Fantasy Football Today - FFT on CBSSN - UPDATED Week 11 Tiers & Rankings! QB, RB, WR, TE Breakdown + Must-Start Sleepers! (11/13 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: November 13, 2025

Jamey Eisenberg, Dave Richard, Heath Cummings, and Robert Turbin break down all the key rankings and lineup decisions you need to win this week. We’re diving into the top QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs for... Week 11, revealing our toughest players to rank, and naming our favorite start/sit calls at every position — including some big surprises 👀 (2:00) QB Rankings & Start/Sit Debate (14:00) RB Ranking (29:02) WR Rankings (35:25) TE Rankings (42:04) AskFFT Mailbag to close it out! Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop our store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shop.cbssports.com/fantasy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Oh, we got a fun fantasy football today for you on a Thursday. It's the start of week 11, and we're excited. We're presented by BetMGM, make it legendary. Speaking of legendary, we've got the Hall of Famer, Dave Richard here. We have the best in the business. He's coming here. We have everything you need to get your lineup set to help you. dominate your fantasy league.
Starting point is 00:00:31 So let's get started right away with the quarterbacks because this is gonna be a great week for quarterbacks guys. I don't know about you. There's like 20 guys I feel comfortable starting. Gino Smith. No. Jukobi Brissette. Maybe.
Starting point is 00:00:43 Tootanga Vailoa. Actually, yeah. Marcus Marriota. Joe Flacco. Aaron Rogers. Yes. James Winston. We got a lot of quarterbacks that we could start this week.
Starting point is 00:00:51 Let's show you the rankings 1 through 12. I don't think we'll see James on that list, but James is going to start for the Giants as long as Jackson Dart is still in the Concussion Protocol, which is still the case. But we are looking at some of the hopefully still top guys, you know, the Lamar Jackson's, he's going to be okay dealing with that knee injury. We got Josh Allen who's going to hopefully bounce back from the tough loss for the bills. But when we take a look at the list one through 12, we're talking about guys that hopefully will have some strong performances. And we get into some of the guys that we're a little bit concerned about how we're going to rank some of these players.
Starting point is 00:01:18 And one particular player that is in the top 12 Heath is for you is Caleb Williams. Yeah, I think the upside that he's shown us in about half of his games this year is very exciting. and hard to bench for some of the guys you see in that QB2 range. The guys we don't normally start, the Marcus Mariotas, the Jacoby Presets. At the same time, he's going up against Brian Flores' defense, which on occasion can just make a quarterback look like he has no idea how to play the position.
Starting point is 00:01:45 So I think that he constantly is in that hard-to-rank range for me, but especially this week, I've got him just at the bottom of the top 12. I'm with you on that. One guy who's not in our consensus top 12, but I'm nervous about yet I think he's okay and maybe you feel the same way like I feel like there's like four or five
Starting point is 00:02:05 quarterbacks that you feel okay about but you know that there's like a floor that could bottom out Heath always talks about a fancy floor it's Sam Darnel going up against the Rams now they only have one sack in their last two games so their pass rush pressure rate it's gone down over the last two weeks it's against Tyler Shuck and Mack Jones
Starting point is 00:02:21 so that lends some optimism if he ends up having to throw I could see Sam Darnal having an okay day but I don't know if he can be better than most of the guys on this list right here, Jamie. Caleb Williams, I'm definitely starting ahead of him. Joe Flacko, I'm definitely starting ahead of him. Aaron Rogers, I'm starting ahead of him.
Starting point is 00:02:35 But Baker Mayfield's a question mark. Tua is not on this list. But I've got to decide between Tua and Sam Darnold in one of my leagues and my head is spinning right now. I go Tua. I'm concerned about Darnold. He has nine games on the season. Five of them, he's been under 20 fantasy points.
Starting point is 00:02:49 So he's been playing great. The fantasy production hasn't always been there. You mentioned the pressure rate for the Rams. Yeah. I mean, he's turned the ball over six times in the last three weeks, even while playing well. And so now we're talking about a Rams defense that, for the most part, has been good against opposing quarterbacks. There have been three times this season where a quarterback has gone over 20 fantasy points. Mack Jones did twice.
Starting point is 00:03:08 But I still think you're looking at Donald as not someone that's going to crack this list, probably better suited for the next list. So somebody you're starting in two QB leagues and Superflex formats. For me, the guy that I'm struggling with is Jordan Love because the matchups is as good as you can get. You know, Giants have obviously been terrible against opposing quarterbacks. But he's just not been playing great right now. Now, we did get good news that Romeo Dobbs is going to play. We'll find out if Matthew Golden is going to play as well. But I think just losing Tucker Kraft and coming off a loss and Matt LaFleur getting a lot of questions,
Starting point is 00:03:34 easiest thing to sort of solve this problem for them is Josh Jacobs, Josh Jacobs, and more Josh Jacobs, and sort of just say, okay, here, we can win with our defense, we can win with our run game. Maybe Jordan Love doesn't do very much. So he's somebody that I'm concerned about, which is why I think we all have him outside of the top 12. But you see some of the names on this list. You got Jared Gough in a tough matchup against the Eagles. Bo Nix obviously has been struggling, taking on a good Chiefs, defense coming off a by. So some of the names that you're used to seeing, just not going to be must-start
Starting point is 00:03:59 quarterbacks for us. I don't know if you want to run to the waiver wire to replace them with the Tuotung of L.O. or Marcus Mariota, but those guys are in good spots facing each other based on how those defenses look. All right, let's talk about some quarterbacks. We're going to start and we're going to sit. Is it just to set it and forget it at this point? Because the last three weeks have been great, but the last three weeks had been at home, one of those was against the Steelers. He was awesome. Averaging over 30 fantasy points per game. Is he just that easy to start this week? I think as long as, Joe Flacco has Jamar Chase and T. Higgins. He's just that easy to start.
Starting point is 00:04:29 The one thing you worry about with the Steelers defense is they've really gotten back to pressuring the quarterback well on the edges. The one thing Joe Flacco has done since he got to Cincinnati is get the ball out of his hand. That's easier to do when you have Jamar Chase and Teagans running routes. They're open pretty early. Under two and a half seconds, time to throw for Joe Flacco. That's not enough time for most defenses to get pressure. He throws the ball 40 times a game.
Starting point is 00:04:52 I think you'll probably see that again in this game. I worry at 10 that I've got him too low. I've got him at 7, and it's for the exact reasons that Heath pointed out. Volume is going to be in his favor. He's got two excellent wide receivers. I've got questions about the secondary for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He's right about the pass rush, though. Flacko's not going to be able to sit there and wait four seconds and then throw down field.
Starting point is 00:05:13 That's not going to be available to him. But if he's going to throw 40 times, he's going to get over 300 yards. Those receivers are going to score. So Joe Flacko is a start for me. Obviously, I don't disagree just to play devil's advocate. They just faced the team the Steelers that has a good quarterback with some great receivers, and they held Justin Herbert in check. The week before, they held Daniel Jones in check, despite throwing 50 times, turned the ball over five times.
Starting point is 00:05:32 We know Flacco could be turnover prone. And again, his worst game, for what it's worth, 22 points, was on the road. It was his first start. Last three games at home, much different scenario. And you know Pittsburgh coming off a loss in their building. No trepidation at all, though. You got them clearly as... I'm not picking them to win the game, but I'm picking Joe Flacco to do a lot in the game.
Starting point is 00:05:52 And it's all about stats. You know this. So I think Flacco will get a lot of good stats. And you like the guy on the other side of the ball on Aaron Rogers? I do. I'm a little bit worried about how much he's going to have to throw. But I think he can be more efficient. And he's looking for a bounce back game.
Starting point is 00:06:04 And the Steelers are looking certainly to be more balanced offensively. That does worry me a little bit. But look at the track record of quarterbacks against Cincinnati this year. Six of the last eight quarterbacks they face at least 22 fantasy points. Rogers himself had just over 30 fantasy points in the game that they played in week number seven. He's always better when he's not. pressure. This Bengals pass rush can't get to anybody. So I think Aaron Rogers is going to be okay. Low end top 12 type of fantasy QB. No Trey Hendrickson again. Shamar Stewart's not going to play
Starting point is 00:06:30 also. So there's an opportunity here for him to just sit back and throw. Like he's going to have four seconds. The only the only thing is like you heard him coming off the game last week. We got to get Jalen Warren more involved. He said it throughout the week. They're trying to get Jalen Warren more. And you wonder if do they just lean into their ground game a little bit more that it takes away from Rogers if the other side is not putting up as much points. I mean, I think Rogers is in a way tied to Flacco. Because if Flacco's bad, then
Starting point is 00:06:58 you could see a 22-pass-attempt game from Aaron Rogers where they just hand it off to Jalen Warren over and over and over again. But we don't think Flacko's going to be bad. As long as Joe Flacco leads the Bengals to more than 20 points, I think Rogers has a good day. Should be. I mean, again, it's set up for everything based on we've already
Starting point is 00:07:14 seen this once play out and both quarterbacks did great. Hopefully Rogers does have one of his better games. Only three games this season over 25. fantasy points, but as Dave alluded to the best game so far this season, was that game against the Bengals. I'm hoping for a Justin Herbert bounce back. He's my start of the week for week number 11. Last week was miserable against the Steelers, but this is
Starting point is 00:07:30 one of the best matchups on the table. The Jaguars number three in most fantasy points allowed to opposing quarterbacks. He was great prior to this with four games in a row with over 22 fantasy points, so I think he gets back on track. I love that Aronda Gads is playing because that was a little bit of a concern. Jaguars have just been absolutely miserable against opposing tight ends. He shouldn't have
Starting point is 00:07:45 to worry about pressure here at all. They've just been bleeding fantasy points to the great Davis Mills, for example, Matthew Staffer without Pugina Kua through five touchdowns against them. Like, this should be a great game for Justin Herbert. So as you see, top five quarterback for me, top eight for all of us. So hopefully Justin Herbert comes through. All right, let's go to the guys that we're sitting. For me, I already said I'm sitting, Sam Donald Heath.
Starting point is 00:08:04 You're going with Baker Mayfield. Let's have this Baker-Mayfield discussion for the fifth time today. So tell us why you're concerned about Mayfield. The Buffalo Bills have not allowed a quarterback to score more than 16 fantasy points against them since week one. When they faced Lamar Jackson, they faced some really bad quarterbacks in that stretch. they've also faced Drake May and Patrick Mahomes. Baker Mayfield has not been the same guy with both Mike Evans and Chris Godwin now. Average 7.9 yards per attempt to first six weeks of the season.
Starting point is 00:08:31 He was Baker Mayfield. That's about what he was last year. Just 5.6 yards per attempt in his last three games. I also don't think at least the first half of this game, we're going to see a high-volume pass attack from Tampa Bay because the way you beat this Bill's defense is by running the ball. you have the third most yards per carry amongst all defenses. So I think we see a lot of rush attempts, at least early.
Starting point is 00:08:54 Maybe he saves your day in the fourth quarter with some garbage time. I think the bills probably handled Tampa Bay pretty easily this week. I'm okay with him as a low-end starter. I don't think this is going to be the typical 28-point Baker-Mayfield game because of what he's talking about. And it does make sense for Tampa to at least try to attack with the ground game. And it feels like Sean Tucker would be the better option, the Rashad White, just when it comes to carries, not playing overall.
Starting point is 00:09:17 But I don't know if Sean Tucker can pull it off. This bill's secondary has been excellent. And their pass rush, it looks like they're getting healthy. I know the secondary was banged up last week. That's part of the reason why the Dolphins had such a good game. But really, it was their run defense that was terrible. And Devon Aitian had a huge game. If the bucks leaned into that, Heath's right, you're not going to have a great opportunity for Baker Mayfield to throw a lot.
Starting point is 00:09:37 But I just don't think that that's what's going to be the end result. I think Josh Allen will get back on track. You want to talk about offenses not being on track last week. That was absolutely the reason my Buffalo lost. I think they get back on. track. And I think that forces Baker Mayfield to throw a lot. And even if the yards per attempt is a little low, I think he can end up having a pretty good day. I still like the receivers that he throws to. Abuka, Ted Tess Johnson. I think this is a Kate Otton week, too, attacking
Starting point is 00:09:59 the middle of that defense. So I'm okay with Baker as a starter, but not the slam dunk must-ar guy. I'd rather start both Rogers and Flacco ahead of him. And listen, I get it. I just look at what he's done so far this season, his body of work, Atlanta, New England, Philadelphia, Seattle, Houston. He's been good against all those teams. And in some cases, on the road in their building, in the case of Houston and Seattle, and those are not easy opponents for him to have to take on. So I still trust him as a top eight quarterback, but certainly if you think Flacco and Rogers have more upside, obviously he thinks a lot of guys have more upside, so you can go that way with Baker Mayfield. Dave, one more guy that we're going to talk about here is Jared Gough, who's another player playing very well,
Starting point is 00:10:34 has done well outdoors so far this season. The narrative is not necessarily the same, but don't really love them this week again. Some of those outdoor matchups were favorable for them. Some of those games away from Detroit were favorable form. Now he's taking on Philadelphia, and this is an Eagles pass rush. That's even more legit with Jalen Phillips coming after the quarterback. We saw that on Monday against Green Bay. I think that line's offensive lines a little shaken up.
Starting point is 00:10:55 It looks like all the starters will play. But man, are they going to have their hands full with Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis? And now Jalen Phillips on top of that and whatever else that the Eagles have. Nolan Smith is going to get after him. This is tough for him. And when golf is pressured, he's not good. When he's outdoors, it's not good. It's going to be cold.
Starting point is 00:11:12 This isn't what the lions are used to. I can't feel great about him, especially since Philadelphia. under 23 fantasy points to six of the last seven quarterbacks that they've gone up against. Four of those guys have been under 19 fantasy points. I am nervous that it's going to be that kind of a game for Jared Gough, not a top 12 QB for me. As you see, we're all on board. We don't love him as a top 12 guy. He has been a little bit better than expected, again, in these situations.
Starting point is 00:11:33 And we'll see Dan Campbell calling plays as he has something, you know, lined up for Philadelphia, but the matchup's tough. And if you can get away from Jared Gough, four to four Rogers, for Flacco, for even, you know, Marcus Mariotta, might be the smart. move to make. All right. We're going to take a break right now. We come back and get into some running backs. Look at our rankings. Robert Turbin's going to join us. Going to find out who we should be trading for, who we should be trading away. That's next here on fantasy football today.
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Starting point is 00:13:19 position, and we're going to get right into it, Robert. We got the trade deadlines coming up in a lot of fantasy leagues. You know the running back spot better than anybody else. Who is someone that fantasy managers should be trading for that could help them, hopefully put them over the top and maybe win a fantasy championship? Great question.
Starting point is 00:13:36 I think that if you're looking for somebody who's going to give you steady numbers each week, who's going to have availability each week for the rest of the season, maybe he had a rough start, but it's Derek Henry. Derek Henry, to me, and the way that this offense is playing for the Ravens at this particular time, and what you project they'll do going forward, I think will be a nice
Starting point is 00:13:58 pickup for someone who is either trying to get into the playoffs or that are already in the playoffs and want to make a championship-type move. I think Derek Henry is that person for this particular question. I love that call. Guys, we've seen Henry obviously struggle even lately, you know, was good against a dolphins two weeks ago struggled last week, a little bit lost the rushing touchdown against the Vikings. Tough match up this week against the Browns is now the time to go get him or maybe wait after if he has another down game against Cleveland. But I'm with Robert. When
Starting point is 00:14:28 Lamar Jackson on the field, I feel great about Derek Henry. So hopefully that pairing stays together rest season. Dave, how are you approaching Derek Henry and trade? Well, first and foremost, wins the trade deadline in your fantasy league. If it's after this week's games, then you could wait another week. But if it's not, and once the game's kick on Sunday, the deadline passes, you need to go and get Derek Henry ASAP, and I like the call. The Ravens look like a team that are going to contend for a playoff spot this year. And when they do that, they're going to stick to what works best for them. And what generally works best for the Ravens is a strong rushing attack.
Starting point is 00:14:58 And Lamar Jackson playing off of that and attacking downfield. Derek Henry is going to be a huge part of that. Look for a lot of touchdowns from King Henry. I think the other side of this, though, Robert, is who are you looking to get rid of? Because obviously you want to try and maybe enhance your receiving core, or maybe find a quarterback, maybe try and flip somebody to get Derek Henry. So if you're trying to trade somebody away who's either been struggling or coming off a good performance or good stretch or performance is selling high,
Starting point is 00:15:22 who's the running back that you're looking to trade away? Yeah, and just one more point on Derek Henry. The other thing is I think you can buy low on Derek Kennedy right now, which is why I think it's a good time to pick him up. As far as trading away, look, I think Kenneth Walker to third is the guy that you need to trade away from your team right now. obviously he just hasn't had a production that you think you would be able to get, you know, this season. The problem is you have to get to have a desperate manager, you know, who really needs a running back in order to trade.
Starting point is 00:15:53 I don't know how much interest you're going to be able to generate with Kenneth Walker the third. And so if I had to pick another guy, it'd probably be Travis Eton with the Jaguars. Those would be my two guys to sell right now at running back. Heath, when you look at ETN, because I think he's the more prominent one in terms of trying to sell high on, coming off a relatively strong game last week, despite the struggles for the Jaguars. We haven't seen the basal tootin impact that a lot of people I thought were, you know, a lot of people thought might happen at the start of the season. Can you now maybe look to flip him, knowing that the Jaguars struggle a little bit right now,
Starting point is 00:16:26 receiving cores a mess is a good time, is now a good time to sell Travis ETN. I mean, if I could get Derek Henry for Travis ETN, I would be happy to do that. So I think some of the problem with trading away Travis E.T.N. He's got a little bit of that Kyron Williams syndrome where everybody's always trying to give Travis E.T.N.'s job to somebody else in the fantasy football community. I remember it was six months ago or less that people were drafting Bachel Tutin ahead of Travis Eton. So I still think he's a good RB2. If you look at the playoff schedule, there's a lot of good games coming up. They've got Tennessee, Indianapolis, the Jets, then the Broncos maybe not good, and then the Colts again. going to aim for someone like Derek Henry if you're trading away ATN.
Starting point is 00:17:07 All right. So aim high if you're trading away Travis ETN. Obviously try to buy low on Derek Henry. Great trade advice there from Robert. Now we'll get into some of our rankings here. And Robert can certainly chime in, help us out with maybe some of the dilemmas that we're dealing with. So here's the rank list, one through 12. And as we always do, we give you the players who are a little bit difficult to rank for us. I don't think anybody on this list is a little bit of a challenge yet. So we can maybe just go one to 12 and then show 13 through 24.
Starting point is 00:17:29 So Robert, the three names that we have here. For Dave, it's Breeze Hall. For Heath, it's Woody Mark. For me, it's Kamani Vidal. Which of those names stand out to you as somebody that you think could have a great game this week in week 11? Or maybe somebody you want to avoid against. Breece Hall, Woody Marks, and Kamani Vidal? On this list, who's going to have a great game?
Starting point is 00:17:48 No, no, no, of those three names. These are the guys that we're struggling to rank. Oh, okay. Breeze Hall, Woody Marks, Kamani Vidal. Who stands out to you? I think it's Woody Marks. I think it's Woody Marks. Woody Marks is, you know, proven that he could be a, you know, a top fan.
Starting point is 00:18:03 fantasy back, you know, when given the opportunity, you know, he's had some ups and downs, but mostly ups this season. And so for me, it'd be Woody Marks. So I agree with, like, him having the most upside, especially this week of this group, great matchup against the Titans. He was awesome against them earlier this year. The only reason I have any problem ranking Woody Marks is because this is a third time last week that he played at least half the snaps. The two prior times, he went right back to a 35, 40 percent snap share of the very next. week. They've spoken outwardly about not being sure that they want to give him 15 to 20 touches per game. And so I do just worry that the Texans decide to pull back on Woody Marks a little bit,
Starting point is 00:18:45 especially if they've got, like, the defense has some success against Tennessee, they will. And they build a big lead. Is that the guy they want to ice the game with? Or do they want to keep touches off of him and just give those the Nick Chubb when the game's at hand? It certainly could be a concern. I just skip ahead when we get to it. But he's the guy that I'm going to highlight as a start this week, simply because you said it's the Titans. You know, I mean, his best game this season came against Tennessee, just played 80% of the snaps. You know, Damico Ryan's basically just come out and said he's not a rookie anymore.
Starting point is 00:19:12 We trust him. He's going to be in a prominent role, whether that's the lead role or the dominant role throughout the course of the game, that remains to be seen. But I'll just take my chances knowing that the Titans suck, and he's coming off a strong game, playing as well as he did. So I think there's huge opportunity here. Dave, just real quick about Bruce Hall. Sure.
Starting point is 00:19:29 Coming off a strong game, we know that everything is a mess for the chance. just right now. Garrett Wilson is not going to play. It's a tough game tonight against the Patriots. Is he just an easy start or is he somebody you're a little concerned about? I'm trying to not start Breece Hall to be completely honest with you and I don't like having him as a top 24 running back and that's really a byproduct of not having a lot
Starting point is 00:19:45 of great running backs available to us in fantasy this week. He was one catch away from being a total dud last week and then being somebody that we would talk about avoiding this week. It just so happened that the one catch was a 40 plus yard touchdown scamper that he had. He's going to need to do something
Starting point is 00:20:01 like that against the Patriots. This is a great run defense. I am very nervous about how Breece Hall will do. I like Woody Marks better. I thought Marks was outstanding last week. His pass protection, some of the reps he had, were like 10-year veteran good. So I believe to Miko Ryans when he says that he's not a rookie
Starting point is 00:20:17 anymore. Mark's over Breas Hall for me. Let's go now to the guys that we're looking to start, and Robert, we'll stick with you because you got the other guy in the same game, and that's Trevion on Henderson, Ramandre Stevenson, not going to play with the toe injury. What do you think of Henderson the last two weeks without Stevenson? And how do you think he'll do tonight against the Jets? Yeah, I know. I think he's amazing. And the thing that you love
Starting point is 00:20:36 about Henderson right now is that his confidence is building. I mean, we can look at the numbers and everything like that, but I can tell you guys as a former running back, like when you start to taste a little bit of success and you start to feel what's going on out there in the game, both in the run game and catching the football and then even in past protection just feels like all of those things are starting to come together for Trayvion Henderson. And I think that's going to equate to a lot of success, especially against the just defense. that is not the Jets defense that we've known over several years. And so I like Trevionne Henderson in that matchup.
Starting point is 00:21:08 Yeah, I'm with you. I think we're all in agreement that we're expecting them to have a big game, especially again without Stevens in there, and probably Terrell Jennings going to sit out as well. Heath, for you, you're starting Chase Brown. I guess just, you know, start everybody in that Bengals Steelers game. Start everybody in that Bingles Steelers game. But start almost everybody in that Bengals Steelers game.
Starting point is 00:21:26 Yeah, I think there's a couple of things. One, the rushing average for Chase Brown has been a lot better since Joe Flacco became the quarterback. It turns out if the other team thinks you might have success throwing, it's a little bit easier to run against them. The other thing is Samajai P. Ryan, as soon as he went out, Chase Brown went back to being a 90% snap shear guy. That was really the thing that made him a must start running back last year. He just never came off the field. We may be back to that again with Chase Brown. It should be a lot of fun.
Starting point is 00:21:53 And again, 14 targets in his last game. His only 100-yard game did come against the Steelers. the first time these two teams met. So the last three weeks have been very good from a fantasy perspective for Chase Brown. All right, Dave, so we talked about two rookies already, Woody Marks, we got Trevion Henderson. Why not one more?
Starting point is 00:22:07 One more in RJ Harvey. It's about time. Maybe he's going to come through and help fantasy managers? I hope so. I mean, this is really about having a great opportunity. It's not the matchup you'd want him to have. He's not taking on Cincinnati or anything like that,
Starting point is 00:22:20 but it's Kansas City. The Broncos don't have much of a choice. They're not going to make him their only running back, but I think he's in line for a minimum. of 12 touches. We know that touchdowns have been something that have gravitated toward him over the last four weeks. And even though his efficiency has been in the tank, it's because he hasn't had a lot of work. I think when fantasy managers look at running backs this week, and once you get to RB20, there's going to be flaws on all of them. I think RJ Harvey
Starting point is 00:22:45 just has the opportunity, the speed, the work in the passing game to be somebody who can factor in to help Denver bring home a win against Kansas City at home. So I'll take the chance based on opportunity and talent that R.J. Harvey is a good number two fantasy running back. Robert, what do you think about that situation? J.K. Dobbins is almost certainly not going to play and maybe candidate for IR. So is this now R.J. Harvey's time? 100%. R.J. Harvey's got a great opportunity to really excel at the back, as the running back for the Denver Broncos moving forward. Yeah, hopefully that's the case as Dave said. Could be somebody else working the mix, maybe Tyler Biddeh. Maybe it's
Starting point is 00:23:19 Julian McLaughlin, but let's just give the kid all the chances he can have. One game this season so far with double digits and carries. It was week four against Cincinnati. 14 carries in that game. 19 PPR points. So the upside is definitely there. And Heath is sure you're buying into that as you haven't ranked at number 14. Let's go now out of the running back. So we're going to sit. And Robert, we got a lot of changes happening with the Giants, new head coach, with interim head coach, at least, with Mike Kafka taking over for the fired Brian Dable, most likely new quarterback because Jackson Darts and the concussion protocol. That's a plus or a minus for the running back situation there with the Giants, whether it's Tyrone Tracy or Devin Singletary.
Starting point is 00:23:50 Well, I think from a carry standpoint, it's a plus for the Giants because I think they'll lean on those two guys, Tracy and Singletary, to try to be productive offensively. But, you know, we know James Winston wants to throw the ball down the field that we know that he's also susceptible to turnovers. And I think that Green Bay, their game plan is going to be to, you know, stack the box a little bit and eliminate, you know, some of that run game for the New York Giants and try to force James Winston to pull. put the ball in the air and try to beat them. And Green Bay on Monday night was as good a defense. I've seen them play in a long time. And so, you know, to me, Tyrone Tracy had a good week last week, but he's a sit for me this week against Green Bay.
Starting point is 00:24:35 Definition of a trapback so far in the two games, he had 14 carries 71 yards, not getting a lot of work in the passing game. And the Giants, for the most part, have been allergic to the end zone unless it's Jackson Dart. So good call on Tracy there. Dave, you're sitting David Montgomery this week. So you already said you're sitting, Jared Gough, is just basically running away. I'm running away from Lyons not named to Munrae St. Brown,
Starting point is 00:24:53 and I've got questions about James. Sam Laporte is a start. I would use him. But I do think that the first thing you have to ask yourself, whenever you think about starting Montgomery is, can he score a touchdown? Because all of his games with 13 or more PPR points, he's scored a touchdown.
Starting point is 00:25:08 So against Philadelphia, I think that's going to be tough for him to do. This isn't the type of game script that Detroit's going to be able to build a lead and run away with the game against Philadelphia. I don't think that's happening. so I'm very nervous about him finding the end zone. And when he doesn't find the end zone, he's had no more than 10.1 PPR points in a game this season. I can't start him knowing that that's part of the floor.
Starting point is 00:25:29 It can get worse than 10.1 PPR points. He is at best in number three running back in this stuff matchup. All right, so Dave's not welcome in the city of Detroit. Heath, you're not welcome in the city of Tampa. Well, Tampa. It's not Tampa Bay, but in the city of Tampa because you're anti-bucks this week. Anti-bucks this week. And you would think you'd want to start the running back going up against the Buffalo
Starting point is 00:25:47 bills who have been. absolutely dreadful against the run all year long. I just don't know that Rashad White is the back most equipped to take care of that. I think it's Sean Tucker, the better runner. Last week it was 10 carries for White, nine for Tucker. Wouldn't be surprised in this matchup of Tucker actually had more rush attempts. White's going to need a lot of catches and the bills haven't been near as susceptible to past catching running backs as they have been to running backs running.
Starting point is 00:26:10 He's a flex still this week, especially in full PPR. I would start him over Tucker in full PPR, but I don't want to start either one. And just keep in mind, at least as of Thursday, Bucky Irving, two straight days of being limited in practice. There is that caveat that he could return and obviously change things around for this buck's back. All right, the only way I'm going to Seattle is with Robert because I don't like Sam Donald,
Starting point is 00:26:30 and I'm a little bit concerned about Cam Walker. Robert, you kind of laid this out that, you know, Walker's been struggling. Just explain to me really quick because week three, he scores a touchdown. He has not scored a touchdown since. Zach Sarbanay's got five. George Halani has a touchdown. Why are they not giving Walker touchdown opportunities, Robert? Well, I just don't think that they trust them, you know, inside of the red zone, you know, for whatever reason.
Starting point is 00:26:53 And it's interesting because, you know, he's got the skill sets. But, you know, I'd have to get into the weeds a little bit of some of the film breakdown that I've been, you know, looking at in terms of the Seahawks. But, you know, Kenneth Walker has become an undisciplined runner. And so, you know, he's missing a lot of opportunities for big runs because he's just not seen it. He's not seeing it because he's just not doing the little things right, his track, his steps, and things of that nature, staying in between those tackles and things that nature where he's supposed to be. And so, you know, the Seahawks are like, look, we've got better guys who can get downhill, break tackles and be more physical in the red zone. And that's why he's not getting those opportunities. And tough matchup this week against the Rams, they've only given up one touchdown to running back on the ground so far this season.
Starting point is 00:27:39 It was Brian Robinson, Jr. last week. But the way Walker is allergic to the end zone, can't trust him in this game. All right, Robert, we appreciate the breakdown of the running back position. Have a great call between Boise State and San Diego State. We're looking forward to seeing that. For Heath, for Dave, we're going to take a break right now on fantasy football table. We'll come back and get into the wide receivers that you need to look at for week number 11. Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes.
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Starting point is 00:28:31 close to you, call 18665331-2-60 or visitcomnetonterio.ca. Welcome back to fantasy football today, presented by BetMGM. Make It. Let's I'm Jamie. That's Dave. That's Heath. We're taking a look at our wide receiver rankings for week number 11. Keep in mind. We got the news yesterday. Marvin Harrison Jr. not going to play dealing with an appendicit situation. Hopefully it's only out for one week. Keeping out on Chris Godwin. Maybe he's going to return for the buck. So lots of moving parts with some of these wide receivers. Dary Slayton, who's got a great opportunity in front of him with James Winston starting dealing the hamstring injury. So we're getting updates on these players. We'll give you the latest news for you here. But let's show you the rankings 1 through 12. A lot of stars on this list. I got to be honest. I had a hard time. with where to put a monroe St. Brown because I like so many wide receivers this week. So Emeka Bucke I like ahead of him. Jalen Waddle like ahead of him with his matchup against Washington. St. Brown obviously is a top 10 guy, but Nico Collins, Ladd-McConkie, both great matchups coming off, great games. And then we got Devante Adams. Good news is he's gonna play. Ranking's 13 through 24. Here's where we started to get in some of the question
Starting point is 00:29:36 marks for a lot of fantasy managers. And Heath, there's one guy on this list that a lot of people asking questions about, and that's A.J. Brown, because he was on a live stream. earlier this week. And he basically said, don't start me in fantasy. And he's upset once again about the situation in Philadelphia. He clarified that a little bit. He said he just wants to see their offense play better and help the defense out. So I don't think he said really anything wrong. I think it's just the context and sort of hearing the words and how he said them. Can you trust him, though? Because this has been a very frustrating fantasy wide receiver. You know, I think we laughed at AJ Brown's comments and thought, well, nobody's actually going to drop him. My son came to me yesterday and said, guess what? Somebody dropped to AJ Brown in my league. I picked him up. Wow. Here's the thing. He's wide receiver 40 on the season. And if you watch what he's doing within the games,
Starting point is 00:30:22 it's not like they're designing things for him, or he's wide open and Jalen Hertz is missing him. It's understandable why he's frustrated. He's also still A.J. Brown. So just full disclosure, when I did my projections this week, he came out as wide receiver 34. I'm not going to rank him as wide receiver 34. I pushed him up into the top 24,
Starting point is 00:30:41 but it's just because of the name. I don't see anything in last week's game that makes me feel encouraged that, oh, no, A.J. Brown's fine. The only thing you hope is this is one of the squeakiest wheels we've ever had. Like, we talk about the squeaky wheel game. He's had about four of them this year, but he couldn't be much squeakier than telling fantasy managers on Twitch to drop you. I'll add another layer on it, and why I'm a little more optimistic about A.J. Brown. He does better against man-to-man coverage. He's target per route run rate on the season.
Starting point is 00:31:09 Is 36.1%. That's more than double what he does. against zone coverage, 17.4 yards per catch. Three of his touchdowns come against man-to-man. Guess who plays the fourth most man-to-man coverage in the National Football League. It's the Detroit Lions. They're absolutely going to come out and try and do that against Philadelphia.
Starting point is 00:31:27 That opens the door for Brown to get a few more targets from Hertz and maybe make a couple of big splash play. So I'm a little encouraged by AJ Brown. I would trot them out there as my wide receiver too this week. I think most people will, but again, wide receiver 40. wide receiver 34 in the projections you watch and play it just does not look like there's a mesh between him and jalen hertz and nick syriani they're saying all the right things did you say mesh or mess there's a mess it looks like a mess yes i said mess with a lisp terrible situation right now for for a jay brown hopefully things do get right in this big game against lions and the other guy that you're you know struggling to rank is jameson williams yeah and it comes down to was last week the new jameson williams and that's what we should expect from here on now and it's been two weeks we've got to give him credit he's He's been pretty good for fantasy for the last two weeks, but tough matchup for him, obviously a tough matchup for his quarterback.
Starting point is 00:32:18 Receivers have done well against Philadelphia have usually played in the slot at least 25% of the time. So they get that advantage of working in the slot and getting away from Quignon Mitchell on the outside. He doesn't do that. James doesn't typically do that. He usually plays out why one game this year where he's been in the slot more than 25% of the snaps. So that worries me a little bit. And just the fact that he, if he's going to get more targets, that's cool, I'll take it. but it's not going to be downfield stuff anymore.
Starting point is 00:32:43 He's okay. He's on that border between number two and number three wide receiver. He's on the right side of it for me, too. He's a top 24 wide receiver. But I had a hard time ranking him because I can't just fully buy into, all right, he's absolutely now the new number one guy for Detroit. Amuneras St. Brown's going to take a back seat. La Porta's going to take a back seat.
Starting point is 00:33:01 It's not going to work that way in Motown. Those guys are all going to take turns being the number one guy. This week I think it's St. Brown, with Leporter being the number two, Jameson Williams being more than number three, but he's got upside to still be good. And Dan Campbell calling play is obviously something that could benefit him, hopefully moving forward, but not the easiest to matchups. So full disclosure, I send the list out to the,
Starting point is 00:33:20 I send a blank sheet out to the guys. I usually fill it out first, just to make it easy. I just, every week in this spot, Chargers Wide Receiver. So this time, for me, it's Quentin Johnson last week. Literally, I went and looked. Last one we did this, it was Keenan Allen. It's just, who's the Chargers receiver that we're going to struggle to rank? And for me, Quentin Johnson, good thing is,
Starting point is 00:33:38 is Ironday Gasson's going to play. Last week, though, we saw Johnston with 10 targets. The matchup against Jacksonville is absolutely fantastic. They are just bleeding fantasy points to wide receivers. In the seven touchdowns of wide receivers in their past four games, five guys scoring at least 12 so PPR points over that span. It's just an easy situation to buy into Johnson. However, Ladd-McConkie, fine.
Starting point is 00:33:59 Gaston, now these good, fine. And then it's a matter of, will this be a Johnson week, or will they maybe go back to Keenan or maybe just avoid both? I don't know, but I like Justin Herbert, so I'm going to like Quentin Johnson. Let's talk about some starts and sits at the wide receiver spot here. Dave, I'll start with you. Interesting one that you chose here, Troy Franklin.
Starting point is 00:34:13 I think he's the number one receiver in Denver, Jamie. I mean, the numbers bear it out, and certainly when you watch and play, he's more explosive than Coral and Sutton. He's not as physical as Coral and Sutton, but he's getting open and he's getting targets more than Coral and Sutton. He's the team leader in targets by seven, team leader and catches by one over Sutton, eight or more targets in each of his past four games, four touchdowns in his past four games. Three of them have been in the red zone. Sutton has four touchdowns all season long, and this is a matchup where I think Denver's going to have to throw. I think his versatility lends itself to being a good option for the Broncos.
Starting point is 00:34:45 I think Troy Franklin has arrived. He is a number two wide receiver for me. I do like Franklin better than Sutton. Sutton when we show it, it'll be the wide receiver that I'm going to sit this week, so I don't really get much into it. I just don't really want to trust either one, to be honest with you, just because Bow Nix and how he's struggling against the Chief's defense coming off their by week. So I would try and get away from them unless we're talking three receiver leagues.
Starting point is 00:35:02 But I agree with you. I do think Franklin should get the credit for being the better of the Broncos wide receivers heading into this week. Heath, for you, you want to start D.K. Metcalf. Now, he has not been good. And for what it's worth, the Bengals have actually been good against opposing number of wide receivers, including Metcalf a couple weeks ago. They've definitely been better against wide receivers than anything else. They've also been awful against everything. We're starting Aaron Rogers.
Starting point is 00:35:23 I think if we're starting Aaron Rogers, you start D.K. Metcalf in a game where the Steelers have an implied total of 27.5. There's going to be a lot of offense in this game. and you just, it's not quite the A.J. Brown situation, but it's similar. It's just a talented player in a situation where we expect a lot of points to be scored. Ignore the last couple of weeks, put him in your starting lineup. Hopefully he comes through. I mean, again, it just feels as if we're starting him by default, but you said it. The Bengals defense at some point should start to give up production to wide receivers.
Starting point is 00:35:52 And maybe that'll be the case. For me, I'm going to start, Juan Jennings. Really, it's about the matchup. He did not play in the first game against them in week three. Ricky Pearsall did eight catches 11 yards on 11 targets. We'll see if Pierceall is able to come back. But Jennings in the last two games, at least 14.1 PPR points of both of those games. And Arizona, at least 12.4 PPR points to a wide receiver in every single game this season.
Starting point is 00:36:11 11 receivers have hit that mark. So they're secondary struggling. I think Jennings will be the go-to guy, especially if Brock Purdy does start for the 49ers. Some guys that we're going to sit. Heath, you're sitting, Tess Johnson. Dave, you're sitting, Jordan Addison. Let's talk about those two guys quickly. Johnson is just your narrative again.
Starting point is 00:36:26 Hate everybody from Tampa. It's part of the hate everybody from Tampa, but it's also that he has one game this season with more than 14. catches. He has zero games this season with more than 60 yards. He's scored four touchdowns in the last four games. So that's the reason that he's produced like a starter. If you think Baker's going to have a big day, start Tez. If not, no. I'll start Tez over Jordan Addison. He has yet to score even 10 PPR points in either of the two games with J.J. McCarthy. Jalen Naylor looks like he's on the same page with McCarthy. Addison does not. Do you feel, though, just based on how bad the bear's secondary
Starting point is 00:36:57 could be, last week we saw the targets because we actually saw J.J. McCarthy throw the ball more than 30 times. If the targets are there? He needed to. They were playing from behind. I think this game will be closer. And I think the Vikings go back to a slower pace. Just in a broad spectrum of this. If the targets are there for Addison, would you, if I told you right now he's getting eight plus targets, would you start him? I'd start him with the idea that he could come through with more than 10 PPR points. So that would put him in the flex category. And maybe that's where he should end up being this week after all, but not a top 24. Yeah, it makes some sense. Again, he's just not been connecting with McCarthy, small sample
Starting point is 00:37:27 size, but not necessarily somebody you have to trust fully. All right, we're going to take a break Right now, we come back and again into the tight ends. I'll tell you about a position that actually is delivering for fantasy managers. That's next year on FFT. Welcome back to fantasy football today, presented by BEDMGM, make it legendary. The tight ends have been making it legendary for the majority of the season. And just like we always say, it's going to be the year of the tight ends and actually are delivering in 20. 2025. Let's show you the list of tight-end rankings 1 through 12 and maybe some dilemmas that we have in terms of rankings.
Starting point is 00:38:07 And Dave, you got both Brown's tight ends on this list here. So you're a little bit worried about both Harold Fannin and David Najok. I'm just having a hard time ranking them. I fully expect them involved in the Cleveland offense, but figuring them out is it's really tough to do week after week. Both Fannin and Nukoku, more than just short checkdown targets for the Brown's checkdown targets, I said. Four games when Gabriel is thrown 30 plus times. Fanon has seen seven targets three years. times, 10 plus PPR points three times. Nujoku has seen only five or more targets three times, but he scored three times. So is he the red zone option and Fanon, the guy that works between the 20? Are they going to be guys that are going to get a lot of targets from game to game?
Starting point is 00:38:44 I can't help but think that they're going to get a lot of targets this week, too. So Fanon, a low end number one, tight end, Nojoku, a high end number two. That's how I've placed it. And just keep an eye on Fanon with the hamstring injury. Heath will tell you why he likes him a little bit more in a second. For me, what's on this list, Kyle Pitts is somebody that I'm struggling with because the last two weeks have been pretty bad for him.
Starting point is 00:39:01 You know, you look at what he was doing prior to that. But in his last two games against New England and the Colts, 12 targets, six catches for 76 yards. He has not scored a touchdown since week four, so it's been tough to necessarily buy into him fully. You're clearly still starting him based on the potential, but maybe that potential is going in the way of just, I don't know, Drake London, a little bit of Tyler Algiers stealing those short-yarders touchdowns,
Starting point is 00:39:22 and obviously Bijan Robinson working in the passing game. So Kyle Pitts the last two weeks not exactly been great. He did have a okay game against Carolina in week three, four catches, 39 yards on six targets, but just not the slam dunk for me that he usually is, so he's outside the top 12. Heath, I like the guy that you're struggling with, and Theo Johnson, could be awesome with James Winston.
Starting point is 00:39:40 Yeah, I mean, really great, at least double-digit fantasy points in six of eight games with Jackson Dart. So that's awesome. Then you get a quarterback change. And it's James, who's probably going to throw a bunch, hopefully to his own team occasionally, but we don't know how he's going to distribute those targets
Starting point is 00:39:57 between Wondale Robinson, Theo, Johnson, even Daniel Bellinger, and then Dary Slayton, if he's healthy. And then the other thing is, it's the Packers. Like, part of the reason that Theo Johnson scored double-digit fantasy points in six of eight games is that he scored a touchdown in four of those eight games. How many touchdowns are the Giants going to score in this game? Well, they'll score two from James going that way, two going the other way. They won't get any running production.
Starting point is 00:40:20 I like Theo Johnson, especially Dary Slaten's still dealing with that hamstring injury. That could really be a plus for him. All right, some guys that were starting, so you want to just continue with the Harold fan in love? We always can continue with the Harold Fanon-Lev. It was a disappointing week last week. A couple of the targets that he got were at his feet, and he doesn't have hands on his feet so he couldn't catch them. But he did see a 21% target share.
Starting point is 00:40:40 And we saw for the second week in a row that David and Joku had a route participation below 60%. It looks based on what we've seen in their last two games together. Like the Browns have gone with the future. Harold Fanon's the tight-in one. David and Jokku's the tight-in two. Joku might score the touchdown. We hope not. but Fanon is the starting tight-in on this team and in your fantasy team.
Starting point is 00:41:00 Makes me less nervous to go with Harold Fanon after hearing that. Stanton Schultz is somebody you're excited about. Well, he's averaged almost 14 PPR points over his last four games. Only one stinker in that stretch. And now he's taking on Tennessee and the Titans, they're really not great defensively against anything. And that includes tight ends. They've been okay against tight ends.
Starting point is 00:41:17 But I still think Schultz is a good checkdown guy for Davis-Mills. We saw that connection come alive in the second half last week. I don't mind them this week as one of those tight ends that could get you five for 50. You're supposed to say, I don't like Dalton Schultz this week because the last time we hyped him up, he was bad. Donald Schultz is going to be awful. Don't even use him. Look somewhere else.
Starting point is 00:41:36 But, you know, start him. Yes, I agree. I would also start K.D. We're going against convention here because it, conventional thinking here, because the bill's number one in terms of few as fantasy points, two tight ends. As you see, top six for all of us, he's just been awesome. 10.1 PPR points or more in four of his last five games
Starting point is 00:41:50 coming off an absolutely dominant performance with nine catches for 82 yards on 12 targets. I don't even think you should even just forget. Don't even look at the matchup. Don't look what it says opposing fantasy points allowed to the position. He's great. You start him. All right, some guys that we're going to sit.
Starting point is 00:42:03 We already talked about Kyle Pitts as someone we're nervous about. Heath Colston Loveland, playing well lately, but you don't want to start him this week. I think he's awesome. I wish the Bears thought he was as awesome as I do. I'd love to see Colston Loveland and Luther Burden both get 20% target shares. They've been their two best pass catchers so far this year in terms of efficiency on a per target basis. But we saw it. Cole Komet came back four targets for Colston Loveland.
Starting point is 00:42:25 I don't think Cole Commet actually should matter at all, but it sure seems like when Cole Commet's active and available, Colston Loveland doesn't get as many targets. I really hope I'm wrong. I hope he comes out and he has an eight target game and we can just view him as a must-start tight end the rest of the year. But the evidence we have so far suggests that you don't start him when Cole Commet's active.
Starting point is 00:42:46 It is a great matchup, though. They have a lot of touchdown. The Vikings five touchdowns to tight ends in their last five games, so hopefully he does find the end zone. In that same game, I'm going to sit, J. Hawkinson, look, it's just been very tough for him in the four games that J.J. McCarthy's played. The targets have been bad. Four targets are less
Starting point is 00:43:01 than each of those games. He did have a touchdown. He's yet to top 10 PPR points in any of the starts with McCarthy, even though the Bears' matchup is favorable. Stay away from T.J. Hawkinson. All right, we're going to take a break right now. We come back and to get into your questions. Continue to send them to us using the hashtag Ask FFT. You find us. We'll find you. Stay right here
Starting point is 00:43:17 and we'll answer them next on Fantasy Football's Day. wrapping things up here on fantasy football today with your questions. Thank you for sending to us in the hashtag AskFFT. Here we go. Best dash player to roster for week 11 in PPR. Luther Burden, Jacori Kroski Merritt, Brian Robinson, Jr. or Blake Corum. Heath, you've been talking about Luther Burden all week.
Starting point is 00:43:47 Is he the best candidate on this list? It's him or Corum. Those are the two guys that I'd be excited about. Corum with an injury. pretty clear. I'm going to say burden. Ron Robinson with an injury would be pretty clear too, but I agree with you because I think there's a better chance of burden getting an opportunity without injury than Blake Quorum getting an opportunity without injury. I think it just depends on what you're looking
Starting point is 00:44:10 at because if you get those running back injuries, you're talking about league winners in both those cases. I don't know if burden ever gets to being a league winner, but yes, if you're going to talk about immediate success, I think that's burden. All right, next question. Dak or May this week, Dave, what do you like better? back better. And I know his last two games have not been great for fantasy managers. Neither of Drake May. May's been better than Dak over the last two weeks, but it's not like he's had huge numbers. Dak against that Raider's secondary, I can't wait to see what they do. Drake May has my QB1 this week. I'll put the Jets current secondary up against the Raiders second.
Starting point is 00:44:42 Sure, that's a fair point. I hate when you have these dilemmas because they're both going to be great. I would lean toward DAC, but I like them both. All right, next question. Marks or Brise Hall? Heath, you've been the Brise Hall guy. You're going with him over Marks? I'm going to stick with Breece Hall. One point I would make about what Dave said about Bruce earlier in the show. Like, that type of, that play that he made is what Brise Hall does. That's what Brice Hall's done throughout most of his career. I want that guy
Starting point is 00:45:05 might lineup. Hopefully he makes one or two of those plays. I would rather take my... I loved what I saw with Marks. I'd rather start Marks. I would go with Marks as well. We got time for one more. Here we go. Trade Sutton for JMO. Yes. Yes. I would not. You would not. So you go Sutton, you go JMO as well, just with the hope that Dan Campbell has unlocked him
Starting point is 00:45:22 and maybe we get the best of James and Williams like we saw last year for the rest of the season. Thank you for watching Fantasy Football Today. Make sure you check out our Fantasy Football Today podcast. Wherever podcasts are found, we're helping you dominate your fantasy leagues. For Robert Turbin, Heath Cummings, for Dave Richard, and our wonderful production staff, I'm Jamie Eisenberg. Thank you for watching Fantasy Football Today.

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