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Eagles & Bears - Fantasy Football Lessons Learned

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14 min
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Sep 29, 2026
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Tue, September 29, 2026
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Caleb WilliamsCase KeenumD'Andre SwiftDeVonta SmithDrake MayeJalen HurtsJohnny WilsonKalif RaymondKyle MonangaiLuther BurdenSaquon Barkley
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Caleb Williams

NegativeInjury10:03

Caleb Williams' injury caused a massive swing in market odds for the Bears, though the team performed well in his absence.

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Case Keenum

PositiveDepth Chart10:40

Case Keenum performed impressively in his start, and the source expects him to remain the starter over Tyson Bagent until Caleb Williams returns.

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D'Andre Swift

PositiveProjection13:13

D'Andre Swift is a set-and-forget RB2 for the remainder of the season, having handled the vast majority of the work in the Bears' backfield.

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DeVonta Smith

NegativeProjection5:52

DeVonta Smith remains a locked-in weekly starter, ranked as a high-end WR2 or low-end WR1. He recorded eight targets in the recent game and remains in the same tier as George Pickens, Christian Watson, Garrett Wilson, and Tee Higgins, despite the Eagles' broader offensive issues.

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Drake Maye

NegativeProjection4:14

Drake Maye has been a disappointing fantasy starter, with the source noting that Case Keenum scored more points in a single game than Maye has all season. The source is reconsidering his roster spot, though he remains hopeful for potential viability once A.J. Brown returns.

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Jalen Hurts

NegativeProjection4:06

Jalen Hurts is struggling as the Eagles offense underperforms, leading to concerns about his viability as a fantasy starter. He is now classified as a mid-tier QB1 rather than an elite QB1. While his rushing touchdowns provide a floor in four-point passing touchdown leagues, his poor performance against the Bears makes him a risky asset in six-point passing touchdown formats; he remains in a tier with Dak Prescott, Brock Purdy, and Patrick Mahomes.

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Johnny Wilson

NegativeRole7:18

Johnny Wilson is not currently a usable fantasy asset for the second half of the season, though he is a preferred roster stash over Britain Covey because he is expected to improve as a rookie throughout the year. Seeing him on the field is a positive sign for his long-term development.

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Kalif Raymond

NegativeUsage9:36

While the source does not believe Khalif Raymond is a special player, he is a viable roster option in deep 14-team formats over players like Rashod Bateman, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, and Rashid Shaheed; however, he should be avoided in shallow 10-team leagues.

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Kyle Monangai

PositiveValue13:26

Kyle Monangai is a premium handcuff who resembles Blake Corum; he is a desperation start now but would become a league-winner if D'Andre Swift were injured.

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Luther Burden

PositiveBreakout10:30

Luther Burden is a major riser in rankings after an 11-target performance; the source is moving him up while moving Rome Odunze down, and would trade Jameson Williams or Emeka Egbuka for him in a heartbeat.

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Saquon Barkley

NegativeUsage0:26

Saquon Barkley is viewed as a low-end RB1 or high-end RB2 rather than an elite running back due to the Eagles' ongoing offensive struggles. While he saw strong usage with 15 carries and no other running back receiving a carry, his fantasy ceiling is capped by Jalen Hurts vulturing goal-line touchdowns and a lack of receiving volume compared to elite backs like Jahmyr Gibbs; he relies heavily on the offensive line and big-play ability.

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0:00Here's the deal. I never expected the
0:02game to go like this. This was
0:04legitimately insane. And honestly, I'm
0:05changing a bit of a trade I was going to
0:08make in the Flock League before and
0:09after this game. Starting with the
0:12Philadelphia Eagles, the Eagles were
0:14heavy favorites coming into this. I'll
0:16pull up the market numbers coming into
0:19the game later on, but yeah, once you
0:21had Caleb ruled out, the Eagles were
0:24supposed to win this game and it wasn't
0:26supposed to be close. Now, Saquon
0:29Barkley looked very good at the
0:31beginning and the usage for Barkley was
0:34uh very strong as well. Like Saquon
0:35Barkley had 15 carries. Wasn't another
0:38running back out there that got a carry
0:40at all. Now, yes, you had Tank Bsby and
0:43Will Shipley out there for times. Um
0:45essentially, it looks like if this is a
0:47spot in which the team's going to want
0:50to go through, they're going to want to
0:51run the ball. It's a normal play. It's
0:53um first and 10, it's second and five.
0:56the running back that's going to be on
0:58the field will be Squan, right? And also
1:01once we get to the red zone, what you're
1:03hoping for is you're hoping for those
1:05Barkley touchdowns. But the problem that
1:08we've had for years now is if you're at
1:11the one yard line, the touchdowns go to
1:13Jaylen Herds. It's not going to Saquon
1:15Barkley. So for Barkley specifically,
1:19like he really hinges on how good this
1:22Philly offensive line is.
1:25He really hinges on how good this
1:28Philadelphia Eagles offense is in
1:31general because he can't be going up
1:33against these stack boxes. He needs to
1:35be able to break off long runs and
1:37hopefully get those 20 plus yard rushing
1:39touchdowns if he's going to come close
1:41to anything like what we saw two years
1:43ago. If the Philadelphia Eagles are this
1:45bad, Barkley has no chance to be an
1:47elite running back in fantasy. He's just
1:49not set up to be one because again the
1:50receiving usage won't be there to what
1:53you would see with like the Jir Gibbs of
1:55the world and again he'll get vultured
1:57at the rushing I mean at the goal line.
2:00So he's like poor man's James Cook where
2:03James Cook it's the same exact setup but
2:05the Buffalo Bills are a much better
2:07offense. So, if I'm looking at Barkley
2:09in my rankings and trying to value him
2:11through the rest of the season,
2:13obviously any per game numbers for
2:14Barkley this year are going to be very
2:17much skewed just given the fact that he
2:19did miss
2:22what all of week two essentially. So,
2:25we've had three games and one of them he
2:27didn't really play. So, I had him inside
2:30this tier with like Jeremiah Love,
2:32Kairen Williams, Javvante Williams
2:34coming into this game. I think he
2:36probably stays in this tier because I
2:38still think he's an incredible running
2:39back. He looked great at points in this
2:41game. It's just this situation isn't
2:43what you'd want it to be. Going over to
2:46Jaylen Herz specifically. So, I'll fill
2:49y'all in. Right. If y'all been watching
2:50the Flock League, y'all realize my
2:52fantasy team this year, it's straight
2:54ass. And the reason is is because I
2:55drafted Drake May at quarterback. I've
2:57started Drake May for three weeks. And
2:59I'm pretty sure Case Keenum just scored
3:01more points in this game than Drake May
3:02has scored all season. So, I was going
3:05through and thinking like, "Oh, okay.
3:07Jaylen Herz is the backup quarterback of
3:10the editors. Should I go through and
3:12should I trade Drake May, Juan Del
3:15Robinson,
3:17and some Fab Dollars to get to Jaylen
3:20Herz?" That was my initial plan, but
3:23honestly with how it played out in this
3:25game, how Jaylen Herz looked, the fact
3:26that they just got boat raced by Case
3:29Keenum and the Chicago Bears, I honestly
3:32may just stream. I may stream and hope
3:34that Drake May is viable once AJ Brown
3:36comes back as Gon Herz did not look good
3:38in this game. If you're in a four-point
3:39passing touchdown format, he's going to
3:41be able to save it with the uh rushing
3:44touchdowns obviously he'll have, but in
3:46a six-point passing touchdown league, if
3:48this Eagles offense is bad, it's going
3:49to be tough for Herz. Then going over to
3:52the receivers, we have Dunh Devont Smith
3:55clearly as the locked and loaded wide
3:57receiver one here. That is not a
3:59surprise to really anybody. Um, Devonte
4:02Smith has eight targets. It was actually
4:05a sweat to see if he was going to beat
4:07Zufa this week in my league. Um, Devont
4:10Smith needed to score like 15 points for
4:12Zufa to lose and he only scored 12 and a
4:15half. I'm looking at my rest of season
4:17rankings for Smith. Coming into this
4:19game, I had him inside the same tier as
4:21like George Pickkins, Christian Watson,
4:24Garrett Wilson, T. Higgins. Honestly, I
4:27think I'd probably leave him there. I
4:29don't think much changes because it's
4:30not like we get a massive a Dantavian
4:33Wix blow up. Dantavian Wixs has the five
4:35targets, almost had the big play, gets
4:37called back. Mai Lemon did show up. It
4:39was like, "Oh, cool. There's Mai Lemon
4:41on the field." This is somebody that I
4:42think will be better in this second half
4:45of the season and will continue to get
4:46better as time goes on, as we expect all
4:48rookies to, but Mai Lemon still isn't
4:51usable. So, for this Philly offense,
4:54Barkley still a lowend running back one,
4:57not much more. Devont Smith still a
4:59high-end wide receiver two, lowend wide
5:01receiver one, not much more. Nobody else
5:04is startable. Don't start Wix. Don't
5:06start Lemon. Between Wix and Lemon, I
5:10would roster Lemon because I would
5:11expect him to get better as time goes
5:13on. And then with Jaylen Herz,
5:16maybe the game would have been a lot
5:18better if he didn't get taken out to
5:19just see if he had a concussion because
5:21they were at the goal line. You would
5:23have assumed that they would have just
5:24tush pushed Jaylen Herz across and then
5:27all of a sudden he would have had a
5:28couple of rushing touchdowns. But at
5:30this point, like realistically,
5:35we have Herz in this tier of like Dak
5:37Perty Mahomes. I if you wanted to move
5:41Brock Pury and Dak Prescott and Patrick
5:43Mahomes ahead of Jaylen Herz, like I'm
5:46not going to fault you for it at all. I
5:47do think that he belongs in this tier
5:49though. Now again, not much changed in
5:53Philadelphia. We can go over and look at
5:55Chicago real quick. And let me pull this
5:58up because again, I want to stress how
6:01big of an upset this was. Like before
6:03the Caleb Williams injury, if you're
6:06looking at Poly Market US, you had the
6:08Chicago Bears with a 53% chance to win
6:10this game. But once Caleb went down, the
6:14final odds before the game got kicked
6:15off, the Eagles jumped up to a 65%
6:18chance of winning. like it was a massive
6:21massive swing with no Caleb versus Caleb
6:25and it ended up not mattering at all.
6:27Now, of course, if you wanted to check
6:28out any of those markets, that is Poly
6:31Market US. You can find the link in the
6:33description comment section, live chat,
6:35sign up, code flock, you get $50 added
6:37to your account after you deposit your
6:38first 10 available in every single state
6:40outside of Nevada. But Case Keenum
6:44looked great. I mean, it's not just in
6:46the stat line like he was throwing some
6:49balls. I was like, damn, incredible. And
6:52I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here,
6:54this is what I said in a TikTok earlier
6:56today. Case Keenum had not had 50
6:59passing attempts in a game
7:02since 2019. Since literally before COVID
7:06was the last time time Case Keenum had
7:0950 pass attempts. I'm sorry, not in a
7:11game, in an entire season. He had I'm
7:15sorry, 100 pass attempts. Yeah. Last
7:18time he had 50 completions was 2019 with
7:21the Commanders.
7:23Like the fact he came out here at 38
7:25years old and looked this good. I would
7:27guess that he won the quarterback two
7:29job even if Tyson Beant is cleared from
7:32concussion protocol and looks good to go
7:34next week. I'd assume Keenum's the
7:37starting quarterback until we get Caleb
7:38back which may be next week or the week
7:40after. And I was completely wrong. I
7:43thought that you had to bench Coulson
7:45Lovelin. I thought you had a bench a
7:48Roma Dunce, bench Luther Burden. I
7:50thought every single player here was a
7:52bench in Chicago outside of DeAndre
7:55Swift who I would have preferred to
7:56leave on the bench, but if you needed to
7:58start him, you needed to start him. And
8:00Keenum clearly supported these weapons.
8:02DeAndre Swift had the vast majority of
8:04the work. Once the game kind of got out
8:06of hand, that's where we saw a little
8:07bit more Kyle Manungai. But DeAndre
8:09Swift still looks like set and forget
8:11running back too in your fantasy
8:13football rankings through the rest of
8:14the season. Kyle Manungai very much
8:16looks like Blake Cororm, right? Where if
8:19you're desperate, you could start him,
8:20but the reality of the setup is he's
8:23more so just a premium handcuff where a
8:26swift were to go down. Kyle Manungai
8:27probably turns into a league winning
8:29running back. And then going over to the
8:31receiving,
8:33Luther Burton, 11 targets. He has the
8:35seven receptions, 61 receiving yards,
8:37and the receiving touchdown. So Luther
8:40Burton has to be a big- time riser in my
8:42rankings. the fact that he did this with
8:44no Caleb,
8:46I have to assume that Caleb Williams,
8:50even if it hasn't been the case so far
8:52this season, is a better option for
8:55Luther Burton than what you have with
8:57Keenan. So, I had Burton down here at 31
9:00again thinking this offense was going to
9:02collapse with no Caleb and that's what
9:04the market data showed to now I'm to the
9:07point I have Jameson Williams on my own
9:09team. I would way hell I have Ibuka on
9:11my team. I have JMO on my team. I would
9:13trade them in a heartbeat for Luther
9:15Burton.
9:16Like I'll put this on the record right
9:19now. Zach, if you're watching this, my
9:21friend, I will trade you a Bua for
9:24Luther Burden. I will trade you Jameson
9:25Williams for Luther Burton. Like Luther
9:28Burden looks still very much like a boom
9:30bust wide receiver. We don't have a
9:32massive sample on this, but he looks
9:34good. Now there are just so many guys
9:36drawing targets here. Khalif Raymond,
9:39I'll be honest with you, I don't
9:40necessarily think that he's a special
9:43player by any means. I have refused to
9:45talk about him through the first three
9:46weeks this year, but I feel like I
9:49finally need to go ahead and put him in
9:53my rankings. I think realistically, like
9:56if you had like you say you're in a 14
9:58team league, right? You're in a really
9:59deep format. Um, I would probably rather
10:02have Khalif Raymond over the like Rashad
10:06Baitman,
10:08Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman,
10:13Shahed,
10:16Ryan Florenoi, Kan Booty, like 99% of
10:20y'all for the love of God, don't get
10:22suckered into Khif Raymond if you're
10:23playing in a 10 team league. But if
10:24you're like in a 14 team format, this is
10:26now a couple weeks that we have seen
10:28this. I think mainly he is just going to
10:30continue to be a thorn in the side of
10:31Roma Dunay, Luther Burton, Coulson
10:33Lovelin, but he is at least a name to
10:35bring up. And then Roma Dunay continues
10:38to show that he's probably not the wide
10:40receiver one here for this Chicago Bears
10:43team. Like he almost had a touchdown
10:45that he just dropped like Roma's
10:47historically had a problem with drops.
10:49At this point, I think I'd probably
10:51rather have the Washington guys with
10:52Stefon Diggs and Terry McLaren over
10:54them. I do think Burden and Rome
10:56separated from themselves in this game a
10:58bit for me in my rankings. We're gonna
10:59move Burden up again like three or four
11:02spots and move Rome down three or four
11:03spots. And then going over to Coloulston
11:06Lovelin, he had had one and a half
11:08fantasy points coming into this game.
11:11And I thought he was an automatic bench
11:13just given the fact that again I
11:16expected the offense to be really bad. I
11:17didn't think Case Keenum was going to
11:18ball this way. But the fact that this
11:21Bears team scored 27 points, Case Keenum
11:25had 34 pass attempts, 250 passing yards,
11:28and Lovelin still only scored seven
11:31fantasy points. Like at this point, the
11:34usage for Lovelin is just so damn
11:36concerning that if you wanted to move
11:39him down here, like
11:41realistically behind Jawan Johnson,
11:45it's not the craziest thing in the
11:47world, which is just insane to say
11:49because obviously Lovelin probably went
11:51in the fourth round of your fantasy
11:53draft. He looks so damn exciting. He's
11:55such a young player. He flashed insane
11:58levels of talent the end of last year.
12:01So like in the short term here, I would
12:03start Jawan Johnson over Lovelin. He'll
12:05continue to be higher in my weekly
12:06rankings. I still would probably rather
12:08have Lovelin rest of season just given
12:10the upside that you potentially see with
12:13the young 22-year-old tight end continue
12:15to improve as time goes on. But damn,
12:19it's just crazy to see this
12:20disappointment. And I'm not going to
12:22like jack case Keenum up in my rankings
12:23or anything. Again, the hope for the
12:25Chicago Bears as well. Keenum played
12:27incredibly well today. like super
12:29impressive for Mariota and Keenum to do
12:32what they did this week. The Bears and
12:35the Commanders and their weapons, they
12:38need Jaden Daniels, they need Caleb
12:40Williams back if we want to have
12:41continued long-term sustained success.
12:44But essentially, long story short with
12:47this video, I think the Philadelphia
12:49Eagles offensive struggles, they're real
12:53continued trends. I would be a little
12:56worried about Philly. I think Barkley is
12:59more of a low-end RB1, high-end RB2 than
13:01an elite running back. Very similar to
13:03what we had last season. Jaylen Herz is
13:06more of a mid QB1 rather than an elite
13:08QB1. Devont Smith is high and wide
13:11receiver two, low and wide receiver one.
13:13You still start those guys every week.
13:14And then with Chicago, Swift remains an
13:17every week running back too for me. But
13:19the main thing that's happened from this
13:21game, at least in my opinion, is the 11
13:23targets going to Burden and Burden
13:25looking pretty damn good here as well.
13:27I'm going to be moving Luther Burden up
13:28my rankings a bit and moving Roman Dunce
13:31down my rankings a bit. But I think
13:33that's all I got for you. I really
13:35appreciate you hanging out with us in
13:37this live stream. And yes, we got the
13:39Jaylen Herds jersey on. We have the
13:41green screen effect in here, so it
13:43turned it black, which honestly I
13:44thought looked pretty cool, so we left
13:46it. Um, but yeah, we actually do have
13:50some cool stuff happening in the studio
13:52right now. We just improved our
13:56wall of sports cards. We're going to
13:58continue to grind away at eBay buying
14:01more football cards as I am freaking
14:03addicted and it is not a good thing, but
14:06it is what it is at this point. But much
14:08love, ladies and gentlemen. I really
14:10appreciate you and I hope I get to see
14:12you out in the live stream

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