MUST-START Players for Week 7! Fantasy Football Sleepers & Start/Sit Picks (Ep. 2286)
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27 min
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Oct 23, 2026
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Fri, October 23, 2026
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Aaron RodgersEvan EngramRJ HarveyBlake CorumBo NixC.J. StroudCourtland SuttonDak PrescottDarnell WashingtonHarold FanninJaylen WaddleMalik WashingtonMason TaylorMike Gesicki
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Aaron Rodgers
PositiveProjection2:12
The source projects Aaron Rodgers as a top 12 quarterback for Week 7 with ECR QB 13 ranking. Against New Orleans' seventh-worst yards per attempt defense and fourth-highest passing success rate allowed, the source expects Rodgers to eclipse 270+ passing yards and score two passing touchdowns. The source notes this is the best version of Rodgers outside of Green Bay, citing his comfort in the Mike McCarthy system.
Insight pagePositiveProjection3:25
Aaron Rodgers has posted three QB1 finishes over the last few weeks and is the best version of himself outside of Green Bay; the source prefers him over CJ Stroud (who has been QB1 in three straight starts but top-five in only two) and Dak Prescott for QB1 finishes this season.
Insight pageBlake Corum
PositiveMatchup7:17
Blake Corum had a strong performance last week against Arizona Cardinals as an RB2, scoring via the air as well. The Cardinals defense allowed significant production to opposing running backs, supporting consideration for Corum in similar matchups.
Insight pageBo Nix
PositiveRole6:30
Bo Nix appears to have RJ Harvey as his best friend on the field, suggesting a strong connection and usage pattern between the quarterback and running back.
Insight pageC.J. Stroud
PositiveProjection4:00
CJ Stroud has been QB1 in each of his last three starts, finishing top-five in two of those games and QB13 in the other; he is described as 'the new hotness that everyone's talking about this week.'
Insight pageCourtland Sutton
Dak Prescott
NegativeProjection4:40
Dak Prescott has been 'god awful' and is ranked below Aaron Rodgers for QB1 finishes; the source criticizes the Cowboys offense for lack of motion and play action.
Insight pageDarnell Washington
NegativeUsage0:53
Darnell Washington scored a touchdown in the previous week. The source mentions this in the context of Derek Brown's family league, where Washington's touchdown contributed to Brown's 0-6 record.
Insight pageEvan Engram
PositiveMatchup23:03
Evan Ingram is positioned as a tight end one play for Week 7 against Arizona; he ranks second on the Denver Broncos in target per route run rate at 23% with a strong 1.89 yards per route run, and Arizona has given up the fifth-most yards per target and fourth-most fantasy points per opportunity to opposing tight ends, making this a favorable matchup.
Insight pageHarold Fannin
PositiveMatchup21:49
Harold Fannin Jr. found the end zone on three of 27 targets against the Steelers, and the source recommends him as a tight end streamer for Week 7, capitalizing on Pittsburgh's historically poor tight end defense where tight ends have hit double-digit PPR points in 50% of games against them.
Insight pageJaylen Waddle
Malik Washington
PositiveValue12:01
The source argues Malik Washington is disrespected at wide receiver 42 in ECR despite being wide receiver 37 in fantasy points per game and producing at a borderline WR2 level. Coming off two straight top-36 weeks (WR 35 and 23), Washington has not scored a touchdown; the source demonstrates that adding a single touchdown to his weekly stat lines would place him in the WR2-3 range (12-18 PPR points). He's averaging 1.5+ rushing attempts over the last four weeks, has a 27.7% target share, nearly 30% first-read share, and 1.93 yards per route run—elite volume metrics.
Insight pageMason Taylor
PositiveMatchup23:03
Mason Taylor was the clear number one tight end for the Jets last week and faces the Miami Dolphins in Week 7, who have given up the second-most yards per target and third-most fantasy points per opportunity to opposing tight ends, making him a strong play for the week.
Insight pageMike Gesicki
PositiveProjection21:49
Mike Gesicki has underperformed against the Steelers, recording three receptions for 37 yards and one touchdown in one game, and two receptions in another, indicating he is not a reliable target against Pittsburgh's defense despite the matchup advantage tight ends typically enjoy.
Insight pagePatrick Mahomes
NegativeProjection4:25
Patrick Mahomes had a bye week and is being compared to Aaron Rodgers in a QB1 finish discussion, with Rodgers preferred.
Insight pageRJ Harvey
PositiveSleeper5:05
RJ Harvey has quietly posted three top-24 RB finishes and only one finish outside the top-36 all season; he carries a 15.8% target share, 2.3 yards per route run, and an elite 41% target-per-route-run rate (WR1-alpha level usage). Against Arizona, which runs the highest zone coverage rate in the NFL (69.8%) and has given up the 11th-most yards per target to opposing RBs, the source projects Harvey to be peppered with targets and recommends starting him as a top-24 RB in PPR leagues this week (ECR 27).
Insight pagePositiveProjection6:40
RJ Harvey bet the over for receptions and receiving yards; recommended as a top 24 running back start in PPR leagues for Week 7 with ECR 27. High target per route run share suggests Bo Nix is relying on him heavily despite Nix's poor quarterback play.
Insight pageTyler Warren
PositiveMatchup22:01
Tyler Warren exemplifies the Steelers' vulnerability to tight ends; he recorded nine targets, seven receptions, and 83 yards in a recent game, demonstrating the matchup advantage tight ends have exploited against Pittsburgh's defense.
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Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. All right, and welcome into the FantasyPros - Fantasy Football Podcast.
0:06Week 7 of the NFL season is upon us as our bye weeks.
0:10Another round of injuries and yes, another week of Deshaun Watson and Tanner McKee as starting quarterbacks making start-sit decisions more tough than ever.
0:18But we've got you covered right here on this primer episode of the program featuring our favorite must-start players.
0:24I'm your host Seth Wilcock joined by a man who I know will have all eyes on Houston when J.J.
0:30McCarthy makes his starting debut. With the New York Giants.
0:33He's the never elusive but always intrusive Derek Brown, D-Bro, how are the vibes coming out of your primer writing cave for the week?
0:41You are so elite with these intros on a weekly basis my dude like this is like...
0:46Because you're you're never elusive you're always around and but you're yet always intrusive even when I'm not thinking of fantasy some
0:53that Derek Brown thought comes into my head. You see Darnell Washington scored a touchdown last week and you're like, I hate this on so many levels.
1:02Yes, especially because it was on my dad's roster to beat me and send my family league team to 0-6.
1:08All time embarrassed. You can't do this for a living and be 0-6 in your family league.
1:14It does not go well. The techs are relentless.
1:17Shout out to Pops. That's all I gotta say, man.
1:20Cut it. Put it out of the social. Shout out to Pops.
1:24Darnell Washington taking Big Seth down for the L.
1:27I love it, dude. You gotta love it, man.
1:29Also love what we got on deck for today's program.
1:33We've got must starts for each of the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions.
1:38And before we get to that, just want to quickly thank everyone for tuning in either right here on the famous pros YouTube channel or the audio feed.
1:47We're closing in right now on 300,000 subscribers and we can only get there with your help.
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2:00channel if you're new and Derek starting at the quarterback position.
2:03You're taking us to a place where I grew up watching on Rugrats in Paris, but is now hosting its very first NFL game.
2:11Yes, sir. We're going to discuss one Aaron Rodgers QB 13 and ECR did he's been I've called him Jameis Rogers.
2:17I've called him Aaron Winston. He's been just yellowing it up, man.
2:21Like you've got 22 or more fantasy points in three of his last four games.
2:26I've got him as a top 12 quarterback for the week.
2:30ECR QB 13. The Saints defense has just been god awful, man.
2:33So I think Aaron gets it done. I think he gets two passing touchdowns.
2:38Probably eclipses 270 and above through the air in this game.
2:41New Orleans has given up the seventh most yards per attempt to opposing quarterbacks fourth highest passing success rate.
2:47It's a good coverage matchup. We're not on this program.
2:51We're not going back to the Darnell Washington. Well, this week I wrote it up in the primary.
2:56Go read it there. You can if you need tight end help.
3:00I think DK Metcalf has a massive game. We're not discussing him on this episode, but I think Rogers can get it done, man.
3:08All everything flows back to Rogers the quarterback position.
3:11It is a wonderful matchup, and I think he's a very strong QB one for the week.
3:16Maybe it's because he's just so comfortable in a Mike McCarthy system, but this is by far the best Aaron Rogers we've seen outside of Green Bay, right?
3:25I mean, not even close with how good he's dealing right now.
3:29Definitely better than the Jets version of him, but yeah.
3:32And even last year, right? I mean, part of that, you know, that's kind of what you get with Arthur Smith, right?
3:39You're going to have a lot of Bozo plays, but Aaron has full control of this offense right now.
3:45And whether it's Roman Wilson, whether it's Jeremy Bernard, whether Michael Pittman Jr.
3:49is the wide receiver too, we know it's Bernard this week.
3:53He's making it happen and making it happen in spades right now.
3:57Derek, let's play a quick game. More quarterback one finishes this year.
4:01Aaron Rogers or CJ Stroud? Oh, Aaron Rogers. And CJ Stroud's the new hotness that everyone's talking about this week.
4:07Yeah, CJ Stroud has been a QB one in each of his last three starts.
4:12Want to say top five and two of those?
4:15Twice. Twice. Yeah, Stroud's been twice. Twice, yes. QB 13 in the other game, right?
4:20Yes, and Dak Prescott or Aaron Rogers. Oh, Aaron Rodgers.
4:23Dak Prescott's been god awful. And yeah, we want to even get into a Cowboys conversation, but Shoddy, Brian, hey man, we need talk, brother.
4:31What the hell are you doing down there? No motion, no play action.
4:35What are we doing here, man? Reverse the course.
4:38But anyway, convo for a different day. One more.
4:41This is kind of a Seth stat here. Patrick Mahomes.
4:44He did have a bye week. Aaron Rogers. Yeah, Aaron Rogers.
4:47Aaron Rogers has three QB one finishes. Over the last few weeks.
4:51Not a QB one. Yep. So there you have it, Aaron Rogers.
4:55Derek, you're also taking us out to the desert where we'll see hopefully the Denver Broncos offense try to get back on track.
5:02Well, I don't know if the offense gets back on track.
5:06But dude, this shocked me when I pulled this up.
5:09Speaking of quiet weekly finishes, were you aware that RJ Harvey, RB 27 and ECR has three top 24 running back finishes for the season already?
5:17RB 24. I was not until I prepared for this show.
5:21RB 12, RB 13. I was not until I got to the primer and I was like, what?
5:27How did I miss this? Only one finish outside of the top 36 as well.
5:31Yes. He's been awesome. Quietly awesome. And the big stat that I want everybody to understand with RJ Harvey in this game,
5:38and it's a fantastic matchup for Jalen Waddle, Courtland Sutton, Evan Ingram.
5:42All these guys have fantastic matchups. The thing about RJ Harvey that I go back to is we all know where the bread is buttered.
5:50It's in the passing game for RJ Harvey. He's got a 15.8% target share, 2.3 yards per route run, almost an 11%
5:57first reach here, which is insane for a freaking running back.
6:01The thing about RJ Harvey is the coverage structure for the Arizona Cardinals and why I think he's going to get just peppered with targets in this game.
6:10Arizona runs too high at the highest rate in the entire freaking NFL, Seth.
6:1469.8%. The reason that this is big for RJ Harvey, do you know who leads the entire freaking team in target per route run rate at 41%?
6:23Seth, RJ. 41%. Wow. 41% target per route run rate.
6:26That is elite. That is insane. That is wide receiver one alpha level usage when he is on the field.
6:32So versus Arizona, again, pair this with the fact that the Cardinals have given up the 11th most yards per target to opposing running backs.
6:40And RJ Harvey bet the over for the receptions, bet the over for the receiving yards.
6:46Start him in PPR leagues as a top 24 running back this week.
6:50ECR 27. He is inside of my top 24 running backs for the week, Seth.
6:55Yeah. And it feels like he has to be Bo Nix's best friend right now.
6:59I am surprised that it's that high of a target per route run share.
7:04But at the same time, like when you look at what Bo Nix is doing right now, it's not right.
7:10I mean, we've heard, you know, people on a mic call what he's doing.
7:15Disrespectful of the quarterback position. He's not playing well.
7:18He's not wrong, by the way. He's not wrong with that.
7:21And the shift. Yeah. And the shift at play calling has not helped thus far.
7:26We'll see if it can have a better result maybe here against the Cardinals defense.
7:31But last week, even an RB2 against the Arizona Cardinals and Blake Corum had a really, really strong day.
7:37He got it in the end zone via the air as well.
7:41So somebody that we might have talked about on last week's episode.
7:44Yes, sir. Yes, sir. How we we discussed Blake Corum as a top 24 running back last week.
7:50And look at Corum was top 20. Seth, who knew?
7:53Who knew? You want to know the sad part, too?
7:57Is I had him starting in my. Did Pops start him against you, too?
8:01No, no. It was in. It was. It was.
8:04I actually started him against Pops in that. There we go.
8:07But in a different league. I got a lot of Blake Corum.
8:11Let's just say that. But I fired him up in my league of record, my big money home league.
8:17And I had to sit him at the last minute because I was like, oh, Tyler, I was here as a starter.
8:24What could go wrong there? And I found out what could go wrong there.
8:29You got bammed. That's what happened. Yeah, I got bammed.
8:32We all got bammed. Absolutely. And speaking of getting bammed here, Derek, we're moving on to one of the grossest matchups of
8:39the week, one of the lowest totals of the week as well.
8:43But you think maybe just maybe we can wring out some lemonade from these lemons?
8:48I think we can, dude. And I think that Casey Concepcion is due for a big game.
8:53I know that he's wide receiver 74 in fantasy points per game.
8:57I know it's been god awful. But this has been a Casey problem in the sense of how well Casey Concepcion is playing versus the fantasy production.
9:06Like that Grand Canyon in real life versus fantasy has been massive.
9:09I understand all of that. And I understand people are going to say there's no way in hell that I'm playing Casey this week.
9:17Amongst 100 qualifying wide receivers, Seth, Casey Concepcion is 12th in separation, 38th in route win rate.
9:23That's not commiserate with wide receiver 74 in fantasy points per game.
9:26You also look at the fact that Casey leads the team in target share with 19%.
9:31He has a 26.7% first reach here. He has a 27.3% design target rate.
9:36So all of this says that it really with the narrative I'm constructing here because I think it's real is Casey Concepcion
9:43is due for a big game, Seth. Because all the underlying analytics say he's good at football and the matchup is definitively there this week.
9:51Tennessee Titans given up the second most yards per target, fourth most fantasy points per opportunity to opposing slot receivers.
9:57I think Casey Concepcion has his best game. And I know that's a low bar, low bar.
10:03I think he has his best game of the season.
10:06I think he's a comfortable top 36 wide receiver.
10:09I think he could be a wide receiver too if everything hits this week.
10:13Yeah, you know, he is getting not as much of an opportunity as I thought he would, right?
10:1920.2% target share right now. But at the same time, he's getting design targets, which not always great to leading to fantasy
10:26success, but number one in the NFL right now at the wide receiver position for that.
10:31So that's at least one thing he is going in his favor.
10:35The thing he doesn't, of course, it's just Deshaun Watson at quarterback, right?
10:39Absolutely terrible. That is what really scares me off here.
10:42I do have a question here about scheme. Are we going to see more man coverage from the Titans, do you think, in this one?
10:50Because that is where it seems like he's getting a lot of target separation is against man coverage.
10:56No, I don't think you're going to. You're not getting a lot of man coverage.
11:01It looks not out of the Titans. Robert Sala is not a man guy, and I'll pull it up live in real.
11:08Yeah, six lowest man rate in the NFL, 14.5%.
11:11Okay. So. Okay. All right. Yeah. So maybe not my favorite.
11:14Like, I like the hope. And I want to hope because, like, again, I have a future.
11:20All full versus slot receivers, dude. I think. And then.
11:23Okay. It's just all of the underlying data points me to.
11:27We've had blow up weeks from Denzel Boston, despite Deshaun Watson.
11:30We haven't seen one of those yet from Casey Concepcion.
11:33So I think we get it here, man. The matchup is all there.
11:37The usage has been there. The talent is there because he can't control how accurate the targets are coming his way.
11:44But what he can control is getting open in case he's doing that at a high rate.
11:50Okay. All right. Well, speaking of gross matchups and gross teams, we got one happening in East Rutherford this weekend.
11:56This guy's getting disrespected, man. I've just got. The Miami Dolphins, the New York Jets.
12:01What do you have for us here at the wide receiver position?
12:05All right. So I want you to pull up Malik Washington's per game.
12:09Just we'll run down the scores on how many PPR points he has put up on a weekly basis.
12:15And we'll come back to that, Seth. So giving you some homework while I start to, you know, spit the diatribe here.
12:22Malik Washington is wide receiver 42 in ECR. I think it's disrespectful.
12:26This guy's been a borderline wide receiver three. He's wide receiver 37 in fantasy points per game.
12:31He's coming off two straight top 36 weeks, wide receiver 35 and 23.
12:35He has not scored a touchdown. And so again, going back to this, Seth, if you toss a touchdown on top of
12:42Malik Washington's PPR out at a point for a output every single week, add a touchdown to any one of those games.
12:49And now tell me this, if you put a touchdown on top of almost every single one of those stat lines is
12:56Malik Washington not producing at a wide receiver two level on points per game.
13:01If he would have scored a touchdown in any one of those games, Seth, roll through the PPR point production on a weekly basis.
13:08Let's just run the numbers here. Yeah. Run it.
13:116.3, 8.7, 11.1, 12.0, 12.1. So every single game, if he scores a touchdown, he's anywhere probably in that third, like 12 to 18 range for production.
13:20All of this says he's getting rushing attempts to.
13:23Dude, he's averaged over one and a half rushing attempts the last four weeks.
13:27Yes. And he's getting a crap ton of volumes.
13:30Like this guy has got a 27.7% target share.
13:33Malik Washington, I was almost a 30% first read share.
13:36He's getting elite volume and he's been damn good with the volume he's gotten 1.93 yards per route run.
13:42Plus you go back to the coverage matchup for the jets.
13:46They're running the 10th highest too high rate in the, uh, in the NFL against too high Malik Washington, 30% target per
13:53route run rate, 2.1 yards per route run. The jets versus slot receivers, 14th most yards per target, 13th most fantasy points per opportunity.
14:01I think Malik Washington is a strong wide receiver three this week.
14:04I think he finally, finally gets into the end zone.
14:08And Malik Washington walks away from this week as a wide receiver too, because he's been knocking on the freaking door all season, Seth.
14:15And all we need is for him to finally score a freaking touchdown, dude.
14:20I'll tell you what, I hate it a lot less than I thought I was going to when we started going down that realm.
14:27But, um, yeah, nothing to say about it. Where he's at is it's all based off of volume.
14:33It's because he hasn't scored any damn touchdowns, dude.
14:36So if he does that this week, he's vaulting up the ranks and everybody's going to go, whoa, how did he, how
14:43did he score as a wide receiver too this week?
14:46Well, he's basically been doing that without the touchdowns every single week.
14:50Question for you. Do you think that Caleb Douglas's return will impact that volume at all?
14:55Cause that is a crazy target share for him to be earning right now.
15:00I don't think it will, but I also don't think we get Caleb Douglas this week.
15:05He only had a limited practice to open the week.
15:08So, okay. Okay. Maybe I'll jump in the shark on that one.
15:12I think we're a week away from Caleb Douglas, but even if he does play this week, I think we're still going
15:19to see Malik Washington because the jets have been better against outside wide receivers and more soft against the slot plus the coverage matchup and stuff.
15:27So I think it's Malik Washington, regardless of however we slice this.
15:31Okay. All right. Well, let's go ahead and let's keep the good times going.
15:35Cause we got some Tanner McKee football in prime time this week.
15:39What do you have for us out there in the city of brotherly love?
15:44All right. We're going to go further, further down the rankings right now.
15:48And we are going to discuss Makaya Lemon at wide receiver 52 and ECR.
15:52Is there a glittering stat that I can give you that tells you that Makaya Lemon is just a smash play this week?
16:00No, but the matchup is absolutely fantastic for him.
16:03Now the positives from Makaya Lemon last week, he had almost a 90% route share, 11% target share, 15% first reach share.
16:10None of that's amazing. But you look at the matchup this week, Seth, dude, Dallas is being just absolutely just ransacked by slot receivers.
16:17Dallas Cowboys are not kidding up. Dude, they're giving up the most yards per target to opposing slot receivers.
16:23They're giving up the most. They've given up the most receiving yards to opposing slot receivers.
16:29They have given up the third most fantasy points per opportunity to opposing slot receivers.
16:33So I'm not telling you, Makaya Lemon is going to lead the team in targets.
16:38I'm not telling you that he's going to jump Devonta Smith and Dallas Goddard in the pecking order, but Tanner McKee played serviceable.
16:45The Dallas Cowboys. None of us think that this defense is imposing where you beat this defense is via the slot.
16:52Saquon Barkley might be back this week. So maybe they get a competent rushing attack to also pair with Tanner McKee to
16:59take some of the pressure off of him. I think Makaya Lemon can be a very serviceable flex play.
17:05And again, I'm not telling you he's a wide receiver too this week, but I think what we could get out of
17:12Makaya Lemon is he shows a pulse in fantasy and we get a serviceable like 12 to 13 PPR points, maybe a
17:19little bit less than that, where you're like, oh, Makaya Lemon, wide receiver 32 for the week.
17:25He was a good flex play. And if he gets in the end zone, wheels are up, man.
17:31This is a crazy one I dug into. There have been 21 targets to opposing slot receivers against the Cowboys.
17:37Guess how many of those have been completed, Derek, out of 21 passes?
17:4120. One incompletion to opposing slot. And so like when you told me, you know, the yards per route run to opposing
17:48wide receivers in the slot, I was not shocked by that because every one of them has been a completion pretty much.
17:55Right. So that certainly helps. So yeah, dude, I totally love that.
17:59Makaya Lemons and someone I've actually been looking at potentially buying low on moving forward just because I think he will be
18:06a part of this offense with the short and in the intermediate game.
18:10And he's even also someone like I'm looking at potentially getting on my betting card for an over two and a half reception ticket out there this week.
18:19So yeah, don't hate that at all. To pair to all of this, just point to last week.
18:25Sabian Williams caught all four of his targets for 32 receiving yards.
18:29Yes. That's 7.2 PPR points. If you throw a touchdown on top of that, he's living in the 13 range.
18:35That's what we could see from Makaya Lemmon this week.
18:38And that's not like an insane bar to clear, but for fantasy with bye weeks and injuries and everybody's saying Makaya Lemmon is widely available on waiver wires.
18:47And I'm not saying that he shouldn't be, but for this week, if you are struggling and you're like, yeah, all right,
18:54Makaya Lemmon's out there on the waiver wire. Let's go.
18:57Yes, you should. Chris Godwin, three for 37 on three targets the week prior.
19:02Jalen Noel, three for 85 on three targets the week before that back in week four.
19:07So yeah, I'm a hundred percent in there with you.
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19:36We're going back to the home of the baguettes out in France.
19:40What do you got for us? Juwan Johnson. I know that everybody is like, okay, he's tied in 11 and ECR.
19:47But if you're looking at start set decisions this week, I know a lot of people are going to be very scared.
19:54And the reason that I bring Juwan Johnson up on this program is because if you're staring at Juwan Johnson or I
20:01mean, just run through the a few names above him, Juwan Johnson or Travis Kelsey, Juwan Johnson or Tyler Higby, Juwan Johnson or Kyle Pitts.
20:09I'm starting Juwan Johnson over all of these other low end tight end ones this week with confidence.
20:15And I'm saying that because and I wanted to include him in this conversation for people because over the last two games, 5.6 points, zero PPR points.
20:23People are like, oh, dude, okay. Maybe the party's over for Juwan Johnson.
20:28I think he has a really strong bounce back game in this one.
20:32And again, going back to the Pittsburgh defense, they've given up the ninth most yards per target against opposing tight ends, the
20:39six most fantasy points per opportunity to tight ends.
20:42Juwan Johnson. Again, I think that he bounces back.
20:45Chris Alave has a strong game, but I think Juwan Johnson gets in the end zone and he's a strong tight end one this week.
20:53And a lot of people might be scared off of him and playing other options above him because that's where I'm seeing in rankings right now.
21:01It's just like, no, I'm taking Juwan Johnson over any like all three of those different guys.
21:06So like Juwan Johnson is comfortable like a top eight, top 10 tight end for me this week.
21:12Easy. Yeah. Tight ends have hit double digit PPR points in 50% of the games against the Steelers this year.
21:18And Derek, it's so funny that this is still like a thing where this is where you can target the Steelers because
21:25every time back in college when my friends and I would go to a Steelers game, we would always make sure that
21:32we all come together and put about 20 bucks, you know, in a pot each of us and we'd always bet the
21:40opposing tight end overs in that game. And then if we won, we'd go to the casino and just continue the good times.
21:47Right. And we usually, we usually did win because like the Steelers have always had a sieve in their defense where they
21:54cannot, you know, stop opposing tight ends. It's been a little bit better at times this year, but you know, throw out
22:01Kate Auden's game last week because it's Kate Auden, but the week before that Tyler Warren, nine targets, seven receptions, 83 yards, Harold Fannin Jr.
22:09found the end zone on three and 27. Mike is sick.
22:12He's three for 37 and one the week before two.
22:16So yeah, you know, this is a linebacking core that's been paid a lot by Pittsburgh.
22:21It's not one that can stop. Yeah, exactly. Not very good.
22:24Two other real quick shout outs. If you're struggling at the tight end position, as far as streamers, I am.
22:31I got Harold Fannin Jr. A lot of places.
22:34And this is like, I just wanted to give the state of the union address on about Jawan Johnson before we kind
22:41of like, I just wanted to add these other guys on because they almost made the show this week.
22:47Like we almost went too tight end heavy. I almost went further down the board.
22:51So I didn't want to get them in for people in deeper leagues.
22:56Or if you're struggling in a dynasty league of filling out final flex positions, Mason Taylor last week, definitively, it was the
23:03clear number one tight end for the jets. The Miami dolphins have given up the second most yards per target, third most
23:10fantasy points per opportunity to opposing tight ends. And then speaking of guys where we have not spoken their name in many
23:17seasons so far, Evan Ingram, Evan Ingram, I think pretty tight end one this week, going back to Denver's usage or at
23:24least how they attack too high coverage Arizona. Again, just to remind everybody highest too high rate in the NFL.
23:30Evan Ingram is right behind RJ Harvey and target per route run rate for the Denver Broncos at 23% with a very
23:37strong 1.89 yards per route run against too high Arizona has given up the fifth most yards per target and the fourth
23:44most fantasy points per opportunity to opposing tight ends.
23:47So Mason Taylor and Evan Ingram might also sneak in with some really surprising weeks and week seven.
23:53What it could have been for Justin Jolie, man.
23:56I miss you, Justin Jolie. Hopefully, hopefully, but it's, it's Evan Ingram time is what downtown Derek Brown's telling us a couple
24:03of gross tight end shout outs there on the way out.
24:06Appreciate that. Appreciate all the great analysis, not just here on this episode of the fantasy pros fans football podcast, Derek, but
24:13also in the primer at fantasypros.com that you can also check out.
24:17Also be sure comment down below your favorite week seven must start players.
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