0:00Good morning, friends and enemies. In today's video, we're going through every single fantasy relevant wide receiver.
0:09We did the exact same thing for running backs yesterday. We are ranking them. We are tiering them as starts, sits, and
0:14flex options. We will be going game by game, talking about weather, talking about Vegas props, talking about injuries that you need to know, all the
0:22above, all of the below. Damn, that was a bar. Let's just get started. All right, jumping straight into tonight's game. We've got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
0:29at the Dallas Cowboys. Cowboys eight and a half point favorites here. A 48 and a half point total getting played in the
0:35dome. This one feels pretty straightforward here. C Lamb of course is a mustar. Pickins has been extremely disappointing. His games are going to
0:41come. Unfortunately, you're just going to hear what everybody says over and over again. The same exact thing. It's just like, you know, Pickkins is having
0:49down games. Lamb is the alpha, but you have to continue rolling pickings outs.
0:54Uh despite the, you know, poor PPR fantasy games that he kind of keeps spewing out here for you. You know, a
0:59lot of people are saying, "Hey, buy low, buy low, buy low." They've been saying it since like week one or week two. So,
1:04you continue to get 10 points in your lineup. So, I don't know that I'd go as far as that as uh the advertisement I
1:09would spell out here, but he needs to be in your lineup because this is a good matchup against the Tampa Bay
1:13Buccaneers, who will be without Antoine Winfield in this one, as well as one of their starting quarterbacks, Benjamin Morris. On the flip side, you have
1:19Jaylen Daniels making another start here for the Buccaneers, which means you can't really have faith in uh any of the pass catchers. Ibuka is still the one
1:26there, but I don't know what that means in this type of offense. He will be in the shaky flex category at best, and
1:31everybody else is in the rather not category for me. Ted Hurst, Chris Godwin, all the above. Same thing with Ryan Fenoi. We can move to game number
1:38two. And as always, all of my rankings in actual order are available with the tiers uh in the fantasy membership up on
1:45our site on bge.co. But we will move to the Philadelphia Eagles at the Jacksonville Jaguars. This is an early morning international game, so we should
1:54expect a lot of slop here. Does seem like the weather's going to be uh relatively good in this one. We have
1:59green across the board. Sometimes those games can get pretty sloppy over there across the pond, but none of concern here. We have the Jaguars as a 7 12
2:07point favorite here. 41 12 point total.
2:11Uh, you know, a lot of that, of course, has to do with just the number of that's going on here with
2:17Philadelphia. Let's start with the Jaguars. I know that Parker Washington just came off a dud game, but he's a stud. He is the number one option in
2:24this passing offense. Uh, I am starting him with confidence and he's going into the mustard category for me, no questions asked. If we take a quick look
2:31at the practice report, we only have Wednesday's reports to go off of. Of course, Devonte Smith started off with uh a DNP here. We did get good news on
2:39Dallas Gddard who was limited. So, he could be back in this one. Saquon is a DMP, very likely going to be out. Jiod
2:45Campbell and Jonathan Grenard both DMPs in this one. Zack Bond limited and Quinon Mitchell also limited. So, those guys are trending towards playing in
2:54this one. On the flip side, you don't have anyone of concern for the Jaguars that might be outs uh for this game. So,
2:59Parker Washington must start for me.
3:01It's still a tough matchup. You know, the Philadelphia Eagles, I know they've let up a lot of points, and their offense doesn't really get drives going,
3:06which I think is what has led to uh a lot of, you know, opposing teams being able to put points on the scoreboard,
3:12and that probably will be the case. My one concern is that Trevor Lawrence has just not been throwing the ball very
3:17much this year. I don't think he has a single game with over 30 attempts yet because they're kind of manhandling most
3:22of their opponents. They're pretty slow, methodical offense right now. They're not an uptempo one despite you thinking about them being really good and having
3:30explosive plays and having a lot of good players. That is the case, but they just have not run a lot of plays, which makes
3:35a guy like Jacobe Meyers a little bit of a difficult start here. I think I'm going to put him into the shaky flex
3:40category towards the top of it. I think I would start Jacobia over Amecha Ibuka here. Outside of Jacobe Myers, of course, you can't start anyone on the
3:47Jaguars, including Brian Thomas, including Josh Cameron. On the flip side, we do expect Devont Smith to miss another game, which would open up
3:54targets for Dante Wix, would open up targets for Mai Lemon, Darius Cooper, but that's a mess over there. It's so hard to predict who's going to be uh the
4:01guy that kind of pops off here.
4:02Nontavian Wix should be hypothetically the number one, but of course you look at the Philadelphia offensive line as well as the running backs, right? You
4:09got no Saquon, you got no Tank Bsby, you got Lane Johnson retiring, you got Cam Jurgens being traded to the Ravens, you
4:14got Landon Dickens Dickerson on IR. I don't I don't know what to expect from the Philadelphia offense, but the the expectations cannot be lower than they
4:22are for everybody right now. Uh Dantavian Wix is going to get the number one quarterback, which right now is Travis Hunter. He is playing lockown
4:29defense here. Um, going to be another tough matchup. So, would I go as far as saying he is a dub flex? No, I would
4:34not. I put him into the shaky flex category. Honestly, in games with low overunders that are being played in London, like I hate having players
4:41playing in these games. They are always shitty, shitty, sloppy, sloppy performances here. So, Wixs, he'll run the most routes, likely end up with the
4:48most targets, but you can't really trust anybody on this entire Philadelphia Eagles offense for now. So, we're going to put them all into the rather knots.
4:55Moving to Las Vegas at New England. New England, uh, they are in Foxboro, so Vegas is kind of traveling cross country. They are three and a half point
5:02favorites, a 45 and a half point total.
5:04Romeo Dobs has been pretty good, uh, ever since that goose egg he laid early on when AJ Brown was out. So, I do
5:09consider him to be like the top guy in this passing offense. So, I'm going to throw him into the dub flex category. I
5:15think he's pretty good for like six or seven targets a game. Whether or not he scores, whether or not he makes big
5:20plays, he's actually shown a mix of both of them. So, I feel, you know, confident enough. Vegas has him projected at 53
5:26and a half receiving yards, which is higher than the guys in the shaky flex, a little bit lower than the George
5:30Pickins is. So, I think he fits pretty firmly into the dub flex category. Uh Trey Tucker's going into the shaky flex
5:36category. I should also mention, let's see what the practice reports have on M.
5:40Collins. He was a DNP in this one. So, you have Matt Collins who got hurt uh with a calf injury last week. So, if he
5:48doesn't play, obviously not like a huge deal to the Patriots offense, but it is important for like condensing targets and condensing routes in the offense.
5:57So, that would make me even more confident in a guy like Romeo Dobs if Matt Collins doesn't play. So, DMP on
6:02Wednesday doesn't mean the end of the world. Do have double DMPS for their starting quarterbacks here. Carlton Davis with the neck, Christian Gonzalez
6:09with a shoulder who missed last week as well. So, they are not trending in the right direction, which would open up
6:14targets for, you know, probably just going to be the Brock Browers and Michael Marish show, but should be noted nonetheless. Everybody else seems good
6:21to go. Demario Douglas, yeah, I mean, he's not going into my lineup. Expecting Matt Collins not to play. Uh, on the
6:27flip side, we did put Trey Tucker into the shaky flex category if you want to get a little bit spicy here. I guess if
6:32Christian Gonzalez, Carlton Davis are out, maybe he sees more easy opportunities on the outside, but obviously he's not like a a confident
6:38start there by any means in fantasy up to this point. Next up, we got Minnesota at the New Orleans Saints. So, this is a
6:4441 and a half point total. They're playing in New Orleans. They are playing in the dome. The Saints are underdogs despite being at home to the 4-0
6:51Minnesota Vikings. Alive has just been lights out this year. The defensive matchup is insanely tough. As you could see, the Vikings dead last in terms of
7:00EPA per pass allowed to opponents. Dead last in terms of success rate allowed per pass to opponents. So, one of, if
7:08not the single most uh difficult matchups for opponent wide receivers. A doesn't matter though. Like, you know, he's got incredible ceiling, incredible
7:18target floor right now. He's going into your lineup. Devon Vele, this is unfortunately like I we we've had a really good run out with him so far. I
7:25believe he's the wide receiver 16 on the year. I don't feel super great about what we're going to get out of him. He
7:31didn't do much last game until like that last drive where he put up a bunch of fantasy points when they were just in,
7:36you know, comeback mode and down 20 points to the Falcons. His Vegas prop is at 36 and a half. So, I don't feel great
7:41about him. I I probably would just because I feel like he's earned it start him over guys like Tucker and Amecha
7:47Ibuka, but he's definitely in that like Jacobe Dantavian Wix tier of guys.
7:51Should also be noted with the practice reports, uh, Chris Olive DNP yesterday, but they said it was not injury related, so he should be good to go. Alvin Kamaro
7:59was a DMP, so something to keep an eye on, but a lot of times teams just give their veterans rests on uh rest on
8:04Wednesdays. It's not overly like injury related. On the flip side, we do have some interesting uh practice report information for the Vikings. So,
8:11Christian Darasaw, DMP in concussion protocol, likely to miss. Uh, Donovan Jackson, their other starting left guard, first round pick last year, uh,
8:19is going to miss this game as well. You have do have Jordan Addison starting with a DMP with a hamstring injury on
8:25Wednesday and you have Justin Jefferson returning to a limited practice on Wednesday. So it does look like Jefferson is trending towards returning.
8:32Definitely not guaranteed but I would feel relatively optimistic if I have Justin Jefferson here. Obviously plan to have a backup in case you know it just
8:40doesn't work out. And the Jordan hamstring thing kind of spooks me. I mean he had the perfect run out last week. They played against the Miami
8:46Dolphins. There was no Justin Jefferson and he couldn't really get it done. uh you know probably a product of like Kyler Murray not really being able to
8:53function in a high quality offense at this point of his career. Hawinson eight so like Jefferson's going to go into the
9:00mustar category obviously if he's playing Jordan Addison's going to go into the shaky flex category if Jeff if Jefferson misses Addison plays I still
9:07think he remains here just because what we saw last week was as good if not a much better runout than what he's
9:12getting this week and he still couldn't get it done but there are spike weeks ahead probably for Jordan Addison. and Jawan Jennings is going into the rather
9:19not category. And you probably just want to start the tight ends in this match up with Hawinson and Jawan John Stain. Next
9:25up, we've got the Cleveland Browns at the New York Giants. Let's take a look at the practice reports here. Mason Graham starting off with the DNP here.
9:33Uh Mike Hall also with the DMP, so might be down both of their interior players, which would probably lead to a lot of
9:39Brilon Allen. Adonai Mitchell still a DMP. He is doubtful for this game. Bruce Hall DMP, doubtful for this game as well. So, a lot of Brayon Allen, I'm
9:47assuming. Mason Taylor practiced in full, so he will be back. This is a 39 12 point total at Metife Stadium. The
9:54Jets are favored one and a half points.
9:56No weather concerns. Garrett Wilson, despite the bad week, of course, he's going back into your lineup. I think Denzel Boston is a really, really solid
10:03dub flex here. Uh, he's been great.
10:06Phenomenal rookie year so far, making plays all over the field, downfield, especially connecting with Watson. They seem to have a very good chemistry.
10:12Boston's running basically every route so far. And I think at this point he has, you know, earned uh earned the right to be in your lineups. Now, the
10:21Jets have allowed a decent amount of success to opposing wide receivers, 13th in EPA per pass allowed, fifth in success rate per pass allowed, but they
10:29have allowed the sixth fewest explosive plays. And that is where Denzel Boston kind of cooks. The Jets got Minka Fitzpatrick back last week to play
10:36against the Bears. Played like [ __ ] 88 of their snaps. So, he is back. And maybe that's probably a large reason why
10:42their safety play or their explosive play rate is uh a little bit better than probably given credit for. But I feel
10:48good about Denzel Boston. Do I feel great about Conception? No. But I feel pretty good to the point where like he'll be at the top of my shaky flex
10:55category. Like you can do a lot worse than Conception at this point. He's getting a lot of targets. He's running a
11:00lot of routes. Those targets have been completely inconsistent in terms of like accuracy, but you saw two weeks ago nine targets turned into nothing. Last week
11:08ended up with six or seven targets.
11:09caught a lot of them, ended up having a nice little like PPR day, and I think more of those are are are on the way
11:14here. And then there's nobody else we are interested in starting in this game outside of the tight ends. Moving to Indianapolis at Pittsburgh. So, looking
11:22at the practice reports, we have Ashton Dulan with a DMP. We have Keenan Allen limited. So, it does look like he is
11:30trending in the right direction towards returning for this one after missing last week's game. On the flip side, we had Michael Pitman limited. Uh we had
11:38Rico Dao Limited. So both of those guys definitely not guaranteed. We'll have to watch practice reports Thursday, Friday, but usually when you get a limited on
11:45Wednesday, you are trending in the right direction. Uh Jaylen Ramsey with the DNP on Wednesday, he is questionable. Jamal Dean, their starting quarterback, was a
11:53DMP and doubtful. Obviously, they no longer have Joey Porter Jr. So, a little bit of a better matchup for the Indianapolis pass catchers. The question
11:59becomes though, like, can we actually get anything uh out of Daniel Jones?
12:03He's been [ __ ] putrid up to this point. So Josh Downs high Vegas number, they're still respecting him and I still
12:08think he can be fine. Uh but I don't feel great about him right now. I still think he's like a low ceiling player
12:14with a high floor just attached to an offense that's not overly inspiring.
12:18This is a 44 and a half point total here. The Colts are 2 and 1 half point underdogs. We do have our first minor
12:24weather concern here. Does look like there is light rain pretty much throughout the entire game. 75% all the way up to 90% pretty much throughout the
12:31entire thing. Uh 10 to 15 mile hour wind. So, not like overly overly concerning, but definitely not great weather by any means. So, kind of just
12:39add that into uh an offense that already wants to run the ball a thousand times with Jonathan Taylor. Don't get me
12:44wrong, DS will be at the top of the dub flex category, and I will start him over most of the guys here, but to say that I
12:50feel good about him this week would probably be disingenuous.
12:54DK had his first like real boom boom week in week four and he's getting a ton of targets. you know, he he it feels
13:01like weekly he's seeing between like eight and 11 targets, which is great for fantasy typically. I will say even with the boom week last week, almost all of
13:09that came in the fourth quarter. Like the majority of it he was locked up by Denzel Ward for the first three quarters
13:14and then did get loose for some plays obviously, but I don't feel overly confident about DK Mechaf. Vegas is looking at him similarly to a guy like
13:22Denzel Boston. You could see their Vegas props are almost nearly identical, 48 and 12 to 49 and a half. And I think
13:28they're similar players. Uh Boston honestly might be like a more well-rounded receiver. You know, we need more of a sample size. Only four weeks
13:34into his career, but same style of player that's playing very much on the boundary, needs to makes play, needs to make plays downfield in order to really
13:41cash in on a big fantasy day. You know, you love the target floor for DK Metaf, but you wish we saw a little bit more
13:47consistency. Add in the weather concerns. He's a flex for me. I don't want to get out over my skis based on
13:52just the one performance of last week where he had like a good quarter.
13:56Honestly, everybody else in this game is a rather not for me. Roman Wilson's looked better, but I still think as long
14:03as Michael Pitman is playing, and again, he got a limited practice in on Wednesday, he is probably going to suit up, but he's done absolutely nothing. Uh
14:11Keenan Allen had a good game before he got hurt, but I still question whether or not he has like multiple good games
14:17in him. Maybe you could throw him at the bottom of the shaky flex category. No, we're not even gonna do all that. Roman
14:22Wilson in the rather not. So, until one of those guys proves us otherwise, I think they just kind of need to belong
14:26in that bottom tier until uh until they kind of pop off in another way. Next up, we've got Houston at the Tennessee
14:33Titans being played in Tennessee. Uh 7 and 12 point favorites for the Houston Texans despite being 0 and4. This is a
14:4038 1/2 point total. So, they are not expecting any points. Unsurprisingly, Nico coming off of a monster 30-point fantasy day last week. Uh blasted off in
14:48his first game since returning from the hamstring strain. obviously the number one guy there in Houston. Makes all the world of difference for CJ Stroud and
14:55this passing offense. So, it funnels through him. He's going into the mustard category. You're not starting anybody else on the Houston side of things. They
15:00are all rather knots. I I would be semicautiously optimistic about Jaylen Nowell. Like, if you're in a deeper league, I would certainly stash him.
15:09We're starting to see him run a little bit more routes and every time he's on the field, he makes plays, but he can't
15:13go into your lineup yet. Carninal Tate is a really interesting one because on on paper, the matchup feels scary. When you look at the numbers, the Texans have
15:23actually allowed the single most fantasy points to the opponent's wide receivers.
15:26Now, obviously, they've played a ridiculously difficult schedule, some of the best passing offenses in the NFL, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Dallas. So, yeah, I
15:34mean, those are much higherend offenses.
15:36So, not surprised. I I'm surprised they're struggling this bad. But I will say number one fantasy points allowed to the receiver, eighth most EPA per pass
15:44allowed, fourth most explosive plays, which is something they never really did. We do have a huge change this week though. Demo Ryan did say he is taking
15:51back over defensive play calls. So this could be one of the few like, oh, I'm taking back over these play calls for
15:56defense or offense or like if Shawn Payeyton did that for the Denver Broncos, I would expect a pretty drastic change in how they operate and the
16:03success of them. So, I do expect this could be like a perfect storm where not only is it a get-right game because
16:08you're playing against the Tennessee Titans, but Demo takes over as the uh defensive play caller. Again, we all know that the Texans are way more
16:15talented than how they're playing up to this point. I will say again, success rate, they are still the third toughest uh pass defense. And success rate is
16:23more of like a downto-down statistic here where it's like on a downto-own basis, how good are you against the pass? And Houston is still a very red
16:31matchup. So Carnell Tate is experiencing his rookie breakout. No doubt about it.
16:36I just don't think this is the matchup that you should have high expectations for him in this one. So he's going to go
16:42into the dub flex category. I think he's earned that for sure. He's clearly the number one target there. Uh Cam Ward is,
16:47you know, really trusting him at this point and he's a very talented receiver.
16:51But again, very, very tough matchup. Uh they do have some yellow weather concerns here. 50% chance of rain, so not a ton of rain. We do have some wind
16:5810 to 15 mph. So honestly, nothing crazy here. It's just not green cuz it's not perfect weather. Whenever there's rain, whenever there's wind, we mark it as
17:05yellow. So you guys can have an eye on that as the week progresses. But that weather is actually not overly concerning. A little bit of drizzle
17:11early on, but should be fine afterwards.
17:13After that, there's nobody in this game that I want in my lineup. If you want to put Wandelle and the Shaky Flex,
17:18whatever. I don't I ain't going to argue with you. No one cares. Next up, we've got the New York Giants at the
17:22Washington Commanders. So 41 and a half points total. The Giants are three and a half point underdogs in this one. We do
17:28have some things that we need to iron out before we really feel good about whether or not these guys are going to
17:34be in our lineups, etc. Malik Neighbors was a DNP on Wednesday with a with knee soreness is is basically what they
17:42labeled it as. And he was, you know, talking to the press afterwards and he said he doesn't know. He said we'll see
17:50if it's going to like limit him uh against Washington. Obviously, he had, you know, the big offseason knee surgery or, you know, last season's knee surgery
17:57and the big rehab from it and that was like a huge talking point all summer.
18:00So, something to keep an eye on. I think I'd probably be a little bit more surprised if he doesn't end up playing
18:06than if he does. But obviously, if you have Malik Neighbors, you don't want to hear about the knee sordness. So, I
18:10would have a backup plan just in case.
18:12And on the Washington side of things, we do have some concerning injury reports for the receivers here. So, while it does look like Jaden Daniels is almost
18:20certainly returning. So, you get your superstar quarterback under center in a good match up against the Giants. Terry McLaren, who missed last week's game
18:27with a hamstring strain, very, very questionable and I would say he's almost definitely going to be out for this one as well. Stefon Diggs also popped up
18:34with a hamstring strain here with the DMP on Wednesday. Again, Wednesday practice reports, a lot of the times they are just veteran rest days. This
18:42one, I don't know, I don't love seeing a hamstring strain pop up midweek. So, definitely one to keep an eye on. So,
18:47we'll try to parse through this in the best that we can. Uh Malik Neighbors had a really good game last week. Jameus
18:52Winston obviously likes throwing to him.
18:53Let's look at the weather report here before we make anything uh significant.
18:57So we've got rain throughout most of the day in Washington. Another one where it's 9 to 12 m per hour wind. So nothing
19:02really windwise and it's relatively light rain it looks like for this one.
19:08So not not great weather, but I still think I want Malik Neighbors in my lineup. Will I say feels good? Maybe
19:13not. But he's going to go into the Dove Flex category. We definitely don't want anyone else from the New York side of
19:17things. For Washington, if Terry McLaren doesn't play, I love this matchup for Stefon Diggs. Obviously, it's a good matchup against the Giants secondary.
19:26You don't have the top guy in Terry McLaren likely on the field for you. So, Diggs should see a [ __ ] ton of targets
19:33here. So, he's going to go like I I feel similarly with him as I do with like Josh DS. I would even say Diggs probably
19:38has a little bit more upside on a week- toeek basis than Josh DS was. But that that's about how I'm looking at him. If
19:43Terry McLaren's out cuz you got Jaden Daniels back, Diggs will operate as the number one with a lot of easy targets.
19:48Uh I even like Antonio Williams as a shaky flex. Like I think you could be more desperate than putting him into
19:54your lineup. He's a good player. He's produced pretty well as a rookie so far despite limited opportunities. Had a big touchdown called back last week. Would
20:00obviously had a much bigger spike week if that stood. If Diggs and Terry both miss, I mean Antonio Williams is going
20:07to play a big role. Trayon Burks will play a ton of snaps, too. so he can move into the shaky flex category. Let me
20:12unhide him here on the left. It's not that I would move Williams up into the dub flex category cuz it's not like I've
20:18seen enough to be like confident to put him into my lineup, but he's definitely in that sitar conversation with guys like Jacobe Myers, with guys like Casey
20:25Conpsion, with the Dontavian Wixs of the world because I do think Antonio Williams will be running a lot of like easy layup routes that Diggs would
20:31normally run. So if both of those top guys miss that becomes interesting.
20:35Trayon Burks, I think very desperate, but like could flex him if he needed to.
20:38Next up, we got the Chicago Bears at the Green Bay Packers. The Bears are 1 and a half point favorites here. This is a 45
20:451/2 point total. For the Bears, it looks like we are getting another week of Tyson Begent under center for the Packers. Yeah, I mean, listen, I'm not
20:54going to take too much away from last week. They just didn't throw the ball to their receivers much. It was a lot of uh
20:59tight end checkdowns and it was just a weird game. So, Watson, I still feel good about him. Matthew Golden, I still
21:04feel good about him. these guys should, you know, continuously see a combined 17 to 20 targets per week. So, I'm not too
21:10spooked off of what happened last week.
21:12On the flip side, you know, still difficult to like decipher through the Chicago Bears passing game, especially with all the fluctuations at
21:18quarterback. You got Case Keen, you got Tyson Beijing, you got Caleb Williams here. I would say why I think I'm optimistic about at least like a Luther
21:25Burden Roma Dunce type of thing where Rome had the bigger week last week but Burden's been I think a little bit more
21:30overly consistent since these other quarterbacks have taken place or these other talk quarterbacks have you know uh been under center. I think a lot of
21:37times Caleb Williams, you know, holds the ball very very long which like kind of breaks down the play and these guys
21:43are always going to be like the first read like Luther Bird like they're drawing up plays for Luther Burton.
21:47They're drawing up plays for Coulson Lovelin, but if Caleb doesn't get the ball out to his first read, like they're not getting their targets that they
21:53should. But these backups, Tyson Begent and Case Keenum, like those are the guys that are kind of just doing their job.
21:59Though I expect a heavy heavy heavy dose of DeAndre Swift and Kungai in this game. So, uh, I would not put them
22:07anywhere higher than, uh, like the bottomish of the dub flex category. I think Luther Burton definitely belongs in like this type of conversation here
22:15with the Romeo Dobs, the DK Mechafs of the world, and Roma Dunce, I think, is at the top of the shaky flex category.
22:21Do I expect consistent production out of him with the backup quarterback under center? No, I don't. I again, I think this could be a game where the Bears run
22:28the ball 35 to 40 times, just try to control clock again against a pretty poor Packers defense. And then Khif Raymond, you saw his snaps kind of dip a
22:35little bit last week. And again, I I think when plays are breaking down, Khif Raymond might be the guy that's open,
22:39but they're not running first read type of plays to a dude like Khalif Raymond.
22:43So, uh, yeah, I I'm like, you know, looking between Khif Raymond and Chris Godwin here in the rather not category.
22:49Next up, we've got Cincinnati at Miami.
22:52We had DMPS unsurprisingly for the top two pass catchers out of Cincinnati.
22:56Jamar Chase in the concussion protocol, T. Higgins dealing with the abductor strain, the groin strain. So, it is shaping up like both of those guys are
23:02going to miss this game. We'll obviously have to keep an eye on the practice reports Thursday, Friday to see if they
23:07get into it. Uh, on the Dolphin side of things, Caleb Douglas again, a DMP here dealing with the high ankle sprain. They
23:14are in Miami. We're supposed to get good weather. It's a 42 point total here. The Dolphins are only 6 and a half point
23:20underdogs obviously to do with the fact that you got your two best offensive players out of the game in this one,
23:25Jamar Chase and T. Higgins, which opens up opportunities for other guys, of course, mainly Dante Meyers, who is a rookie who had a big week last week, who
23:34has just kind of like exploded onto the radar. And I think he's a pretty good start this week. I'm not going to lie,
23:38if both of those guys are out, I think the top pass catcher will be Mike Siki.
23:42But I do think you could do worse than Dante Meyers. debating putting him like when I look at the other dub flex guys,
23:47you know, when I look at Malik Neighbors, when I look at like Carnell Tate even in the matchup, Denzel Boston, definitely not willing to put him there.
23:53But he's definitely towards the top of the shaky flex category. Like if he's available on your waiverwire and you're deciding between, you know, him and and
24:00Veil or him and a Mecha Habuka, as crazy as fantasy has [ __ ] gotten into week five, I think that's completely
24:05realistic and completely fine to look at it that way. The Dolphins secondary has just been eaten up this year. uh bottom
24:11three in terms of EPA per pass allowed, bottom two in terms of success rate per pass allowed. So pretty pretty poor
24:17secondary for the Dolphins. Malik Washington has been a pretty high floor player. Hasn't scored a touchdown cuz Miami does not score touchdowns. Uh he
24:25has very little ceiling here. I don't think he's finished better than like the wide receiver 36 on the year yet. Could
24:30be making that up, but I'm pretty sure that's correct. Relatively good matchup.
24:33Cincinnati's obviously been a pretty decent defense this year. I think the outside receivers are going to struggle against DJ Turner, who's an outstanding
24:40outside quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm going to put Malik Washington into the Shaky Flex category, closer to the top, of course. You know,
24:47he he'll probably give you four to five catches, probably give you 40 to 50 to 60 yards. So, you feel good about the
24:52floor, but he gives you almost no chance of a ceiling. Um, unless he scores one of his, you know, three eventual
24:58touchdowns on the year. It's kind of like a tight end, honestly. Like most tight ends just go like four for 40 and
25:03every other week they'll score a touchdown or every third week they'll score a touchdown. It's kind of what he is but with even less or fewer touchdown
25:09odds. Like you can see his anytime touchdown odds here plus 310. It's worse than Jacobe, worse than Rome, worse than Dante Meyers, worse than Casey Conpion,
25:17worse than a lot of players in here. So I think that's the correct way to look at it. And then Chris Bell, who I love
25:22and I think he should be stashed, definitely a shaky flex at best given the matchup with DJ Turner. Next up, we've got the Denver Broncos at the Los
25:29Angeles Chargers. They are in LA. It's a 41 12 point total. The Broncos are three and a half point favorites. Not a lot of
25:36expected points here. I think on one side, the Chargers defense has been much better over the last couple of weeks despite the struggles on the offensive
25:44side of the ball. So, Jaylen Wadd will continue to just be a dumb fleck for me because he's just not very good. Uh,
25:50this Broncos offense is not very good, but he will give you some spike week.
25:53So, I think you just kind of let him sit in your wide receiver or flex spot and you take the good with the bad and
25:58that's just what Jaylen Wadd kind of is in fantasy right now. Behind him, Corin Sutton's been bad, but I will say Pat
26:04Bryant doubtful for this game. So, I would assume most of the targets are going to condense to those two. So, Corin Sun's going to go into the shaky
26:12flex category. Like, you don't want to start him obviously, but even his Vegas lines are uh okay. They're on par with a
26:17Mecha Buka. 37 and a half receiving yards, three and a half receptions, anytime touchdown line at plus 205.
26:23could do worse. I still think Sutton's a pretty good player and if Pat Bryant's out, obviously the targets are going to
26:27be condensed between like two or three guys on that team. The other side of things gets tricky here because you have
26:31injuries all over the place for the Chargers. The offensive line is cooked.
26:34You got Joe all out for this one.
26:36Rashawn Slater out for this one. They're pretty much reverting back to what they were last year without having an offensive line and that just broke their
26:43entire offense. Lad Mani with a DNP on Wednesday. I thought I I thought I saw like conflicting reports like they said
26:50he was a DNP but then they said he was limited. So I'm not actually I don't have a great read on Lad Mani. I will
26:55say anytime you reinjure something the foot that he's dealing with it was reinjured last week it does usually trend towards not suiting up for the
27:02following week but that's one you're going to obviously have to keep a close eye on. If he plays that muddies the
27:07entire situation for all the Chargers guys involved he'll run 50% of the snaps. He'll run 50% of the routes which makes things weird for Trey Harris,
27:14makes things weird for Quentyn Johnson.
27:15Not that he was in your lineup anyways.
27:17But another important call out is obviously Patrick Sertan. He's going to be out for this one. He was a DMP with
27:22his ankle injury. Riley Moss also DMP.
27:25He's questionable, but I would probably bet against him playing. So very good chance that the Denver Broncos are without their top two quarterbacks in
27:32this one, which makes life a little bit easier. But still not optimistic about this Chargers offense whatsoever. So I'm going to put Lad in the Shaky Flex
27:39category. I think Trey Harris kind of belongs there, too. And I think he's there regardless of if Lad Mcconkey plays or not. It's like impossible to be
27:48confident in any of these any of these guys. Trey Harris, he's running a lot of routes and if you know they're down
27:52Certan, down Riley Moss, like he should be able to gain some separation here.
27:56But it's almost impossible to have actual confidence in this Chargers passing offense right now. Like he'll move up in the Shaky Flex tier for me if
28:03Lad's ruled out. Uh if Lad's in, then he'll probably stay towards the middle or the bottom section of it. And again,
28:09if you want the exact rankings for everybody, they're live on the site right now. if you are a fantasy member on bdge.co.
28:16Let's move to one of the more interesting games on the slate this week. We've got the San Francisco 49ers playing at Seattle. So, the Seahawks are
28:23three-point favorites. Uh this is a 45 12 point total here. Tough matchup all around for both sides of things.
28:30Obviously, JSN's going into the mustart category. Mike Evans battled through his rib injury uh last week. Went I think like five for 75, something like that.
28:37Still very involved. Very tough matchup obviously against Seattle and Devon Witherspoon. They do have both of their safeties back playing now, Nick and Wary
28:44and uh Julian Love. So, that's, you know, just just a ridiculously tough defense to really do anything against.
28:51That being said, I still think Mike Evans is pretty much the go-to guy. He's going to be in the dub flex category for
28:55me, probably towards the bottom just because of uh he's he's probably still going to be in pain. He's not going to
29:01be 100% and this is an incredibly difficult matchup. Debo is going to go into the shaky flex category and we don't really want to start anybody else
29:08in this game not named Jackson Smith in Jigbustain. Next up, Detroit at Arizona.
29:14This one is probably the highest total on the slate, I believe. 54 and a half point over under. Played in the dome in
29:21Arizona. The Lions are 5 1/2 point favorites in this one. Let's take a look at the practice reports because it does
29:28seem like we might be getting back Brian Branch in this one which would be a very welcome site for the Detroit Lions
29:34obviously who have been so so bad defending any sort of pass play against them. So he got a limited practice in. I
29:41don't know if we're going to see Kirby Joseph anytime soon to be honest with you, but Brian Branch would obviously be
29:45a nice little upgrade. Uh, in terms of injuries to the Arizona Cardinals, should also be noted that Paris Johnson, their best tackle and their best
29:53offensive lineman who had started to ascend to to one of the better tackles in the NFL is out for the season. So, a
29:59big hit to their offensive line for the Cardinals. I believe they lost multiple guards at this point. So, like they're down on the offensive line, which could
30:06see a lot of Aiden Hutchinson in the back field. Regardless, I kind of think most of this is pretty cleancut. Aman
30:11Raz, of course, a must start. At this point, Michael Wilson is like the alpha in this offense. Like him and Trey
30:17McBride, but like Michael Wilson is so so clearly ahead of Marvin Harrison Jr.
30:22in the pecking order. I mean, his Vegas props, man. 74 and a half receiving yards. That's higher than Parker Washington. It's higher than Garrett
30:28Wilson. It's higher than all the guys in the feels good category. He's going to be like my wide receiver. I want to say
30:33somewhere between like nine and 12 on the week. So, I think he goes into the mustard category. JMO had a big week
30:38last week and I expect another big week this week. The Cardinals are also without their top quarterback, Will Johnson, who's going to be out for the
30:43year. Uh, unfortunately there. So, very, very soft secondary to throw the ball against. So, expecting another good game out of JMO. Marvin Harrison Jr. on the
30:51other hand. Uh, yeah. I mean, scored a touchdown. They're playing the Lions, so I guess we'll throw him into the shaky
30:57flex category, but don't twist my words and act like I'm excited about it. All right. Straight face type [ __ ] Uh,
31:03everybody else can go into the rather not category. Tie to Reggie Virgil.
31:07Sorry, buddy. No disrespect, meant, but you ain't ever going into these tears.
31:11We'll move on to Sunday Night Football.
31:12We've got Baltimore at the Atlanta Falcons. Atlanta Falcons are screaming redot right now. Michael Pennix has returned and that makes Drake London a
31:21savage. Falcons are three and a half point favorites, which basically tells you Vegas gives Lamar almost 0% chance of playing in this one. There
31:31have been reports last couple days saying that, oh, Lamar Jackson has an outside chance to play, then he still has a realistic chance to play. I would
31:37be shocked. I would be I don't even know a good word. I was gonna say outraged.
31:42That doesn't even make sense. I would just be very very very very very surprised if Lamar Jackson plays in this one. Outside of Drake London, you're not
31:49starting any of the Atlanta Falcons, obviously. So, we can put them all down there. Rashad Baitman, you're not starting either. This one's an easy
31:54game. The one thing we got to figure out, of course, is Jay Flowers with Tyler Huntley under center. Now, Huntley is nowhere near the passer that Lamar
32:00Jackson is. Uh he's not a very good passer by any stretch of the imagination. You would imagine that Derrick Henry is going to get 25 carries
32:07in this one. The Falcons run defense has been very, very, very good. We've been very much a passfunnel defense up to
32:12this point. We've allowed the fifth most fantasy points, two wide receivers. We are without AJ Terrell as well. He is our best quarterback, of course. He's
32:19like our alpha. So, there's no one that can cover Zay Flowers. So, I still like Z Flowers even with Tyler Huntley under
32:25center. So does Vegas. 70 and a half receiving yards, five and a half receptions. Their offense clearly runs through him. Declan Doyle is just like,
32:32you know, writing up things that make life so easy for Zay Flower. So, I still think Zay will be fine. I still think
32:38we're I you should expect like a five for 70 game. Whether or not he gets into the end zone is tough. I'm going to put
32:42him into the feels good category just because without Lamar, a little bit tough to know what the ceiling of this offense actually is, but he's going to
32:49go to the very top of it. Last game on the slate is Buffalo traveling across country to play in LA against the Rams.
32:57a 54 12 point total in the dome. The Rams are three-point favorites. Of course, Puka Nakua is going right into the mustart category. Let's take a look
33:06at Oh, we have no practice reports yet because they are playing on Monday. So, practice reports will start coming out later today, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
33:13I am interested to see obviously DJ Moore status. I am interested to see Christian Benford status, the quarterback for the uh Buffalo Bills.
33:21that will make a difference for a guy like Dvonte Adams, I think, who, you know, in the games when Puka plays, he
33:26obviously takes a massive, massive dip.
33:28Though, this is a game environment I just want players in. They're playing in the domes. These are two of the most
33:32exciting offenses in the NFL. And despite Puka kind of taking over the passing game last week for the Rams, I still think Dvonte Adams clearly has uh
33:40plenty of juice left in the tank to be a guy on any given week. The Bills passing defense has also been quite atrocious
33:46this year. As you can see, a lot of green across the board here. The other side of things is a lot trickier to
33:50figure out cuz you have DJ Moore who reagravated his shoulder injury. My read on the situation is that 5149 he misses
33:58a game here. I will say the Rams past Dy like I know they haven't performed up to expectations this year but they still
34:06have an extremely extremely good defense and that's without Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett right now. Trent McDuffy, their quarterback, is playing like
34:14legitimately the best quarterback in the NFL right now, which I'm not overly concerned about that for a guy like DJ Moore who moves around the formation a
34:22ton and like they use him in all different ways. I will say that makes me a little bit nervous for a dude like
34:27Keon Coleman if DJ Moore is out because Coleman would likely see a ton of Trent McDuffy coverage and that's a little bit
34:34scary. Though I will say they are using Keon Coleman a lot differently this year. He looks a lot better this year
34:38than he has in previous years where he hasn't looked as explosive. He's not running he wasn't running a ton of like
34:44routes over the middle of the field. He was typically put on the outside as just a boundary pure ex- receiver telling him
34:51to just beat cornerbacks down the field which was never really his game. Was not his game in college. He's an athlete
34:55that you just kind of need to get open into the middle of the field. Let him create space himself. Dantavian Wixs to
35:01Keon Coleman very very similar in my eyes this week. uh Conpsion, Antonio Williams, if Terry and Stefon Diggs don't play like very much a conversation
35:08to be had here. So, if it was a better matchup, if the Bills were playing like the Dolphins or the Bills were playing
35:13like someone just not the LA Rams, I'd be a lot more optimistic about Keon Coleman with DJ Moore, a possibility of
35:20missing. And then I think Khil Shakir is a decent play too. He's a shaky flex guy, especially if DJ Moore is out here.
35:26He's going to have a floor. I will say I'd imagine Don Concade has a bounceback week. he was totally uninvolved last
35:32week and I think they noticed that and they're like, "Yeah, we got to get them more targets moving forward." So, I
35:36think we'll see Don Kade lead the team in uh receiving yards, which would obviously, you know, hurt the other guys. But again, game environment that
35:43you definitely want pieces in if you can. Tied with Detroit and Arizona as the highest overunder on the week. So, we will wrap up there. That's the last
35:50game of the slate here. We'll go into poster mode for y'all hoes. So, you can take a quick look at the uh different
35:58tiers. Must start. We got 11 of them.
36:00Feels good. We've got six players. Dove flex, 11 of them. Shaky flex, 21 players that I think are flex worthy or flexible
36:09doing their gymnastics. And then a shitload of players in the rather not category. Again, if you guys want the actual full rankings in exact order as
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