Ranking Every Week 9 Wide Receiver as a Sit or Start

Good morning, friends and enemies. In today's video, we're going through every single fantasy relevant wide receiver, and we will be ranking them as a start, a flex, or a sit.

As always, we will be going game by game starting with Thursday Night Football, Baltimore at Miami. We did the running back version of this video yesterday. We will link that down below if you want to check it out. And we do those every Wednesday, every Thursday. So, subscribe to the channel if you want to tune into those going forward.

Baltimore at Miami. We've got the Ravens as seven and a half point favorites. 51 and a half point total here. All signs are pointing towards Lamar Jackson returning from his injury in this one, which is big news. Obviously, I think Zay Flowers just returns to normal Z Flowers. So, the way you thought about him in the beginning of the year is the way you should start thinking about him. Again, 69 and a half receiving yards for him. He is my wide receiver 12 in my rankings at the moment. So, there's not going to be a lot of guys that you're starting over him. So, I'm going to throw him into the mustard category. I'm going to do the same with Jaylen Waddle, who for the most part with Tyreek Hill out is a fantastic option in the fantasy world. There will be some games where Tua absolutely flames out, but like we saw in that Cleveland game, again, it's usually weather related, like the environment really gets to Tua. And I think playing in Miami in this one, he'll be fine. So, as much of a, a not great real-life quarterback as he's looked for most of the year, he's still good enough to get Jaylen Waddle super involved in this one. And it's a great matchup versus the Baltimore secondary who was just allowing everything their way.

Another note on the weather for this week. This is actually a week where we don't have like really almost any concerns right now. It is Thursday, so obviously things can change. And I'm filming this at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, so anything that happens after the fact, you cannot hold me accountable for. I will never take accountability for anything ever. All right? So, don't yell at me if weather gets crazy over the week. But for right now, we are projecting a very clear week of weather from all the NFL games across the slate, which is great news.

Outside of these pass catchers, I mean, there's not a lot of guys that we want to get into our lineups. Like, I think there's some floor plays from Malik Washington. There's maybe a spike game of Rashod Bateman who catches a deep ball, but for the most part, I mean, Bateman's going to go into rather not. So is Malik. I think you can make the argument he could be in the shaky flex category. DeSean is also not running a ton of snaps. Neither is NWI. So, I'm going to throw them into the rather not because I simply would rather not have those guys in my starting lineup.

Atlanta at New England. Atlanta five and a half point underdogs in New England. 44 and a half point total. This one's a little shaky here in terms of the outlooks for all these players. We got Drake London who missed last week with a hip injury. Now, if we look at the practice reports, most of the team got back to a limited practice for this one. Kyle Pitts limited as he is his whole career. Darnell Mooney limited. Drake London limited. Michael Pittman, he was also limited. So, it does look like it's trending towards the Falcons getting back to full strength. We'll have to keep an eye on practice reports. But, let's assume that all these guys are back and playing. You're just not sitting Drake London. I will say, you know, just for the conversation's sake, Christian Gonzalez, very tough matchup. Carlton Davis has been playing really well for the Patriots. And we just know that their defense is very, very good at this point of the year and we get so many up and down performances from Michael Pittman and that passing offense. Also, when Darnell Mooney is playing, the splits with Drake London are much worse than when Darnell Mooney is out. So, London's going to be a guy you have to throw into your lineup. Though, like I'm not playing him in DFS lineups, if I could help it.

Which brings us to Darnell Mooney. I think last week will put a very, very sour taste in a lot of people's mouths, but I definitely still think he is a flex-worthy player above the rest of these guys. Mooney is a good receiver and I think more often than not he's going to give you usable games when he is healthy and fully in the lineup and I get, you know, not wanting to play him after the dud he put up last week but I still think if we could take a step back look at things objectively I still like Mooney as a shaky flex.

On the flip side we've got the Falcons who do get most of their players back. Jessie Bates is limited. Jaylen Walker limited. So, we will have a lot of reinforcements on the defensive side of the ball to a defense that's performing very well this year against the pass. As you could see, bottom five in fantasy points allowed to opposing wide receivers. Bottom seven, maybe eight depending on how math works in EPA per pass allowed to opponents. So, Stefon Diggs, Boutte, they're all kind of like getting home in their own way on a week-to-week basis. But at the end of the day, Pop Douglas over here with a 15 and a half receiving yardage line's going to go into rather not. Quez Watkins, I think I'm going to throw him into the shaky flex category. Would anybody be surprised if he got home with a big play? No, but I'd rather not throw him into my flex if I could help it. Stefon Diggs, I think he's performed well. I still find it weird that he's playing a significantly lower number of snaps at this point in the season than we would have liked to have seen. There was like a point where he like finally week three, week four kind of got got above that 65-70% snap count, but he's back down to like sub 60. He's running 55 to 60% of the routes there, which is overall a little bit problematic for a dude like Diggs. Like we need him to get volume, right? And we need him to put together some of those ceiling games in this matchup against the Falcons pass defense that's been really, really good. I'm flirting between putting him at the dub flex and the shaky flex category. I still think he he belongs in your lineup given the fact that Drake May is playing just absolutely lights out, but you could just feel the hesitation from me a little bit based on the matchup, but Diggs is gonna go into the dub flex category.

Carolina at Green Bay. We've got a 13 and a half point game here. 44 and a half total. Bryce Young will very likely be making his return from his one-week absence of his ankle sprain, which honestly doesn't make me feel great about T.J. Hockenson. Like I'd rather have Andy Dalton just for his fantasy purposes. And as you can see, the Packers have actually let up a decent amount of points to opposing fantasy wide receivers. They're really, really stiff against the run, but they have not been shut down on both sides of the defense. Top 12 in terms of 12th most fantasy points allowed to the wide receiver position. Top half in terms of EPA per pass allowed overall. You know, you're throwing T.J. Hockenson into your lineup. I think he feels relatively good. His target share is insane. He is just the entirety of that passing offense for the Panthers. So, in a game where they're projected to lose by 14 points, Hockenson should probably see 8 to 10 targets on this one. And I think he just needs to be in your lineup because of that. And there's no one else on the Panthers side of the ball that I want in my lineup for this one.

The other side of things is kind of tricky, man, because we had Christian Watson finally return for his first game back since the ACL tear. Ran a significant number of routes, went four for four and 85 yards, seeing a lot of shots downfield. Vegas has their lines at 36 and a half receiving yards for Christian Watson, two and a half receptions, 32 and a half for Romeo Doubs, two and a half receptions. Romeo Doubs continues to be the number one option for wide receivers. Obviously, Tucker Kraft is the top option in the passing game, but the fantasy points for the Carolina Panthers, man, dead last in terms of fantasy points allowed to the wide receiver position. Doesn't mean they're overly like dominant because, as you could see, EPA per pass allowed to opponents is still 13th highest in the league. But it's teams running the ball. It's teams having an effective run game against them for the most part. To shut down, you know, a few running backs over the last couple weeks. But a lot of the times the teams go into a game plan with let's run all over the Carolina Panthers, which leads to less passing opportunities. And in a 14-point spread type of game, you could see them going a heavy dosage of Josh Jacobs as he gets healthier. Emanuel Wilson factored in a lot. So, I could see them going very, very run-heavy.

So, for me, I mean, both Christian Watson and Romeo Doubs are shaky flex. And honestly, I think I'm actually going to throw Romeo Doubs down into the rather not category. Like it's going to be very, very hard to trust him unless you are very, very desperate this week. Romeo Doubs, uh, I wouldn't say he's a dub flex. He's got like a pretty high floor. I think for the most part in PPR, he's going to throw you up anywhere from like 9 to 13 points, which is solid, but he really hasn't shown a lot of upside outside of that one, three touchdown game. So, I'm going to throw him into the shaky flex category. Definitely enough respect out of me that I'm going to throw him into the top of the shaky flex category. Four and a half receptions, 46 and a half yardage total, plus 130 for anytime touchdown is pretty significant. That's, you know, you'll get those types of numbers when you're attached to an offense like the Green Bay Packers. Jordan Love is playing really well, the Packers just score a lot of points on any given week. And it is at the end of the day a good matchup, right? They're supposed to win by 14 points and just because the game script might not be in favor of passing in the second half, it's like they do have to get there in some capacity, right? And that might be through a lot of passing in the first half. So, do shaky flex can definitely do worse. Right now in my rankings I do have him as the wide receiver 38.

All right. So it is two spots ahead of Darnell Mooney. It's a couple spots ahead of Darius Slayton and Christian Watson and those types of players. So those are live right now beautifully crispy on there on bdge.co. If you want to get our rankings that is where you get it. bdge.co. Become a big dog member. It's the only place to get them. They're live every single week of course. Our waiver wire rankings with fab suggestions, all that good stuff if you become a big dog member. That'll be linked down below. The cheapest way to get it. You can get the membership for free for the next three months is by downloading our partner app MGM or going to their website. When you deposit for the first time, just $10 or more, and you use our code BDGE, play any slip on there, they're going to hit you with a promo code in your inbox on their app that you're allowed to use on our site for 3 months free of the big dog membership. All right. Best way to support the brand, best way to support your fantasy teams. bdge.co big dog membership best way to get it MGM three months free and just to clear this garbage up here. Odell Beckham Jr. and Noah Brown are going to go into the rather not tier and then we will move on to Chicago at Cincinnati.

Now the storyline of this game of course is whether or not Joe Flacco is going to play dealing with an AC sprain. They're very much up in the air about it and what I found is trying to project injuries this early in the week almost always backfires. The one caveat I will say is this, right? He left the game last week, went inside the locker room, got an injection, was able to play through it. A lot of times those injections will not last for a full game, right? You kind of like get it for a half or whatnot. So, there's a reason why he was fine for the second half of the game. Now, he's probably not going to practice much this week, but that does not mean he can't play. He's obviously a veteran. He can kind of go out there. I mean, he did it the first game he was there in Cincinnati. He got traded and immediately played that first week. So, if he can do that off two days, he does not need to be practicing.

Now, a lot of people in the fantasy community and a lot of people just like on Twitter have this notion that like, oh, if a player's injured and their by-week is coming up, they're very likely to just rest and then get fully healthy afterwards. There are times and cases where that makes sense. But there are also a lot of instances where it actually works the other way around. The Bengals right now are competing in a division that's up for grabs. And more often than not, I think in this type of situation, Joe Flacco is going to say, "Hey, we have our bye-week next week. Let me try to battle through this injury right now and then I'll have two weeks to recover." Like, "Let me try to get out there and get a win for my team." The Bengals are three-point underdogs, 51 and a half point total. So, a great game script. And I think if I had to make a guess, obviously this is going to age poorly cuz it always does. I think Joe Flacco ends up battling through this injury. I think he gets an injection at the beginning of the game and I actually think he plays through it despite all the negative press around whether or not he's going to play. So when you're the difference maker on your team, right, it's fine when like a running back has to recover from a high ankle sprain. It's like, we got a bye next week. Let's get healthy after that. But Joe Flacco will likely be the difference between whether or not they win this game.

If it's Jake Browning, I actually think another hot take. If it's Jake Browning, I'm not too scared off of a Jamar Chase and Tee Higgins cuz Jake Browning just had an incredibly tough run out of matchups when he got put under center. And I think the Bears secondary, they're likely going to be without Jaylen Johnson, Kyler Gordon, and they were also without Tariq Stevenson. So, their top three quarterbacks, the top two will definitely be out again this week as they're on IR, but Tariq Stevenson not a game changer by any means. They're without those guys. Like, I think Jake Browning can have success throwing the ball regardless of what we saw early on in the year. So, the way I'm going to look at this is Jamar Chase must start regardless. Romeo Doubs, great matchup against Cincinnati. Must start regardless. Now, Doubs was a DNP on Wednesday, but Wednesday reports for the most part are pretty fake for veterans who haven't really dealt with injuries. There was a DNP for DJ Moore. There was a DNP for Dontayvion Wicks. Now, Dontayvion Wicks is also in the concussion protocol, so there's a chance he doesn't clear. Allen Lazard is also a DMP with a knee injury. So, there are a lot of receivers right now in the Chicago Bears room that we got to keep an eye on. But they do this a lot where like D'Andre Swift has been a DMP on Wednesday for like the last three weeks in a row. They'll rest these guys and then Thursday and Friday we'll get much more accurate reports on whether or not those guys are going to suit up.

Regardless, it doesn't change a whole lot for the Bears receivers. Like you you play Doubs, he usually has good games. DJ Moore has been an extremely shaky flex play, but you do have to give him a little bit of slack here given the fact that Allen Lazard and Dontayvion Wicks could be out for this game. Plus, the matchup against the Bengals is phenomenal. The tough part here is Tee Higgins. I I still think like Tee Higgins, he's not getting the targets that Jamar Chase gets obviously, but I love the matchup and I'm going to throw him right back into the dub flex tier. Super startable this week regardless of who's under center.

Moving on to Denver at Houston. We've got the Houston Texans as one and a half point favorites at home. A 39 and a half point total. It is disgusting here. Now, we had Nico Collins and Tank Dell both return to practice on Wednesday. So, I'm not overly confident that Tank Dell plays. Sometimes extended absences, multi-weeks, and they return to practice. It's not a sure thing they play. Nico Collins is very much expected to clear concussion protocol and play. And the big news here for the Denver side of things is that they will be without Patrick Surtain II in this game. C.J. Stroud is playing the best ball of the season so far. Obviously, some good matchups, so that's going to be a little bit inflated. But, of course, if you got Nico Collins, you are playing him. Courtland Sutton. This is where it gets a little bit tricky for a dude like Sutton who's been so good for most of the year, but this matchup is so tough. Like you see the red across the board here. 29th in fantasy points allowed to receivers, dead last in both EPA per pass allowed by the Texans pass defense and dead last and just overall points per game allowed to opponents. What worries me a little bit about this matchup in particular is that last week the defense sold out to stop Courtland Sutton and it worked for the most part up until the fourth quarter. I think the Texans can kind of just look at that tape if they decide going into this game like, hey, our main focus is to stop Courtland Sutton. I think that's not going to be that difficult of a task, especially when you have Derek Stingley, especially when you just have a defense this stifling against the pass. So, listen, I think if you have Sutton, you're very likely starting him because we got four teams on bye. But, I'm going to throw him closer to the dub flex category. Definitely definitely earns his respect and needs to be at the top of it, but there's definitely some hesitation to be had here.

Troy Franklin's line at 45 and a half. I am taking the under on that in real time. That might be my favorite play of the week right now. This matchup, this defense, Troy Franklin at 45 and a half is simply too high not to snag. And listen, I went back. I looked at every bet that I've made on the spot throughout these videos so far, and I'm four and one on the season. So, we are riding hot right now. So, we're taking Troy Franklin under 45 and a half receiving yards. He will go into the uh shaky flex category cuz you could definitely do worse than him this week. But let's not be fooled by what he did last week. He has a good game once every 6 weeks or so. And this is just not the matchup I'm expecting it to happen in. 39 and a half point total. Uh if you want to see all the picks that I make throughout the week, obviously I do a lot more research before I just randomly nail picks, but sometimes I'm doing these videos and something just speaks to me. It sticks out to me, right? But you can follow me on the Picket app. Free to download, free to follow me. Just make sure to support us that you use code BDGE. When you do download it, it lets them know where you guys came from. And once you're on there, you could sync your books. So depending on what books, if you download the MGM app, obviously, and you use our code to get on there, you'll get our membership. But if you use MGM, if you use whoever, DK, FanDuel, you could sync all your books on there. So all your bets are in one central location and you could track how you're doing across multiple weeks, across the calendar year, calendar months or whatever. And it's like a social betting app. So you can follow me on there and you can literally just copy some of the bets that I take. So you see like, oh, the Troy Franklin bet, like, let me just click copy and you could automatically place it straight from the Picket app. So free to download, free to join. The link down below will take you right to the app and allow you to download it while following me straight on the app. All right, so code BDGE will get you to my profile or Gut's profile and you can find me from there. But yeah, if you want to see all of my picks for this week, Picket app, please.

Now, behind Franklin, behind Courtland Sutton, behind Nico Collins, it gets a little bit trickier. Like Mims, Pat Bryant, they're not of interest to me on that front. Nico Collins returns. If Tank Dell returns, I mean, this does just not having Patrick Surtain II just opens up the passing defense in a totally different way. Now, they have a great defense overall. Obviously, they get to the quarterback at an extremely high rate, and it's not like their quarterbacks behind Patrick Surtain II are bad. Riley Moss, you have uh Jaden Barron who was their first round pick this year. They still have a very, very good defense even with the decoy of last year missing time. It just makes the receiver room extremely tricky to figure out. On top of that, Braxton Berrios was also a limited participant here at practice. So, here's how I'm going to be looking at this room. Assuming all of the receivers are playing and back at full strength, I just don't know how you could look at either of the rookies cuz they're not going to start Noah Brown over Tank Dell if Dell is healthy. Maybe they split snaps outside of Nico Collins. Noah Brown, Jalen Hinton are going to split snaps on the outside. I really just don't feel confident in any of these players. Like I think all of them unfortunately would probably fit in between the shaky flex and rather not tier assuming Tank Dell is playing. If Tank Dell is not playing, let's go down that route. If Tank Dell doesn't play, I can talk myself into Noah Brown having another nice game from the slot here for sure. The outside receivers get so tricky. Like I think both of them have looked good enough that you can throw him into the bottom of the shaky flex tier, but you are really uh playing with fire if you throw one of those guys into the lineup with Nico Collins starting. So, let's keep moving down.

We got Indianapolis at Pittsburgh. Uh this is a 50 and a half point total here. The Steelers are three-point underdogs. The Indianapolis secondary has been uh very soft this year as you can see. The third most fantasy points allowed to the wide receiver position. Let's check out the practice reports. Jaylen Jones with a full practice. Deshaun Elliott is a big hit to the Steelers secondary. He is going to be out for a while. Kenny Moore with a DNP. But again, Wednesday, Josh Downs with a hip DNP. We'll just have to kind of keep an eye on those reports. D.K. Metcalf, I'm going to throw him into the feels good category. Good line here by Vegas. Good matchup overall. Michael Pittman. Yeah, I mean he feels he feels great. He's damn near a must-start for me at this point. He is like the wide receiver I think six or seven on the year in full PPR. He's just been so consistently getting home. He's scoring touchdowns. He's getting volume. He's just been the number one receiver for Anthony Richardson who's performing at an insanely high level up to this point. Behind those guys for the Colts, I think you can throw Alec Pierce who's been playing pretty well into the shaky flex tier, as well as Josh Downs, but they're definitely at the bottom of the tier. As you can see, their lines are 41 and a half, 36 and a half for receivers. Calvin Austin, definitely don't want him in my lineup. Same with Roman Wilson. Roman Wilson had a good week last week, but Calvin Austin is still playing far and above away more than Roman Wilson is right now. Calvin Austin's like an 85% snap guy, where Roman Wilson's actually still at like 35-40%. So, don't let the box score fool you.

Moving on to the Los Angeles Chargers at the Tennessee Titans. This is a 8 and a half point spread here for the Chargers on the road in Tennessee. 43 and a half point total. DeAndre Hopkins, he gets the matchup. He has been red hot here. So I think he is like my wide receiver 13 on the week I want to say in my ranking. So he's going to land right at at the board of the must-start and the feels good tier. Keenan Allen's going to be a really strong dub flex here for me. Quentin Johnston's line is absolutely cratered with DeAndre Hopkins breaking out 35 and a half yards. They've got him below. Wow, that is really low. I might take the over on that. I could see this game getting away from them. I could see this being a really heavy Tyjae Spears dosage game and then you're kind of picking and choosing who you think is going to get home. They really just have Johnson running just clear out routes like he's just running deep routes and they just haven't had to throw it deep. So, he's going into the shaky flex tier. And on the other side of the ball, I do expect Treylon Burks to miss another week. I believe he was a DNP again on Wednesday with the hamstring injury. Yes, he was. And that'll leave like the receiver core for Tennessee just still completely up in the air. Kyle Phillips has played a lot better than the other receivers in Tennessee, but like there's no way I'm throwing him into the dub flex tier. He'll go into the shaky flex tier. I think you could start him if you need to. Chris Moore has really cooled off since the beginning of the season. That being said, you know, it could just be a trade-off of who gets home on a weekly basis. So, I'd rather not play him. So, I'm going to throw him down there and that's really all the conversation to be had here.

Minnesota at Detroit. Minnesota's going to have Jaren Hall starting at quarterback. Uh you got Detroit coming off the bye. Amon-Ra St. Brown gets right into that tier. This is a 48 and a half point total. You got the Vikings as 8 and a half point dogs. Justin Jefferson's line is really high. 74 and a half with five and a half receptions to his name here despite Jaren Hall getting the start. Really good matchup though because Detroit's secondary is so banged up. Maybe they get a little healthier coming out of the bye. They do get Terrion Arnold back. Christian Darrisaw was a full practice as well. Andrew Van Ginkel on that side. Taylor Decker, good news. He gets back to a limited practice. Kirby Joseph still with a DNP coming off of the bye is not great news and they are without Cameron Sutton still on the IR. So the Detroit secondary still very, very banged up here. Jefferson is going to go into the must-start tier. Jameson Williams, I mean you guys anyone who's drafted Jameson Williams know he knows he's not a dub flex. Of course, you know, coming off of the bye, I think there's a very good chance that they have a few plays dialed up for him, and they're like, we want to get Jamo going in week nine and and get him going for the rest of the season. But to just bank on that is crazy. He's definitely going to be close to the top of the shaky flex tier for me because he's viable to to pop any given week. But, um, we're going to give him that treatment there. Jordan Addison, I think he's earned the shot to be in the dub flex tier. So despite him having lower Vegas odds than Romeo Doubs and Jameson Williams, I still think he is such a big part of this passing offense. And um and yeah, I'm I'm going to rank him there.

Last one:00 game, we got the San Francisco 49ers at the New York Giants. 48 and a half point total, 2 and a half points going towards the Giants here. We do not have news on the quarterback situation for the Niners, though it does sound like it's trending towards Brock Purdy, but it's hard to say that with certainty. Uh the Niners are just so banged up on defense that they are they're kind of getting shredded left and right here. Wan'Dale Robinson, I'm going to throw him into the Dub Flex here. He's just had such a high floor. Though, I will say the splits when Darius Slayton is playing, Wan'Dale can really, or I guess he just never really hits a ceiling when Darius Slayton is playing. Though, I still like Wan'Dale Robinson. I'll throw Darius Slayton into the shaky flex category. He could see a lot of uh coverage from Deomodor Lenoir over there in San Francisco who's played really really well this year as a cornerback. But ultimately I think I think Slayton is also viable to just kind of pop any given week.

On the Niner side of things as it relates to the receivers, it does not sound like Ricky Pearsall is going to play. He hasn't played since week four. Started off the practice week with a DNP again. So it's not trending in the right direction for him. There's something going on there. He must have had a reinjury to his knee. So, that does leave the same receiver group in San Francisco. I listen, I don't want to get too cute here. I like Jauan Jennings this week. I've kind of been saying that for a few weeks now. And I will say two weeks ago, target share of 27%. Last week, again, 21%. I think if Jauan Jennings just doesn't drop that deep ball from Sam Darnold last week, we're a lot higher on Jauan Jennings going into this week. That's an uncharacteristic drop from him. So, am I ready to put him into the dub flex tier? I don't know. But I tell you, he's right he's like right between the Romeo Doubs, Romeo Doubs. I have a team in which I have to decide between Jauan Jennings and Romeo Doubs as a flex play in full PPR. And I will be starting Jauan Jennings probably over Romeo Doubs. So, he's getting a high target share. He's leading the team in targets. And him and Purdy have a great great chemistry and connection. We saw that all of last year. So, I'm going to be higher on Jauan Jennings going to the this week than I think a lot of other people are. And this is a really good matchup as you can see a lot of green across the board here for the New York Giants. So, you know what? [ __ ] it. We're going to throw him into the dub flex here. Kendrick Bourne is going to go into the Shaky Flex series. Really come down to earth after those first couple Sam Darnold games. If Sam Darnold ends up being the starter, then you know I I will move Jauan Jennings down to the Shaky Flex tier. But again, all of my rankings will be updated in real time throughout the week.

Jacksonville at Las Vegas. Jacksonville coming off of the bye. They are on the road. Vegas is 2 and a half point underdogs in this one. 44 and a half point total. Uh I mean the biggest talking points here for this game. Brock Bowers will return. Jakobi Meyers missed last game. It does sound like he is back in full at practice. So he will be playing unless he gets traded before the game on Sunday. Coming off the bye, we got Brian Thomas Jr. limited at practice. He hurt his shoulder in the last game before the bye, but probably had enough time to heal. He was in a no-contact jersey for the practice, so I don't think it's a a guarantee that he plays this week or suits up this week, but it does seem like it's trending towards that happening. Demarcus Robinson also back to a limited practice. So, it does look like as long as these stay straight here that they'll have most of their receivers back in this one. It's a great matchup versus the Raiders secondary. The big story line is what's happening with Travis Hunter. Of course, we had the massive explosion game for him right before the bye. Most of it coming in garbage time fourth quarter, but like everything that Liam Cohen is saying and the whole like post rookie buy bump, you could just see the narratives already like talking about Travis Hunter going into draft season next year, everyone just continuing to cite, look at his numbers after the buy last year, we knew Travis Hunter was a GOAT and it makes sense. I mean like I do think the way that Brian Thomas Jr. is playing him limited with the shoulder. I wouldn't be surprised if Travis Hunter plays really, really well in this game and then down the stretch. So he's going to go into the dub flex tier for me. I think consensus right now he's like the wide receiver 25 which is probably a little bit juicy for me but I probably don't have him that much lower. Yeah, I've got him at wide receiver 28 going into this week. I do have Brian Thomas as a top 20 guy. Do I feel great about him? No. He's in the dub flex tier for me. Like if I have Brian Thomas and he is playing, he's going to be in my lineup. Of course, Jakobi Meyers, I'm going back and forth between the dub flex and shaky flex. Like I think it's a relatively good matchup and him back in full at practice coming off of their bye, I feel okay. But he's probably going to be at the shaky flex tier and probably towards the top. Trey Tucker, I think probably deserves to be in the shaky flex tier as well.

New Orleans at the Los Angeles Rams. We will have Puka Nacua back post bye. So he's a must. Davante Adams is going to go into the must-start category as well. Chris Olave will get Tyler Shough starting at quarterback, but we did see Tyler Shough get 30 pass attempts in the second half last week. I think they're going to let him sling it assuming they get down pretty quickly like they did with Spencer Rattler. And I just like it's not like Rattler was overly accurate or overly awesome and continued to just get home. So I don't think it's like a major downgrade to Olave. I do think it's probably a slight downgrade to him for the fact that we don't know who's going to develop as like the one, two, three punch here. Is it Olave and then Shahed and then Juwan Johnson? Like that's kind of been how Rattler has gone about this year. Or do things become a little bit more even between Olave and Shahed or does Kamara start to get a little bit more of uh action in the passing game because he hasn't really got that this year. So, I think that's really the downside. It's not necessarily I think it's a major downgrade at quarterback. Like you trying to predict the percentage of inaccurate throws from Tyler Shough as compared to Spencer Rattler from like 10 to 15 yards down the field I don't think is really the way to go here. I just think there's a little bit of unknown mystery of okay, who does Tyler Shough kind of latch on to? And this is an incredibly difficult matchup against the Rams defense where I could see the the defensive line just living in the backfield and just throwing Tyler Shough under pressure every single snap. So when I look at him, when I look at Tyler Shough, when I look at the matchup, I don't think he goes directly into the feels good category. He'll probably get a lot of volume. I could see like a six for 60 week. I'll throw him into the dub flex category, definitely towards the top of it. Rashid Shaheed's going to go into the shaky flex category for me and I think we will move on after that. Also worth noting, Tutu Atwell is on the IR with a hamstring injury. So that condenses the targets even more in the Rams offense.

Moving on to Kansas City at Buffalo. What kind of practice reports we got here? We got a DNP for Hollywood. Illness though, he should be fine. Isiah Pacheco is going to be out for this game. They got Ed Oliver out on the defensive line for the Bills. He's on the IR. DaQuan Jones DNP on the interior. So, I mean, without Pacheco, you'd think that they lean more into the pass, but if they are without the majority of their interior for the Bills, you could also see this as a point where they attack the weakness of the Bills defense, which is what that is, they'll have Maxwell Harrison out there, I believe, their first round pick at quarterback, the Bills will. So, they should be getting better in the secondary. And as you can see, it is a lot of orange and red. So, they haven't been a team that you can just throw through the air with a ton of success. That being said, Mahomes is playing some of the best ball of his career right now. Of course, Rashee Rice is a must-start. The Bills going against the Chiefs. I mean, the Chiefs secondary has been awesome this year. Of course, this is a 52 and a half point total though. They are expecting fireworks. Of course, it's the Chiefs and the Bills. The Bills are one and a half point underdogs despite being at home. Shakir coming off a really good game, but I think we kind of know what Shakir is. He's a high floor guy. I don't expect them to break big plays against the Chiefs. Like, they're not really a defense where Shakir takes a 10-yard slant to the house. It just doesn't really happen that often. They're a much more disciplined defense. So Shakir could have a 6 for 60 game, could have a 4 for 40 game. I think he's probably closer to a shaky flex. Definitely towards the top of it than he is a dub flex. But yeah, uh Xavier Worthy, uh despite his numbers coming down since Rashee Rice has returned, I still think I want a dude who's this explosive in a 52 and a half point total game. I think they'll take some shots at Xavier Worthy. I still think they want to get him involved. He's going to be in the dub flex category for me. I would be playing Xavier Worthy over all these dudes here down the shaky flex tier. The rest of the guys in this offense are just rather not. Keon Coleman's just such a disappointment. So is everybody else there. Like a a father figure here. I'm so disappointed.

Seattle at Washington. This is a 47 and a half point total minus three for the Seattle Seahawks. JSN of course is a must-start. Terry McLaurin's going to be out for this game. He injured his quad in the last game so he's going to miss some time which I do think puts Deebo Samuel back into the He's He performed really, really poorly the last couple of weeks. I do wonder if that heel is just really bothering him. It does also sound like Jayden Daniels, who returned to a full practice on Wednesday, will be out there for Sunday Night Football. For the Seattle secondary, they've been missing a ton of pieces this year, which they will get some help with Devon Witherspoon coming back to a full practice after the bye, which is a major upgrade to their secondary. Julian Love is still DNP with a hamstring injury. So safety will be down a little bit, but their cornerbacks should be much better and they won't just be an absolute Swiss cheese pass defense like they've been for the last month or so because of the downgraded secondary because of injuries. So Deebo's here at 48 and a half receiving yards, 5 and a half receptions. Ultimately, I still think I like him more than a lot of these guys down here. You know, like Brian Thomas Jr. with the matchup, Chris Olave with Shough in the matchup, Courtland Sutton with the matchup, Tee Higgins possibly without Joe Flacco. Keenan Allen might not be great game script for them. Like I don't know. I still think I like Deebo with Seattle traveling across country and no Terry McLaurin. It's tough obviously because we don't know if he's really dealing with like a serious injury there and that's why he's not played well. But I do again I I think without Terry, you just kind of have to fire him up again and it'll be like a top 20 receiver for me in my rankings. Behind all those guys, I don't think I want any of these players in my lineup. Like maybe you can make the case for Cooper Kupp being at the bottom of the shaky flex tier, but yeah, there's no one else I really want here.

Last game on the slate, we got fireworks out in Dallas. 54 and a half point total here. Arizona at Dallas. Dallas is 2 and a half point favorites. We do not have any practice reports yet for this game because it is Monday, unfortunately. So, we don't know the quarterback situation for the Cardinals, which matters because I would rather have Kyler Murray out there for the pass catchers if I'm a Trey McBride or a Marvin Harrison Jr. owner. They play a Dallas Cowboys who, as you can see, are literally the easiest pass defense to have success against for fantasy receivers. So despite that, from what I'm seeing, what I'm hearing is I would go 51-49 in favor of Kyler Murray getting the start in this one, which again, not like a huge difference for Marvin. I just think the passing offense gets so much more consistency when a different quarterback is under center that doesn't like panic in the red zone. CeeDee Lamb is going to go must-start. George Pickens is going to go must-start. Marvin Harrison, listen, I feel good. The matchup's just incredible. So, I I I don't know how you can not have him in your lineup despite the inconsistencies of this season. 54 and a half point total. Like, yeah, that's really all that needs to be said. And that's all 14 matchups for you.

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