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0:33Gentlemen, let's talk about quarterbacks you haven't even got to speak yet, but you will in a second because I'm going to
0:40give you the big board, the big board on the top 12 quarterbacks.
0:44We've got Josh Allen, Drake May, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson being ranked as we are confident in him playing.
0:50Trevor Lawrence at five, Dak Prescott at six. The bottom half, we've got Jaden Daniels, Matthew Stafford, Jordan Love, Caleb Williams, Jacoby Brissett, and Jared Goff.
0:58Let's talk about some back-end quarterback questions because I think the majority of the guys in the top eight or so are pretty easy.
1:06But what about Caleb Williams this week? This is going to be probably a common asked question because of the matchup.
1:12Seattle, a one-star matchup, really bad matchup for Caleb Williams against Seattle.
1:16He comes in at 10. You guys both have him at 11.
1:20Erickson, why don't you kick us off here? You haven't pushed him out of a quarterback one, but you're kind of getting in and towing that general range.
1:28Do you think you're going to be tempted at all when people start to ask you those questions of like, hey, do
1:35you like, you know, bop, bop, bop, who's going up against, I mean, I'll just throw a couple out there.
1:41Maybe Sam Darnold going up against Chicago. Probably not that one, but Kyler Murray, Kyler Murray.
1:46This is, I think that's a prime example. Kyler Murray going up against Detroit versus Caleb Williams going up against Seattle, a really bad matchup.
1:54You probably have Caleb higher, but do you think there's going to be any temptation of trying to move away from Caleb because of the matchup?
2:02I do think there's going to be temptation. I think that that is legitimate because the Seahawks defense is, you can't mess around when you have your quarterbacks.
2:11Patrick Mahomes could do nothing. The Chiefs didn't have a red zone appearance against the Seahawks defense.
2:16And I know I talked about Mahomes as a sit on my social short this past week.
2:21And then when I'm recording this, I'm like, am I really going to sit Patrick Mahomes in a fantasy team?
2:28And yep. Yeah, that's exactly what you should have done.
2:31Now, that being said, Caleb Williams is in different position than Matt Mahomes is.
2:35He has way more weapons to work with. He is more mobile, in my opinion, than Patrick Mahomes is at this point
2:42in his career, even off the hamstring injury. So that's the thing that is your saving grace with Caleb Williams is he can run.
2:49So even if the offense isn't producing touchdowns left and right, he can still get there using his legs.
2:55He used that a lot in an earlier matchup this year against a really tough defense with Minnesota.
3:01He uses the legs a lot in that particular matchup.
3:04So that's one way that he can bail you out.
3:07The Bears have extra time to prepare for this matchup 11 days in between games because it's on a Monday night and
3:14they played the last Thursday night against the Patriots.
3:17So look, it's kind of taking a leap of faith with, look, I get that Mike McDonald and this defense is elite.
3:24Dude, Ben Johnson is also orchestrating an elite offense with this run game with Caleb Williams.
3:29So I want to kind of bet on that a little bit more than taking a risk with some of these streamers
3:35where Jacoby Brissette, not a good quarterback. I get his matchup is good, but he's not a good Kyler Murray.
3:42Again, I get the matchup is good, but Caleb Williams, what he did against the Patriots and how elite he looked with
3:48those tight window throws, he looked like an absolute superstar.
3:52So that's kind of what I'm buying into. And one point that I would like to make about the actual matchup.
3:58If you look at the way the Seahawks defense operates, they create a lot of pressure with these four man rushes.
4:05They don't do a lot of blitzing. They actually have the second lowest blitz rate in the NFL.
4:10Caleb Williams has a 59% success rate against four or lower pass rushers.
4:14That is highest in the NFL. He's also scrambled on 12% of those dropbacks against rushers of four or fewer, which is fourth highest in the NFL.
4:23So I'm just putting my faith in a really good quarterback, a really good offense with extra time to prepare.
4:29And that's why I'm going to keep Caleb Williams in my fantasy QB one rankings.
4:34So same thing kind of gets thrown at you Fitzy.
4:37We could just, I'm just using Kyler Murray as like a backdrop of it, but you know, do you think the matchup
4:43warrants enough where Caleb shows up at, what was it?
4:47Quarterback 10, you guys have him at 11 that you might start, you know, if you wanted to play upside, you'd play
4:53a guy like Kyler that's going up against Dallas.
4:56Or do you think this is the, the low line?
4:59Like Caleb is just still such a talented quarterback that you just don't want to mess around, but you just don't have
5:06the, you know, the confidence in pushing him above other, um, you know, like contemporary quarterbacks, like, you know, the Jaden Daniels
5:13and the Dak Prescott's like, he's just well below them.
5:16Where do you sit on Caleb Williams? Yeah. I mean, in a neutral matchup, I'd have him like QB five or something.
5:23So it's not like I'm not taking the matchup into account, but like Kyler Murray has not succeeded in any matchup really this year.
5:30Like he's just been lackluster no matter who he's faced.
5:34So yeah, I'm starting Caleb over guys like that or Kirk cousins or Baker Mayfield guys with better matchups.
5:39Um, and I know Seattle's giving up 11.6 fantasy points per game and they're allowing 5.2 yards per pass attempt.
5:46No other team is allowing fewer than six yards per pass attempt.
5:49Like Seattle's got the second lowest passer rating behind only the Vikings, uh, opponent passer rating.
5:54That is, they've got as many interceptions as TD passes allowed eight of each.
5:59So, but Erickson laid it out pretty well. Like the, the bears have much better weapons than the chiefs had against Seattle last week.
6:06Caleb's running gives him multiple paths to fantasy value.
6:09And unlike Patrick Mahomes, the, the bears actually have real offensive tackles.
6:13So I think they're a little bit better equipped to take on Seattle and maybe negate some of Seattle's, uh, awesome personnel.
6:20Like there's no denying what a great past defense Seattle has, but Caleb might be a little more resistant to it than some other quarterbacks.
6:27Let's talk about Jacoby Brissett. Uh, this is quarterback 11.
6:30He's a QB one going up against Dallas. Um, theoretically great matchup five-star rating on fantasy pros, but this is one of those situations.
6:38You guys have both bumped him out of a QB one, uh, Fitzy.
6:42You've got him at 16. The lowest Erickson's got him at 13.
6:46So Fitz, let's start with you. You really don't have a lot of positive vibes around Brissett, not even being a top 15 quarterback this week against Dallas.
6:54So, uh, hit a, hit us with the concerns that he's bad.
6:58That's, that's my primary concern is end of story.
7:01Erickson. No, go ahead. Great in, great in garbage time, great at compiling garbage time yards, but I never want to count on that.
7:08Uh, Jacoby Brissett is averaging 5.7 yards per pass attempt and has a undermanned group of wide receivers with Michael Wilson, who's
7:15probably badly miscast as a number one and, uh, Kendrick Bourne, who's probably more of a three or four playing a number two receiver.
7:23And then point beyond those guys, Simi Fahoko, Devin Duvernay, Reggie Virgil.
7:26I mean, Trey McBride is great, but other than that, the weapons are bad.
7:31And another like minor concern for me, are we going to see Carson back at some point?
7:36Like that's another worry I would have with starting Brissett.
7:39Like what do the Cardinals have to play for at this point?
7:43Isn't Beck banged up though? Doesn't he have like a back?
7:46Oh, is he? Yeah. Oh, okay. He's dealing with like, he had, I've been hearing reports or seeing reports that he has
7:53like back spasms, which is why he hasn't been suiting up as, so I think that risk isn't as, as prevalent here, but obviously in future matchups.
8:01Yeah. It's something to consider. Yeah. I'd seen the thing about the back spasms a couple of weeks ago.
8:07I didn't realize he might not be good to go for this game.
8:11So yeah, take that off the table, but the, uh, the badness for Jacoby Brissett remains.
8:16Well, a level of badness isn't to 16, but it's a 13.
8:20It's not a QB one for you. What do you want to add Erickson on Brissett?
8:25I'd start him over Kyler Murray, who has also kind of not been good and has also been a good matchup.
8:32They're playing in a dome. I like that really high game total.
8:35He was QB 10 last year when he faced the Dallas Cowboys.
8:39So I think that you're just kind of betting on the garbage time with Jacoby Brissett.
8:44The Arizona Cardinals do have a lot of dropbacks overall this season, and we've seen matchups where they're trailing and they throw the ball a ton.
8:52So I'm willing to look at Brissett as a streamer this week.
8:56I don't know if I like him that more than like Kirk Cousins though, for example, Kirk Cousins leads the NFL passing touchdowns, right?
9:03At least he's been good, relatively speaking. Whereas Brissett, you're really banking on that second half type of production, but he has
9:10done it a couple of times this year, did against the Lions.
9:14So I think that he's on the fringe if you need a spot start.
9:18Yeah. As much as I dumped on Jacoby Brissett, got him ranked ahead of 12 quarterbacks this week.
9:24So yeah, matchup with Dallas, that will perfume away a lot of the badness.
9:28The final one on this list, and then we're going to do one that's not on it.
9:34Jared Goff, Jared Goff, there's another matchup in hell type of situation going up against Minnesota, Caleb and him.
9:39This is where you guys have like a different spot.
9:43Fitzy, you're on ECR, but Erickson, you've thrown him back.
9:46You threw him back down to 17. So I'm getting to guess this is like heavily weighted to the matchup, but Jared
9:52Goff has not much of a play for you this week, Erickson.
9:56So last six times that Jared Goff has played a Brian Flores defense since he became the defensive corner for the Vikings.
10:03His QB finishes have been 15, 31, 11, 23, 23, and six.
10:07The three home games that he has faced, 23, 6, and 15, which puts him at an average of quarterback 15.
10:13So that's kind of the range I feel like Goff should be in here.
10:18I do want to acknowledge that the Vikings have not faced a offense as good as the Lions thus far this season.
10:24Packers, Bears, Bucs, Dolphins, Saints, and Colts have been the schedule that Minnesota has faced.
10:29The Packers are the best offense, not to discredit the Bears.
10:33That game was played in the rain. So it was kind of wonky and Caleb Williams also got injured.
10:38And Jordan Love was QB 11 in week one against the Minnesota Vikings.
10:43So I think that's kind of like the tier that you're kind of looking at with Goff.
10:48Now, I have a couple of the streaming guys ahead of him just because I do want to acknowledge that maybe this
10:55Vikings defense is on another level ahead of those past defenses, but I get the other side of the argument where finds offense is really, really good.
11:03So I've had trouble ranking him. I don't think that this is like a ceiling week for him, but I want to
11:10say that I know I'm in a league where I have to start him this week because I have Brock Brady's my
11:17other quarterback and I'm not in a position where, oh, I'm going to drop Jared Goff to pick up Kyler Murray or
11:24Jacoby Brissett or Kirk Cousins because I love those guys so much more.
11:28I just think that Goff is okay this week.
11:30And I think that 15 is kind of his range that is most likely just based on how he's recently performed against this Brian Flores defense.
11:38Bitsy, you got him at 12. You got him right at ECR.
11:42So is there an indifference? Is there kind of like a baseline of the offensive pieces that they have, regardless of where that defense is throwing at?
11:51Talk to us about Jared Goff. Yeah, that's kind of it.
11:54Welsh, as good as the Vikings have been, and my goodness, they're giving up 8.8 fantasy points per game to quarterbacks, far and away the fewest.
12:02And they rank number one in almost every pass metric for pass defenses.
12:06But yeah, it has been aided by the matchups they've had.
12:10And Jordan Love had 387 yards and two touchdowns against them in week one.
12:14So like a good quarterback, and the Vikings have not faced many this year, can do damage on them.
12:20And yet part of my hope is that the last time the Vikings and the Lions played at Ford Field last season,
12:27Jared Goff had 284 yards and two touchdowns. Granted, did not fare as well against the Vikings in Minnesota last year.
12:33197 passing yards, one touchdown, two interceptions. I think it could go either of those ways for him.
12:39And I don't think he's going to have 380 yards like Jordan Love.
12:43284 and two touchdowns, you'd take that all day if you were a Jared Goff investor.
12:48But I think part of it is that the Lions have just so many weapons on offense.
12:53Jameer Gibbs, Amin Ross St. Brown, Jamison Williams, Sam Laporta, even for a great defense, keeping the Lions in check is a
13:00tall order because of all the skill position talent.
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15:18This is your guys' wildest big difference, and it's more about Erickson's stance.
15:22So Erickson, I want to jump to you on it.
15:25Malik Willis is an ECR of 22. Fitzy says, hey, hold my beer.
15:29I'll do one spot higher. I'll go 21. But Erickson says, no, sir.
15:33QB won this week up against New England. You got Malik Willis as your 12th quarterback, Erickson.
15:39So what's got you so high on Malik Willis?
15:42Because our Dolphins quarterback is running, finally, at a consistent level.
15:45He has back-to-back games with at least eight carries.
15:48And in those games, he has finished as a top 15 fantasy quarterback as a result.
15:53You look at the Patriots so far this season, when they have faced mobile quarterbacks, Trevor Lawrence, Josh Allen, Caleb Williams, all
16:00finished as top 12 quarterbacks against the New England Patriots.
16:03The rushing is really what I want to buy into when it comes to Malik Willis.
16:08He has the league's second highest scramble rate, and he has the most scramble rush yards of any quarterback this season.
16:14He has the most fantasy points because of scrambling among all players.
16:18So it's not that the offense has changed where they're designing rushes for Malik Willis, although they did have a design rush
16:25for him at the goal line last week against the New York Jets.
16:29That's all part of the play here. So I'm just really buying into the mobile upside, because when we think about Malik
16:36Willis and where he was ranked in season-long drafts, he was a popular sleeper for a lot of us because we were
16:42waiting for the rushing, and it was a little bit up and down to start the season.
16:48I know he had that really bad game against the 49ers because they had just been shutting down all rushing quarterbacks, but
16:55I think that this mobile mobility is here to stay, and I think that's going to get him a lot of cheap
17:01production, especially in a game where if they're trailing, maybe he's throwing the ball a little bit more.
17:07He's scrambling, picking up yardage with his legs. So that's why I like Malik Willis.
17:12He's my favorite streamer this week. I'd take him over Jacoby Brissett.
17:15I'd take him over Kyler Murray because I'm very confident that he's going to continue to run.
17:21Fitz, you got him at 21. You're one spot higher.
17:24I'm guessing you don't share some of the exact same optimism.
17:27I just moved him up two spots while Erickson was talking because I do want to be above consensus.
17:33I agree with Erickson on pretty much everything. Three touchdown runs.
17:37He's run for 37 or more yards in four of his six starts, and Willis hasn't been terrible as a passer either.
17:43Not a lot of volume, but he's averaging seven yards per pass attempt.
17:47That's a respectable number, and he just got playmaker Caleb Douglas back from an ankle injury, and Douglas is their best receiver.
17:54All right, we're going to get to our tight ends and the tight end rankings, but before we get back to the
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18:45Let's look at our tight end ranks in the top 12 on the tight end board here.
18:50Coming in at number one, we've got Trey McBride, Brock Bowers at two, Tucker Craft at three, Dallas Goddard at four, followed
18:57by Colson Loveland at five, highest we've seen him in God knows how long.
19:01Sam Laporta at six. The back half is Dalton Kincaid, Travis Kelsey, TJ Hawkinson, Kyle Pitts, Hunter Henry, and Brenton Strange.
19:08Let's talk about Sam Laporta. You guys have some different spots here.
19:12He comes in at six. Erickson, you've got him at four, but Fitzy, you've dropped him down to nine.
19:18Fitz, let's hit you with Sam Laporta. Disappointing performance.
19:20They've got Minnesota. You did kind of talk about golf and there's just too many good weapons out there, but you've bumped him down to nine.
19:28So still relatively startable, but not super, super trustworthy.
19:31Wait, I think we should go to Erickson first on this.
19:35I want to know why he's trashing Jared Goff in the rankings, but not Sam Laporta.
19:40Okay. Okay. Yeah. I knew this was coming. I knew this was coming.
19:44So when Goff finished as QB 15, the last time he faced the Vikings at home, Sam Laporta played in that game
19:51and was tight end four on the week, six catches, 97 yards and a touchdown, eight targets.
19:56So it is possible for Laporta to still be a top five tight end and Goff to still be outside the fantasy QB one territory.
20:04He came with receipts. All right. So yeah, that's true.
20:07I don't think he's giving Goff full credit for how good he was in that game.
20:12QB 15, like 284 and two touchdowns against him.
20:14So I feel like he should be more consistent with his rankings of Laporta and Goff.
20:19But what has been pretty consistent other than that game against Laporta last year is just that the Vikings smothered tight ends.
20:26Like last year, eighth fewest fantasy points to tight ends.
20:29This year, the fewest fantasy points to tight ends.
20:32They've only given up 18 catches to tight ends this year.
20:36Every other team has given up at least 25 receptions to tight ends and Minnesota is not allowed a touchdown catch to a tight end this season.
20:44Do you have anything else, Erickson? I know you were making your point on the Goff thing, but are you covered on Sam Laporta?
20:51Just really threatened the knee or just hoping for an exact replication of last year's matchup between the Vikings and the lines
20:58with Laporta as tight end four and Jared Goff as quarterback 15.
21:02Erickson is boldly predicting no catches for Jamison Williams and only four for Amin Ross.
21:07He's got it. I like it. He's got a formula.
21:10All right. Dalton Kincaid, ECR seven. Erickson's got him at seven.
21:13Fitz, you've got him at four. High guy on Kincaid.
21:16So Fitz, why don't you hit us here going up against Baltimore for Dalton Kincaid?
21:21It's mostly about not feeling good about many tight ends this week, but the last time we saw Kincaid before the Bills
21:28week seven by he had a team high eight targets and seven catches against the Raiders.
21:33Now granted those seven catches netted only 38 yards, but Kincaid also had a touchdown catch nullified by a penalty in that game.
21:40He was pretty heavily involved and we're going to see points in Ravens bills.
21:44Vegas total for that game is 54 and a half right now.
21:48So I kind of want to be leaning towards optimistic with rankings of bills and Ravens this week.
21:54Erickson, you've got him at, uh, you've got him at ECR.
21:57Do you can agree with that team total or game total there really plays in favor?
22:02Uh, touch us about Kincaid. I think that Fitz made a lot of really great points about just buying into the upside of this particular matchup.
22:10That could be a shootout. My only question marks are, is DJ Moore going to come back or not?
22:16Cause I think that would eat into Kincaid's nine targets or eight targets that he saw before the bills went on their by week.
22:23I would expect him to be back considering they had a full week off and he was close to playing the last
22:30time we saw the bills against the Raiders. And to credit the Ravens defense at Kyle Hamilton, they've allowed the same number
22:37receiving yards, tight ends as the Minnesota Vikings. So it's not as a cupcake matchup that maybe some of the long or
22:44season long numbers would necessarily suggest that being said, the game script is really what kind of put him over the top.
22:51All right. Uh, next up is Travis Kelsey who comes in at tight end eight fits.
22:56You've got him at seven Erickson. You've pushed him down.
22:59You've pushed a couple of these tight ends down.
23:02You got them down at 10 again. Not that you hate or anything like that.
23:06But, um, talk to us about the push down.
23:09I'm curious as I'm trying to look like, who do you have?
23:13Do you have like Hawkinson? Do you have pits above who are the guys you have above Kelsey right now?
23:19I've Hawkinson ahead of him. And I don't know why he's not rent.
23:23Strange should be like a locked and loaded tight end to smash this week.
23:28He's 12 on the list, but I got him five.
23:31Oh, like I'm dude. He has been really, really good.
23:34He was heating up before the team's bi-week and he's facing the Colts who have been a sieve against tight ends this season.
23:41So I think Brent Strange is like one of my favorite plays this week, but so he's one of the guys that
23:48have ranked against Kelsey, just Kelsey kind of been middling production wise.
23:51Again, the chiefs passing attack hasn't been that great over the last couple of games, last three games.
23:57He's outside the top 18 and weekly finishes. He's outside the top 10 in terms of targets per game among tight ends.
24:04And this has been without Rashi Rice in the lineup.
24:07So even though he has been like the de facto number one pass catcher, the chiefs obviously have been leaning a lot into the run game.
24:15They did that the first time they faced the Denver Broncos.
24:18They ran all over them with Ken Walker in his chiefs debut.
24:22I would expect that after a down game from the rushing attack against Seattle, they get back to the basics with feeding Ken Walker.
24:30And although Kelsey had 71 yards in the first game against the Broncos in week one, he only had three catches and
24:37he was tight end 15 on the week. So I think that he is back end fantasy tight end one.
24:43Obviously if he scores, that's going to change the narrative on him.
24:46So that's why I still have him as a fantasy tight end one, but just a couple of guys I like a little bit more.
24:54Pitsy, you got him at seven. You got him one spot higher than ECR.
24:59Where are you at on Kelsey? I just feel like he almost has to see a big target total with all the wide receiver injuries the chiefs have.
25:07He had eight targets against Seattle last week, although just four catches for 44 yards, kind of a horrible offensive night for the chiefs generally.
25:15And the Broncos gave up the 12th most fantasy points per game last year to tight ends and have allowed the ninth most this year.
25:23Very good against wide receivers, not so good against tight ends.
25:26And in two games against the Broncos last season, Travis Kelsey had 14 catches for 127 yards and a touchdown.
25:32Final one here is Hunter Henry who comes in at 11.
25:36Erickson, you got him at 11. Fitz, he's got the low is the low man on him.
25:41But Erickson, let's start with you on your you've obviously it's funny because Henry is one spot higher than strange, but strange
25:48is clearly like your huge play this week. So you've got him a bunch higher than Hunter Henry.
25:54But where are you at against Miami? Obviously, we've seen Eli Raritan get more involved.
25:58But I mean, I don't know. Henry's just kind of a constant.
26:02He doesn't belong in the circle of trust of tight ends, but he's definitely in that next crew where like you could
26:09be a lot worse off if you're going with Henry.
26:12So you got him at 11. Yeah, it's a bit more of a matchup dependent because he doesn't have to say like
26:19the most elite role in the offense, but it's still pretty good.
26:2376% of the snaps, 76% of the routes run.
26:25Eli Raritan obviously does sprinkle in as the number two tight end.
26:29But outside of AJ Brown doing nothing with his targets, Hunter Henry has been the guy that's been the most efficient.
26:36And remember, he's played with Drake May the longest dating back to Drake May's rookie year.
26:41Hunter Henry has always been a security blanket for his young quarterback.
26:44And it's interesting when you're looking at the matchup tool on the rankings, it's a five star matchup versus the wide receivers,
26:51which is zero stars or one star because the production for fantasy has been going through tight ends that have faced the Miami Dolphins defense this year.
27:00Third most Manny's points allowed to tight ends. Hunter Henry's coming off a really strong game, caught all seven of his targets
27:06for 71 yards, led the team in target chair at 23%.
27:10So I get that it may never be a hundred yard game for Hunter Henry, but you know, he's got a lot
27:17of red zone equity and I believe the Patriots are going to score points on Miami's defense.
27:22So I think Henry, if you pick them up on waivers, if you're just looking for a streaming option this week, I think he's a really good option.
27:31Fitzy, a final bit here. You, you're the kind of the lower man on M14.
27:35You just don't have him as a tight end one this week.
27:39Uh, negative, negative thoughts on Henry or just did it work out that we do have a couple of tight ends that
27:46you liked more that were more in the streaming range?
27:49Yeah, that's kind of it. Mainly the fact that aside from the seven catch game, uh, seven target game against the bears,
27:56Henry has not had more than five targets in a game all season.
28:00And I feel like Eli Raritan is kind of moving in on his game, but I could see the optimistic case for him.
28:07Maybe it's another game like the game against the bears where the Patriots tight ends have more success than the wide receivers
28:14because bears against the bears, the Patriots receivers didn't do much in Henry and Raritan both had pretty good games that week.
28:21So maybe we see the same sort of thing against Miami.
28:24All right, there you go, friends. Those are your quarterbacks.
28:27Those are your tight ends. You guys can drop any comments below on some of your favorite plays at quarterback and tight
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