0:00What's going on guys? It's Nick here, back with another video. It's Thursday, time to go game by game, talk about all
0:04the players I'd be starting and sitting this week. Thursday night game up first, 40 and a half point total, Seahawks are
0:10two and a half point road favorites. A pretty low total for a game between two very good teams, or at least the Broncos
0:18team that was supposed to be very good this season, but offensively not performing up to par. So, uh Seahawks side 21 and a half for the implied
0:26total, two and a half point road favorites. A negative match up in general against the Chargers, a little bit better for tight ends, but it's not
0:33like Seattle's really going to take advantage of that. Tougher for wide receiver, but that doesn't matter because JSN is auto start. I really and
0:39then relatively neutral for the running back position. So, I mean pretty easy on the Seattle side. Um while we don't have
0:46Charbonnet, which I don't think he's going to play this week, but follow that news. Um don't have J'Adarian Price. Uh you're just going to go out there and
0:53play Emmanuel Wilson each week. Uh George Holani is going to mix in, but Emmanuel Wilson is going to project for a ton of touches. He's a running back
1:02too while we don't have these other running backs healthy. And then it's basically just JSN obviously every week.
1:08Sam Darnold not performing consistently enough in fantasy to trust him. Um and then again, Barnwell has the good match up. Um Holani will get some touches.
1:17Shaheed's always live for a big play, but none of these guys you really trust in your starting lineup. Um there are
1:23four teams on bye this week, so a little bit thinner. Obviously, that's the most teams we've had on bye so far, but we're
1:29not at like bypocalypse, right? We're not at like these weeks where we have like six, eight teams on bye and you're
1:35really, really struggling. With only four teams on bye, maybe you got unlucky and kind of stacked up those teams, but for the most part, you should only be
1:42having to fill in like one, maybe two spots. Uh and so you're not again going to like Barnwell and Shaheed this
1:48weekend. Uh really not much else to say on the Seattle side. It's a very obvious spot for them. Um for the Broncos side,
1:54um very negative. I mean, Seattle's just extraordinarily good defense, even though like it's tougher to play Seattle obviously on the road. They're home
2:03here. Broncos should play better than average at home. You still see all the running the screen. It's like a bottom five match up for tight ends and wide
2:10receiver. Bottom eight match up for running backs. There's really not much.
2:16A little bit of a boost to running back receptions per game, but that's about it. It's a very difficult match up going
2:22to Seattle. And as you can see, not only is it a difficult match up, like the Broncos haven't been playing well in general. So, you're not going to
2:28see much green on the screen. I would not be playing Boone Nix. I would really just not be playing the running backs at
2:35all. Dobbins does show up as a low-end flex play.
2:40He's not bad. I mean, he's probably going to have, I see him for 13.8 rush attempts, 45 rushing yards, 0.4 rushing
2:46touchdowns. The odds are he's going to be in that general range of like 13, 14 rush attempts. Maybe he has a reception.
2:53And you're basically like if he doesn't score a touchdown, he's going to have like five fantasy points. But if he does
2:58score, he's going to grade out as a running back two. And so, you basically would be crossing your fingers that he
3:02gets into the end zone. Um, I mean, he's the most likely running back to score a touchdown. I think a little bit more likely than
3:09RJ Harvey.
3:11But it's not like he's overly likely.
3:12He's probably less than 50% chance at scoring. So, it's not that good of a play. Harvey would be like a full PPR
3:18play if you thought that, you know, Denver fell behind and he could rack up like seven, eight receptions where he had games like that. Like we talked
3:26about last week, I understand projecting three and a half rush attempts. Like if he doesn't get that game script to get a
3:32ton of dump offs, he's not going to do anything. And especially in half PPR, he certainly needs the dump offs cuz even
3:38six receptions in half PPR, it's only three points. Like we need a lot more production there. It's just not happening. I'm excited for when Jaleel
3:45Coleman can return. I don't know exactly when it's going to be. I don't think it's going to be too much longer.
3:50But yeah, really just Dobbins. I mean, Waddle's a flex play. You can see 3.9 for the projected receptions, 45 receiving yards, 0.3 touchdowns. That's
4:00fine, and that's not like horrible wide receiver 31 on the week. Um you're basically hoping that, you know, he should be a larger part of the game plan
4:08overall, uh and he should have weeks where he spikes. But, this is Seattle.
4:13We just We don't want to be attacking this defense. And so, if if it's a tie, if it's close, I'd prefer to bench
4:18Waddle this week. And really just nothing else. Maybe you could stream Denver. You know, they're a good defense. They're at home. Um
4:25Seattle I mean, they had a ton of turnovers last week. Like, the running backs couldn't hold onto the football.
4:30Uh but, for the most part, this is not uh an appealing spot for Denver.
4:35All right. Uh Sunday games kick off in London again. So, the Jaguars second consecutive game in London. 42 and 1/2 point total. Jaguars 2 and 1/2 point
4:43quote-unquote home favorites. And you can almost say home favorites for Jaguars because like, again, they play in London every single season. They
4:51play, at this point, two games in a row in London. They should have more than 50% of the fans. So, it should kind of
4:58act like a little bit of a home game for them, even though, of course, on the road. And they've been there, obviously,
5:03much longer than the Texans have. So, it still is like leaning in the Jaguars direction more so home for them than it
5:11is for the Texans. But, Texans 20 for the implied total, 2 and 1/2 point road favorites. Uh Jaguars very, very strong
5:18run defense. You can see here 32nd, the worst match up for yards per carry over expectation, rush attempts over expectation, rushing yards over
5:26expectation. Like, teams do not run the football. And when they do run the football, they're very, very ineffective against the Jaguars. Um decent match up
5:36for wide receivers, though, because number one in targets over expectation.
5:39Uh teams look at the um the rushing match up, and they're like, "No, I'm not going to do that." And and
5:45decide to throw the ball to wide receivers instead. So, it's a good setup for Nico Collins. Um I don't think um
5:55Do I have uh yeah, I don't have Merv projected in yet. Um I don't know exactly what they're going to do there if they're
6:02going to activate him in the first week.
6:03Sometimes they wait a week to activate.
6:05Um we'll just kind of see what the news is, but even if Merv is activated, um I would not fully expect him to be out
6:13there for more than like, you know, a handful of design snaps. Um I wouldn't play him, basically. Like if he was
6:19active, he'd probably project like five fantasy points. Um maybe he scores a touchdown. Maybe he breaks off a long play, but I would not play him in his
6:26first game. Uh which and I don't know if it's going to come this weekend. Um but Nico I would play. Uh Jaylen Nowells had
6:33an increased role recently and he's played pretty well in that role.
6:36Obviously, Merv coming back hurts that cuz it's just going to take target share away from him. Uh but yeah, it really
6:41would just be Nico at wide receiver for I'd want to be playing there. I would not stream C.J. Stroud. It's not really
6:47a good spot for that. Like the even though wide receivers have a good match up, but the Jaguars overall are still
6:52very good team.
6:54Um it's just it's not a match up where you really want to be playing uh skill players against them unless it's like a
6:59superstar wide receiver. Like Nico, uh Woody Marks is the interesting one. So, I don't think um Monty's going to play.
7:05My guess is Monty's going to miss this week, next week, then they go on bye, then he returns in week nine. So, under
7:12that assumption, I Woody Marks for, you know, 16 and a half rush attempts and 2.1 receptions. So, we're projecting here nearly 19 touches for Marks. Now, I
7:21have very high-end inefficiency for him.
7:24On those 19 touches, we're looking at like under 60 total yards, um 0.6 touchdowns. That helps because anytime they get in the red zone, he should be
7:32on the field. He's going to project to the strong start, running back 21. Um that's because there are like 20 running
7:39backs. I mean, you know, there's byes this week, but in general, there are about 20 running backs this season that you feel even
7:45remotely good about, and it's not going to take much for a running back to jump into that like 21 to 25 range if they're
7:52getting any sort of touches. And so, because he's getting the touches here, he's going to project as like a low-end running back two, but you don't you're
7:59not going to feel good about it. He could easily go out there, have 13 carries for 30 yards, not score a
8:06touchdown, and you're like, why did I start Woody Marks? Well, it's because on average, he's going to have, you know, 15-plus touches, and any running back
8:13getting 15-plus touches, no matter the matchup, is going to be worth a low-end running back two start because there's not that many running backs getting more
8:20than like 10 touches as an expectation.
8:22So, I don't expect efficiency. I don't expect a good game, but given the touches, you probably have to just play uh Woody Marks.
8:30Um Then on the Jaguar side, 22 and 1/2 the implied total, 2 and 1/2 point again, {quote} {unquote} home favorites.
8:37Difficult matchup for the running backs, uh but again, a good matchup for wide receivers, and then slightly negative for the tight end position. Um
8:45Basically, everyone's a good play. No one is like an incredible play. I'm totally fine playing Trevor Lawrence, Parker Washington, Beathard 2N. You
8:55could stream Brevin Strange. Um I think you could throw Myers into the flex spot, although, you know, he's I think he's like a one away from being a
9:03low-end flex play. He he's a low-end flex play this weekend. I could stream the Jaguars defense. Like, all these guys are viable, but it's not like a
9:11guarantee that any one of them goes off.
9:13I think Tuten's going to get a lot of touches. It's does he break off a long touchdown? I think Parker Washington is
9:18going to get the volume, but the Texans, of course, do have a very strong overall defense. I just that I think this is the
9:23thing I want to note here. Like, the wide receivers both project with good matchups here, but at the end of the
9:28day, both the Texans and the Jaguars have very good defenses. These are two pretty good teams, and neither one of them is projected for 23 points. So,
9:35like, it should be a relatively low-scoring game. Um offenses should struggle to some degree before one of the teams pulls away and the other team
9:45has to try and catch up. That's kind of the game script you can expect here. Uh and so, everyone is viable, but it's not
9:50like you had to play everyone well or like it's like a JSN-level start. No one's that level. Uh but I'd say Parker
9:56Washington's closest. He is wide receiver 13. You're playing the wide receiver 13, obviously, and two and uh running back 18. I mean, I'd be
10:04surprised if you had three players that project better than the running back 18.
10:08So, I get them in the starting lineup for sure. I would not play Cameron. I would not play um Brian Thomas Jr.,
10:12players like that.
10:14All right. 1:00 games kick off. Bears at Falcons. We've got a 51 and a half-point total and we've got the Bears as 1 and
10:231/2 point road favorites. Uh for the Bears side, 26 and 1/2 the implied total, 1 and 1/2 point road favorites, pretty neutral matchup all around for
10:33the Falcons. And this game is in a dome, so I'd say it leans towards a positive spot. Um I'm projecting Caleb back. Uh
10:40no guarantee that that's correct. Um I think, don't quote me on this, but I think they play the Thursday night game
10:46the week after. So, if that is the case, uh then it would make a little bit of sense for them to say, "Okay, maybe we
10:52hold him out uh so that he can play in that next game." Um I would also say in this first game back, I'm going to
10:57under-project the rushing yards just a little bit uh just because it's a little bit less likely that he rolls out of the
11:03pocket, sprints at 100% speed like you would think in those 50/50 situations.
11:09He'd be just a little bit more likely coming off of the hamstring injury, a little bit more likely to dump the ball
11:14off. So, I'm going to project that. Uh but again, we don't know 100% if he's going to be the one starting, but under
11:20the assumption that he is, and basically if he isn't, it's just a downgrade to everyone.
11:24Uh under that assumption, I also don't think Manongai's going to play, which makes De'Andre Swift an obvious must-start. If you had like Bejan
11:33starting and Monangai playing, that's two kind of blows to Swift, but regardless, I'd still play the under Swift. He just wouldn't project as a
11:41running back six on the week. Um Both Burden and Adunze are totally fine to play in the flex spot. I have Burden
11:49right now wide receiver 25, wide receiver 29 for Adunze. Uh they're kind of just different players, right? Adunze is that guy who's going to get more of
11:56that downfield usage. Um Not as many schemed touches as Burden, but Burden's scheme touches are coming much closer to the line of scrimmage,
12:05less so downfield. So, you're more likely to see like increased receptions for someone like Luther Burden, uh but maybe there's a little bit more potential for, you
12:15know, like a four-for-90 day from Rome Odunze. Um Burden's a little bit less likely to do that.
12:22You never know. I mean, this is a very good offense. Um we could see some schemed usage downfield for Luther Burden. Uh it's just he's been a little
12:28bit disappointing this season. We were hoping that this passing attack would be centered around one of Luther Burden or Cole Kmet Loveland, and it's been
12:35neither. It's been no one, really. It's been kind of like a spread-the-wealth offense. And so, while everyone on the offense stays healthy, at least for the
12:42pass-catchers Monangai's hurt, but for the pass-catchers, um they all kind of eat into each other's production a little bit, and they're all fine. You
12:49can play Burden, Adunze, Loveland, but you don't necessarily need to play any one of them. Um The hope is, we talked
12:57about this in the kind of like a buy or sell video, the hope is basically that like this offense eventually just
13:03is better passing the ball, is a little bit more consistent, and kind of centers around one player a little bit more
13:09often. Uh but also that like, you know, we haven't seen a normal game script with Caleb Williams at quarterback.
13:15Hopefully, we also get that this week.
13:17But yeah, that's basically what I would I would stick to is those four players for Chicago. And then on the Falcons
13:22side, um Arizona has got a good defense. You can run on them, you can pass on them, uh you can kind of do whatever you want
13:28against them, uh and it's nice knowing uh everything is easy on the Falcons side. Bijan, Drake London, they take up such a massive percentage of the
13:36touches. We don't have uh the Lions this week, they're on bye, so Bijan is the number one running back on the week, and
13:42Drake London is the number two wide receiver for me right now. Like, just play both of them. I would I wouldn't
13:47stream Penix. I think I'm going to probably going to drop the projection on Penix a little bit. Um he does it all
13:52through the air. I'm projecting like 277 passing yards, probably need to pull that back a little bit. I would guess he'll he'll end up more as like a
13:59high-end quarterback two. It's a good spot because Chicago's a very good team on the other side. You're playing at home. Chicago's defense isn't that
14:05great, so it's a good spot for Penix. Uh we're asking a lot to pay off the quarterback nine for him. So, again,
14:11he'll probably end up close to quarterback like 13, 14, but a good streaming option this weekend. And again, Bijan, uh London. I wouldn't play
14:17Brian Robinson. People ask if you can like kind of stream him. It's really only the weeks where they get up big,
14:22they score a ton of points, which isn't necessarily going to happen this week, and then I don't trust the volume for
14:26Pitts or Dotson or any of them. So, just Bijan and London for that side.
14:31All right. Jets at Patriots. So, we've got a 43 and a half point total, seven and a half point home favorites for the
14:39Patriots. On the Jets side, 18 through the implied total, again, touchdown road underdogs. Patriots very strong overall defense, uh better against the run than
14:49the pass, but you just don't want to be playing too many players against them, uh and that's basically what the rankings show. You're going to see two
14:56players stand out here, Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall and Allen. I don't think um that uh Breece Hall is going to play
15:03this weekend. Obviously, if he does, you're not playing Breece Hall and Allen, but I don't I think he's going to be out at least one more week. Uh so,
15:09I'm projecting 19 rush attempts for Allen, two and a half receptions. He basically has every single touch on from this backfield when you don't have
15:17Breece Hall healthy. Uh so, if someone's was to project for, you know, 21 touches. I don't care what the matchup is, you're playing them. So, got to play
15:26Braelon Allen. Uh only strong start here, but running back 15 again, I'd be surprised if you had three top 14 running backs when we also have teams on
15:34bye. Uh I would not stream Geno Smith.
15:36And then Garrett Wilson, play him every week and live with the results. Um I don't know if Christian Gonzalez is going to be back. If Christian Gonzalez
15:42is back, that hurts um obviously for Garrett Wilson, uh but we kind of just don't know yet. Uh so, we'll see. Um but
15:51if he's out, maybe it bumps up a little bit, but in general, Garrett Wilson's like a really solid play at wide
15:56receiver two. I don't trust Cedee Lamb right now. We We still need to see a lot more consistently from his role, uh
16:02especially when you have Mason Taylor back and healthy. Um and I'll also be interested to see um I don't have Amari Cooper. I don't even
16:11have him on the Oh, yeah.
16:13I don't have Amari Cooper projected in right now. They did open his practice window. That doesn't mean they need to play him, right? I mean, they can do
16:20whatever they want there. But he should be back soonish. While Cooper's out, while Ad Odell Beckham Jr. is out, it's still very good spots for Garrett
16:28Wilson. But I'm interested to see how this offense looks once you have once you have Ad Odell Beckham Jr. and Amari
16:33Cooper back healthy. Um going to be a little bit more crowded. Um going to be tougher for Cedee Lamb to fully break
16:39out. And then Garrett Wilson, obviously his target share will go down as well.
16:42But it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
16:44Then for the Jets, um they've been maintaining that number one matchup for running backs. It's just a very good spot uh to run on. Um
16:51Also, don't think Traveon's playing. Uh has the high ankle sprain. I think he's going to miss a couple of weeks. That
16:58would make Rhamondre Stevenson a very clear must start. Uh right now projecting about 20 touches for him, little over 100 yards, 0.8 touchdowns.
17:07That's running back 10. Uh you're playing Stevenson probably regardless, but he's an unbelievable play if Traveon Henderson is going to be out. Other than
17:15him, um a of players that are viable, right? Drake May absolutely can stream him against the Jets. You could throw Dobbs into the flex spot. Hunter Henry
17:23could be streamed. I don't know also if A.J. Brown is going to play. They did, um, opened his practice window, so they're
17:31going to have to play him the next couple weeks. It's really just going to come down to how he feels on Sunday. I
17:35think we'll know, um, by like, probably like Saturday, Sunday. I think we're going to know a little bit earlier. I don't think it's going to come down to a
17:41game time decision. Um, but, you know, hopefully he plays and he kind of, you know, stabilizes this offense even more, upgrades the ceiling as well. But, if he
17:49comes back, it's a pretty big blow to Romeo Dobbs and Hunter Henry. So, I probably wouldn't play them if A.J.
17:55Brown is back. My guess is A.J. Brown returns next week, but uh, we'll see as far as that's concerned. Uh, and also
18:02like Douglas, Chisholm, like again, once you have A.J. Brown back, you're not playing any of these guys. You could theoretically play them. The problem is
18:09I don't know if the Jets necessarily push New England to be like passing at a super high rate in the second half. I
18:15think they're probably going to be able to run the ball at a pretty high rate.
18:17So, you want Douglas and Chisholm in games where New England has to throw it a little bit more often. I don't think
18:23that's going to be this weekend.
18:25And again, if A.J. Brown's back, don't play them.
18:28All right. Titans at Colts, 44 and 1/2 point total. Colts are 7-point home favorites. Uh, pretty low team total for the Titans side, 18.75.
18:387-point road underdogs. I mean, they're averaging like 11 points per game this season. Like this Titans offense has been terrible now. The Colts defense has
18:46also been terrible, right? This is a top 10 match up for all positions, which you don't see super often that, you know,
18:51defenses can't stop any possession, but that's the Colts, um, so you'd think we have a lot more plays, but even in a great match up, you can't
19:01trust Cam Akers. Um, you can't trust obviously the backup running backs. The tight ends aren't really doing anything.
19:08And so, you're looking at Pollard, Carnell Tate, and Wan'Dale. Uh, Wan'Dale is much better in full PPR. He's a guy that's going to rack up a decent amount
19:16of receptions, but those receptions aren't going to go anywhere. I have 4.7 projected receptions here and 41 receiving yards. He also is probably not
19:24going to score a touchdown. 0.2 for the projected touchdowns. And that's the tough part for Tennessee. Even when like Pollard racks up 17 touches, even when
19:33Kernal Tate has a decent amount of targets, no one is necessarily that likely to score a touchdown when you're averaging 11 points per game. So, it's
19:41tough to trust any of these guys.
19:44Pollard every week is probably going to be that like low-end running back two just because of what I talked about before. Any running back projecting for
19:51like 16 touches, even if you're inefficient, even if you don't score, you're just a better play than these running backs that are going to have
19:59eight or nine touches. It's so much easier, even on low-end efficiency, for you to do at least something. And then anyone on the field can still score a
20:07touchdown. And Pollard is probably the most likely player on this team to score a touchdown. So, I think you play Pollard at running back two. Um I have
20:13Kernal Tate in a league. Um I also have a couple couple people that are like injured. So, I think I'm going to have
20:18to go back to Kernal Tate. It was tough last week cuz he had the in-week injury, the back injury. And so, we didn't
20:24really know how healthy he was. I haven't seen anything this week yet to indicate that like we should be worried about that long-term, but I'll keep
20:32looking for that. Um it's obviously a much better match-up. They played the Texans last week. Going to the Colts, that's a way better spot. So, I think we
20:39can go back to Tate. Um but he is the last season's wide receiver 24. That's the last wide receiver in strong start
20:44before you start grading out as a flex play. Um I would probably view him in my mind more as a flex play. I wouldn't be
20:51shocked if he finished as a wide receiver like 26, 27. Uh so, fine, uh but definitely not someone you like have to be playing uh this week.
20:59So, Titans are fine, but they're the Titans, right? You can't invest too much in the Titans offense. Colts nearly 26 for their implied total. Seven-point
21:07home favorites. That's a great spot for Jonathan Taylor to do well. Uh more negative match up for running than it is
21:13receiving, but it's Jonathan Taylor. You play him every week. Uh definitely live for his classic two touchdown day. Um you could stream Daniel Jones. I just
21:21wish he was playing a little bit better.
21:23Um he's not really scoring that many fantasy points. Of course, the rushing's not going to be there coming off the torn Achilles. And so, he's got to do
21:30pretty much everything through the air.
21:32It's a decent spot for that, but like he really only has Downs, Warren, and Keenan Allen. Like, Treadwell's going to mix in and you know, you've got Deion
21:41Burks and Anthony Gould, but like none of these guys are are that good. None of these guys are um I mean, like Downs is good and Tyler
21:51Warren's good, but I'm talking about those backups. Like, none of them are going to have any sort of command of target share. They're not going to be
21:56out there winning consistently. And so, he has to do everything through Downs, through Warren, through Keenan. And everything is just so close to the line
22:04of scrimmage. Nothing's downfield. It doesn't really give uh Daniel Jones that high of a ceiling each week. He really does need Alec Pierce to be back to kind
22:13of unlock that. So, he's a streaming option, but not one you have to necessarily go to. Um I do think you're
22:19probably playing Downs if you have him.
22:21You're probably playing Tyler Warren. Um I just I'm not that excited about the Colts offense cuz I really do think Jonathan Taylor's just going to have a
22:28pretty good day. Lot of touches for him.
22:30And they'll kind of just sprinkle it around to a lot of other players beyond that uh to where no one stands out like
22:36way better than normal. But again, I mean, if you have Tyler Warren, you're playing him and Downs. I think he's a
22:40solid play at wide receiver, too.
22:42All right. Ravens at Browns is up next.
22:4642 and a half point total. Ravens are five and a half point uh road favorites.
22:52For the Raven side, 24 for the implied total, five and a half point road favorites. Relatively neutral match up all around. Um
23:00this is a divisional match up. This is not a very high um total in general. Uh so, we can sometimes see these spots
23:08play out a little bit grosser normal.
23:10These teams play each other a lot. That typically favors the defense, especially the second time in the season, but it favors the defense cuz it's like, you
23:17know, they they know what the other team is going to do on offense. Uh but at the end of the day, this is such a
23:22consolidated offense that you play Derrick Henry, you play Zay Flowers, and you probably just call it a day. I mean, you can definitely stream um or play
23:30like Tyler Linderbaum. He's playing pretty well at kicker. Um you can definitely play the Baltimore defense against the Browns. But for skill
23:36players, play Henry, play Zay. Don't really go to anything else. Mark Andrews is so annoying. Uh we would have hit on
23:41our pick uh the other week, but he dropped like two wide-open passes. All we needed was two more yards from him,
23:47but he can't do that. Um he's just he's he's bad. Like, he can't hold on to the football, he can't catch the football,
23:54and he runs like 2 miles an hour. So, he's going to grade out as a theoretical streaming option as a tight end 15, but
23:59man, he is just not good out there. Um I don't know it's going to be close if they can get Lamar back this week. My
24:04guess is they hold him out one more week and returns next week. Um that doesn't matter in terms of playing Derrick Henry
24:10or Zay Flowers. You're going to play them regardless, but obviously, if uh Lamar is active, the total is going to push in the direction of Baltimore.
24:19We're going to have a lot more confidence that they win this game. That helps out Derrick Henry's, you know, rushing volume, his chance of scoring a
24:26touchdown. It helps out Zay Flowers' receiving ceiling. And so, you're playing these guys regardless, but the ranking will go up if we have Lamar at
24:33quarterback. Then for the Browns, I don't uh it's a sort of neutral It's easier to throw to wide receivers against Baltimore. Um and Baltimore's
24:39like a solid defense overall, but they're it's not like this is like a bottom-five matchup for anyone. So, you'd kind of play this out normal for
24:47um for the Browns side. Uh I haven't taken Concepcion out yet, but he is not going to play. Um at least I'm I'm almost
24:54certain and not going to play. Um and I don't know about Judkins. That's one we have to watch this week as well.
24:59They said it's a minor injury, but we don't know if that can hold him out for a week as well. Man, if you don't have
25:05Judkins, you don't have Concepcion, um, Fannin's going to grade out better, but not as like some amazing play. It's just the problem is it's going to be easier
25:14for Baltimore. So, you take Concepcion off the field, you take Judkins off the field, and you're going to out there with like maybe Raheem Sanders, maybe
25:20they get Samson back, but like Samson might not play as well. You've got like Rocket Sanders out there.
25:26You've got, uh, you know, only Denzel Boston at wide receiver that you trust.
25:31Um, it's going to be so easy for Baltimore to be like, "All right, there's like three players we need to shut down
25:36here." And Deshaun Watson at quarterback. So, it's not going to be difficult for them to kind of, uh, shut them down. And because of that, um,
25:44I just no no one's going to be amazing, but I would say Denzel Boston would grade out as the best play for the
25:49Browns side. Um, and then Fannin again would be fine to stream, uh, but I wouldn't go to like Judy. I really
25:54wouldn't go to the backup running backs, whichever one starts. Um, but I suppose you're super desperate and Raheem Sanders was the only one active, you
26:01could go there. Next up, we've got Panthers at Eagles. Pretty low 40 and a half point total. Panthers are 1 and a
26:08half point road favorites. Feel like maybe people, I don't know, on average would expect, uh, Panthers not to be favorites in this one, but they are
26:17coming off by. They're playing very well this season, and the Eagles are not.
26:21They're not playing very well, and they're of course also not coming off of their by. Relatively neutral match up for the Panthers here. Uh, tough spot
26:28for tight ends, but you know, that it really, uh, everything for Darren Waller is just does he score touchdowns? Not Darren Waller is going
26:35to be ripping teams apart between 20.
26:37So, um, again, coming off by is a positive for the Panthers, hopefully getting healthy as well. I think Coker is going to
26:44return. Check that. Uh, both of them grade out as wide receiver twos. If he does return, obviously if you had Coker
26:51out, uh, Ted McMillan's going to be a wide receiver one, but regardless, you're playing Tet. Um I think we can trust Coker. I kind of want to look into
26:59the news a little bit. If there's any sort of chance that in his first game back, he's like limited in some way, I
27:06will drop the projection. He'll be more of like a wide receiver three, but assuming he's good to go um coming off
27:11the injury, I think you're fine playing him as the wide receiver two. Uh the Eagles defense has been much more disappointing this season uh than usual.
27:20And it's basically just kind of concentrated among the top end, right?
27:23McMillan and Coker are going to get the vast majority of the targets. Um while you have Brooks out, which will be a
27:29decent amount of chunk time, uh decent chunk more time, uh Chuba's going to be a very good start every single week. And
27:35then Bryce Young has been playing at a very high level. You can absolutely stream him every week. Um it's really just those four, and then
27:43it's does Darren Waller score touchdown, and I wouldn't go to any of the secondary players. Uh but the Eagles normally, like past couple of years,
27:50have been a spot where like, we're a little bit more hesitant playing people against them. That's not necessarily the case this season. And again, I expect
27:57this team to look good coming off by.
27:59Then for the Eagles side, um sort of neutral-ish match-up. It's fine for passing, um little bit easier to run on the Panthers than pass on them, but I
28:08wouldn't be scared. If anything, the thing I'd be scared of is a 19 and a half point implied total and a 1.5 point
28:14home underdog for the Eagles. This is just like not a good offense. I don't know that uh DeVonta Smith is going to
28:21be back. They said they want to get Saquon back, but my gut says he misses one more day. I feel like Saquon and
28:28DeVonta Smith return next week, but track that. Uh if we actually have, you know, no Saquon, no DeVonta Smith, the total for the implied total for this
28:37team stays below 20, it's not looking good for anyone in this passing attack.
28:42Wix would be like a low-end flex play.
28:45McCauley would be a bench. Darius Cooper isn't going to catch a long touchdown and break a long touchdown or catch multiple touchdowns, break a long
28:51touchdown every week. He's not going to project that well. You're basically looking at Dallas Goedert as a pretty solid low-end tight end one. And you're
28:59looking at Dameon Pierce being one of those running backs that's going to project for around 14 or 15 touches, um but be super like inefficient, not that
29:08good on those touches. Running back 25 right now. I want to see what they do at running back and what they talk about
29:14this week though. They've got Carson Steel. They've got JaMycal Hasty. Do they plan on giving either one of those two more touches? Of course,
29:24they had Saquon. He gets hurt. You bring in Shipley and Shipley was probably going to be close to featured. He gets
29:29hurt or um you activate Shipley or you like Shipley play him a little bit more um cuz obviously in the same day that uh Saquon
29:37gets injured, you have Tevin Coleman get injured. So, it's like every time they go into a game, they were planning on
29:42having a different running back and then they kind of just throw that back up running back into a starting role. I
29:47think that's somewhat what happened last week with Shipley going down, just throwing Dameon Pierce into that role.
29:52That doesn't mean they really want Dameon Pierce to be handling 14 to 16 opportunities. And so, we'll see what they talk about this week. I'm just
30:01pretty hesitant on any of these running backs. If it's any sort of committee, I mean, they're not going to throw to the
30:07running backs.
30:08These backs are not that likely to score a touchdown.
30:12They're not going to be highly productive as an offense. And so, this is not a good spot for the running backs. It would really be stream hurts
30:18if you need to. And Dallas Goedert is a low-end tight end one. That's all I feel good about on that side.
30:24Saints at Giants up next. 45 and 1/2 point total. Saints are 1 and 1/2 point uh road favorites.
30:32For the Saints side, uh 23 and 1/2 the implied total. Again, 1 and 1/2 point road favorites here. Um not crazy tough
30:38or anything. Little easier to run on the Giants than it is pass on them. Uh but I'm not like scared of the match up for
30:45anyone.
30:46And really the Saints are a pretty concentrated offense overall. Chris Olave is really the only pass catcher you have to start and you do have to
30:55start him every week. And the only other wide receiver you're looking at is Deonte Harris, but just a low end flex
31:00play for him. I think Juwan is fine.
31:04He's kind of the tight end nine right now. I think he's a low end tight end one. Hasn't been performing as well
31:11recently, but they've also had some more difficult match ups recently. So I think he's fine. He's going to be fine basically every week until you have
31:20um Jordan Akins back from his injury, but that's probably still a few weeks away for Akins. So you can play Juwan, you
31:29can play Harris, you don't have to play either one of them. Chris Olave you definitely have to play. And then the
31:34running backs don't stand out to me. I'm a little bit behind industry on Alvin Kamara, but they're going to play Kamara, they're going to play Kendre
31:41Miller, they're going to play C.J.
31:42Donaldson as well. I really just don't trust any of them. I really just wouldn't want to be playing a Saints running back here.
31:52And then it's really just Tyler Shuck.
31:53You could stream him pretty much every week. Nothing about this week stands out for Shuck though.
31:58Then on the Giants side cuz I think an issue with the Saints is the the Giants. Right? Like the Saints are great because they can run so many
32:08plays and they get a bunch of dome games. Well, this is an outdoor game in New York and the Giants like are going
32:15to try and run the ball an okay amount, but they're also just not that good of an offense. And so it's unlikely that
32:21the Giants pull out to like a 10-13 point lead and force the Saints into a super fast-paced, super pass-heavy game script. And we've been having a lot of
32:32those game scripts in you know, this season really.
32:36If they don't have that and they're winning and they can play a little bit slower, run the ball a little bit more,
32:42it kind of hurts everyone's ceiling besides Chris Olave. That's why he kind of really is just the by far the best
32:47play on the Saints side. And then on, um, on the Giants, it's unbelievably concentrated. I mean, it is every passing target goes to Malik Nabers or
32:58Jalin Hyatt. And it's just no one else.
32:59I wish they would use Malachi Fields more. Um, I don't really wish they'd use Mooney more, but like, I wish Fields
33:04would get some sort of usage, but everything's going to Hyatt or Nabers, so you have to be playing those two. For the running backs, Kam
33:10Scar is going to grade out as that same range, you know, getting around 15 to 16 projected opportunities. He's going to
33:17be a low-end running back, too. But you don't trust them that much because, you know, they have Tyron Tracy Jr. they're
33:22playing, they're playing Najee Harris.
33:24And when you're starting three different running backs for for drives, like like literally literally like the first play on a drive, not just like randomly
33:30mixing in, um, you know, when Kam Scar gets tired, Tracy Jr. and Najee Harris both started drives last week. That's really tough.
33:39It limits the touch ceiling. And when you do hit that touch ceiling for Scar, last season it was because he would have
33:46like 15 or 16 rush attempts, but then also maybe seven or eight targets. Well, that's not happening this season. When he gets his touches, it's mostly coming
33:54on the ground, not as much through the air. He'll mix in like a couple receptions, but the offense is not that
34:00great. He's not getting as many targets.
34:03And now the carries are also being contended with with Najee and Tyron Tracy. And so, he's a fine play, low-end running back, too. Not one to feel great
34:11about. And I don't think you can stream James Winston. We could run into a spot where the Saints do pull ahead and they
34:17have to play, um, faster and throw the ball more. And that'll be good for Winston. Uh, it was kind of the dream
34:22like second half for, uh, the Giants though last week with all that passing volume. Uh, Winston is still not looked that great. So, I really wouldn't want
34:30to be streaming him this week.
34:33Next up, we've got Steelers at Bucks. 39 and a half point total, very low total game this week. And the Steelers are two
34:42and a half point road favorites. For the Steelers, that's 21 for the implied total. Negative match up for running backs and wide receivers, but a very
34:51good match up for tight ends. We've talked about that every week. It's basically maintained.
34:56This is just a top three match up for tight ends. So, yet another spot where Pat Freiermuth does stand out. He stood
35:02out last week. He'll stand out this week as well. Don't know on Rico. So, right now I have Rico in but limited. I have
35:09him projected for five rush attempts, 1.8 receptions. That's going to be big for Warren. If you don't have Rico at all, if he misses another week, then
35:19Warren's going to be like a top seven running back yet again. If you have what I have now is Rico projected to be
35:26limited and Warren playing, you've got like low end running back one for Warren. If they're like, "Oh, Rico's a full go." which I don't think would be
35:34the case. I mean, coming off the injury, like I would imagine he's limited in some way. But if they said he was like a
35:39full go, then, you know, Warren would be more of like a high end running back two. But regardless, that doesn't matter
35:44that much.
35:46Jaylen Warren is playing so well that you just you play him. Now, obviously last week, he gets a little lucky having, you know, an 80 yard touchdown
35:53and like another 50 yard touchdown. He didn't actually do that much regardless of those two plays. But the fact that he's capable of those, the fact that
36:00he's capable of racking up a ton of total touches, a ton of receptions, means, you know, given the state of running back right now, it's pretty thin
36:08outside the top like 15, you're playing Jaylen Warren every week right now even when Rico returns. Until he proves otherwise, you're playing him every
36:18week. For receiver, they're not going to have Pittman. They're not going to have um Goodness, can't even remember the name right now. Roman Wilson. Uh they're both
36:27going to be out uh the next couple of weeks. Uh so, DK Metcalf's going to grade out as a better play. Um Jeremy
36:34Bernard is fine, too. But, these guys are really just flex plays. I mean, Metcalf keeps being in these spots where you're like, "Okay, not a terrible
36:41matchup. We've got injuries. He should have eight or nine targets." And then he goes out there and has like four targets. And you're like, "How is that
36:49even possible?" He's not getting the football. Uh just not that involved in the offense this season. Randomly going to go off. So, randomly going to have
36:56that like five for 100 touchdown day. Uh but, you don't know what's coming, so that makes him flex play. Um and then
37:02Jeremy Bernard right now low-end flex play wide receiver 40 projecting about four receptions, 3.7, 41 receiving yards.
37:10Fine. A little bit better for him in full PPR because I feel okay about the receptions, but they'll come more close
37:16to the line of scrimmage. Uh but, definitely not someone you have to be playing. Um really it's you have to play
37:21Warren. Metcalf's a pretty good play in the flex spot. I would I mean, if you had Pat Freiermuth, you picked him up
37:28off free agency, and you had a tight end on a bye or a tight end underperforming, I mean, he's pretty involved. He's
37:34definitely highly involved in the red zone. It's a good matchup.
37:38He's playing really well right now. He's clearly their preferred receiving tight end. You've got multiple injuries at um wide receiver to where like he's going
37:48to almost play as their uh their slot wide receiver at times. Pat Freiermuth is like a pretty good play this weekend.
37:56Bucks side, uh kind of gross implied total here. I know they had a really good day on Thursday night against Dallas. That's Dallas. Even though you
38:04see it's a positive matchup for wide receiver and tight ends against the Steelers, uh Dallas is just like a dream matchup for
38:11possessions. And so, only 18 and 1/2 projected points. Uh still only two and 1/2 point home underdogs though, so they can definitely win this game. I would
38:18not play uh Jaylen Daniels. Um I would not play Chris Godwin. I would not play Kenny Gainwell.
38:25Um, Cade Otton is fine, but he's a very, very low-end play. Uh, for the most part, Bucky Igboanugo. Same as last week.
38:35Most of the offense is going to flow through them.
38:38Given the state of running back, if you have a running back capable of 30 fantasy points like Bucky scored last week, depending on format, but uh,
38:45capable of 30 fantasy points, you're definitely playing him. And then Igboanugo always a tough play. He was kind of on the fringes last week as
38:52well. He scores the touchdown, but if you watch that game, it was okay. Dallas does not have a good defense, and he's
38:57not exactly getting like a ton of usage downfield. It was very much what we talked about. Get the ball into his
39:02hands. Like they're they're trying to create plays where it's screen passes, it is quick drag routes, it is quick out routes. It's just everything quick. Just
39:10drop back and instantly get him the ball so he can create after the catch. Wasn't able to create too much after the catch
39:16last week, but the fact that he had like multiple plays, I think multiple inside the 5-yard line to just design touches
39:23to him means when they get close, he's got an elevated chance of scoring a touchdown. Uh, and just they're going to
39:28feed him a couple touches at a baseline, and that is nice. So, grades out as a flex play. Uh, wouldn't love him at wide
39:34receiver two, but he is a pretty solid like high-end wide receiver three this week. Uh, and again, no one else besides
39:41Bucky and Igboanugo really need to be in your starting lineup.
39:46Uh, 4:00 games kick off with Cardinals at Rams. 51 and 1/2 point total. Rams 12 and 1/2 point home favorites. Uh, that
39:54is a 32-point implied total, and there are spots I've seen it jump up to like 32 and 1/2. A crazy high implied total
40:02for the Rams side. But, on the Cardinals side, 19 and 1/2 for their implied total. Very much road underdogs. The Rams right now grinding out neutral to
40:11negative, uh, but they're ramping up.
40:13So, the Rams keep playing better and better on defense. I know, obviously, uh Buffalo scored what was it? 37 against them uh in that game on Monday night,
40:23but like that's Buffalo. They're going to do that to to even the best defenses in the NFL. The Rams are a good defense.
40:29Uh they're playing better. They're going to continue getting better as the season goes along. Um this is not a spot I'm
40:36like looking to attack for this team.
40:38So, um Trey McBride, Michael Wilson, those are the very clear you got him, you're playing him, right? I wouldn't stream Jacoby Brissett. Um I wouldn't
40:49stream this week Kendrick Bourne, Algier, Jaylen Brooks, any of those guys. Wouldn't play the defense, wouldn't play the kicker. The only
40:56question mark on this team in my eyes is Jeremiah Love. The The comments are concerning, right? Them being like, "We want to get him healthy." It's just like
41:04they're actually doing what's best for us in fantasy and what's best for him long-term and short-term. It's not ideal when when guys are like, you know, "I've
41:13got like two high ankle sprains, but I'mma go out there and gut it out." It's like, "Yeah, gut it out for your team,
41:19but the Cardinals are not a team that should be having their players gut it out and risking a more long-term injury.
41:26Get him healthy. You know, if you see him miss this game, it hurts because you're losing a running back too and someone that you kind of
41:34maybe needed, but hopefully you're just having Algier as a backup and if you do, you honestly hope rest Love for a week.
41:41Get him close to 100% for next week.
41:44I can play uh Tyler Algier as a featured running back now and he would be uh an auto start if that occurred. Um but we
41:50we want Jeremiah Love to get healthy because he's a very, very good talent, a very explosive player, great in receiving game. They just can't utilize
41:58him fully because he's a little bit banged up right now. I think he plays um I think if he does play, he's a low-end
42:05running back two. Talent-wise, I just think I would play him most of the time, but if you did have like three top 20
42:11running backs and you know, my projections at like 10 half PPR points, if that had him as a bench, he's fine to
42:17bench cuz he's not going to get a crazy amount of touches, and the Rams are already very good defense. Uh but at the
42:22end of the day, um you know, he's so talented that like if it's close, I would like to have him in my
42:30starting lineup. I just understand uh the production hasn't been that great thus far. But the the hope is honestly they get him healthy.
42:36And then the Rams side, I mean, again, when a team is projected for 32 to 32 and a half points, like
42:42home favorite by nearly two touchdowns, you play their guys. So, start Stafford, Kyren, Puka, Adams. Really no discussion points there. If you wanted to stream
42:52Tyler Higbee, I think that's fine. I don't know that you need to, but I think it's fine. And honestly, if you're in a
42:57terrible spot, and you had to stream Blake Corum, only projecting seven carries and one uh reception, uh and like 45 or so total yards, that's not
43:07great, but he could score a touchdown easily. He could go out there, if they're winning by a ton and have 12 or 13 rush
43:14attempts, maybe breaks off a long one.
43:16From there, there are worse plays than Blake Corum. Not going to project as a flex play, because you can't project a
43:23million rush attempts for this team, but it could absolutely happen. Um so, I'm not going to tell you you have to start
43:29Blake Corum, but if you're in a tough spot, I definitely think he would be fine to play. Next up, uh second 4:00
43:35game is going to be Bills at Raiders. Uh we've got a What is this? 53 and a half point total. Bills are five and a half
43:43point road favorites here. For the Bills side, that's 29 and a half for the implied total. Five and a half point
43:49road favorites. Uh good spot for running backs, good spot for tight ends, neutral spot for wide receivers. Um I don't know
43:57if DJ Moore is going to play. He misses last week. Seemed like he was getting closer to playing, so I haven't
44:01projected him right now, but I'll change that obviously if he doesn't play. That is a downgrade to Dalton Kincaid, who has not been as involved as of late.
44:09Still projecting as a low-end tight end one, but I don't love Dalton Kincaid this weekend. Really, it's obviously play Josh Allen, play James Cook, DJ
44:19Moore. I think if he's active, like the fact that they held him out last week is another one where it's like I like when
44:23teams do this. Like I like when teams don't throw players out there that are clearly injured, going to get hurt in
44:28the first quarter, miss an extra two games than they would have, play limited, like get your guys healthy, right? This is a good enough offense
44:36where even if DJ Moore is not out there, you can score 37 against the Rams. Like that is how good this offense is. So, if
44:41he goes out there, I would expect him to be healthy. And if he's healthy, I want him in my starting lineup. So, I would
44:47play DJ Moore if he is healthy enough to play. And then yeah, Kincaid takes a hit, but will still project as a low-end
44:53tight end one. And then no one else will be that appealing. I wouldn't play Keon Coleman, Knox, Skyler Bell, even Shakir.
45:00I low-end flex play he grades out as, but I wouldn't want to play Shakir once we Moore returning. And then for the
45:06Raiders, 24 for the implied total, so that's pretty solid, you know, only five and a half point road underdogs. The Bills defense hasn't been like shut down
45:14or anything. You can definitely play against them. And this Raiders offense has been good. You can stream Kirk Cousins. I think I actually might boost
45:20his projection a little bit more. You can stream him this week. The odds are the Bills win. The odds are the Bills
45:25play with a lead. And if Cousins is dropping back a ton, well, they throw for basically every touchdown as well.
45:31So, he's not a bad streaming option.
45:33Obviously, play Brock Bowers. When Gentry's out there playing, you play him in your starting lineup. And then no one else is that appealing. Trey Tucker is
45:40fine, and I think Trey Tucker could hit if this team is trailing and really needs to play from behind and throw the
45:45ball at a pretty high rate. But no one else is a play. The entire offense is centered around Brock Bowers and Ashton
45:51Gentry. So, play them. I would probably just bench everyone else, but maybe Tucker if you need him. And then again, Cousins not a bad streaming option this
45:59weekend. Next up, we've got Chargers at Chiefs, 42 and a half point total.
46:04Chiefs are eight and a half point home favorites. For the Chargers side, 17 for the implied total. That's not good again
46:12eight and a half point road underdogs against a very good Chiefs defense in Arrowhead when the Chiefs are also coming off by. This is also very much
46:21historically a spot where wide receivers underperform even in all those seasons where Casey was dropping like 30 points per game. Everyone's like, oh, you can
46:30get a trailing script, ton of wide receiver receptions. Nope. Wide receivers just do not perform that well against the Chiefs especially in
46:38Arrowhead. So, not a good spot for wide receivers, okay spot for running backs and tight ends, but at the end of the day, this is
46:44a very good defense. You're playing in Arrowhead. They're going to do well coming off by. Not a good spot for anyone on the Chargers. Do not play
46:53Herbert.
46:54I really wouldn't play the running backs.
46:57Um, we've been talking about how it doesn't take that much to project is like the running back 17 to kind of like 20,
47:032022, 23. Well, Keeton, Hampton, running backs 26 and 30. Vidal, running back 37.
47:09If they're going to have a three running back rotation in this terrible spot, you're not going to want to be playing any of them. I
47:16have Ladd projected in right now even factoring in the very difficult match-up. Ladd is so far and away their best wide receiver especially if I don't
47:26know if Trey Harris is playing and I don't know if QJ is going to play as well. So, if it's Ladd alongside like
47:31Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Theo Wease, Darius Davis, like he's going to get every target imaginable. So, hopefully he's healthy enough to play. And if he
47:42is, I'd probably play him. But, kind of something we're just going to have to see as the week goes on and this weekend
47:48goes on as well. But, really only Ladd is who I would be trusting on the Chargers side. For the Chiefs side,
47:55they're also dealing with some injuries.
47:57Also a tough spot for them. They're only at 25 and 1/2 of the implied total.
48:01That's not bad, but obviously this team is capable of scoring a lot more than that. Yeah, I don't know about Rashee
48:07Rice yet. We're not really sure. I haven't projected out, but that's not guaranteed yet.
48:13Um We're not going to have um Thornton as well. He's going to miss a lot of time. So, you've got Worthy as
48:20the pretty clear top wide receiver. But then like Jaylen Royals, Skyy Moore and hopefully has more usage coming off of bye. Justin Watson,
48:29Richie James. Like it's it's not great at the wide receiver room for the Chiefs right now. It makes sense that they're
48:36rumored to be looking at Tyreek Hill.
48:39End of the day, start Kenneth Walker, start Patrick Mahomes, start Travis Kelce if especially Rashee Rice does not play.
48:48Kelce absorbs a lot of those targets.
48:50He'll have great usage in the red zone as well. I really would play Travis Kelce if you did not have Rashee Rice
48:56out there.
48:57Again, Worthy, he's just so bad. Like he's not a good wide receiver. He's not even a good deep threat even though he's
49:05super fast. I really don't want to rely on him. I know the projections are going to say he's a low-end wide receiver two.
49:12The volume-wise, it has to go somewhere and like Jaylen Royals is also bad. You know, Skyy Moore is not going to rack up
49:19a ton of receptions. It's just a spot where it's like, man, like I really don't want to rely on Xavier Worthy. So,
49:27um we'll see if Rice is able to play, but I just I'm never a Worthy fan. I don't think he's going to really do
49:31anything even in what would be a great spot, you know, being by far the best wide receiver on this team. I'd stick to
49:37Kenneth, Mahomes, and and Kelce. And you could stream obviously the KC defense as well.
49:43All right. Next up, we've got the Sunday night game. Cowboys at Packers. Should be a really, really fun game to watch.
49:5153 and a half point total. Packers only one and a half point home favorite. So, we've got, you know, 26 to 27 and a half
49:59as the implied outcome here. Uh could be a spot where both teams push to 30 points. But, 27 plus definitely in the
50:06range of outcomes as well. Uh for the Cowboys, look at the Packers defense.
50:10Number three match up for running backs.
50:11Number one match up for wide receivers.
50:14And, you know, average-ish to tight ends. But, that doesn't really matter uh for for Dallas.
50:20Play it. Like, if it's even remotely close, play a person in this game. Start Dak, Tony Pollard, CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup,
50:28Aubrey.
50:28You could low-end flex play uh Ryan Flournoy. That's how good this match up is. He's only the wide receiver 41. So,
50:35he'd be more in like three wide receiver leagues. But, if you've got someone in this game, I'd play them. Besides Jake
50:40Ferguson. All right, he's just so bad. I mean, he's another one like Mark Andrews where it's like can't hold on to the
50:45football. The routes are so close to the line of scrimmage. He's only getting complete dump-offs. Uh you're going to need him to rack up like seven
50:52receptions to do anything in fantasy. I just I don't like Jake Ferguson. I wouldn't be playing him. But, I'd play basically everyone else on this offense.
50:59And for the Packers, it's pretty similar, right? Number two match up for running backs. Number two match up for wide receivers. Neutral for tight ends.
51:06But, play uh Jordan Love, play Watson, play Golden, play Lloyd, play uh Tucker Kraft. Like, just get these guys in your
51:13starting lineup. Lloyd's the one that's probably most questionable. Running back 20 right now. Um I just think they are kind of shifting a
51:20little bit more uh from Caleb over to him. Uh they are using Pierre Strong a little bit. But, it's not a crazy
51:26amount. Um and again, this Dallas defense is just so, so, so bad uh that MarShawn Lloyd capable of ripping off a
51:33big play. They used him in the red zone last week. So, you're hoping that continues. Um Very much a high variance play. But,
51:42it's really good spot um if it's close.
51:45I would probably lean towards playing Lloyd. And again, that's the take with everyone in this game. If it's close, play the person in this game. It's got
51:51the most upside of any game this week.
51:54Uh but similar upside, honestly, to this Commanders-49ers game. 50 and 1/2 point total. 49ers 7 and 1/2 point home favorites. The one thing that you can
52:03say about this game as to why it could play out a little bit differently than the Sunday night one is the 49ers um
52:10definitely better defense uh but also capable hasn't really happened yet this season but capable of those really long drives that just kill the play volume on
52:20the other side. And the Commanders aren't like that good. Um I think they can play from behind and put the other
52:25decent day. But at the end of the day, uh the Commanders offense is um struggling to a degree this season. But
52:32number five match up running backs against the 49ers negative match up for wide receivers and tight ends. 21 and 1/2 for the implied total for the
52:38Commanders here. Uh Jayden Daniels what was it? 100-plus yards uh two rushing touchdowns last week. Uh that's what he's going to give
52:45you, right? He's not going to throw for that many yards. Uh the passing touchdown projection is not that great.
52:50But he's capable of 100 and multiple scores on the ground. And that's why he's a high-end fantasy asset. The problem with him long-term is the
52:59elbow's going to be a problem. Like at some point, he's going to probably suffer a setback. He needs surgery this off season, but he might suffer a hit,
53:06fall down. Like he's all he's probably the most likely quarterback to get injured in game and miss time. So, he's always going to be a risky start. But if
53:15you told me he started and finished this game, I would say, "Well, he's going to project as a low-end quarterback one in
53:21this spot." So, you can definitely play him. Uh Cross Kelly has no reception profile, but should be the leading early down, should have like 14-15 rush
53:29attempts. That makes him a low-end running back two. Um not a whole lot else to like. McLaurin was clearly a little bit injured last
53:36season when they kind of needed him late in the game. Uh I would imagine this week he's just a little bit more
53:41healthy. Um I don't know about Diggs. I don't have him projected in right now. I don't think he's going to play, but that's one
53:48to watch as well, you know, Thursday afternoon, Friday for the practice reports there, and just see what happens there. Uh but if you didn't have Diggs,
53:54uh McLaurin would be like a, you know, a a decent flex play. Like he'd be a pretty solid flex play. They're probably
53:59going to be trailing. He's, you know, I like Antonio Williams, but he's still significantly better than Antonio Williams, Treylon Burks, Dyami Brown.
54:06Like these are not guys that are going to command super high and target share.
54:10So, play Jaylen Jayden if you have him. Uh cross him out low end two. Terry McLaurin, I think you put him in the starting lineup if you
54:18have him him as well. Uh really wouldn't be looking anywhere else. And then on the 49ers side, uh very positive match
54:25up overall. Still the number one match up for um tight ends. Uh basically a smash spot for George Kittle. And their
54:32whole wide receiver room is injured. I talked about this in I think the rankings video. Four wide receivers on IR. Then you have Deebo out last week.
54:39He's probably going to miss a couple weeks with a hamstring injury. Uh and then you have Jacob Cowling who I have
54:44projected in right now, but Cowling, he might miss as well. So, they've have to resurrect Brandon Cooks from the grave.
54:51Uh he's only the wide receiver 54, but honestly, if you had Cowling miss, they're going to need Brandon Cooks. So, he'd probably jump up closer to wide
54:57receiver 40, and he'd be viable, which is disgusting to say in week six of the 2026 season that Brandon Cooks would be
55:04viable in fantasy. But for the most part, Purdy, McCaffrey, Evans, Kittle, all going to project extraordinarily well. They must be in your starting
55:14lineup. There's a chance one of them underperforms, but so much of the volume is going to have to flow through all of
55:20these players that there's a great chance of a great day from all of them.
55:25So, I would definitely be playing them this weekend. And again, in a deeper league, Brandon Cooks, if Jacob Cowling were to miss, they don't have very many
55:32wide receivers that are healthy. He'd be totally fine to play. So, uh that is it for the week six rankings video. Of
55:40course, the rankings are going to change throughout the week. Big rankings updates, you know, Thursday afternoon, Thursday night, Friday. That's when a
55:47lot of the changes happens, and then tricklings of changes on Saturday and Sunday morning for injury news. But, watch the news, follow me on X. I'll
55:56like retweet things that are important.
55:57Join the Discord so you can see news in there.
56:00But, then really just the rankings on the website, that's that's what you're looking at, right? You can listen to this video, but at the end of the day,
56:06go with the rankings that they have for your settings on the website. So, that's it for this one. Thank you all for
56:11watching. I'll catch you all on Tuesday for the week seven waiver wire video.
