Week 5 Fantasy Football Rankings: Should You worry about Zay Flowers?
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52 min
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Oct 9, 2026
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Fri, October 9, 2026
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Aaron JonesKenneth Walker IIIKyren WilliamsAntonio WilliamsAshton JeantyBrian Thomas Jr.Bucky IrvingChase BrownChristian McCaffreyD'Andre SwiftDallas GoedertDalton KincaidDerrick HenryDrake Maye
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Aaron Jones
PositiveUsage32:28
The source ranks Aaron Jones at 7, ahead of the consensus, emphasizing his massive opportunity share. Jones has averaged 19.3 fantasy points over the last two weeks, playing 76.4% of snaps and accounting for 88.5% of the team's expected fantasy points.
Insight pagePositiveUsage35:05
Aaron Jones is a high-priority start with a massive workload, averaging 19.3 fantasy points over the last two weeks while playing 76.4% of snaps and accounting for 88.5% of the team's expected fantasy points. He faces a favorable matchup against a Saints defense allowing 34 fantasy points per game to running backs.
Insight pageAntonio Williams
PositiveValue24:03
The source prefers Antonio Williams over Makai Lemon for the rest of the season, noting that Williams has been more productive and is positioned behind banged-up veterans, whereas Lemon is in an offense that is currently crumbling.
Insight pageAshton Jeanty
NegativeInjury22:11
Ashton Jeanty is a player to monitor after being logged as a non-participant in Friday's practice. The source advises managers to pick up Mike Washington as a contingency plan if Jeanty is ruled out.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
NegativeValue48:41
The source suggests it is acceptable to drop Brian Thomas Jr. for Antonio Williams if the goal is to win this week, preferring to hold onto Makai Lemon instead.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveProjection29:56
The source praises Player Profiler's ranking of Bucky Irving at 13, admitting they had him ranked lower at 21. Irving exceeded expectations with a strong performance on Thursday Night Football.
Insight pageChase Brown
PositiveProjection44:17
Chase Brown remains a strong play even if Ja'Marr Chase is active, though his ranking may adjust downward from the current consensus of RB4/5 if the Bengals' offense is at full strength.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
PositiveValue50:22
The source views the current situation as a 'good buy low' opportunity for Christian McCaffrey, recommending the trade of Tee Higgins and Jalen Warren to acquire him in a 10-man league.
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
PositiveUsage30:46
DeAndre Swift is expected to see a bump in workload with reports that his teammate may miss one to two weeks due to a knee injury. The source ranks Swift at 15, aligning with Player Profiler's projections.
Insight pageDallas Goedert
PositiveValue47:09
The source prefers starting Dallas Goedert over Kyle Pitts or Michael Mayer, noting that Goedert is a solid play because the Eagles lack other reliable weapons.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
NegativeProjection44:33
The source is struggling with Kincaid's ranking, noting he has flatlined after a strong start; he averages 10.29 expected fantasy points per game with a 60% route participation and 16% target share. While the Rams matchup is tough, the potential absence of DJ Moore could increase his opportunity, leading the source to consider bumping him toward TE10.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
PositiveValue49:24
The source prefers keeping Derrick Henry over trading him for Jonathan Taylor, citing trust in the Ravens' offense to play from ahead, despite acknowledging Henry is game-script dependent.
Insight pageDrake Maye
PositiveProjection13:52
The source is comfortable starting Drake Maye, ranking him at 6. Despite concerns about the Patriots' offensive line and the Raiders' defense, the source notes the favorable home environment and momentum from Maye's improved performance last week.
Insight pageJacoby Brissett
PositiveProjection10:21
The source is high on Jacoby Brissett, ranking him at 4 compared to the Player Profiler consensus of 7. The reasoning is based on high passing volume in a game with a 54.5-point total against a Detroit defense that ranks 32nd in points allowed to quarterbacks.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
NegativeProjection15:44
The source is concerned about Jalen Hurts, moving him down to 16 in rankings due to a combination of factors: a hamstring injury to DeVonta Smith, a tough matchup against a strong Jaguars defense, and a depleted offensive line following the loss of Lane Johnson and the trade of Cam Jurgens.
Insight pageJaylen Warren
NegativeBust42:22
Jalen Warren is a slight fade due to concerns about regression and the return of Rico Dowdle. Despite his high snap share (93.5%) and route participation (75.6%), his expected fantasy points (14.14) suggest he may be over-ranked in the top 8-10 range.
Insight pageJuwan Johnson
PositiveRole45:15
The source is high on Juwan Johnson, ranking him at TE6 compared to the ECR's TE9 and PlayerProfiler's TE11. Johnson has earned 26 targets through four weeks with 15.89 expected fantasy points per game in a high-paced Saints offense, and the source remains confident in his involvement despite the crowded receiving corps.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
NegativeValue43:11
Keenan Allen is considered a flex-level player who is likely available on waiver wires, though the source prefers Trey Harris over him currently.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
NegativeValue25:22
The source acknowledges the difficulty of trading Kenneth Walker, who is averaging 30 points per game, but suggests that trading him for George Pickens and Chase Brown is a defensible 'buy-low' move for a 0-4 team needing depth.
Insight pagePositiveValue38:53
Kenneth Walker is preferred over a trade package involving Puka Nacua and Jeremiah Love unless the manager is in a desperate situation needing wide receiver depth in a 12+ team league. Walker offers a superior positional advantage.
Insight pageKeon Coleman
NegativeValue40:28
Keon Coleman is an interesting play if DJ Moore is ruled out, but he is ranked behind Khalil Shakir (41 vs 36) for the current week.
Insight pageKyle Pitts
NegativeBust47:29
The source describes Kyle Pitts as 'terrible' and suggests he is a 'landmine' that fantasy managers should be fine dropping.
Insight pageKyler Murray
NegativeProjection5:47
The source ranks Kyler Murray at 24, significantly lower than the Player Profiler consensus of 13, citing his poor performance and lack of efficiency in the offense this season. While a matchup against the Saints might be aided by Justin Jefferson's return, the source expects a low-scoring game script heavily reliant on the Vikings' ground game.
Insight pageKyren Williams
PositiveUsage34:01
The source notes that Kyren Williams has successfully maintained his role and pushed away concerns about Blake Corum siphoning his work, highlighting that Williams remains a high-volume, high-value touch player despite not being the most explosive athlete.
Insight pagePositiveUsage34:01
Kyren Williams has solidified his role as the lead back, averaging 26.93 expected fantasy points and 76.1% of offensive snaps over the last two weeks. While his target volume was boosted by Puka Nacua's absence, he has successfully pushed away competition from Blake Corum to lead the backfield.
Insight pageMatthew Golden
PositiveUsage60:04
Matthew Golden is a strong play with 18 targets over the last two weeks and an 82.1% route participation rate. With Jaden Reed out, Golden has secured a 21.7% target share and is a full-time player in a pass-heavy Green Bay offense.
Insight pageMichael Wilson
PositiveBreakout58:28
Michael Wilson is a high-priority start (WR5) due to elite usage, including a 32.2% target rate and 93.5% route participation. He leads the position in expected fantasy points (27.84) over the last two weeks and faces a Detroit defense allowing the most fantasy points to wide receivers.
Insight pageMike Gesicki
PositiveProjection48:12
The source believes Mike Gesicki can finish as a top-12 tight end this week, especially with Tee Higgins potentially out, making him a very good play despite Ja'Marr Chase's presence.
Insight pageZay Flowers
NegativeUsage62:25
Zay Flowers is a fade due to the quarterback change to Tyler Huntley, which likely limits the passing volume of the Baltimore offense. Despite a strong 30.6% target share, he is ranked behind players like Matthew Golden and Parker Washington.
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Episode Transcript
0:00It is the Week 5 Rankings Show and super excited to be back here.
0:04It has been a pretty good season so far.
0:07All things considered, we're doing pretty well here. Just as an update for myself and a little bit of transparency here, I'm
0:1415th now in the overall Fantasy Pros Expert Accuracy competition.
0:17Started the season off number 1, pretty much all downhill from there, but still doing a pretty good job trying to tighten up some parts of my process.
0:26Number 1 Ranker at the Quarterback position so far through 5 weeks.
0:30Number 24 when it comes to running backs. Wide receiver 102 and tight end 158.
0:35Kickers number 4 and defense number 7. For wide receivers, I kind of found a little bit of a part of the
0:41process that I had to tweak and I feel pretty good about it this week.
0:46For tight ends, it's been a kind of a rough spot.
0:50I think it's more for the top 5 guys I'm not hitting on, but everyone else I'm doing a really good job at identifying.
0:57So, I need to tighten that part of the process up as well.
1:01But if you guys have any questions, comments about who you are thinking about starting this week, let me know.
1:07I will answer them. It's just me today. We're going to go over the player profile rankings.
1:13I'll go over my rankings in conjunction with that and talk about my favorite plays of the week for each position.
1:19Let me know how the audio sounds as well on my side doing a lot on the back end to make sure
1:26that we don't have any issues anymore with that.
1:29So, please let me know in the comments how things sound.
1:33And let's just jump right into it. So, let's go move over to the quarterback position.
1:38Quarterbacks this week. Quarterback has been in an odd position this year.
1:41You know, it's been a strength for me. I mean, again, I'm number one right now on the year for quarterbacks.
1:48I think the market is having a tough time adjusting and people are just kind of going with really big names.
1:55And you know, the phrase start your studs can only get you so far sometimes.
1:59You don't want to get cute, but at the same time, quarterbacks are one of those positions where you can play matchups.
2:06And it's an interesting set of quarterbacks this week.
2:09I'm going to go over player profilers rankings, talk about some of my rankings and talk about my favorite plays on the week.
2:16If you guys are here, you enjoy the show, hit that thumbs up, like and subscribe for player profile though.
2:22Josh Allen, number one, Dak Prescott, number two, Prescott, number two, consensus rankings all across the board.
2:28That's not different. I had him number two as well.
2:31He was a flop last night against Tampa Bay.
2:34Tyler Shuck, number three, Drake May, number four, going against the Raiders.
2:38Matthew Stafford, number five versus Buffalo. Jaden Daniels, number six versus the Giants.
2:42Jacoby Brissett, number seven versus Detroit. Number eight, Jared Goff versus Arizona.
2:45Joe Burrow at number nine versus Miami. Brock Purdy, 10 versus Seattle.
2:49Jordan Love, number 11 versus Chicago. Trevor Lawrence versus Philly at 12.
2:53Then for the quarterback twos, we have Kyler Murray at 13 versus the Saints.
2:57Bo Nix at 14 versus the Chargers. C.J. Stroud at 15 versus Tennessee coming off a big week last week.
3:04Jalen Hurts at 16 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. Justin Herbert, number 17 versus Denver, who is missing two of their starting cornerbacks.
3:10Aaron Rodgers at number 18. Sam Darnold at number 19.
3:14Gino Smith versus the Browns at 20. Then you've got Tyson Badgent versus Green Bay at 21.
3:19Malik Willis at 22 versus Cincinnati. Jalen Daniels, 23 versus Dallas.
3:22Deshaun Watson at 24 versus the Jets. And on the outside looking in, you have Kirk Cousins at 25.
3:28Daniel Jones at 26. Michael Penix, 27. Jamison Winston, 28.
3:32And Tyler Huntley at 29. Cam Ward, 30. And then you pretty much have everybody else, which is backups at the quarterback position.
3:39So let's talk about the quarterback position and some spots or some players that I am high on versus consensus and lower on versus consensus.
3:47Start off with Kyler Murray here. Player profiler, we have him ranked here at number 13.
3:52I have Murray ranked 24 in my rankings right now.
3:55Kyler has just been a player this year that's just not hitting, right?
3:59I mean, it hasn't been a long season of starts for him, of course, because of the injury with the concussion in week one.
4:06But he just hasn't looked good in this offense, you know, and he plays a matchup this week.
4:12Who's he got? He's got Minnesota in this matchup.
4:15And the he is Minnesota in this matchup. He gets the Saints in this matchup.
4:20And the Saints, you know, for all intents and purposes, have been pretty decent against the quarterback position.
4:2518th in points allowed right now, 16.8. They haven't faced a lot of running quarterbacks.
4:30You know, they've had 11 attempts by quarterbacks rushing right now and 37 rushing yards given up on the season to quarterbacks.
4:37And they played Lamar Jackson. Lamar didn't run a ton in that game, but he was efficient.
4:42I think it was like four for 35, 36, 37, something like that.
4:46But he ran pretty well. And then they haven't really played many mobile quarterbacks since then.
4:51It's really been Penix, Kirk Cousins, you know, Jared Goff.
4:54So like not a lot of mobile quarterbacks. So maybe that helps Kyler Murray this week.
4:59Justin Jefferson, I think, is going to go. So that should help Kyler in this matchup overall.
5:05But, you know, Saints defense, I think, is better than what we've seen.
5:09They looked really bad this past week. Against the run.
5:12And I think that's where the Vikings are going to try to do their damage is on the ground in this matchup.
5:19You know, when you look at it, they're 26th in yards allowed to the quarterback position for rushing.
5:25Again, not a lot of rushing quarterbacks, but they're giving up yards to the running back position.
5:30I mean, obviously, B. John Robinson, Derrick Henry, Jameer Gibbs.
5:33I mean, they've played some really, really good running backs, the Saints.
5:37And they've got a pretty, and they played Ashen Gentry.
5:40I mean, they've gotten a gauntlet of running backs the last four weeks.
5:44And Aaron Jones has looked phenomenal this year, you know, in the absence of Jordan Mason.
5:49So I think this is a game that they rely heavily on the run.
5:53And just taking a look at the total in this one, 42 points.
5:57It's not a high point total. 22 implied points for the Saints in this matchup.
6:02So, you know, I'm expecting, you know, three touchdowns maybe by this offense, probably closer to two.
6:08You know, they could get to three for sure.
6:10But it's just, again, not a very high point total.
6:13And I expect that game script that's going to be heavily rushing.
6:17So again, I have Kyler lower in my rankings this week.
6:21And one of the rankings that I really, really do like here from Player Profiler is Jacoby Brissette.
6:26Player Profiler has him at seven. I have him ranked number four this week going up against the Detroit Lions.
6:33I know we sit here and we say Jacoby Brissette, man, like how do you get there with Jacoby?
6:39How do you start him? He's been one of the best fantasy football quarterbacks this year.
6:44They're throwing the ball a ton this season. So it's not that inconceivable with a 54.5 point total that Jacoby Brissette has a phenomenal week this week.
6:52You know, just looking at the pass game here, you know, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's just what they're doing right now.
7:00They're throwing the football a ton. Uh, Detroit so far 32, when it comes to points allowed to quarterback position, and you're
7:07going up against a very, very heavy volume team when it comes to throwing the football.
7:12So, um, I think Jacoby Brissette's a really, really nice start this week.
7:16Um, so he's somebody that I, uh, I have pinned as a player that I want to, you know, I want to put in my lineup this week.
7:24Uh, I really, really like Jacoby. Uh, and also factoring in, you know, Jeremiah loves banged up right now.
7:30Um, I think he's going to play this week, but you know, they're dinged up there.
7:35Maybe Tyler's year get some work, but it could be a little bit of an inconsistent running game for them.
7:42And they might lean on the past. It's going to be, it's going to be probably a high scoring game, 54 and a half.
7:49Sometimes you'd look at point totals and you say, man, is that too high?
7:54Is that too low? Uh, I don't feel that with this game, uh, at all.
7:58I think that's a, that's a, that's a good point total.
8:02I think that encapsulates and predicts the game pretty well.
8:05It should be high scoring. So I really do like Jacoby Brissette in this matchup.
8:10Um, and I think he's a really good start and people are going to sit there and say, man, Jacoby Brissette, like
8:16he's not even that good of a quarterback. You don't have to be a good quarterback to, to, to, to be good in fantasy football.
8:24I mean, honestly, efficiency is overrated sometimes. Um, you know, volume is super, super key and yeah.
8:30Uh, so that's kind of where I stand there.
8:32Drake may at number six for me, I play a profile at number four.
8:37I think that's a, that's a good spot for him.
8:40Um, player profiles a little more aggressive on him this week against the Raiders.
8:44Um, I think this is a good spot for Drake may here as well.
8:49Raiders defense has been good. The, my biggest concern is, is really, you know, do they wreak havoc on the quarterback here?
8:56Uh, because the offensive line has struggled for the Patriots this season.
8:59Um, so what does that look like in this one?
9:03But, uh, this is a 45 point total here.
9:05Uh, it's going to be played in new England.
9:08So that's favorable for Drake may, you know, taking a look at the projected weather here, a slight chance of rain 2%
9:15as of today, that could change, but not overly concerned there.
9:19Um, you know, it's 63%, uh, 63 degrees Fahrenheit projected and somewhere on eight mile an hour winds.
9:24Uh, so I'm not overly concerned about the weather.
9:27I think this offense looked better last week. And I think Drake may maybe looking to take some momentum, uh, going in
9:34to, uh, from last week into this week. So, uh, I think it's a, it's a good spot for Drake may and,
9:41and, uh, I'm, I'm happily starting him this week.
9:44I feel pretty confident and comfortable with him. Uh, I want to talk about one more player here that I'm a little
9:51bit concerned about and it's Jalen Hurts. Uh, Jalen Hurts is in a tough spot this week.
9:56Um, I have to update my rankings on my spreadsheet for my sub stack subscribers, but it is updated on fantasy pros.
10:03A player profilers ranking is closer to where my new ranking is probably going to be for Jalen Hurts this week.
10:09Uh, if you take a look, Jalen Hurts is somewhere around 16.
10:13I initially had him at 13, but Dante Dan Wicks popping up with a hamstring injury is no bueno.
10:19Uh, you're possibly going to be missing him. It's going to be Makai Lemon, but they do get Dallas Goddard back a pretty, pretty bad running game.
10:28Uh, defense that's playing really, really well right now in the Jacksonville Jaguars.
10:32Um, and a team that's implied 17 points this week, 17 points are the Philadelphia Eagles implied this week.
10:38Uh, they're seven and a half point dogs, 41.5 point total against the Jaguars.
10:42And again, the Jaguars have been a good team this year.
10:46Uh, defensively, they've looked really good. It's an international game, which is really, really kind of up and down really volatile with the international games.
10:53Jaguars 22nd when it comes to points, a lot of quarterback position, you're looking at 16, uh, points to the quarterback.
11:00Uh, they've given up 19 rushing attempts, uh, total of 70 yards.
11:04So, I mean, they've been fine against the quarterback position.
11:07They're not getting torched, uh, at all really. So yeah, I mean, I, I'm, uh, I'm not really that high on Jalen this week.
11:14I have some concerns. They're pretty banged up, uh, at the, uh, on the offense lane Johnson's gone.
11:20They just trying to traded Cam Juergens. I like, uh, I like, uh, uh, uh, Pipkins or whatever his name is, uh,
11:27that they, that they're putting in there. And so I don't think it's a bad move.
11:32Cam Juergens is playing terrible, but, um, it's just, it's just really, really messy.
11:36They didn't have to go travel. They're also traveling really late in the week.
11:41I think they're leaving today on Friday for a Sunday game.
11:44Um, so overall just pretty bad, pretty bad vibes.
11:47I don't want to start Jalen hurts if I can avoid it.
11:51Um, but that's just me. Uh, if you guys have any questions though, we're going to move over to the next position,
11:58sending any questions that you might have. We're going to take a quick break.
12:02We'll come right back and then I will move over to the running back position.
12:07I'll answer some questions as well. And I'll see you back on the other side.
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13:14All right, folks, we are moving on to the running back position.
13:18And just by the way, some news, you know, kind of just coming out as we're live here.
13:23So Jane Daniels looks like he's going to play, which was to be expected.
13:28Stefan Diggs is going to be out this week.
13:31And then Ashen Jenty not spotted at practice today on a Friday.
13:34At least that's what's being reported. I don't kill the messenger guys because injury reporting is atrocious this season.
13:40When it comes to, you know, live giving us updates, you'll hear a guy's not practicing and then you'll get an update
13:47an hour later that says he'd like the limited practice.
13:50So it's all over the place. But Jenty is someone to monitor because he was on the injury report.
13:56And as of now, it's saying not participating. So if your leagues are one of those that do have the ability to
14:03just go pick up a guy right now and you don't have waivers, Mike Washington, I would make sure to go grab
14:10him and keep him in mind if you're listening to this.
14:14And there is a chance that Jenty does miss this week.
14:17We have a couple of questions. Podfiler's in here said how high is too high for Brissette?
14:22Like I said, yeah, I had Brissette at four this week.
14:26Player Profiler's got him at seven. So I'm kind of there with Player Profiler in that I'm pretty high on him.
14:32I think it's a good game script this week.
14:35So I'm excited for it. But Mr. G said sounds great in terms of the audio.
14:40PPR, Makai Lemon or Antonio Williams rest of the season.
14:43I'm going to go with Antonio Williams. I mean, he's got two veterans ahead of him that are banged up right now.
14:50You have Terry McLaurin. You have Diggs that just got ruled out.
14:54And Jaden Daniels is coming back. So I'm going to go with the guy that's looked and been more productive.
15:00Now, Lemon's got guys going down around him as well.
15:04But he's also in an offense that's kind of crumbling around him, right?
15:08I mean, the offense line's a mess. And I trust Jaden Daniels to be good for fantasy football for the wide receivers
15:15attached to him more than I trust Jalen Hurts right now at this point.
15:19Dylan Fink, what's up, Dylan? said, 0-4 full PPR redraft.
15:22I have had the worst matchup luck need my first win.
15:26So I traded my GOAT Kenneth Walker on a buy for George Pickens and Chase Brown.
15:31Thoughts? Obviously nice Pickens performance on Thursday Night Football.
15:33Yeah, I don't. I mean, listen, Pickens has been very, very poor.
15:37I made a trade yesterday prior to Thursday Night Football.
15:40I was a big Pickens bull, but I traded Pickens for Michael Wilson in a league.
15:45And there were some backup running backs. I gave a handcuff to a guy that needed it.
15:51And I got an upside, you know, younger back in Jonah Coleman to pair with my RJ Harvey in case there's a shift later on.
15:58But in this case, I mean, George Pickens and Chase Brown, there's a world where this works out for you.
16:05It's really hard moving Kenneth Walker. I think most people would say you cannot move this guy because he's just been so good.
16:12He's averaging like 30 points a game this year.
16:15So I'm not going to knock you at 0-4.
16:18You know, you're in a tough spot. Backs against the wall with Kenneth Walker on a buy.
16:23I think this is a solid return. You're buying low on two players that, you know, realistically, Chase Brown went pretty close
16:30to where Kenneth Walker was preseason in drafts. And George Pickens wasn't going that much farther behind them as well.
16:36So, you know, if you had conviction and you're buying low, there is a world where people might call you crazy.
16:43But there's a world where this works out for you.
16:46So I don't think it's absolutely out of the question to make that deal.
16:50I think that's totally, totally fine. I got some more questions.
16:54We're going to move over to running back really quick and I'll answer them as we're flowing through.
16:59If you have questions on running backs, you know, I'll get to those more as priority because we're on that position.
17:06Speaking about it, I'm going to the running back position for player profiler.
17:10Number one, we have Jameer Gibbs, B. John Robinson at number two, Jonathan Taylor at number three, Chase Brown, who we just talked about at number four.
17:18He takes on the Miami Dolphins in a game that they might be down some of their big weapons in that matchup.
17:25You have James Cook at number five, Javante Williams at number six.
17:29I had Javante Williams ranked pretty high as well.
17:32He started the week, the night off really good and they kind of fizzled out last night.
17:37Unfortunate Jack Prescott in the offense just looked really, really bad.
17:41Christian McCaffrey at number seven, Kyron Williams at number eight, Derrick Henry at number nine, Jalen Warren at 10, Aaron Jones at
17:48number 11, Ashton Gentty at number 12. We just talked about him logged as a non-participant as of now during the show for Friday's practice.
17:56Bucky Irving at 13. Hey, hands up. This is a great ranking by player profiler at 13.
18:01I had Bucky Irving lower my rankings this week.
18:04I had him at 21. I think consensus had him at 20 going into Thursday Night Football.
18:09Really, really great call there and won that hit.
18:12I mean, if you look here, I guess, you know, if you, if you look at the projected points here at 16
18:19and a half, you know, that's, that's a pretty nice number.
18:22And he went over that. So it's a good night for Bucky Irving.
18:26Braylon Allen at 14. Brees Hall ruled out for this week.
18:30Bashaw Tootin at 15. DeAndre Swift at 16. Emmanuel Wilson at 17.
18:33J.K. Dobbins at 18. Cam Scadaboo at 19. Quinshawn Judkins at 20.
18:37Ramondra Stephenson 21. David Montgomery at 22. Jeremiah Love at 23.
18:41And Trevon Henderson at 24. Um, do you want to touch on, uh, DeAndre Swift here?
18:46DeAndre Swift, Kyle Monungay. They said there's a chance he misses one to two weeks right now.
18:51So Swift's dealing with a knee injury as well.
18:54He hasn't been that good the last two weeks.
18:57Uh, but overall there's a chance now he's going to get a bump up in workload.
19:02I mean, you had Monungay with 30 rushing attempts last week.
19:05Uh, so this is good news for Swift, at least that Monungay could be out of the picture for a year.
19:12Uh, and he's going up against a green Bay rushing defense who I think is better than what the market thinks they are.
19:19Uh, overall they played Bijan who really, really crushed their numbers and they played a really, really poor game against Bijan Robinson
19:26Atlanta and Atlanta against that rushing attack. Uh, but overall, um, you know, I, I, I think, uh, that they're a little
19:33bit better of a run defense, but with Monungay potentially out, I mean, it's hard to not have Swift ranked pretty high.
19:40I had Swift at 15. Uh, so I'm there with player profiler in the projections.
19:44I do want to talk about, uh, Aaron Jones at first here.
19:48Player profiler has Aaron Jones ranked at 11 consensus has them at 12.
19:52So player profile is ahead of consensus and I'm a little bit even more ahead of consensus.
19:58I have Aaron Jones at seven this week. Um, Aaron Jones is right now when you just talk about opportunity for running back, forgetting about efficiency.
20:06Opportunity is super, super important. We talk about this for fantasy.
20:09I talked about it coming into the season. Running back is not about efficiency as much as it is opportunity and workload and the high value touches, right?
20:18Those, those touches in the red zone, those touches through the air.
20:22Those are the high value, you know, that's the high value work, right?
20:26We've seen so many guys yards per carry. Isn't that good, you know, yada, yada, yada, but they get the bulk of
20:33the work and they get the red zone work and they catch passes.
20:37Even if they're not that explosive, I'm talking about Kyron Williams here, hint, hint.
20:41Like he has been kind of that guy, not the most explosive guy, but gets a ton of the work.
20:48People were worried like myself that the work was getting siphoned a little bit from Blake Corham, but Kyron's done a really
20:54good job this year to kind of push that away.
20:58And, you know, I've kind of done a little bit of a one 80 so far early on in the year on Kyron.
21:05Aaron Jones is a great example of that. No Jordan Mason right now.
21:09I have Jones ranked at seven this week. He's averaged 19.3 fancy points over the last two weeks.
21:14He's playing 76.4% of Minnesota's offensive snaps. And he's accounted for 88.5% of the expected fantasy points during that stretch.
21:21I mean, they really don't have much behind him, right?
21:24I thought the mind Claiborne could be a nice guy to roster this year behind a backfield of two guys that continue to not stay healthy.
21:32And while that has been true, because Jordan Mason's already hurt and Jones is kind of dinged up a little bit because he's getting a really big workload.
21:41Claiborne hasn't really got much, much touches. He's going up against the Saints defense, allowing 34 fantasy points per game to opposing running backs.
21:48I mean, that's the most dead of all defenses right now this year.
21:52So I'm comfortable moving him up ahead of consensus where I have him.
21:57I really like Aaron Jones in this matchup. I talked about why I'm a little worried about Kyler Murray, because I think
22:03Aaron Jones is going to just continue to continue, continue, continue to get a very, very high workload.
22:09So I'm pretty bullish on him. The next guy we're going to talk about is Kyron Williams.
22:14And, you know, player profile a little bit behind on Kyron Williams.
22:18Player profile has him ranked at number eight. I have Kyron Williams ranked at number two.
22:23I'm a little bit nervous because I'm pretty high ahead out there.
22:27Consensus has him at four. Kyron's just been getting an incredible amount of opportunity recently, which is what I had talked about.
22:34He's averaging 26.93 expected fantasy points over the last two weeks.
22:37And he's played 76.1% of the offensive snaps. 20 targets during that stretch.
22:41Now, that's a little bit bloated because Puka in that sample size of the last two weeks, Puka's only played in one of them.
22:49And, you know, obviously they've dealt with some injuries.
22:52Terrence Ferguson went out early, you know, in that matchup against Denver and didn't come back.
22:57So it's kind of helped Kyron, but he's done really well.
23:00I mean, they're forgetting about just the receiving work.
23:03Like Blake Corum and him, like, originally it started off, it was a pretty dead heat split.
23:08Now they kind of pushed to Kyron. And, you know, right now as it stands today, it's really Kyron leading the backfield because of these opportunities.
23:17So I really like Kyron this week. And so I have him ranked decently high.
23:21Let's take a look at some of the questions in the chat that are regarding the running back position.
23:27And then I'll talk a little bit about a couple of fades I have at running back this week.
23:33Juan D'Air said, trade Kenneth Walker for Puka and Jeremiah Love.
23:37You know, I don't think this is a terrible trade if you really need the running back help.
23:42Though love dealing with this injury. It could linger for a couple of weeks.
23:47And it's really to me like it's really Puka or Kenneth Walker.
23:50Who do you prefer? I do prefer Kenneth Walker.
23:53If I don't need the running back help, I'm going to stick with Kenneth Walker here.
23:58If I do need help at running back and I'm in a really bad spot in a league that's 12 or more,
24:05I'd consider going to Puka and Jeremiah Love route.
24:08But I'd have to be in a tough spot with my running backs.
24:12And I'd have to, you know, really need wide receivers.
24:15Sounds like he's got Higgins, Neighbors, Debo. I think you're pretty good at wide receiver right now.
24:21I'd probably rather the positional advantage of having Kenneth Walker in my lineup.
24:25Let's see if we have any other running back questions.
24:28Let's see. Jeff said in a big bucky hole need a bye week wide receiver three.
24:33He said matchup take upside shot on Keon Coleman this week.
24:36Keon's an interesting play. It sounds like DJ Moore is not going to play.
24:41So waiting to hear news on that. But Keon should be on the radar.
24:45I do like Shakir this week too. Shakir is just over reliable and people are kind of forgetting about him.
24:51He's not sexy, of course. So he's something that I would, someone I would consider as well.
24:57But right now as it stands, you know, player profiler, we'll get to the rankings once we go to the wide receiver position.
25:04Uh, for where player profiler has him, but I have Coleman at 41.
25:08I've close secure at 36. So I prefer Shakir this week.
25:11Um, I'm digging while some zag, I guess a little bit because people are very high on Keon Coleman this week.
25:18Um, let's see. All right. I'm going to go ahead and move over to the.
25:23Well, I'm going to stay at the running back position here.
25:26Um, and let's talk a little bit about some fades and, uh, you know, kind of where we are right now.
25:33So Quinchon Judkins, I'm high on as well. Uh, who's a fade?
25:37Who is a fade this week? Um, I don't have any really hard fades this week.
25:42I would say, um, I guess a little bit of caution would be, would be maybe Jalen Warren this week for me.
25:48Um, consensus has Jalen Warren at running back eight.
25:51Um, here we have him at running back 10 for player profiler and I have him at 12.
25:57So not a massive fade, right? We're still talking about a guy that's going to be, you still ranked RB in an R as an RB one.
26:05Uh, but Warren he's interesting because he's played 93.5% of the snaps, uh, and accounts for 81% of the rushing attempts and
26:12is running 75.6% of the routes on drop backs.
26:15Rico dabble is coming back this week. He Jalen Warren has been awesome.
26:19I'm not saying he is not a good player.
26:22I'm not saying you should fade him. You shouldn't start him.
26:26You can't sit him. He's on a heater. He's going up against a Colts offense.
26:30That's a defense. That's not very good. Um, his expected fantasy points is 14.14, which means I have a little bit of
26:37concern for regression for him on top of the fact that Rico is coming back.
26:42Uh, so a little concerning when ranking somebody inside the top eight of the position where consensus has him.
26:48So I'm with player profiler, slight fade there with Rico, probably coming back this week.
26:52It sounds like, uh, so a little bit of a fade there for me.
26:57Uh, so about, uh, chase Brown. Uh, we have him here at four, a player profile consensus has him at five.
27:03I have him at nine. Um, I like chase Brown.
27:07This, this could totally blow up in my face.
27:09This is also a weird run where player profiles rankings are going to update.
27:14My rankings are going to update. Consensus is going to update when we start to see who's in and who's out for this offense, right?
27:22Is it going to be Jamar chase? Is it going to be T Higgins?
27:26Right. I don't know right now. T Higgins sounds like he's trending to be out, but Jamar chase is trending to be in, right?
27:34If Jamar chase is in, but T Higgins is out.
27:37I still really like chase Brown this week. Um, and I think consensus has him at running back five and player profile
27:44has him at four because the expectation is there's potential that both of those guys are out.
27:49So we're ranking, I think with the expectation that both are out, but, um, now it sounds like Jamar chase will trend and is trending and to play.
27:58And when he does get activated, I think the rankings will kind of get closer to me at RB nine, which is where I'm expecting.
28:06And I have that baked in. And I think Jamar's going to play.
28:10Um, and the game scripts a little bit wonky, right?
28:13I mean, they, they, they could absolutely crush this Miami team.
28:16I mean, they're projected the spread is like minus seven and a half.
28:20That's what it opened up at this week. Maybe that's Vegas.
28:24Assuming that Jamar chase is going to play. It's come down to six and a half.
28:29So I don't think that's the case. Uh, maybe people are hammering the Miami side because they're sitting here saying, man, like
28:36seven and a half on the road in Miami with potentially no chase, no Higgins.
28:40How are you giving, you know, the bangles that many points, but this Miami team's terrible.
28:45They did stick around a little bit versus the chiefs though.
28:49So I think people maybe have that in their, in their mind when thinking about Miami and the potential of the bangles losing and missing some players here.
28:58So that's what I got for the running back position.
29:01Um, let's go ahead and move over to wide receiver.
29:04We have some questions at wide receiver. So if you guys are still here and you have some questions, resend them in.
29:11If they are wide receiver questions, I don't want to answer stuff for people that aren't here.
29:16I'd rather, uh, answer questions for people that are still remaining here and watching the show.
29:21Uh, moving over to the wide receiver position, a wide receiver dealing with a lot of injuries this week, guys.
29:28So there's going to be some changes to some of these rankings when we get some ins and outs.
29:33Uh, and when we start to see who's active and who is not, uh, for the wide receiver position, let's just go over the top 24.
29:42Puka Nacua at number one, Amon Ross St. Brown at number two, JSN at number three, CeeDee Lamb at number four, Jamar
29:49Chase at number five, Chris Olave at number six, Nico Collins at number seven, Garrett Wilson at number eight, Christian Watson at
29:55number nine, Matthew Golden at number 10, Michael Wilson at number 11, George Pickens at number 12, Devon Vele at 13, Stefan Diggs at number 14.
30:04Uh, obviously that's going to change because now Diggs during the show has been ruled out.
30:09Uh, Malik Washington at number 15, player profile was ahead on Malik Washington last week.
30:13I was a little skeptical. Uh, that ended up turning in to be a win.
30:18Uh, Parker Washington at number 16, Zay Flowers at 17, who we've talked about on the show.
30:23Um, player profile is where I am a little bit behind on consensus because Tyler Huntley is starting at quarterback.
30:30It looks like Malik neighbors at number 18. Uh, finally, the breakout looks like it happened for Malik neighbors who Matt gave
30:37me a little bit of flack because I did draft him high in the player profiler draft.
30:42Uh, but start the year. And so far I've been wrong on Malik neighbors.
30:46I'm hoping that it turns out that I ended up being right because I've got some exposure to him and I need him to pan out.
30:54Well, especially in FFPC drafts. Um, sorry. In NFFC drafts, uh, Justin Jefferson at number 19, Drake London.
31:00At 20, Devante Adams at 21. Carnal Tate at 22, popped up on the injury report yesterday.
31:05Uh, Jalen Wall at 23, DK Metcalf at 24, and Luther Burden at 25.
31:10Um, so that's going to do it for the wide receiver rankings.
31:14Um, I'm going to talk about some guys I like, some guys I'm fading.
31:18Let's answer some of these questions at wide receiver really quick.
31:21Um, and then I'll talk to some of my rankings.
31:25Non-PPR, which wide receiver one should I start this week?
31:28Uh, and pick one for the rest of the season.
31:31Vele, Casey Concepcion, uh, Romeo Dobbs, Coleman, Roman Wilson, Josh Downs, Malik Washington, uh, Jordan Addison, Roman Wilson, and Myers from, uh, the Bengals.
31:38So, non-PPR, I'm assuming this is a standard league.
31:41Uh, I'm going to go off of who I have ranked the highest here so far.
31:46Um, and I want to say it's probably Devon Vele.
31:49Actually, as it now, it's, it's, it's Dante Myers.
31:52Um, so I would go with Dante Myers. I like Dante Myers this week.
31:57Um, Jordan Addison potentially if Justin Jefferson doesn't play.
31:59And right now I have, I have Addison ranked as if Jefferson doesn't play, but I think he's going to play.
32:06So I'm going to have to make that adjustment.
32:09We'll see when the reports come out for the injuries.
32:12Uh, but Josh Downs is tricky because you're not talking about, uh, PPR talking about standards.
32:17So I'm going to go with Myers from Cincinnati, uh, right now in, in, in this question here, uh, in a non-PPR.
32:24Uh, I think Myers has a chance to, uh, to have a really, really nice game this week.
32:30Uh, Joey Donuts, what's up? Joey Bag of Donuts says, should I trade Parker Washington for Michael Wilson and Kenyon Sadiq?
32:36Scared rest of the season about the Cardinals and if Percet will be the starter or not.
32:41Yeah, there's some real concern there. Um, you know, it's a good, it's a good thing to pose when you're talking about,
32:48you know, one in three Cardinals team going up against Detroit.
32:52They might move to one in four. How long does this last with Michael Wilson?
32:57I think you're probably going to get a decent amount of time here though.
33:01Where Brissette's going to be the starter at least for the next five, six weeks.
33:06And I wouldn't worry about Carson Beck until probably the last five, six, seven games of the year.
33:11So you've got a nice runway here, uh, with Michael Wilson.
33:15If you, I mean, Sadiq is really, it's really Michael Wilson versus Parker Washington.
33:19Michael Wilson's been phenomenal. Parker Washington has more target competition.
33:22Um, but he's also attached to a really good offense.
33:25So I'm going to probably stick with Parker Washington here, uh, just because I trust the quarterback situation.
33:31There is some target competition, but Michael Wilson's also has Trey McBride attached to him.
33:36Um, and you're also fair in saying that we, we, we do have to consider this possibility that, you know, Jacoby Brissette does get benched at some point.
33:45So, um, yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, that's, uh, that's kind of where I stand on it.
33:51I would stick with Parker Washington, um, and, and go from there.
33:55Let's see if we have any other questions, wide receivers.
33:58Uh, Al Zaz said, should I trade Nico Collins for Parker Washington and Jalen Warren?
34:03Um, if you need running back help, I'm good with this move.
34:07Uh, going to Parker Washington, Jalen Warren, Nico's already dealing, has dealt with injuries this year.
34:12Um, straight up Nico versus Parker. I prefer Nico if both are healthy.
34:16Uh, but overall Parker, it's not like, it's not like a very big gap there.
34:20And Parker's been healthy. Nico has dealt with some of these injuries and you're also getting Jalen Warren, who's on an absolute heater right now.
34:28And I think he's going to continue to play well, even with Rico coming back.
34:33So if you need help at running back, you know, I'm totally, totally good with the Parker Washington, uh, trade there.
34:39D Myers has value of chase plays. Absolutely. Uh, if, even if chase plays, I think Myers is still, you know, a top 30 play.
34:47Um, so I think he still has value for sure.
34:50Um, I'm going to talk a little bit about some of my favorite plays at wide receiver, and then I'll answer a
34:57couple more questions, move on to the tight end position.
35:01Um, and then we'll start to get close to wrapping things up here at the wide receiver position for me, uh, Michael Wilson.
35:08I'm pretty high on him versus consensus. Uh, I have Michael Wilson ranked as a very, very high wide receiver, wide receiver five this week.
35:16Uh, consensus has him right at wide receiver eight.
35:18Uh, he's a player I'm willing to be aggressive with this week.
35:22Uh, the reason you should just bit, just been absolutely awesome.
35:2628 targets, 32.2% target rate. He's run 93.5% of the routes.
35:29So, I mean, he's out there no matter what he's out there on the field.
35:34Um, 27.84 expected fantasy points during the last two weeks in that stretch, which is the highest of the position right now.
35:41So he's just on an absolute heater. He's going up against the Detroit defense.
35:45It's given up 44 fantasy points per game to wide receivers, the most in, uh, you know, fantasy football right now.
35:52Uh, so I mean, when the workload and the matchup look this good, I'm comfortable taking a stand at wide receiver five for him.
35:59Uh, so that's, that's where I'm at. I love, love Michael Wilson a lot this week.
36:04Matthew Golden's another one. And I love player profiler has him at 10.
36:08Uh, I have Matthew, uh, Matthew Golden at 12.
36:11We're both ahead of consensus, which has Matthew Golden at wide receiver 16 this week.
36:16And it is funny. Player profiler did the same thing as me.
36:20Um, Christian Watson's ranked for me at 10 and then I have Malik neighbors that I'm sorry.
36:25Hold on PPR. Let me slide back. Uh, but, but, but, but, but, but yeah, I have Matthew golden at 12 and Christian Watson at 13.
36:33Player profiler has Matthew at 10 and Watson at nine.
36:36And so we both have them both back to back in our rankings right now.
36:41This offense is just throwing the football a ton, right?
36:44Green Bay's offense, uh, the, the environment right now, while the offensive line stinks, the running game sucks.
36:50It's not getting better. They're throwing the ball on right now.
36:53Um, you know, he has earned 18 targets over the last two weeks, uh, and is running 82.1% of the drop back.
37:00So he's a full time player. Uh, no Jaden Reed right now.
37:04And he's got a 21.7% target share. Uh, his expected fantasy points, 19.51 expected fantasy points per game.
37:10It's, it's encouraging. I mean, he's, it all is matching up very well.
37:14Christian Watson has been good, but his expected fantasy points over the last two weeks, 13.56.
37:19So a little bit of a dip there. Um, I'm not concerned about Christian Watson, uh, overall.
37:24I just think Matthew, Matthew golden is a really good play this week.
37:28I think both guys are really good plays this week.
37:31Um, so I'm very, very excited to start both of them against Chicago whose defense has looked better.
37:37Um, but I still not very, I'm still skeptical about that secondary for Chicago.
37:41Uh, so I'm very, very high on Matthew golden this week.
37:45Some fades. Let's talk about Zay flowers. Player profiler has a flowers faded.
37:49I do as well. Zay flowers, 17 and player profilers rankings.
37:52Um, I have Zay flowers at 19 right now.
37:55Um, I actually think I bumped them up though, which isn't reflected.
37:59I think I bumped him up, uh, to 17 as well.
38:02Um, you know, it's, it's, it's a fade just because the quarterback situation is a little murky.
38:08Uh, flowers has been getting great usage though. I mean, 30.6% target share.
38:12So I'm not questioning his role in offense. I think my concern is really like what happens in the passing game with
38:19Tyler Huntley, uh, replacing Lamar Jackson, Baltimore has thrown the ball just 51.5% of the time on offensive plays.
38:25So I don't expect the offense to suddenly become more aggressive and aired out.
38:29So you have a, uh, uh, still like not a pass heavy offense with a decline at the quarterback position with Derek
38:36Henry in the backfield, who is going to, you know, carry the load a ton this week, uh, against Atlanta.
38:42So, um, I still like Zay Flowers. If you got him, you you're starting him very, very likely starting him, but I
38:49would rather start Matthew golden over Zay Flowers this week.
38:52Um, I'd rather start Parker Washington, Jalen Waddle. Those are guys I prefer over Zay Flowers this week.
38:58Um, and so that's, that's, that's where I'm at right now.
39:01Um, let's take a look at some of the questions and we'll get to the tight end position.
39:07Actually, let's take a quick break really quick. And then we'll come back to the tight end position on the other side.
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39:44We are back here and, uh, just checking to see if we have any remaining questions on the wide receiver position before we move to tight end.
39:53Uh, Harry Brooks said Romeo Dobbs or Myers. Um, I'm going to probably lean Romeo Dobbs this week.
39:58If Jamar Chase gives it a go, if he does not, I will have Myers in my lineup over him.
40:05Um, what's up, Mr. Justin pool said, should I start Jalen hurts this week or pivot to love cousins, Rogers Shaw or Stroud?
40:12Um, yeah, I would pivot to CJ Stroud or Tyler Shuck.
40:15Um, I prefer shock this week and so does the player profile ranking.
40:19So I would go with Shuck. Um, let's see if we have any other questions here about the wide receiver position.
40:26Galaxy pickers said have London Higgins burden conception Dobbs three and one holder.
40:30Look to upgrade at wide receiver one or wide receiver to, um, have Gibbs, blah, blah, blah.
40:35Uh, I mean, it's a, it's a, it's, it's tough to say here off the bat.
40:40Um, Higgins, London burden conception. I mean, you've got Gibbs, Javante toot and Keith Mitchell.
40:45I would try to maybe pair up, uh, and maybe take a, take toot and if he has a good week this
40:52week, uh, try to pair up toot and like maybe Casey conception, uh, to, to upgrade at the running back position.
40:59You're pretty, you're three deep at wide receiver. So you're good, um, at running back though, you have Javante Javante is going
41:06to be good, but maybe, maybe there's a chance that you can upgrade there.
41:10That would be where I would take a look at.
41:13Mr. G said Keenan Allen and Cortland Sutton on the waiver.
41:16Should I grab one and drop Trey Harris? Uh, I would, uh, I would rather keep Trey Harris right now.
41:23Uh, I, I think he's in line for potential bigger workload than Sutton.
41:27Sutton could pop off, but he's looked really bad this year, in my opinion.
41:31And Keenan Allen's a flex guy. He'll be out there on waivers.
41:35Um, you know, that's a guy that you can go pick up, but I prefer Trey Harris right now.
41:41Um, okay. Let's move over to the tight end position.
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42:25If you're enjoying things here, let's move over to the tight end position, which has been a pretty bad position for me this year.
42:32I'm trying to adjust though, uh, and tweak there.
42:35Like I said, top five has been bad for me, but outside of the top five, I've been pretty good, but you
42:42get pretty dinged on the fantasy pros expert competition when you don't have the top five lined up well.
42:48Um, and so I think that's where I'm missing because behind the top five, I've done really well.
42:54Um, so just a little bit of a, some insight there.
42:57Let's go ahead and move over to the tight end position for a player profiler.
43:02You got Trey McBride at number one, Brock Bowers at number two, George Kittle at number three, Isaiah likely at number four,
43:09uh, Dalton Kikade here at number five, Sam Laporte at number six, Tucker Kraft at number seven, Tyler Warren at number eight,
43:16Kenyon Sadiq at number nine, Colston Loveland at 10, Jawan Johnson at 11 and TJ Hawkinson at number 12.
43:22Uh, those are the top 12 rankings for the tight end position.
43:25Let's take a look here and just see, uh, if anybody has any tight end position questions, feel free to send them in here.
43:33Dalton Kikade is one that I'm having trouble with here.
43:36Player profile is aggressive on him. Player profile has him at five.
43:40Uh, you know, ECR consensus rankings has him at tight end 27.
43:44Um, I'm struggling with Kincaid this week. I, you know, he, he popped off and he looked really good.
43:50And then he's kind of, kind of flatlined a little bit the last couple of weeks.
43:55Now, if DJ Moore is going to be out, I'll probably bump up Kincaid in my rankings right now.
44:01I have him at 12. Um, I just think he hasn't been that consistent, right?
44:05He's averaging 10.29 expected fantasy points through four games this year, uh, through four games the entire season.
44:11That's even with the big spikes the first two weeks.
44:14And he's running 60 route, 60% of the Buffalo's routes, um, on dropbacks, which isn't bad.
44:19Uh, but a 16% target share. It's not great.
44:22It's not terrible. I just have a tough time putting him in the leak comp in the leak conversation when the Rams
44:29have allowed just 6.6 fantasy points per game to opposing tight ends, uh, makes them one of the most tough matchups this
44:36week, uh, for the tight end position. Um, now again, he looked good against the Texans, which was a tough matchup as well.
44:43And, uh, no DJ Moore means there could be some more opportunity for Kincaid.
44:47Uh, so I'm probably going to come up a little bit, maybe closer to 10 on Kincaid, but, um, I do have
44:54some concerns about him this week, uh, just because of, you know, just how good the Rams defense has been.
45:01So, uh, that's kind of my, my, my vibe there on him.
45:04Uh, and that's kind of where I stand on Dalton Kincaid.
45:08Uh, let's take a look here as well. Uh, let's see who we hire on Juwan Johnson is a guy I'm high on.
45:15Uh, I don't know. Juwan Johnson just feels like a guy that's, that's continues to, uh, be faded and people kind of doubt Juwan Johnson.
45:23And I don't know, man. I mean, with no, no, with no, uh, you know, with no Jordan Tyson yet returning to the lineup, he's still injured.
45:31Johnson's been really good this year. And I've been impressed with what I've seen.
45:36Um, I think Johnson is going to continue to play well.
45:39And, uh, I have no reservations about Juwan Johnson at all.
45:43Um, Juwan Johnson, I have him at number six ECR has him at nine and then the player profiler rankings have him at 11.
45:50So player profile is a little behind on Johnson.
45:53Um, I'm high on him. I'm aggressive this week.
45:56Uh, Johnson's, uh, just somebody who's getting a lot of opportunities in the expected fantasy points per week.
46:01This season has been good. 15.89 expected fantasy points per game.
46:05He's earned 26 targets through four weeks. Uh, and the saints are running 72%, 72.8 offensive plays per game, which gives the
46:12pass catchers a ton of opportunity, uh, to produce, right?
46:15I mean, they're running a high pace, a lot of plays.
46:18There's a lot of mouths to feed when Tyson comes back and, and you got veille and you got a lava and
46:25you got Johnson now, and then you got Camara, but he's still going to be fine.
46:30Like I'm not overly concerned. Um, Minnesota has been difficult against the tight end position, just 7.7 fantasy points per game, which
46:37gives me some hesitations and maybe, uh, points to maybe a slight adjustment possibly needed.
46:42Uh, but I do trust his involvement to rank him high.
46:45It's just a matter of, will he score touchdowns?
46:48Um, so that's kind of my read here on Jawan Johnson.
46:52Um, and yeah, uh, I see why my God said any news on Gentty.
46:56He didn't practice to say, uh, I did talk about him earlier on the show.
47:01No practice for Gentty, a little bit concerning here.
47:04Um, as well. Galaxy said, start Dallas Goddard pits or pick up Michael mayor this week.
47:09Ooh, man. I would go with Dallas Goddard probably.
47:11Um, you know, if he's playing, which it sounds like he is, I probably prefer Dallas Goddard this week.
47:17Um, you know, I don't have him in my rankings until I feel comfortable.
47:22Hey, he's playing, but I do think he's going to play.
47:25Um, and really pits has been terrible. Uh, Michael mayor has been solid.
47:29It's probably between mayor and Goddard. And I would be fine dropping Kyle pits and letting somebody else hold onto the landmine.
47:36We know there's going to be, uh, and it's just about when you start them and, and will you start them at the right time?
47:44Uh, but unfortunately there's just too many weeks where you don't start, you, you start them at, and those times don't pop up.
47:51So, um, all in all, I think, uh, I think I would go and probably start Goddard or mayor.
47:57And I, I lean Goddard just because of how bad the weapons are right now for, for the Eagles.
48:03Somebody's going to have to, somebody's got to play ball.
48:06Uh, do you have Mike Jizeky and do you think he can finish in the top 12?
48:12I do think Mike Jizeky can finish top 12 player profile.
48:15Hasn't ranked at 13 this week. I haven't ranked at number 12.
48:19Um, I like Mike this week. I think he's a really, really good play even if Jamar Chase is there, um, you
48:26know, with Higgins out potentially, I think Jizeky's a really, really good player this week.
48:31Um, let's take a couple more questions here and then we'll get out of here.
48:35Let's see. He said drop Makai Lemon, uh, BTJ KC Conception or Rashad White for Antonio Williams.
48:41Oh gosh, man. Um, if you need to win this week, I'm, I'm fine dropping BTJ for Antonio Williams.
48:47Um, I, I hesitate for BTJ at Lemon. I prefer KC and I do prefer holding Rashad White over those two other guys.
48:54Um, BTJ's catch a better quarterback. Lemon's also in a world where he's got more opportunities.
48:59So I probably would drop BTJ and keep Lemon just on the sheer fact alone that, you know, the, the, the pass
49:06catchers are getting pleaded around Makai Lemon and there's a lot of talk that Lemon needs to get more involved.
49:12So I would prefer to keep Lemon, uh, sorry, Antonio Williams over him this week.
49:17Um, let's see what else we got here. Uh, would you trade Derek Henry for Jonathan Taylor or Henry for Gentty and Downs?
49:24Feels like kind of a lateral move. Uh, Henry's been really good this year too.
49:29I would probably not trade him for Gentty and Downs.
49:32I mean, you're getting a nice piece on top, but right now, Gentty is dealing with something that we don't know.
49:38So it's not a good time to make that move until we get some more clarity there.
49:44I prefer him over Jonathan Taylor, just because I trust the offense with the Ravens more.
49:49Um, I do love Jonathan Taylor, but he is very game script dependent.
49:53And you could say the same thing for Henry.
49:56He doesn't catch a lot of passes, but I do trust that this offense will be ahead more often than I trust
50:02the Colts offense being ahead more often. Um, Jonathan Santiago said Kincaid or Colton Colson Loveland PPR, uh, one point for first ounce.
50:10Yeah, I would go with Kincaid this week. Uh, player profiler agrees with me on that as well.
50:15Uh, Kincaid over Loveland and then, uh, kick at Hertz said, Hey, I got offered my T Higgins and Jalen Warren for
50:22CMC, a 10 man, two flex full PPR. Um, T Higgins and Jalen Warren for CMC.
50:27That is tempting. I would, it's a 10 man too.
50:30I would probably take the CMC side here pretty, pretty comfortably.
50:34I mean, a 10 man, um, you need higher end players in a 10 man to win those leagues.
50:40In my opinion, just because everyone has good teams.
50:43So you need someone that's going to separate and Higgins dealing with this injury right now.
50:48Jalen Warren has Rico coming back. CMC has been a little bit disappointing, but I think this is a good buy low for CMC.
50:55Um, so I would take that deal if I were you, I like that, uh, deal for you a ton.
51:01Um, but I think that's pretty much it for me guys.
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