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0:30We're going to go through our rankings for week eight.
0:32Remember, we have four teams on a bye. We're going to show you that.
0:36We're going to talk about running backs, quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, and answer your questions.
0:40Send them to us on social media using the hashtag AskFFT.
0:43Let's start with the running backs, gentlemen, and we have two of them that we love playing tonight's game with Josh Jacobs and Chuba Hubbard.
0:49We're going to show you where those guys are ranked, but let's take a look at the teams that are on a
0:55bye for week number eight, and we're missing some star power here.
0:58No Christian McCaffrey. Hopefully he's healthy. Coming off of the bye, dealt with a hamstring strain in week seven, so expect him to play in week nine.
1:05Giants running back situation is very much something you've got to keep an eye on because Cam Scadaboo went into the bye with a hamstring injury.
1:11They placed Tyrone Tracy Jr. on IR, and Devin Singletary still available in about 80% of leagues on CBS Sports.
1:16I'm sure widely available on other platforms as well.
1:19Pick him up just in case he's the starting running back for the Giants in week nine.
1:23No Woody Marks, no Alvin Kamara, but Travis Achan could return in week nine for the Saints as well.
1:28All right, let's take a look at the running back rankings, one through 12.
1:31Here are the consensus rankings from the three of us.
1:34We all love Jameer Gibbs, Ken Walker, and Bijon Robinson, as you would expect.
1:37But there's a guy that comes in at number eight that has got a lot of things going on right now because
1:43Jonathan Taylor may be traded before they even get to Sunday.
1:46We know there's been a lot of trades happening already.
1:48The Colts have made a couple of them as well.
1:51When we're looking at Jonathan Taylor, though, this Jacksonville run defense has been an amazing day.
1:55We all still have a lot of faith in him.
1:57I still have the most faith aside from Sportsline, but we still have him ranked as a number one running back.
2:03Is he going to deliver for fantasy managers or do we get to Sunday and he doesn't even play?
2:07Like, how are we approaching this? That's the first thing you have to make sure of is that he is actually active for the game against Jacksonville.
2:14And if he is, there's too much upside to say that you're going to sit Jonathan Taylor unless something comes out where
2:20his snaps will be limited or they want to give Seth McGowan more carries.
2:23But the other factors in play here, number one, the Colts have already traded their best offensive lineman.
2:28Quentin Nelson's an all-pro. He's a stud. He's been part of the reason why Jonathan Taylor has been so good this year.
2:34Even when the Colts are losing and he's getting fed the ball, that's a big deal.
2:38And then he's going up against Jacksonville. This is a team that's allowing just three yards per carry to running backs on the balance of the season.
2:44So you look at the matchup, you worry about that offensive line.
2:47I think you have to downgrade expectations somewhat for Jonathan Taylor.
2:50We're not going to call him a sit because we're not crazy.
2:53But I think you're going to take some lumps with him at some point while he's still in Indianapolis.
2:58Yeah, I think it's just one where you have to keep an eye on the news.
3:02And the only thing I've thought as I looked at this is, do I really want to start Jonathan Taylor over Josh Jacobs?
3:08Yeah, you can't. I think maybe I should probably move him down a couple spots to have him below Jacobs.
3:13I'm starting Chuba Hubbard over Jonathan Taylor. Because if he gets traded, even if he plays this week, it's probably a worse
3:19situation as he acclimates to the new offense. How many leagues were you guys that picked up Seth McGowan or you haven't done it all?
3:25I haven't done it at all because I play in a lot of leagues with you.
3:29And you've taken Seth McGowan for several weeks already.
3:31Yeah, I was going to say, I didn't pick him up this week.
3:35I had him on, I think, four or five teams already.
3:37Yeah. I can't get that excited about him if he's the lead running back.
3:41I mean, that's the reason. It's because he would be the lead running back.
3:44But it's the lead running back on a team with a worse offensive line that's going to be trailing in games.
3:50He's somebody you could start. I just don't know if you're going to feel great starting Seth McGowan.
3:54I mean, look, it's not going to be Jonathan Taylor.
3:57It's not going to be the ideal situation. But still could be a top 24 caliber guy.
4:01All right, let's show you the list, 13 through 24.
4:04Heath, you already mentioned this Josh Jacobs. So what we saw from him in last week's game as he comes in at
4:09running back, I guess he's in the top 12.
4:12He's in the top 12, my man. You guys adjust your rankings after I send the notes.
4:16It's not very ideal. So he's now in the top 12.
4:19But we'll talk about Josh Jacobs and we'll talk about Chase Brown, who our fantasy managers have a lot of questions about.
4:24In regards to Jacobs, though, Heath, what did you see from him last week?
4:28And what do you expect from him in tonight's game against the Panthers?
4:31So it's kind of weird because the thing that we loved last week was we got the receiving game work.
4:36The thing that we didn't like was they still couldn't run the ball efficiently, even with Jacobs.
4:40I'm not sure he gets as many catches in this game because I don't think he's going to need them.
4:46The Carolina Panthers will fix all of your running game problems.
4:48They can't stop anybody right now. I think we see his rush share go up.
4:52And he is a boy. I don't have him quite as high as you guys, but he's a borderline top 12 guy for me this week.
4:59You got to worry about his offensive line a little bit.
5:01They lost two guys that started last week. And they weren't very good before that.
5:05And they weren't. It's really true, but it's still Carolina's defense.
5:08Right. They're a mess right now, and he's got the fresh legs.
5:11Too many things going for Josh Jacobs on the field that make him an attractive start in fantasy.
5:16Two teams already this season. Last week we saw Tampa Bay, and week one we saw Chicago.
5:20Both of them ran for over 200 yards as a team against the Panthers.
5:24So that's why we like Josh Jacobs a lot.
5:26And then Chase Brown, look, things got a lot better for him in the last four or five hours with the Titans trading Jeffrey Simmons.
5:32But it was already a run defense that we just saw get exposed last week by the Cleveland backfield.
5:37How much do we like Chase Brown now? A lot more.
5:40And when those rankings change again, you might see Chase Brown closer to the top 12 mark than where he is in our consensus rankings.
5:46And it's a leap of faith because we know that he himself has not played great, and he has been losing some work to Samajay Pirine.
5:53But I think the Bengals want to be able to get him going, and this is the perfect matchup for them to do it.
5:59Their offensive line's okay, and the fact that he's playing on the Titans without Jeffrey Simmons, and we know that's going to
6:04be the case, man, you can't help but think that he's going to have plenty of opportunities to put up some numbers.
6:10The thing that I liked last week, I mean, it wasn't the fantasy production.
6:13It wasn't the fact that Samajay Pirine scored the touchdown, but the snap share did bounce back up for Chase Brown.
6:19I still think he's their guy, and he should have a much better game this week.
6:23Hopefully. I think a lot of people would panic even more so than they are right now.
6:27Last two seasons, we saw really week eight was the jumping off point for Chase Brown, and things are sort of falling
6:33in line for it to happen again. All right, let's take a look at the rankings, consensus rankings, 25 through 36.
6:38We're going to get to some players that we like as starts, sits, and sleepers in this range.
6:43You've got the Broncos running backs now coming into play here with, for me, the order is Jonah Coleman, R.J.
6:48Harvey, J.K. Dobbins. You see what the consensus is.
6:50It's Harvey, Coleman, Dobbins. And the Seattle backfield is now coming into play as well with Zach Charbonnet and Emmanuel Wilson.
6:55There is no guarantee yet that Charbonnet is going to play, that this is going to be the week that he does make his 2026 debut.
7:02So when we talk about the sits, we're just going to get to it now.
7:06You have Charbonnet as a sit. You have Emmanuel Wilson as a sit.
7:09What are we concerned about collectively for both these guys?
7:11You're worried about just how much work they're going to get in Charbonnet's first game back.
7:15I think Charbonnet is best suited for the same role that he had last year for Seattle.
7:20He was their passing downs back. He was their goal line back.
7:23And he was so good at it that he kept Kenneth Walker off the field until he got hurt.
7:28He should keep Emmanuel Wilson and George Helani off the field in those specific situations.
7:31And those are high-value situations in fantasy. If you're catching the ball, if you're scoring touchdowns, yeah, that's where points can come from in fantasy football.
7:38And it turns Emmanuel Wilson into a trap back.
7:40He's only played north of 50% of the snaps in two games this year anyway.
7:44Makes me nervous to count on him against Chicago.
7:46And if Chicago has Jeffrey Simmons in their lineup, that's going to be hard on everybody in that Seattle.
7:51So I was going to ask you that, Heath.
7:53Are you taking into account that Simmons plays? Or are we just going to say this defense is still even tough without Simmons?
7:59And then you just get a lot better. I'm not really worried about the defense.
8:03I'd be surprised if Simmons plays the whole game or even his normal allotment of snaps.
8:07But what I am worried about, you mentioned the Broncos in the same breath.
8:11I'm worried that those situations are very similar, especially this week.
8:13And that we just have no idea who's getting how many touches.
8:17And probably the peak for anybody is like 12.
8:19And so that's not a situation. It's a little better for Seattle, we thought, because the Bears' defense is a better matchup
8:24than the Chiefs are for the Broncos. But if Simmons is in the mix now, that's not even true.
8:29So I'd like to sit all the Seahawks and all the Broncos.
8:32All right, so let's talk about Denver, because you said this on our Fantasy Football Today podcast this morning, that you think
8:38it's going to be messy, and you would like to avoid it altogether.
8:41You, however, have Jonah Coleman as a sleeper this week.
8:44I do. Now, if you're looking at our projections from Sportsline on any of your fantasy leagues, as you see it here
8:49on the show, Sportsline likes Coleman better than J.K.
8:51Dobbins, like him better than R.J. Harvey. So they're already all in in terms of expecting him to be the best running back.
8:57Dave, how are you approaching it just from the standpoint of, hey, if I don't have Coleman, can I trust Dobbins or can I trust Harvey?
9:04Because this could be a game where they're throwing to the running backs a little bit more, especially if Jalen Waddell doesn't play.
9:10And that would mean R.J. Harvey is going to get the majority of those catches, because he's there passing downs back.
9:15And we've seen him succeed as recently. I think he's got that role set up.
9:19I don't think Jonah Coleman, I don't think, well, you saw the long touchdown catch and run he had.
9:24That would tell me that he's somebody that Bo Nix will throw checkdowns to.
9:27And Jonah Coleman really didn't start playing until the second half for Denver.
9:31And then he was flashing and doing all the good things that J.K.
9:34Dobbins just can't quite do. And so that's where I come out on the Broncos is that if I want somebody that's
9:39going to get what Heath said, 12 or so PPR points, that's going to be R.J.
9:43Harvey. It's going to be through catches and what he does in the receiving game.
9:47But Jonah Coleman is who I would expect to take over in running downs, maybe not to start the game, but a
9:53lot sooner than the fourth quarter like he did last week.
9:56And it's Kansas City, and I would expect this game to either be competitive or Denver playing from behind, and that would
10:01favor Harvey to be the best running back of the three.
10:04I think, I don't know. I don't think anybody has any reason.
10:07First off, it's Sean Payton, and so you don't really know.
10:10Second off, you mentioned the second half splits. Well, is that because the game wasn't very competitive in the second half with Arizona?
10:16And let's see what the rookie can do. I think if they get a carry inside the five-yard line, it's J.K.
10:21Dobbins. I think if they get into chase the score mode, it's R.J.
10:24Harvey. But both of those things are still just, I think, we've seen R.J.
10:28Harvey get carries inside the five-yard line. Sean Payton loves, and he's not doing it to us.
10:32He's trying to do it to the defensive coordinator.
10:34He loves using guys. He's doing it to us.
10:37He's doing it to us. He loves using guys.
10:39He's really trying to mess with us. Thanks, Sean.
10:41In, like, unexpected ways. And he'll probably have some fourth running back that he wants to get four touches to.
10:46Yeah, we could see Tyler Bidet. You know, I go back to a good conversation I had with Sean Payton in owners meetings about Colby Fleener.
10:53Thanks, Sean. I'm going to start with him. Let's show you the rank list, 37 through 48.
10:57No one really that we need to really get, no one that we need to get into from a starting standpoint, but
11:03a backfield here that you'll see two guys are part of, Keaton Mitchell and Kamani Vidal.
11:07Heath, when you look at Omari Hampton, who's in the 25 to 36 range, how are you looking at the Chargers backfield coming off their bye week?
11:14And they are still sticking with Mike McDaniel as the offense coordinator.
11:17So all those things we said about the Seahawks and the Broncos, imagine if you had the same situation, except it was the worst team in football.
11:23That's what's going on with the Los Angeles Chargers.
11:26Like, they have not been consistent in the way they've distributed touches.
11:29I still view Hampton as the best guy to flex if you have to, is how I would say it.
11:34And I still want to roster Mitchell because I do think there's a lot of upside there if he ever gets double-digit touches on a regular basis.
11:41But he's honestly not been very good this year.
11:43It hasn't worked like they thought it was going to.
11:46So try to stay away. Yes. Nothing has. Yes.
11:48Try to stay away from the Chargers. And you know who their most efficient running back has been at least carrying the ball over their last three games?
11:55Neither of the guys that he said it's been Kamani Vidal.
11:58So this is going to be, what do you call it, a discovery game sometimes?
12:01Disgusting. It's a disgusting discovery game to see what the Chargers think of their running backs coming out of the bye.
12:07Oh, by the way, they're taking on the Rams.
12:09They're going to be chasing points. All right. So we covered a few of the starts and sits and sleepers, but there's
12:15one that we're going to disagree on here. So let's talk about the starts.
12:18And for you, Heath, it's Tony Pollard. It's a sit for me.
12:21So let's have a little Tony Pollard debate. Yeah.
12:24Like, listen, I'm the projections guy. And when you're getting the touches that Tony Pollard's getting, which is basically 18, 19 per game.
12:29Last week, of course, there was no TyJ Spears.
12:32There was no Singleton. So he got all of the touches.
12:3420. Well, not quite, but 28 of them. That guy's going to rank as a starter.
12:38Whether it's a mid-range RB2 or a low-end RB2.
12:41I think the other thing that people maybe have missed, because Tennessee's so awful, is Tony Pollard's run the football really well.
12:46Yes. Like, he's probably the guy, if a team can't pry Jonathan Taylor away, he may end up somewhere this week or next week.
12:52Because he's been very good. He's still good in the passing game, as he showed last week, when they give him the chance.
12:58He just had two weeks in a row with one target and didn't do anything with it.
13:03But three targets last week turns it into 26 yards.
13:05So I do think there's a little more upside there than people think of when they think of Tony Pollard.
13:10And the touch floor is really high. I totally agree with everything you said.
13:14I think the two things that concern me is, do they give him a lot of work because they are shopping him?
13:19So are they going to maybe try and pull back a little bit on the reins or even maybe sit him for significant stretches?
13:25TyJ Spears, playing or not playing, is going to sway how I feel about this because the role in the passing game.
13:31He's had three games over 13 PPR points. All three have been when he's had two-plus catches.
13:35Can he be involved in the passing game is going to be big for him.
13:39The other part of this, though, is the Cincinnati run defense shut down Derrick Henry last week.
13:43And now you just took Jeffrey Simmons off the other side of the field.
13:47This could be a blowout from the Bengals' perspective.
13:49And Pollard may just not get the opportunity to get those chances.
13:52Plus, the touchdowns I think are going to be important as well.
13:55So I don't think we're far apart in terms of our rankings.
13:58I would just prefer if you could find somebody else to Tony Pollard, that would be a good way to go.
14:04Dave, you like Jordan Mason in this week's game?
14:06If Aaron Jones doesn't play or even if he does play, I think the Vikings are going to load up Jordan Mason against the Detroit Lions.
14:12What's a good way to keep that Lions offense off the field?
14:16Run the ball. And this Detroit run defense, they've actually been pretty good.
14:19Did a nice job against Josh Jacobs on the ground.
14:21In his debut last week. But boy, did Jacobs beat him through the air.
14:25I don't think Mason can do that. But it's kind of what the argument is for Tony Pollard.
14:29If you've got a running back that's going to have a chance to get 15 to 20 touches in a game, it's
14:35hard to find somebody that you're going to start ahead of them who might only get 10 or 12 touches in the game.
14:41And have supreme efficiency. So I think Mason can fall into production.
14:44I also think he's their best guy at the goal line.
14:47And I think the Vikings can put up a decent amount of points against Detroit this week.
14:51For me, I like Rashad White. Three of his last four games, 11.1 PPR points or more.
14:55Taking on a Philly run defense that was completely abysmal last week against the Cowboys.
14:59Now he is not going to do what Javante Williams did.
15:02And actually three running backs in their last four games have been over 19 PPR points.
15:06But without DeCorey Krosky merit there, I think this is a good chance for Rashad White to sort of establish himself as a low-end number two running back.
15:13Better in PPR than non in half. But should be involved in the passing game, especially with no Terry McLaurin.
15:18All right, we're going to take a break right now.
15:21We come back and get into our wide receiver rankings.
15:23Going to tell you about the guys we like.
15:25Some players to avoid. And obviously look at our rankings.
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17:16We're talking about our wide receiver rankings for Week 8.
17:18And we have a lot of big-name players missing from a bye week perspective.
17:22But we might be getting a little bit healthy from an injury perspective.
17:25Let's show you the teams that are on a bye, the wide receivers that you're not going to have, and some big names.
17:31Some of these guys may have missed due to injury anyway, but Mike Evans, Debo Samuel.
17:35Sounds like Samuel's going to play in Week 9 coming off of their bye week.
17:39But to keep an eye on Evans and his Achilles situation, Nico Collins, no Marvin Harrison.
17:43Remember, they just put Jalen Noel on injury reserve.
17:45Chris Olave and Devon Vele not going to play.
17:47And they may have Jordan Tyson back in Week 9.
17:50And Malik Nabors and Malachi Fields feel that somebody might consider picking up because he looks like he has a little bit of a rapport with J.J.
17:57McCarthy. From an injury perspective, Mecca Abouka practicing upgraded from a non-contact jersey to a regular jersey is what I read.
18:02So hopefully he's trending in the right direction coming back from the concussion that kept him out of last week.
18:07Ladd McConkie practicing but still in the concussion protocol.
18:09We have Rashi Rice back at practice from the hamstring injury that cost him two games.
18:13So we'll see if he's able to play in Week 8.
18:16And then the last one is DJ Moore was practicing in a non-contact jersey on Wednesday.
18:20So we'll find out what his status is as well.
18:23Devontae Smith, Jalen Waddell, sounds like they are not going to play.
18:26But still injuries that you want to monitor. As well as a big one for tonight.
18:30So let's show you the rank list of the top 12 consensus rankings here.
18:33And in the game tonight, we have four very prominent wide receivers.
18:36Two for the Packers, two for the Panthers. Matthew Golden, though, is questionable.
18:40Has not practiced this week. So, Heath, when we're looking at Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, what's the approach?
18:44Golden in, Golden out. So you're starting Christian Watson.
18:47It doesn't matter if Matthew Golden plays or not.
18:49If Matthew Golden plays, unless we get some report that he's going to be severely limited, I think he's a must-start wide receiver.
18:55It would be a little bit interesting if Golden was out.
18:57Savion Williams has been a little more involved than I expected the last two weeks.
19:01I think he'd be a decent flex if Golden was out.
19:04And I'd feel a lot better about Tucker Craft if Golden was out.
19:07All right, so just an injury situation to monitor.
19:10We'll have plenty of pregame shows here on all of our platforms, CBS Sports HQ.
19:13You can check it out, cbssports.com. We'll obviously be tweeting it and posting it if Matthew Golden is going to miss the game.
19:19But as of now, the expectation is he's going to play.
19:22All right, let's take a look at the rank list, 13 through 24.
19:25And as we always tell you, this is where the questionable decisions come in and date.
19:29We have a couple players on this list that fantasy managers have to keep an eye on.
19:34One from an injury perspective, which I didn't mention, in the case of Cardinal Tate, and obviously the production standpoint from A.J.
19:39Brown. How are we approaching A.J. Brown against the Dolphins this week?
19:42Can't help but put him as a number two fantasy receiver.
19:45We know what his role is in this offense.
19:47I know he's not the same A.J. Brown that we're used to seeing from his days in Philadelphia.
19:52Just doesn't have that same type of explosiveness that he once had.
19:55But he's still going to be the top target, and this Dolphins defense isn't very good.
19:59The Patriots should be able to do whatever they want in this game.
20:02So I can't help but rank A.J. Brown as a top 24 type of fantasy wide receiver.
20:07Now, when we talk about the other receiver, Cardinal Tate, he's played well.
20:10And this does feel like the type of game script that will go his way.
20:14He's going to see some tight coverage. Cincinnati's got a great outside corner in D.J.
20:18Turner. He's certainly going to be somebody that Tate will see a lot of.
20:21And Cam Ward's obviously not the most accurate thrower, so there's going to be a bunch of targets.
20:26He always sees a good amount of targets. Not all of them make it into the catch radius of Cardinal Tate.
20:31Not in the same boat as A.J. Brown, a low-end number two fantasy wide receiver.
20:35I see the—you don't get to see this when you look at me, but Heath always is very like— and the camera
20:40doesn't see it, like the facial expressions sometimes. Let's see it.
20:43What do you do? No, it's just the A.J.
20:45Brown thing. Yeah, go ahead. We tried hard not to do this, and I think you accused Adam Azer of doing it on Sunday night.
20:52I feel like we're all doing it right now.
20:54Is the A.J. Browns as a top 24 wide receiver just a name thing?
20:58Like his game this season has been disgusting. I think it's way more about the matchup against Miami than it is his name.
21:03Miami's been fantastic against wide receivers. They haven't been fantastic against wide receivers.
21:07They don't get thrown on a lot. Well, statistically, they've been fantastic.
21:10I think they're top five in terms of stopping wide receivers and scoring fantasy points.
21:14I think there's been three or four guys. They're getting like 14 targets a game to wide receivers.
21:18That's it. That's extremely low. A.J. Browns had 20 targets this season, and he has nine catches for 101 yards and no touchdowns.
21:24I thought he had more than 20 targets this season.
21:26That sounds about right, because he had the 10-target game two weeks ago, and then he's really been kind of shut out since.
21:32Listen, there's definitely a part of that, but I also think that there's a part.
21:36Now, here I am defending A.J. Brown. I have to say that he's a little bit too far.
21:41I'm not criticizing you, but it's a good talking point.
21:43There's obvious FOMO because you know what he's capable of doing.
21:46I don't think there's as much FOMO, though, as there used to be because of what we've seen.
21:50If there was, he would be ranked higher. I think it comes down to, first off, four teams on a bye.
21:56We don't know what's going to happen when those other guys get healthy.
21:59Abuka, Moore, McConkie. They're all going to potentially push A.J.
22:02Brown down a little bit, which is totally understandable because those guys, or a couple of those guys, have clearly played better than A.J.
22:08Brown. We're all in the same boat. Nobody's saying that there's a right or wrong answer here because he's still getting chances.
22:13And if you're getting chances for a player of his caliber with a quarterback that he plays with against this defense, because,
22:19yes, statistically great performance-wise, I don't know if that's the case.
22:22So, number two wide receiver. A lot of people are going to look at their lineups and say, am I starting him again because of his name?
22:28Am I starting him again because of X, Y, or Z?
22:31Hopefully he delivers. So, just keep an eye on the situation.
22:34Another guy that was limited in practice with not just the ankle injury that's been bothering him, but also a knee injury.
22:40All right, let's take a look at the rank list, 25 through 36.
22:43And we have now what could be more upside plays over A.J.
22:46Brown with what the rookies have done recently. Jeremy Bernard, bad game last week, but two of his last three games have been fantastic.
22:52Omar Cooper stud the last two weeks. Casey Concepcion finally had a breakout game last week.
22:56Caleb Douglas has played two full games. He's been awesome in both of those games.
23:00Denzel Boston has been playing well for the majority of the season, tailed off a little bit lately, but you get the point.
23:06And Makai Lemon, first game without Devontae Smith and Dontabian Wicks, played very well last week, 19 PPR points.
23:11So, let's talk about two rookies here because I think they're the more interesting talking points, and that's Omar Cooper Jr.
23:16and Casey Concepcion. Heath, with these two rookies, you said you do projections.
23:19It's hard to necessarily say because the body work has not been great, but the recent work has been amazing.
23:24How are you approaching these two receivers? So, I'm going to favor Concepcion over Cooper because of the projections process and the
23:30fact that Casey Concepcion's been earning targets almost all season long.
23:33He finally broke out on those targets. Omar Cooper, his efficiency is the most insane thing I've ever seen.
23:37Like, he's only played three games. He's averaging almost 20 yards per target.
23:41If you ever 10 yards per target, you're going to the Hall of Fame.
23:44So, like, he's only getting five, six targets per game, and he either needs those targets to really improve or he's going
23:50to be bad because the efficiency is not going to maintain.
23:53And this week is the Garrett Wilson squeaky wheel game.
23:55Like, we all expect Garrett Wilson's going to be better than he's been the last two weeks.
23:59So, I'm a little bit worried that we got – I love Omar Cooper.
24:03I'm glad he's on my team or he's on my team.
24:06I'm a little worried about starting him this week.
24:08I think about the matchup against the Raiders, and I think about how Geno Smith has really taken to Omar Cooper and
24:14the stats back that up over the last two weeks.
24:16And I can't get away from him. So, put me down as future Hall of Famer Omar Cooper ahead of A.J.
24:21Brown this week because of the outlook. It's a very favorable man.
24:25I don't want to talk about bad defenses. The Raiders are right there with the Dolphins for one of the worst in the league.
24:31And Geno Smith has actually thrown the ball moderately well.
24:33I mean, some of those deep throws to Omar Cooper were great, but the fact that he's throwing downfield to Omar Cooper
24:39and he can win in the short area, that's huge.
24:41I love what I saw from Casey Concepcion. You guys know how much I loved him coming into the season.
24:46But those targets don't always end up being big plays because he's not always a tackle breaker.
24:51He's not going to take on the Titans defense every single week.
24:54This is an example. He's taken on Pittsburgh. Much better tackling team.
24:57If you're starting Concepcion, you're doing it for the targets.
24:59You're not doing it for the yardage or the efficiency.
25:02His second best game, though, prior to last week was – It was 11 PPR points.
25:06Against the Steelers was in week four with 11 PPR points.
25:09All right, let's show you the rank list, 37 through 48.
25:11And we have just a potential situation to keep an eye on with DJ Moore because if there is an absence, Keon Coleman has been great.
25:18Five times this season so far that we've had DJ Moore either leave the game early or miss.
25:23And Coleman has scored 12 PPR points or more in four of those games.
25:26And he's got a touchdown in three straight games.
25:28And Khalil Shakir has scored 11 and four PPR points in three straight games.
25:32So, Dave, when you look at Moore in, Moore out, how do you approach Keon Coleman and Khalil Shakir?
25:37If Moore's in, I'm not really that interested in starting Shakir or Coleman, especially Coleman if DJ Moore is playing.
25:42If Moore is out, I actually think Shakir is the better guy to start over Keon Coleman.
25:46I've watched the Ravens' defense. When they're giving up big plays and touchdowns, it's the middle of the field.
25:51They play a lot of too high safety. So that middle of the field is attractive for quarterbacks to throw to.
25:56There's one other really big wrinkle here, and that's that the Buffalo Bills love to run the football, and they can come
26:02into this game and run the ball against Baltimore.
26:04The Ravens have allowed big numbers to good rushing teams this year.
26:07The bad rushing teams, they can't do much of anything against Baltimore.
26:10But those good rushing teams can. And so I don't even know if there's going to be an opportunity for any of
26:16these wide receivers to get north of 15 PPR points this week, whether Moore plays or not.
26:20All right, keep an eye on the situation with Moore.
26:23It'll impact a lot, even Dalton Kincaid as well.
26:25Let's talk about some starts and sits at the position.
26:27So, Dave, you're starting Michael Wilson. Heath, you got Trey Tucker.
26:30Let's talk about those two guys. So Michael Wilson is pretty much a start anyway for fantasy managers.
26:35He's already started north of 65% in CBS Sports Leagues.
26:37But this is the time to trade him. You're watching this at any time between Thursday and Sunday.
26:42There's a window. Get him off your team because after this week's game against Dallas, and he should be really good in
26:47this game, he's got a murderer's row of pass defenses that he's going up against.
26:51And that makes me really scared for Michael Wilson, who has now, like, the de facto clear, obvious number one wide receiver
26:57for Arizona, has not been doing that well. Safety coverage over the top has really limited just how much he gets after
27:02the catch when he does actually catch the football, because he hasn't had a ton of those over his last three games.
27:08Just piggyback on that because you have Kendrick Bourne as a sleeper.
27:11Yes, I just think it's a fantastic matchup. Kendrick Bourne is still, at the very worst, going to be top three on this team in targets.
27:18And sometimes he's top two on this team in targets, getting more targets than Michael Wilson.
27:22I think one of the big problems with Marvin Harrison this year is the head coach really likes Kendrick Bourne a lot.
27:27And this is a fantastic matchup against a bad defense.
27:30A good number three wide receiver. You know, one of the Cardinals receivers that they were kind of using in that cardio
27:35role for that Michael, that Marvin Harrison Jr. left behind, Jalen Brooks put on IR.
27:39I think it's going to shorten up those ADOT throws from Jacoby Brissett.
27:42And that'll help Bourne quite a bit. Trey Tucker, another big week?
27:45It might be chasing points. I'm willing to admit that.
27:48Trey Tucker's been this guy throughout his career. But we've had seven weeks.
27:51He's scored more than 20 fantasy points in three of those weeks.
27:54He's at the very worst, a good boom-bust number three wide receiver.
27:57And I think this week with the buys and the injuries, he may be a top 24 wide receiver.
28:02Teams are doing everything they can to stop Brock Bowers.
28:05And you can't actually stop Brock Bowers. Maybe you can contain him.
28:08But that's opened things up for Trey Tucker. 19 targets over his last two games.
28:12I think this Jets-Raiders game is going to be a shootout, which will be great for Tucker also.
28:16It makes me think about Tucker versus A.J. Brown.
28:18I think we all know who has more upside.
28:21It's just whether or not you've got the guts to start Trey Tucker over A.J.
28:24Brown. His last six games, he has at least four catches in every game.
28:28A.J. Brown does not have four catches in a game yet this year.
28:31That's a great point. And I visited with Trey Tucker a little bit during the preseason.
28:35And he talked about how he's really tried to improve his game and get on the same page with his quarterbacks and be a better option route runner.
28:42And I think you're starting to see some of that.
28:45But really, it's the speed and the deep ball that Kirk Cousins is pulling off.
28:49That's helping both Cousins and Tucker have some big stats.
28:51Stephon Diggs is a starter for me. I love the opportunity for him without Terry McCorn on the field, 15 or more
28:57PPR points in three of his last five games.
28:59And this Eagles defense I just don't think is very good right now.
29:02They're just on the field so much. The secondary, which is still playing well to a degree, is giving up a lot of fantasy points.
29:09And I think we're going to see another big game before Stephon Diggs.
29:12Some sit-wide receivers for us. So we've got D.K.
29:14Metcalf for you, Dave. Denzel Boston for you, Keith.
29:17Let's start with D.K. Metcalf because he's been really good.
29:19He had a big game against Cleveland back in week four.
29:22He's one of four wide receivers to get more than 13 PPR points against the Browns.
29:26But things are shifting a little bit in Pittsburgh.
29:28Aaron Rodgers is getting the ball out faster. He's not throwing it as far down the field.
29:33And they've really been a better running team ever since Rico Dowell got hurt.
29:36It's the weirdest thing. Jalen Warren has got that confidence, and he's been able to run the ball really well.
29:41And now Dowell, now that he's back, he's contributing too.
29:44And this Cleveland run defense, I mean, we just saw what Tony Pollard did to them.
29:48It makes me think that the Steelers might not have to throw a ton.
29:51And when they do throw, it could be those shorter throws, those throws to the tight ends, the throws to Jeremy Bernard that are actually successful against Cleveland.
29:58Yeah, and with Boston, I like him if you're just looking for a boom-bust flex and you're starting three wide receivers ahead of him.
30:04But his profile is terrifying in terms of a week-to-week thing.
30:07And we've seen it over the last couple of weeks.
30:10He's got four of 13 passes the last two weeks, has a catch rate below 50% for the season.
30:15His ADOT's over 16. You're just hoping. He's kind of like the old Gabe Davis role.
30:19You're just hoping that he catches a 40-yard touchdown pass.
30:21And he might, but I don't want to start him if I can avoid it.
30:25And the way Deshaun's throwing the ball, I don't like the chances of a 40-air-yard throw connecting with Denzel Boston.
30:30Not very popular to say. Sid Jamison-Williams, who's been great for the last three weeks, has got two touchdowns in each of his last two games.
30:37But this Minnesota defense is absolutely amazing. They don't give up passing touchdowns.
30:40It's been four passing touchdowns in their last 14 games.
30:42I think it's the last 15, but we can debate that.
30:45Last 14 games. And I think it's going to be a tough game for Jamison-Williams.
30:49In five career meetings against Brian Flores, he's been under 10 PPR points in four of them.
30:53Only one touchdown over that span. So more of a number three wide receiver.
30:57All right, we're going to take a break. When we come back, we're going to get into the quarterbacks that we like,
31:03the ones that you might have to avoid. And we'll talk about the rankings next on Fantasy Football Today.
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32:09Welcome back to Fantasy Football Today. It's now time to talk quarterbacks for Week 8.
32:13And we have, as always, four guys that are not going to play because of the bye weeks, but we are getting
32:18some reinforcements because Lamar Jackson's expected to play, so that's positive.
32:21But here are the quarterbacks that are not going to play in Week 8 because of a bye.
32:26You don't have Brock Purdy. No C.J. Stroud. No Tyler Shuck.
32:28And hey, he's playing great. No J.J. McCarthy. So we'll see what happens to all four of these guys in Week 9.
32:34Purdy could get some reinforcements in the receiving core.
32:36Stroud will hopefully continue to play at a high level.
32:39Shuck will get back on track after what has been a little bit of a disappointing three games, at least two of the last three.
32:45And J.J. McCarthy, can he finally just get in the end zone?
32:48But he's looked great for the Giants. All right, let's show you the rank list, 1 through 12.
32:53And again, Lamar Jackson, he's back. Now he's not in the top three, but he is in the top six.
32:58So we have a lot of faith in him.
33:00And then I want to talk about just the quarterbacks in tonight's game as well.
33:04So, Keith, what do you want? Lamar Jackson or tonight's game?
33:07I'll take tonight's game. All right, so Dave, you get Lamar Jackson.
33:10You got to be a little concerned about how the injury that he's been dealing with affects him.
33:14Last year, he had a hamstring injury. It really took a toll on his passing efficiency.
33:18He really wasn't anywhere near as good of a thrower when he was playing hurt.
33:22So this is going to be a game where we're going to check that out.
33:26And if we see a bad game from Lamar Jackson, the panic sirens are going to go off for sure.
33:31But this is Buffalo's defense. They really haven't been that great at all against the run or the pass this year.
33:36I wouldn't count on Lamar running for a lot of yardage.
33:39But I think he's going to get some great numbers from Zay Flowers, and he's going to end up having a very nice fantasy week.
33:45So I think that one side of tonight's game is pretty easy.
33:48Jordan Love's a must-start quarterback. He's like right behind Lamar Jackson for me, top seven guy.
33:52Bryce Young is a guy that I really don't feel good starting, and I really don't feel good sitting.
33:57Because for the most part, when he's had Ted Aron McMillan and Jalen Coker, he's been awesome.
34:02This Packers defense, though, is such a mixed bag.
34:04They've given up some big games. They've also put seven guys at the line of scrimmage and just blitzed the heck out of the quarterback.
34:10And the Panthers' offensive line is beat up, and even when they've been healthy, they've been kind of mediocre.
34:15Bryce Young has been pressured on 44% of his dropbacks this year, and he has the highest or the lowest time to
34:21pressure, the fastest time to pressure amongst quarterbacks with a 40% pressure rate.
34:24So teams are getting after him already. I'm a little worried that they hit him too often, but he could be awesome.
34:29He could be. I mean, the ideal situation is because both these offenses are great that we get a high-scoring affair, and everybody is fantastic.
34:36But you see we are a little bit concerned collectively with Bryce Young.
34:39Let's show you the rank list, 13 through 24, and this is where you're going to see some surprise names.
34:44You see Jared Goff. You see Caleb Williams, two guys who are typically must-start quarterbacks.
34:48We'll tell you why we're a little bit concerned about them in a second.
34:52And then you have some fun sleepers that could hopefully play well.
34:55Jacoby Brissett, great matchup against Dallas, great setup for him as he takes on this Cowboys defense.
34:59Whenever we see a mediocre defense and a great offense facing the Cardinals, which is the case with the Cowboys, Jacoby Brissett
35:04is going to be in play to hopefully get some fourth-quarter production.
35:07Sam Darnold, very difficult matchup the last three games, or opponents the last three games.
35:11This is not necessarily the same type of matchup.
35:14So Darnold could be fun, and then hopefully Kyler Murray shows something against Detroit.
35:17They are clearly terrible against every opposing offense that they face, but Kyler Murray has been terrible offensively as well.
35:22So this could be a game where maybe he breaks out.
35:25At least that would be the hope. Let's talk about some starts and sits.
35:29So, Heath, Geno Smith, you like him? Love him?
35:31What are we expecting from Geno in this matchup against the Warriors?
35:34I've got him ahead of Bryce Young, who we just saw was at QB12.
35:37I think you could consider starting. I would definitely start him over Caleb Williams.
35:41I'd start him over Jared Goff. I think the thing with Geno, I mean, first off, it's the revenge game.
35:46That's fun. The Raiders' defense has given up the sixth most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks this season.
35:51And we, like Geno's got Garrett Wilson, future Hall of Famer Omar Cooper.
35:54A couple of very good tight ends in Mason Taylor and Kenyon Sadiq.
35:57And a great number three wide receiver in Ednai Mitchell.
36:00So the weapons are good, and this could be a shootout.
36:02On the other side of that game is Kirk Cousins.
36:05And I like him as a start this week, too.
36:08And Kirk has really been on a roll. 22.5 fantasy points in five of his last six games.
36:12Are you serious that Kirk Cousins is doing it?
36:14Well, when you're throwing to Brock Bowers and you're throwing to Trey Tucker and you're throwing to your running back because your
36:20running back can't run very well and you're chasing points in a lot of games, this is what's bound to happen.
36:25And so unless the Jets blow out the Raiders, you're going to see Kirk Cousins for four quarters and you're going to
36:31have a chance for Kirk Cousins to make it six of seven, 29 or more fantasy points to each of the last
36:36two quarterbacks that the Jets have taken on. So this isn't a tough defense for Cousins.
36:40I just hope that what you said comes true in that we don't see the Jets blowing out the Raiders and then it's Fernando Mendoza.
36:47Listen, I have Kirk Cousins in about five leagues.
36:49I'm so excited for what he could do if he plays the full game.
36:53Yeah, I hear it. To be fair, and I know we keep saying this, that Mendoza at some point is going to
36:58take over, they had a four-game losing streak against four very good teams, the Rams, the Bills, the Patriots.
37:03I forget what I'm missing in there. It's just the Chiefs.
37:06It's not been easy for them to try and match up from a, hey, we can win this game.
37:11They can win this game. And if they stay competitive early in the game, then Kirk Cousins should be able to put up numbers.
37:17However, most of his production... How many games this year have the Jets blown somebody out?
37:21They haven't played the Raiders very often, though. They did just lose to the Dolphins.
37:25They did just lose to the Dolphins. That's why you should be confident in Kirk Cousins.
37:29Trevor Lawrence is the start of the week, expecting him to have a top-five performance against the Colts.
37:33They just traded away. They've talked about this Quentin Nelson, their best offensive lineman.
37:37They just traded away their best defensive lineman as well, DeForest Buckner, now in San Francisco.
37:41So Lawrence, last two games we saw him over 25 fantasy points.
37:44The Colts have allowed three quarterbacks this season to go over 26 fantasy points.
37:47And Lawrence, in his last three games against the Colts, 23 or more fantasy points.
37:51So this should be a game where he has a lot of success, as you'll see if you look at the rankings page.
37:57Top-five quarterback for all of us for this week.
37:59Some quarterbacks that we're talking about sitting this week.
38:02So Heath, Patrick Mahomes, just another bad week coming up for him against a really good Broncos defense.
38:06That is going to get Patrick Sertan back as well.
38:09Yeah, this is a pretty easy place to just make it nice and easy.
38:12Patrick Mahomes hasn't been a top-12 quarterback this year.
38:14The Broncos are much more difficult against the passing game than they are the running game.
38:18Sit Patrick Mahomes. Dave, Caleb Williams, two great games so far this season, two very mediocre games so far this season.
38:24Which is it going to be this week? I think it's going to be mediocre, if not bad.
38:28And it's not because of anything he's doing. He's playing really well.
38:31It's the Seattle defense, Jamie. Marcus Mariota had a great game against Seattle.
38:35I don't know where that came from. Every other quarterback to go up against Seattle this year.
38:39This is a list that includes Brock Purdy, Drake May, Jacoby Brissett, Patrick Mahomes.
38:43You'll take Purdy's numbers, though. Purdy was 20.2 fantasy points.
38:45And so if that's the hope and the ceiling for Caleb Williams, would I take that?
38:49Yeah. But would I rather start another quarterback that's got more upside?
38:52The Cousins-Gino Brissett trilogy? Yeah, I'd rather start those guys ahead of Caleb Williams just for this week because of the tough matchup on the road against Seattle.
38:59That's like the first Star Wars trilogy as opposed to the latter Star Wars trilogy as opposed to the first one.
39:05Episodes 1 through 3. 1 through 3, yeah. For me, it's sitting Jared Goff, very similar to Caleb Williams.
39:09Hard to get away from a great quarterback. But the Vikings defense is absolutely amazing.
39:13And again, four passing touchdowns in the last 14 games.
39:16I'll go with Adam Azer side of this. So you're looking at a quarterback here who in one of those 14 games had under 5 fantasy points.
39:23And so they do a really good job against opposing quarterbacks.
39:25And it's just the history of Jared Goff versus Brian Flores.
39:28He's had some good games. But the average in the six meetings of Goff versus Flores, 17.1 fantasy points.
39:33I think that's the range we're talking about for him.
39:36I think he'll be under 20 fantasy points for the first time this season.
39:39All right, we're going to take a break. When we come back and get into tight ends, we still have your questions coming up.
39:45So continue to send them to us on social media using the hashtag AskFFT.
39:49But next, we're going to talk about Colston Loveland.
39:51Is he safe? Kyle Pitts, is he going to be great?
39:54That's next on FFT. Welcome back to Fantasy Football today.
39:56We're talking tight ends here. I'm going to show you the rankings and maybe a little bit of a surprise because it's
40:02very, very crazy some of the names that you're going to see in the top 12.
40:06But first, let's show you the tight ends who are missing and a couple of big name guys that you won't be
40:11available to have in your starting lineups are George Kittle and Isaiah Likely.
40:15They're also joined by Jawan Johnson and Dalton Schultz.
40:17So we have these four teams on a bye.
40:19Again, hard to not be able to start Kittle and Likely.
40:22I'm in a guillotine league where both players are on my roster and it stinks because they've been carrying me a lot of the way.
40:28So hopefully you'll be able to find some replacements.
40:31And there are some good tight ends that we talked about on Tuesday for the waiver wire that you could be using as starting options.
40:37We'll show you those names in a little bit.
40:39Let's talk about the list 1 through 12, our consensus rankings here.
40:42And two names that stand out. Sam Laporta at number 4 and Colston Loveland at number 9.
40:47Heath, I'm going to give you Laporta. I'm surprised you guys are the two high guys on Laporta pushing him up into the top 5.
40:53I'm surprised you guys are both, I'm starting him, but are still so gung-ho about him coming off the game that he just had and facing Minnesota.
41:00Yeah, I'm kind of thinking that in this game the whole we're going to feature Jamison Williams thing from last week is
41:05probably not going to work against the Vikings pass rush.
41:08They're going to have to get the ball out quicker.
41:11In this offense, generally when you're doing that, it's going to the running back where you dump it off to the tight end after he chipped somebody.
41:17And so I think we'll see more targets for Sam Laporta.
41:20All right, hopefully that's the case. And then we've got Colston Loveland.
41:23Dave, you're the high guy on Loveland. Heath, you're almost sitting him at this point.
41:27I'm a little bit concerned because of the matchup against Seattle, but what do we like about Loveland?
41:32Seattle plays a lot of cover 3 and a lot of cover 6.
41:35This is zone-heavy coverage. And since Caleb Williams has come back, a ton of targets have gone Colston Loveland's way just in general.
41:41But especially against cover 3 and against cover 6.
41:43And he's had great efficiency against cover 3, over 2 yards per route run.
41:46I'm banking on that. I think the Bears are going to have a hard time running the ball.
41:51They're going to have a hard time doing anything in this game.
41:54But if we're going to trust volume, Burden's been getting it in the last few games, and I think Loveland has too.
42:00I would go back to him in full PPR as a reliable start just because I think he's going to catch the ball a lot.
42:06And we know he's capable of making plays after the catch.
42:09And we could see, just because of the Colcomit injury, a little bit more opportunities for Luther Burden based on the personnel
42:14that they use, and maybe a target or two that goes in Colston Loveland's direction.
42:18All right, let's show you the rank list, 13 through 24.
42:21And there are some of these sleeper tight ends that we showed you in the top 12 list.
42:25But you could get some quality production here. The Rams tight ends, it's been very up and down about who's going to be the best one.
42:32Parkinson right now a little bit banged up. Higby prior to the Devontae Adams injury was playing well.
42:37Post-Devontae Adams injury, it's been Parkinson. And then you had the Davis Allen two-touchdown game last week.
42:41Mason Taylor had a two-touchdown game last week. He's got six targets each of the last two weeks.
42:46He's got a great matchup against Las Vegas. Maybe you get a touchdown out of Friermuth or Andrews or Gusecki.
42:51That's going to be what saves them. But they obviously have been doing it.
42:54Gusecki has now scored in all but one game so far this season for the Bengals.
42:58All right, let's talk about some starts and sits for this week.
43:01And again, more guys that were available on waivers.
43:03Dave, you got Chico Conkwo as a start. 89% route share last week in their last game.
43:08It was against San Francisco. That's when Terry McLaurin went down.
43:11That was a season-high form. 13.9 PPR points per game.
43:13That was a season-high for Conkwo. And we know McLaurin's not coming back.
43:16He was already playing a lot. He had double-digit PPR points in two straight games to begin with.
43:21We know how Jaden Daniels feels about his tight ends, thinking back to how Zach Ertz was so involved for a couple years in Washington.
43:27Now it's Chico Conkwo's turn, and he's a more athletic version of Zach Ertz.
43:31I would expect the targets to be north of six.
43:33That's usually what you're looking for from a tight end when you're starting him.
43:37Heath, another guy that we talked about on the waiver wire, you like as a top six tight end this week, and that's Brent Strange.
43:43The last three games before their bye, he had 23 targets.
43:46Who else had 23 targets? Parker Washington. Those two dominating the consolidated targets.
43:49Supposed to do who has more. Who has more?
43:52He can't do who has more when it's a tie.
43:54And he's also been very efficient with those targets.
43:56You know, we came into the year and we're like, they have too many wide receivers.
44:00They have too many mouths to feed. And they have consolidated things just a little bit between Parker Washington, Brenton Strange.
44:06And then if they throw a lot, Jacoby Myers can be good too.
44:09I don't think they throw a lot in this game.
44:12So maybe it's six or seven targets instead of seven or eight for Strange.
44:15But honestly, it's kind of a bad week for tight end this week compared to what we've had most of this year.
44:21And Strange's volume over the last three games elevates him for me.
44:24I just worry if there's going to be enough throwing to Strange in this game because the Jaguars should be able to win.
44:30And Strange can be a part of how they get up on the Colts anyway.
44:33But I worry about just how many targets will be there for him.
44:37When Travis Hunter had a role last week, when Jacoby Myers is somebody that can end up playing.
44:41And of course, Parker Washington, total stud. And this is a team that I think wants to get their ground game going
44:47a little bit more too in Jacksonville. So I would actually sit Brenton Strange if you want to call him a streamer.
44:52High end number two, bi-week tight end. I'd be cool with that.
44:55I don't see him as a top ten type of tight end.
44:59All right, so a different opinion there on Brenton Strange.
45:01I'm just looking at Hunter Henry and I get so excited every minute that I get a chance to start him because
45:07I think we're going to see another big game for him.
45:09The Dolphins' top three in most fantasy points allowed to tight ends.
45:12And Henry has now scored 11 PPR points or more in four straight games.
45:16Two touchdowns in his last three matchups here. And so we've seen A.J.
45:19Brown struggle. We obviously have seen DeMario Douglas up and down.
45:22Two games ago he was great. Last week he was disappointing.
45:25I think Hunter Henry's just been that steady guy for Drake May and given the matchup, given the opponent, I think he's got top five upside.
45:31Let's talk about some tight ends to sit. Dave, you already mentioned you're sitting Brenton Strange.
45:35Heath, no love for Dalton Kincaid as a guy that could take advantage of this Baltimore defense or is it going to be a difficult game for him?
45:43I mean, he's kind of like the Bryce Young of the tight end position.
45:46He has the upside that you don't really want to sit him.
45:49But, man, it's terrifying what he could be. Look at his last four games.
45:53It's 38 yards receiving or fewer. That first start to the season was so good.
45:57And I've talked about it. Like, he's been better when D.J.
45:59Moore has been a full-time player. I know that doesn't totally make sense, but I think the problem is they run so much of this 13 personnel.
46:06And if the wide receiver that's on the field with them is not a great target earner, then Dalton Kincaid is the guy the defense is taking away.
46:13So maybe if D.J. Moore comes back, he's better.
46:16For me, I'm going to sit Harold Fannin, another guy coming off a great game last week.
46:20And he scored a touchdown the last time these two teams met.
46:23But it was two catches, three catches for 27 yards and a touchdown on five targets.
46:27That's the last touchdown that the Steelers have allowed.
46:29So three straight games, they haven't given him a touchdown to a tight end.
46:33It's very similar to what we talked about with some of these backfields.
46:36You can tell me Fannin's going to play well.
46:38You can tell me Concepcion's going to play well.
46:41Boss is going to play well. They all had north of eight targets last week.
46:44I just think the Steelers' defense takes Fannin away.
46:47I would sit him. All right. We're going to take a break.
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47:34Here we go. Who to start at Flex, Dave?
47:36DJ Moore or Blake Corum? In a boring standard league, I just think there's more upside with DJ Moore.
47:41You just got to make sure that he's playing first.
47:44Corum does have a touchdown in three straight games, but I would agree to go with DJ Moore.
47:48Next question. Heath, what do you think here? Would you trade Michael Wilson for Zach Charbonnet and half PPR?
47:53If Michael Wilson was not somebody that I needed to start, and I just wanted to have somebody on my bench for
47:59upside, I would rather have Zach Charbonnet. I think he'll be better in the second half than Wilson.
48:03I'd aim higher than Charbonnet, but if you wanted to settle for an RB, that would be one that you could.
48:09Next question. In a knockout league, I have Laporta and Kraft.
48:11Likely is available. Would you drop either to pick up?
48:14Likely. Dave? I think I would drop Kraft, and then I would carry likely through the bye and start Laporta this week.
48:19Makes sense. Next question. Heath, would you trade Saquon for Tootin?
48:22Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think you have to do that because Saquon could get shut down.
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