0:00All right. I actually had thought that Lamar Jackson was going to be missing this week, but it sounds like he may
0:06play, right? Markets have moved in the direction of the Baltimore Ravens since we got the practice report on Thursday that Lamar Jackson was at practice. So,
0:16if Lamar plays, he's in his own tier.
0:18Maybe he runs the ball a little bit less. And yeah, I'm going to be a little nervous that he looks lessened similar
0:24to what he was last year coming back from a lower body injury, but I can't put anybody ahead of him in fantasy at
0:31the quarterback position with Josh Allen on by. Now, there are two quarterbacks that are going to be playing in the game
0:37tonight with Drake May as well as Caleb Williams. We actually have the Chicago Bears as three-point favorites. So, maybe you would think, well, Mason
0:46shouldn't be Caleb be ranked ahead of May. In my mind, I'm viewing the Chicago Bears as a slightly more runheavy offense than what we should have with
0:55the New England Patriots. But there is a very fair sentiment that I could just be completely biased as I am starting Drake
1:02May tonight on my own fantasy team. So, for the love of God, brother, come through for me. But both these quarterbacks should be in a high-scoring
1:09game environment. Both these quarterbacks have their own rushing upside as well. So, if you have them, you need to start them. Now, going over
1:17to the B tier, this is where things begin to flatten out. I think every single one of these quarterbacks in this
1:23tier will be a good start for you.
1:25Beginning with Jordan Love. Now, Jordan Love has been a really strong play in fantasy football as of late.
1:33Back-to-back games with over 20 fantasy points. And he's averaging, I mean, a ridiculous 280 passing yards per game so far this season. 37 passing attempts per
1:44game this year, which are both a careerhigh for him. And this is a good matchup getting to play in the dome at
1:51Detroit where this projects to be the highest scoring game of the week. So, I want to be starting as many players as I
1:58can in this game. We're going to lean right over to Jared Goff. And yes, similar setup. We know both these quarterbacks, they're not going to run
2:06at all, which is why they are the tier below Drake May and Caleb Williams who both could pick up 50 rushing yards and
2:12the rushing touchdown. But Gooff, Love should be in that super high-scoring shootout. I would prefer Love because I am less willing to believe that Jacobs
2:22is going to steal multiple touchdowns the way that Jir Gibbs can in Detroit.
2:27Now, going over to Brock Party, typically Brock Party is much much better than this. Brock Party is averaging about 22 fantasy points per
2:35game, which is higher than any quarterback that we have talked about so far today outside of Jared Goff. Now, with that in mind, if we look at the
2:46depth chart right now for the wide receivers for this Niners offense, you have no Mike Evans, you have no Debo Samuel, you have no Deon Stribbling, you
2:55have no Ricky Pierall. The guys you're looking at at wide receiver, really the only notable household names are Christian Kirk, but keep in mind Kirk's
3:06now on his fourth NFL team and Brandon Cooks where keep in mind Brandon Cooks was drafted in 2014 and we know those
3:16speed specialists fall off a little bit earlier than the possession guys like Evans. So, I am worried about the weapons for Brock Party. But what we
3:25have seen so far this season is Kyle Shanahan is gonna scheme guys open and Brock Party is going to find them. Brock
3:32Party is a phenomenal talent and one of the favorites to win MVP right now. Now, Joe Burrow can actually move to the
3:40upper end of this B tier once we get confirmation that Lamar Jackson is good to go. If we get confirmation that
3:48Lamar's going to play, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the overunder of this Cincy Baltimore game slides in the direction of it being the highest
3:57scoring game alongside the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers. So, Burrow could move higher. Again, kind of hinges on Lamar. I think you want Burrow
4:07against Lamar, not Burrow against Huntley. And then the last quarterback in this tier is going to be CJ Strad.
4:13There's only one offense in the NFL, I believe, this week that projects to score more points than the Detroit Lions, and that is the Houston Texans.
4:21But this game does have the largest spread of any game on the week at 10 and a half points. So, a concern that I may
4:29have is the Houston Texans run the ball over and over again. But CJ Shroud's playing some of the best quarterback that we have seen since his rookie
4:36season. Now going to the C tier, these are other quarterbacks that are most likely in your lineup. Starting off with Dak Prescott. Dak, we know he's not
4:46going to run the ball. And at the same time, I don't love this game environment playing against Philadelphia. I believe the overunder of this game is currently
4:55sitting at like 44 and a half points, which if you just compare that to what you have with the Lions, Green Bay
5:01Packers, it's going to be a slower paced game environment. It's not going to be as enticing of course with no Jaylen
5:07Herz. Now Bryce Young is going to be here at 10. Now I have Bryce Young on my own fantasy football team for the
5:14moment. I am having to try to find a way to get rid of him because frankly uh I need to open up a roster spot. I need
5:21somebody to put in my flex this week with Ibuka being out. But Young's been incredible. He's at the very top of the
5:27NFL in passing volume. We obviously know he's not going to run the ball a ridiculous amount, but it's a fine matchup playing up against the Tampa Bay
5:35Buccaneers with Baker coming back in.
5:37And then Matthew Stafford will be our last quarterback that is probably in starting lineups this week. If you look at Stafford, they are 4 and a half point
5:47favorites here traveling to Las Vegas.
5:50They're projecting out to score 26 and a half points. A slight concern that I will have is I am worried with no
5:57Devonte Adams this team leans a little bit more runheavy at the goal line in comparison to what they've done in the
6:04past. Now moving to the D tier, Kyler Murray is a viable play against the Indianapolis Colts because you now have
6:14Jefferson, Addison, Hawinson all cleared, good to go in this game. A concern that I will potentially have here with Kyler is one, he has not had a
6:24single game this season where he's been a top 12 quarterback in fantasy points.
6:29And two, on top of that as well, like against the Colts, the Daniel Jones offense isn't going to be able to put
6:38points on the board. So, there is a very real possibility that the Minnesota Vikings aren't having to air it out aggressively. Now, Patrick Mahomes is a
6:47quarterback that typically is going to be way higher on this list. Now, I am playing against Patrick Mahomes in fantasy this week, so maybe I'm a little
6:55bit biased, but if you currently look at markets, they have Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs projected out to only
7:04score 20 total points. The Chiefs are supposed to score fewer points than every other offense that we have talked about so far in this video. And again, I
7:15want to remind y'all that markets, they know more about how the defensive line play is going to impact the offensive line in the overall game environment
7:23than I could speak on depth with or really that you understand either if I'm going to be completely honest. So, when
7:29I see that the Seattle Seahawks are two and a half point favorites here, we can just pull this up on Poly Market US.
7:36Seahawks have a 57% chance of winning this game. And the total of this game's only 42 and a half points. Typically,
7:44you want to be staying away from the underdog in this spot. With no Rashi Rice, with no Taekquin Thornton, I think
7:50the Chiefs offense may struggle just a wee bit given the matchup. Now, obviously, if you want to check out any of these markets, this is Poly Market
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8:13been horrible, right? Bicks has refused to throw the ball further than five yards downfield, but this is a little bit of a bounceback setup for them. They
8:25are get getting to play against the Arizona Cardinals. They are four and a half point favorites. And the Broncos project to score more points this week
8:33than what you have with like the Carolina Panthers, which obviously we have Bryce Young ranked ahead of them.
8:38The Broncos project to score more points even than what you have with like the Cincinnati Bengals or the New England Patriots. And then the last quarterback
8:46we'll discuss is going to be Tyler Shuck. With Chuck, they are three-point dogs here playing against the Pittsburgh Steelers. And in general, I would rather
8:55avoid these overseas games if we can with these boom bust names. And Jordan Tyson is not back yet. Now, Etier, like
9:03if you really wanted to play Rogers, Cousins, Deshawn, Michael Penn, Baker Mayfield, you can, but I would prefer to have all these players on my bench. I
9:11think the top 11 quarterbacks are easy starts. QBs 12 through 15, wide range of outcomes. QB 16 and below, I would
9:18prefer to bench rather than have them in my lineup. Now, we can move this over to our tight ends. And very clearly the S
9:24tier of tight ends will be Bowowers, McBride, and George KD this week.
9:28Typically, it's only Bowowers and McBride. But with no Mike Evans, no Debo, no Desawn Stribbling, no Ricky Pierce Hall, George KD is going to have
9:38to be so heavily used and what is a very good offense here with the San Francisco 49ers that I think he belongs with the
9:49names of Bowers and McBride pretty easily. Now moving to our A tier, we are going to be looking at Sam Leaporta in
9:57what should be the highest scoring game of the week. If you look at Leaporta's production, he is averaging 15 fantasy
10:07points per game. This is a great setup that he has and again what should be a super highscoring game environment. So I
10:15think you can start Leaporto with confidence. And then Isaiah likely is a very difficult ranking because Isaiah likely is straight up averaging more
10:23points per game than Trey McBride so far this season. Like this man has been unbelievable.
10:30But at the same time with that you are having to go up against the Houston Texans while I depressed Malik Neighbors
10:38in our rankings this week because again markets currently have the New York Giants as the lowest scoring offense in the entire league. Looking at New York,
10:47I think the thing that I am more optimistic about with likely is it's pretty easy to get the ball to your
10:54tight end close to the line of scrimmage and they are just lacking weapons where everything is so damn concentrated. Now going to our B tier, we are going to
11:03have Tucker Craft and Travis Kelce. So the benefit that you get with Craft is it is a phenomenal game environment.
11:10Again, in this game, we should expect that the most points are scored in the NFL between the Green Bay Packers and
11:17the Detroit Lions. Kelsey should have a considerable amount of target volume with no Rashi Rice. But again, going right back to what we discussed with the
11:26Mahomes ranking. It is just generally a really tough matchup that you're going to have having to play in Seattle. So, I
11:32want to be a little bit lower on Kelsey for that reason. Now, moving over to our C tier. Coloulston Loveland plays
11:41tonight with Loveland. He looks a hell of a lot better now that you have Caleb Williams back in this offense and the
11:50target volume's been better as of late as well. He's had three straight games with at least five targets and he's averaged seven targets per game over the
11:58past three. So, I do want to move Lovelin up our rankings a bit in comparison to where we had him previously. And then Dallas Goddard at
12:06nine. It is a really good matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. But what we have seen is Devont Smith is just going
12:13to straight up dominate the amount of targets that are available here in this Philadelphia Eagles offense. And then the last guy in this tier will be Tyler
12:22Higgby. Obviously, not only do you have no Devonte Adams, but on top of that, you have no Terren Ferguson. Fergus not
12:29going to come back for a couple weeks here. I actually have to play against Tyler Higgby in fantasy this week and
12:35I'm concerned like if we look over the past month this man keep in mind with a healthy Devonte Adams has been up there
12:41averaging six seven targets per game.
12:45Now moving over to our Dtier these are about the Titans that I think you could bench if you would like. I'm going to
12:51have Hunter Henry here at 11. This is another player that I have to play against this week. So, we'll see um what
12:59the overall target volume looks like. He has yet to have a game this season with five or more targets, but you have no
13:06Romeo Dobs. You have no M. Collins, so I'm a little concerned that he will expand his role just slightly. Harold
13:14Fannon has been very bad. Harold Fannon over the past three weeks is averaging four targets per game. Harold Fannon so far this season is the tight end 18 in
13:25points per game and this game projects to be the lowest scoring contest of the week between the Cleveland Browns and the Tennessee Titans. So I am not super
13:35excited about him here. And then our last guy that we're going to have in this tier is going to be TJ Hawinson. I
13:41personally am starting TJ Hawinson this week. Last time we s saw him play a full healthy game with Kyler Murray, he was
13:48the tight end one in fantasy with 13 targets. But also in that game, you had no Justin Jefferson. Now the last game
13:56that we saw play from this Minnesota Vikings offense, Jefferson was active and the tight end was still heavily heavily involved, but you had no Jordan
14:06Addison in that contest. So, I am slightly concerned that the targets are going to skew away from TJ Hawinson now that we have both Jefferson and Addison
14:16fully healthy, but I am starting TJ Hawinson myself this week because I have no um Dalton Concaid, so I don't really
14:26have an option. Now, moving over to the E tier, these are the tight ends that if you are desperate, you can put in your
14:32lineup. And I may or may not be looking to pick up one of these guys as well because my team's in shambles with all
14:38the by-weeks and now with Igbuka adding to my injuries. Kate Uton is viable because Ibuka looks like he's going to miss and Baker Mayfield will be back.
14:49The target volume for UT through the first month of the season was he was averaging almost six targets per game.
14:56Now he has yet to score 10 fantasy points in a single contest. I don't think he's any good, but if you have Nob
15:03Bua, there will be targets to be had.
15:05And if Baker comes back, then this offense will be better in general. Now, Mark Anders, also a tight end I may be
15:13looking to start myself this week. Now, the only world in which I would go through and I would start Mark Andrews
15:20is one in which we have Lamar Jackson playing. If Lamar Jackson does not play, then at that point I am going to be
15:29very, very concerned.
15:31Now, our next tight end with Joan Johnson, also a tight end that I may be looking to pick up off the waiverwire
15:38and play him as well. Now, if you are watching this and you made it this far in the video, I kindly ask, could you
15:46give me your opinion on which tight end you would play between Autton, Mark Andrews, and Jawan Johnson? Jawan Johnson's usage has gotten scaled back
15:55over the past few weeks. Kate Dutton looks to get the bump up of course with Noiga and Mark Andrews I would only
16:03consider if we had Lamar good to go. But please let me know what you think in the comments section because these are three
16:08tight ends I may have to look at to play in a second flex spot in hell. I may be playing three tight ends this week.
16:14That's how down bad I am. And then Kyle Pittz obviously had the massive performance with multiple receiving touchdowns against the Chicago Bears.
16:24Here's the deal with Kyle Pittz. This man's averaging 3.7 targets per game and 59% of the snaps. So, I am not willing
16:33to buy into the Kyle Pittz experience just yet, but obviously he does look better now that you have Michael Penn rather than where you stood
16:43previously with Cooper Rush. And then the last tight end in this range is going to be Pat Frymouth. Frymuth is viable as well. Very similar to
16:52everybody else here because you do have some injuries to the pass catchers. You have the injury to Roman Wilson and the
17:01injury to Michael Pitman which will be bumping Fry Muth up and making him more appealing. Now the best DSTs, not close
17:08will be the Texans and the Minnesota Vikings. Thank god I got the Texans defense off the waiverwire in my league this week. They are 10 and a half
17:17favorites against JJ McCarthy and the Giants project to score the fewest amount of points in the NFL. They are an absolute smash. So are the Minnesota
17:25Vikings getting to go up against the Indianapolis Colts where the Colts project to score 17 and a half. And the Vikings I believe are actually averaging
17:33the most fantasy points per game of any defense in the NFL at the moment. Now moving to our A tier. These are other
17:41absolute smashes of defenses. The Denver Broncos are 4 and a half point favorites against the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, this Denver secondary is beat up a bit with
17:52injuries, but honestly, it may not matter that much because at the end of the day, they just shut down the Seattle
17:59Seahawks and made Sam Darnold see ghost on Thursday night. Moving to the New York Jets. Do I think the Jets are the
18:06best football team on the planet? No.
18:08but they get to play against the Miami Dolphins. This Jets DST has scored a decent amount of points this season and
18:14you do have a four and a half point spread in this game as well. And then with the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle
18:20Seahawks averaging 7.8 fantasy points per game. They arguably have the best defense in the NFL if it is not the Minnesota Vikings. Now, of course, the
18:30problem that you will have here is just the fact that I mean, you have the best quarterback potentially of all time
18:38going up against them. Going to the Cleveland Browns, do I think they have the best defense? No. But here's the deal. The Browns Titans game projects to
18:47be the lowest scoring game in the NFL this week. While at the same time, the Browns are favored. Now, moving to the
18:55Pittsburgh Steelers. With the Steelers, they are three-point favorites overseas.
19:00So, I mean, you have to give them some credit here. And then with the Los Angeles Rams, the Rams are four and a
19:07half point favorites on the road against the Raiders. I think long run, the Rams defense is actually going to be a lot
19:14higher than this. The problem that you have in the short term, obviously, is this Rams team's dealing with so many injuries. Crazy to see that Puka just
19:22popped up with the injury as well halfway through this recording. So honestly, Tyler Higgby may need to move up even further. Going to the C tier,
19:31the Tennessee Titans in the lowest scoring game with the Cleveland Browns.
19:35The San Francisco 49ers. Great team, great defense. While at the same time, of course, you get to go up against Michael Penn. This is a pretty big
19:44travel game though. And then moving to the Carolina Panthers, you are two and a half point favorites against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And then the Kansas City
19:54Chiefs, great team, two and a half point dogs against the Seattle Seahawks.
19:58Chiefs typically would be higher than this, but it's tough having to travel to Seattle. And then our Dtier of defenses, the Dallas Cowboys get to play against
20:06the Philadelphia Eagles team with a decimated offensive line and no Jaylen Herz, but the Dallas Cowboys defense have only been averaging two fantasy
20:15points per game so far this year. The Baltimore Ravens point and a half favorite over the Cincinnati Bengals.
20:21the Chicago Bears three-point favorites over the New England Patriots. Honestly, you probably could move Chicago to the top of this list and then the Patriots
20:29defense has been better so far this season than what you've had with the Bears, but again, I would rather play the defense at home that is favored. But
20:38I really appreciate y'all checking out this video. I'm going to have to go live right after this talking about this Pukanua stuff, which is just absolutely
20:45brutal. But, um, I really hope I get to see you in that live stream. Of course, I'm going to be live answering your
20:50fantasy football questions every single day until Christmas.
