Week 4 Fantasy Football Rankings: QB, RB, WR & TE | Starts, Sits & Sleepers
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58 min
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Oct 3, 2026
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Sat, October 3, 2026
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Bucky IrvingBraelon AllenChuba HubbardMalik WillisTucker KraftAaron JonesAaron RodgersBrian Thomas Jr.Bryce YoungCedric TillmanChase BrownChris GodwinD'Andre SwiftDarren Waller
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Aaron Jones
PositiveProjection25:31
Aaron Jones is ranked as RB12 and is expected to have a massive day against the Miami Dolphins, who are struggling against the run.
Insight pageAaron Rodgers
PositiveProjection90:28
The source ranks Aaron Rodgers 23rd, noting he looked awesome last week and remains a high-quality quarterback despite the offensive line's early-season struggles.
Insight pageBraelon Allen
NegativeRole27:09
Braelon Allen is ranked as RB19 with Breece Hall out, making him a relevant starter for the Jets against the Bears.
Insight pagePositiveProjection85:04
Braylon Allen is a recommended start over David Montgomery due to a favorable matchup and expected point potential.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
NegativeValue89:18
Brian Thomas Jr. is being cut in some redraft leagues due to frustration. He is currently a 'sacrificial X' in tough matchups, but the source advises holding him due to potential trade rumors.
Insight pageBryce Young
NegativeProjection16:57
Bryce Young is ranked as QB12/13, with the source noting he could go on a heater in a high-total game against the Lions, though he remains a secondary option to Goff.
Insight pageBucky Irving
NegativeInjury23:48
Bucky Irving is ranked as RB9 but is dealing with a glute injury described as a 'pain in the ass'; however, he is expected to play.
Insight pageNegativeProjection24:28
Ranked 20th, Irving faces concerns regarding a potential ugly game script and a suboptimal split with Kenneth Gainwell. The quarterback change to Jalen Daniels may reduce dump-off opportunities compared to previous weeks.
Insight pageNegativeProjection32:34
Bucky Irving is ranked as RB22, with the source noting he is in an 'in-between' role with increasing workload but still trailing Chase Brown in total snaps and rushing attempts.
Insight pagePositiveUsage85:04
The source recommends starting Bucky Irving based on his usage, projecting him to split time with David Montgomery.
Insight pageCedric Tillman
PositiveUsage35:26
Cedric Tillman is recommended as a start in full PPR formats due to his consistent target volume, despite the source's general avoidance of Deshaun Watson.
Insight pageChase Brown
PositiveProjection29:15
Chase Brown is ranked as a top-10 RB (as high as RB4) for his matchup against the Jaguars, with the source citing his high snap share (7th) and team rushing attempts (3rd) as reasons for a bounce-back performance.
Insight pageChris Godwin
NegativeInjury28:09
Godwin is a sit candidate due to recent poor performance, a touchdown being robbed last week, and a new injury report designation.
Insight pageChuba Hubbard
PositiveProjection23:08
Hubbard is ranked 13th for the week, slightly higher than consensus, due to a strong workload and favorable touchdown odds (minus 130). Vegas projects three catches, providing a solid floor.
Insight pagePositiveValue26:58
Chuba Hubbard is ranked as RB13-17 and is considered one of the best value plays in fantasy, benefiting from a lack of competition in the backfield and a high-scoring environment against Detroit.
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
NegativeInjury26:41
DeAndre Swift missed practice, making his status for the upcoming game uncertain; if he sits, it would become the Kyle Monongai show.
Insight pageDarren Waller
PositiveUsage78:55
Darren Waller is considered a nice play for Week 4 if his routes increase and if Coker misses time.
Insight pageDavid Montgomery
NegativeBust85:04
The source suggests this is the final week to trust David Montgomery, as his recent performance has been poor. He is ranked 21st, and managers should consider moving on if he does not produce against the Cowboys.
Insight pageDenzel Boston
NegativeValue87:36
The source advises holding Denzel Boston rather than cutting him, as he expects positive developments throughout the season, though he should not be started this week.
Insight pageDK Metcalf
NegativeBust92:15
The source expresses concern over DK Metcalf's recent performance, questioning his lack of production and catching ability.
Insight pageDontayvion Wicks
PositiveUsage29:43
Wicks is the preferred start over Makai Lemon if Devonta Smith is out. He maintains a 77.9% snap share and 17% target share, which is expected to rise to 20% with Dallas Goedert out.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveProjection38:01
Ranked 5th-7th, London is a smash start against the Saints. The Saints' defense struggles to generate pressure, which should keep Michael Penix clean and allow London to succeed.
Insight pageDrake Maye
NegativeProjection20:09
Drake Maye is ranked as QB13-17, with the source noting he has been struggling and is currently a 'break glass in case of emergency' fantasy option.
Insight pageIsaiah Davis
PositiveSleeper85:23
The source is convicted that Isaiah Davis will be better than Braylon Allen and expects him to eat into the workload, potentially frustrating Allen managers.
Insight pageIsaiah Likely
NegativeProjection83:34
The source is slightly lower on Isaiah Likely than the consensus, ranking him 9th compared to Player Profiler's 4th, noting uncertainty regarding the game environment.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
NegativeProjection12:24
Jalen Hurts is ranked as QB9/10, with the source noting concern due to Devonta Smith's likely absence and a tough matchup against a motivated Rams defense.
Insight pageJameson Williams
PositiveSleeper43:43
Highlighted as a 'mini dog' sleeper play, Williams is expected to provide value despite his inconsistent performance history.
Insight pageJared Goff
PositiveProjection16:44
Jared Goff is ranked as QB7 by Jeremiah for his matchup against the Carolina Panthers, who are 25th against the pass and dealing with secondary injuries; it is expected to be a high-scoring shootout.
Insight pageJosh Allen
PositiveProjection2:08
Josh Allen is the consensus QB1 overall for Week 4 with no real debate regarding his top ranking.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveBreakout40:51
Ranked 18th, Downs is a 'smash spot' play against the Commanders. He has an 83% route participation rate and faces a defense that allows the 8th most points to the slot position.
Insight pageJuwan Johnson
PositiveBreakout80:42
Juwan Johnson is viewed as an explosive, underrated tight end who is producing well. The source ranks him 6th overall, noting his great ability after the catch and his value as a late-round pick.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
PositiveValue23:19
Kenneth Walker is now a fixture in the top five running backs and is considered a 'skeleton key' player who provided immense value if drafted in the early rounds.
Insight pageKyler Murray
NegativeProjection6:30
Pete Nova ranks Kyler Murray as QB21, citing a conservative offensive approach from KOC and a lack of rushing upside; he projects only 202 passing yards and a low probability of a rushing touchdown, noting the market expects the under on his passing TDs.
Insight pageLadd McConkey
NegativeMatchup34:34
Ranked 28th, McConkey is a fade due to a tough matchup against Seattle and concerns about the Chargers' offense getting right in that environment.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
PositiveProjection35:18
Ranked 14th as a ceiling play, Nabers is expected to benefit from a 'get right' game against the Cardinals' 29th-ranked defense against wide receivers.
Insight pageMalik Willis
NegativeProjection10:15
Jeremiah expresses extreme pessimism regarding Malik Willis, stating he would drop him if possible and does not expect any rushing upside or high-scoring output in his current matchup.
Insight pageMichael Pittman
NegativeUsage93:27
The source notes that Aaron Rodgers seems frustrated with Michael Pittman, which is unexpected given their relationship.
Insight pageMike Evans
NegativeInjury88:22
Mike Evans is trending to play but has not been ruled out. The source advises waiting for official news before making a lineup decision.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveMatchup33:48
Ranked 9th overall, Washington is a strong play against the Bengals' secondary, which is considered vulnerable. Trevor Lawrence's current form supports this high ranking.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeInjury31:03
Despite being ranked number one overall, there is significant hesitancy regarding his health, including rumors of a potential suspension and hip surgery concerns.
Insight pageRJ Harvey
PositiveValue27:21
Harvey is recommended as a priority start for flex positions in full PPR leagues, with the analysts agreeing he is a comfortable choice over other options like Chris Godwin.
Insight pageRoman Wilson
PositiveSleeper92:25
Roman Wilson is an interesting stash candidate who has seen six targets in each of his three games this season.
Insight pageRomeo Doubs
PositiveProjection89:05
Romeo Doubs is a preferred start over Brian Thomas Jr. due to his role in the Patriots offense and the expectation of a bounce-back week for Drake Maye.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
NegativeProjection27:16
Saquon Barkley is ranked as RB20, with the source noting his inability to find the end zone has been a detriment to his fantasy output.
Insight pageSean Tucker
NegativeRole24:12
Despite coach speak suggesting the team wants to get Sean Tucker involved, the source advises waiting to see actual usage before plugging him into lineups.
Insight pageT.J. Hockenson
PositiveProjection78:42
Despite the presence of Justin Jefferson, the source views T.J. Hockenson as a pretty nice play for Week 4, ranking him 14th.
Insight pageTravis Kelce
PositiveProjection79:06
The source is very high on Travis Kelce, ranking him 2nd overall for Week 4. The Raiders are 28th against the tight end position, and the game is expected to be a high-scoring back-and-forth affair.
Insight pageTucker Kraft
NegativeRole46:51
Ranked 13th, Kraft is viewed as the third option in the Packers' pecking order behind Matthew Golden and Christian Watson, making him a risky start.
Insight pageNegativeProjection77:31
The source is not high on Tucker Kraft for Week 4, ranking him 13th. He is currently third in the pecking order behind Dontayvion Wicks and Christian Watson, and the struggling offensive line may force him to stay in to block more often.
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Episode Transcript
0:00Thursday Night Action is officially here. We've got Steelers, we've got Browns, Divisional Matchup and before that kicks off we're going to talk about our Week 4 Rankings.
0:10We've got a couple of sneaky players that you're going to want to listen to because we think they might blow up this week.
0:18Stay here. Thank you so much for joining us today.
0:22It is Pete Nova, it is Jeremiah aka Coach aka Jeremiah.
0:26Rats laugh, rats laugh, rats laugh, rats laugh. I think we're getting everything.
0:30I know for my side, at least I am still number five now on the Fantasy Pros consensus rankings for experts so we're still hanging in there.
0:40Running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, really wide receivers and tight ends has been my weak spot Jay so you might have
0:47to carry us hopefully on that this week here.
0:51Quarterbacks have been my best thing. I was not I'm number one right now on Fantasy.
0:56Fantasy Pros for quarterbacks. DST I'm on four and kickers on four so those are my opposition right now.
1:03Quarterbacks we've we've been on that so let's keep rolling here Jay let's start off with the quarterbacks.
1:09Yep. If you guys have questions send them in we'll answer them like we do every show make sure you hit that
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1:21All right, we have and I'll make it a little bit larger on the screen as we're talking we got the quarterbacks
1:28for week four can you believe it Pete we're already on week four QB one overall is Josh Allen really no question there.
1:37But the guy in the preseason who you wouldn't expect is Tyler Shuck against the Atlanta Falcons should be a fun dome
1:44matchup QB three Lamar Jackson a usual suspect for is Kyler Murray.
1:48I'll be interested to see your thoughts on that Pete.
1:52Joe Burrow is five Patrick Mahomes six against the three and oh Raiders Brock Purdy and the real hot 49ers offense against Denver Broncos.
2:00Trevor Lawrence and the Cincinnati Bengals Jaguars Bengals. It's just going to be some kind of a fight right Jalen Hurts QB
2:08nine hoping for a bounce back off of Monday night football CJ Stroud against Dallas a battle of Texas.
2:15Dak Prescott back to back so the Texans Texas quarterbacks are 10 and 11 here Jared Goff which should be a shootout
2:22with the Carolina Panthers is 12 overall Bryce Young.
2:26So same game same concept two in a row like that QB 12 and QB 13 and then 14 is Jordan Love
2:33Matthew Stafford 15 Bo Nix 16 Drake Maye who's been struggling Pete real rough.
2:38Could you imagine beginning of the season? Yeah. Oh on a given week.
2:43He'll be QB 17. Drake May Justin Herbert is QB 18.
2:47Same thing. Same principle Marcus Mariota. Woo. You're probably wondering how we got here.
2:52QB 19. We shall see though if Jaden Daniels plays.
2:55So it's not fully ruled out. Jaden Daniels for Sunday.
2:59Remember that's a 930 game. Daniel Jones QB 20.
3:02So we kind of have the scene. These these players and these teams are back to back quarterback wise in these same
3:09games to round out the top 24 Aaron Rodgers Sam Darnold and Jacoby Brissett.
3:14But Geno Smith Pete who we streamed in our NFFC and profited purely great.
3:19He's another week in a row play for us.
3:22He's QB 25. Gets the Bears this week. And I think that's still a very good matchup.
3:28We shall see what happens with no Brees Hall.
3:32But standing out I want to ask you Pete two two parts going back to the top five.
3:38Got Tyler Shuck QB to talk about the revelation he's been and then Kyler Murray we have at QB four.
3:45Where do you have Kyler Murray in comparison and where might you have Tyler shot?
3:50Yeah, Kyler. Kyler is probably my biggest fate on the week.
3:54I've got Kyler at 21 this week. I understand the thought process for some people on him and player profiler has him
4:02up in the rankings again rushing upside is always super important.
4:06Miami is 10th in points per game allowed to the quarterback position and also just fantasy points per drop back.
4:13They're number one. So, you know, if it's a if it's a game where a team.
4:18Has the ball and can control the football. Which points to those quarterbacks.
4:23So I get why he's out there. My concern with Kyler is just, you know, consensus.
4:28This hasn't been 13 and I know people are patient with Kyler.
4:33This smells like a game to me though that Kyler and KOC, it's just very conservative.
4:38Kyler had the concussion week one. There's a lot of pressure right now to get things rolling and I just don't know
4:46he's going to put himself in harm's way to give us that rushing upside.
4:51We saw him on just twice last week again, a small sample size.
4:55But Buccaneers were missing a lot of their guys on the front seven.
5:00So, you know, you would think it would open up opportunity for Kyler one, but it really didn't.
5:06My early projection for him right now, I'm at 202 passing yards with a low probability to score rushing touchdown.
5:13So it's just not enough on the rushing floor.
5:17Dealing for rushing. I do have him throwing two passing touchdowns.
5:20But it's just, you know, the probability is just kind of low.
5:25You know, in Vegas right now for what it's worth, has him at plus 106 for two passing touchdowns.
5:31So they're expecting the under, or at least the market is right now, which tells me you're going to need him to
5:39score one on the ground for him to pay off.
5:42So that's kind of my thought process on that, Jay.
5:46And I think it's a big Aaron Jones day this week.
5:50So I'm really kind of going opposite directions because of Jones and how big a day I think he's going to have.
5:58Yeah, I have Kyler Murray, 2R player profiler, fourth ranked.
6:01I have him 15th overall. In looking at that game, Pete, against the Miami Dolphins at home, you had mentioned more of an Aaron Jones type of game.
6:11At 38 and a half over under, that number keeps going down.
6:15We have the injury to Devon Achan. I think it's just going to be a real tough scene for Malik Willis.
6:22I have Malik Willis in a league, Pete, in a home league where super flex.
6:28I've lost Jackson Dart. I have Jayden Daniels, who's been hurt.
6:32I'm in a position where I have to start him.
6:35I don't like it at all. I would sabotage drop him if I could.
6:40But at this point, I kind of have to roll with him.
6:44But I don't think you're going to get the run back.
6:48You're not going to get the pushback for just a high over under total.
6:53So I'm with you there where Kyler Murray is an aggressive ranking for us at player profiler as four overall.
7:00But I got to be happy with Tyler shut the aggression on him being QB two overall.
7:06He's really met those marks. I have him as QB six versus the Atlanta Falcons.
7:11They're 21st, the Falcons versus quarterback. So a little bit close to the middle of the pack in the perfect dome conditions.
7:19And I'm projecting somewhere around easily 19 points, 20 points for Tyler Shuck.
7:24If we look at that game total, I'm searching around here.
7:27Where is that game total? Total is 47 and a half.
7:31Pretty decent. So you love to see it. I think that game can easily hit over.
7:37I think that's just like a low hanging crew 47 when I think we could nearly get somewhere in the 50s.
7:44As we scroll down, very interesting to me, Pete, Jalen Hurts, QB nine overall.
7:49Do you have any worry? Because we just got pre-show, Pete, word that Devonta Smith likely out this week.
7:56So one less weapon for Jalen Hurts. You would ideally think that's going to boost somebody like Saquon Barkley.
8:03But it was really bad news. And I don't want to say bad news bears because it was bad news against the bears for Jalen Hurts.
8:12And the Eagles are really hurting right now. I think Eagles fans aren't panicking.
8:17Hey, you know, we've got this. We're going to be good.
8:20But to me, if you're really paying attention, Pete, both on the fantasy front and on the team front, it's looking pretty ugly for the Philadelphia Eagles.
8:30So what do you make of their opponent with the Rams?
8:34I think it's a very tough game at home.
8:37What's your take on Jalen Hurts this week? We have him nine.
8:41And I have him. I actually have him nine as well.
8:45I have my 10. So I'm pretty good. Pretty much in alignment with you and the Rams.
8:51Rankings. I would say if Smith is out, he probably takes down a spot.
8:56Probably behind Boonex for me. I have the Rams defense ranked fourth this week.
9:01And that was before the DeBonta Smith news. That's not going to push them higher than fourth.
9:07But, you know, it's a scary thing to imagine.
9:10No DeBonta Smith in this matchup with the Rams team.
9:13Came off a tough loss. You know, against Denver.
9:17That's probably pretty pissed off. They're one and two.
9:20So if there's anybody that I trust Jay to get their guys ready to go for an important game at Sean McVay.
9:27And get guys up and off the bus. And ready.
9:31And especially looking at down the barrel, potentially one and three.
9:35With a tough schedule down the road. I mean, it's a little tough to stomach.
9:40You know, hurts this week without DeBonta. The rushing upside is there.
9:44I'm not saying he's going to plummet in my rankings.
9:48But, you know, you look at guys like Bryce Young against Detroit.
9:52You look at Bo Nix against San Francisco. Not a great pass rush.
9:57I mean, we'll have to play by there. And then next up, we have one that I want to point out.
10:04It's Jared Goff. I have him seventh versus the Carolina Panthers in Carolina.
10:08One of the few outdoor games that the Detroit Lions do have.
10:13And player profiler here has Jared Goff 12. And Bryce Young 13.
10:17I have Bryce Young QB 12. And I'm high on this Lions and this Panthers game.
10:23The Detroit Lions are 32nd. Pete Last in the league against quarterback.
10:27Small sample size so far. And then the matchup for Jared Goff.
10:31Carolina Panthers aren't that much better at 25th. And then we see that they have some banged up members in the secondary.
10:39So I think this is going to be a get right Jameson Williams game.
10:44I think this is going to be a get right Ted Arora McMillan game.
10:48Because Ted Arora McMillan is sounding like Jalen Coker is maybe not going to be able to go.
10:55So this is going to be a huge, in my opinion, Darren Waller week and Ted Arora McMillan to get right.
11:02And it's just so funny. If we've just followed these Lions games, like right now, it's a 50 and a half over under.
11:10It's like we're repeating. Every single week we talk about the Lions matchup or the Bills matchup.
11:16And these games are ceiling high totals in the 50s.
11:20And the Panthers right now are plus three and a half at home.
11:24I don't. It's weird because in prior Dan Campbell years, I would think, hey, the Lions are going to smash that.
11:32They're going to crush that. But because of how much they have on give back, Bryce Young could absolutely go on a heater.
11:40So Player Profiler, 12 and 13, Goff, Young, respectively.
11:43I have Goff just a little bit higher at seven.
11:46And I have Bryce Young at 12 because I'm seeing the pushback.
11:51So I like the principle of what Player Profiler has, where it's back to back.
11:56It's Jared Goff. It's Bryce Young. You're not going to be far from each other, Pete, for the fact that this is
12:04going to be a shootout type of game. Scrolling through the rest of the quarterbacks.
12:09You know, Drake May. Let's just comment on him.
12:12He's QB 17 overall. It's very tough to rank him high.
12:16I have him QB 13. So I'm a little bit higher on him just for the fact that the Bills, again, speaking
12:24to those high over-under totals, 23rd against the quarterback.
12:27I believe that Drake May can get right. But I have him a little bit lower, QB 13.
12:33So I'm not punishing him as much as Player Profiler.
12:37But I fully understand the rationale between putting Drake May down.
12:40If you watch Drake May, we weren't even getting Drake Mayby.
12:44And that's the thing. I put out a tweet earlier in the week.
12:49I was like, can I just get Drake Mayby?
12:52And we couldn't even get that. So break glass in case of emergency.
12:57That's how it feels about Drake May and Justin Herbert, respectively.
13:00So we shall see how it is this week.
13:04Let's hear from the Podfather about our player rankings.
13:07Podfather for $5 off. Woo! It's a good deal.
13:10So thank you for sticking through with us. We've had a little bit of technical difficulties.
13:16Pete, I'm going to start off with the running back position.
13:19That was a good conversation on the quarterbacks. Folks, let us know if you have any questions about players you're trying to
13:27start, sit, maybe some trades that you're trying to finagle in this part of the season.
13:33We're about to be a quarter way through. Let's talk about usual suspects, though.
13:38Jameeric Gibbs at one overall. Carolina Panthers. We talked about that game.
13:42We're going to love that. Jonathan Taylor against the Commanders.
13:45Remember, that is a 930 start Eastern. So get ready for it.
13:50Set those alarms. If you're going to be drinking on Saturday night, don't be too hungover.
13:55Get right. Be right so you don't have to get right.
13:59Kenneth Walker, a fixture now in the top five.
14:02Shout out to Wyatt. He was really high on Kenneth Walker.
14:06And he's really looking like one of those skeleton key running backs that you needed at that one-two turn or early round two.
14:14B. John Robinson asserted himself well last Thursday night on prime time.
14:18He's here at four. McCaffrey at five. Chase Brown, I expect to have a bounce back week.
14:24He's six. James Cook, seven. Jalen Warren. What a phenomenal performance.
14:28Gets a backfield to himself last week against the Bengals.
14:32He's there at eight. Ninth is Bucky Irving. We heard about some glute injury that he has.
14:38We hear it's a pain in the ass. But it sounds like he's going to be playing and sounds like he's going to be fine.
14:46But just something to monitor. We got some coach speak from the Buccaneers coaches about Sean Tucker.
14:52Got to get him started up. I kind of look at that as somebody is just asking the question.
14:59And they're just pacifying in the moment. Yeah, Sean Tucker is a good player.
15:04We'll gas him up. We need to get him going.
15:07But I would want to see it first before I plug Sean Tucker into the lineup.
15:13Ashton Janty at 11. We would love a boom week.
15:17There's some murmurs about is he dealing with a little bit of a lingering issue with an injury.
15:23Mike Washington got a little bit of play. But he's a fixture in your lineup, even against the Kansas City Chiefs defense.
15:31Aaron Jones at 12. It's like a buffet. All you can eat for him against the Miami Dolphins.
15:37They're 10-point favorites. Big spot. Jeremiah Love. Pete. We're excited about him.
15:41Even through all these poor performances, these low Vegas totals.
15:45Jeremiah Love abounds. And the Giants is just a get right and keep getting better matchup because Jeremiah Love thrived last week against the 49ers.
15:53Kyron Williams. Hey, you want 15 points? Go and get it.
15:57He's there as RB 14. Javante Williams 15. DeAndre Swift 16.
16:01We did hear DeAndre Swift mispracticed today. Could be the Kyle Monongai show.
16:06Remember, it's Thursday. A guy like Swift has a way of ramping back up.
16:11He's a veteran enough to get something in on Friday.
16:14But still monitor that because it would be the Monongai show.
16:18Chuba Hubbard and a sight for sore eyes with all these injuries.
16:22Just one of the best value plays out there.
16:2517 overall. Scatterbow 18. Braylon Allen. Life comes at you fast.
16:29No Brees Hall. Jets go up against the Bears.
16:32He's 19. Saquon Barkley. Life comes at you even faster.
16:36RB 20. I think because he's not able to get into the end zone.
16:41It's been a real detriment to his fantasy output.
16:44And can we get somewhere between two years ago, Saquon Barkley, and last year, Saquon Barkley.
16:50Rams are a tough matchup. But again, we see it looks like Devonta Smith.
16:54No Devonta Smith, Pete. Quenshaw Judkins 21. Bejal Tootin 22.
16:58I'm pretty high on him this week. Alvin Kamara at 23.
17:02With no Travis Etienne. A-Chan. Artist formerly known as A-Chan.
17:05On the IR. Travis A-Chan. So it's going to be the Kendra Miller and the Alvin Kamara show for the foreseeable future.
17:13David Montgomery rounds out the top 24. So those are our impressions there.
17:18Pete, anything that stands out to you? What about, what do you make of, and I'm particularly curious because I'm pretty high on him.
17:26And Bejal Tootin is at 22. What's your stance on him this week?
17:31Do you think he gets right? And also, the backfield mate across from him, opponent-wise, Chase Brown has had two down weeks.
17:38Are you back in on Chase Brown? How are you handling that game?
17:43I think we're going to get a lot of fireworks in this Bengals-Jaguars game.
17:48All right. So Pete's going to work through that.
17:51I'm going to look over at my ranks with Chase Brown.
17:55Chase Brown is six overall in player profilers ranks.
17:58I have Chase Brown fourth overall. I think he's just going to get right.
18:03The Jaguars are six versus a running back position.
18:06But I look at the Bengals as a team that they're kind of matchup-proof offensively.
18:11Like, they get it done. So I'm really happy about this game.
18:16I'm excited about it. Just something imagery-wise, I feel like they've played in the last two years, and they had a decent shootout.
18:24So that's kind of sticking with me right now.
18:27And I envision that up in the Bengals home stadium.
18:30You've got a 51.5 over under. So attack Evan McPherson, the kicker.
18:34We've had kickers and defense streams. Evan McPherson has been a joy.
18:39Cam Little. You can't stream Cam Little, but you're probably bound to get points from him.
18:44Bengals are two-and-a-half point favorites. So I'm really high on Chase Brown this week.
18:49I have him at running back four. Basil Toon and I have him at 14.
18:54And player profiler, we have him at 22. So again, I'm compressing.
18:59I like to do this a lot in my ranks.
19:02And Pete, I'll be interested in your opinion. Do you like to compress when you see high over-unders, where it's maybe the second wide receiver on the team?
19:12Maybe it's the running back opposite who may not be as much of a star.
19:17Chase Brown's got a little more name cachet than Basil Tootin.
19:21But a tied, like a 51.5 over-under in shootout conditions, lifts all boats rankings-wise.
19:26So Pete, what do you make of Basil Tootin and Chase Brown this week in that Bengals-Jaguars game?
19:32Yeah, I have Chase Brown sitting here at number 10.
19:36And then I have Tootin at 23, Jay. With Tootin, I'm not as high on him as you are.
19:43It's not necessarily that I don't like Tootin this week.
19:46I just... Cincinnati, their defense has been good. They did not have a good week last week.
19:52Jalen Warren looked really good. I think they'll bounce back a little bit.
19:57And I just think this is more of a passing game than it is a rushing game.
20:03Overall, Cincinnati's secondary is where you can attack them right now.
20:06And same can probably go for the Jaguars. Though, obviously, Travis Hunter looks really good.
20:12They don't really have a great secondary aside from Travis Hunter.
20:16So I'm not as high on him. I do prefer Chase Brown this week, though.
20:21Just because the volume is really there. Whereas Tootin's still kind of in this weird in-between where he's getting an increased workload.
20:29But it's still not compared to Chase Brown. I think Chase Brown right now actually has...
20:34If you go to the Bell Cow report on even fantasy points...
20:38I think Chase Brown from a snap share percentage is 7th this year right now.
20:44And then just the team rushing attempts, he's 3rd.
20:47Bashal Tootin, he ranks right now 23rd in team rushing attempts at 50%.
20:51And overall total snaps, he's at 50%. So he's just not there yet.
20:56Maybe this is the breakout game for him, Jay.
20:59And that could definitely be. It seems like there's a lot of coach speak.
21:04You know, Lawrence went down this week to help him get a touchdown.
21:09The coaches have talked up getting him the ball more.
21:12Jay, so maybe it's the start of them kind of getting him more involved.
21:17Sorry, Pete, I was muted. We do have a Thursday night football relevant question.
21:22Super ugly. Do I go Concepcion or Dunze in full PPR?
21:26I'm going to go Casey Concepcion. He has pepper with targets.
21:30He's getting the usage. Deshaun Watson is looking better.
21:33I am in the position, though, where I'm evading Deshaun Watson.
21:37Because I don't think he's going to get a ceiling week.
21:40But I think that Concepcion can get the path there.
21:44The usage is there. If you're watching and seeing Concepcion, he's getting open.
21:49Problem is, it's not necessarily being delivered. My thought is it's being seen on film.
21:54And it'll get adjusted to that event. Tonight could be the Casey Concepcion breakout.
21:59And in a super ugly setup, I'm going Casey.
22:02And I would make sure put him in your wide receiver spot.
22:06Because you're going to want your flexes available for later in the week.
22:11So I love what you said, Pete, about Basil Tootin and Chase Brown.
22:15Chuba Hubbard comes in as RB17 overall. I have him 15.
22:19They're going against the Detroit Lions. He's just been a marvel.
22:23They're 14th against the run. Again, you could attack the Lions secondary very well.
22:28But at the same time, it's a buffet of all you can eat for Chuba Hubbard.
22:33No Jonathan Brooks. And there's no viable threat in that backfield for the Panthers.
22:38So you've really backed into just great value if you've stacked your team, scaffolded it all over the place.
22:45And Chuba Hubbard is your RB2. You're just stealing right now.
22:49And you're probably 3-0 or 2-1. And you're looking at going to 3-1 or 4-0.
22:54So, Pete, your thoughts and impressions on Chuba Hubbard and this high-scoring environment versus the Detroit Lions at home in Carolina?
23:02Yeah. Hubbard is a good name this week. For me, I have Hubbard ranked pretty decently high.
23:08Hubbard is at 13 for me this week. So a little higher than the player profile, the rankings.
23:14When you look at just the odds for touchdowns per Vegas this week, he's at minus 130.
23:20That comes out to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
23:25He's at 12 best odds for running backs this week to score a touchdown.
23:30So that's pretty decent. And then just the workload for Hubbard's been really nice.
23:35Vegas has him projected at three catches this week.
23:38So we're getting a decent floor and some extra points added on top of that.
23:43So, yeah, I'm a fan of Hubbard this week against Detroit.
23:47It could be a high-scoring game, I hope. The concern a little bit, Bryce Young was a little banged up coming into the week.
23:56We don't know if Coker's going to play. I actually prefer Coker to play because it makes them a little less one-dimensional.
24:03And hopefully that means they can move the ball and it can be a game that they continue to push points.
24:11So, yeah, I'm in on Hubbard this week. Consensus rankings for Hubbard has him at 12.
24:16So I'm one spot behind Hubbard in consensus and player profilers at 17.
24:21So a little bit behind as well there. I want to point out Bucky Irving, a player profiler, has him ranked ninth versus the Green Bay Packers.
24:30I have him 17th and I am sitting here.
24:33Green Bay is 31st versus a running back position.
24:37And they're getting cut up on the opposite side on their offensive line, both in the pass rush and – or sorry, in pass protection and run protection.
24:46But on the other side, the Packers defense, they got me minus four points last week in a defense – a league where you still have defenses.
24:56So that was really tough. Bucky Irving, I have 17th overall.
25:00Are you anywhere in the middle? Are you closer to player profiler?
25:04Are you a little bit bearish on Basil Tootin?
25:07Do you think he's going to get the right amount of usage?
25:11Yeah. For Bucky, I have him ranked at 20 this week.
25:15I think just putting the pieces together here and trying to paint a picture.
25:20I look at the Packers. Their run defense was really good before last week, the first two weeks of the year.
25:28They went up against B. John Robinson, who is just B.
25:31John Robinson. I mean, he's just a really good player and he made them look really silly.
25:37They got extra rest, right? It was a Thursday game, so they got extended rest, an extra long look at this team.
25:45And then you also factor in that this could be a really ugly game.
25:50You know, I mean, this could be a really, really ugly game, Jay.
25:55So I'm a little worried about Bucky this week.
25:58Yeah, actually, you make a very astute point because in a normal week where it's Baker Mayfield, you sit there and say
26:05to yourself, yeah, absolutely sign up somebody like Bucky Irving.
26:09But it's Jalen Daniels and Jalen Daniels probably going to tuck and run when he has the opportunity.
26:15And you think, all right, there goes the dump offs.
26:19What do we see with Devon HMP before he got out hurt for the rest of the season?
26:25There weren't any dump off receptions near what you used to have with two attack of Iloa.
26:31So imagine us pining for those days. I don't see Jalen Daniels doing that and having that effect for Bucky Irving.
26:38If there's any suboptimal split share between Irving and Kenneth Gainwell.
26:42And if you have any kind of injury that's lingering because there's a glue injury that's been reported, but he's OK, he's practiced.
26:50It's not a great setup. It could get ugly very early.
26:54So I'm more on your end where it's like I'm 17, you're 20.
26:59Their profiler has him ninth. I'd agree with the player profiling rank in all things perfect, but things are not very good right now.
27:07Looks like we have a question, Pete, and this is a very good one.
27:12Full PPR league need two flexes. I'm assuming this is Pat Bryant and you have RJ Harvey, Keenan Allen, Chris Godwin or Matt Collins.
27:21Right now off the rip, I'm leaning RJ Harvey for sure.
27:24I would like Pat Bryant. Problem is, it looks like Jalen Waddle is going to be fine and it's kind of hit or miss with him.
27:33Keenan Allen just seems like the safety PPR scam machine for the Indianapolis Colts who go up against the commanders.
27:41That's going to be a very good game where all players can just be viable and get healthy.
27:47I think that's just a good spot for Keenan Allen.
27:50I like RJ Harvey. I feel like Pete, you're going to say RJ Harvey and then you've got somebody else in mind behind.
27:58But I feel like we're aligned on probably RJ Harvey.
28:02Who are the two that you would pick? Yeah, it's going to be Keenan and it's going to be Harvey.
28:09I'm a little worried about Chris Godwin this week.
28:12He just hasn't done it. He got a touchdown robbed from him last week.
28:17I also think he popped up on the injury report this week.
28:21So a little dinged up rookie quarterback, UDFA. I'm not really excited to roll out Godwin.
28:27Hollins is kind of interesting. He got a really, really large amount of work last week.
28:32So he is interesting, but probably still not going that way.
28:36So yeah, it's pretty comfortably Harvey and Keenan Allen.
28:39I like Pat Bryant too, but Waddle's fine. And Pat Bryant, you know, until he kind of takes over that, I mean,
28:47he kind of has been out playing Sutton. So I don't even want to say until he takes over the role and is ahead of Sutton.
28:56Kind of already is. But yeah, right now it's still going to be Harvey and it's going to be Allen for me.
29:04Yeah, I like where your head's at. And you would want to keep somebody like Pat Bryant on your bench on your team.
29:12Don't cut him if you don't have to. So I think better days are coming.
29:17Maybe we get a Cortland Sutton trade or we see just the lift, the flippening that is seemingly occurring.
29:24It's kind of like knock on wood because it's not going to be reliable yet.
29:29But in the event that one of Waddle or Sutton is out of the way from any manner, which happens and occurs
29:37in fantasy football, Pat Bryant looks phenomenal. If Devonta Smith doesn't play Pete, is it Makai or Wicks?
29:43I'm going to go with the veteran. I'm going to go with Dontavian Wicks or Makai Lemon.
29:49Which direction would you go? Yeah, it's Wicks. Wicks has been good this year.
29:54Just overall, even the film watchers think Wicks has been great this year.
29:59I haven't watched too much tape on him. I've just been really tied up this year.
30:04But overall, 77.9% snap share for Wicks. He's getting a 17% target share.
30:09It's not great, but I expect that to probably go to at least 20% this week with no Dallas Goddard.
30:16And he's been solid this year for them. And honestly, Makai Lemon and Hurts, they're just not on the same page right now, Jay.
30:24Doesn't really feel like he's looking for him. So I'm not overly jazzed about starting Lemon.
30:30I mean, in a pinch, sure. Lemon's probably like a top 40 wide receiver this week.
30:36But Wicks would be ahead for me. I love it.
30:39And there's some running back and quarterback conversation we have.
30:43We'll transition over to the wide receivers. Again, people, if you have questions, though, relating to what's going on, let us know.
30:50I did see somebody had a defensive question regarding, I think it was the Browns defense.
30:56And if you see that, Pete, you can pull that up.
31:00In the meantime, I'm going to go with the receivers.
31:03Puka Nakua, number one overall. Sounds like he's going to play.
31:07But there's just some hesitancy there. And then there's murmurings of, was this like a secret suspension for Pukunakua for his offseason?
31:15Is he 60% likely to have surgery? How is that hip?
31:19We shall see. But Player Profiler, fearless in their ranking.
31:22Pukunakua, number one. Amon Ra at two. JSN, three.
31:25It's easy to flip them back and forth. But JSN really seems supreme.
31:30And the king at the wide receiver position as it sits.
31:34Jamar Chase, four. Chris Alabe, five. It's becoming just a usual recurrence for Chris Alabe to be up there.
31:41Just a volume king. And, of course, remember Player Profiler, Tyler Shuck, number two overall.
31:46So we can see the correlation occurring. Atlanta in that dome.
31:50Zay Flowers, let's just hope he's healthy because the usage is ballistic.
31:54Nico Collins at seven. It sounds like he's going to return Pete.
31:58Juicy matchup against Dallas Cowboys. Christian Watson has been everything advertised at eight overall.
32:03Jalen Coker, put a little star next to him.
32:06We don't know if he's going to play. It's not looking so likely.
32:11I would love that ninth ranking for him overall against Detroit.
32:15It's a great matchup. But just put an asterisk there.
32:18Justin Jefferson, just a little bit of a highlight there because it sounds like he's going to be okay.
32:25I think he's going to push through with a late practice on Friday.
32:29Cleared for the game. But I think he's needed all week to kind of ramp up and recover.
32:36Sounds like a lower end ankle sprain for Justin Jefferson.
32:39He's 10th overall. I think they could jump out on Miami and really go cruise.
32:44But keep your eye on that. CeeDee Lamb, 11.
32:48Tee Higgins, 12. Von Vele, 13. There's more of that.
32:51New Orleans usage. Matthew Golden, 14. Year one to year two.
32:55Night and day difference. Lab McConkie, 15. Keep an eye on him, Pete.
32:59He did not practice today, Thursday. You had a post today.
33:03I love seeing it because it confirms my priors, Trey Harris.
33:07We got this inkling, this feeling about Trey Harris this year.
33:11And it might come to fruition, unfortunately, with Lab McConkie maybe out of the way.
33:16Parker Washington's been a darling. He's 16. I have him ninth overall.
33:21We'll get back to that. George Pickens, 17. Ted Rowe, McMillan, 18.
33:25Let's come back to Ted Rowe, McMillan. Garrett Wilson, Devonta Smith, 19 and 20.
33:30Drake London after being, I think he was wide receiver two overall last week.
33:35Big night on Thursday night, just a week ago.
33:38Drake London, 21 overall. Jaylen Waddell, 22. Terry McLaurin, 23.
33:41Carnell Tate, 24. And Devonta Adams at 25. Rounds out the early part of the wide receiver three rankings.
33:48Pete, Parker Washington, I have ranked ninth overall at Cincinnati.
33:51Bengals are 13th against the wide receiver position. But to me, you had mentioned that the Bengals are gettable, Pete.
33:58Pete, defensively in the secondary. And that's where you see the Jaguars prospering.
34:03I have Parker Washington at nine. Player profiler here, we have him at 16.
34:08Where do you land on Parker Washington? Yeah, I have Parker at nine as well.
34:13I tried to look at him and said, man, am I too high on him?
34:18You know, he's been good. Don't get me wrong.
34:22Didn't have the best week fantasy-wise last week, but still been really good.
34:26And the matchup is just there. Trevor Lawrence is just on fire right now.
34:31It's really hard to not have him that high.
34:34Lad McConkie is one. I know you talked about him.
34:38Even prior to that, my early rankings this morning, I have Lad at 28.
34:43It's against Seattle. It's a really tough matchup. But I have Herbert really low in the rankings.
34:49I don't expect them to get right in Seattle in this matchup.
34:53I just don't really see it. Seattle got their teeth kicked in against Washington last week.
34:58I expect them to bounce back. And I know people are just saying, it's going to happen.
35:04It's going to happen for the Chargers. I'm not really seeing it.
35:09So I have Lad at 28. Even if he plays, I had him at 28.
35:14I might drop him down even a little bit further if he plays.
35:18Where's Malik Neighbors on our rankings? Because I have him at 30 this week right now, which really hurts to say.
35:26But Arizona's defense has been pretty good this year.
35:29And it sounds like, yeah, 34. Okay. So we're in line.
35:33I'm curious to see consensus where they have Malik Neighbors right now.
35:37Consensus has him at 21. 21. Yeah, I right now.
35:41For me with Neighbors, I'm actually putting him at wide receiver 14.
35:45A ceiling play. The Arizona Cardinals 29th versus wide receiver position.
35:49And this is just a get right game. If not now, when for Malik Neighbors, I see the rush shaking off for
35:56Jameis Winston, at least for one get right game.
36:00I see it happening. And this is going to be kind of a test with Malik Neighbors.
36:05Like, do you have that dog in you right now for the 2026 season?
36:10And I've got a higher ranking versus consensus. That's where I'm pushing a little bit more outlier on Malik Neighbors at 14, Pete.
36:18Now, going back to this Lions-Panthers game, you love to see it.
36:23Terrell McMillan, 31st against the wide receivers are the Detroit Lions.
36:27I have Terrell McMillan 12th overall. And looking at our ranks, he's 18th overall.
36:31If there's no Jalen Coker, where are you aligned with Terrell McMillan?
36:36Um, well, my early rankings on Tet has him at 13.
36:40And that's with Coker at 26. I don't know if I'd put Tet much higher than 13.
36:45Consensus has him at 13. I think that feels right.
36:49Detroit's secondary has been really bad. And Tet's really kind of, it feels like, I don't know, man.
36:55Like, it almost feels like he's been quiet. Like, but I think it's more because Coker has been so good.
37:02But Tet's third in the NFL right now for routes run.
37:06Uh, so he's getting a lot of work. Uh, he had quietly week last week, five targets.
37:12But even before last week, week one, week two, we had eight and nine targets.
37:17Um, it's just really hasn't amounted to much fantasy wise.
37:21Week one, 11.5 points. Uh, week two, 15.1 points.
37:24Uh, his expected fantasy points per game wasn't that high, even on both of those weeks.
37:30Last week was really, really bad too. I expect this one to be different for him.
37:35And, um, it's a good matchup for him. And I'm, I'm in on him this week.
37:41I think he's a good play. Um, so yeah, I have him at 13 and if Coker's out, I'm probably not pushing
37:49him ahead of guys like Nico and Justin Jefferson, who I have the next two spots ahead of him.
37:55But with Devonta Smith at 10, it sounds like Ted's going to move to 12, at least, uh, with Smith, who sounds
38:03like he's probably going to be out. Yeah. And then another one that I want to go to, and then if you
38:11have anybody that stands out to you that you want to discuss, just let us know.
38:16But Drake London, I see at 21, I have a hard time, Pete.
38:21I have him at wide receiver seven. I only have the Dallas receivers ahead of him, Olave.
38:27And then the usual suspects, JSN, Alan Ross St.
38:30Brown and Chris Olave. So seven overall for Drake London.
38:34I feel like not that I'm like being light.
38:37I feel like I'm kind of being just right on Drake London, but accounting for the fact that he could just duplicate what he did last week.
38:46I feel like he'd be safely in the top seven.
38:50And we have him here, player profiler 21. Where are you at on him?
38:55They get the New Orleans saints, just a great condition.
38:58Like you talk about back and forth. This is just the NFC South.
39:03How can you not love it? And Michael Penix is back.
39:07The guy I would have a question about would be somebody like Kyle pits, but B John Drake London to me, it's fire them up.
39:15So 21, I have them seven. Where are you at on Drake London?
39:20Yeah. I have London at five this week. Consensus has London at six.
39:24Here's the thing. Saints defense has been good this year.
39:28They're not generating a ton of pressure though. They're 17th in pressure.
39:32So Penix, like I think is going to be kept pretty clean.
39:36The other side of it is the pressure on Penix's side for the Falcons.
39:41I mean, the Falcons this year are second lowest in terms of pressure rate to the quarterback.
39:47So you've got a defense in the saints that, you know, don't generate a ton of pressure.
39:53They're pretty average so far this year going up against an offensive line like the Falcons, who, I mean, you saw Penix
40:01look good last week because the Packers started to have issues getting to him.
40:06And it was good early and then he settled in and then it wasn't.
40:11So that's, you know, and also with the saints, you know, their rush defense is better than their past defense, in my opinion.
40:19So with that being said as well, I think they're going to have to pass.
40:24And I'm not saying B. No, I don't. So I don't mean that in a sense of look, they'd be John Robinson.
40:32So, but I think this run defense is going to sell out for B.
40:37John, which is going to allow them to throw the football and Drake London should succeed.
40:42So I'm in on London this week. My guy this week that I'm, you know, I guess my dog of the week is Josh Downs.
40:51I have Downs at 18 this week. Consensus has him at 30 player profile rankings have him.
40:57I believe Jay, where, where do we have him on player profilers rankings?
41:02Oh, down 26 overall, a high wide receiver three.
41:05Yeah, I'm not totally sure, you know, why everybody's down on Josh Downs this week.
41:10I wrote, I did a write up on, on my, my rankings for him and just the rankings in general and Downs
41:18this week, like gets a good matchup against the commanders defense.
41:22And their secondary has been really bad. There's their, their front's been good, but their secondary has been bad.
41:28Josh Downs has an 83% route participation rate. That's higher than Tyler Warren.
41:33We always said with Josh Downs, if we could just get more round participation, Josh Downs will be really good for fantasy football.
41:41We're getting it. This is a guy that has 20 targets or like 18 in the last two weeks with Josh Downs.
41:49And somehow we're down on him in a matchup against the commanders that they're, they're, their front's good.
41:55I think they're going to give them some trouble on the offensive line, but they're also giving up a lot to the slot right now.
42:04Downs ranks 13th in terms of wide receivers in the NFL for targets with eight per game this year.
42:10And he's primarily been in the slot 74% slot rate and faces the commanders who are eighth most when it comes to
42:18fantasy points allowed to the slot position this year.
42:21So I think it's a smash spot for Josh Downs.
42:25I think this is a come out party for Downs.
42:28I just made a trade for him in one of my leagues.
42:33I gave up AJ Ramondre and Wandale for Downs and Scadaboo.
42:36I needed some running back help. And there's a world.
42:40I love AJ Brown. I was high on him this year, Jay, but coming off this weird injury and the way the
42:48vibes are with the Patriots, there's a world that wouldn't shock me if Josh Downs ended up being better than AJ Brown.
42:55Once he comes back the rest of the way, it's a really favorable schedule for Downs.
43:01AJ doesn't have one. And so I'm really in on Downs this week.
43:06I think it's a smash spot for him. And you love it.
43:10And speaking of dogs, for me, my dog of the week is going to be Terrell McMillan.
43:16I think he's just going to outpace. And he's going to be somebody who you're going to mind value on because he's not top five.
43:24He's not even top 10 for many people. And then if I got to go mini dog, like I've got a pug at home.
43:33All right. So you want a smaller dog. You don't want to put all your heart and emotion into it.
43:40On the opposite side, it will be Jameson Williams.
43:43But my God, he's burned us every week. And I've got him in our player profiler.
43:49We are our league. And I feel like he's the difference in some of these matchups.
43:54I'm one and two right now. I beat the pod father.
43:58Not going to say suck it. But I did beat him one and two.
44:03I need Jameson Williams to go off this week.
44:06I'm calling him as a little dog to Terrell McMillan's big dog.
44:10So I love it, Pete. We'll go over to tight ends.
44:14Let's hit up one more break and then we'll come right back.
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44:49Woo! It's a good deal. Man, love it, Pete.
44:52We've flown through all the rankings so far. We're at our tight ends.
44:56And what do you know? At the top, Pete, Brock Bowers returns.
45:01You instantly plug him into your lineup. Not the type of guy who you want to be scared to plug in.
45:08Gets the Kansas City Chiefs this week. 3-0. Las Vegas Raiders.
45:12Trey McBride. Familiar face. Familiar name. Tight end 2.
45:15George Kittle 3. Isaiah likely 4. I think maybe player profiler is juicing up the Jameson, James Williams, James Winston, sorry, effect
45:23with Isaiah likely against the Arizona Cardinals. Sam Laporte of 5.
45:27Dalton Kincaid, who's been a super surprise. Tight end 6.
45:30Tyler Warren. You would think this is a great matchup against the Commanders.
45:357 overall. Tucker Craft. Maybe a revenge game. 8 overall.
45:38He's had a couple down weeks. Juwan Johnson. What a late round value.
45:439th overall. Travis Kelsey 10. Dead cat bounce. Season in effect for Travis Kelsey.
45:48Colson Loveland just shy of the end zone. He's just at the end of the tight end 1 rankings.
45:54Harold Fannin Jr. rounds it out at 12. Mark Andrews.
45:58Pete is 13 against the Titans. Kenyon Sadiq. Looking so sharp.
46:02Early. 14 overall. Dalton Schultz. 14 targets one week.
46:05The next week. Barely gets looked at what happened there.
46:08Tight end 15. Revenge matchup. Neal Collins coming back.
46:11We'll see what happens against the Dallas Cowboys. Jake Ferguson in that same game is 16.
46:17Tyler Higby, 17 with Terrence Ferguson. Out. D.J. Hawkinson, 18.
46:21Hunter Henry, 19. K. Dot in his 20. That would be a better name, but we got Jalen Daniels out there, our quarterback.
46:29We shall see. Pat Fryer-Muth at 21. They play tonight.
46:32Darren Waller, 22. I think he's a great streamer.
46:35Kyle Pitts, 23. Bretton Strange, 24 overall. So, Pete, any impressions?
46:39Anything that stands out to you on these tight end rankings?
46:43Man, tight end's been my worst spot this year.
46:46So, I'm trying to get back on the saddle here with tight end.
46:51Tucker Craft is one for me. I have him at 13 this week.
46:55I know people are high on him. They think it's going to happen.
47:00It's going to happen. I think it's a gross game.
47:03I think right now he's third in pecking order behind Matthew Golden and Christian Watson.
47:09The offensive line is struggling a little bit. I think he might stay in the block a little bit more to help out with that offensive line.
47:18And I'm just not super high on Kraft this week.
47:22So, I have him at 13. T.J. Hawkinson, I have at 14 this week.
47:27I think he could be a pretty nice play.
47:30And that's even with Justin Jefferson. I happen to like Hawkinson a little bit.
47:35And then Darren Waller, I have at 16. I think Waller could be, if his routes increase this week, I think he
47:42could be a really nice play, especially if Coker misses time.
47:46Yeah, I like that a lot. And I have Travis Kelsey 2 overall.
47:51Player Profiler has him 10. So, I've got Travis Kelsey.
47:54The Raiders are 28th against the tight end position.
47:57And I think that's just going to be a game where they trade blows.
48:02Brock Bowers, Travis Kelsey, old guard, new guard. It's kind of funny.
48:07As I'm stepping back or doing the 30,000-foot view, right, I look at all these games.
48:12The mirrored positions where, in the receiver outing, it's going to be Chase and Higgins.
48:17On the other side, it's going to be Parker Washington.
48:21For the Panthers, it'll be Tedoro McMillan. On the other side, Amon Ra and Jamison Williams.
48:27Chase Brown we talked about and Bejal Tootin. There's a lot of back and forth with these teams.
48:33And I'm seeing that in the tight end position where it's going to be in the same game.
48:39The mirrored opposite position, Travis Kelsey and Brock Bauer.
48:42So I'm very high on Travis Kelsey. I have Jawan Johnson, 6th overall.
48:47And I'm trying to see where we have him.
48:50Jawan Johnson is 9th overall. So I'm still a little bit higher, a tick up on him.
48:56It's kind of funny. That point of auto-putting Jawan Johnson in, like the faith is there.
49:02We're here in Week 4. And he's producing just right for us.
49:06And it's kind of funny how all offseason you test the theory.
49:10Hey, Jawan Johnson, just a great late round. Click.
49:13And then it comes to brass tacks, putting him in your lineup.
49:17And there's like that little bit of a fear.
49:21But now he's just producing so well where you're like, yeah, I got no problem.
49:26I got to put him even higher in the tight end rank.
49:30So he's higher than me for that. To your point with Tucker Craft, I have Craft 7th to Player Profiler 8th.
49:37I wouldn't say I'm too much more bullish. But I hope he can get away and break some out.
49:44Because otherwise, it's the Christian Watson and Matthew Golden Show.
49:48Yeah, I'm with you. I was big on Johnson coming into the year.
49:52So I helped a lot with Tyson obviously being hurt.
49:56You know, I'm not naive to know that. But he's just a really good player, man.
50:01I think he gets super slept on because he's just not that big name.
50:06But he's explosive. He's everything you really want in the tight end for fantasy.
50:11Like, really, really explosive player. Great after the catch.
50:14So, yeah, I'm high on him. Isaiah Likely is an interesting one.
50:19I have him at 9th. Player Profile has him at 4th.
50:22So I'm not there quite yet. But I guess in theory, I'm a little down on neighbors.
50:28So maybe that means it goes too likely to work.
50:32Totally not sure. It could just be a really gross game, though.
50:36So, yeah, I mean, pretty aligned with a lot of the other rankings that we have here outside of Travis Kelsey.
50:43Like you, I have Kelsey at 4. And we have him at 10.
50:48Player Profiler. So everything else looks pretty tight and similar to the way I have it.
50:54Very nice. And if we want, we can probably go through a couple of different questions that are coming up.
51:01And here's one. Hey, guys, which two should I start?
51:04Bucky, Braylon Allen, or Montgomery? I would venture to say you want to start Bucky Irving.
51:10I don't blame you for Braylon Allen, though, over David Montgomery because it's looked real bad.
51:15I would say if you start Montgomery, this is like your final week.
51:20If you don't see it, you don't get it.
51:23You have to evacuate. I'd go Bucky and Braylon Allen, although the Jets running back that I want, that I'm convicted on,
51:31who I think is going to be better than Braylon Allen, is Isaiah Davis.
51:36Anytime he sees a field, if it's equal footing, I'm expecting Isaiah Davis to piss a lot of Braylon Allen managers off
51:43and make a lot of Isaiah Davis truthers happy.
51:47Depending on who decides to put which running backs in their lineups or not will reflect how people feel.
51:53That's the way I see it going. So I'm going to go Bucky and Braylon Allen by virtue of usage.
52:00But I don't blame you. I would go with the strategy of if you just have one more patient week for Montgomery
52:08against the Dallas Cowboys, I think he could get there and hit.
52:12But I go Bucky and Braylon lean. What about you, Pete?
52:16Yeah, I have Braylon as the highest guy here.
52:19I have 19 for Braylon. I have Bucky at 20 and I have David Montgomery at 21.
52:25So they're all fairly close to each other. I like the matchup more for Braylon Allen.
52:31I think it has a chance to have a decent amount of points.
52:35I'm not with you on Isaiah Davis in that Davis looks good.
52:40He looks explosive when he gets out there. I just don't know that he'll take away enough of the workload to make Allen not effective enough for fantasy.
52:49I see Bucky and Montgomery splitting more time this week.
52:53So I prefer Allen and Bucky, though. Here we have.
52:56Would you guys flex Denzel Boston tonight? Other options are BTJ, Mike Evans or Romeo Dubs.
53:02If I'm not missing something, I would definitely want somebody like Mike Evans.
53:07I'm assuming he's going to be healthy or is he out Pete?
53:11Do you know about that? He's not ruled out yet, but he's trending to play.
53:16It sounds like, but we're not totally sure. I'd rather take the chance and wait on news for him and then and then figure it out after.
53:26Yep. I would live. So what I would do in this position, Denzel Boston, not play him.
53:32Hold him. Don't just cut him because something's good going to come from Casey and Denzel Boston throughout the season.
53:39But wait on Mike Evans. Then at that point, do you go Dubs or do you go BTJ?
53:45I could see Dubs for preferential pecking order in the Patriots offense in what I think will be a bounce back week for Drake May.
53:54And then if you're really desperate, uglier, worse things have happened, BTJ.
53:58I've seen BTJ get cut in some redraft leagues already.
54:01So people are losing patience. And I think it might have been Scott Barrett.
54:06He said BTJ or maybe Matt Harmon, some big name said BTJ is going to be the most cut receiver after the
54:14first six weeks amongst that, because right now he's a sacrificial X in so many tough matchups.
54:20But trade rumors abound. I would hold on to BTJ.
54:23You never know what could happen there. So great question on that.
54:28Let's see. Jalen Rogers or Malik? Pete, who do you got?
54:32I got Rogers this week. I know people are excited about the young quarterback in Jalen.
54:37I have Jalen ranked 31 this week. And I've got Malik Willis ranked 29.
54:42I have Rogers at 23. Private time. This is where Rogers shines.
54:46Rogers looked awesome last week. Absolutely awesome. Say what you want about Rogers, personality, whatever.
54:52The dude's still really good at football. And honestly, the week before it's the offensive lines really young for Pittsburgh and they looked like dog crap.
55:01I mean, they were so bad. Yeah. The dude's 40 something years old and the offensive line.
55:07I mean, it was so bad by all of them that it almost sounded or seemed like they just the young offensive line.
55:15Just there was miscommunication all over the place because I don't like Aaron Rogers is not somebody I'm worried about sliding protections
55:22and setting up the past protection correctly. Pre-snap. And for whatever reason, there were misassignments all over the place in that Patriots game.
55:30And they looked great last week. I mean, he's slinging the ball around.
55:35Well, DK Metcalf, you know, might get murdered soon if he doesn't start catching footballs.
55:40I mean, I don't know what the hell is going on with him.
55:45And honestly, I'm really interested in Roman Wilson. Oops.
55:48Last. Oh, what happened? Sorry. Keep going. Oh, six targets for Roman Wilson in three games this year every single week.
55:55So back to back to back six, six targets.
55:59So I think Wilson's an interesting play. Not maybe not start, but I think he's an interesting stash and he could start seeing time.
56:07And it looks like Rogers is kind of sick of Michael Pittman already, which is kind of weird because I would have
56:15thought it would have been DK Metcalf, but not Pittman.
56:18But they clearly have a good relationship off the field, Metcalf and Rogers.
56:23So maybe that's helping, you know, Rogers contain himself when it comes to the frustrations with DK.
56:29We have one last question, and I mentioned it before.
56:32I want to get to it. Browns defense or Packers defense.
56:36I would lean Browns. But what would you say, Pete?
56:40Yeah, I had it. Browns initially. And then I moved it to I moved the Packers ahead.
56:46I have Packers at eight. I have Browns at nine Thursday night football.
56:50I looked into it. And over the last three years, there's been more points scored on Thursday night football than than regular slate games by like five points.
57:00Also, turnovers are down on Thursday night football compared to what we get on average for regular games and every other slate.
57:08So I mean, I have Steelers at six. I dropped them down slightly.
57:12And I have Browns at nine. I don't think they're bad plays this week, but I just prefer, you know, I prefer the Packers.
57:21I think they're going to be pissed off. And that's a really good matchup against Tampa Bay.
57:27And you love to see it. So, Pete, Coach Retzlaff, it's been a great week.
57:32It's been a lot of fun. About 15 minutes until your game starts.
57:36Make sure you check those starting lineups. Check your benches.
57:40Put those players in the receiver, in the first quarterback slot, in the running back slot.
57:46Take them out of your flex because you want viability and flexibility.
57:50Literally. You don't tell me what to do. You know what?
57:54Yeah. Nobody puts Pete in the corner. So I've been Coach.
57:58This has been Pete. We will see you next week.
58:01Thank you. Is it me? Is it you? Is it you?
58:05Is it you? Is it you?
