0:00is a great day to break down my week eight fantasy football wide receiver rankings going wide receiver one to wide receiver 60 hopefully helping you a
0:07scholar make the right start decisions in your lineup. I will also be going through the expected shadow matchups of the week between again some high-profile
0:14quarterbacks and wide receivers or maybe situations where we don't even have to worry about that. Best overall game environments and six dudes who
0:20surprisingly guys are still available in 70% or more of Yahoo leagues and quite frankly I find that shocking. But we'll get to all those things a little bit
0:28later. I appreciate you tuning in. And with that, let's get into it with Mr.
0:31Wide receiver one Jackson Smith Nigba going up against the Bears on Monday Night Football. Currently averaging an NFL record 28 PPR points per game for a
0:40wide receiver. So yeah, JSN pretty freaking good at football. Wide receiver 2, I got Puka Nakua. He is the wide receiver too on the season after all.
0:48And just continues to really have one of the best blends of contested catch ability. He is number one this year with
0:53that 90% contested catch rate and also just making things happen with the football in his hands. He leads all wide receivers in yards after contact uh in
1:01terms of his receiving yards total. So Puka Nakua continuing to look very much like one of the best wide receivers on
1:06planet Earth. You guys expected that though, right? How about wide receiver three Z Flowers? Assuming we get Lamar Jackson back in the picture. Okay, I
1:15wouldn't drop Flowers out of this tier.
1:17He would still be in my top 10, but probably closer to 10 if not, you know, otherwise than one uh like we have him
1:22right now. So yeah, guys, I mean, even with Lamar Jackson missing the last three weeks, Zay is still one of only
1:28five receivers averaging 20 plus PPR points per game, the start stopping ability with this dude is just absolutely ridiculous. And now we have a
1:34blowup spot against the Buffalo Bills, sign me up for it. All right, so Bills defense has been pretty bad overall. I
1:40do think, you know, given the fact they've had the scheme change, they'll get a little bit better as the year goes
1:45on. But someone like Zay Flowers just with the talent, with the QB, with the game script environment going on, I just
1:51I'm not too worried about any individual matchup. Even if we do see Christian Benford wound up shadowing Z Flowers, he hasn't been a quarterback won't really
1:58go in the slot. And honestly, hasn't been playing his best football this year to begin with. He's already allowed four receiving touchdowns. That's tied for
2:04the second most among all corners. Wide receiver four. I got Tamar Chase guys career low 16.2 2 PPR points per game
2:12this year, which is kind of crazy that that is still a really high number, but it is his career low. I think he'll be
2:16just fine. Why not go ahead and get him back on track against a Titan secondary that just gave up to Shawn Watson's
2:22first 300 yard passing performance with the Browns. Wide receiver five, I got CD Lamb going up against the Cardinals, guys. NFL high 81 targets, second most
2:29receiving yards behind only JSN. Let's go Sidi. Wide receiver six, Justin Jefferson against the Lions. If we don't get a true boom in this spot, we're
2:37going have to start asking some questions. And I don't think it's really anything on Jedha. We all understand how great of a real life receiver is. And he
2:44hasn't been horrible in fantasy this year, but he's averaging 0.1 more PPR points than Trey Tucker at the end of the day. And as the sample size
2:51continues to grow, you start looking at last year's wide receiver 29 finish and it's like, okay, is this what we're dealing with now? So again, I don't
2:59think it's so much Justin Jefferson being bad all of a sudden. I think it's a quarterback room that's still not helping his cause. And in this year's
3:06case, it's a Brian Floresled defense that is so dominant that we just haven't even seen the Vikings really need to keep their foot on the gas here. But in
3:13this matchup, all right, we're talking about Jefferson who, to his credit, like he has an NFL best 141.3 pass rating when targeted. So again, good things
3:22happen when Minnesota throws this dude the ball. And now we got a great matchup against the Lions. And we got a
3:28potential Lions offense that maybe, just maybe, can score enough on Minnesota to coach them into something close to a back and forth shootout. Look, I think
3:37Jefferson is going to have a huge game here and remind everyone just how great he can be in fantasy and real life. If
3:42he doesn't though, could be some tough conversations and some tough rankings coming Jefferson's way as soon as week nine. Wide receiver seven. I got our one
3:50true sun god on Monro St. Brown going up against the Vikings. Tough matchup as you guys know. we know with everything
3:55going on with every uh line facing off against the Vikings. I will say this is hardly the first time we've seen Jared
4:01Gooff company go up against Brian Flores who yeah has taken his blitzing and his pressure to another level this year but
4:06he's always kind of been doing that sort of thing. Hasn't really impacted our one true sun god guys in six matchups with
4:13the Vikings now since they've had Brian Flores there. We've seen a Monro St.
4:16Brown go for 106 in a touchdown, 144 in a tub, 112 in a TUD most recently 6 for 77, 9 for 97 and 8 for 68. So racking up
4:25all the PPR points. Don't expect things to be going too south for Aman right here on Sunday. Wide receiver eight. I
4:30got Drake London going against the Buccaneers. Finally scored a touchdown last week. Good to see there. And he's sitting pretty as the wide receiver. 16
4:37in PPR points per game despite having those two dreaded experiences with Cooper Rush under center. So I do worry a little bit about this Tampa Bay
4:45defense. Don't look now. They're actually number two in EPA allowed per drop back only behind those Minnesota Vikings. But end of the day, Drake
4:52London, great player with his quarterback playing well and continuing to feed him volume as a top 10 wide receiver in my book. Wide receiver nine,
4:59I got Christian Watson going against the Panthers been a little bit more quiet the last couple of weeks, but guys, we're still talking about the wide
5:05receiver six in PPR points per game this year. Very zoneheavy Panthers defense.
5:09And honestly, when you do look at the numbers, Watson has absolutely eviscerated zone this year. Fifth most yards per hour run against that cover
5:16specifically. So yeah, could see some uh Thursday night fireworks. And just look, Golden, Christian Watson, and who's the third? Denzel Boston. All right, those
5:24are the only three players with 10 plus targets on passes done 25 plus yards downfield. It's going to be a bit boomer
5:30busty, but it's an offense that I don't want to say inexplicably, but unlike every other offense in the league, actually gives their downfield threats
5:38lots of downfield opportunities. So better days should be ahead for both.
5:42Wide receiver 10. I'm going Michael Wilson against the Cowboys, guys. I know it's been a rough last three weeks, but it is the Cowboys. Okay, had a little
5:50study I did midmon Monday night meltdown before the Cowboys pulled away at the end where I was just looking at the EPA
5:56per play allowed by this Cowboys defense. And going back the beginning of last season, you look at it and the Buffalo Bills have just been awesome.
6:04They've been number one offense in the league in EPA per play. If you take though every other offense against the Cowboys, they would actually be pretty
6:11much just as good as what Josh Allen, the Bills do on every single Sunday. So that's how bad this Cowboys group has
6:17been. Now they've gotten some improvements. All right, the Martin Overshone, he's back. Caleb DS, we'd expect him to start playing a little
6:22better football as his rookie season goes on. Quinn Williams, the beast in the trenches. And most notably here, they obviously traded for Joey Porter
6:29Jr. from the Steelers, and he has looked good for the Cowboys so far in two games. That said, in those two games
6:35against the Packers and against the Eagles, we did not see him go out of his way to shadow an individual receiver.
6:40Now, I would say that kind of makes sense against the Packers if they went out there and they game planned it and
6:46they said, "Hey, first of all, it's like your first game with us." And then we kind of think that Matthew Golden and
6:51Christian Watson, they're more 1A, 1B.
6:53We don't need you to shadow either guy.
6:55And then Philly, like, you know, Mai Lemon mostly works in the slot. Not super surprised they didn't have Porter, you know, shadow Darius Cooper out there
7:01or anything like that, but they haven't done it yet. And I do think tentatively Michael Wilson should be freed from that
7:08matchup. And honestly, even if he does get it, should be enough volume on the table for him to still hopefully get
7:14back to putting upside wide receiver 2.
7:16If not this week, wide receiver one numbers 0 for eight though this year, guys, on end zone targets. Jacobe Brassette to Michael Wilson. Dropped one
7:22last week. He's out a couple close contested ones. I do think he finds a way to haul one of those in. Michael
7:27Bolson top 10 wide receiver. I don't know how much longer we're going to have these chances with Jacobe Brassett's at least shortening even more by the week,
7:33but he will be under center this week. I think they get it done against the Cowboys. wide receiver 11. I'm going T.
7:39Higgins against the Titans, guys.
7:40Averaging career-high marks pretty much everywhere. 95 receiving yards per game out Jamar Chasing. Jamar Chase right now. I think they'll both be fine. But
7:48yeah, so far two wide receiver ones in the rankings for the Bengals. Wouldn't be surprised if we keep on keeping on
7:53with that here as the season progresses.
7:55And lastly in this tier, I got wide receiver 12, Parker Washington. Fresh off a buy going up against the Colts.
8:00Wide receiver 17 on a season and he has 18 additional targets. the next closest Jacksonville wide receiver, that being Jacobe Myers. So, looking at again this
8:09Colts defense, they actually love to run man coverage, which could be playing right into Parker's hands. When you look at him this year, he's got team best
8:15marks in targets per out run and yards per out run. Those actually ranked 15th and 21st among 129 qualified wide receivers. So, again, he's eating up man
8:24coverage. Probably isn't going to be even having to deal with all Gardner aka Sauce out there. Even if he is, S has
8:30spent pretty much his entire season lined up as the right quarterback. He's only played as a left quarterback on one snap, only gone to a slot on 13 times.
8:39So, even if we do see Sauce Gardener returning, first of all, I think Parker's good enough to still win that matchup. But hey, the Jacksonville
8:45Jaguars don't even want to deal with it.
8:46They won't have to. Key question here, guys. I'm going to start doing this every week, but I want to break down the
8:51likely shadow matchups that we should be worried about. And then also which high-profile quarterbacks we should not have to worry about because of things
8:57like I just talked about with Amed Gardner versus Parker Washington and that being a situation where we just don't see the number one quarterback
9:04regularly travel with opposing wide receivers. So, big shout out to Fantasy Points. They have an awesome data suite 2.0 that Scott Bear and company have
9:11been grinding away at. And there is a very very cool shadow index tool that basically shows you every single quarterback, wide receiver, whatever
9:18matchup you can dream up and what percentage of routes they are actively tracking them. So as always with these shadow matchups in any matchup, it is a
9:25situation where more of a tiebreaker than a rule of thumb and a big reason to completely, you know, reverse your rankings and everything you think you
9:32know. But hey, we'll take every little edge where we can get it. Matchups I am not expecting shadow coverage in based
9:38on their deployment this year. I do not believe Steelers wide receiver DK Mechaf will be seeing any of Denzel Ward, at
9:44least in terms of that back and forth across the field. Ward has not been shadowing anyone this year. He did not
9:48shadow DK Mechaf in their first matchup this season. Also, as I just mentioned, do not expect Sas Garner to be shadowing
9:54Parker Washington, if he is even active.
9:56And not expecting Cowboys quarterback Joey Porter Jr. to be shadowing Michael Wilson. This would be one where again I'm not quite as 10 out of 10 confident
10:04as I am with Parker and Metaf because of the reality that this would make a little more sense for the Cowboys to go
10:09against what they did in their previous two matchups just based on what the Cardinals have at number one. Also not expecting Eagles quarterback Quinon
10:17Mitchell to be shadowing uh Commanders wide receiver Stefon Diggs. This one is more like Michael Wilson and Joey Porter though where I'm pretty sure we won't
10:25see it but not completely convinced. And the reason for that, we have seen in past years, Quinon Mitchell would be shadowing guys like Terry McLaren
10:32amongst others. Haven't seen him much this year, but it was interesting last week against the Cowboys. Even though Quinan did not specifically travel with
10:40George Pickkins or CD Lamb, he wound up playing 24 snaps, I believe, as the right quarterback. I think he's usually lined up on the right side. So, it was
10:48whatever side he doesn't usually line up on. He played 24 snaps there, and he only had one such snap in the previous
10:53six weeks. So, at a minimum, they started moving around Quinnon last week.
10:56They didn't do it for a specific receiver seemingly because neither CD nor Pickins had a very high route rate against Coin the whole game. But
11:04something to keep an eye on there. Also not expecting either Colts wide receiver to be seeing a bunch of Travis Hunter.
11:09Also not expecting either Chiefs wide receiver to be seeing a bunch of Broncos quarterback Patan if he is healthy enough to return. That said guys, five
11:16potential shadow matchups I do think we could be seeing this weekend and accordingly could in certain cases, you know, warrant a bit of a downgrade.
11:24First of all, mentioned it before, Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers versus Bills quarterback Christian Benford.
11:29Even if it is a shadow, I'm not worried about it. I think Zay can win in a major way. What I am worried about though,
11:34Titans wide receiver Carell Tate going up against ace Bengals quarterback DJ Turner. Probably one of the more underrated defenders in the league guy.
11:40Now, the one thing here when we look at Turner, he has rarely played in the slot this season. And that is a situation
11:46where Carninal Tate, as we saw with that nice slot fade down the stretch of last week, has been lined up in for 28% of
11:52his routes. So, I don't think it's going to be the smoothest game for Carnell Tape, but he's been a freaking beast at
11:56the catch point all season. He's getting the volume and he should be free from this tough matchup for at least around a
12:02quarter of his routes. What I am also pretty worried about and even more so I would say if active, I do think Rams
12:08quarterback Trent McDuffy will be shadowing Lakoni maybe all over the field guys because McDuffy as we saw Malik Neighbors earlier this season is
12:15the rare quarterback willing to actually chase his assignment into the slot there. So obviously Laz had, you know, a whole host of problems this season with
12:22his offense, with his health, with everything in between. Now could also be seeing a lot of Trent McDuffy if he is
12:27healthy enough to return from that groin injury. Also know Buccaneers wide receiver Mecha Ibuka could be seeing a good bit of Falcons quarterback AJ
12:34Terrell. Terrell shadowed Mike Evans in their matchups against the Buccaneers last season. They do have the same defensive coordinator. I would guess
12:41that he's gonna now turn his attention to Mecha Ibuka. not necessarily a quarterback that I'm putting a big downgrade on just because he's gonna be
12:47seeing more of him, but something to note nevertheless. And then finally, I do think it's probably more likely that Dolphins wide receiver, Caleb Douglas,
12:54sees the most at Patriots cornerback, Christian Gonzalez. This is just me trying to put two and two together and saying, "Hey, Gonzo, usually travels
13:00with the number one outside wide receiver." And to the point this year, much to the chagrin of my call outs in
13:05August about Chris Bo being great sleeper, number one in Miami clearly has been Caleb. So hey, could be a nice day
13:11for Malik Washington from the friendly confines of the slot. Tier two guys, wide receiver two should still feel pretty good about and accordingly have
13:18them in fancy lineups of most shapes and sizes, I would imagine. Wide receiver 13, Matthew Golden going the Panthers.
13:24He's been awesome this year. All right, one of only 11 receivers with 500 plus receiving yards despite leaving more meat on the bone than literally any
13:32other pass catcher in football. Leads the league in drops. also leads the league and most yards drawn from defensive pass interference penalties
13:38and has over 200 more unrealized area yards than next closest wide receiver.
13:43So again, it's already been good for Golden. I think it could be even great though this Thursday night against the Panthers defense that whether it's the
13:49run or the pass just hasn't been overly elite against anything this season. Wide receiver 14. I'm going with George Pickkins against the Cardinals, guys. I
13:56know it hasn't been exactly what drafters were hoping for when he took this dude in round three back in August, but man did he have a pretty touchdown
14:03catch on Monday night against the Eagles and he does stand as a wide receiver 25 in PPR points per game this year. We've
14:09seen two top 18 finishes in his last three games. Would not be surprised at all if we get a third here in what again
14:14projects as one of the best game environments on the slate with the Cowboys Cardinals having that 54 and a half point game total and a Cardinals
14:21defense that ranks 31st in EPA all laper drop back this year. wide receiver 15 if healthy. Give me Bill's wide receiver DJ
14:29Moore, guys. Now, this is a situation where we have not seen DJ Moore be very healthy at all this year, other than
14:35basically that week one matchup where he went bonkers against the Houston Texans and even had a bunch more opportunity left on the table just not being able to
14:43come down with a few deep balls from Josh Allen. So, similar to that Cowboys Cardinals matchup, both of these games are at 1 PM ET for whatever reason. Come
14:51on, schedule makers, get it together. We have a quarterback we love and Josh Allen. We have a talent DJ Moore who
14:57looked rejuvenated in the brief time that we saw him again healthy enough to be out there on the outside. And we have
15:02a defense that cannot stop a nose bleed in the second half of that Bengals game last week. So DJ Moore, he's checking
15:08every single box. Ravens have been the sixth worst defense in PPR points per game allowed to opposing wide receivers.
15:14I think there's a very very good chance that we get a true boom from DJ Moore this week. Honestly, a an outside
15:20candidate for being the overall wide receiver. one and I say that you know completely seriously. So the only reason I don't have him ranked higher is just a
15:27little bit of the concern still with that shoulder being reagravated or limiting him out there. But from what we heard from I believe Joe Brady in the
15:33Wednesday press conference, he does sound like someone who expects to have DJ Moore back in the fold and it should be a better viewing experience
15:39accordingly. Wide receiver 16. I got Garrett Wilson going up against that Las Vegas Raiders guys. Jersey bet for this week. I will buy a Jets Santana Moss
15:50jersey if Garrett Wilson does not have at least 100 yards and a touchdown. All right, it's been two rough games for
15:56Garrett Wilson. No doubt about it. And Omar Cooper has been showing out as well. There's been some trade murmurss.
16:01We got Garrett yelling at Gino on the sideline. Let's not forget just how freaking good Garrett Wilson is. All right, fantasy points. ESPN, they both
16:09have this guy as a top three separator.
16:11And that's honestly been the case for the majority of this dude's career. Hey, only have to go back two more weeks
16:16again past what what we've seen and you will actually see 100 plus yards and a touchdown from Garrett. Also blew up
16:22against the Lions. We like Gino Smith.
16:24We actually I mean, you know, relative to most quarterbacks we've been seeing with the Jets. Just because Omar Cooper has done some good things doesn't mean
16:31that now Garrett Wilson is incapable of doing so himself. All right. Kenyan Sadi hasn't been as big of a factor. Mason
16:37Taylor's making plays. I get it. It's a more crowded offense than maybe we were expecting it to be before the season
16:44started in terms of trying to hype up Garrett Wilson. But at the same time, guys, 130 million reasons for the Jets
16:50to continue to try to get some grease on this squeaky wheel and get the best out of Garrett Wilson. It's a Raiders
16:56defense that's allowed the most points in the NFL over the course of the last five weeks. And I think their capability
17:01on the offensive side of the ball really could make Jets Raiders a sneaky shootout in the same vein as Cowboys, Cardinals, and even Bills Ravens.
17:09despite not having the same game total.
17:10So Garrett Wilson go off. If not, I'll be buying a Santana Moss jersey. So, you know, Kyle went white in my opinion.
17:17Wide receiver 17, wide receiver 18. I got Ted McMillan and Jaylen Koker going against the Packers here on Thursday Night Football. Similar to Bryce Young
17:24and Troua Hover, I'm just not going to be giving them a massive downgrade because of one very bad 60 minutes of
17:29football when we saw five weeks previously of them putting together some very, very good football. So, T-Max the wide receiver, 14 in PPR points per
17:37game. Coker's the wide receiver 23. I do give Tedro McMillan the slight edge here because we have seen the Packers actually be quite good against opposing
17:44slot receivers. Only the Seahawks have actually been better in terms of fantasy points per game to that group. That said though, you know, Amra St. Brown J
17:52didn't have too much of a problem last week. You know, wide receiver 19, I got Luther Burton guys going up against the
17:57Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football. So, first of all, Burden absolute stud going back to week one of last season and now we actually have a
18:04pretty large sample size. Only Jackson Smith, [ __ ] Pukanakua, and Zay Flowers are averaging more yards per hour run than Mr. Luther Burton. He leads all
18:11wide receivers in the NFL in terms of tackles avoided after the catch this year. He is a beast. I think we all
18:17agree on that, particularly after seeing that showcase last Thursday night that he managed to put on against the Patriots. Is it a tough matchup?
18:24Absolutely. Okay, you look at the Seahawks and as I just mentioned before with the Panthers matchup, nobody has been better against opposing slot
18:30receivers than Seattle this year. That said, the manner in which Seattle shuts down most slot receivers is by running a ton of zone coverage. Nobody has run
18:39more zone coverage this season, and that just so happens to be where Burden has been thriving. Top 12 marks across the
18:45position in yards and targets per round against zone coverage. It's good on good. You can even argue it's great on great. Ben Johnson trying to scheme up
18:53against Mike McDonald. Get your freaking popcorn ready for this one because I do think we'll see some great defensive plays, but I think we'll see more great
19:00ones from Luther Burton on the other side of the ball. Inside my top 20, don't see him going anywhere time. Go
19:06don't see him going anywhere anytime soon. Similar to just trusting the talent despite the tough matchup, guys.
19:12Give me wide receiver 20 Jameson Williams go up against the Vikings.
19:15Look, he's more boomer busty than most, but at this point, let's just let's just get on the ride, you know, buy the
19:20ticket, take the ride for Jameson Williams already. All right, first three matchups in the season. Wide receiver 46, wide receiver 72, wide receiver 47.
19:28But look what my man's has done since.
19:3019th, 14th, and most recently fourth most PPR points among all wide receivers. So again, I get it. The Vikings very scary defense. Let's see
19:39them ace this matchup though before we're sitting guys like Jameson Williams. All right, with all due respect, it's a volatile, very highwire
19:49act that Brian Flores and company are running. highest blitz rate that we've freaking seen maybe ever at least since 2020 in terms of true media and what
19:56they're doing with it. In week one against the Packers though, Jordan Love and company, they had 353 passing yards.
20:03Watson went nuts. Golden had a good game. And look who they faced since. All right, the Bears. Yeah, I get it. Good
20:09offense. Also, bit of a rainy game. You lost Caleb Williams for the fourth quarter in that one. Then we had the
20:14Buccaneers. Then we had the Dolphins.
20:15Then we had the Saints. Then we had the Colts.
20:19I know the Saints have done some decent things at certain times. Baker Mayfield, and the Buccaneers, they've been okay as well. Was that even Baker in that game,
20:30it was Baker. Either way, man, this is Jared Goff and the Lions. This passing game looks good this year. Goff with a big performance here. He's just
20:41started rising up those MVP ranks. Those are the kind of numbers he's putting up right now. I think he's had like 14
20:45touchdowns and no interceptions here as we get into week eight.
20:49I think the Vikings are a really good defense that make really bad offenses look horrifically bad. Okay, I still think some of the best offenses in the
20:58league can handle this a little bit better. Okay, Jameson Williams, top 20 wide receiver for me. Wide receiver 21, AJ Brown. We're giving him the benefit
21:06of the doubt one last time here. I know he hasn't looked great, guys. I have eyes. I've seen it out there, too. being
21:12a little tough on the guy. All right, everyone calling that one deep ball a drop. That's just great coverage. All right, when the defender has his arm
21:19literally in the dude's chest, that's not a drop. That's good, clean pass, you know, a PBU.
21:27He is coming off a high ankle sprain.
21:29Now, I got to catch myself here because when we're giving guys credit for playing through the pain or, you know, the Ashen Genty situation where it's
21:36like, yeah, he's banged up. Okay, we cannot slander the guy because of that, but we also need to keep in mind, is he
21:43going to be healthier? We don't know if he's going to be any healthier and if he has been banged up before. So, I just
21:48think with Drake May playing like MVP candidate Drake May and a great matchup against literally the worst defense in the league in EPA allowed for dropback.
21:58This is the bounceback spot. All right, this is it. Come on. AJB stuff wasn't great last year either. And this is
22:05still a low-end wide receiver one.
22:07There's no Romeo Dobs. There's no M.
22:08Hollands. It's been a rough two weeks, but guess what? It's been a pretty great seven years to be in the AJ Brown
22:14fantasy business. I'm going to lean on that here ahead of what should be a smash spot. Wide receiver 22. Another unc Stefon Diggs going up against the
22:22Eagles on Sunday Night Football. Talked before about the Quinan Matchel, Quinan Mitchell lack of shadow matchup I'm expecting there. And that leads Stefon
22:29Diggs to, you know, go out there and do his thing. I don't know that he's all of a sudden be getting 20 targets per game
22:34without Terry McLaren. But hey, even with Terry McLaren in the fold this year, wide receiver 26 in PPR points per game. And my mans hasn't finished worse
22:41than wide receiver 25 since Obama was in office. Not expecting that to be stopping here in this season. So, more Antonio Williams who we're going to be
22:48talking about shortly, don't get it twisted. But yeah, guys feeling pretty good about Stefon Diggs doing his thing here against an Eagles defense that I
22:56mean, you look at it before we've been kind of hyping up like, hey, they've been bad against slot receivers. After that Cowboys game, they just been bad
23:02against anything and everything being thrown out there. I mean, shout out to Wade Phillips for the alltimer line, you know, on the Manning Cast saying that
23:09the Eagles defense just can't stop two plays, you know, the run and the pass.
23:13Wide receiver 23. I got Trey Tucker going up against the Jets. Welcome to the top 24, Mr. Tucker. And why not,
23:20guys? 14.3 PPR points per game. Guess who's at 14.4? Mr. Justin Jefferson. So, back-to-back booms for Trey Tucker.
23:27Probably not a coincidence that they came with two defenses wanting to sell their freaking souls to go ahead and slow down Brock Bowers. It's not lost to
23:34me that Tucker had three straight games with under 45 scoreless yards, you know, before them. But hey, the connection looks good. Kurt Cousins is playing
23:42great football, leading the freaking NFL and passing touchdowns to this point.
23:45Why can't Tucker keep on keeping on against a Jets secondary that we don't fear in a match up that again would not
23:50surprise me at all to see all sorts of points for? So, I did not think I'd be sitting here, you know, at the end of
23:55October with Trey Tucker as my wide receiver 23. But it's a great day to be great. Keep on keeping on, Mr. Tucker.
24:02Wide receiver 24, Omar Cooper against the Raiders. What if the answer to Garrett Wilson versus Omar Cooper is just yes. Again, Gino Smith last week
24:11did some really good things and he also did against the Detroit Lions. Now, between then, it's been rough, but we now have a fully healthy offense. We
24:18have a smashable matchup against a Raiders defense that does not deserve the benefit of the doubt. Again, most points allowed in the NFL since week
24:25three. And I believe enough in Cousins and Bowers and Trey Tucker, like we just talked about, to think they could keep
24:30up in what again profiles as a potential sneaky shootout. So, as always, need to keep an eye on the weather when we're
24:35going out to New York and New Jersey and dealing with all that stuff. But man, looking at Cooper leads the freaking NFL
24:42in yards per out run this year and it's not particularly close. And the only other guys that are even close to him,
24:47Jack Smith, the Jigbot, Zay Flowers, Mike Evans, and Drake London just paint an incredible picture here. So, small sample size be damned. Omar Coopers look
24:55fantastic in it. And accordingly, I'm riding the wave. Wide receiver 24 this week. Stay with Cooper for a second, guys. Want to shout out some of these
25:03rookie wide receivers. All right. And look at who has been the most impressive rookie receiver this year based on their yards and targets per route run with a
25:09minimum route run threshold of 50. And lo and behold, here is Omar Cooper, the chart breaker out here, skewing everything up far and to the right. So
25:18again, he looks this great compared to other rookie wide receivers, but he would also be in the number one spot easily on the far right of the graph,
25:25even if I included all the veterans in here as well. So just again, incredible start in the career for Omar Cooper.
25:30really showing off both now the yak and downfield ability that defined you know his final two years at Indiana and made
25:36him a first round pick in the first place. So great stuff from Cooper.
25:39Additional shout outs to Carnell Tate and Casey Conception who'll be talking out shortly for largely making the most out of their opportunities. Been tough
25:45for Bryce Lance but you know coming out of North Dakota State. He was always views a little bit more of a raw
25:50prospect in the first place. He's only had to go out there because of injuries elsewhere on the deaf chart. Otherwise, I would say just kind of anecdotically,
25:58Denzel Boston has done some good things overall. Just been a little bit boomer busty. Again, he's getting a ton of downfield opportunities. He's been open
26:04on a few that Watson's missed, but again, just kind of playing that highwire act a little bit too much. I have likewise seen out Jerry Bernard,
26:11particularly after the catch. I'm excited to see what Antonio Williams can do. Josh Cameron's coming out of absolutely nowhere to potentially, I
26:17mean, not even potentially, I guess, just take Brian Thomas Jr.'s job at this point. So, kudos to him. underwhelmed with what we've seen from Mai Lemon and
26:26my guy Chris Bell, but again, also two guys I've been put in the best situations. And then Jacobe Lane now healthy. Let's see if he actually has
26:33something to say about Rashad Baitman still being a number two wide receiver in Baltimore.
26:37Tier three guys, Boomer Bust wide receiver, three types, right? Starting off with wide receiver 25, DK Metaf had 115 yards against this Browns defense
26:45all the way back in week four because again he was not being shadowed by Denzo Ward. So maybe they changed their tune
26:51this time around. That is legal last time I checked. But yeah, Metaf had two duds outside the top 50 to start the
26:57season, but since then he's finished as a wide receiver 35, 16, 60, 10, and 37.
27:03Certainly finishes we can live with far more often than not. Wide receiver 26.
27:07I'm going with a Mecha Ibuka against the Falcons. And this one is just blowing my mind because at wide receiver, I do like
27:13to try to lean into talent over volume more than say running back. All right.
27:18We regularly see bad real life running backs. Relatively bad. You know, every NFL player is really good. That's not lost on me. But relatively bad running
27:26backs can really get going with great volume when it kind of falls into your lap. And I don't know what a Mecha
27:31Iabuka is at this point, guys. The first four or five games of his career were awesome. The last 16 have been anything
27:36but. Yeah, he's been banged up and his quarterback has been banged up, but some of these numbers are rough. Second worst
27:43mark in NextGen stats. Catch rate overexpected. and the guys that are around him not looking too hot.
27:49When you look at it this year, he's one of only four wide receivers with a passer rating when targeted under 60.
27:55Now, these are things about him getting targeted, right? And he's been getting targeted a lot before he had this unfortunate concussion toe injury combo.
28:0325 targets in his last two games out there.
28:07Usually, the targets and the guys who earn them tends to be one of the variables and one of the metrics that we
28:12should be paying the most attention to.
28:14catch rate, passer rating, those are things that can be impacted by bad quarterback play, which he dealt with with Jaylen Daniels out there.
28:22I'm not sure how healthy Acca is now.
28:25And despite Baker's arm accuracy, arm talent, looking pretty good with the thumb, it was only 11 attempts last week. We can't exactly call that
28:32something to completely be fine with, particularly when it went alongside one of the most runheavy game scripts of the season, even when accounting for, you
28:38know, the time on the clock and the score and everything like that. So maybe Amecha Ibuka is on his way to
28:45getting back to being that top 15 option that many of us hoped he could be when we drafted him back in August this year.
28:52I'm moving him up here. Upside wide receiver three treatment. Expecting eight to 10 targets, but let's see it, man. Let's see him make the most out of
29:00him. That has been the biggest issue so far for Ibuka this year. Wide receiver 27. I got Carnell Tate, guys. As I
29:06mentioned, the tough shadow match up that we are expecting against DJ Turner, but maybe Carninal Tate is just so freaking good that it won't matter at
29:12this point. So, looking at Tate this season, guys, he has got eight out of his nine contested targets. All right, that gives him an 89% contested catch
29:20rate, second only to Puka Nua this season. And that was exactly what his calling card was at Ohio State. He actually caught, I think it was 12 out
29:28of his 14 contested catch targets at, you know, playing for the Buckeyes. And that was the highest single season mark of any power five, you know, wide
29:36receiver going back to 2019. Not named Justin Jefferson or Jackson Smith, Njigba. So I just gave you two stats in college in the NFL that has Carnell Tate
29:44directly next to Justin Jefferson, Jackson Smith, Njigba, and Puka Nakua.
29:48Incredible company. And again, it's going to be a tough match up against DJ Turner, but he can get some leniency away from that in the slot if the Titans
29:56choose to do so. Cam Ward left a lot to be desired this year. I get it. has been going to at least pepper Carninal Tate
30:03with targets out there and we believe in the talent. All right, so we have the volume, we have the talent. It's a tough
30:09matchup. We don't love the QB. We're still checking two out of four boxes pretty cleanly. That's good. Good enough for upside wide receiver three treatment
30:15for me. Wide receiver 28, Lad McConi.
30:18And this feels high. He's been banged up. The Rams have been really good. I will move him down if we do indeed see
30:25Trent McDuffy be active for this one.
30:27But on the other side of things, the brief times we have seen Lad on the field, it looks like he's the guy that
30:33Mike McDaniel built the entire offense around. Fortunately, it's a really shitty offense as we've all found out this year, but that week one was a hell of a drug.
30:42Maybe Lad's healthier coming off the buy. Maybe Justin Herbert, who even if you've been a hater throughout his career, you know, you weren't ranking
30:50him 25th in the league. Again, he's been one of the very worst quarterbacks in the league this year. I'm not trying to
30:56deny that you even before all his entire offense got hurt. But even if you never believe the Chargers hype and good for
31:04you, honestly, great call. Great call.
31:08Even if you didn't like the Justin Herbert top five talk, I really can't believe anyone would have ranked that dude outside the top 15 going into this
31:16year. More likely a top 10.
31:20Maybe, just maybe, we get a healthier Lab Mcconi with a Justin Herbert who was pounding some middle lights over the buy, got his head screwed on a little
31:28more straight. Maybe Mike McDaniel can just be okay. Not even a world beater, just leading not the single worst offense in football. A man can dream.
31:38Wide receiver 29. I got Jeremy Bernard going up against the Browns. Had the dud last week because he didn't get the
31:43volume. And when he's not getting the volume, it's going to be hard for him to create the big plays because they are
31:46using him like a glorified gadget. 6.1 yard average route depth this season guys for Johnny Bernard only Kalio Shakur and dbo Samuel are lower but hey
31:55again Browns have not been putting Denzel Ward on an individual receiver and that helped DK Mechath and Roman Wilson unless we forget 74 yards and a
32:03touchdown have all kinds of success against this group just a few short weeks ago I do think we see a nice
32:08little wide receiver three worthy bounce back here from Jeremy Bernard wide receiver 30 I got Casey Conception on the other side of that but unfortunately
32:16as great as the breakout was last week 52 total yards. We did have the drop likely 50-yard touchdown. And that does
32:23now have KC sitting as the number two wide receiver in the Deontay Johnson Memorial Award for most targets without a touchdown this year. Number one, Mr.
32:32Josh Downs. So DS and KC, they are due.
32:35Maybe we do see Casey get there against the Steelers. I'm being cautious and just expecting again that great performance just absolutely continuing
32:43immediately. I have Casey ranked at Denzel Boston. I want KC the rest of the season because they are getting him so
32:49many just easy opportunities. He leads all wide receivers and screen targets this year, for example. It's just a matter of what version of Deshun Watson
32:56are we getting because it really has just been going back and forth this year to decently good versions. All right, weeks two through four and then week
33:05seven, those were good versions of Deshawn. You know what wasn't? Weeks one, five, and six. All right, so Deshawn played played pretty well
33:10against the Steelers defense last time though. I think with the talent and the volume involved, that's good enough for top 30 treatment for Mr. Conception for
33:17me. Wide receiver 31, Keon Coleman going up against the Ravens. He's benefited from DJ Moore being out of the picture, but put a little respect on Keon
33:25Coleman. All right, 23 years young, number one in the NFL right now in EPA per target. So, yeah, I know Josh Allen
33:32has certainly had a lot to do with that, but Keon's going up there, man. He's making the contested catches and he's
33:37doing the sort of things you would want your 63, 215 pound receiver to do. So, no, he doesn't separate as well as a
33:445'8, 170 pound dude. I get it. But at some certain point, guys, put a little respect on the Keon Coleman's, the
33:50Denzel Bostonans, the T. Higgins of the world, Drake London. You know, like I know Keon's not as good as pretty much
33:56every one of those guys I just named in real life. But I just get so sick and tired of these absolute beast receivers
34:02who obviously are a big-time problem for these smaller quarterbacks to deal with.
34:06and we choose to slander their, you know, separation ability because we live in a world of tick- tock routes and it
34:12pisses me off sometimes. But yeah, Keon Coleman, Boomer, wide receiver three and a matchup where, you know, we did see him booming this time last year in week
34:19one. Wide receiver 32, Keenan Allen, guys. All right, let's do it. Not seeing the Travis Hunter shadow matchup. He's really only done that against Nico
34:28Collins this year, so I'm not too worried there. And just the way it's going, I don't think it's going to be
34:33pretty. But if we look up and the Colts lose by 24 points, but Keenan has eight catches for 60 yards, would not surprise
34:39me in the least. Josh DS also requested a trade at this point. I'm not sure if he's going to get his wish. I'm not sure
34:44if he's going to be out there on Sunday.
34:46I am recording this and ranking this under the impression that he will be out there. If DS is out of the picture,
34:54I don't know if I can move up Kenan all that much. Honestly, DS hasn't stopped Kenan from doing his thing anyway. I'm
34:58gonna ride with him. Wide receiver 32 regardless. Wide receiver 33. I got Mai Lemon going against the Commanders on Sunday Night Football. Nice quality game
35:06against the Cowboys. All right. Still wouldn't say it's been like, oh my goodness, what an incredible rookie out here sort of situation. More so been the
35:13like, hey, we still really like Mai Lemon, the prospect, firstrounder, Blitin Cough, award winner, did some really, really fun things at USC. You'd
35:21like to see as he gets more comfortable in the NFL and make some bigger plays, but you know what? 67 yards in a TUD
35:26against the Cowboys. Not exactly KC, but still good enough for top 15 points there on the week. So going going up
35:32against a Commander defense allowing the six most PPR points per game, two opposing wide receivers. Assuming Devonte Smith is still out of the
35:39picture, I do think we can at least start feeling better about Mai being an upside wide receiver three in fantasy.
35:44Wide receiver 34. On the other sideline, another rookie, Antonio Williams, guys.
35:49All right. only needed 26 snaps to catch four passes for 64 yards and a touchdown against this group back in week one,
35:56which wound up being a pretty good sign of just how bad Philly can be against slot wide receivers. Again, at this
36:02point in the year, they've been bad against receivers of most shapes and sizes, but against slot ones in particular, the worst defensive fantasy
36:08points being allowed at that position.
36:10So, with Antonio Williams getting a volume spike now without having Terry McLaren in the picture, I know Stefon Diggs is still the top dog here, don't
36:17get it twisted. But with Jaden Daniels in this run game really being pretty non-existent and having Jakori Crosky on IR, I wouldn't be surprised if we do
36:26again see a lot more games like what we saw against the Niners before their buy of Daniels largely just dropping back
36:31one play after another. aka should be good volume in a good matchup for a rookie in Antonio Williams I do believe
36:37to be pretty good of football in his own right. Wide receiver 35. I got Jordan Addison. This is the point though in the
36:44rankings where man starts to get rough.
36:47All right. If we got some close star decisions, you got a running back you feel even somewhat good about, you know,
36:51Jordan Mason type, Tony Per type, go ahead and just start them at this point in the ranks. That said, with Jordan
36:58Addison, man, he's just still such a good real life receiver. similar with Justin Jefferson. Haven't seen the volume there. They both have some
37:05injuries they're playing with and Kyler hasn't exactly been, you know, a model NFL quarterback this year. I just look at this matchup and the game environment
37:13and a Lions defense that loves to run man coverage. And one of these weeks we're going to see Addison hit one of
37:18those silky smooth double moves and all of a sudden be taking the top off of defense and reminding us of the big
37:22plays he's capable of. So honestly almost had one last week caught like a 30-yard pass that got nullified on a holding penalty. Wide receiver 36.
37:30Jaylen Wadd against the Chiefs. I said it last week, if he wasn't going to get there against the freaking Cardinals, he
37:37would be down here in the wide receiver four range. And thus, here he is at wide receiver 36, if he's even active. All
37:42right, dealing with a chest injury that has him questionable. 9.1 PPR points per game. God, man. Wide receiver 48, one catch for two yards against this group
37:51in week one. Chiefs have done a great job against pretty much every wide receiver, not named Jackson Smith and the Jigba. I think they do that against
37:57the Waddle here on Sunday. Key question here, guys. Want to hype up some streamers. All right, wide receivers who are available in 70% or more of Yahoo
38:05Leagues that I do think warrant a long look at adding to your fantasy football bench. So, a lot of times say this for
38:10running backs and quarterbacks because of again some of the injury contingent upside or more likely streamer sort of stuff we got to worry about there. But I
38:17was surprised to see some of these names again as low roster as they are. First up, Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman at
38:2328%. Again, even if you don't fully believe in Keon Coleman and you think it's just a pure effect of playing alongside Josh Allen, okay, yeah, that's
38:31not changing anytime soon. He's a boomer wide receiver three, maybe more like a wide receiver for no teams on buy. And
38:38that's with DJ Moore healthy. I think we could be seeing him push up to upside wide receiver three, borderline wide receiver two status. God forbid DJ Moore
38:45is not able to continue to be healthy from that shoulder injury. So again, you want someone with a chance to just we
38:52have five or six targets that going to be downfield in the end zone. Yeah, we probably want the guy with those targets
38:57coming from Josh Allen. Cowboys wide receiver Ryan Fenoy only rostered in 24% of the leagues. So he's actually been good these last three weeks. They've
39:06been usable performances from him.
39:08There's injury contingent upside. All right, with Ryan Fenoy if CD or pickins miss time. We saw him do big things last
39:13year when that happened with CD and similar to Seth McGoen. Like Ryan Fenoy is a good pickup regardless if nothing happens, but the Cowboys lose this one
39:23against the Cardinals. Then they drop another one. They're another bad game or two away. And let's face that, that was the most convincing victory over the
39:30Eagles. A very banged up Eagles team. I think the Cowboys are still a pretty bad team. That defense can't slow anyone. If
39:36we get another really batter or two loss, George Pickkins could be traded and then Ryan Fenoy is going to be super
39:42hyped the rest of the way. Could already be sitting on your bench though if you do it now. Cardinals wide receiver
39:47Kendrick Bourne just 17% rostered more of a play for this week. I know he duted last week and I told you guys that bet
39:52that over on three and a half receptions. So hand up. My bad. I will watch the film and get better. But yeah,
39:57beyond Tren McBride and Michael Wilson, Jaylen Brooks is now out for the season as well with the wrist injury. More and
40:02more Kendrick Bournem Ravens wide receiver Jacobe Lane 16% just with Mark Andrews really being a shell of himself at this point. We're looking at someone
40:10with the potential to be the number two wide receiver in a Lamar Jackson led passing game. also have commanders wide receiver Antonio Williams just talked
40:16about it. But yeah, I would say out of all these guys, Antonio Williams has the cleanest path without anything else happening to just
40:25being someone we can actually be starting sooner rather than later. And then finally, pure speculation, but Jaguars quarterback wide receiver Travis
40:32Hunter. This is another trade piece.
40:34Like we are looking at rumors of Brian Thomas Jr. being dealt and if that happens you would like to think that now
40:39Travis Hunter competing with Josh Cameron who's been good but could definitely see that split you know leaning a little more to Travis and hey
40:46for someone who's getting scheme plays and he's getting a chance to just basically get targeted every other route he's out there we don't even need a
40:52full-time role for someone who's really really good at football so Travis Hunter for me someone that again could do worse than having him stashed on the old
40:59fantasy bench all right guys tier four wide receiver fors that don't look very fun to start to be honest all right we
41:04got Roma Dun going against the Seahawks on Monday Night Football. Had some nice catches after the horrific OPI drop touchdown combo that he put out there.
41:12Just again a very tough matchup and the way he's used so far downfield makes it very risky to treat him as anything more
41:17than the Boomer bust wide receiver for wide receiver 38 Denzel Boston. Made my last jersey bet a couple weeks ago and I
41:24lost. So now I have this Josh Cribs jersey. Shout out Josh Cribs. Amazing returner. I will caution with buying old 2000 jerseys on eBay. I thought it was a
41:32great idea, but this is like ripped halfway up the side. So, yeah, I'm gonna see if Mama Hard has her uh sewing kit.
41:41It happens. Shouldn't have lost my bet.
41:43You know what I'm saying? Anyway, Denzel Boston getting all the downfield opportunities, but as we see, sometimes he booms, sometimes he busts. He did
41:50have a decent game against the Steelers last time. That said, it was more of the blown coverage variety. His other big
41:55plays this year were him just being an absolute dog, but the one against the Steelers, not so much for what it's
41:59worth. wide receiver 39. I'm going super Demario Douglas against the Dolphins. I know he had the dud last week, but you
42:05know, three touchdowns with 65 and 86 yards the two weeks before. If AJ Brown's going to continue sucking it up, but Drake May says, "All right, dude.
42:13Whatever. I'm going to keep doing my thing." Then Demario Douglas is probably going to have more good days and bads.
42:17So, they continue to rotate multiple receivers behind AJ B. And they do love their two tight end sets. But hey, Dearo
42:23is a good receiver and a good matchup with a good quarterback. All right, can't ask for too much more there in
42:27terms of the wide receiver for streets.
42:29Wide receiver 40, Khal Shakur, wide receiver 41, Malik Washington. Wide receiver 42, Jacobe Meyers. Just have again basically your slot receivers that
42:37are a little bit boring. I prefer the game environments and tiebreers like this. Thus, give me Bills Ravens.
42:43Dolphins, Patriots, and Jaguars, Colts in that order. Wide receiver 43, Rashad Baitman, wide receiver 44, Jacobe Lane.
42:51I just prefer Baitman because I think he's better, man. You look at some of these separation based metrics and it's that's what always kills me. Like again,
42:57I I love the stuff that Fantasy Points is doing, their average separation score. Like that's great. All right. It does crack me up though, like Rashad
43:04Baitman is the guy where because he's fifth or whatever, you'll see screenshots of the top four because putting Rashad Baitman on there, people
43:11are like, "Oh, that's kind of people are going to see Baitman that ruins my case." Instead of taking it for what it
43:17is and saying Rashad Baitman's playing good football this year, right? And he's been doing it with a backup quarterback as well. So look, I have a rank wide
43:24receiver 43. I'm not getting carried away, but just like Jacobe Lane, who's also right next to him here with Mark Andrews being nothing. I just I'm very
43:32confused why Jacobe Lane is getting so much more benefit of the doubt over Rashad Baitman. Like I just, you know, he had Jacobe Ling got an endzone target
43:41last week. He dropped it. Doesn't that matter a little bit when discussing players? I don't know. Anyway, great game environment. Please get healthy.
43:49Lamar Jackson, wide receiver 45. Chris Goblin going against the Falcons. Just a pretty tough matchup, man. Falcons are actually third ranked secondary and
43:57fewest points per game. Allowed to slot receivers. Godwin did have a touchdown call back last week, but with Amecha Ibuka likely returning, tough to get too
44:03excited there. Wide receiver 46, Xavier Worthy going against the Broncos. Just horrifically bad at football at this point, man. It's very sad. Wide receiver
44:1247, Josh DS. Could he maybe get a showcase game? They try to pepper him with targets. I guess it's just not
44:19really something I can go out of my way and be actively predicting to happen happen given just how freaking horrific this uh you know Colts offense is at
44:26this point. But I will remind you guys for like the third straight show, but for good reason. If you do need a DST,
44:31the Jaguars DST makes a ton of sense.
44:34All right, they've already been at top 12 DST this year in fantasy scoring.
44:37Also in Havoc, they're a third ranked defense and points per game allowed this year. We got Josh Hines Allen, we got
44:42Travis Hunter. like this is a good real life good defense with a good real life offense head coach quarterback that's not going to be putting him in horrible
44:49positions in these next five weeks.
44:51Daniel Jones led Colts probably the Lamar Jackson led Ravens. That one's not ideal. I get it. Maybe we need to figure
44:57something out something else out there.
44:59After that though, Titans, Giants, Titans, five weeks, you don't need a DST. Give me that any day, man. And finally, wide receiver 48 Caleb Douglas
45:07home against the Patriots. Just a little worried about that Christian Gonzalez shout out. But hey man, shout out to Caleb. I know he's getting it done on
45:13not many targets, but you know, he's still making big plays with them. So, shout out to the rookie down in South
45:19Beach. Key question for this tier, guys.
45:21Want to look at the best game environments overall, right? Something I mentioned, I just wanted to help quantify a little bit for you. Okay, so
45:26team offense implied points is going to be on our x-axis. You can always derive that looking at a game spread and
45:32overunder and basically find out what Vegas is saying each offense is going to be scoring. on the y- axis we have that
45:37accordingly their matchup in the defenses PPR points per game allowed the position. So great offenses with great matchups. We're seeing the Ravens, the
45:46Bills, the Bengals and the Cowboys. So yeah, good reasons to be looking at beyond the obvious starters. All right, guys like Baitman, Lane, Keon Coleman,
45:54Kho Shakur, and Ryan Floroy. Yes, I do think they should be getting the benefit of the doubt in close starts to
45:59decisions more so this week than maybe in others. Also bad offensive with tough matchups. Chargers, Broncos, Browns, Chiefs, and Bears. Hate to see it again
46:08with the Bears and Burden giving him more so the benefit of the doubt with the way he's used and what he does
46:13against zone, but not feeling too good about the Roma Dunes week. Great offenses with tougher matchups. We had the Jaguars, Rams, Packers, Lions, and
46:19Patriots. And then bad offenses with good matchups, Eagles, Colts, and Vikings are standing out there. So again, Jordan Addison looking at someone
46:27like Keenan Allen and Indie and even Mai Lemon in Philly. guys who I do think could be benefiting from their matchup,
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47:50All right, guys. Wide receiver fives.
47:52Now, I'd hope you don't have to start these guys in your lineups, but you know what? Sometimes beggars can't be choosers with buys or just injury riddle
47:57bad fantasy football teams. Wide receiver 49 Ryan Fenoy. Wide receiver 50 Kendrick Bourne 51 Courtland Sutton. Fun fact on Courtland Sutton. I like looking
48:06at this list throughout the year, but if you literally just get the ball and spike it every single play. All right,
48:11if you you listening to this right now, if you spike the ball on every single play and you were somehow an NFL
48:16quarterback, you would have a passer rating of 39.6. That's how it works. All right. Corin Sutton when being targeted this year has a 37 passer rating. Corin
48:25Sutton is the only player only wide receiver at least I checked who has been less efficient targeting than that the quarterback literally just spiked the
48:33ball into the ground. Not great. Wide receiver 52 Darius Cooper 53 Wandale Robinson not going my way for Wandale but I will say I think partially because
48:43the DJ uh Turner impact Bengals top five defense in the EPA allowed for drop back this season. like they're good pass
48:49defense, but they've kind of been funneling things in the slot accordingly. Second most PPR points per game. Allowed to rece allow allowed to
48:56wide receivers aligned from the slot.
48:58Could be a nice Wondo Robinson beneficiary. RC receiver 54 Travis Hunter. Hey, not going to get many opportunities, but it's a really good
49:07player and it does seem more likely that we actually get a few opportunities per week. Couldn't say that in the first
49:11month of the season. Wide receiver 55 Jan Dawson 56 Sabian Williams 57 Adnai Mitchell 58 Cooper Cub 59 Quinton Johnston and wide receiver 60 cut leaf
49:22Raymond. But guys that's going to do it for me. I appreciate you hanging out as always. If you like the show, please
49:26like the show and that subscribe button helps as well. Good luck in the week eight matchups. Now I'm going to get
49:31back to writing about tight ends and I'll be back to bark about those here shortly. So appreciate you as always.
49:36I'm Ian Hartz and until next time, take care everybody.
