Fantasy Football Daily - 2021 Week 16 Matchup Podcast

Episode Date: December 23, 2021

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It's time to the Fantasy Points podcast, brought to you by FantasyPoint.com. Top level fantasy football and NFL betting analysis from every perspective and angle, from numbers to the film room with a single goal to help you score more fantasy points. Here we go. Welcome to the Week 16 matchup podcast here at FantasyPoint.com. I am John Hanson. Greg CoSell is here with us per usual. and we're ready to go. Fantasy playoffs, very important stuff, Greg. How are you this evening?

So I guess the history of Western civilization is in the balance tonight, John, huh? That is, my volume is really low. That is correct, Greg. The entire, really planet is really dependent upon all this. So I'm going to try to actually raise my volume here for one second, because for some reason, we're not getting a great sound, but back for me. But if you can hear me, you're the important part. So we'll start with, well, we need to start with tonight's football game. Greg, you've seen the Niner offense a lot. You know this Titan defense really well.

So let's get right into it here. What do you think of where the Niners are right now? And I know a lot of it is probably going to start with their running game, which did show a lot of signs of life left. last week with Jeff Wilson. Oh, yeah. I mean, I don't think there's a lot of mystery to the Niners and how they want to play. It's how they get to their runs. That's what they do exceptionally well. You know, at some point, and I can't do it during the season, John, but at some point, maybe this offseason, I need to really study their run game because this is a team that runs

for the most part against everybody. They run well, with a lot of different. backs. You know, Wilson is a back. You and I have spoken about for a couple of years. We, we loved them last year when he had that big game against New England, and it was the game in which he got hurt a year ago. He was then hurt for the beginning of this season until recently. And he's a physical competitive runner, just as Elijah Mitchell is. So it's how they run it. They use motion more than any team in the league. They find out how you're going to play their motions. And obviously now they have the Debo Samuel factor involved. But the runs themselves are base runs.

It's not as if they've reinvented the wheel as to the types of runs they run. It's how they get to them and how they block them. Yeah. Yeah. And there's always probably like 10 different moving parts to every play with others involved and very complicated stuff here. How do you think the Titans are equipped to slow them down first and foremost? The Titan Run D, you know,

their front, essentially, to me, is obviously the strength of that defense. Yeah, and it'll be interesting because, you know, most teams don't play a lot of base defense, but the Niners line up with two tight ends with the fullback use check, who plays meaningful snaps, significant snaps, and most defenses will then play base defense. And the Titans base defense is essentially a five, two. That's what they will play. It will be five across with the front and two steps. back to backers. And one thing the 49ers try to do, it's a foundation of their run game,

is outside zone. And they try to take the edge. And they make you have to defend the edge. If you don't defend the edge, they will take the edge. And then they have their backs work back inside one gap at a time. That's the way it's taught. And then if you start widening out your edge defenders, that's when they call the gap scheme runs because gaps are created. So it'll be very interesting, but you're right. I think the strength of this defense is the front, and this should be a very, very good matchup. They're also always, not always, but recently they've been really good against tight ends, which really does stand out, obviously, for George Kittle.

Probably two, three reasons why. I mean, I would, you know, if I had to name one name, I'd go Bayard in terms of who's responsible. for their effectiveness against tight ends. But any thoughts there in terms of them trying to slow down Georgie Kittle? Well, when they do play man, Bayard is almost always the tight end matchup when they play man. So I'm sure we will see that matchup. But when they play zone, then you get other factors involved.

Now, a couple of things here that I think are important. Garoppolo last week was outstanding on first down. And I think you'll see some first down passing in this game. And I think that's a critical component of the 49ers offense. To me, when they're at their best, their first down play action pass game is very, very effective. And I think you'll see that. We know they'll run the ball. Jeff Wilson will be the back because Elijah Mitchell is out.

He's not going tomorrow night. So we will see how that plays out. But I think that the tight end situation will be interesting, because they move Kittle as well. He's a big part of what they do from a motion standpoint. As you know, they motion more than any team in the NFL. I'm looking for a sleeper of sorts in the game here for, well, either team. We'll get to the Titans in a moment.

We're going to spend a little bit more time on them here on the Week 16 Metro podcast. By the way, I didn't mention at the top there. This is just kind of a sample of the interactions we have, with Greg Cosell on a weekly basis and the information we get on his film work. Greg, your guy and maybe everyone's got a guy at some point, Joanne Jennings made some plays. Well, he scored, you know, at six targets. And he maybe an IUC game, you know, because Debo apparently is no longer playing the

wide receiver position. Well, he is, but he's not playing wide receiver exclusively. So he's not getting the targets. But again, I think much of the Niners offense, in terms of when you're looking for a sleeper, John, comes down to how the game plays out. Because if the game plays out the way the Niners wanted to play out, you're going to see what you saw last week. Garapolo throwing 23 times. And therefore, the targets for the receivers are not that great.

If they have to throw it 35 times, you're in a different situation. And that might mean, Samuel does line up at wide receiver far more. I mean, Iyuk only had one catch for 36 yards. It was a beautifully designed and executed slant flat. combination, he hit him, and then run after catch. He looked like he was shot out of a cannon on that, Greg. Yes. I mean, that's what he did in college.

But, you know, he didn't get, IUC didn't get a ton of targets. Nobody really got a ton of targets other than kiddle. Yeah, I know. That's what makes it difficult. Well, I actually think on the other side of the field that the Titans, I mean, apparently Julio Jones is going. And so is A.J. Brown, which will be quite interesting to say the least, because you know this offense really well,

and you probably know the Niner D pretty well. And last week, for example, we were very high on Russell Gage. Guys have been lining up outside. Niners struggle outside here. They're pretty good inside with K.Wan Williams, I guess. But your thoughts on the Titans up against this defense here, and I guess Foreman's going to go. The running game has been okay,

but it's going to be interesting to see, you know, a couple of viable receivers out there for Tana Hill. Yeah, if they both go and can play the game, you'll see what the Niners have been doing in recent weeks. They've been playing a lot of zone coverage, very little man. They played a little more man this week, and I think that was a function of the opponent. But against the Bengals, for instance, two weeks ago, who have really good weapons on the perimeter, as theoretically the Titans do if Brown and Jones play, two weeks ago against the Bengals, I don't recall seeing a snap of cover one man covered.

So they play a lot of zone. They're trying to protect the corners this past week. The two corners were Norman played right corner. The rookie Thomas played left corner. Thomas got beat a couple times, but he was there. It wasn't as if he was beaten by five yards. He was beaten by gauge twice, and it was in cover one. And he was also beaten actually by Kyle Pitts in cover four,

but Pitts beat him, got over the top of him. for a 49-yard play. I'm sure you remember that play. Yeah, man. Pits looked great last week. Yeah. But, you know, yeah, I think the Niners are trying to protect their corners to some degree. And it's why they play a lot of zone. It's why they play a lot of split safety. Because when you play split safety, you do not give up the seams. When you play single high, the seams are available. So they've been playing a lot more split safety zone coverage.

So basically they're going to make, we're going to look to see if Tanna Hill can stay patient and nickel and dime is way down the field. Well, that's about all they've been doing, John. I mean, last week, their longest completion to a wide receiver, as you probably know, was 13 yards to Chester Rogers. Right. Well, maybe they're chopping at the bit to take some shots. Well, they took a shot on the first play of the game, actually, and Jones ran by Cam

Sutton, but unfortunately, they did not protect, and Tana Hill got sacked. Whoa. All right. So Julio looked okay. Was there any other plays before he got hurt? No. That was obviously, they probably, they game playing that all week.

They said, hey, we're going to come out and take a shot. And they did. And Jones from a reduced split got on top of Sutton. And unfortunately, the left guard Brewer, it was sort of a lack of coordination between Brewer and the back, Hilliard, off the play action fake. And Hilliard Bump Brewer, and Brewer lost contact with Wormley,

who sacked Tanyhill. And he sacked him quick, so Tanyl had no chance. That's a tough game, you know, to get a sleeper from. I was all in on Nick Westbrook Akeen, assuming. He dropped one, too, by the way. What's that? He dropped a go route in the second quarter. He ran by Hayden.

Tanyhill put it right on him, and he dropped it. Well, maybe I'll go Tanna Hill, just because you typically want Tannahill against a man-to-man heavy team. his numbers are better. Yeah, but the Niners will not play much man. Right. So, yeah.

May still go Tanna Hill there. Overall, let's move on here. Let's talk Brady and the Patriots. And above and beyond the injury, boy, I mean, I read through your notes and I'm like, wow, let's give Dennis Allen consideration for defensive coach of the year. It just seems like Dennis Allen is doing a heck of a job here. And what would you see from Brady wasn't a very good performance? but maybe not the typical unraveling like we saw last year with the St.

matchup here for Brady. Obviously, the injuries were a factor. Yeah, I mean, they did play the second half with their three wideouts being the rookie Darden, Miller and Tyler Johnson. But it's funny, you know, I fell asleep watching that game, so I didn't see a lot of it. And then I came and watched the tape. And I guess my assumption, based on just seeing stats and seeing the score was that, boy, the Saints must have been really aggressive.

really aggressive with pressure. Then I watched the tape, and this was a coverage game more than a pressure game. I mean, they did show multiple fronts. They showed pressure looks. But overall, the pressure foundation was four-man D-line pass rush, but they were able to get bodies around Brady doing that. This was a really poor game, probably the worst of the season for the Bucks O line, which normally is very, very good in pass protection.

You got to give credit to Dennis Allen, right? And the coaches, right? Well, I mean, you can give them credit clearly for the fronts and the looks. They do factor in. But when guys get beat one-on-one in pass protection, I don't know. Is that a coach thing or just guys getting beat one-on-one? Right. Okay.

So maybe just collective bad day at the office there. Well, your thoughts on this offense moving forward, Ronald Jones time. I mean, he gives you some explosiveness at least, unlike a four net. I don't know what they're going to do on third down. Obviously, A.B, you would think, is going to get all he can handle. He'll be, in my mind, as much as he can handle their featured receiver. That is correct, because Godwin and Evans is out this week, correct?

I mean, he's trending toward missing the week. Yeah, he's out early in the week in practice. Okay. And we know Godwin's done for the year. So, yeah, I mean, A.B is probably, if Evans doesn't go, A.B. is their best receiver. So yes, he would be a good play this week, obviously. You don't need me to tell you that.

Did Tyler Johnson show you anything? It's been a rough year for him. Well, he's not really a featured player. That's the thing. He may be now, but he hasn't really been during the season. So. Yeah, I just meant this past week watching the tape. I don't know what to catch four balls.

Probably all late, right? Yeah, yeah. I mean, well, this was one of those games that snowball, John. And this was a tough game to make a judgment, I think, anyway, about a player. You know, they'll start fresh this week. And, you know, Johnson, it'll probably, I would assume in their three receiver sets, it'll be Johnson, Miller, and Brown. Yeah.

And also, by the way, what kind of job did they do on Grom? Because I was actually watching at a bar and I was playing against Grong. And I didn't even need to see what his stats were. I saw him walking away just looking dejected. I'm like, oh, I'm doing well here. What kind of job did they do on Grock? Would they just jam them, get physical with them? At times, they played a lot of two-man coverage.

They play more two-man coverage than any defense in the league. And two-man is a good coverage. You know, if you can pressure with four, which they did in this game, two-man is a good coverage because it allows the defender to get underneath the receiver and take away the throwing lane. And so they did that. They played two-man. Jenkins, it was the predominant matchup on Gronk.

P.J. Williams at times played Grank. He was a corner in college. Now he's a slot corner safety for the Saints. So the nature of the coverages, and when he did line up tight to the formation, they did body him up at times, yes. Well, the goat normally bounces back in a big way. We'll say about the Panthers. I mean, they're good.

they're not impervious to be, you know, but they can't rush the quarterback at times and their secondaries, really. They do have some players in the secondary. But, and you know what, as I recall, and you would know this better than I, I can't remember offhand. I think Brady's struggled at times against this defense too. Not the way he does against the Saints, but I remember one game that was close and I think they only got in the 20s and Brady did not have a great game. There was one game, week two of last year where he threw for 217 with a touch and a pick, so that's probably it right there. Maybe that's what I'm thinking of.

But they can rush the quarterback, certainly from the outside. And, you know, you do have Gilmore. This past week, Gilmore matched up to Diggs for the most part. I don't, Greg, I don't know if they would do that against A.B. You mean Gilmore on AB? Yeah. I guess they could. They could.

Yeah, yeah. I don't know, his snaps will be limited somewhat. But yeah, I mean, I guess they certainly would consider it. I mean, obviously, we know he's their best receiver. Let's see, anything on that saint defense here before we move on. They've got the dolphins. Well, that's going to be a really interesting matchup because we know what, Two is. He's a quick rhythm, short intermediate dart thrower, has to be within structure.

I'm very anxious to see how this plays out against the defense that will press, that will play two-man, that will not define the throwing lanes that easily. This is a fascinating matchup to me. And a tough one, is fair to say? I would think so. Yes, I would absolutely think so. I mean, because, you know, you say that we know what Tua is. Like, what are we looking for in a matchup with two? Obviously, oh, like with a team that has no pass rush and their corner stink, you know, but, you know, said another way, what are we scared of?

Is it basically what you just outlined there with the St. Defense? Well, again, like you said, this could be tough because you're talking about a team that can get pressure with four. Right. You're talking about a team that is multiple with their looks that plays a lot of dime, so they have athletes on the field because a lot of times when they play dime, they keep Alexander and Davis on the field. So it's three down linemen, the two linebackers, and six dbs. They will press, they will get physical, they will play two-man.

So this will be a very interesting matchup for two, and it could well be a tough one. Is there similar? It seems like the Saint and Dolphin. have some similarities actually. The dolphins don't play a lot of two-man, but the dolphins will pressure. And we'll see. You know, again, the Saints obviously did not score very much this past week. This could be a 1310 game, John.

Yeah, yeah, no question. Check in on Mahomes, you know, watching on television last week, obviously he made a lot of plays. Did seem like he missed some plays or, you know, missed open guys, had plays to be made. but you, your tape study, seemed to paint a pretty positive picture overall, very positive, seemingly on Mahomes last week. Yeah, I mean, I thought he looked a little more comfortable. You know, I spoke, the way I've been thinking about Mahomes, and I keep trying to think about, you know, different ways to talk about them, because obviously every week people want to talk about my homes for obvious reasons, is earlier in the year, and as you know, I was one of the first to talk about this because the tape told me that,

is there was a lot of unnecessary movement. Mahomes is at his best, and he showed this against the Chargers when the movement is calculated in response to something as opposed to just moving. And I think he's getting a little more back to that kind of thing where the movement is calculated. We saw against the Chargers where Joey Bosa would rush up field and Mahomes would move inside of him,

and he made some plays that way. But, you know, I think he is playing better. And look, the guy can really throw the football. That's the bottom line. Yeah. Well, I mean, this is why you watch the tape because I would have said that it was a seemingly scattered performance with five or six brilliant plays. But again, this is why we talk. Yeah.

I mean, again, I wouldn't quite be as extreme as that. But, you know, he's always going, look, even when he's at his best, John, and we lose sight of this, he may, he's, there's, I don't want to say he's frenetic, but there is a random improvisational element to his game. For sure. That's a part of his game. And it always will be. So, you know, now we've got, of course, as we're talking about this on a Wednesday night,

you know, you have the COVID issues. We don't know if Hill and Kelsey go. Right. Oh, God. I didn't even go there. I was just, you know, getting a little price check on the homes. Right. But I mean, you know, they, you know, I think that there's a chance they both could, but there's a chance they can.

We're not going to know that. You may not know that till Saturday. No, no. And by the way, not for nothing, but he plays the Steelers this week. I don't know if you realize the first time he's ever, I believe, faced this. No, he faced him in 2018. My bad. But he did crush them.

But I guess that's a lifetime ago. So, boy, wow, he threw for six touchdowns. against them in 2018, but, you know, do they, do they play defense in a way that? Yes, they do play defense. Yeah. In a way that, you know, I mean, don't they generally play defense that kind of take away big plays, a lot of zone and all that? Well, the Steelers defense hasn't been as good this year.

Yeah. You know, they've had a lot of injuries. Their secondary has not been the same, although Joe Hayden's back. You know, I think you'll see probably Fitzpatrick, who's really good as a robber. He's really good dropping down in the middle and dealing with in-breaking routes, has a great feel, has a great feel for route concepts, has a great feel for where the quarterback goes with the ball. So, you know, but the Steelers, you know, they've been playing Witherspoon at right corner,

and he's actually played pretty well over the last number of weeks. as I said, Hayden's back. Sutton's beatable out there. What's that? Sutton's a little shaky out there. Yeah, Sutton moves inside when they play dime, but in Nickel, he stays outside. So, yeah, they're not the same defense that we think of the Steeler defense.

And obviously, T.J. Watts's phenomenal. And he can certainly rush the quarterback, but they don't have much else as far as a pass rush other than what. Yeah, yeah, that's true. And Devin Bush has been an underwhelming player. And I believe he's on the COVID list, but I could be wrong. He is. No, he is.

He still is, I believe. Yeah. And he's not been very good, by the way. Right. I know. I know. Keep in mind, you know, you draft him in the top 10 or 12, whatever it was with those athletic traits and he's not your dime linebacker.

Think about that. That tells you that there's something missing in his game for them not to put him out there as their dime linebacker given his athletic traits. See, I wonder if it's the injury related. Wasn't he great and athletic and like a good coverage guy coming out? He was a great athlete, the coverage part people weren't sure about. And he struggled last year in coverage, by the way, as a rookie. All right.

Well, oh, and let's go on to the bills here quickly. Here are the Week 16 Matchup podcast trying to check in on the film study with Josh Allen. Not that it really matters because I've got John. Josh Allen in my number one league and I'm starting them. I'm starting them against the 85 Bears, but a little bit of an uneven performance last week from Josh Allen. What happened? What did you see?

You know, I think it's all taking its toll because this is a team that is heavy pass. It's a team that doesn't have a very good offensive line. And actually, because of Dion Dawkins, and I can't remember he might have been on COVID, so they moved the rookie Spencer Brown to left tackle. And he struggled against Brian Burns in particular. So what you're seeing is you're seeing Josh Allen probably, and I don't want to say what's in his head. I can only say what the tape shows, but my sense is he's starting to perceive and anticipate pressure.

So he's playing a little undiscipline now. We talk about Mahomes. Alan is having a lot of unnecessary movement more than is needed. Is he capable of making great plays like Mahomes doing that? Yes. But there's a lack of discipline that's showing up in Josh Allen's game right now that he, he's a little unsettled, a little too often, and he needs to settle down. And you know that I think he's uber talented, which he is, but it's very difficult to play

that way. And, you know, people might look at a stat sheet and see that Singletary had 22 carries, but half of them came in the fourth quarter when they were up by more than one score. Overall, their game plan approach did not feature the run. Even though he did score a touchdown, I believe in the second quarter, their game plan did not really feature the run. They didn't really play with balance. I think at one point, before we got to the fourth quarter, John,

they had 35 called passes and only 12 called runs. So don't be fooled, not you, but just people in general, by the fact that Singletary ended up with 22 rushing attempts. Yeah, that's a mirage whenever he does anyway, pretty much. But, you know, can you blame Alan? Like, he's played all year behind a line that is just not good pass protection, no running game. It does seem like for most of the year,

I think I said this a month or two ago, that they're doing less within structure than last year. That is correct. I think that they do not really have an intermediate pass game of any real meaning, and they've not really had a vertical pass game. Last year, they hit vertical shots. They took vertical shots, and they hit vertical shots. You're not seeing that on tape. You know what it is?

There's a lot of checkdowns to Dawson Knox. Yeah, the ball comes out quick a lot. They clearly are, that's been a focus now. Only they could tell you why. I mean, the tape kind of tells you that the O line really isn't good enough. And look, they know that better than we do. Well, Gabe Davis was my top sleeper last week and he scored two touchdown. So he's coming on.

He's consistent. He's a nice bigger bodied receiver. I say he's going to be a factor. Obviously, with Cole Beasley on the COVID list, he's screwed. So it'll be Gabe Davis and. Steph Diggs and Dawson Knox. And Sanders may play, though. So we will have almost a full complement of weapons.

And, well, it's the Patriots too, by the way. Do you think simplistically they do what the Panthers did last week and put their top corner, that would be J.C. Jackson on Diggs? Yeah, they will. They do that pretty much every week. So I don't think Bill Belichick's going to change that. Jackson is he's the guy and I think that will indeed happen. That got away from me last game because it was such a weird game, you know,

it's like, was in the twilight zone that damn game, honestly. But Mack Jones, let's fast forward because your notes, I read them quickly and they're, you know, they're very positive, but, you know, you can talk about what you're seeing, but, you know, I try to look ahead and, and, you know, it's not a hot take. it's it's a take with conviction you know it's a it's a bold projection it's you know what i mean like so you know mac jones we all know uh how this has played out this year the next step to me is you know all right can this guy put up numbers right run this by charlie weiss and he you know he's a big mac jones guy but my thought was okay you know we weren't thinking about brady

as this big time sexy slinging all over the field guy in o three yet he's was. So, I mean, do you think Mac Jones can develop with, put Jerry Judy there and somebody else, you know, could he develop into a 40 touchdown a year guy? Yes, I think he can't. Boom. There it is. Yeah, I think he can't. I mean, you know, I think, look, because they won, I guess, seven in a row until they lost, there was this sense that Jones is great. Jones has been efficient and solid and not great. It's a team that has played really good defense for the most part to run the ball really well, and Jones has been extremely efficient. One thing Jones does that Brady did, and I remember reading, that's why Brady

became the starter over Bloodsoe at the time. One thing Jones does is he gets the ball out and is willing to take a six-yard gain. He doesn't wait in the pocket to see if a 15-yard gain is available. And Brady has always done that. He still does it now. And, you know, so second and four is better than second and ten, or worse than second and ten. So Jones is that guy right now.

I think as he gets more experience, another off-season, I don't know Bill Belichick's philosophy about wide receivers, whether he thinks he has to go out and get big time whiteouts? I don't know the answer to that. Brady did not have big time whiteouts early in his career either, by the way. Right. Of course. Then he did. And then they dominated. Correct. But I mean, and taking nothing away from the Dionne Branches and the David Givens, very solid NFL players, just like Jacoby Myers is a very solid NFL player, as of Kendrick Bourne. But you wouldn't put them in the category of guys who can, let's say, take over a game with their receiving ability. Like Jerry Judy, I think, could here.

Are you, is there a trade that's happening? I mean, I am trying to facilitate one. Apparently. Apparently. I mean, I guess Judy, I mean, he played with Mac for, when Mac was a backup for a couple of years. But you know what? I mean, not to spend too much time on it, but, you know, I said that, you know, of course, I said after his first game that he was Tom Brady.

I mean, for the old Tom Brady. And again, I was glowingly talking about him. But, you know, I'm, I'm considering all this. the things. I'm not saying he's great now, but I'm saying based on what I see, this is a path to greatness kind of thing. You know what I mean? Yeah, I think Jones's numbers will definitely get jacked up as time goes on. Here's the question. Here's a guy that not athletic, not a big arm, but had an MVP year and threw 38 touchdowns, Matt Ryan, you know, Matt Ryan could do it. Yeah, Jones numbers,

well, I mean, as you look ahead in your leagues, I think Jones numbers will continue to improve for sure. Yep. And I think, again, that's a take that no one else has, by the way. And that would be one to hopefully be ahead of the curve on. Quickly, I wanted to ask you about Kyler, what you saw last week. I don't know if it was a burn the tape game, but I'm not sure we bounced back this week in this matchup

because Matt Eberfluse, man, that dude is good for these cults. So that looks like that's a fascinating one for me, Greg. It's funny. Watching that tape, I was thinking of myself as I got into it. First of all, they played guys that Walt Harris, who's been a safety, his whole life, played right corner. But my guess is that Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn, the first year decoordinator, got together during the week,

and basically in so many words, says, you know, screw it. We're not going to the Super Bowl. We're not going to just sit and play zone and try to, you know, cover for our corners who are, you know, like I said, Walt Harris played corner. that let's just be aggressive. Let's blitz. Let's play man.

Let's just go out and have some fun. And you know what? It caused problems for the cards in this given game. Now, I'm not going to sit here and say, I'm not a blueprint guy, because I guarantee it's not the first time someone pressured the cards and played man coverage. So, you know, but the point is,

in this given game, the cards were a little discombobulated. Their past game never developed any rhythm within structure. You know, Murray often walks a very fine line between being comfortable and composed in the pocket and being unsettled with too much unnecessary movement. And because he's capable of great plays, people lose sight of that fact, John. They just think, oh, this guy just makes great play all the time.

Oh, I mean, I've been skeptical of the Cardinals for months now and, you know, and, and, and, and Kyler, too. I mean, you know, I'm all over the play. I loved Kyler when he was coming out, liked him his rookie year. Last year, I was a little underwhelmed. This year, it's been a mixed bag, you know, injuries. But no guarantee we bounce back here. I mean, the Colts play a lot of man to man.

They're really good against the run. James Conner's hurt. No D-Hop. This could potentially be another problematic game here. Without question. Wow. Well, on that note, we'll end it and leave you wanting more. And you can get more at FantasyPoint.com.

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