook

Cook Zeke I know it’s gonna be Zeke for Heath but Jamie Zeke or Diggs Zeke is probably the right answer let see if anyone in the chat has any Stefan Diggs questions I’d be curious to know what decisions people are making uh we had a long chat on on

It yesterday’s show so I’ll just refer all of you to that if you want to hear it there’s a Time code for it but I’ll also look for some like would you start Nik Niko Collins over digs is that easy I’d go digs oh go Nico I mean the

History at you know what he does at home he’s averaging I think it’s like 2 five points per game at home this year what if it’s not CJ stad though uh then is dicks then dicks okay but at this point I think St point I hope so because he’s in my fandu

Lineup with DJ CH and Nico Collins there you go uh all right so should I ask the eightball one last time no we’ve got the the Gabe Davis versus Patriots history over overrides the eightball right it’s bad I was bad I thought you told us I thought last time it was awful

Make sure it the Jets is is the one that’s awful yeah the Jets history is like worst player in football history yeah the Patriots history is not good either but it’s not as bad as the Jets we’re sitting him how do you feel about uh Demario Douglas how do you feel about Devonte

Parker Douglas is a lowend number three PPR receiver at best yeah definitely like Douglas more than Parker I think he’s around wide receiver 33 3 34 for me seven or more Targets in five of his last six games and double digit PPR points in three of his last four and still hasn’t never

Scored a touchdown what is did you say this the the practice status of Micah Hyde and epza I actually did not say that I do not know I want to say limited but I will check right now two key players on the uh injury report for the Buffalo

Bills I I’m amazed at how how good their defense has been with how many injuries they’ve had just don’t even like their personnel that much let’s see epinesa was limited and Micah Hyde was limited okay so good news trending in the right direction any anything else from this game I’m missing

Anything tight ends sit them yeah K was great against the Patriots last time Josh Allen has been not amazing lately do you have any hesitation with him is anyone you would consider perie or Dak would you start them over Allen I would start D pry now what’s close

Yeah okay all right moving on uh Bill’s DST or Chief’s DST this week bills y I’m trying to see if there are any questions in the chat um no not really I see one Diggs Debo Higgins Cooper pick two Diggs Debo Higgins Cooper okay go ahead pick two

Ken I don’t see it but go ahead digs Debo Cooper who oh there it is Higgins Cooper Debo Diggs pick two uh Debo and Cooper as of now but that could change wildly as the day goes on yeah out if Cooper’s out then it would be um

Higgins over digs I’d go Debo and Diggs yeah all right so Debo everyone would start Debo we’re looking at Diggs Debo Higgins Cooper it’s interesting Phil philosophically right it’s interesting because if if you think Cooper and Diggs are are close then I don’t know how you start Cooper going

Into a game with a with an injury right it’s like I don’t think Cooper and digs are close right now if Cooper yeah if you don’t think they’re close then that’s another thing if you do think they’re close then I would play it save which I think is what Heath is doing and

Then I’ve got enough concerns about t Higgins facing Sneed that if Sneed plays that I would take Diggs you’re just low on Diggs Jamie well I mean there’s six weeks of data to suggest why I know but there’s also like a whole career it just you you

Would uh yeah career doesn’t matter at this point man he’s still St on digs he’s still his Target share still really good his Target share is good but that’s a big part of this is that Josh Allen’s not throwing as much yeah and five of six games he’s been under 50 yards receiving

I mean there’s something going on there and that’s that’s why like I wrote about this last week and I didn’t this week but this is the time of year where you’ve just got to trust what you trust and if it’s if it’s recent form then then lean into that if it’s the name

Then then lean into that like everybody’s got if it’s Target share or if it’s what like whatever it is like trust what you trust all right let’s go on to our next game here if I can find it I believe it is the Indianapolis game and they are

Facing the Raiders all right talked about how good the Raiders defense has been third best in points per game since week five um all right who are the easy starts in this game Las Vegas and Indianapolis easy starts uh Heath I’m starting Jonathan Taylor I’m starting Michael Pitman if he’s okay um

Um if Josh Jacobs plays I would start him okay how much better say I’m starting Raiders running back yeah how much better is Jacobs than zamir white if Jacobs plays compared to zamir white it’s it’s it’s hard to say much better because Amir white has been very good I

Mean you know give him credit you know 145 yards rushing last week and what he did as you know his rushing and receiving against the Chargers um scored a touchdown like that’s basically from a production stand by Josh Jacobs now you can say Jacobs might have been better

With that I can’t fight you because he’s a better player clearly but he still produced at a level high enough you can say okay I feel good about this so yeah Raiders running back for me must start okay and would you start them ahead of Jonathan Taylor because I think

I can make a case against Jonathan Taylor first of all he’s just hasn’t really been that good this year I think he’s at 3.9 yards per carry he really doesn’t have a lot of explosive runs so we have haven’t seen that Jonathan Taylor Zach Moss was limited so he could

Play this week I don’t know if that would even matter um and then the Raiders have I I said all that stuff earlier I think it’s 3.4 yards per carry to running backs in their last six games and only Pacho who had a two touchdown gamees had like a really good game that

Would justify a top 12 ranking so yeah I mean and and then he just doesn’t get thrown to uh I think the the the Moss injury may may sway this what I’m about to say but I wonder if Jacob’s coming back especially since he didn’t practice on Wednesday now we know Wednesday what

That means but the fact coming off a long injury you think he would get back if he’s close to playing I wonder if the Raiders are going to gives him your white more work now like has he earned enough to not just be the bench guy you know what I

Mean like yeah does does it become a little bit more of a tandem like has he done enough because I think he has you know it’s it just it feels as if and look we know the Jacobs is playing on a one-year deal is Amir white their running back of the

Future so so who would be your highest rank running back in this game gonna be Taylor it it it would be tailor but Moss coming back may change that is what I’m what I’m getting at like you know we know they use Moss too yeah they had gone away from that

But we’ll see what what happens now um it’s a big game by the way and uh Adams or uh did you say this Pitman Pitman or Adams yeah Pitman Adams or Diggs Adams Diggs Adams or Ken Walker half PPR Adams yeah okay I feel like I’m done here did I miss anything quarterbacks

No oh well no if Pitman doesn’t play it’s a big part of this Josh DS was six catches last week K granson was good you know you have two potential streamers if if there is no pit I probably wouldn’t oh jacobe Myers any interest in jacobe Myers

No okay and I I mentioned that Colt’s pass defense been pretty good their run defense has been has been well they they give up a ton of points to running backs a ton uh but they did lose like I said starting safety Julian Blackman we’ll

See if that has any impact for them uh which DST do you prefer Colts or Raiders Raiders by a if uh if pitman’s out you saw what Garder looked awful last week absolutely atrocious uh I think I skipped the Pittsburgh game I meant to do that

Earlier so let’s go to that game let’s go to Pittsburgh at Seattle that’s our next game here right we didn’t talk about this game right nope all right who do you like in this game Heath who’s an easy start in Pittsburgh at Seattle uh an easy start

There isn’t one DK is the DK is the best starter he’s a he’s a lowend number two wide receiver um Walker’s probably the next best start is a lowend number two running back you think you think macha’s an easier start than than Heath does Jamie I mean I’m not benching DK MF at

This point so he’s a mustar guy okay and G Smith how do we feel about goino Smith or Trevor Lawrence this week I know you guys don’t love Lawrence I would go with Lawrence who has big game potential here week winning potential just DK absolutely Pickins you think so any are you

Legitimately interested in starting him he’s a boom number three what you asked yeah he has big I guess but like he still do Escape Davis right uh would you start who’s okay fine who’s the second best wide receiver in this game after DK metf locket uh would say locket who’s the

Third best Pickins Pickins if you were desperate in a two quarterback league would you start Mason Rudolph jacobe Brett trod Taylor Jared stum who would you go with Taylor Taylor or brette not Mason rudol not not Mason Rudolph okay Ken Walker or Deontay Johnson PPR Walker Deontay um DK meaf or Stefon

Diggs meaf digs Diggs for me and then what do we expect from the Steelers running backs I mean it’s pretty clear AI Harris if he scores he’s good if he’s if he doesn’t he’s just should not start him and Jaylen Warren is probably in the 10 to 10 point PBR range although he’s

Had a lot of catches lately just can’t seem to do much pass guy right but the catches had had gone away really with Deontay back and they’ve and the catches have come back he’s got what like four more catches in three straight games or something Jaylen Warren yeah I’ve got Warren just just

Ahead of Naji in full PPR and what range are we talking about who’s in that range just behind Walker yeah I I’ll I’ll play Nazi as a number two running back here the Seahawks in their last five games have allowed five touch touchdowns to running backs and so we

Know that’s his Mo I think he scores again all right well that’d be good uh would you start Tai Chandler against the Packers or a Steelers running back uh Nai Chandler War for me interesting I think I have it Chandler or not Warren Nai Chandler all right we are done with that

Game Tennessee at Houston we didn’t do this one did we all right let’s go to Tennessee and Houston uh your stat of the game the Texans have allowed 19.7 or more fantasy points to five wide receivers in their last seven games that is a lot that’s Tyler the the two of the

Seven what’ you say you know who’s in the two of the seven no who Hopkins oh yeah that did not yeah DeAndre Hopkins did not right so but it’s a good matchup but I I remember I I watched all of the targets for DeAndre Hopkins in that game had terrible Say

Jimmy Ward no I mean look I know I’ve already said Jimmy Ward but in that game it was it was on Levis Hopkins could have had a huge game especially one play in particular it could have had like a 75 yard touchdown and that’s kind of the

Thing with Hopkins when Levis is playing he is a boomer bus guy he is a deep ball Guy high a DOT Levis airs it out but he had his opportunities and Levis missed him a couple of times in that game for big plays um what was the stat line it’s

Like two catches on nine targets or something like that it was terrible uh but do you have any interest it was two catches for 21 yards on nine targets but he definitely could have had some op some some big plays in that game but but I think the problem with Hopkins is like

What he did last week has nothing to do with what he’s goingon to do this week right so so what do you do with DeAndre Hopkins and I think a pretty tasty matchup here borderline number yeah I was gonna say high end number three the second

Best wide receiver in this game yep if stad plays I just love Nico yeah you want me give his numbers at home you can give me his numbers at home but you give me his numbers with stoud and no tank Dell I mean we’re talking about yeah 150 yard potential here you

Know so uh four games prior to his calf injury at least 13 and a half PPR points in each game two with at least 23 points in eight home games this year this is a quarterback 21.8 PPR points bring like that’s insane that’s what he’s averaging that’s

Crazy yeah um Heath you seem like a little hesitant on that well no it’s it’s there’s nothing to be hesitant about it’s true it’s um there’s still been a lot of three for 50 four for 60 like he had a couple of six Target games without tank Dale earlier right like I

Just I don’t feel quite as confident in it but he’s a great boom bus number two wide receiver I just think the bust is still possible any interest in Noah Brown this week Noah thank you not really okay so talk to me about the Run why are

You so low on derck Henry Jamie I think you have him 30th or something like that well it’s not just what he did against them last week I mean this run defense has been awesome you know and I know they gave up the two touchdowns uh last

Week to the Cleveland guys but really for the most part when they’ve uh faced some of these offenses like this they’ve been great but here’s what they’ve done uh they hav’t a lot of running back to rush for more than than six 56 yards in the last five games that’s against etn

Jvonte Williams Bree Hall Derrick Henry derome Ford uh Ford and hunt the only ones score touchdowns in those five games and on the road this year for Derrick Henry forget about the scores just on the road he’s averaging just 10.1 PPR points per game so hasn’t exactly been good away from his building

I just think this is going to be a down game for him stoud plays this feels like they’re could be a block and the Home Road thing actually to me makes perfect sense because we’ve said it all along it’s got to be gam script he if they start losing if they

Fall behind it’s bad for Derrik Henry and they are much they’re actually a good home team it’s tough to go into Tennessee and win but they’re not so good on the road they’re not even close so uh Heath what do you think about Derrick Henry this week I I think he is

Like the definition of that borderline number two high-end Flex type guy somewhere in the 24 to 30 range he’s still Derk Henry he could still like if he breaks through and stiff arms three guys and runs for 75 yards in a touchdown I’m not gonna be all that

Surprised but there’s a low low floor and if they score a touchdown it’s there’s a good chance it’s gonna be Derrik Henry but all right running passing or or or catching exactly are you expecting Levis at this point or tanah Hill or is this a real tossup I think the fact that Levis

Practiced in full used to expect Levis oh he practiced in full I thought he was limited I thought I saw practice in full but I’ll try okay either way Thursday we’ll know more um okay anything else in this game where would Nico Collins rank if stra did not

Play Levis was a full participant in practice he off excellent excellent where’ you say he 30 30 Jamie where would you yeah Collins with uh Mills uh 20 right now he’s top 10 all right so difference of opinion there I guess on the enth oh dton Schulz we can’t forget about

Him unbelievable yeah so Tennessee gives up the fewest fantasy points to tight ends but the last two games have been against the basically two best teams against tight ends for Dalton Schultz he scored 9.8 PPR fantasy points at Tennessee 14.1 fantasy points against Cleveland and that was without CJ strad

So Cleveland’s not the same defense without delpit defending Titans fine um but he had 11 targets and eight catches whatever he’s it’s not like he’s tearing it up he had you know he’s been fine but but anyway um how do you feel about Dalton Schultz this week uh loow and

Starter I’d prefer Gerald Evert and Tucker craft I agree with that I would start Schultz over like he’s right in that 10 to 12 range I would start him over likely I would not we uh okay how about the Chargers at the Broncos let’s talk about the

Chargers at the Broncos why don’t we just do every game forget tomorrow forget what forget tomorrow shows do every year we we’ve almost done a double so this isn’t turned into a double shift I think this is our last game I got completely I I got completely like

Screwed upful along in the notes you’ve not got an order I haven’t right what the hell happened here all right we did Miami at Baltimore we did Pittsburgh at Seattle we did Tennessee at Houston Cincinnati at Kansas City we did New England Buffalo we did Las Vegas Indianapolis Carolina Jacksonville so

Our last game is the Chargers at the Broncos um chargers at the Broncos and I asked if you were conf in any players Jamie said sit everybody else there obviously there are wide receiver opportunities here with Sutton in the concussion protocol Keenan Allen not practicing Josh Palmer in the

Concussion protocol does anybody emerge as a top 30 option no no I mean you could go with The Narrative of Jared STM Peppers his number one target with pepp number one receiver with targets who’s the number one receiver is it Jerry Judy like you know it could be Brandon

Johnson for all we know with what Sean Payton is is doing right now know you know so can’t trust Judy would not surprise me if he plays well but there’s no chance you’re starting him in your Championship unless you’re absolutely stuck or you start five wide receivers and Everett’s a great streaming option

He’s been very consistent it’s a great matchup but you’re still again relying on eastn Stick so it’s it’s just yeah ekler to me is the only one and I know he’s not been good but at least you saw the one good game that he’s had in the

Last month was against the Broncos he’s from Colorado that think this game matters to him you know this is uh this is a defense that he’s beaten up on throughout his career and just did so two weeks ago so Eckler’s an easy start ever it’s a maybe start good luck with

The Broncos wide receivers good luck with Quinton Johnson if there’s no Palmer or uh or Allen like gavon is not a started running back but I would start him over any wide receivers in this game yes would you start Javonte Williams or uh nji Harris n javante for

Me all right and we’re really starting Eckler we are he does not have he does not have a carry longer than 10 yards in his last five games yeah I mean look I think what he did last week is is probably the floor you know three catches Got to 65 yards rushing Denver’s

Been the layup All Season like there’s no reason to go away from it when he just did this against them yeah as three weeks ago what did he do it was it was 10 carries yeah it was a five for 49 receiving was very encouraging 10 carries 51 yards and a touchdown five

Catches for 49 yards he scored 21 fantasy points that is it is pretty impressive to average 5.1 yards per carry and not have a carry longer than 10 yards I know I was thinking that that is and you’re also you’re also taking the two best receivers off the field for the

Chargers I don’t think we have any more games to do so that’s good there’s a reason why I accidentally saved this game for last oh what about the uh dsts they’re both in play as streaming options given the quarterbacks that they’re facing but they’re both awful defenses the Broncos are an awful

Defense I prefer the Broncos yeah all right let’s go to New England at Buffalo no I’m just kidding all right we’re out of here everybody we will uh talk to you tomorrow we have a live stream tonight at 7:30 pm Eastern to help answer your questions youtube.com fantasyfootball today and

Tomorrow we’ll get into the NFC home games and in order uh good luck tonight see you later