Week 14 Recap! Tony Pollard, Blake Corum, Shedeur Sanders and More (12/07 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today – Week 14 Recap (Dec 8, 2025)

Episode Overview

This episode of Fantasy Football Today dives deep into the Week 14 NFL action, with the usual sharp analysis and banter from Adam Aizer (host), Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, and Heath Cummings. The crew covers breakout and letdown performances, offers thoughts on waiver wire targets, and debates the trustworthiness of key players as the fantasy playoffs approach. There’s a special focus on players in “bad offenses” who either surprisingly delivered or frustrated managers, including Tony Pollard, Blake Corum, Shadur Sanders, and several others.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The "Trust-O-Meter": Winners and Losers on Bad Offenses

The analysts run through notable fantasy players from struggling offenses, rating their trust levels (0–10 scale) for the rest of the season.

• Harold Fannin Jr. (TE, CLE)

  • Heath’s biggest winner: “He was the biggest winner. I'm excited to talk about Shador as well.” (02:52)
  • Fannin now has the third most points ever for a 21-year-old TE in a season, per Heath. (02:52)
  • Trust score: 7 (Dave), 6 (Jamie)
  • Heath: “I've started him 14 weeks in a row.” (04:13)

• Shadur Sanders (QB, CLE)

  • First 300-yard passer against Tennessee this year; scored 39.5 fantasy points.
  • Trust score: “like a 5 max… You're starting him in 2QB leagues.” (07:31 – Dave)
  • Jamie: “I hope all of my opponents in the first round of the playoffs are starting Shador Sanders.” (07:38)
  • Heath (on why Sanders was benched so long): “Shador is so clearly and obviously better than Dylan Gabriel.” (07:54)

• Breece Hall (RB, NYJ)

  • Sputtered against the Dolphins (14 for 43 yards).
  • Trust depends on NYJ QB: 6 (Jamie), “six or seven if it’s Tyrod, five or six if it’s Fields, four if it’s Cook.” (09:02 – Dave)
  • Heath: “eight with Tyrod, five with Fields, two with Cook.” (09:11)

• Tony Pollard (RB, TEN)

  • Huge game: 161 yards, 25 carries at Cleveland (only started in 21% of leagues).
  • Heath: “I couldn't find anybody… So I started him. So that was awesome.” (10:36)
  • Trust: 4 (Heath), 2 (Jamie), 5 (Dave)

• Quinshon Judkins (RB, CLE)

  • Another dud, but salvaged with a 58-yard catch.
  • Trust: 6 (Dave), 7 (Jamie), 5 (Heath)

• Justin Jefferson (WR, MIN)

  • Only 2 catches, 11 yards; 0 trust from Heath: “I don't… I don't think you can have… hope and you might need to start him. I can't imagine he's going to be in my top 20.” (14:29)
  • Jamie: “The problem is that JJ McCarthy may win out because the schedule is so favorable for them.” (16:04)

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2. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Heath on Fannin: “He currently has the most fantasy points per game ever for a 21-year-old tight end. What a great day and what a great touchdown catch.” (02:52)
• Dave on Colts' Receivers: “The whole season's going to go down the tubes… I would be very nervous about having Pittman, Pierce, Warren, Downs.” (04:20)
• Heath on Sanders’ starting streak: “I've started [Fannin] 14 weeks in a row. What are you talking about?” (04:13)
• Jamie on Jefferson: “I can't wait to get over excited next year about the quarterback that they sign and how that's going to change Justin Jefferson.” (16:04)
• Chris Godwin’s honesty: “It feels disjointed. I can't put my finger on exactly why. If we could, it would probably be easier to fix it…” (21:51)

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3. Winners & Losers, Waiver Wire, and Position Battles

Winners

• Harold Fannin Jr., DK Metcalf, Kyle Pitts, Devin Neal, Jordan Love, Zay Flowers
  • Metcalf’s resurgence: “It was as if someone, like, showed the Steelers highlights of DK Metcalf in the past and said, no, this is how you're supposed to use them.” (26:33 – Heath)
  • Kyle Pitts revival: “As long as Drake London is out, [Pitts] is the best receiving option for the Falcons… finally living up to expectations.” (29:04 – Jamie)
  • Jordan Love props: “He just proved that he's absolutely in the conversation of being a top 12 quarterback.” (31:28 – Dave)

Losers

• Breece Hall, Justin Jefferson, A. Buka, Deebo Samuel, Ken Walker
  • On Jefferson: “Back-to-back weak loser.” (14:01 – Heath)
  • Walker’s unpredictability: “For one week they really seem to like Ken Walker, and the next week they don't at all.” (35:46 – Heath)
  • Cole Kmet, DJ Moore, Devante Adams mentioned for poor output.

Waiver Wire Targets

• Jalen Wright (Devon Achane injury)
• Isaiah Likely (opportunity for more TE involvement)
• **Luther Burden, Blake Corum (“should be rostered in a lot more [leagues]; if something happens to Kyren Williams, then Blake Corum’s a league winner.” (72:37 – Heath))

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4. Key Team and Individual Performance Takeaways

Indianapolis Colts

• Quarterback instability (Riley Leonard, Anthony Richardson); bleak for Pittman and Co.

Cleveland Browns

• Shadur Sanders: “Played very well today and he's had some flashes and if there's nobody better and he has a strong enough, you know, close to this season… why can't he be the guy next year?” (61:04 – Jamie)

Buffalo Bills/Cincinnati Bengals

• Bengals’ passing offense is “finally right.” (41:02 – Heath)
• Bills run defense is improved, no longer a pushover matchup.

Seattle Seahawks

• DK Metcalf: Big day, high average depth of target for the first time in a while (28:42).
• Ken Walker “back to RB25”; unpredictable with Charbonnet’s involvement.

Minnesota Vikings

• Offense underwhelming, Jefferson and others hard to start confidently.

Tampa Bay Bucs

• Offense “disjointed,” Baker Mayfield unreliable—even with Mike Evans returning.

New York Jets

• Breece Hall trust rating is volatile, strictly QB-dependent.

Los Angeles Rams

• Blake Corum breaks out, but only viable if Kyren Williams goes down.

Miami Dolphins

• Heavy run focus limits passing; Jaylen Waddle still startable.

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Important Timestamps

• Trust-O-Meter & Player Debates: 07:09-14:29
• In-depth Discussion: Justin Jefferson & Vikings woes: 13:31–16:28
• Winners Segment: 25:36-32:32
• Losers Segment: 32:32-36:07
• Game-by-game recaps and trends: 39:08–74:56
• Blake Corum’s role and significance: 72:37–74:56

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Additional Insights

Dynasty and ROS (Rest-of-Season) Valuations

• Justin Jefferson: Still top 6–7 dynasty WR for Heath; outside top 20 for ROS rankings until QB changes.
• Harold Fannin Jr.: Emerging dynasty tight end.
• Christian Watson vs. Michael Wilson: Leaning Watson for consistency if Marvin Harrison Jr. is back. (70:40 – Dave/Jamie)

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Original Tone and Style

Throughout, the episode maintains the podcast's classic banter: lightly sarcastic, self-deprecating, and conversational, punctuated by statistical deep-dives, playful disagreements (“I hope everyone in my first round of playoffs starts Tony Pollard.” – Jamie, 11:29), and plenty of fantasy heartbreak commiseration.

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Conclusion

Week 14 was a rollercoaster: Major breakouts from previously unreliable players, frustrating duds from fantasy stars, and a shifting landscape for late-season waiver wire moves. The FFT crew reminds managers to stay frosty—“It's going to be an interesting week”—as the playoffs loom and as uncertainty reigns in several prominent backfields and QB rooms.

Best advice for playoff-bound managers:
Monitor injuries (especially at RB), tune out the noise around star receivers on bad offenses unless matchups are favorable, and don’t chase one-week wonders—unless, of course, the usage is truly trending up (see: Blake Corum, Jalen Wright).

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If you missed the episode, this recap should keep you well-armed for the fantasy playoffs!

Transcript

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[Heath]

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[Brady]

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[Heath]

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[Dave]

This is going to go the distance.

[Heath]

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

[Brady]

Not bad. Not bad at all. A pretty high scoring week. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 quarterbacks with 20 or more fantasy points so far with four teams on a buy with four quarterbacks left to play. Not bad. Welcome to Fantasy Football today presented by BetMGM. Make it legendary Today we're Gonna do the Trust O meter bad offenses edition as we had guys on bad offenses have really big games and also have really bad games like Justin Jefferson. How much do we trust Justin Jefferson? How much do we trust Shadur Sanders going forward? And yes, Heath, I am aware this segment steals all of your winners and losers. So I apologize for that.

[Heath]

But you know, you know, any chance I get to talk about Harold freaking Fannin, I am thrilled to do it. He was the biggest winner. I'm excited to talk about Shador as well. I meant to send a tweet to Thomas that I sent out just about 30 minutes ago, but Harold Fannin now has the third most points ever for a 21 year old tight end in a season behind only Kyle Pitts and Rob Gronkowski who played 17 and 16 games. He currently has the most fantasy points per game ever for a 21 year old tight end. What a great day and what a great touchdown catch. Like it's not just junk. This guy is good at football.

[Brady]

Yeah, that's really a very random stat. But when you.

[Heath]

What do you mean? Most people very Jacob Gibbs stats, he's always Talking about what 21 year olds and 22 year olds have done because if you do it at a very young age that pretends big things.

[Brady]

Well, also David, he had his best.

[Dave]

Game of the year. Yeah.

[Brady]

And Najoku left very early.

[Heath]

He's finally got, he's finally got a quarterback.

[Brady]

And Jamie's here. This is the earliest Jamie's ever been here. Hey, Jamie.

[Jamie]

What's up guys?

[Heath]

What's going on?

[Brady]

This is great.

[Heath]

Huge.

[Brady]

All right. Harold Fan is a big winner. I guess you trust him. Rest of season at Chicago, Buffalo and Pittsburgh.

[Heath]

I've started in 14 weeks in a row. What are you talking about?

[Brady]

All right, Dave, you want to give us a big loser?

[Dave]

A big loser is going to be whoever catches passes in Indianapolis with Daniel Jones missing the rest of the year with the Achilles injury. And it's going to be Riley Leonard and then maybe, maybe Anthony Richardson for Indianapolis. Just a bad first look for Rylan Leonard. 2. Nice deep. 1 nice deep throw to Pittman and then a catch and run to, to Alec Pierce. But it's, it's, it's kind of a shame that what's happening in Indianapolis. The whole season's going to go down the tubes. Don't see Riley Leonard as, as a guy that can help support multiple receivers in this offense moving forward and that includes a tight end with Tyler Warren. So I, I would be very nervous about having Pittman Pierce, Warren, downs like the expectations are going to go downs for all these guys.

[Heath]

At least they don't have to like go to Seattle next week or anything.

[Brady]

Well, well that's usually a good thing for tight ends as it was again today. Would you rather do you think down the stretch the Colts have at Seattle, San Francisco and Jacksonville at home? You think Harold Fannin Jr. Or Tyler Warren will be better?

[Dave]

If there's no new joke who I'm ready to pivot to Fanon.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Heath]

Browns have Bears, Bills, Steelers.

[Dave]

Yeah, I think.

[Heath]

I think you'll start them both. All right, I'll take Fanon foe.

[Brady]

All right. Hey Jamie, what's How we living Good.

[Jamie]

You?

[Brady]

Yeah, fine.

[Jamie]

Must be happy.

[Brady]

Yeah, it was. I mean obviously Miami got in. I had a great Fantasy Day. Knicks 1 and the Giants have the first pick in the draft right now. So great for you sports bonanza. Tell you what else is great.

[Heath]

I hear a lot of people talking about firing Kevin Stefanski. That was a master class and how to lose a game to the Titans.

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[Dave]

7 6.

[Brady]

Okay, we'll move on. How about Shadur Sanders? First 300 yard passer against Tennessee this year. Scored 39.5 fantasy points. He is QB2 behind Josh Allen 0 to 10 on the Trust O meter for Sanders at Chicago next week.

[Dave]

It'S going to be like a 5 max. There's still going to be other quarterbacks. You'll take over Shador, but he's a start in two QB leagues.

[Jamie]

I Hope all of my opponents in the first round of the playoffs are starting Shooter Sanders.

[Heath]

Yeah, I'm not going to start Shador Sanders in a one quarterback league by any stretch of the imagination. But I would sure like for someone to answer why I had to watch five weeks of Dylan Gabriel.

[Brady]

Yeah, man, it's, I don't get like.

[Heath]

Shador is so clearly and obviously better than Dylan Gabriel.

[Brady]

Yeah, good for him, man.

[Jamie]

He played with also the Titans. Keep that in mind.

[Heath]

Well, but he, I think we would have said that after like his first start. He made a pass.

[Jamie]

In, in general.

[Brady]

Right.

[Heath]

I don't want to start him at all. I don't imagine he'll be my top 18.

[Brady]

Yeah, but he didn't just, you know, he had the best game that any quarterbacks had all year against the Titans. But yeah, I'm not, I'm not picking him up.

[Dave]

42 attempts too.

[Brady]

Third quarterback with more than 40 pass attempts against Tennessee. All right.

[Heath]

He owes a little thank you to Tony Pollard.

[Brady]

Tony Pollard's on this list. We're getting him. One second. Let's go to Breeze hall, one of Dave's losers. 14 carries for 43 yards against the Dolphins. You had Tyra Taylor leave the game. You had Justin Fields unavailable. So it was Brady Cook in at quarterback for the jets. He went 14 of 30 for 163 yards. So 0 to 10 trust o meter for Breece hall going forward. Jamie, you started off six.

[Dave]

Dave.

It'S going to be a six or a seven if it's to rod, a five or six of its fields and like a four if it's cooking.

[Heath]

Yeah, I'll go eight with Torod, five with Fields, two with Cook.

[Brady]

Okay.

[Jamie]

I think one of the most amazing things that happened mid season is how this Dolphins run defense flipped on its.

[Dave]

Head after the trade deadline.

[Jamie]

I think it actually started to be honest with you and I know it's the, the fantasy points are, are not going to speak to that. But it was the Browns game because they, they did a good job on Judge and see scored three touchdowns. But that was the game where they first started to actually look like they could stop the run because it was just coming at them all the time.

[Brady]

They're probably not going to make the playoffs but they're, they're, you know, getting close to being in the discussion. They're, they have a four game winning streak and they're six and seven. So six, seven.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Brady]

So Breeze hall, they might be saving.

[Jamie]

Mike McDaniel's job, which is the interesting.

[Dave]

Thing there Might be a playoff contender still, kind of.

[Brady]

I mean, it's going to be tough.

[Dave]

They might be.

[Brady]

I know I just said that, but. All right, let's go to Tony Pollard. Tony Pollard. All right, so it was, you know, there were a lot of sports things that went very well for me today, but I did start the morning off by dropping Tony Pollard in one league. So it, I, it waited this long, 14 weeks in, I finally dropped him. And he had a career high in rushing today. 161 yards, 25 carries, 1612 at Cleveland. Huge game. Started at only 21 of leagues rostered in only 74 of leagues. Heath on the trust o meter. Tony Pollard at San Francisco, then the Chiefs, then the Saints.

[Heath]

So I just want to say I had two must win games where I was scouring the waiver wire at 12:45 trying to find somebody to start over. Tony Pollard. And I couldn't find, I couldn't find anybody. So I started him. So that was awesome. Who do they play?

[Brady]

San Francisco next week?

[Heath]

I mean, I just did it against the Browns. What does it matter?

[Jamie]

I'll.

[Heath]

I'll put him at a, at a four.

[Jamie]

Okay.

[Brady]

Dave. Jamie. Tony Pollard.

[Jamie]

Two.

[Dave]

I'll say, I'll say five.

[Heath]

I will say to his credit, like, he had three or four, like exceptional runs. He, he did play very well today.

[Brady]

And he had a few of those last week, not exceptional runs. He got off to a really good start last week. You know, I was watching as the tape and I was like, oh, this is a great start. And then it just completely went away. So I didn't really make anything of it. But he had 10 carries for 60 yards last week against the Jaguars. This is Tony Pollard. Just one.

[Jamie]

I hope everyone in my first round of playoffs starts Tony Pollard.

[Brady]

All right, just one more thing. Here they were, they had 33 running back carries in this game. That's by far the most in a game since Tajie Spears came back. Probably all season. They, the previous high had been 22. So he's had a lot more opportunities. But the last four weeks, Tony Pollard's had 71, 69, 83 and 76 of the running back carries. It's a lot better than what he had the three weeks prior when it was less than 60%. So he has had a bigger running back carry share.

[Jamie]

So you, you said started in 21.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

So I'm gonna guess the other because Heath is obviously in one of those people. I'm gonna guess the other 20 of people probably are watching. Everybody else make the playoffs and everything.

[Brady]

Forgot.

[Heath]

Didn't even set their lineup.

[Jamie]

Never didn't forget.

[Heath]

Didn't forget. Just are done doing or like, you.

[Jamie]

Know, you played that 3 and 10 team and you're like oh thank God I'm getting the playoffs or I, you know, clinching a buyer. You know I got the three seed and what the F. Tony Pollard just did that to me.

[Brady]

Yeah, yeah, I know. We'll see if, if his start percentage is 21% again next week. We'll know it was all the eliminated teams. All right. Quin. Sean Judkins. Ooh, real huge dud now he had a 58 yard catch so it wasn't that bad. But 14 carries for 26 yards, one catch for 58 yards. So that's going to be about what, nine and a half points. 9.4 I think if I did that right. I hope I did. Yeah, he's at the Bears. I mean he's got the same schedule as Sanders and Fannin at the Bears, then the Bills, then the Steelers. Trust o meter on Judkins.

[Dave]

Dave.

6.

[Brady]

Jamie.

[Jamie]

7, Heath 5.

[Brady]

That averages out to 6 12.

Oh man, he can't really run on anyone. You know, it's just so sad. It's like even jet you know when Genti gets a good matchup it doesn't mean he's going to run well. Apparently that's judge other maybe the Titans are a tough matchup.

[Jamie]

Yeah, it's not a team that really turned around. It's run defense.

[Brady]

Last one. We were just waiting for these great matchups for Justin Jefferson. 91% started, gets four targets, two catches and 11 yards. Heath 0 to 10 on Jefferson 0.

[Jamie]

Dave.

[Brady]

Wow. 5 Jamie 4 All right, Dave. He's one of your losers. Justin Jefferson with a horrible game. J.J. mcCarthy.

[Dave]

Only he was last week.

[Heath]

He was one of mine.

[Brady]

Oh, he's one of yours. I'm sorry.

[Heath]

And I do think he qualifies as a back to back weak loser.

[Brady]

Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Because you know, I thought you could say I was brosmer last week. The Seattle's been so good against receiver but Heath in this game now it's not like McCarthy lit it up. He threw three touchdowns but only threw 23 times for 163 yards. But what. How could we have any confidence in Justin Jefferson? He does get the best matchup. Dallas and then the Giants both on the road. But how can we have confidence in him?

[Heath]

I said zero. I don't. I don't think you can have like you can have hope and you might need to start him. I don't expect that when we get to Tuesday we're going to feel fantastic about the wide receiver position. So he might. He'll probably still be in the top 30. I can't imagine he's going to be in my top 20. I think maybe the most frustrating thing is you have a matchup against the defense that's not very good and they didn't even kind of try to force the ball to him. Like if he'd had a few more targets and they just didn't connect, I might have a little more hope. But they just didn't even try to throw it to him.

[Dave]

Four times there, one was there one into the end zone that he, that they were close on. I feel like I saw something like that.

[Brady]

I don't remember. I don't have.

[Dave]

I don't remember either. But, but McCarthy completing all but seven passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns is amazing on the J.J. mcCarth quarterback scale. So I would say he did light it up. But it was against one of the easiest opponents that you have.

[Heath]

He gets the Cowboys next week.

[Dave]

I, I wouldn't rule it out for Jefferson. I, I agree with you, Heath. It's going to be really hard to rank him as a top 20 wide receiver, but I wouldn't rule out him coming back to like eight plus targets and having a solid game.

[Brady]

Trying to find this article from ESPN.com about Kevin O' Connell basically has sort of admitted that he has to change things up with with McCarthy and maybe play to his strengths a little bit more, change the offense somehow and kind of give up on on the footwork that he's been trying to, you know, fix. I'll see if I can find it because it was pretty interesting. I didn't really expect it to lead to results, but maybe it did.

[Jamie]

And I can't wait to get over excited next year about the quarterback that they signed and how that's going to change Justin Jefferson. But I think the problem with that is that JJ McCarthy may win out because the schedule is so favorable for them. They won't win.

Right.

[Dave]

They'll get outscored in that game. He had a 91.3 catchable attempt rate McCarthy did against Washington. This is a step forward.

[Brady]

Here's a quote from Kevin o' Connell skin on ESPN the biggest thing is what you're seeing coverage wise needs to take a back seat to what is the best thing for our offense offense in that moment. Things that I may see chances to maybe get an in cut screaming or high crosses, running or vertical chances that have kind of always give it gave us the lift in games. I think he's trying to say, you know, he needs to kind of cater to what's best for, for the quarterback instead of calling plays based on what the coverage is doing. But. All right, let's take a break.

[Jamie]

Keith, where is Jeff sending your dynasty rankings right now?

[Heath]

Oh, you know, he is still top seven at the wide receiver position. He is, he was sixth coming into this week and he probably won't fall any from there. I, I don't think I can get to the point of moving George Pickens ahead of Justin Jefferson. But obviously if you were a contender, you prefer Pickens.

[Brady]

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[Brady]

Can he pick in Philadelphia? Yeah. Suetongo bellow. Our first game in 46 degrees or colder weather that he won. He's now one in seven in those games. And bundle up. He's at Pittsburgh next week. Running back, this is the big one. Here is Devon Hn. He left with a rib injury. He apparently was available to return to the game. They had a pretty big lead for most of it, but McDaniel said in an emergency, Devon HN could have come back in. So we'll talk early. Waiver wire. Jalen Wright could certainly be someone to pick up.

[Heath]

Somebody needs to tell him yards. Yeah, and somebody needs to tell Mike McDaniel that the fantasy playoffs are starting and that is an emergency. So we're gonna need him.

[Brady]

Obviously you could have been happy with what you got from HN today. It was great. But you have to say he could have had one of those 40 point games.

[Jamie]

Oh, him CD Lamb. I mean, you know, both those guys, what they did in the first half was just incredible.

[Brady]

Yeah, you're right.

[Jamie]

You're right.

[Brady]

Basil Tootin fumbled, did not have a carry the rest of the game. He had only two carries at the time of the fumble to eight for etn. And that was it for Tootin's carries and Keaton Mitchell for Baltimore. He left in the second half. I think. Dave, you had Abuka as a loser, is that right?

[Dave]

Doesn't sound right.

[Brady]

One of you.

[Dave]

But he was.

[Brady]

Jamie, had me read you a quote from Chris Godwin on the Bucks offense. He said.

He said, I don't disagree that it feels disjointed. I can't put my finger on exactly why. I feel like if we could, it would probably be easier to fix it. You can't just look at this and go, oh, it's whatever. It's not whatever. We have to correct it. If we want to make a run at this thing. We've got to get, get it together and get it together fast. That's Chris Godwin on the Bucks offense.

[Heath]

I think he said finger in that quote. And the fingers of the wide receivers have been part of the problem.

[Jamie]

Yep.

[Brady]

I saw at least two drops from Abuka today.

[Jamie]

Yeah, I mean, it's obviously a much better game if he catches that touchdown.

[Brady]

Mason Taylor has a stinger.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Good game, I guess. Decent game. Darnell Washington left with a concussion. Zach Ertz, tough knee injury in the third quarter. And David Najoku left with a knee injury pretty early in that game. Offensive line, Cleveland center Ethan Posick could have a long term injury. Tennessee offensive tackle Dan Moore left with a neck injury. Colts. As if it wasn't bad enough for the Colts, their right tackle, Braden Smith left with a concussion. And Tampa Bay, they were already playing without their left tackle, Tristan. Worse, their left guard, Ben Bredesen left with a knee injury in the second quarter. And that's pretty much it. I'll mention that Christian Bedford Benford, the Bills cornerback who's been shadowing number one receivers lately. He is the first Bills defensive player to score a touchdown in consecutive games ever. Congratulations, Christian Benford. And he turned that game on its head and was a big part of why they won. Jamie, early, waiver wire. Who do you think is going to be in the column this week?

[Jamie]

I mean, obviously Jalen Wright is the headliner with the injury to. To Devon Hn. We'll have to wait till Monday to give you the rest of the list. Okay.

[Brady]

I don't know if there's going to be a quarterback shooter. Sanders.

[Jamie]

Sanders for you.

[Heath]

There's. I mean, he has some. Some pretty wild fans, so he'll be picked up in a few leagues.

[Jamie]

I mean, listen, he should. You know, if your quarterbacks. Look, you just listed Daniel Jones and Jane Daniels. Those have been at points in the season, obvious starters, you know, guys that I think, you know, some people had some potential expectations for. Obvious Daniels, you know, when he came back, that he was gonna. I know for me, I picked him up in a couple leagues with this matchup against the Giants this week. So Marioto would definitely be back there. Yeah. You know, for sure. So, you know, those. Those are. Those are some options.

[Dave]

What about Isaiah Likely.

Bengals this week.

[Jamie]

Yep. This upcoming game last week, Bengals this week.

[Dave]

Luther Burton having a touchdown against him last time.

[Jamie]

Luther Burton guys, you know, that have opportunities to play well.

Yeah.

[Brady]

Luther Burden. We got an email that said that the. It was only sent to me, but it said that our Luther Burden hype was basically out of control. And it was sent. First of all, if you're gonna send an email like that, never send until the game's over. It was sent around halftime. So he didn't have a great game. I think he probably scored around 10 fantasy points. No more than that.

[Dave]

10 point. 10.7. Plus what he did. It's 11 on 11.

[Brady]

Yes. That's. That's not bad. 11.

[Jamie]

I don't know what he's referring to. I guess maybe you guys are talking about this morning. I guess I know for me, like, I didn't mention him once in the last few weeks as a waiver wire option because there's just too many mouse for this offense. Like, I never had any interest in picking him up until this news from Romo Dunes.

[Brady]

It was this morning he was referring to this morning, I think. Or we didn't overhype him. I mean, we. We treated him like a number three.

[Jamie]

Receiver and talked about him several times over the last few weeks about somebody to pick up like I never met. I never wrote about it, you know, so it was never in. In the waiver wire column on CBS Sports just because, again, I didn't think there was an opportunity to him for him to be a starter without an injury. And now there's an injury.

[Brady]

Yeah, well, he led the team in targets. He led the team in receiving. So I think it was actually a pretty encouraging game for Luther Burden. All right.

[Jamie]

Especially given the opponent now they got to play him again in two weeks, but still, this is going to be.

[Brady]

The last Time, I tell you on the air, because this is the last night of voting. So if it's Sunday and if you're watching live right now, it's really the only people I'm talking to. Go out and [e-mail] if you're listening to this on Monday, go to the64.com and see if we won. But you're going to want to find the sports podcast radio category and we're in the finals. And just please vote for fantasy football today. Be great. And that's pretty much that's the last time until there's a new contest that ask you to vote. All right. To the winners and losers, Heath's winners are Harold Fannin Jr. 78% rostered, 57% started. And. Oh, what is this? DK Metcalf. What happened here? 148 yards at Baltimore for DK Metcalf coming off of, I mean, his last five games, the yards were 6, 35, 49, 22 and 32. So this was surprising. What do you think about Metcalf?

[Heath]

It was as if someone, like, showed the Steelers highlights of DK Metcalf in the past and said, no, this is how you're supposed to use them. Like, Aaron Rodgers, I thought, played fantastic for the majority of this game. And he was throwing the ball down the field, specifically down the sidelines to dk, and DK was. Was winning his matchups and making plays. It was very encouraging. I'm not like, you can't just throw him right back up probably to where we had him, but as bad as.

[Jamie]

Wide receiver is, you might get the Dolphins next week. It's a very encouraging matchup. Aaron Rodgers said before the game, great week of practice, that the receivers bought in, you know, so I don't know if maybe the addition of Adam Thielen, just another guy in that room that's clearly a professional. You know, maybe saying some things to the group helps. And I think the one thing, like, watching this game, they had some special teams concerns. He was playing the gunner on special teams.

[Brady]

Whoa.

[Jamie]

And, like, earned his Steeler stripes with everything he did today. Like, you know, beat the Ravens big game, doing whatever was needed. Like, there was. There was at one point, like, he got up from a play, his shoulder pads were all messed up, his jersey was all messed up. Like, he gave everything he had. And it was, you know, this, to Heat's point, like, this was the. The player I think that they were, you know, hoping to get, especially after you see what George Pickens has been doing, like, you know, they, they've had that narrative going for for a couple months now of Pickens just being this absolute stud and Metcalf not. And you know, today, at least for one week, you know, it certainly was in his favor.

[Dave]

They also couldn't run the ball today, so they needed him in a major way. They needed vintage Rogers in a major way too.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Baltimore day than to run. They're on the throw. Excuse me.

[Brady]

Well, Heath, to your point, this was one of the highest. I think the second highest.

Well, really, this, this. Usually you don't get this data the average route depth, but I think the second highest average route depth. We'll see if that changes. I usually don't get that data until the day after, but it was that.

[Heath]

That fits with what my viewing experience was.

[Brady]

Yeah, fourth highest adot of the year for him. High adot hasn't always translated translated to success for him, but it certainly did today. And that's. He's been this super low adot guy all year basically and that's just not who DK Metcalf is.

[Jamie]

So.

[Brady]

All right, that's Metcalf and Fan and for Heath, for Jamie, it's Kyle Pitts, 79% rostered, 46% started. So it's basically the same roster percentage as Fanon, a little bit lower start percentage as Fanon. Pitts went for six catches, 90 yards on 10 targets. Two huge games in a row for him. And you also have Devin Neal. So it's Pitts and Neil.

[Jamie]

I mean, this is what we hope for for Pitts. It started with the first game that Cousins started and London was out and it didn't materialize. And then the last two have been great. And so we'll see if London comes back. He's clearly on the verge of returning. If they decide to, you know, rush him back or he's healthy enough to play, you know, we'll see what the situation is. But as long as Drake London is out, this is the best receiving option for the Falcons. And I don't think it's close. You know, Darnell Mooney's just not that guy. Kyle Pitts is finally living up to expectations that we've had for him since his rookie season. It's always interesting when a guy in a contract year does this, so we'll see what happens, you know, coming off of this stretch run here. But I mean, look, he's a must start fantasy tight end. And in the case of Devin Neal, look, he's gotten the work in the last two plus games since Alvin Kamara's injury today, he delivered on it with a rushing touchdown. I think if the. If the score was different, he probably would have been more involved in the passing game like we saw the last two weeks. But Tyler Shock is playing well. This. That's a guy. You look at the waiver wires. Tyler suck. I mean, he's playing very well with his fantasy production. But I think Devin Neal, as long as, you know Camara's out, he's at least a flex and probably a borderline number two.

[Brady]

Anyway, what was interesting about Neil's touchdown was it was a direct snap to Taysom Hill, who handed off to Devin Neal so that the threat still exists. But Taysom Hill's getting hardly any touches. The last two games, it's been all Neil, which is awesome.

[Heath]

That's the best use of Taysom Hill.

[Jamie]

And off.

[Brady]

Also, Jamie, just. Just to recall, because I was just looking at the game log the first time London was out and Cousins played. Pitts had nine targets in that game against Miami.

[Jamie]

I'm sorry, that's the Miami game. I was talking about the most recent.

[Brady]

I know you were. Yeah, but. But like the one even before this most recent strength. So it's what, three out of four games?

[Dave]

It's three of four with cousins.

[Heath]

He was a 26 target share with Cousins coming into this game.

[Brady]

So awesome.

[Jamie]

Right. We have yet to see Cousins. London pits together.

[Heath]

Right, Right.

[Brady]

This year, Dave, your. Your winners are Jordan. First of all, I want to say you guys do a nice job complimenting me when I get something right. Probably because out of Shock, but you guys were great. With Jordan Love. I just didn't see it with Jordan Love. I didn't. This is one I was like, I don't really know why the guys are so high on him. He scores 25.4 fantasy points. He only threw 25 times. I think that was kind of my concern. But he really made the most of it, so great job to. To you guys for believing in Jordan Love in this game and he's unfortunately at Denver next week. But Dave, you want to talk about him and Zay flowers who had 11 targets and had a huge game.

[Dave]

Yeah, Love looked great. Other than the interception. It looked like the ball came off his hand. Funny on that, but he wasn't pressured very much. He was sacked only one time. And Christian Watson, man, just such a weapon for him. And you're right. That matchup against Denver, I can't say I love Love for that game, but after that, he's a for sure starter. I'd Say he's a maybe starter for that game against the Broncos too. So I, I think he just proved that he's absolutely in the conversation of being a top 12 quarterback and will be after that game against the Broncos. Zay Flowers was on the same page with Lamar. Made some big time catches with Lamar. He could have had an even bigger day if not for some drops along the way, not getting his feet inbounds on a catch. His play was a byproduct of Lamar taking a step forward. We've seen some really bad play from Lamar last week. He was close for a couple of touchdowns. This week. Lamar should have had a monster game. He instead had a good game, a top 12 game. And Zay Flowers was a big part of that. And I think that that can continue for Baltimore, especially next week against Cincinnati.

[Brady]

Okay, and Dave, let's go right to your losers. Actually, if we can talk about Jordan Love, do you guys feel like if there were still a sell high window that Christian Watson would be the best sell high in fantasy right now?

[Dave]

I don't feel that way.

[Heath]

I think he'd be.

[Brady]

Four targets, right? You know, Jaden Reed was involved. Melton made four targets. I don't know. It's just he.

[Heath]

Did Romeo Dobbs get hurt? I don't know.

[Dave]

I don't know if he got hurt, but he obviously wasn't very involved.

[Brady]

Okay, sorry to interrupt you there, Dave. Your losers were Breece hall, who we talked about, and the Indianapolis pass catchers that we talked about. So we can skip your losers. Cool?

[Dave]

Fine with me.

[Brady]

Jamie A. Mecca Abuca and Debo Samuel A. Booka was still started in 92% of these. He had nine more targets. He had two catches for 15 yards. If you all didn't see it, he was wide open for a touchdown and he dropped it. And Debo, four catches for 27 yards on six targets at the Vikings.

[Jamie]

I think in the case of Buka, we kind of covered this and now Mike Evans is coming back potentially this week. So, you know, you're not dropping him. I doubt you're sitting him in three receiver leagues. It's very difficult to start him in two receiver leagues right now. You still got Baker dealing with the shoulder injury. You mentioned the offensive line concerns for Tampa Bay. It's just they're not connecting, you know. You want to talk about a sell high candidate, let's go back to week five and say sell high on a Meca Buka and actually stick to it because that was the, the window that we needed to maximize his value. In the case of Debo Samuel, it's now four games of 11 PPR points or less. His last four games with Terry McLaurin. And now you have Mariota coming back. You know, maybe the earth's injury helps things for Debo, but, I mean, he's just kind of struggling down the stretch here at this point, and I don't know how many people are going to trust him now that McLaren's back. This was a tough matchup. I think we kind of expected that with what Minnesota does. Number two in terms of fewest fancy points allowed to opposing receivers.

It's just, I. I mean, for me, like, at best, the low end starter in three receiver leagues, like, I can't trust Debo Samuel right now.

[Brady]

I also think that we look at the Vikings and I, I feel bad because I. I was recommending Jaden Daniels to a lot of people and Terry McLaurin to a lot of people. The Vikings. Yeah, I, I think, yeah, we all, we thought it was gonna be a better game. Vikings have given up one passing touchdown in the last five games. You know, their defense, it's the Vikings and the Seahawks are the two teams.

[Jamie]

You want to throw that fifth game in, it just say none in the last four.

[Brady]

Well, that was. They played Lamar Jackson at that point, and Lamar Jackson wasn't extremely beat up at that. So I think I got to give him credit for that. You know, he's probably the best quarterback. They fade. Well, they fade. No, they face love, they face Caleb, they face Daniels. Who Darnold. Right. It wasn't like. It's not easy competition, the Vikings and the Seahawks versus The only team to shut down jsn. Yeah. Yeah. Seriously. And, yeah, so those are two matchups for receivers that I just hate right now. That's Jamie's losers are A. Buka and Debo Heath. Yours are Jefferson and Ken Walker.

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Brady]

All right, good call. Here, would you. Ten carries, one catch at Atlanta.

[Heath]

Well, that was not a good call because I think I had him ranked in the top 15 like everybody else, but it was not a good game either. And I just.

I don't have any rhyme or reason. For one week they really seem to like Ken Walker, and the next week they don't at all. And he wasn't good. And Charbonnet was better. And they had more success throwing the ball than running the ball. It was just a gross performance and gross usage.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Heath]

And he's just right back where he was, somewhere right around RB25.

[Brady]

Committees. Damn you, committees.

[Jamie]

It's gonna be an Interesting week this week with depending like what Barkley does because he's been struggling and Walker's obviously tough to trust and Breeze Hall's coming off a bad game clinch on Juggins coming off a bad game. Like, these are, you know, number two running backs that I think a lot of people have relied on or maybe got you to the playoffs. And now here you are and, you know, if Devon H. Hands out, are you trusting Jalen Wright, like over those guys? If to Rod Taylor, who we think is going to play is out, are you trusting Devin Singletary over those guys? Devin Neal, are you trusting him over some of those guys? Like we're, you know, it's gonna be interesting week.

[Dave]

And this was the perfect game script form too. Blowout win for Seattle. They were pretty much dominating from like, certainly the second half. It was close at the end of the first half, but this was the spot for him for sure. Right? I love this. This from Johnny Airport.

[Brady]

Great. Johnny Airport. Is this a legend?

[Heath]

Good job, Thomas.

[Brady]

If you're not watching.

You know, we have a headshot of Ken Walker up and he's got this smirk on his face. And Johnny Airport says Walker's face in that pick. Looks like he's trying not to laugh at you for drafting him.

[Dave]

Yeah, he's got.

[Jamie]

I wonder, I wonder how much, you know, he's been on the injury report one week. It was on, on a Friday. But like, he popped up on the injury port the last couple weeks with this glute injury. I wonder if they're trying to manage his touches for any reason. I. I'm just speculating.

[Dave]

Maybe he played 60% of the snaps. He's been a pain in the glute. But again, like next week they're playing Indianapolis. Indianapolis's offense is going to be neutered. You'd think that it would be the perfect game script for Ken Walker. This game was the perfect game script for Ken Walker. Didn't happen for him.

[Brady]

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[Dave]

Shh.

[Heath]

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Both Steelers running backs were used near the goal line. DeAndre Swift is because kind of in there more than Manangai.

[Dave]

He had all of them.

[Brady]

He did the Manangai had the two point conversion but they were in hurry up one time when when Swift was in the game and I don't remember which touchdown that was but Swift didn't score. Chase Brown was in the game at the 5. He scored from there. Nothing too dramatic at the goal line today. Almost touchdowns. JSN had an almost touch. Oh, James Cook. He fumbled. James Cook fumble going to the S. James foot yes.

[Dave]

Eight point swing.

[Brady]

Yeah, he almost had a huge game. James Cook JSN had an almost touchdown. Then he had two real ones. Trey McBride Tray McBride by the way, he tied a record with Travis Kelsey most consecutive games with five or more catches so he'd be looking to break that next week. But he was wide open late in the game. I mean Brissette would've had a 30 point game. He just missed McBride. Abuka dropped a touchdown. He had a drop on a chunk play earlier. Devonte Adams had a horrible game. He was wide open in the end zone and Stafford missed him early. Darnell Mooney had a long touchdown but he stepped out of bounds and so that was called back. Michael Pittman had a touchdown called back on kind of a questionable offensive pass interference penalty. Isaiah likely had an almost touchdown and a real one and for the second week in a row John Mechi dropped. So this week he definitely dropped a touch. Almost certainly a touchdown the week before probably would have to break a tackle. But Mechi can imagine if he had a touchdown and two straight games we'd actually be talking about him. All right, we'll go to the games. This is the what a great game. Did I call this one the game of the week I finally get one right. Buffalo and Cincinnati. You.

[Heath]

You were right about this game.

[Dave]

Regardless.

[Heath]

You were, you were, you were so, so excited about the Bengals pass offense and the Bills defense not mattering.

[Brady]

Yeah. I mean, when the Bengals are right, I think, I guess no defense really matters. Right. So is that, is that one of the fantasy takeaways?

[Heath]

I think maybe a less that the Bill's defense didn't matter and more that the Bengals were right really for the first time this season with Burrow chasing Higgins and I guess Chase wasn't that right? But I know, I think that the, the thing that I had, the takeaway was, believe it or not, the Bills run defense is no longer a free pass.

[Brady]

Oh, I don't remember last week. What did they do last week?

[Jamie]

Last week they were good against Pittsburgh.

[Heath]

And the week before they gave up 4.09 yards per carry, which is about a yard better than they've done for the year. And chase Brown had 12 carries for 23 yards.

[Jamie]

And the game that they were playing with the lead, most of it too.

Maybe.

They certainly. Since. What was the team that ran all over them?

[Heath]

Oh, there were a few of them.

[Brady]

Sean Tucker. It was the Bills.

[Heath]

So The Dolphins had 194 yards rushing and then the Buccaneers had 150.

[Jamie]

So the, the.

[Dave]

That was week 11.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Since the Bucks game, they've been much better. And I think part of the Steelers game though is they just dominated time possession twice. So much.

[Brady]

Yeah, I mean, maybe that. So they got the Patriots next week. It's not like we. It's not like we have a reliable running back there anyway.

[Jamie]

Are you guys to look at it and you say the, the last few games, like Jalen Warren still scores a touchdown. Chase Brown still has two touchdowns. So while the running production's not there, the fantasy production still there.

[Brady]

Are you concerned at all about this Chase Brown game and his diminished role? A little bit. Jamar Chase having a bad game. I think that's two of the last three games have been bad for Chase. Is there any we missed?

[Jamie]

One. So. Yeah. Two. General.

[Dave]

Yeah, I'm not worried about Jamar Chase. I am a little worried about Chase Brown because even on the first drive of the game, Samajp Ryan was getting in there and it was a little better than a 6040 split for Chase Brown. But it's. He's definitely off the field on third downs. P. Ryan mixing in a little bit. It's. It's definitely a downgrade from where he was when P. Ryan was out. And that's kind of obvious.

[Jamie]

I think in the case again, I'll go back to the guys I mentioned. Breece, Hall, Saquon, Barkley, Quinshon, Judkins, like, you know the, like give me Chase Brown over those guys all day.

[Dave]

Yes.

[Brady]

Bengals, baby. Love it. Higgins was great. Six catches, 92 yards, two touchdowns on 11 targets. And the thing with Chase and I brought up Benford earlier, we have to start thinking about number one receivers against the Bills. He's not. I don't know if he's going to shadow dig. He's not going to go in the slot. They moved Chase into the slot a little bit in the second half, got him going, but I think Benford's playing really well. Any other takeaways here? Like, I don't know, the tight end, the tight ends. It's unbelievable.

[Dave]

Crazy.

[Brady]

Oh, God. The best game start.

[Dave]

Isaiah Likely and Mark Andrews next week.

[Jamie]

Well, how about when Higgins leaves with the. The concussion scare, Kaseki scores a touchdowns like almost every time. Higgins is gone, Kaseki does something.

[Brady]

What about Khalil Shakir Heath? He caught the touchdown, but only three targets.

[Heath]

Yeah, I think.

If you started him, you feel a little bit of a sigh of relief. If you're thinking about starting him next week, you feel worse. He's a number three wide receiver and maybe not a high end one.

[Brady]

All right, next game. New Orleans 24, Tampa Bay 20. A huge upset in the NFC South.

[Heath]

Mike Evans coming back will fix Baker Mayfield, believe it or not.

[Dave]

I don't believe it.

[Heath]

You think he's broke?

[Dave]

I think so. Just look at the last month. The closest thing we have to a good game from Baker Mayfield is last week when touchdowns were called back and dropped.

[Brady]

How many pass attempts for Baker today?

[Dave]

30. 14 of 30 for 122 yards. And I mean, it was a downpour. We didn't really talk about the weather in the Buffalo game. There was snow all over the place, but I don't think it really slowed anybody down. I feel like the weather impacted this game a decent amount. And certainly the passing games.

[Heath]

They had at least three drops, including the Ibuka touchdown, right?

[Brady]

Yeah. And I think you know what Chris Godwin said, we can't put our finger on it. What's wrong with the offense. That's kind of how I've felt. But it seems like every week I go back to that Rams game. Third pass attempt of the game against the Rams, which was a Sunday night game. The game Baker left at halftime. Abuka gets wide open for what would have been a long Touchdown. And Baker missed him. Last week, I think there was a drop in the. I don't know if Buka had any moment like that. But then this week, of course, the touchdown, it just seems like they're. They're just off. They're just off, those two. Something is not right with them and I can't put my finger on it either. But now it's. I mean, they were averaging 5.4 yards per attempt in their last six games and that's going to go down now.

[Jamie]

Yeah, well, this is where an inexperienced offense coordinator has to find an answer. Yeah.

[Brady]

So by the way, just to go back to that Buffalo gaming and the weather, did you guys feel like the pass rush was negated?

[Dave]

Slower?

[Brady]

Yeah, I felt like not the team could get any pressure.

[Jamie]

Yeah, you had that.

[Dave]

I mean, that's Cincinnati though. Like the Bengals don't have any. Anybody that can get pressure on Josh Allen.

[Jamie]

Right. And you had the Benford blitz that, you know, he sacked Burrow on the one.

[Brady]

Yeah. I just felt like. Yeah, it felt like the snow actually was an advantage for the offense.

[Jamie]

It almost always is.

[Brady]

Yeah. Yes. Unless it's visibility.

All right.

[Dave]

Seven passing touchdowns in the game. You tell me.

[Brady]

Back to this game. So Shuck did not throw a touchdown, but he ran for two and he only had 20 pass attempts. So that's always going to hurt Alabe and Vale. But I mean, if you think about it, Dave, you were high on vale. He had 25% target share. So should we stick with him?

[Dave]

I don't think so. I don't think there's a reason to feel great about it.

All right.

[Brady]

All right, then we can. What about you on Johnson? We've always talked about him. Stick with him.

[Dave]

So this is what I'm nervous about too.

[Brady]

He.

[Dave]

What was he third on the team in targets and he had four and it's part of it could be Vale taking over some of that middle of the field role for the Saints.

[Jamie]

I don't know. I would just throw out this game. This isn't a very typical Saints game.

[Heath]

That's true.

[Dave]

I know they won. They've got Carolina next week, so. And it's at home, so no weather issues. Should be a favorable matchup. Will shuck throw it 35 times? I don't know. I don't know if he'll have to.

[Jamie]

No.

[Brady]

All right, Jacksonville at home. After that, Jacksonville 36 and Indianapolis 19.

[Heath]

Travis ETN will outscore Jonathan Taylor in the fantasy playoffs.

[Dave]

Back to the schedule we go. The Jaguars have themselves games against the Jets At Denver and at Indianapolis. Jonathan Taylor's at Seattle, home versus San Francisco, home versus Jacksonville.

[Jamie]

I believe it.

[Dave]

It's going to be close and I think it. Did Tuton come back in? I don't think he did.

[Heath]

I don't think he had scary quarter.

[Dave]

No, I think he only played two snaps. I think he barely played in the game. So we are trending toward Travis ETN as a majority runner with La Quint Allen playing passing downs.

[Jamie]

I mean, could they have opportunity, could they have anything closer to an exact stat line today?

[Brady]

Oh, did they? Let's see.

[Jamie]

Taylor was 21 for 74 and a touchdown with no targets. ETN was 20 for 74 and two touchdowns and one catch for eight yards.

[Dave]

Like it's, I mean, I like two touchdowns more than one touchdown.

[Jamie]

I mean obviously, but like if, if you say that this is the workload for both guys given the offenses that they're in right now, like you have to favor the Jacksonville running back as good as Jonathan Taylo is.

[Brady]

Yep. Yeah. So I obviously, Dave, you know, you, you express concern about the pass catchers, but what's your level of concern for Taylor?

[Jamie]

Ah, sorry.

[Dave]

I, I think Indianapolis will have to do a lot more to get Jonathan Taylor even more involved in the offense and lean on him. The problem is that the, the defenses will know it and you're, you'll see them take chances in the passing game against Riley Leonard and then Anthony Richardson asterisk if Richardson comes back.

[Jamie]

I mean, Taylor has not been the same guy for the last month, you know, and, and that's saying something because he was an MVP candidate and he was arguably the best fantasy running back. It's just been a struggle for him and it's only going to get worse.

[Dave]

Are you putting him in that group of.

[Jamie]

No, he's still ahead of those guys because I think the commitment to him will still be there. Whereas we see those for sure teams, you know, get away from it and their offensive line is still very good. So you know, now it becomes on him and I know the, the concern is obviously there for the pass catchers, but if you look at what they were able to still do post Daniel Jones, like Pierce almost had a big touchdown at the end of the game. Pittman stat line was still fantastic. Like they could still do that. It's not as it's the, the path is going to be a little more challenging because of who the quarterback is, especially with Richardson. But I mean, Riley Leonard may still be competent enough to get these guys the ball to a level that you're still going to be somewhat trustworthy with him.

[Brady]

Okay. Any Heath you want to give some thoughts on Jacoby Myers, who had a nice game.

[Heath]

I think he's the number one wide receiver on the Jags and a borderline number two wide receiver for fantasy.

[Brady]

Who's going to be the best wide receiver on these two teams rest of season?

[Heath]

I would say Jacoby Myers.

[Dave]

It's going to be close though because I did think Brian Thomas Jr. Made some phenomenal catches in this game and, and the three catches for 87 yards. Positive thing. But Myers has been great for them, there's no question. So I might say that Brian Thomas Jr. Ah, do I really want to say he's going to be better than any Colts receiver the rest of the way?

[Brady]

Probably not.

[Dave]

I don't think I'm gonna go that far. But I think if you've got him on your team, you may consider him as like a decent number three wide receiver moving forward. Maybe there's some things that have been figured out. He had a good game.

[Brady]

Speaking of figured out, did Lamar Jackson figure it out? Pittsburgh 27, Baltimore 22. Aaron Rodgers Heath, you mentioned it, man. I did really seem like he was just playing really well. He scored 24.4 fantasy points. But Lamar Jackson, I guess rewarded his managers 23.1 fantasy points for him. Started in 71% of leagues. What do you got for Steelers, Ravens?

[Heath]

I was going to, I mean, I think you could do these two quarterbacks and just say Lamar Jackson's back to a must start quarterback against the Bengals in the playoffs and Aaron Rodgers is the top waiver wire priority at quarterback against the Dolphins.

[Jamie]

He lost another touchdown. Lamar Jackson.

[Dave]

Yeah, like he should have had a great game. I watched this one closely. I think he played his best game since we've had injury concerns.

[Heath]

Didn't likely take his third step when they took the ball away.

[Dave]

I, I don't understand why they call. They took the touchdown away. Like there's a pool report and all that stuff. It's so stupid. He should have had three touchdowns.

[Jamie]

Another drop too. That would have put that. Put them.

[Dave]

There were a lot of them. There were like five throws, including the likely touchdown that his receivers should have caught. He still had some bouts of like, you know, pass rush pressures on him. He's panicking in the pocket. His interception was terrible. But he also looked like his old self as a runner.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

About Rogers. The Ravens have no pass rush. Absolutely zero.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

And so not that the Dolphins are great at it, but they are better.

[Brady]

Than Baltimore boy Jalen Warren feels like a landmine right now. It's just he's. That has a long touchdown catch and he keeps scoring, you know, 12 to 14 points, basically, and he keeps scoring a touchdown. And I, I hate the role Kenneth Gainwell is mixing in at the goal line.

I guess I'm going to keep going back to starting Warren in the one league I have him in, but I understand this is a guy that could lay a total egg. Is that how you guys feel?

[Jamie]

Definitely, yes. Now, I, I think if you, if you watch this game and you look, look at the way Rogers performed, you can't just say, we're gonna, you know, put eight men in the box and say it's okay that they can, you know, that they won't be just throwing the ball because hopefully they can. And then maybe that opens them things up. But that was Baltimore's game plan today, was we're gonna make Aaron Rodgers beat us.

[Brady]

And he did from the jump and anything else. Derrick Henry, you know, you got to live with it. 25 carries, 94 yards, one catch for 8 yards. It's what, it's the role you want. Cincinnati next week. You should be great. And Zay Flowers we talked about, basically the magic number for Zay Flowers is seven targets. Almost every time he gets seven targets, he does well. He's only had two games in his career with 13 or more PPR fantasy points with fewer than seven targets. So that's what we're hoping for on a weekly basis. All right, next up we have Seattle 37, Atlanta 9.

[Jamie]

Just keep in mind with flowers next week, DJ Turner has been playing great.

[Brady]

Yep, he did a great job against him two weeks ago. See Seattle 37, Atlanta 9.

[Heath]

I feel like we've talked about literally almost everyone in this game with Pits and Walker, and there's nothing to say about jsn. He's incredible. This game changes nothing for Sam Darnold. He's still going to be ranked as a high end QB2 who could score you single digits or 30.

[Dave]

Yeah, that's very believable. I don't know why it took me so long to say anything.

[Brady]

Any concerns about Bijan Robinson? No.

[Jamie]

Don't fumble.

[Brady]

I'm, I'm not. I'm a little concerned that he's not going to win me my league.

[Jamie]

But it was Seattle.

[Dave]

I mean, what are you going to do about it?

[Brady]

Here's, you know, nothing. Here's the. It's not the fact that it was Seattle. It's the fact that this offense is awful. Yeah, gosh, they're bad.

[Jamie]

His next coach will hopefully be better.

[Heath]

I, I just think if you're the Bijan manager and you're complaining the Jonathan Taylor and Devon Hn managers are giving you some serious side eye right now. I feel a lot better about Bijan winning my league than those guys currently.

[Brady]

Well, if A Chan comes back, you.

[Heath]

Know, if, if he comes back, he's hurt.

[Brady]

Okay. Next game we can skip through to Minnesota 31 in Washington. Nothing.

[Dave]

That was a good one.

[Heath]

I, I don't even have a. Believe it or not, Mike. I just like you can go back to starting your commander's pass catchers against the Giants as long as Marcus Mario.

[Jamie]

Is the starter.

[Dave]

As opposed to. If Jaden Daniels was the starter. I wouldn't.

[Brady]

Yeah, it doesn't matter. I mean, I, I mean I know.

[Dave]

Daniels had a sucky game. He was 9 of 20 passing. I didn't see enough of it to, to know how much of it was on Daniels and if he looked rusty.

[Jamie]

Or whatever it was Minnesota, they're good. Like they are.

[Dave]

No.

[Heath]

So just ignore it and start against the Giants.

[Jamie]

I think that's what he's getting. As the Giants, like, you know, you want to, you want to take advantage of that matchup. And Mario, look, two weeks ago against Denver, he was fantastic. And so, you know, again, I'm still nervous about Debo Samuel. He'll still be, you know, in, in the three receiver range. And McLaren was, was awesome against Denver with Mariota. So, you know, this is going to be one of these teams that, you know, even when they play Detroit, like, you got to be a little bit nervous. You're not going to sit Amara St. Brown and probably not going to sit Jameson Williams when they get there. But I think you got to just understand that Minnesota's defense is great and that was a byproduct of today.

[Brady]

Injury or not, Giants are going to beat them. Why? Why. Why just lose? Okay. And then how do you feel about Aaron Jones and committee and how you feel about Chris. How do you feel about the running backs? Can you, do you feel like you can trust either Aaron Jones or Chris Rodriguez or Jordan Mason?

[Heath]

No.

[Jamie]

This is the fear with Rodriguez is he does nothing except score touchdowns.

Yeah. Like if you, if you, if you really want to make comps with him, it's Zach Charbonnet, it's Kyle Menangai, it's Tyler Algier. Like that's who he is. You know, even though he's technically the starter, like if he does not score, you're Getting nothing. Five points, seven points. Those were the two games that he had. We didn't have touchdowns in the last five.

[Brady]

So what happened to Jones? Because Jones had been, you know, in the low 12ish fantasy points somewhat consistently.

[Heath]

Mason scored the touchdown and he had.

[Jamie]

No work in the passing game. Yeah.

[Dave]

Which I don't know how much he played in the fourth quarter. I can look real quick. I know he led like it's, it snaps.

[Brady]

Good point. I'd like to know that. Yeah.

[Jamie]

Did we just.

[Brady]

Because Jones 14 carries for 76 yards. That's, that's really good.

[Jamie]

But. So Mason was running the ball like this was just. They, they, you know, they rolled the ball on the court and they did whatever they wanted to.

[Brady]

You know, some of the questions that we get that. I'm not saying, I'm not trying to be critical of the people asking them, but when it's who should I start? Aaron Jones or Kareem Hunt or Bam Knight? I just, I struggle so much with those types of questions. It's so hard to predict those. Right. Yeah.

[Jamie]

Yeah.

[Brady]

But keep asking. Obviously. We'll do our best.

[Dave]

It was a 49% snapshare for Aaron Jones at halftime.

[Jamie]

No.

[Brady]

Okay, well, that.

[Dave]

Okay, that doesn't really clear. It doesn't really clear anything up. He's not the dominant back for them. They used, they used three backs.

[Jamie]

C.J.

[Dave]

Ham was getting playing time without Mason or Jones on the field. It was usually third downs. I, I still like Jones the best of the three, but I can't say I love him. Can't say that he's a slam dunk number two rb. He might end up being ranked like one next week, but I can't say he's the slam dunk type of running back.

[Brady]

Do you remember what the fake game of the week was? I was like, nah, it's not this one. It's. It's not Tennessee. Cleveland could never be 30, 31, 29 titans. What do we got here? Youth.

[Heath]

Believe it or not, Dave is gonna have to buy me pizza.

[Dave]

How close are we between Judy and Marvin Harrison?

[Heath]

He is now 25 half PPR points behind Marvin Harrison.

[Dave]

Okay, that's a problem.

[Brady]

I'm not convinced Jerry Judy will score 25 and a half.

[Dave]

Wait, I thought were we doing.

[Heath]

We did.

[Dave]

We didn't do average. We did total points.

[Heath]

We did total points, half ppr.

[Dave]

Okay.

[Brady]

Oh, you've probably.

[Dave]

Alvin Camaro will come back and score 200 half PPR points.

Over to save me.

[Heath]

In all seriousness, like, we talked so much about Shador and Judkins and Fanon and Pollard.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Heath]

Nothing else. I have nothing else to like. We pretty much covered this game.

[Brady]

We did.

[Jamie]

I guess the receivers for Tennessee, right?

[Dave]

Yeah.

[Brady]

DK had eight targets, five catches, 24 yards and a touchdown. Tight ends did nothing. Van Jefferson, nothing. I.O. manor had a touchdown catch. I. It's not fun if you have Cam Ward to see him outplayed by Shadur Sanders. Kind of running out of excuses for. No, we're not running out of excuses, but it's tough.

[Dave]

You're not running out of excuses this year.

[Heath]

So if the Browns have like the 8th pick.

[Dave]

Is.

[Heath]

Is there a chance shirt Sanders is just their starter next year.

[Dave]

Who's their coach?

[Jamie]

Well, they have two first round picks. Right. So they could trade up if they want. Right.

[Heath]

Do you think he has a chance to earn the job in the next month?

[Brady]

He certainly does.

[Jamie]

Look, he played very well today and he's. He's had some flashes and if there's nobody better and he has a strong enough, you know, close to this season. Look, they. They're planning to keep desean Watson for what that's worth. You know, who knows what that was going to look like in that competition. If Watson.

[Heath]

Can you imagine. Can you imagine the media coverage we're going to get if it's a open competition between desean Watson and Shador Sanders next preseason?

[Jamie]

I mean, we're going to potentially get it now because, you know, Watson's eligible to return to practice. So you get a glimpse of it if, you know, they. They're not going to play Watson. But still, he's. He's going to be out there. I don't know. I mean, look, if. If Sanders looks like this in some tougher matchups, then they're gonna have a tough call. And I hope that's the case because, you know, he's. He's certainly got talent. He shouldn't have been. He shouldn't have fallen as far as he did. You know, he was never going to be the. He never should have been the first overall pick despite the fact that he outplayed Cam Moore today. But look, we've been sitting here for a good portion of. Since the draft. Harold Fannin's got some potential. Quinchon Judkins has potential. Dylan Sampson has potential. We saw, you know, we see some of the defensive, you know, young players that they have. Like there's some good pieces here and an offensive line that can easily be, you know, solid. And I still think Stefansk is a good coach. So, you know, with with everything in place, I think they need you know, some help on the outside still receiver. But like there's, there's some nice parts here and you know, will they be a Super bowl team with this group? You know, there's, there's a long way to go but you know, if Sanders is, is playing like this, why can't he be the guy next year?

[Brady]

Miami 34 and the Jets 10.

[Heath]

Yeah, I guess Mason Taylor gets Jacksonville next week. So Mason Taylor is streamable against Jacksonville.

[Brady]

I feel like you can do better than that.

Sorry, I know you hate.

[Heath]

No, go ahead and, go ahead and do better with, with Brady Cook and. Well, how about, how about Greg is better than Darren Waller? There you go.

[Brady]

Well stink. Yeah, Mason Taylor has a stinger. Anyway, is there anything you want to say about Waddle? Because this was a great game for him. He had seven targets, five for 50 and a touchdown. But again, this is now becoming one of the most run heavy teams in football. 21 pass attempts for Tua.

I couldn't do any better than what you said. Sorry. Turns out start Jalen Waddle. Turns out there was nothing interesting to say about this game.

[Dave]

Believe it or not, we've wasted our time with jets wide receivers and we just need Gar Wilson to come back already so we can waste our time with them.

[Jamie]

Well, this was, this was the nightmare. Right? Forget about the quarterback injury was Metchie for two games, Mitchell for one game and none of them for Jason Taylor.

[Heath]

Believe it or not, the Chiefs are gonna miss the playoffs.

[Brady]

Denver 24, Las Vegas 17.

[Heath]

They are starting an undrafted rookie. I've never heard of an offensive line.

[Dave]

Now.

[Heath]

Believe it or not, we got too excited about Ashton Genti's past game role.

[Jamie]

You could just stop that. Ashton Genti.

[Dave]

I mean the rushing is going to be like this for him from here on out. You. We need him to be more involved in the passing game and it just didn't happen today. Was bound to. That was bound to occur at some point. Might as well have been against the Broncos. It's a tough matchup.

[Brady]

Yeah, I would say Genti. Look, Genti had a tough matchup but his next two games are at Philadelphia and at Houston.

[Dave]

Yeah, those are tough matchups.

[Heath]

Do you feel better or worse about Brock Bowers with Kenny Pickett?

[Jamie]

Same.

[Dave]

I'm good with Brock Bowers. With anybody.

[Brady]

Yeah, I think RJ Harvey definitely could have been in our winners segment.

[Dave]

Yeah.

He was already started in almost 90 of leagues.

[Brady]

Yeah, but I, I started him in, in my one Harvey league. But I didn't start him super confidently, but this was.

[Dave]

Why not?

[Jamie]

You have a lot of other Harveys that you like better than that?

[Brady]

Well, I dropped Tony Pollard in that.

[Jamie]

League, so.

[Brady]

My Harvey Lee. No, I don't have good running backs in that league, but maybe I do now. I have RJ Harvey. Hopefully. Hopefully. You know, look, he dominated the work.

[Jamie]

It's RJ Harvey in the Harvey league.

[Brady]

What'd you say?

[Jamie]

Harvey Dent or RJ Harvey in the Harvey League?

[Brady]

Harvey Dent.

[Dave]

Can we name another famous Harvey Harvey? All I could think of was Harvey Dent.

[Brady]

Yeah. Harvey from the. Harvey Wall from Reservoir Dogs.

[Dave]

Steve Harvey.

[Heath]

Yeah. Adam's like, inspiration.

[Brady]

Harvey Keitel as a.

[Dave]

There you go.

[Brady]

Well, the one league in which I have Harvey. Look, I actually. I'm not gonna sit here and go, oh, he's gonna have six catches. I don't know what his role in the passing game is going to be. That's probably going to be up and down. But the fact that he had a.

[Jamie]

Post game was raving about him.

[Brady]

Good.

[Dave]

Yeah, he. He loves him. It was a great game. Good efficiency. Nice step forward for Harvey Keitel.

[Jamie]

Steve Harvey.

[Brady]

Give me Mr. Blonde or whatever. Cortland Sutton had 10 targets. That was cool. Let's go to our next game. And it's Green Bay, Chicago. Green Bay 28, Chicago 21.

[Heath]

D.J. moore should be the most dropped player in fantasy on Wednesday.

[Dave]

I could believe that. I don't know.

[Heath]

91 rostered.

[Dave]

Yeah, I. It's been that way all year. People just cannot seem to quit him. And the Bears quit him against Green Bay. Three targets.

[Brady]

That's it.

[Dave]

We had more receiving yards than he did.

[Heath]

Technically, you'd be better off flexing Colston Loveland than DJ Moore. Next week.

[Dave]

They'Re against Cleveland.

[Heath]

Cleveland sucks. Didn't you watch?

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Which Cleveland showed up.

[Dave]

Right.

[Brady]

Right.

[Dave]

Which? Right. We don't know.

[Brady]

Cleveland, they. I mean, they've been pretty bad.

Cleveland in their last. I'm looking at their schedule now. They're giving up a lot of points almost every week, except to Las Vegas a few weeks ago. 31 to Tennessee, 26 to San Francisco, 10 to Las Vegas, 23 to Baltimore, 27 at the Jets, 30. I feel like it's.

[Heath]

It's usually because they're playing good defense and the offense is so putrid that they either wear down or they have two short fields where the other team only needs 15 yards for a touchdown. Yeah, this was. Not that at all.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Brady]

Well, they have no pass rush. No. Just kidding. Okay. Anyway, very sad that Caleb Williams threw that interception that was such a great drive and he played so well in the fourth quarter.

[Dave]

He had a great second half. Yes.

[Brady]

Swift have you what are the splits here with Swift and Manangai? So Swift had.

13 carries, Manangai had 14 carries, Swift had three catches, Manangai had one. Did we get any clarity, Dave, in the Bears backfield?

[Dave]

The only thing that I think we can feel good about here is that Swift had all five of their snaps inside the five.

[Heath]

They like to use him as a decoy so they can roll Caleb Williams out.

[Dave]

Sure. I. I can't say that this is happening. That's happened in the game today but usually when the Bears are trailing Swift is on the field and Mananga is not.

[Heath]

I think the most frustrating thing was when they went on that game winning drive. They stuck with the every other drive rotation and Manangai played almost the entire drive and then Swift came in for the final play to play decoy.

[Jamie]

I've never seen a quarterback in my life run to the sideline more and throw the ball at the last second more than Caleb Williams.

[Dave]

Yeah, he's done it his whole career.

[Brady]

He's really good at it. That I don't understand how he doesn't get sacked more. He's the most elusive player on earth. It's wild. He's fun to watch. He's a wild card.

How confident are you guys in? In Christian Watson? Who's a guy we can compare to Christian Watson at this point? You start him over. Justin. Jeff. Justin Jefferson.

[Jamie]

Watson over Jefferson.

[Heath]

He probably will be I think. Did you say Alec Pierce?

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Jamie?

[Heath]

Yeah, I think that's a good answer.

[Dave]

But you'd rather have Watson than Pierce?

[Jamie]

Obviously right now, yes. But I mean prior to today I would have taken pierce.

[Brady]

Okay. Rams 45, Arizona 17.

[Heath]

Bam. We're done with you.

[Brady]

At Houston next week. But then. Yeah, starting them then Atlanta at Cincinnati next year.

[Heath]

Yeah. Trey Benson might be back by then.

[Dave]

Or Trey Benson might be done for the year.

[Heath]

That was a joke.

[Dave]

I don't think that's what I was hoping.

[Jamie]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brady]

So. Okay.

[Jamie]

Right.

[Brady]

But.

[Heath]

But I want to apologize also because I was an idiot this morning on the stream and I said that just because Michael Wilson was scoring 30 fantasy points per game in two games without Marvin Harrison didn't mean he was just a 30 fantasy point per game player. And clearly he is nice a 40 point player today.

[Jamie]

Michael. Michael Wilson is Marvin Harrison senior when Marvin Harrison Jr. Is out.

[Brady]

But when. If Marvin Harrison Jr. Is back next week, do you think you're going to.

[Jamie]

Start Michael Wilson, if, you know, he said that Mike McDaniel needs to realize that it's the fantasy playoffs and it's an emergency for Devon Hn to play. The Cardinals need to realize, like, you know, Marvin Harrison's got an injury. Let him sit out the rest of the season and just give us Michael Wilson. Like, we. We can sacrifice Marvin Harrison for a few games to give us Michael Wilson for the. The playoffs.

[Brady]

Oh, but to answer the question, like, would you rather have Christian Watson or Michael Wilson if Marvin Harrison Jr. Is back?

[Dave]

Watson, Watson.

[Jamie]

Watson. You can't trust Wilson with her. We saw that already.

[Brady]

I know, but he.

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He's.

[Brady]

I know, but he's.

[Jamie]

He is there. If just. You're taking one player in one game right now, and it can only be one, you want Michael Wilson as their best receiving option. He's better than Trey McBride. He's better than Marvin Harrison. He is their best receiver. When Marvin Harrison's not there, when Marvin Harrison is there, it's amazing what happens to this guy, that he just disappears.

[Brady]

But I. Yeah, I can't. I don't think we can really play this game, but Greg Dortch is on ir, but I don't think it really matters.

[Heath]

There we go.

[Jamie]

It will probably be better than what we saw last week or last time, but then it's Houston. Like, you know, you can't trust that. You can't trust Harrison against Houston.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Jamie]

Like, you'd be starting Wilson based on. Just the same way we started Terry McLaurin this week. Like, oh, he's coming off this great game. He's been fantastic when he's healthy, and here comes Minnesota and they just eliminate him. And that's what Houston will probably do now. I don't think Houston's secondary, based on the health, is as good as probably the numbers dictate. So I think Wilson will still be okay, but you get Harrison back on the field, and that's where Jacoby Brissette goes first and foremost. And it's unfortunate for Wilson because he's been. He's. This is what we thought Marvin Harrison would be when they drafted him. Yeah, this is what we thought. We thought this is what we were getting. Obviously not this good, but we thought we're getting alpha, and this guy is the alpha when there's no Marvin Harrison. It's just amazing how this happens.

[Brady]

I mean, the.

[Jamie]

The matchup of Cardinals prime transformation, like, that's what he does.

[Brady]

Cardinals passing game versus Texans is. Is fascinating next week. And because they're. They're one of the hottest passing games, not necessarily on a per pass attempt basis, but let's finish the show with Blake Coram. Guys, huge game for Blake Corum.

[Jamie]

He goes.

[Brady]

Let's see what. What did Blake Quorum have? Where are you, Blake Orum? 12 carries, 128 yards, two touchdowns plus a catch for three yards. Kyron Williams had 13 carries for 84 yards and a touchdown and two catches for 13 yards. Corum is 55 roster 12 started. Heath, anything here to Blake Quorum or just a one week thing?

[Heath]

He should definitely be rostered in a lot more than 55% of leagues because if something happens to Kyron Williams than Blake Corum's league winner. I think Blake's final run was 55 of those yards or 45 of those yards and a touchdown. And Kyron didn't play a snap after that. I don't know if either one of them did.

[Dave]

I think it was the Ronnie Rivers show.

[Heath]

Yeah. So I think most. This is not. You should not expect this. You should expect that. Blake Corum's gonna be, I think kind of a poor man's version of Kyle Menongai.

[Jamie]

When I, when I write the waiver wire commies we started on Sunday night, I leave two blank spots at running back and I just put Blake Corm third or fourth. It's just like here's Jalen Wright. Two will probably be Devin Singletary this week. Three will be Blake forum. Figure out the rest. Like it's just. You're right, Heath. Like the, the numbers don't bear out. Like if you look at Brian Robinson Jr. And this week may be a little bit different because I'm sure people dropped him on his bye week. But he was around 70. He's been around 70 rostered the entire season for the reason of God forbid. Blake Quorum is probably better than Brian Robinson. And I know that says something because we know the 49ers running backs are typically fantastic as the guy but Blake Quorum is doing this now. This is two weeks in a row where he's been productive. Like we've been saying Tyler Algeria could be a flex and common on guy's been a flex and Zach Charbonnet, like that's what Quorum has become. And then there's the oh, by the way, if Kyra missed time, he got hurt last week. Quorum came in, scored a touchdown. Like you see that happen. Blake Corum is a top 10 running back.

[Brady]

Obviously if he gets hurt, yeah, he might be a top five running back. But Blake Corum has three games this year with more than six fantasy points.

[Jamie]

Right. But what I'm saying is like it's been building towards something with seven carries on a weekly basis since about week five. So they've been working him in, working him and working him in and then you get a big play. A blowout. I said this to you, I think on Wednesday or third Thursday or Friday. Adam. Right. That we may get a blood here and Blake Corum may have an opportunity to get some touches.

[Brady]

Yeah, for sure. And the thing is he was part of the blowout. It wasn't like they were blowing them out. And then they went to Quorum. They went to Quorum on the second drive. They he had a goal line touchdown. He just gets every other drive. It is exactly like it's very similar to the Bears and you're lucky that they keep scoring. Otherwise Kyron Kyren Williams managers be pretty pissed off.

[Heath]

I I was expecting a rant about how Kyron Williams 17 point performance was actually bad and everybody that owns them should feel bad about it.

[Jamie]

Is Stafford now the MVP again?

[Heath]

I think it's still Drake May but that is going to be determined next week.

[Brady]

Listen man, you can't move down during your bye week unless you're Notre Dame. All right. We Sorry, sorry, sorry. I should have said that. I feel bad. I really feel bad.

[Heath]

Believe Alabama got in.

[Brady]

Alabama deserved to be it. I I think the committee fifth best.

[Heath]

Team in the conference.

[Brady]

I think the committee did the right thing. But I understand Heath your perspective. I think BYU has a case. I mean not a great case, but a case and why don't we just.

[Heath]

Have the SSC SEC playoff.

[Jamie]

Where is the. Where's the A M game At A M. You gonna go?

[Brady]

No.

[Jamie]

What?

[Brady]

Although I think it might be in at.

It'S in College Station. Oh, it's in College Station. It's not like the Cowboys stadium, right?

[Dave]

No, that's the next one.

[Brady]

That's if they be. If they be. If they win, they get Ohio State in Texas again.

[Heath]

Correct.

[Jamie]

You guys gotta go.

[Dave]

It's football season.

[Brady]

I'll go up there during football season. If they make it to Miami for the championship, we'll be there. But they will so. So anyway, thanks for watching and listening everybody. Have a wonderful night and wonderful, wonderful Monday. We'll talk to you on beyond the Box for See you later.

[Jamie]

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