Best/Worst Playoff Schedules, Trade Targets, WAS-PHI and Fantasy Cops! (11/13 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today: Episode Summary

Episode: Best/Worst Playoff Schedules, Trade Targets, WAS-PHI and Fantasy Cops!
Release Date: November 13, 2024
Hosts/Analysts: Adam Aizer, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings, and Jamie

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1. Introduction and Trade Grading

The episode kicks off with Adam Aizer expressing astonishment over a Fantasy Football Trade (FFT) Open division participant who allocated their entire FAB budget to Audric Estimate, highlighting its audacity and rarity. The team then delves into analyzing and grading listener-submitted trades from Twitter.

• Notable Quote:
  • Adam (02:10): "This is gonna go the distance."

Highlighted Trades:

• Nate Lane's Trade: Trading Dowdle and DJ Moore for Deebo Samuel received an A+ grade from Dave Richard.
• Pete Farmer's Offer: Marvin Harrison Jr. and Chase Brown for Aaron Jones also earned an A+ from Dave, emphasizing the high value of Harrison and Brown over Jones in the current context.
• Jordan Love and Jonathan Taylor for Kirk Cousins, Tony Pollard, and Calvin Ridley: Rated as fair, with Calvin Ridley's upcoming schedule being a key consideration.
• Tyreek Hill and Zach Ertz for Jalen Waddle, J.K. Dobbins, and Brian Thomas Jr.: Graded as a D, primarily due to the trade valuing Tyreek Hill beyond his current performance potential.

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2. Buy Low and Sell High Strategies

The analysts discuss potential buy low and sell high opportunities to optimize fantasy rosters.

Buy Low Recommendations:

• DeAndre Swift: Jamie suggests purchasing Swift amid coordinator changes, believing Thomas Brown will favor his usage despite tough upcoming matchups against Minnesota and Detroit.
  • Jamie (26:54): "He has everything you need for the whole game day crew."
• Mike Evans and CD Lamb: Heath emphasizes buying low on Mike Evans and Bree Hall, considering their performances and future potential despite recent downturns.
• Josh Jacobs and Nick Chubb: Dave recommends acquiring Jacobs and Chubb due to their favorable schedules and consistent performance, viewing them as undervalued assets.

Sell High Recommendations:

• Najee Harris: Adam and Dave agree that Harris faces the worst schedule, making him a prime candidate to sell high before his performance potentially declines further.
  • Heath (35:13): "I don't think he's going to be a starting running back in fantasy."
• Kyler Murray and Drake London: Murray is considered a sell high due to his inconsistency, while London faces a challenging playoff schedule.

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3. Strength of Schedule Analysis

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to evaluating player schedules for the fantasy playoffs, focusing on running backs and wide receivers.

Running Backs:

• J.K. Dobbins vs. Marvin Harrison Jr.: Decision-making hinges on their respective playoff schedules, with Dobbins deemed preferable in PPR formats.
  • Dave (09:50): "I would rather have Dobbins."
• Isaiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt: The uncertainty around Pacheco's return makes Hunt a more reliable option, despite a tough playoff schedule.
  • Adam (20:03): "I don't think he's going to be a starting running back in fantasy."

Wide Receivers:

• Terry McLaurin: Despite facing the Eagles, considered one of the best defenses, McLaurin remains a high-end start due to his consistent performance.
  • Dave (50:03): "I can't see myself peeling away from him."
• DeAndre Hopkins and Calvin Ridley: Hopkins faces one of the toughest playoff schedules, making Ridley a more attractive option.
  • Adam (64:05): "Calvin Ridley's schedule is among the best in football."

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4. Quarterback and Tight End Updates

The team discusses the current QB landscape and tight end options, advising on optimal starts based on matchups and player performance.

• Quarterback Insights:

  • Trevor Lawrence vs. Caleb Williams: Debating the dynasty value, with some expressing concerns over Williams' long-term viability compared to Lawrence.
  • Jared Goff: Faces a challenging playoff schedule and is not considered a reliable fantasy starter.
  • Kyler Murray: Despite inconsistency, his upside keeps him relevant, though some recommend trading him before potential downturns.

• Tight End Considerations:

  • Hunter Henry vs. Dallas Goddard vs. Zach Ertz: Preference leans towards Goddard, balancing performance and matchup advantages.
    • Jamie (54:38): "Goddard slightly."
  • Brock Bowers and Jimmy Garoppolo: Bowers is recognized as a top-tier tight end but facing potential overflow from the waiver wire.

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5. Fantasy Cops: Listener Disputes and Advice

In the Fantasy Cops segment, the hosts address listener-submitted disputes, emphasizing fairness and commissioner responsibilities.

• Listener Case from Canada:
  • Issue: Victor from Calgary questions whether a commissioner should manually adjust his lineup by replacing an inactive running back (Jonathan Brooks) with another (Jalen Warren).
  • Consensus: If the commissioner enforces changes uniformly, then Victor's lineup adjustment was justified.
    • Jamie (58:23): "If he's done it for everybody else, then yes, he's got to do it for you."

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6. Thursday Night Football Preview

The hosts preview the upcoming Thursday Night Football game between the Eagles and Washington, analyzing key matchup points and player performances.

• Eagles vs. Washington:

  • Eagles' Defense: Highlighted as the strongest, particularly against running backs, limiting opportunities and forcing defenses to adapt.
    • Adam (46:10): "The Eagles are just limiting running back opportunities right now."
  • Key Player Decisions: Debate over starting vs. benching Dallas Goddard and Devonte Smith based on their roles and Washington's defensive weaknesses.
    • Heath (52:50): "He's a low end number three for me."

• Notable Player Performances:

  • Terry McLaurin: Continues to be a high-value receiver despite tough defenses.
    • Adam (50:12): "He has an unbelievable automatic start since week three."
  • Chase and McLaurin Matchups: Considerations on how Garoppolo's defense might impact Chase’s performance.

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7. Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Content

The episode concludes with light-hearted banter among the hosts, promoting upcoming Fantasy Cops episodes and encouraging listener engagement through social media and email submissions.

• Notable Quote:
  • Adam (33:35): "This is so funny."

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Key Takeaways:

• Trade Wisely: Evaluate trades based on player value and upcoming schedules, prioritizing consistency and favorable matchups.
• Buy Low, Sell High: Identify players with temporary setbacks or tough schedules as potential buy low or sell high opportunities to enhance your fantasy roster.
• Schedule Strength: Strong playoff schedules can significantly impact player performance; prioritize players facing weaker defenses.
• Commissioner Conduct: Commissioners should apply rules uniformly to maintain fairness within leagues.
• Stay Informed: Continuously monitor player performance, injuries, and team dynamics to make informed fantasy decisions.

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**Stay tuned for more insights and strategies to dominate your fantasy league every week on Fantasy Football Today!

Transcript

[Adam]

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[Dave]

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[Adam]

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[Heath]

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[Jamie]

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[Adam]

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[Heath]

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[Adam]

Off to the races and he stays on his feet.

[Dave]

This is gonna go the distance.

[Heath]

Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie and Heath.

[Adam]

Well, hello everybody. Happy Wednesday. Happy hump day. It is Fantasy Football today presented by BetMGM, the sportsbook. Born in Vegas and my mind is completely blown because I just looked at a fab report and someone in the FFT open, in my FFT open division got audric estimate for $100 out of $100, which is crazy on two accounts. One, this person who first place, so I can't really criticize too much, has not spent a single dollar in fab all year. So that's insane. But also just spent all of it on Audric estimate. That is insaner about that.

[Dave]

Okay, more insane.

[Adam]

Insaner. Dave, it's a word.

[Dave]

Insaner in the brainer.

[Adam]

It's not a word. Welcome to the show. We're going to talk trade today. We're going to start out by grading your trades which I think is a good way to establish the value of of, you know, relevant players like Tyreek Hill and a lot of Tyrone Tracy trade talk. And we're going to look at schedules. So Dave, every week he updates strength of schedule. I just Took a look at players that have the best and the worst matchups at running back, quarterback, and wide receiver rest of season. And that's based on. Mostly just based on fantasy points allowed. So it's not really all that subjective. I made a couple of adjustments, but we'll see. The players that you need to know about, like Tyrone Tracy actually shows up as a. As a player that has multiple bottom 10 matchups in the fantasy playoffs. Does that even matter? He's got. Let's see, he's got the Ravens, the Falcons, and the Colts, I believe, in the fantasy playoffs. So Falcons are 10th against running backs. Ravens, we know, are tough anyway, stuff like that. You ready to get started? Let's grade some trades.

[Dave]

Yeah, let's get it started in here.

[Adam]

Also very excited for Thursday Night Football. We'll talk about that game. Here's a quick round of grade the trade from Twitter. Nate Lane. Not that Nate. Nate Lane said, I traded Dowdle and DJ Moore for D for Debo Samuel.

[Dave]

He went A plus.

[Adam]

Pete Farmer has been offered.

[Dave]

Pete?

[Adam]

Yeah, what's up? Pete offered Marvin Harrison Jr. And Chase Brown for Aaron Jones.

[Dave]

I would accept.

[Heath]

Yep. This is not help me make a trade. This is grade the trade, Pete, you need to follow the rules. Make the trade, then send it to us.

[Adam]

But if we graded it, shouldn't you.

[Dave]

Get it graded before you make it?

[Adam]

We'll grade it now.

[Dave]

It's an A plus.

[Adam]

It's a great.

[Dave]

Harrison and Brown for Aaron Jones. Oh, man.

[Adam]

Okay, let's get to some.

[Dave]

I'm surprised he even sent that in.

[Adam]

He says he doesn't make a lot of trades. He says I don't do trades often, so.

[Dave]

Okay. Well, when it's that obvious, it's. It's a yes.

[Adam]

Well, and that's just. You guys value Chase Brown as. As a stud, right?

[Dave]

Yes.

[Heath]

Both RB2s.

[Adam]

Yeah. And you're getting Harrison on top of it. All right, Jamie's here. Kyle Cooper wants to know grade the trade. Jordan Love and Jonathan Taylor for Kirk Cousins, Tony Pollard, and Calvin Ridley.

[Dave]

Probably comes out to fair on the trade chart, but I'd rather have Love and Taylor.

[Adam]

Okay, so, see, it's pretty even, we're saying. So it's Jordan Love and Jonathan Taylor for Cousins, Pollard and Ridley, I would say. And. And then to bring up Ridley here. Love his schedule going forward. His opponents rank 30th, 24th, 18th, 27th, 20th, 21st and 27th rest of season. Every single opponent 18th or worse against opposing wide receivers. I had highlighted Ridley, Dave as one of the Best schedules going forward. I don't know if you had the same.

[Dave]

I. Yes. Third best schedule according to the fantasy strength of schedule and second best in weeks 15 through 17. And we've got a game of him playing well with Will Levis, and that was before the garbage time. Touchdown. So I think you can. I think you can start to be cautiously optimistic about Calvin Ridley moving forward, but shouldn't be surprised if he has a couple of dud games between now and week 15.

[Adam]

Joreen is trading Tyreek Hill and Zach Ertz for Jalen Waddle, J.K. dobbins and Brian Thomas Jr.

[Dave]

D. So the chart likes it just because I think there's enough value still for Dobbins and Brian Thomas Jr. To more than outweigh Tyreek Hill. I mean, I was just.

[Heath]

I was like, is there one of those five players that I'm excited to have on my fantasy football team right now?

[Dave]

Right. So are you just kind of swapping headaches here?

[Jamie]

Well, you're obviously trading Tyreek for Dobbins. That's the. That's the deal. That's the main part of it.

[Dave]

Right. But I. Brian Thomas Jr. Might have some good moments between now and the rest of the way.

[Jamie]

He might. But, I mean, Mac Jones is not going to exactly make people feel comfortable to start Brian Thomps Jr. Anytime soon.

[Adam]

And we don't know Trevor Lawrence's status. Right. I mean, they have a buy next week.

[Jamie]

At this point, you should assume Trevor Lawrence is not playing again this season.

[Adam]

Now, I will say Dobbins is a guy who has a lot of good run defenses left on the schedule. Cincinnati's run defense has gotten pretty good. We know Baltimore's run defense is good. The Falcons have a solid run defense. Not great. It's okay. It's above average. Kansas City, best run defense in football. Those are his next four matchups. Then he gets in the playoffs. He gets three teams that struggle against running backs. But Tampa Bay, yeah, they struggle against running backs. Tampa Bay, Denver. Denver actually has a pretty good run defense. They give up about 4 yards per carry, which is really good this year. And then New England should be a good matchup in Week 17. But Dobbins has struggled against tough run defenses and he has a lot of them coming up. So that's kind of competition again. Yes, he does.

[Dave]

Well, how much of last week is going to carry over week to week did. Was that just about getting Gus Edwards back into the swing of things? And next week it'll be a Dobbins game? Could it be a hot hand approach each week or are we really looking at Gus Edwards and J.K. dobbins splitting carries and they try and manage the two of their older backs for as long as they're playing football this season?

[Heath]

I think, like, even if you look at before Gus Edwards got hurt, they were pretty much splitting carries. It was just the Dobbins was really good and Gus was really terrible. But the number of rush attempts were pretty similar.

[Adam]

Yeah. Didn't it seem like they were kind of phasing Gus out though? After a first. First cuss, he was struggled. He was text. He stunk.

[Dave]

It was.

[Jamie]

It was definitely moving in that direction. But to Heath's point, that was the early season scenario of both of them sharing touches and Dobbins just outperforming Edwards. You know, like, I wonder how we feel about Edwards if he gets the goal line plunge instead of Hassan Haskins and now you're talking about 10 for 55 and a goal line score. It. It's. It just feels like to Dave's point, they're trying to see their path and their path is to the playoffs, you know, and so you want to make sure Dobbins gets you there. Or Dobbs could be Dobbins is there when you get there. And so can you lean on Edwards a little bit more? Because you clearly have seen what Dobbins can be when he's getting all that work. And so I said it yesterday, I said it last couple of weeks like he was approaching and now he's passed his season high or career high in carries for a season. You know, this is. Got to be a little bit concerned about Dobbins, you know, is he going to hold up?

[Dave]

Yep. And so I think everybody here would agree that his value sank last week. Dobbins value sank last week. So let me run some names past you guys. Who would you rather have a non PPR rest of the way? Because I think you'd take Marvin Harrison over Dobbins in full ppr, but tell me if I'm wrong. But in non ppr, Marvin or Dobbins, who would you rather have the rest of the way?

[Jamie]

Dobbins.

[Adam]

Dobbins.

[Dave]

Yeah. And that's how I feel about it. Let's move up a little bit. What about movie Marvin? Oh, okay. So then you would definitely take Mooney ahead of JK Dobbins the rest of the way. Non ppr?

[Adam]

I would probably take Dobbins, but yeah, same for me.

[Heath]

I mean, non PPR, but yeah, it's really hard. Like what are 10 of people playing on PPR anymore.

[Adam]

Is it?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Adam]

All right, let's go to our next one here. But the bottom line is that I.

[Dave]

Almost think that Dobbins, if you can get him cheap enough right now, is a good buy low.

[Adam]

All right, just to summarize, Tyreek Hill or J.K. dobbins Rest of season, I.

[Dave]

Would rather have Dobbins.

[Jamie]

Tyreek.

[Heath]

Probably Tyreek.

[Adam]

All right, next email or next grade the trade from Max Devonte Adams and Kyle Pitts for Travis Kelsey. I have neighbors, Pickens Downs and McConkey in a two receiver league. Adams and Pitts for Kelsey.

[Jamie]

Love it.

[Heath]

Hey.

[Dave]

If I had to grade it, I'd probably give it like a B because you'll probably get more points out of Adams and Pitts, but you'll also have like a headache over those two guys every week.

[Adam]

Yeah, this is consolidating. Right? And yes, that's what it is. Tight end. Okay, now, do you have with neighbors, Pickens Downs and McConkey. Do you have two reliable receivers there? I think definitely with Pickens. I hope you have yes.

[Dave]

The answer is yes, you do.

[Adam]

Dylan traded George Pickens and Jacoby Myers for Tyreek Hill. No.

[Dave]

Oh, no.

[Jamie]

I don't like that.

[Adam]

Yeah, we like Pickens straight up better than Hill, right? Rest of season? Yes.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Right now I do.

[Adam]

Do we like Myers better than Hill rest of season?

[Dave]

I do. Full ppr. Absolutely.

[Adam]

He's break the tie. Myers or Tyreek Hill Recipes.

[Heath]

I'd probably still go Tyreek, but they're both around 15th.

[Adam]

Probably. All right, I'll do one more here. Non PPR. One of the 10 percenters.

[Heath]

Well, we had 10, 10 grade the trades here and one of them was non ppr.

[Adam]

There you go. Tyrone Tracy for Mike Evans.

[Jamie]

Rather Tracy.

[Heath]

I'll take Evans. He's my. He's my. Like, he got one more week before he comes back and is.

[Jamie]

We hope.

[Dave]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna roll with Heath here. I think Evans is the better one to have in ppr. Oh, it's non PPR still. Evans.

[Adam]

Are you guys confident in Tyrone Tracy moving forward? He's one I really wanted to talk about here. Upcoming schedule. Tampa Bay 27th against running backs. Dallas 28th, New Orleans 29th. Wow. That's his next three games. It's awesome. Yes, but then it's Baltimore at Atlanta and then the colts in week 17. Depends how you feel about Atlanta. They're technically a top 10 defense against running backs. They don't give up a lot of touchdowns, but they. This is the lowest scoring team in football. So keep that in mind.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I, I, it's obviously going to be contextual, you know, what, what you're talking about and who he, what his role is on your fantasy team. Because for a lot of people he's been a late round edition or a waiver wire pickup. And so if I can use him in those three games for the next three weeks, when we have two weeks of miserable by weeks coming up, absolutely, he's going to be a starter. And in comparing him to Evans, if you tell me Evans is healthy, sure, I'll take Evans over him. But given the uncertainty right now of what we're talking about here, I mean, Nico Collins is working on a five week hamstring injury and his wasn't considered as severe as Mike Evans.

[Adam]

It wasn't. Well, he went on ir. Evans didn't.

[Jamie]

Fair point. See, it seemed, it seemed as if what, what happened to Evans was a little bit more serious based on the reporting.

[Adam]

Okay, I have no idea. I'm just, yeah, just throwing that out.

[Dave]

There are two different guys with two different injuries. Who knows?

[Adam]

All right, all right. We're gonna take a break. Before we do that, Heath, give us a little FFT Dynasty promo.

[Heath]

Yeah, we had Theo Griminger on this week. We talked about some of the 2024 Yo Yos guys that were moving up and down in our rankings. We can't figure out where to rank them. We talked about some buy lows. He re ranked his top five rookies. Lots and lots of fun.

[Adam]

The four of us have a yo yo contest. Have to do tricks with a yo yo who wins.

[Heath]

I would assume you, you would be wrong, sir.

[Adam]

Grade the answer. That was an F Midas. I couldn't even like. Do I do a single yo yo trick? A terrible at yo yos anyway.

[Jamie]

You have a trick. I mean that's, that's more than.

[Adam]

I don't have a trick. I don't. All right. We all suck at it.

[Heath]

You can't make it go down and back up.

[Dave]

Yeah, I think I might be able to make a yo yo go down, stay there for a second and then come back up.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Dave]

Is that better than the other three of you?

[Adam]

Somehow Dave wins. Congratulations.

[Dave]

I'm the yo yo yo yo guy.

[Adam]

All right, we'll be right back on fantasy football today with some news and notes and some, you know, that makes.

[Dave]

My mother yo yo ma.

[Adam]

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[Heath]

Yes. Theo was not very optimistic. He said it feels like we're at this point to where his value could completely sink at any moment. But I think, like, he's still a top 15 dynasty quarterback and probably will remain that until week one of next year. I wonder how much Trevor Lawrence's path are impacting the way. Is impacting the way that people feel about Caleb Williams. Because we spent, like four years saying, making excuses for Trevor Lawrence and talking about his pedigree and how good he was coming into the NFL and he'll eventually figure it out and he never did. And I wonder if people don't want to do that same thing to Caleb Williams.

[Adam]

You're very hard on Trevor Lawrence. You're very hard on him. He's not that bad. He's an average quarterback in the NFL, Right?

[Heath]

Sure.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Dave]

I'd say he's a little bit better than average.

[Adam]

For.

[Heath]

We play a game called fantasy football, and he was drafted to be like, the. One of the. One of the greats.

[Dave]

Right.

[Heath]

And he never delivered on that.

[Dave]

I wasn't like, he did it in one playoff game.

[Adam]

Okay, so we agree. He's like a, you know, he's a solid quarterback. He's a.

[Heath]

He's a fine QB2 in Super Flex.

[Jamie]

It's gonna be very curious to see what happens next year when Ben Johnson's his head coach.

[Adam]

Yeah, right. Exactly.

[Dave]

That'll be great for him. Who Ben Johnson is. Whose coach?

[Jamie]

Trevor Lawrence's coach.

[Dave]

Oh, okay. I'm not sure if that's locked in. I know that he.

[Jamie]

I don't think anything with Ben Johnson is locked in.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

But it sounds like that's where he wants to be. Yeah.

[Adam]

Now, if you're Ben Johnson, do you. Do you want to go to. Yeah. He's a Lions defensive court offensive coordinator. Just in case anyone doesn't know. Do you want to go to Chicago? Do you want to go to Jacksonville? Take your pick.

[Jamie]

You want to go where there's no state tax and no cold and a.

[Dave]

Quarterback who doesn't have a problem holding the ball too long and, you know, leaving the pocket too soon. Like, Trevor's a little more refined than Caleb. Boy, well, he should be.

[Heath]

He's been in the league half a decade.

[Dave]

All the more reason to go with that quarterback instead of Caleb, who. He's going to have some significant flaws. No matter. I don't think he's gotten any better since I. This time last year.

[Heath]

Like, I. I get that. But I also, I would think, like, if you could have three Years with a quarterback on a rookie deal that might then better than working into the 40 million dollar Trevor Lawrence contract.

[Adam]

Well, I, I would say this, I. If you're just from a dynasty standpoint, I don't think anyone should be drawing any conclusions on Caleb Williams.

[Jamie]

No.

[Adam]

There was a report that I guess the Bears are concerned about his long term viability as a franchise quarterback. But I think that would be so stupid. I mean, a guy that has had his entire offensive line injured, perhaps a bad offensive coordinator. If you ask all the Twitter cops. Terrible offensive coordinator. I don't know. I mean, I think, I think bad quarterbacks get coordinators fired sometimes. He hasn't played well, but he's so talented. His arm is so. It's incredible. And who's like, come on, don't freak out over. Over nine games or 10 games, whatever it's been like.

[Dave]

Sure. Unless there's something going on behind the scenes that the rest of the world doesn't know.

[Jamie]

It's not just that you're freaking out because you're seeing the guy who was picked right after him looking like a generational talent. And you're seeing another guy in the first round. Two other guys in the first round that are looking like potential future franchise guys.

[Dave]

Right.

[Jamie]

And you just lost the one a week ago when you couldn't do anything offensively and that guy looked pretty calm.

[Adam]

Yeah, I get it. All right. Isaiah Pacheco. Isaiah Pacheco has been designated to return from ir. But he and Dave, I don't know if you have this as well. I think Pacheco has one of the worst schedules. Like he.

[Dave]

I got it for everybody. Adam, you don't have to worry. Go ahead.

[Adam]

No, I don't. I don't know if you agreed. I think Pacheco's schedule stinks. Basically.

[Dave]

It's not great and it's especially bad. And we've talked about this. The fantasy playoffs. I've got it graded as the fourth worst schedule for running backs. So whether it's Pacheco or Hunt, it's going to be a tough finish to the year for Kansas City.

[Heath]

Yeah, I'll go ahead and give myself high too. I think you try very hard to sell Pacheco off. This news that he's been activated. I've got the windows been opened because I don't even think he's a feature back probably.

[Dave]

Let me tell you that I came up with this half baked idea of could I sell the idea to everybody watching and listening that you could trade for Kareem Hunt? And Isaiah Pacheco and get them at discounts right now. And so I reached out to a couple of fantasy managers in some of my leagues and asked what would it take for Isaiah Pacheco. The. The results were ludicrous. All right. One of my. A friend of mine, Chris, asked for Sam Laporta and Jonathan Taylor for Isaiah Pacheco. I mean, it just like absolute. No one would accept that trade. So I think people are hoping that Isaiah Pacheco, it's almost like they think that he's going to be back this week and he's going to be back to 20 touches a game. And that's just not anywhere close to reality. I think he's right. You might be able to get a haul for Pacheco if you can find somebody who is willing to overpay for someone that. We don't know when he's coming back. We don't know what his role is going to be. He might be limited until the playoffs and then even then he's going to lose some work to Kareem Hunt. Because what's Kareem Hunt done other than, you know, is he efficient as a runner? No. But he's physically can catch the football. He can certainly take some work away from Isaiah Pacheco. Maybe the time is right to trade for Kareem Hunt because there doesn't seem to be a lot of people who are interested in. In keeping him long term thinking that Isaiah Pacheco is right around the cor.

[Heath]

I just, I don't know if I want to give anything up for Hunt when I think I've got maybe three weeks that I might be able to start him and then he's just a. Like, unless Pacheco gets hurt again.

[Adam]

So what are we thinking?

[Dave]

What's realistic for Pacheco coming back?

[Adam]

Heath?

[Heath]

My guess, and I, like, I don't have any inside sources, my guess is they're going to take all three weeks. I don't think they're gonna play them this week. And we've already heard that report. Then they've got the Panthers and the Raiders. He's coming off of a broken leg.

[Adam]

Yeah. Yes.

[Heath]

Like, I don't know that he's going to be 100 when in his first game back.

[Jamie]

So, I mean, think about the two guys that happened. This happened to in the last two years in Tony Pollard and Tank, though.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Heath]

Yep.

[Jamie]

And for. For Pollard, he said it took him a year.

[Adam]

All right, so. So listen, I don't. I think we agree. If you were telling me a Chiefs running back was going to get 20 carries like Kareem Hunt is getting pretty much every week. We wouldn't care about the matchups. We're just not sure that. That it's going to be that way. That it could easily be a split. It could be right. Is that kind of.

[Heath]

That's the expectation for me. I expect it will be a split.

[Jamie]

They. They want Pacheco for semifinals around AFC championship game.

[Dave]

Right.

[Jamie]

Well, that's what they need him for.

[Adam]

Okay. All right, moving on here. Quarterback news doesn't seem like anybody expects Daniel Jones to be the starter coming out of the by. So just prepare for a change there.

[Heath]

Does that impact Tyrone Tracy? Like we know what mobile quarterbacks do for running back rushing efficiency. I expect Locke's going to be worse than Jones because all Brian Dables tried to do his entire time in New York is win this week. And I think he would have started Drew Lock if he thought he gave him a better chance to win any of these past weeks.

[Adam]

That I completely agree with.

[Heath]

So Drew Lock's probably worse and doesn't have the rushing ability to take attention up from the defense.

[Jamie]

But maybe he actually throws in the ball.

[Dave]

Yeah, that could possible veto could do the same.

[Adam]

The Raiders are expected to start Desmond Ritter. Does that hurt Jacoby Myers? I think it kind of does. I'd rather have been shoe I. I don't know.

[Dave]

They're all not great quarterbacks. Volume is what I buy into. With Myers, as long as he's getting eight plus targets, we're good.

[Adam]

That's the nice.

[Dave]

Terrible.

[Heath]

They just change in the middle of the game again.

[Adam]

Minshew will take that one guy and just give him targets. I don't know if Ritter will do that. We'll find out. Dak Prescott is out.

[Jamie]

Myers. What about Bowers?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Adam]

Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's true. I don't know why I skipped him.

[Heath]

Remember what Desmond Ritter did to Kyle Pitts?

[Adam]

I don't love it. I don't love it. Miami right tackle Austin Jackson out for the season with a knee injury. The Dolphins also claim Tyrell Dotson, the linebacker that Seattle just waved. And Mike McDaniel said that Raheem Mostert is still the leader of the running back room and will be counting on him all season.

[Jamie]

Haven't they just been swapping linebackers all season? The Dolphins and the Seahawks did that.

[Adam]

What was the other one they did? They did.

[Dave]

Jerome Baker went from Miami to Seattle.

[Adam]

Yeah, right.

[Dave]

And then Seattle got rid of him. They realized what he was and now Dotson got claimed off waivers from Miami.

[Jamie]

I don't know if there was somebody else didn't. Who was their middle linebacker last year for Seattle that Miami was starting? Jordan Brooks.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah.

[Adam]

They have friend. They're friends. Miami in Seattle. George Kittle has a hamstring injury. So we're going to keep an eye on this one. Pittsburgh Edge Alex Highsmith is out this week, could miss multiple weeks. They got the Ravens coming up this week. They're getting a little healthier at edge behind Alex Highsmith, but he will, he's a great player and he'll be out for at least one week. Brian Robinson Jr. Hopeful to play this week. Let's talk about the Thursday game here. So Brian Robinson Jr. Hoping to get back on the field this week. Washington cornerback Marshawn Lattimore missed practice. Remember, he has the hamstring injury. And Dallas Goddard and Devonte Smith, they missed practice on Monday. They were upgraded to limited on Tuesday. That's a great sign. We'll talk about that game in a little bit. If you have not signed up for Bet MGM yet, use the bonus code Fantasy and you will get up to 50 up to a 1500 dollar first bet offer on your first wager with BetMGM. Download the bet MGM app. Sign up using the bonus code Fantasy, deposit at least $10 and place your first wager on any game and you'll receive up to 1500 dollars in bonus bets if your bet loses. Just make sure you use the bonus code fantasy when you sign up. All right, let's get into buy lows and sell highs and I'll just tell you guys we're going to do it a little bit quicker than we usually do because you know, we usually start at this top of the show with that. But I think we've established the values of some players just to grade the trade. So we've done that. But let's do it a little bit more here. Buy low, sell high. Jamie, why don't you start with buy low.

[Jamie]

I would buy low on DeAndre Swift with the coordinator change. You know, Thomas Brown hopefully will lean on him as much as possible. He's coming off a down game. I think that's always a good time when you're looking at a player who said a good body of work to say okay, can he continue that or is it going to be something that's that's bad. And clearly everything. Everybody looking at the Bears right now thinks everything is bad. So there's an opportunity here to get him relatively cheap and I would try to do so if you possibly can.

[Adam]

So one point against DeAndre Swift. How much does this matter to you? Minnesota and Detroit, pretty good run defenses, sometimes a little inconsistent. He plays them four times before the season ends. That's great news for the receivers. But for DeAndre Swift, Minnesota, Detroit, four matchups against them, does that, does that affect your buy low?

[Jamie]

It certainly is something you have to factor in. But, you know, you're also looking at it as how much am I, how much do I have to trade away? What do I have to trade away to get him? You know, and so if it's not something that's going to break your fantasy team, you shouldn't do that. But if you're finding a way to upgrade your team by getting Swift, then you should.

[Adam]

TYRONE Tracy or DeAndre Swift, rest of season, Swift.

[Dave]

I would agree. Swift. I just, I worry that the price tag for Swift is going to be too high and that he. People still have agreed. I do think like Tom, sorry, Thomas Brown we saw last year when he took over in Carolina, like he stayed true to his running backs. He's a former running back and so I would imagine the very first thing he'll do is try and get DeAndre Swift going even behind the substandard offensive line.

[Adam]

Okay. Heath by low.

[Heath]

I, well, I said Mike Evans.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Heath]

That's probably my, my number one target. I'm still buying low on Bree hall also, and I'd like to do it before this week, like as soon as possible.

[Adam]

I saw a CD Lamb for Breeze. Hall. I mean, that's just a layup, right?

[Dave]

For Hall?

[Heath]

Yeah, I, I also, I'm not quite as down on CD Lamb, I don't think, as everybody else seems to be. It was an awful game, but it's still like he's going to get double digit targets every game. We've seen five or six games of him with Cooper Rush. None of them were as bad as that one. I, I think CD Lamb's still a buy low too.

[Dave]

Would you agree that expectations are lowered now for Lamb because of the quarterback change? I mean, you'd almost have to, right? Well, what do you think he could average on a PPR per game basis? Okay. And he was really close to that. If he had caught the touchdown when he was blinded by the sun against Philadelphia last week. If he catches that pass, it's 15.5 PPR points.

[Jamie]

Did you just change the filter on your camera? Make the sun in your eyes too?

[Dave]

Oh, me. That was brilliant. Oh, it's the sun coming in from one of the windows in My house. But if that Earl. I should have just said I was.

[Jamie]

That's. The timing could not have been better.

[Adam]

That was great.

[Dave]

Dave, Richard coming to you live from AT&T Stadium in Dallas.

[Adam]

Okay, so I want to know if you guys would have laughed at this. What the hell is going on with you? This is amazing. I wonder if you would have laughed at this. So we did. Who has more on yesterday's.

[Dave]

There's literally nothing I can do about this, by the way.

[Adam]

This is so funny.

[Dave]

I have no curtains on the windows in my house.

[Adam]

Yeah, so we did. Who has more on CBS Sports Network? What were some of the. Oh, Heath. Who has more teeth, a shark or a snail?

[Heath]

A snail.

[Adam]

Correct. Snails have over 25,000 teeth. Most of any animal. They're on their tongue, though. I was gonna say, who has more shades at and t Stadium or 80s pop singer Corey Hart at night? Is that funny?

[Dave]

My house has none.

[Adam]

It's funny, right, jb? It's funny. You know, you don't. The reference. I wear my sunglasses at night. You don't really? Really?

[Jamie]

Yeah. No, no. I'm trying to think, though, what the. What the number is the one to nothing.

[Adam]

It's him.

[Jamie]

He wins.

[Heath]

No, that's the most brilliant thing of all. They have the shades. They just don't put them down because it's such an advantage to them.

[Adam]

All right, But I'm sorry, he's just to go back. Dave's video is amazing. If you're not watching on YouTube, you have to go to YouTube.com.

[Jamie]

It'S just more amazing that that's exactly.

[Adam]

What he was talking about. I know. And it's like the 26 minute mark, but he's Breeze hall or CD Lamb. Rest of season.

[Heath]

I'd probably take hole, but I. I'd like to buy low on both.

[Adam]

Dave is with Snoop.

[Dave]

Is that better? I'll just. I'll just be like this for the next 20 minutes in the show.

[Jamie]

It's like. It's like Dave's running out of. For Hurricanes game through the smoke.

[Adam]

All right, Dave, who are you buying low on?

[Dave]

I got a huge list. Hi, guys. I got a huge list. Josh Jacobs is at the top of the list. 15 plus touches in all but one game, 20 plus PPR points and two of his. Like, this isn't where I'm just gonna sit down. You guys are gonna have to deal with the camera being like this. And I. I think he finishes strong. I don't mind his schedule. I think that the packers can lean on him still as their main running back. And I think you can get him at a pretty decent discount.

[Heath]

Josh, like, you've done probably 500 podcasts from that chair with that window.

[Dave]

What?

[Heath]

Like, is everything okay?

[Dave]

No.

[Heath]

I think I need to go look outside and see what's happened to the sun.

[Dave]

The sun is now my new neighbor. I don. It's also hot in here. I don't know what the hell's going on. Maybe I should. Maybe I should head for the hills. I don't know.

[Adam]

All right. John Jacobs and.

[Dave]

But that's one. I got a few more. Nick Chubb, same thing. I just think that he's going to start to get more work and coming off the buy, he'll be fresher. Heath mentioned Mike Evans. I think all Tampa players are in play just because their schedule the rest of the season. I think it's good for everybody. The one that I think you can get relatively cheap and potentially end up having a starter, maybe even evolving into a number two running back the rest of the way is Bucky Irving. I think that he's going to continue to just take more work on the rushing downs away from Rashad White. You watch these guys play. Bucky's the better runner, and I think that they need to get him more involved. So I would take the chance on him if they're going. Look, I'm. I. I have the sun coming into my camera and Jamie is as red.

[Adam]

As the sun when it's so funny.

[Dave]

It's like Jamie's beaming into my house right now. And then I. You know, the whole deal that I was going to make about Kareem Hunt and Pacheco, we. We talked about on the show and just the fact that people seem to be very high on Pacheco.

[Adam]

Look at Jamie. Jamie's off screen. He is laughing.

[Dave]

This is Jamie is Chiefs red. Right now I. I'm thinking. I'm thinking Kareem Hunt. If you use them for the next few weeks and you trade form cheap because people are sour because Pacheco is going to come back.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dave]

I think you just go for it. My sound is okay, right?

[Adam]

Yeah, you sound great.

[Dave]

That's what matters. Who cares how I look?

[Adam]

It's starting.

[Dave]

No one's watching the show for how I look. Anyway.

[Heath]

Be.

[Adam]

Because this is incredible. All right, let's go to some sell highs. Let's throw it over to Jamie and see if we can complete a sentence right now. Who are you selling high on?

[Jamie]

Jb.

[Dave]

He's crying.

[Adam]

Jamie, sell high.

[Jamie]

What did I say yesterday?

[Adam]

I don't remember.

[Jamie]

I don't remember either.

[Dave]

So high on the UV in my house.

[Adam]

So high on Dave Shades. Yes. I like that.

[Dave]

Oh, my God.

[Adam]

Let's see. All right, we'll go. We'll go back to Jamie Heath. Who you selling high on?

[Heath]

I gave my buy low and my sell high earlier in the show.

[Dave]

I think it's that window up there.

[Heath]

What's going on with Dave's camera right now? I don't understand.

[Dave]

No, I'm moving it.

[Adam]

No, you're good.

[Dave]

Trying to show you which window it is.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Heath]

You're fine.

[Adam]

It cleared up. You're good.

[Heath]

Isaiah Pacheco.

[Dave]

Am I? I don't know.

[Heath]

Was my, Was my sell high? Yeah.

[Adam]

All right. All right. So. So if people. Bottom line is in case you missed the last 15 minutes, if anyone or have been distracted, if anyone thinks that Isaiah Pacheco is coming back and winning you your league, we just don't really see it.

[Heath]

I don't think he's going to be a starting running back in fantasy.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Heath]

I don't think he's not. Not just. I don't think he's coming back and winning your league. I don't think he's going to be a top 24 running back for the rest of the season or probably Even a top 24 running back from the point he returns for the rest of the season.

[Adam]

Okay. And Dave, who are you selling high on?

[Dave]

I got four names, one bucks player that I wonder if you mercury.

[Adam]

Is.

[Dave]

K.in a cell high guys knowing that Evans is coming back and his volume won't be as big. I know it's not great timing because he's coming off his worst game since.

[Heath]

Evans got her and going into his buy. Yeah, I, I think, I think that one like I saw in one of my dynasty leagues, somebody put out there three weeks ago that they would sell K. Dutton for a second round rookie pick and nobody.

[Dave]

Yeah. Would you take a third round rookie pick for kdan?

[Heath]

Like what am I trading a third round rookie pick for?

[Dave]

Well, listen, if you've got a decent tight end to start in place of Otten, getting the third round rookie pick probably makes more sense long term.

[Heath]

I think I offered Adam a second and a third round rookie pick.

[Adam]

Yes.

[Heath]

Yesterday it was no.

[Adam]

For Quentin Johnston. I, I couldn't.

[Dave]

That's not Kate Otten.

[Adam]

No.

[Heath]

I was surprised that you didn't take it.

[Adam]

I. It kind of messed with my head. I. It made me think a lot and I don't like doing that with trades. So I'm thinking I'm still thinking you're.

[Jamie]

Offering Kate Otten for his Quentin Johnson.

[Heath]

No, I offered my second and third for Quentin Johnston.

[Adam]

Sean Tucker.

[Heath]

Sean Tucker.

[Adam]

Yeah, I think I might do that because I, I have McConkey. I don't think I want two Chargers receivers.

[Heath]

Right.

[Adam]

So. All right. Anywho, a few more names. Yeah, yeah, please.

[Dave]

Brock Bowers. Yeah. You know, we can throw the Desmond Ritter starting situation on top of it, but if Jacoby Myers is going to take a lot of targets, then there could be some weeks where he doesn't get a lot of targets. Still think that Brock bowers is a top 5ish type of fantasy tight end. But if someone's overpaying because they want to lock up their tight end spot on their fantasy team, you can do it. And we've illustrated for the past couple of weeks now that you can find a startable tight end off the waiver wire pretty easily. And you might even see some other guys get dropped after the bye weeks. Wind down Chuba Hubbard as a mega sell high just coming off this monster game. Jonathan. It's not even because of Jonathan Brooks, because I don't think Brooks is going to do that much. But can he be as good as he was against the Giants down the stretch? I wonder if you're okay at running back. Remember, we drafted Chuba Hubbard in like round nine, round ten. I, I think that he's somebody that you could sell high on if you've got the running back depth. And maybe I just don't ever learn my lesson, guys. But Kyler Murray, no question, top 10 fantasy quarterback, maybe even closer to like top six. But he's coming off of a game where he ran for two touchdowns and through for only one. And I don't know how often he's going to do that. And I wonder if he's a sell high type of player at this point. Particularly if you think you can go to your waiver wire and roll the rest of the way with some combination of Bo Nicks, Russell Wilson, Justin Herbert, whoever else comes off the waiver wire. Or if you've got Kyler Murray and another quarterback, I would say now's the perfect time to trade Kyler Murray, certainly before the trade deadline in your league.

[Adam]

I think it's arguable that he's coming off the best game of his career in the sense that he threw 17 straight completions and, you know, he still only threw 24 passes. That's been the issue all year for.

[Heath]

Kyler, but man, he might be the number one Quarterback in fantasy. In the fantasy playoffs.

[Adam]

Well, you think so? Because again, I see another scenario where he's not throwing that much. New England at Carolina, at the Rams.

[Jamie]

Your theory has been all season, when he's challenged, he's done. He's been better when the team's been.

[Adam]

Challenged, he's been better when he has to throw. Yeah.

[Heath]

I mean, was the team challenged last week?

[Adam]

No, but that's what I'm saying. He's coming off his, his best game.

[Dave]

It's almost like you have to count on him using his legs to have a big game. I think he could still have a 20 point fantasy game without using his legs that much. But I, I just like a 30 point game, something close to 30. I don't think I'm gonna see that even in the, I mean, anytime you.

[Jamie]

Get a player that's coming off such a spike performance, it's not a bad idea to try and sell them, but it's just a matter of, you know, what, what are you replacing him with? And so if you want to trust Dave's, you know, path and just play the waiver wire, you know, so you're going from Kyler to maybe Wilson to maybe Drake May to, you know, there, there aren't quarterbacks that have the same ceiling that Kyler does when they're both on their games, but you can certainly get by with what else you're getting in return for Kyler. And that's the, that's the.

[Dave]

I do have their schedule graded top five both for the rest of the season and the fantasy playoffs.

[Heath]

So I think we're also maybe forgetting like how many great, great, great games Kyler Murray has had. And some of the stretches he's had were like six or seven weeks of averaging 30 fantasy points per game is not that unusual. He, he threw for 400 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another touchdown of the game once. Yeah, like he's got as much upside as anybody.

[Dave]

Would you argue that he's got plenty of downside too? Because he's got a bunch of games this year with under 15 fantasy points and six point per passing touchdown.

[Adam]

Leagues under 17, he's got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And the last time he scored 30 or more points, he fin. He followed that up with about 38 points or no, about 28 points in his next two games combined.

[Dave]

It's amazing. He's got five games with at least 22 and five games with under 17.

[Adam]

All right, well, I mean, look, if.

[Jamie]

You'Re trading him, you got to get something Significant return, you know, it's. You're not giving away.

[Dave]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This isn't to say that he's gonna absolutely stink for the rest of the season.

[Jamie]

The one, the one I gave you yesterday as a sell high candidate was Drake London. Yeah, just with tough matchup against the Broncos this week, then a bye week, then the Chargers. So two weeks where he may not be useful for you, obviously one where he's not playing and then a questionable matchup against the, the Chargers. And again, you're not giving him away, you're not trying to just trade him. To trade him. The example I gave yesterday. Could you turn Drake London into Nico Collins? And that's something I would try to explore.

[Dave]

What do you think of his schedule for the fantasy playoffs?

[Adam]

So you've gotta, like, you may not buy it, but Las Vegas has been one of the best against wide receivers. They are giving up the fifth fewest fantasy points to wide receivers. They haven't had tough opponents for the most part, but it is kind of weird.

[Dave]

So like the Panthers last year, three of his next.

[Adam]

That's true, right? You can run on them. Three of his next four opponents are top six against wide receivers. Drake London, we're talking about Denver, Chargers, then he has Minnesota and then Las Vegas. But after that, I mean Giants in Washington, I think he could destroy and he could, he could be good against Las Vegas. But just for the record, they are really tough so far, so it's interesting. But okay, London, I thought, you know what, we'll get in that game I think tomorrow. But I thought you guys were going to rank Mooney ahead of London this week and I don't think you did.

[Jamie]

I do.

[Adam]

You do. Okay. Consensus is, I think pretty close. Now. I teased a wide receiver that I think has one of the toughest schedules coming up and that wide receiver is someone that we're about to talk about. Terry McLaurin, because he could have. The Eagles have been amazing. He got, he has them twice and then he could have Legarius Sneed in week 13. So we'll see if anybody's worried about that. But before we get into his long term outlook, we have to talk about Terry McLaurin's short term outlook. Do we trust him? Not yet, Dave, because we got to take a break and then we'll do the music. So we'll be right back on fantasy football today. I know we've got some football fans out there and I'm thinking, hey, maybe you need some new cleats or your kid needs new cleats or someone you know. Let me talk to you about New Balance and a couple of awesome cleats that they've got. First of all, from the beginning, New Balance's goal has been to make the best fitting, most comfortable football cleat in the game. So let's talk about the Prodigy and the Fortress. The Prodigy is intelligent speed built for skill position players who turn split second reactions into game changing plays. The Prodigy is lightweight and supportive with a focus on springing off the toe, making a quick cut and then accelerating on grass and artificial surfaces. Now for the players with size, strength and speed inside the box, New Balance also has the Fortress. The Fortress is built to provide superior stability and midfoot stability for support on hard lateral cuts. The Fortress also features a high ankle collar and targeted heel support designed for fighting the game's toughest battles. Learn more and purchase New Balance football [e-mail] hey there. As the holiday season approaches, it's time to make smarter spending decisions. That's where Klarna comes in. Your everyday partner for navigating holiday shopping. With Klarna you can split your purchases into four interest free payments, making it easier to manage your budget while still getting everything on your list. But that's not all. Klarna also offers cash back feature allowing you to earn while you shop. Plus, with the Klarna card and their Search and Compare tool, you can ensure you're getting the best deals out there. Choose Klarna at your favorite retailers or shop [e-mail] CA resident loans made or arranged pursuant to a California Finance Law License NMLS Number 1353190 Klarna Balance Account required. Klarna may get a commission. Limitations, terms and conditions apply. Okay Washington is that Philadelphia? I can't wait for this game. This is how I felt last week and Thursday Night Football totally delivered. But I have a take. I think the Eagles are going to win like by at least the touchdown. I'm feeling good about the Eagles. How are you guys feeling?

[Jamie]

They're rolling right now so it's hard not to doubt that.

[Heath]

Yeah, like the one thing Washington hasn't really fixed doesn't seem is their run defense and the Eagles are maybe the best run offense in the league. And Jalen Hurts is playing good football too. I think like this is such a fun week because it's almost like we've got some some divisional matchups for the MVP race. Like it's Jalen Hurts and Jaden Daniels, winner of this game gets to be in the race with Lamar, then you got Mahomes and Allen. Winner gets to stay in the race with Lamar. It's. It's a lot of fun.

[Adam]

Yeah.

[Dave]

And it's also a lot of matchups with teams with winning records. So a lot of good teams facing off against each other. And this is a perfect example of.

[Heath]

It really helps to have the Giants and Panthers on a buy.

[Adam]

All right, so who are the, who are the tough calls in this game?

[Dave]

Yeah, I think there's really only two. It's whoever's running the ball for Washington and Devonte Smith. And maybe you could throw Dallas Goddard as a tough call too.

[Jamie]

Well, it's, it's a combination of Smith and Got it right. Because if they both play, then it's. Who can you trust more?

[Adam]

Yeah, right, Sure.

[Heath]

I, I think Brian Robinson's a tough call if he plays. I don't think Eckler's a tough call if Brian Robinson's out.

[Adam]

But yeah, the Eagle. The Eagles also, on a per carry basis, still not very good, but they're crushing teams. So here's the deal with the Eagles. Since they're by the last five games, since week six, they are the best defense in football and they're destroying teams. And now four straight opponents have had 18 running back carries or fewer. And that's really low. Okay, that's not one guy getting 18. That's the entire backfield getting 18. So if it's Eckler, I mean that could mean, you know, 13 carries for Eckler could mean 13 carries for Brian Robinson or something like that if it stays. Now they're obviously commanders could have more carries than that, but they're crushing teams. So teams are falling behind. Hopefully it's going to be a competitive game. Three and a half points spread, Eagles are favored. But that is my first stat of the game stat of the game. Number one is that the Eagles are just limiting running back opportunities right now. And if Brian Robinson plays, does he, does he crack the top 20?

[Heath]

No, no.

[Dave]

I'm thinking no.

[Jamie]

No, he scenario is, is what you want. You want Robinson to sit so you can rely on Eckler.

[Adam]

I mean, I'm gonna tell you, I'm in a PPR league and I would start in my league, Brian Robinson Jr. I'm gonna start either JSN or Cedric Tillman over him as a flex.

[Dave]

I get it.

[Adam]

Yes. Gonna play it safe there. Now if he doesn't play Austin Eckler, I'll just throw those guys out there. I don't have Eckler So this isn't about me, but Cedric Tillman, JSN or Austin Eckler.

[Jamie]

In ppr, I'd go Tillman, Eckler, Jason.

[Dave]

I'm pretty sure I'm taking the receivers over Eckler, too.

[Adam]

Heath, you've been pretty high on Eckler, and he's come through when Robinson's been out in at least two, if not all three games. I think maybe the Baltimore game, he struggled a bit, but would you be super high on him again?

[Heath]

Yeah, I think I've got him 14th or something right now without Brian Robinson. So I. I think you're gonna get 15 touches. I like your chances of getting a touchdown. Hopefully he catches a couple more passes.

[Adam]

If Robinson plays, would you start Robinson or Ramondre Stevenson against the Rams?

[Jamie]

Ramonje.

[Heath]

Yes, that's the one. I was just like, I was just looking at that RB 23 through 26 range, and I think. I think I'd probably have Ramonre, too.

[Jamie]

I would start Nick Chubb gladly over Brian Robinson.

[Adam]

Okay, Nick Chubb is at New Orleans and. All right, so here's. I watched. I watched some tape. I want to see. How are the Eagles pulling this off? Because the last five games, they've held now Amari Cooper, Malik neighbors, Jamar chase, Brian Thomas Jr. And CD Lamb to 54 or fewer yards, and only Chase scored a touchdown. So I watched the tape of Chase, I watched the tape of Malik, Neighbors, and then I went and I saw. Did the numbers confirm this? And this is basically what the Eagles are doing. They're not shadowing. They're not like double teaming on every play. They don't let anything get behind them. They have a. This is an insane stat. In their last.

[Dave]

This is a Vic Fangio defense to a T. This.

[Adam]

In their last. Yes, exactly. In their last five games, they have allowed one completion of 20 or more air yards.

[Heath]

One.

[Adam]

And I believe it was Jermaine Burton. They. The. The Bengals tried a deep ball to Jamar Chase. I don't. You probably remember the play. It was batted and then intercepted. Was a great play. The Giants tried one deep ball to Malik Neighbors. It was batted away. So no one's getting behind them. And additionally, their tackling has been fantastic. They were allowing, I think, the fewest yak, fewest yards after catch of any team over the last five games. So they're just not giving up any big plays. So what does this mean for Terry McClaren, who has been an unbelievable automatic start since week three? Does anyone have any hesitation for McLaren?

[Dave]

I mean, I've been starting Terry McLaren as a number one wide receiver lately. Now he's a high end number two. I can't see myself peeling away from him. And a lot of it has to do and I think credit is, is deserved to both him and Jane Daniels, like Daniels as a thrower has been outstanding this year and even against tough competition, I could see McLaurin and Daniels connecting for some big gains. I, I, there's too much upside to just flatly say, ah, maybe you could find three or four other wide receivers that you can start ahead of McLaurin. I think he's a number two and a high end number two at that.

[Adam]

Okay. 98 yards or a touchdown in eight straight games for Terry McLaurin and he's ranked. Dave's the lowest on him by the way, but everyone's got him between 8th and 13th for McLaren.

[Jamie]

To be fair, since their bye week it's been Cincinnati and a bunch of.

[Dave]

Scrubs who the Eagles Phillies played.

[Adam]

It's fair but not scrub. Wide receivers necessarily like.

[Jamie]

Yeah, but the quarterbacks have been terrible.

[Adam]

Yeah, it's true. But yeah, their defense though, I mean.

[Dave]

Again we were Sean Watson, Daniel Jones.

[Jamie]

Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence and the Cowboys mess. There's one quarterback there that matters.

[Dave]

Right. And they were, you know, a blinded window away or blind CD Lamb didn't have the touchdown because of the sun.

[Adam]

Okay. But he still was having a bad game.

[Dave]

He was, but he still would have had over 15 PPR play.

[Jamie]

I mean, right. This is a huge difference.

[Dave]

He was, he was wide open in the end zone. It was just dumb luck that cost him a touchdown there. 99 times out of 100 that's a touchdown. You go back and watch that play. Lamb was open.

[Adam]

It's a two yard touchdown. It's not like an indictment on the Eagles defense, but if the Eagles but.

[Dave]

It'S a volumeist receiver who's going to get a lot of catches and that's what McLaren basically is. Maybe not to the same degree as Agree.

[Adam]

I agree. If the Eagles shut down Terry McLaren, I think we have to consider them arguably this toughest or second toughest matchup for number one receivers.

[Jamie]

They're definitely tough. This isn't to undersell that their defense has not played well, but they've also just played one of the easiest stretches of schedules you could possibly find.

[Adam]

I don't know if I agree with that. In terms of quarterbacks. Yes. In terms of wide receivers, I don't, I don't know that I, But I.

[Jamie]

Mean how does it not impact the Receivers.

[Adam]

No, it does. But. But you all were starting Malik neighbors that week, you know.

[Jamie]

Well, starting them and expecting them to be at their best against a good defense is not exactly the same thing. Like, this is what I mean, what Burrow did and what, what. What Chase did was not at their best. But they still gave you production.

[Adam]

Yeah, Chase had nine catches, 54 yards, and a touchdown on 11 targets. All right, we've belabored the point. Heath, any interest in Devonte Smith in a game that could be pretty high scoring? Maybe. We actually get more than 25 pass attempts from Jalen Hurts.

[Heath]

He's a low end number three for me. If Dallas Goddard and he are both active, he's probably more of a high end number three, low end number two. If Dallas Goddard's out, the Washington run defense remains pretty bad. The Washington pass defense has been mostly good in the second half of the games they've played.

[Adam]

Okay, so Brian Robinson Jr. Or Devonte Smith. Let's assume Goddard and Smith are both playing Brian Robinson Jr. Or Smith.

[Heath]

Robinson.

[Dave]

I'll take Smith.

[Jamie]

I'll take Smith, too.

[Adam]

Okay, in the scenario, Robinson's out easily. Eckler over Smith?

[Dave]

Yes, yes, I think so.

[Adam]

Devonte Smith or DJ Moore against the Packers?

[Dave]

Smith.

[Heath]

I think I have more higher, but they're like back to back.

[Adam]

Devonte Adams or Devonte Smith?

[Dave]

Adams, Devante, Adam.

[Adam]

Dave. Man, I don't know what was happening when your. When your camera got all foggy.

[Dave]

My branch fried.

[Adam]

And then. All right, we're going to start both of the quarterbacks. Is there any hot take on who you'd start over? Hertz or Jaden Daniels?

[Jamie]

Purdy over Daniels this week?

[Heath]

I have it that way, too.

[Dave]

I have it that way. Three Burrow as well. So Burrow and Purdy over Jane Daniels.

[Adam]

All right, Purdy gets Seattle and Burrow gets the Chargers. That's interesting. So burrow over Daniels with that matchup at the Charger Sunday night. All right, we got some good, good prime time games until Monday. And the tight ends? How about the tight ends? I'm not missing anybody. Mia AJ Brown, obviously a start. Hertz Barkley. But Goddard. Goddard or Ertz? Who do you like better?

[Jamie]

Goddard slightly.

[Dave]

Neither one has stopped well for me.

[Heath]

Yeah, I got her slightly.

[Adam]

Are we going with Hunter Henry? Are we going with Taysom Hill over these guys? Yep.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Jamie]

Hill over Earth.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Adam]

And then I think, you know, you could have a. Oh, I got some good question here. I'll get to that in a second. A Devonte Smith question, but you could have a You know, a Micah Sicki conundrum. Right. If T. Higgins doesn't practice Wednesday or Thursday, play it out and then drop Kosicki for Dawson Knox or something like that, if you have to do that.

[Dave]

But that's assuming that we don't see Kincaid at practice either by Thursday, so.

[Adam]

Right.

[Dave]

We're juggling.

[Adam]

All right. Maybe you could pivot to Will Disley. But the fact is you don't. You don't like Goddard or Zach Ertz that much. Where you'd want to take your Gasicki upside out of the equation, I guess.

[Dave]

That'S fair to say.

[Adam]

Okay, question from the chat. Devonte Smith or Juwan Jennings? Half ppr.

[Jamie]

Jenny.

[Heath]

Yeah, Jennings.

[Dave]

I might go with Smith.

[Adam]

Justin Herbert or Jaden Daniels?

[Jamie]

Daniel Daniels.

[Dave]

I have them back to back. I thought about Herbert. As of now, it's still Daniels.

[Adam]

Dallas Goddard or Taysom Hill?

[Jamie]

Goddard. Ppr. Taste him. And none.

[Dave]

That's a good way to do it.

[Adam]

And Devonte Smith or JSN Smith?

[Dave]

And Jigba for me.

[Adam]

And Bo wants to know if you would trade T. Higgins for CD Lamb in an unrelated question.

[Dave]

I think I want Higgins rest of the way. I'm just not sure when he's going to come back. So that's obviously an important part of the equation.

[Heath]

I'd go Lamb.

[Jamie]

The thing with Higgins is if he doesn't play this week, you don't get until week 13.

[Dave]

Yeah, that's why I'm a little skittish on that one. By the way. I. I watched Devonte Smith snaps last week because, you know, he's dealing with this hamstring injuries. He slowed down at all? I didn't really think so. And there was one play where he stacked his coverage. He was wide open and Jalen hurts under throw him. If he. If he doesn't under throw him. That's a 65 yard touchdown. But that's. That's Devonte Smith's game right now. Is Boomer bust. And so appropriately ranking him as a number three receivers is the right thing to do.

[Adam]

Okay, so that will do it. Oh, Eagles. DST is 10th for Jamie, six for Dave and 12th for Heath. Although those were rankings on Tuesday. So I invite you to please double check on all of the rankings because they do change from Tuesday to Thursday.

[Dave]

Them day of game.

[Adam]

Yeah. Okay. That is it, Dave for Thursday Night Football.

[Dave]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Adam]

All right. And here's a special edition of the Fantasy Cops. This one came across the inbox and I said this will be a good one to Read on the show. It is from someone in Canada. No name Dave.

[Dave]

Name Victor. Victor from Calgary.

[Adam]

In a family and friends league, we have a commissioner who's pretty lenient and likes to make sure everyone has a fun legal lineup. He will alert people if their lineup isn't complete and give them a heads up. For example, this week he alerted the 11th place team that he didn't have a kicker. They then picked up Sanders and beat the second place team. Who isn't thrilled? I am writing into the fantasy Cops because I had Jonathan brooks in my RB2 spot and he was a late inactive. I was playing hockey that morning so I didn't have an opportunity to check in the past. Camara was a late scratch in London and the commissioner manually changed this manager's lineup for him. I've attached a screenshot for evidence. Should the commissioner have made the change of taking Brooks out of my lineup for the only other active running back on my roster, Jalen Warren, which would have given me the win in my matchup.

[Jamie]

If he's done it for everybody else, then yes, he's got to do it for you.

[Dave]

Right. This is when you're nice to a fault.

[Jamie]

Right. You can't, you can't. You can't do it and be selective. If you're going to do it, you should.

[Heath]

Yeah. This guy probably should not be a commissioner.

[Adam]

Well, no.

[Dave]

Well, he should be like the mayor of a town, but he shouldn't be to the point where he's going to tuck everybody in the town at night, make sure everybody's cars are in the garage and all that stuff.

[Heath]

Like, just to clarify, like you guys are saying that he should have done it, but we're not going back and reversing this game and giving him a win. Like, I'm sorry the commissioner didn't take care of setting your lineup for you, but you, you lose.

[Adam]

Right.

[Dave]

I don't think commissioner sounds like a.

[Adam]

Nice guy, the commissioner. I don't think he needs to do it for everyone. I think it's a nice thing that he's doing, but it's ultimately your responsibility. You have a sort of safety net with the commissioner changing lineups, but you can't rely on that. So I don't think the commissioner did anything wrong here. Unfortunately, Victor, which is not your real name from Canada, you're out of luck. It's. It's a shame.

[Jamie]

But if he's done it for everybody else, I don't know that he's done.

[Adam]

It for everybody else. He's done it occasionally.

[Jamie]

Oh, if it's occasionally, then that's. He should be fired as the commissioner. And. And then this guy's out of luck. But if he did it for everybody, then he's got a do it for this guy too. Even retro.

[Adam]

If he did it for everyone, then maybe. But if he just does it, like most of the time as a nice thing to do, I still think it's your responsibility. Right. As the manager.

[Dave]

He. You're saying that he went into somebody's lineup and fixed it, like the Camara issue last year? Yeah, he fixed that for somebody. He didn't just text and say, hey, man, sorry for the early morning text. Camaro is inactive. You might want to fix that. He literally went into somebody else.

[Jamie]

I also want to know when did. When did Victor find out that Brooks was in his lineup inactive? Like, if he was playing hockey, did he check right away or did he look seven hours later and say, oh, crap, I forgot to take Jonathan Brooks out of my line.

[Heath]

Also, none of us had Jonathan Brooks ranked over Jalen Warren anyway. So what were you doing?

[Adam]

Well, that one. I don't know that I. Well, that's it. I think you got some clarity there from the fantasy cop. Someone asked, how do I submit to the fantasy cops? You send an email to fantasy footballbsi.com and you put fantasy cops in the subject line. And now the moment no one's been waiting for. Schedule analysis. Actually, I like this. I enjoy this exercise. Unfortunately, I've only left myself about five minutes to do it. So, Dave, you can help me out because you do it every week. Who's got the best schedules coming up? I specifically looked at just weeks 15 through. Started looking at weeks 15 through 17. And then I, you know, would get. You write those names down and then sort of expand it. Do they have good seasons, good schedules, rest of season at quarterback, just say.

[Heath]

There'S one name, maybe two, and you can. And there's seven that don't matter.

[Adam]

Yeah. Yeah. So. Right. The ones that you would actually start are Bo Nicks and Baker Mayfield. They have really good schedules going forward, I think. Yeah, we talked. Dave said earlier, buy low on the Bucks because it just gets incredibly good after the. After the buy. With the exception of the Chargers on the road in weeks 15. 15 at running back. Breeze hall has a great schedule. The Buccaneers running backs have a great schedule. The Raiders running backs have. Have great matchups in weeks 16 and 17. That doesn't matter. Bijan has a great playoff schedule. Does anybody care? Rico Dowdle has Carolina and Tampa Bay in The playoffs, they're bad against running backs, I think. No, yeah, yeah.

[Jamie]

I mean, you should care.

[Dave]

He's.

[Jamie]

He's a flex.

[Adam]

Chuba Hubbard has a great schedule in the playoffs. James Connor has a great schedule in the playoffs. On paper, J.K. dobbins has a good schedule. But before that, in the playoffs. Before that, he has a terrible schedule. As I talked about earlier.

[Dave]

Yeah, his next four games are going to be tough. And then obviously, that goes for everybody on the Chargers. It's not just him.

[Adam]

Wide receivers. D.J. moore has the Viking. D.J. moore has an amazing schedule of the Vikings. Now, like, I don't know if it is, because the Vikings, they're really good, but they just. They get thrown on a ton. But just on paper, the Vikings and The Lions are 30th and 31st against wide receivers, and he faces them four times. And then he faces Seattle in the fantasy championships. But I can't tell you to buy low on DJ Moore. It wouldn't make any sense. Jaden Reed, great playoff schedule. What do we think about DeAndre Hopkins schedule going forward? Dave, how do you have him ranked? He gets Denver again, but not until week 18. And in the fantasy playoffs, Cleveland, they're 28th. Houston their 24th, Pittsburgh, their 12th. But they all have good cornerbacks.

[Dave]

Right.

[Adam]

That could theoretically shadow Hopkins.

[Dave]

I think this is one of the toughest playoff schedules for any wide receiver.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Dave]

So when I break this down, I don't look at fantasy points. I'm more judging just who's on the field for them. Because remember, like, when you look at fantasy points allowed over the course of the season, you're taking into account things that happened in September which might not apply in December or January. So that's part of the. The science behind what I do for the strength of schedule. And I still view those defenses that you mentioned that Kansas City is going to play as tough for all their wide receivers. I actually think it's the second toughest schedule that's out there for the fantasy playoffs. It makes me nervous to expect big things from DeAndre Hopkins in the fantasy playoffs.

[Adam]

And this is good because, you know, this is a combination of just looking at what the raw numbers say and Dave's subjectivity, which is very helpful. Calvin Ridley, though, I did want to highlight. I already have highlighted. I think on paper, Calvin Ridley's schedule is among the best in football.

[Dave]

Agreed.

[Adam]

And Jacoby Myers, great fantasy playoff schedule. And right before that, he gets Tampa Bay. So the next three weeks might not be great for Myers. Hopefully he can finish strong. Yeah. Okay, Malik Neighbors. Like, he couldn't get much better from Malik Neighbors. He has an unbelievable schedule. Does this matter for you? Because he's had some good matchups in the past, and the last four weeks have been really disappointing.

[Dave]

Malik Neighbors, I mean, we're all a little nervous.

[Jamie]

You're starting, like, yes, okay, it helps, but we don't know the quarterback. There's just too much uncertainty right now with Neighbors.

[Dave]

How many more games can he have? Like he had at the beginning of the season?

[Adam]

That's 20 points. I. I don't know if they're. I'm. I'll give. I'll give them one, one, maybe two. Like Tampa, he has Tampa Bay and Baltimore left on his schedule, and the Falcons are not much better that he's got such a good schedule, but, God.

[Dave]

It'S a great schedule, but he's just saddled with crappy quarterbacks, and the quarterbacks are gonna get harassed. You know, like, you think about that matchup against Baltimore Ravens pass rush might have a field day against the Giants in that offensive line, and that'll make things a little bit harder. And there have been huge gaps in each of the last two games where Neighbors hasn't gotten any targets whatsoever. And it's been maddening. Like, how in the world do you not get him involved from the jump and then keep it going all game long? Yeah, you. You really need to get Wandale Robinson that much involved, or are you just. Are you just coaching your quarterbacks to take what the defense gives you?

[Adam]

And if that's happening, coaching the quarterbacks, it's. That's Daniel Jones. Jones, he doesn't process. He does not process. And he goes to wonder because he can't throw the ball downfield.

[Dave]

Okay, well, I can't imagine it's going to get that much better with drew locker, Tommy DeVito. So I'm nervous. But you know what the upside is. So you're going to keep rolling him out there as a number two fantasy receiver.

[Adam]

I like Cortland Sutton's schedule going forward.

[Dave]

CD Lamb, I don't love his in the fantasy playoffs. It's closer to average for me.

[Adam]

Okay. CD Lamb has a good playoff schedule, but then again, he has Philadelphia in week 17. That could be tough.

[Dave]

Devonte, he's got the same quarterback issue that that Malik Neighbors had. And Lamb, almost all of his targets were short targets last week.

[Adam]

The jets have a pretty good schedule coming up. Very good, I'd say.

[Dave]

Bye.

[Heath]

Briesol.

[Adam]

You like George Pickens schedule? He's got a pretty good One on paper.

[Dave]

Let me see what it is, because I was going to look at Bruce Hall's schedule. I've. I do not like the Steelers schedule. I think it's below average, regardless of how you slice it. Rest of the year, last three games, his next four games.

[Adam]

He's got two games against Baltimore coming up. The Bengals are bad against the past. The Browns. See, that's the thing you might. I don't know how you value the Browns. They've been one of the worst against wide receivers. Their bottom five against wide receivers, the Cleveland Browns.

[Heath]

The thing that I like for both Russ and Pickens is they face a lot of defenses down the stretch that are real much, much better against the run than they are the passage. And we still haven't seen Russell Wilson throw 30 passes in a game yet. Like, we. They might actually play some teams that force them to throw the ball a little bit more. Pickens has been a very good fantasy wide receiver on a team that's not throwing hardly at all. If. If they have to throw it 33, 34 times a game, Pickens might be a top five guy.

[Adam]

And then who do they play? They play the Ravens twice. They play the Bengals, they play the Eagles, they play the Chiefs. These are teams that could put up points, so that's good.

[Dave]

I'm hoping that it works out for him. And honestly, at this point, just the way that Russ has been playing and the way that Pickens has been playing, I do feel like he's borderline matchup proof. But this week's going to go a long way into determining just whether or not that's true.

[Adam]

Well, he's got the best matchup in.

[Dave]

Fantasy, but it's also. It's one of those matchups where. And we'll talk about this again later this week. Like, you can trust the matchup or do you trust the history, which is. These are always low scoring field goal fests.

[Adam]

Yeah. Okay. All right. Sorry. I'll try to wrap up here. I know we're going long. Bad matchups. Geez. Anybody care about Jared Goff and the Lions in general? I mean, Jared Goff's playoff schedule is the Bills at the Bears and at San Francisco, and he also gets the Bears two weeks earlier than that. So Jared Goff, his last five opponents are all top 12 against quarterbacks. He's got the worst schedule on paper.

[Heath]

He's not. I don't think he's a starter.

[Adam]

Okay.

[Heath]

Yeah, he's not really. I mean, he's only kind of been a starter. Like, he's a very borderline QB one. I certainly wouldn't plan on starting him in the fantasy playoffs.

[Dave]

Meanwhile, their running backs have like league average strength of schedule according to my rankings, and they're better than that in their next four games and a little worse than that in weeks 15 through 17. But I would imagine that they'll just continue to pound away on defenses with their two backs.

[Adam]

Drake May also has a bad playoff schedule at Arizona. We see how well they're, how much they're improving at Buffalo and the Chargers. So Drake may schedule good until his buy in week 14 and then bad after that.

[Dave]

Yep, agree completely.

[Adam]

This is maybe the biggest takeaway you need to sell Najee Harris. Najee Harris has the worst schedule in the world. Every opponent is top 10 against running, but every opponent going forward, not just the playoffs. And his playoff schedule is at Philadelphia. They're not great against the run, but they don't give up a lot of points. Then at Baltimore, then home against Kansas City. He also gets Baltimore this week. Now Cleveland does not have Jeremiah Owusu Karamoa. They don't have a good run defense without him it seems. So he gets them twice. He could come back for the second one. But Najee Harris's schedule absolutely sucks going forward.

[Dave]

Dead last in my rankings for the entire season and the fantasy playoffs.

[Adam]

What do you think about Joe Mixon, guys? Kansas City and Baltimore are his last two playoff games.

[Dave]

He's, he's going to be awesome for the next few weeks. He's got a top five schedule for the next four weeks and then after that it's just downhill.

[Adam]

Yeah, he played Houston or he, yeah, he played. Sorry who they play on Sunday night.

[Dave]

Detroit.

[Heath]

Detroit.

[Adam]

He played a great run defense. He caught a touchdown or he run now. He caught a 40 yard pass or whatever. He ran in right and he ran right.

[Dave]

But he was averaging like 2 yards of carry.

[Adam]

Yeah. So it's interesting and honestly, I think.

[Dave]

A lot of that has to do more with his offensive line than it does the matchup. Because going into that game, since Hutchinson got hurt, Detroit's run defense wasn't very good. They were, they were starting to slack a little bit. But I think that offensive line combined with, I think Detroit tried to like really gear up to stop mixing and, and dare Houston to throw. Like we're at that point with Houston without Nico Collins where defenses are doing that to C.J. stroud. I, I think that once Nico's back and once they get their house in order up front, then maybe things will be a Little bit better for mixing, but yes. Tough schedule, tough opponents coming up.

[Adam]

Okay. I think Kareem Hunt has a tough playoff schedule, but we already talked about him. I'll skip ahead to some of the big headliners at wide receiver. Does anybody care about Jamar Chase? Jamar Chase could get the Jerry Snead, then the Browns, then Patrick Sir Tan. That's his playoff schedule. Tennessee at Tennessee, home against Cleveland, home against Denver. Anybody concerned about that? Which is more Chase?

[Dave]

I saw it before I traded for Chase. I still traded for Chase.

[Jamie]

Just Sir Tan. The. The. And you're not sending him that week. But the Snead situation is not. He hasn't played to that level this year.

[Dave]

Do we know that he's even coming back?

[Adam]

No, but, I mean, I figure he'll be back by week 15.

[Dave]

I would. I would hope so. Tennessee could use him.

[Adam]

The Colts wide receivers have bad matchups. I don't think it really matters for Josh Downs if Flacco is still the quarterback. All he has to do is, like, get open short and catch passes and, you know, Detroit wide receivers, Cleveland wide receivers, Houston wide receivers, Rams wide receivers, Patriots wide receivers. These are teams that have multiple bottom 10 matchups in the fantasy playoffs. Again, I don't really think it matters for them. Yeah, I don't really think it matters for them. So I would just say. I would just say I would. I don't know if you. I think you could do this, but I think I would probably trade Jamar Chase straight up for Justin Jefferson and not have to worry about maybe Snead, who, by the way, I'm pretty sure Legarius need shut him down last year when Snead was with Kansas City. And then Sir Tan is obviously fantastic. So coming off a 50, he hasn't.

[Jamie]

Played to that level, though, when he's healthy.

[Adam]

I don't know. I think he's played pretty well. Snead?

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Adam]

You've been talking all year about how great the Titans pass. How great.

[Jamie]

No, it was good at the start of the season when they were all healthy. But Diggs is not there and Snead has not played.

[Adam]

Right. But he was playing well beforehand.

[Jamie]

I don't think he's shutting down Jamar.

[Adam]

Chase in this defense, his offense, in.

[Jamie]

This defense that he currently plays in.

[Heath]

Well, I mean, we were just talking about the Eagles maybe having the best defense in the NFL, and Jamar Chase scored 20 fantasy points against them.

[Adam]

Like, what was his stat?

[Dave]

No one's even gonna think about, right?

[Adam]

9 for 54.

[Dave]

No one's thinking about sitting Jamar Chase.

[Adam]

I'm not saying sit him. I said trade him straight up for Justin Jefferson. If you're worried about his match, sure.

[Dave]

I, I sure you could try.

[Adam]

I don't know if you want to do that, but. All right, look at just bringing it up and then. Is Anybody worried about McLaren? Two games against the Eagles beginning this week. You got a buy in week 14 and you got Tennessee, which no one seems to care about.

[Heath]

Not really, no.

[Adam]

Oh, look at that. Someone just called me dumb for suggesting that Legarius need might. Might be a problem for Jamar Chase, even though he was last year. So it was not a different team, though. Yeah, he's the shutdown cornerback. I, I don't, I don't know. Like what this. He's not. He didn't have a good year. I think he's had a pretty good year when he's been healthy.

[Dave]

Different. Different team, different coordinator, different pass rush. Working in concert with what Snead's doing.

[Adam]

Can we just look at. Tell me what weeks he's played.

[Dave]

Luxurious need.

[Adam]

D.J. moore in week one had five catches for 36 yards. Garrett Wilson and week two had four catches for 57 yards. Jaden Wheat. I won't count Jaden Reedy and Malik Willis. Then the next week, you had the Dolphins receivers who were terrible. Tyree Kill had four. He shadowed Tyree Kill four catches for.

[Dave]

23 yards, but two didn't play.

[Adam]

I do remember Tyree Kill getting open a few times and just not being able to be hit. And I think that was the last time we saw the Jerry Snead face a good look.

[Jamie]

Sneed is need is a good player. He's not going to make you fear Jamar Chase playing on the Titans.

[Adam]

I agree with that. I was just making a case that maybe.

[Jamie]

No, you're not. You're not wrong in the case that you're making. And to call you dumb for saying. Suggesting trading Jamar Chase for Justin Jefferson is ridiculous. I mean, they're the two best of their position, you know. So if you're concerned about anything, why would you not try and take one that you feel in particular is better than the other?

[Adam]

And I'm not. No. And I'm not going to trade Chase because he might play Snead. I'm going to trade Chase because he's got Patrick sir tan in week 17. And I don't think you're going to get a 25 point game from Jamar Chase to win you your championship. I think you'd be happy with like an 18 point game, you know, but there's possibility like certain is amazing. And if I'm trading Chase, it's coming off the best game of his season. And it's for just it maybe just I'm not even. I have Chase in two leagues. I'm not even making offers. I'm just hypothetically proposing something. So forget it. All right, that's it for today's show. Thanks for indulging. When we've got more trade talk on FFT Express that Dave and I are about to sit down and chat about, we'll talk to you then. Paramount Podcasts.

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