Fantasy Football Daily - 2022 Week 11 Matchup Podcast

Episode Date: November 17, 2022

John Hansen (@Fantasy_Guru) and Greg Cosell (@gregcosell) preview Week 11 NFL action. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fantasy-points-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for 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, the week 11 edition of the matchup podcast here at FantasyPoint.com. I'm John Hansen. Greg Kosell from NFL Films, standing by, been grinding per usual. here breaking down the week 10 tape and we are pretty deep into the season now obviously so we've got a pretty good base of knowledge here so we'll just basically here in this podcast give you a

little sample of the insight here the stuff we get from Greg's film study on Thursday night of course for fantasy point subscribers we do the live stream where we go much more in depth and cover all the matchups for the week with Adam Kaplan with the information. and Greg's analysis. And, of course, you can still subscribe to the website. Prices discounted and throw in that promo code, Hansen, 22 for 10% off. Greg, another week in the books. How are you?

Doing great, John. How are you? I'm very good. Actually, something resembling a vacation this weekend. Not much, but maybe like a day over the weekend, like Saturday. out in Los Angeles. So I had the family out there with me for the first time. Yeah.

So, yeah, it was a good weekend. What did you do? We basically stayed at the beach. We went out a day earlier. Did a lot of work on the plane per usual. Did a lot of bike riding there on the strand there and the South Bay. Also did a little, I can get into it quickly. Our girl, Jules McLean on the staff at FantasyPoint.com, works very closely with one

Quentin Tarantino, Greg. And we went to one of the big warehouses where it's like all the archives and a bunch of old sets and props from various Tarantino movies. So that was pretty cool. Oh, it's really nice. Yeah. Very cool. Did you happen to see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? I did not.

Okay. So that movie, the latest one, Brad Pitt was like the central character. He's driving like this big tuna boat type of car. We sat in the car. We got pictures of the car. Anyway, no one really cares about my weekend exploits, although, you know, that was pretty cool. Also, always pretty cool to get into your film study and, you know, what the tape shows, basically. You know, we all watch the games on TV, but sometimes the tape can show some different things.

I'll actually start with the indie cult, surprising everyone, starting Matt Ryan. What stood out to you, obviously to me, you know, Jonathan Taylor, I thought, looked good, which I'm sure part of that was the O line looked pretty good. But what stood out to you with the Colts offense? Well, I think the Colts offense has to play a certain way because we know Matt Ryan at this point in his career can't really drive the ball with needed velocity. So everything in the past game has to be relatively quick. It has to be RPO type stuff. It has to be three step, five step drop with the ball coming out.

and then it's the run game. So I don't think there's any mystery to the way the Colts have to play in order to be successful, given what Matt Ryan is at this point in his career and given the fact that Jonathan Taylor is back healthy. I think you'll see things like Jet Sweeps with Paris Campbell, tunnel screens with Campbell. He's the kind of player you can get the ball to. You want to get him the ball in space when he's moving because he's a big kid with great speed. there has to be short throw and run after catch. That has to be critical to what they do, like we saw with Grants in the tight end this past week.

They'll take a fade ball shot here and there to Alec Pierce, but there's not really a true vertical passing game here. So I think the Colts, when you watch their tape, you clearly see how they know they have to play, given what their talent level is. And if they can't function that way, if that gets shut down, then they'll have a problem. Now, I will say this, their old line, I thought, played well this past week overall. They started the rookie Raymond at left tackle. I thought he played well. Good. I thought Fries at right guard, the former Penn Stateer, I thought he played well.

So I thought this week, against the Raiders' defensive front, that's not bad. The Raiders have other issues on defense, but I don't think the Raiders' defense. front would be viewed as bad by any means. Yeah, Max Crosby is an animal out there. Yeah, so I thought they did a really nice job and allowed the offense to kind of function the way it has to function. I think Paris Campbell, you know, we've always liked the talent. I interviewed him at the combine as a good kid.

He's kind of unique in that, you know, the type of player he is, he's a little bigger, I think, and he also runs a little bit better. You see a bigger slot, but he's a bigger slot who can run. So, you know, how did he look last week? Has he jumped off the screen a little bit? Because Matt Ryan seems to really look for him these days. Well, I think over the last number of weeks, Paris Campbell's made some plays. And you can see the explosive element to his game that everybody thought would show up in the league when he came out of Ohio State as a second round pick because he's about six one and a half.

He's over 200 pounds, but he has great straight line speed. No one probably thought, wow, he'd be a top five receiver in the league. but he has a certain skill set and traits level that can work. And I think the Colts, you know, like that's why I mentioned, jet sweeps, tunnel screens. Right. You'd love to get him the ball on the move or in space where he can then generate speed and velocity. And I think with the nature of their offense now, John, particularly with Matt Ryan, not being able to make certain kinds of throws, Campbell becomes an interesting player. You know, again, each game will be different for them.

Obviously, they're playing the Eagles, so their defense becomes. comes important as well. I don't think they would like Matt Ryan having to drop back 35 or 40 times, so I can't speak to what Campbell's target share might be, but I think that's the way they want to use him. So fair to say with Jeff Saturday aboard, he maybe whipped the alignment into shape, but they're going to run the ball a lot with Taylor. Assuming the game doesn't get out of hand, obviously, yes. Yeah, and they're playing the eagle defense that obviously got run all over pretty much last week. That's been, you know. I've been having that debate in my brain, okay?

Yeah. And, you know, sometimes getting in your own brain is not a good thing. It's not good. No. Yeah. I've been very scared at times. I've lost one time in my own brain. I got very scared.

Yeah. You know, the Eagles last week gave up three yards per rush. Now, you said, the only reason I mentioned that is because you said the Eagles got run all over. Well, I, honestly, full disclosure, that was lazy analysis, not even because I was on the damn plain. So I saw most of it, but. But no, the reason I mention is because you're not the only one who was saying that. There's a, there's a sense out there that the Eagles just got run all over last week. And when all was said and done, they gave up three yards per rush.

But yet, when you watch the game, you did feel like the commanders controlled the game. Because obviously the time of possession was extreme, particularly in the first half. It felt like they were kind of imposing their will on them while keep. being Heineke somewhat managed other than throwing to McCloor. Right. But, and this is all film study, you know, the Eagles play that five-man base front. And obviously people would talk about how important Jordan Davis was. Right.

And he's not playing, obviously. So the stat I'm going to give you comes from film, not from a website. So I did a breakdown of the runs by both Robinson and Gibson versus the Eagles' five-man base front. okay, where Tui Polutu, who just went on injured reserve because they just signed Linville Joseph, but Tui Polut Loto was essentially the nose shade, the position that Jordan Davis would have played, you know, when he was healthy. And there were 33 rushes against that base five-man front for 108 yards, 3.3 yards per rush. Now, the 33 is a big number. Yeah.

Okay. but if I told you before the game, hey, they're going to run the ball and they're going to gain 3.3 yards per rush, wouldn't you say, that's pretty good for the defense? Yeah, now that's said, though, and I don't know offhand, but over the last four weeks, they are facing a lot of carries, 26.5, but they're also getting run on here. 4.6 yards a carry, 121 yards a game on average. So clearly, teams are like, I'd rather try and run it than try and throw. in the secondary. I mean, I know that's basic, but, you know, it's kind of like a, they're funneling the offense to the backs as opposed to throwing against the secondary. Yeah. And I think the other factor that plays into that with the Eagles is you would love to be in a position to shorten the

game and try to control the pace and tempo and the time of possession, because for the most part, the Eagles offense has scored well. So there's a lot of factors that go into play. But the run game issue with Eagles defense has me kind of, it's a dilemma for me. I always feel like they're okay with it, kind of, you know? And they might be. I mean, okay is a relative term, you know, but they're not getting gashed. Not at all. They did earlier that Lions game was a little scary early on. Well, that was very early in the season. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. But no, so it's, it's very odd because watching the game and the tape, it did feel like the commanders were in control.

But here's the stat that I think is even more important. And the big focus is on their run defense. But keep in mind, the commanders, their first 14 third downs, they converted 12. Yeah. I think it was a little more startling because they haven't run the ball well all year. Yeah. Yeah. Now, one thing to keep in mind is nine of their 21 total third downs.

in the game. The commanders were either third and ones or third and twos. Yeah. Just worked out that way. Got lucky. Yeah. Luck of the draw there. Well, the commander's defense played pretty well. And by the way, they didn't, they're moving McCorn around a lot.

So he wasn't, you know, on Slay a ton, I see. No, no. There were a few times. but there were times he did follow him, but it wasn't 100% and the Eagles played a good amount of zone. They didn't play a ton of man. You know, we've discussed this so many times with teams.

Now, the Eagles did play predominantly man coverage on third down, but there were also snaps when they played zone and they got burned. So it was kind of interesting, you know, how it plays out with teams. You know, when McLaurin lined up on the outside, Slay did line up over him, but didn't necessarily match up pure man that many times. Maybe that's a new trend. Like, you zone it up, zone it up, and then third down pressure, man, man up. A lot of teams do increase their man percentage on third down without question. That is a trend. And yeah, maybe so more so because they're doing so much zone on other passing or other downs. So they're

You look at the number out of their zone, but then, you know, when a push comes to shove, they man up on you and make you execute. Well, did the commanders do anything in particular to basically derail what was an offense that was just kind of rolling in rhythm? Now, AJ Brown got hurt and, of course, got her, but anything else stand out? Well, it was an odd game because the Eagles, they ran only 47 offensive plays, John. Yeah, that's true. the first half, the numbers were absurd. I mean, they had the ball for over just six minutes in the first half and were able to

run only 19 plays while the commanders ran 51 plays. Think about that. So, you know, I thought the Eagles offense in the second half started to do kind of what the Eagles offense does. But the first half, there was absolutely no chance for them to develop any sense of rhythm at all. Let's move on to your 49er studying tape study here last week against a very giving charger defense. I was a little surprised with the workload there for Elijah Mitchell.

Yeah. I mean, that's pretty wild. Yeah, I mean, he was the back in the fourth quarter for the most part when they were, you know, looking to run the ball and eat up clock and ideally score, not McCaffrey. You know, somebody asked me about this the other. day. And you know how it is. If you say something that's not a total positive about someone, people think, oh, you hate them. You know how that goes. You're a hater. Right. But McCaffrey is an explosive back. You know, when McCaffrey hits the second level, if he can hit the second level

clean, he is explosive, more explosive than Mitchell. But as I watch tape, and I've watched McCaffrey for all his years and obviously in Carolina, and he's a great player. And I watch Mitchell with the Niners. I think you could make the argument based purely on tape study that while McCaffrey is clearly more explosive, that Mitchell and confined space is more efficient. Oh, I can totally see that. McAfree is a little bit more of a space player. Yeah. I think that's, you know, again, I'm basing this purely on watching tape. But Mitchell is one of those backs, even though he's not 225 pounds, that he has a feel for working really effectively in confined space and gaining those hard-earned yards.

Yeah. Phone booth guy. He runs into the, you know, the middle of the defense and you think, oh, it's blocked for three or four, and all of a sudden it's an eight-yard run. Yeah. I mean, he's got some really good instincts for that zone scheme, and he ran that in college. And, you know, this is more of, this is a complete fantasy question, but I'm sure you can offer some insight. I mean, this is truly scary.

we know they're going to run the ball and they want to run the ball. They're going to have this type of, you know, two, two-headed monster in the backfield. You know, Kyle doesn't care about our fantasy teams. Like, they have too many weapons now. Like, it's like every week, I feel like Debo, Kittle and Iuke, it feels like two of those guys are like not going to produce anything, you know? I mean, do you see that concern in our world and the fancy world? It's a great point because, number one, now you don't know about Mitchell and McCaffrey and any given week, so it's hard to predict.

And now you have Samuel, I, Uke, and Kittle. So, and, and it's a team that in an ideal world is not going to throw the ball a ton. Oh, of course. So how do you figure out the receiving situation in any given week? I did nail the IUC two touchdown game about a month ago. Right.

I got that, I got one, that one right. But, man, you know, it's just weird how the moment. I said all summer, you know, last year, you know, Last year, the momentum was with Debo. And I loved Debo last year. And I said, man, it sure feels like the momentum this year is with Ayuk. And that's lining up here. But otherwise, how did Jimmy G look here on film?

He was good this week. First of all, he was really good on third down. They were great on third down as a team. And Garoplo was 8 for 10 for 108 yards. Six of those completions resulted in first downs. I thought he had two big third down conversions in the fourth quarter, both to Iyuk. One came versus zero. So, you know, I think, look, we know what Jimmy Garapolo is.

We don't need to get into that discussion every week. We know what he is. But when he's efficient, their offense is kind of really fun to watch because they run the ball well. He gets it to different guys. Yeah, sure. It's kind of an interesting, an interesting offense. You know, they're not a big play offense in a strict sense. You know, they don't drive the ball down the field unless it's run after catch.

Yep. Yeah, it's kind of like the old. my quarterback is in the transcendent talent, so let me just put him in a good spot, surround him with stars, like Tua almost. And like in that regard, like they're clicking here. You know, he's, yeah, efficient is the best word, really. Let me ask you a question.

Because I've been having this conversation with some people as well, and I'm not taking a point of view here. Would you put the Eagles in that category? As efficient? as the quarterback is not a transcendent player, but the offense is a lot of weapons and is really efficient. Absolutely. And that's why the AJ Brown acquisition is just showing. I know Devante now is a year older, but man, it just seems like Devante is more deadly with Brown there.

And everything is more consistent. You have something to hang your hat on with Brown. And now, of course, Goddard is out. It's going to be very interesting. Yeah. Yeah. And they don't necessarily back to them. have a replacement for Goddard.

Do they, I mean, they have a person. Goddard's probably a top five tight end in the league. So do they, I mean, they, I think Jack Stahl is a player they like and he'll become the number one tight end. I particularly like Grant Calsatera, who they drafted this year in the sixth round. But for those who remember when he was at Oklahoma three years ago, before he took a year off and resurfaced, he was being talked about as one of the next great tight ends because he can run.

Yeah, he's an athletic guy. Yeah, so, I mean, again, I don't know how they see this going forward now. We won't know that until they play. But the loss of Goddard is big. He's a really good player, and he's a really good blocker, too. Yeah, it could really disrupt this rhythm that they've had all year. It's possible. You know, I think the staff's done a really, really good job.

You know, I think, look, you know, people always take it as a negative. about a quarterback and about an offense when you say that, you know, the staff is, it's a well-schemed offense. Yeah, right. But isn't that the job of the staff? Isn't the job of the staff to present, you know, whether, I mean, we're talking past game now, to present, you know, define reads, define throws, allow the quarterback to see things quickly and clearly.

Isn't that the job of the staff? That's not a knock on a quarterback. No, no, I guess people want Russell Wilson running around out there in a playground. you know making place here uh week 11 matchup podcast here at fantasy points.com just just riffing here on gregg cocell's tape study from week 10 and you saw the charger offense now we might not get them back this week but they are working mike williams and keenan allen so i'm wondering if um justin herbert is like a bi low guy because overall it feels like he's probably playing a lot better than the perception right now, but he's without these guys.

Yeah, I mean, again, Herbert's been a guy, as you well know, that a lot of people have now talked about and said, well, he's not as good as, you know, he was his first two years, which is kind of an absurd thing to say, because it's not as if he lost his talent. You know, I think that they've gone through some issues this year. They've lost people. Don't forget this past week, they started a right tackle making his first NFL start, okay. They've been starting a left tackle the last two, three weeks, who is a rookie out of Georgia,

who most people believe should be a guard in the NFL. Yeah. So they're playing with, you know, guys on the outside on the old line that are potentially troublesome. And they know that by that's probably why it's so damn compressed. It's very compressed. And they don't really have a consistent run game. Right. Right. So it makes it harder for the quarterback. And now you're counting, on Herbert to be special all the time, to make those kinds of throws all the time. And that's hard. He made a couple of them this week, by the way. Yeah, okay.

Going to have to throw it a lot in this one probably on Sunday night against K.C. And you saw them. Boy, Clyde Edwards Allaire is beyond the dog. He's kicked out of the doghouse. He's in the outhouse. I mean, I don't know where they're going to. Yes, apparently, because I did watch that tape in Pacheco is the Pateco is kind of a fun guy to watch.

I mean, dude, runs hard as hell. I mean, sure does. He brings it for another South Jersey guy here. Pacheco is South Jersey? Oh, yeah, he's from Vindland. I didn't realize that.

I knew he went to Rutgers. I did not realize he was from Vineland. Well, my buddy, my childhood friend Gary Melton, whose son, Bo is on the Seahawks. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Is a Rutgers guy. I watched him, actually, but I didn't watch Pichico.

Yep, and Gary, you know, Gary was a local South Jersey youth football coach forever. So I think Gary's been working with Pacheco since he was like nine years old. And by the way, he said he ran like that when he was nine years old. He probably, I don't know if you got a chance to see my notes on that, but, I mean, he's a downhill velocity runner with natural power, strong finishing trades. He's a guy that runs angry. He gets hard yards. He's a little stiff, you know, he's not a shifty guy.

but in the context of their offense, he fits perfectly because they don't need him to be a workhorse. Right. You know what he looks like to me? Maybe a faster, maybe a little bit more athletic, Alex Collins. Maybe. He's bigger. He's a little bigger, I think. Is he bigger?

Yeah. Just the running style, I guess. But, you know, Mahomes is playing at a really high level. You know, Mahomes is such a fascinating guy. He's really interesting. to watch because he's always been comfortable moving, John, and there will always be plays in which he moves out of the pocket when there is no pressure. But that's part of his game. That's not, that's not going to change. We just have to accept it. You don't want to coach it out of him.

But man, he is, he is such a good thrower of the football. I mean, he's, now when you talk about, when you hear people talk, you know, with guys coming out of the draft, let's say, oh, he's a natural thrower. People like to throw that term around. It absolutely fits with Patrick Mahomes. He's such a natural thrower of the football. Effortless. My takeaway is I think we're seeing his command of this offense with how well he's playing with all these new parts. Is that fair?

Yeah, I was just going to say I would agree with that. And you see Tony becoming a little bit of a factor. He'll become more of a factor because I imagine that Smith-Schuster will be out this week. Yeah, and Hardman is if he had. Hardman, I guess, I know he did not practice today, Wednesday. Yeah. I think Valva Scantling will probably be okay, but, but I, but Smith-Fuster with the nature of

that concussion on, on Sunday, I, I can't imagine he's playing this week. No, he's not playing. He's had, I think this is his third one, too, maybe four. So he's going to be out. Hardman will be questionable. But it doesn't really matter. They're playing more with, with multiple tight ends than they ever have before, John. Oh, yeah.

They have three of them out there. Yeah, I mean, Mahomes, he's just one of those. that makes everybody better. You know, he's, he's one of those guys. He's a really natural thrower. He moves. I mean, he's just a really good player. I mean, what more can you say?

Greg, that that Cadarius effort is a little scary for the rest of the league here. I actually interviewed Cadarius. And I saw a little Tyreek in his game, and I asked him about that. And he agreed. He said he also said Camara with the contact bounce. But that guy's ability to stop on a dime. and cut on a dime is scary. Yeah, I don't think he's quite as explosive as Tyreek, but no one probably is.

He's also a lot taller, I guess, you know? I think he can be used in a similar fashion in the context of their offense. Yeah. What about if he needs to be in, I mean, that's the beauty of him, right? Almost completely blurs the line of inside, outside, in my mind. Without question. And he can line up in the backfield. Exactly, exactly.

Oh, yeah. No, he's going to give them a lot. You know, don't forget, he's only been there two weeks or three weeks. I know. So this is just starting. It's pretty ridiculous. Green Bay Packers offense, you know, just yet another example in the fantasy world. Now, not that I was touting them this week because obviously it was hard to, but, you know,

Christian Watson, you know, the second ground pedigree and raw talent, they're desperate, they're hurting. And then boom. You know, somehow they find a way to get this kid going when they needed them badly. And apparently, Greg, he's going to continue to be a factor, maybe a large factor here. I mean, was it? I mean, he had eight targets this week, the most. They only had 23 call passes. So he was the most targeted receiver.

He's a certain kind of receiver. You saw his first two drops that required him to catch the ball with his hands. He really can't catch the ball with his hands just yet. so he has to cradle the ball, which he, you know, that's what he is, but he's fast and he can run away from people. So we'll see, you know, obviously, look, they had 37 called runs, John, and 23 called passes. Wow. So, you know, Jones and Dylan combined for 37 for 203. Yeah, well, that's smart, you know, commit to just running it.

Like some of these other teams, like, yeah, we're down by 20 and 40. quarter doesn't matter uh and and that kind of not to that extreme but you know you have you know it's a fascinating conversation just even for a fantasy perspective john because you have to you know be predictive in what you do but this year the average yards per carry for the entire league is the highest it's been in maybe ever but in a very very long time it's the inverse it's the inverse of the YPA going down. Which is exactly right. That's gone down tremendous.

And yards per completion has gone down tremendously. Yep. So you're seeing yards for attempt, yards per completion, drop precipitously, and yards per carry in the run game increasing meaningfully. So again, you know, it's too early to make a big judgment about how the NFL game might or might not be. changing, but, you know, we'll see. I mean, teams are running the ball a little more,

and they're having really good success. And they're having success in the gap scheme run game, you know, as opposed to the zone run game. You know, straight up downhill. Yep. There you go. All right. Well, you know, because don't forget, you're getting smaller delinement, you know. Of course. You're not getting three, you know, think back to like the Patriots of the early 2000. Oh, you kidding me. Before Brady was. white Brady, even though they won, you know, Super Bowls. Vince Wilfork? You know, and Ted Washington, you know, guys like that.

I mean, his neck was wider than some of these guys' waists over here. I mean, we know Aaron Donald's a great player. That's not the point. But Aaron Donald's 275 pounds. But you also have more DBs in the box, right? I mean. Yeah, that's the other thing. Teams are playing in Nickel, you know, I guess the number is probably about 65%

league why give or take i don't you know i don't have that number right in front of me although i could find it really quick and while we're talking i am going to find it really quick um the league average is uh hold on one more thing i'm going to tell you because i because i'm capable of about 67 the league average is 63 percent okay to be in nickel okay so more than half to that means that there's a a little a little slot corner out there on 63 percent percent of the snaps and you know teams will run at the slot corner they're going to have to make him tackle now he might make a great play here and there but if you keep doing it he's going to get worn down by the way do teams they don't do this against uh derrick henry i i assume no no no teams will play

base against derrick yeah yeah but the point is both teams theoretically think okay if teams are going to run the ball more instead of being in nickel 63% of the time maybe we need you know we should line up in base. And maybe, you know, again, it's too, it's too early to make this as a general statement for the next five years. But, you know, our team's going to start thinking in terms of, hey, maybe our detackles can't be 270 pounds. Maybe they need to be 300 pounds. Maybe our linebackers can't be 215 guys who just run. Maybe we need guys who can actually step up and take on blocks. You know, I don't know. You know, it's just, this is the kind of stuff that's going on in the league and the kind of stuff you think about. And when you're,

Green Bay, if you run the ball that many times, you might start getting more man to man. And if you see more man to man on the rookie Watson who could run, maybe you send him on a go route. Is that what happened? I mean, well, the first touchdown was a go route, a vertical route. The second one, actually, he showed really refinement as a route runner. I was kind of surprised on the 39-yarder, I believe it was. that was really impressive by Watson. All right.

Well, another guy, Comby interview of mine, a good kid, a real good kid. Supposed to be really smart. He's very likable, kind of soft-spoken, but I see him,

he's having a good time. I can tell you that, because he was pretty serious. Very nice when I interview him, but I see him laughing and goofing around. So, you know, good. I know he's got a great reputation, you know,

a real good dude. A lot of people like him. Cowboys offense here. anything jump out here uh how did deck prescott play i thought he was solid i mean one of his picks i thought was um was really on lamb i thought lamb kind of screwed him a little bit because he have to cross the face of the safety and and he did it was like a like a two-way go kind of a thing what's that like a like an option route no no no i don't think so but i could be wrong um but um i thought lamb had to cut in front of ford who made the interception not run

behind him. I didn't think that interception was on Prescott, but maybe I'm wrong because Yeah. Lamb's a little sloppy like that, you know? Yeah, he had a big game, though. I mean, Lamb, he did run a great route, a great route for the touchdown against Alexander, you know. Right. I guess that was in the third quarter, and boy, a lot of people call that a shake seven route, and he ran a great route, and he just, Alexander wasn't a pure man, but because

it was outside the numbers, Alexander had to match him. and it was a phenomenal route. You know, at this point, I really would like to see what Tony Pollard can do and how long he can do it for in this role. I mean, he's out there. What's that? Yeah, I think he had 22 carries this week,

if I'm not mistaken. I mean, he's out there, I mean, it looks good, you know? I mean, it seems like he's got space room to run. He's, you know, navigating and making guys miss, you know, looking that good on film? Yeah, no, he's good back. I think he runs hard. You know, the question is, can he do that over a long period of time?

Right. That is the question. And it looks like we may not get the answer. I think he's supposed to be back this week. Is he not? It seems that way. It seems like we're trending that way. Titans offense.

I'm glad we're getting to this. I'm going to actually watch it tonight because I got to pick my Thursday night special. But Trailing Berks did return. Anything stand out there? what did he get six targets and it looked like tana hill played better yeah their past game was a little better the guy i really like on their offense and again it's hard to know with target share i'm sure you struggle with this because obviously tony hill was out now he came back you just don't know he did throw 36 balls this week which for them is kind of a lot but it's a lot uh i really like the rookie

tight end of guanquo i mean yeah yeah i think i did him coming out of maryland he's an athletic kid he can run he's got speed he has vertical ability um i really like that kid i mean he's probably gonna be better than johnoo because john who has a been a disappointment i guess we'll see but that's chiggy right he's uh yeah but having said that john i have no idea what that means for target share but i think he's i think he gives them something well they they they use him like dump off guy and he i mean he's got three his last three of his last four four catches have gone for 38 between 38 and 48 yards. So a couple of shot plays, but there was that one little dump off he took. His first catch, which was a screen. That's what I met. Yeah,

screen dump off. That was a screen. So that was, yeah, that was early in the game, and it was a screen, and it went through whatever number of yards. It was a lot of yards, maybe 40-ish. But the one late in the game, he basically ran an overrout, and he's got speed. He can move. I guess Traillenberg's nothing exemplary here. I mean, he didn't stand out. I mean, I think he'll get better. You know, they did throw him in, you know, I think he works the middle of the field well. I think he'll become more of a factor.

I really do. Well, yeah. I mean, they're going to have to throw the ball somewhere down the road here. They can't live on just running the football if they want to get where they want to go. Well, maybe even this. You know, maybe even this week. You know, it's honestly very reminiscent of Drake London last week. and that was my guy last week.

And he was due and it happened. Right. He did look pretty good the week before. So I have to go and see what I see with Berks. But Berks is inside a lot. And he'll see a little Rasul Douglas there. I guess he's played well this year. No, no, no.

Rasul Douglas did not play inside this week. They made a big change. Just so you know, they made a major change because Stokes is out for the year. Right. So he's outside now, Douglas. Douglas is outside. You know who their slot corner became? The safety, Darnell Savage.

Oh, I was going to say not Jair. Nope, nope. Darnell Savage was their slot corner, and they played Ford in the Rudy Ford, who had actually two picks, I believe, this week. He became their nickel safety. Did anything on how Darnell Savage did in that role? You know, I didn't notice him in a negative way. Like, wow, he got beat, wow, look, you know,

because I think if I'm not mistaken, they played, he blitzed a lot. They used him when I say a lot. I mean, you know what I mean by that. Did Lamb get anything on him? I mean, Lamb did line up inside. Yeah, he beat him, I think, a couple of times. You know, Lamb moves around a lot.

He's that guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, well, maybe this is trailing Burke's time here in this game. But that was the change they made. That was absolutely the change they made. So Savage was their slot coin. And I'm sure he doesn't run as well, right? I mean.

Savage, he's a safety. He's a safety, right? Yeah. Yeah. So, okay. Well, there you go. It could be a little trail in Burke's time here. Whoa, we went 36 minutes here, Greg.

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