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Week seven, matchups that matter. Going through everything that you guys need to set your fantasy football lineups in week number seven. That being also that the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills are on by. So, we do have to dig a little bit deep. We got like 37 wide receiver injuries and no running back injuries. Somehow, I'm not mad. I'm not salty as a zero RB and her RB bro. But, we do have to dig a little bit deeper this week. So, as we go through each of these games, I'll give you some deeper names to start if you guys need some deeper options out there.
The matchup breakdown that we have here is we got another London game. So again, West Coasters, get up early or set your lineups before you go to bed. 1 p.m. we got six games in that window. 400 p.m. we have four games in that window. A Sunday night game, a Monday night game. And then of course to piss off the East Coast on here, we do have another 10 p.m. kickoff on ESPN on Monday night, which is the Seahawks and the Texans game.
But let's get it kicked off with Los Angeles Rams taking on the Jaguars in their home country of London here. The Rams are favored by three points here. Uh Los Angeles implied for just over 23 over under of 44 and a half points. The under catching a little bit of the steam. The pace of play is pretty fast in this one. Both of these offenses run pretty uptempo. And then Los Angeles has a really really nice DVOA advantage as a passing unit versus the Jaguars defense. When we're talking about who we can start on both sides of the ball. Of course, the biggest lingering question in this game is will Puka Nakua be healthy? Because Puka Nakua, single best wide receiver in fantasy football right now, is coming into the game dealing with an injury. Has not practiced Wednesday, has not practiced on Thursday. It is Friday morning as I'm recording this. So, we'll have to wait and see if he practices today. I would lean towards him being out knowing that the Rams have a buy next week. There's a very good chance that he won't play in this game. So that would obviously upgrade Devonte Adams and Kairen Williams because Kairen probably gets a little bit more work out of the back field in the receiving game. Matthew Stafford absolutely a streamable quarterback knowing how good the advantages for the passing offense. The uh Rams are also implied to throw the ball quite a bit as I'll get to in the stat of the game here. Uh Travis ETN going to be in your starting lineup for the Jaguars. Brian Thomas Jr. same thing. We did hear some quotes uh throughout the week talking about Travis Hunter's usage and getting him more first read targets and that kind of thing. They've mainly been using him as a gadget guy in some games and then some games have been a downfield usage. We kind of want to marry the two. It would be an ideal world in my opinion if Travis Hunter got eight to 10 targets per game. Three or four of them gadget stuff and then the rest real wide receiver stuff. So, we'll see what happens there. I think using Hunter like a Z Flowers in Baltimore would probably be the best uh usage for him. So, we'll see if that changes against the Rams. They have a reasonably beatable secondary. Uh Rams defense in play and both kickers in play as well. The stat of the game for this one, the Jaguars are one of the most slanted pass funnel defenses in football. They are one of the best against the run, 32nd in pass rate over expected allowed. Teams are very much choosing to throw the football against them. And the Rams of an as an offense are fourth in pass rate over expected in total. So, I think they should let it rip in this game with or without Puka and that obviously would mean great things for Devonte Adams. If you need to dig deep in this game, I do think you could throw Jordan Whittington out there or maybe even Tyler Higgby if you needed a streamable tight end, assuming, of course, Puka Nua is out. Otherwise, I would not start those guys.
Um, getting into the 1pm window, we have the New Orleans Saints taking on the Chicago Bears. The Bears are five-point home favorites against the Saints here. Applied for over 26 points, which is one of the highest numbers you've seen for the Bears all season. Overunder of 47 and a half. The money is even. Sharps don't really know what to do with that overunder. Pace of play is the fastest on the slate by quite a big margin as well because the Saints and Bears are both running quite uptempo. Uh the Bears do have the 11th biggest DVOA advantage against the Saints defense. Um, you're starting Caleb Williams, you're starting Romo Dunay, everybody knows that part. Uh DeAndre Swift, keep an eye on him because he was downgraded from a full participant in Wednesday's practice to a limited participant in Thursday's practice with, I believe, a groin injury. And that's something to keep an eye on. So make sure Kyle Mani is rostered. If you have an open bench spot, he might end up, you know, surprisingly being the starting running back for the Bears if things go poorly for Swift today and Saturday. And then also too, uh DJ Moore after last week's Monday night game was admitted to the hospital with like a groin injury. Um he is back at practice in a limited capacity as of Thursday. So we'll see what happens with that. If he does end up being out, Luther Burton, the second round rookie, could end up seeing a bigger role and we actually saw him get a little bit of an increased role on Monday night. And then again, keep an eye on Coloulston Lovelin's usage as well because he was coming off that injury. I do think he could be one of the bigger waiver pickups of week eight if you want to stash him at the end of your bench. Alvin Chimera is probably going to be a starter for you for the Saints side of things. Kendre Miller I picked up in the flock league. If you guys watch the vlog, I traded Xavier Worthy away for Marvin Harrison and Kendre Miller. Does sound like Chimera's here to stay. He's probably not going anywhere, but at the very least Kendre Miller a good handcuff. In the meantime, um Ave and Shahed definitely hearing some rumors that Ave could be on the move for sure. Possible that the Steelers or the Giants or some of these wide receiver needy teams could go and make a trade for him. Um, in the meantime, he's definitely in your lineup. And Jawan Johnson, I don't think anybody's messing with him, but if you absolutely were desperate, you could throw him out there. And then Chicago's defense and kicker also in play. The stat of the game here, Saints defense is allowing the fourth most rushing yards per game to quarterbacks and they're a top six matchup overall in fantasy quarterback scoring. So, I think Caleb Williams one of the best starts on the week this week. And again, make sure to stash Luther Burton, Kyle Manangai, and Coloulston Lovelin with all of the kind of uh young upside pieces that the Bears do have.
Uh moving into the Cleveland Browns taking on the Miami Dolphins, we are hearing word that this is supposed to have like 50 plus mileph winds. So maybe not a very good game environment as opposed to, you know, some of the other dome games and whatnot this week. The overunder 39 a half and dropping steadily under catching a lot of the steam. Pace of play is pretty average, but the rest of the game environment is not really exciting. The only people you should feel really confident in starting in this game are the two running backs, Quinn Sean Judkins of the Browns and Devon Aan of the Miami Dolphins. Jaylen Wadd definitely still a viable top 24-ish play at wide receiver, but just keep in mind he could have a dud given the weather implications that we have here. Jerry Judy, again, I'd probably steer clear of him just given that uh we have weather implications uh in this game. And then both tight ends are in play as Darren Waller um scoring four touchdowns since he's been a Dolphin. And then Harold Fannon with no David Andoku, which is not a guaranteed thing yet, but it does look like David and Jooku could be out for this game. He was not practicing Wednesday, was not practicing Thursday, dealing with um I believe a knee injury or an ankle injury. I can't remember exactly what the lower body injury he has is, but he does have a long history of injuries and Harold Fannon is going to see an upgrade if he is out. So definitely of the two of them, I would prefer to start him. Miami Dolphins defense absolutely in play as are the Cleveland Browns defense just given the game environment here could just be low scoring overall. Browns defense very good. Dolphins defense not so good, but they're playing the Browns and the Browns do play well at home. I actually prefer the Browns defense of the two of them if I had the option. Uh stat of the game here, the Dolphins have also surrendered. Top five running back scoring weeks in back-to-back games. Rico Dattle with the number one scoring week two weeks ago. Kamani Vidal with a 23 point per game performance against them last week. So big Judkins smash spot. We talked about him as a trade target on Wednesday's video. Make sure to go and send out some offers for him.
Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Las Vegas Raiders. Uh 12 point home favorites for Kansas City. This is a game that is very much a yearly tradition. Kansas City beats the out of Vegas at home in Arrowhead over under a 45 and a half over catching a little bit of the steam. Kansas City's DVOA a nice advantage. You're going to start all your Kansas City Chiefs because this is a great game environment for all of them. Patrick Mahomes of course top quarterback in fantasy football right now. Um we do have Rashi Rice coming back from his suspension. He should be in your lineup. It doesn't sound like he'll be on a pitch count or anything like that. And Xavier Worthy given the game environment, the implied total and all that kind of stuff. You are going to be starting him as well. I can't quit Isaiah Pacheco. I think you could still low end flex the guy because in back-to-back weeks, he's posted a season high in snaps and he is starting to play a lot better than what he was playing at the beginning of the season. And of course, Travis Kelce is a startable option as well. On the Raiders side of things, Ashen Jens is the only must start, but I think the second closest thing to a must start on the Raiders is Michael Mayer. Without Brock Bowers, he is a top 10 tight end in my rankings. We don't know for sure if Brock Bowers will be out, but based on when their by-week is and all that kind of stuff, I do think Michael Mayer will be alone in this tight end core. Again, 80% of the routes, plus he scored a touchdown last week. If you need a flex option, Trey Tucker and Jacobe Myers are both in play, but neither are must starts by any means. Kansas City's defense and Harrison Bucker also in play. Stat of the game. What would it be without an Isaiah Pacheco copium stat of the game here? After setting season highs and back-to-back weeks in usage, over 60% and then over 70% in snaps last week, Pacheco per ESPN sees a run defense that's allowing 4.7 yards per carry to inside zone runs. The Chiefs are second in the NFL nearly onethird of their runs being inside zone. So, I do think we could see some Isaiah Pacheco 60 plus rushing yard and a touchdown type of game if he continues his positive momentum from the past couple of weeks.
Moving into the Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Carson Wentz probably led Minnesota Vikings. The Eagles are two-point road favorites in this game. It doesn't sound like JJ McCarthy is quite ready to come back from his injury, which I I'm still not sure if he's actually hurt or if they just benched him overall. Uh Philadelphia has implied for almost 23 points, the over under 43 and a half. Kind of a hoham game environment overall. Jaylen Herz is probably in your lineup given his rushing ability. Saquon Barkley of course in your lineup as well. Both AJ Brown and Devonte Smith are reasonable flex wide receivers. Both of them are inside my top 26 28 wide receivers on the week. So you can definitely throw them out there. Although the Minnesota Vikings, I saw Hayden Winks tweet this out. Puka Nua has more receptions this season than any wide receiver core that the Minnesota Vikings has played. If you add up all the receiver receptions every single game of the Vikings season, it is less receptions that Pukanua has this year. So they have been very stingy against fantasy wide receivers. Dallas Goddard definitely getting a lot of design usage. I don't know what it is. As a Dallas Goddard manager, I've noticed this a lot, but for some reason they're giving him all of the like valuable design touches in the red zone shovel pass. So, um, you know, keep it up. I mean, I have Dallas Goddard in a lot of leagues, so I feel pretty good about that. And I drafted a crap ton of him in best. Um, TJ Hawinson in play, but probably not a must start. Of course, you are starting Justin Jefferson and Jordan Mason given the workload that he's getting. We do have Aaron Jones first eligible to come off of IR next week. So if Jordan Mason has a good game here, maybe look to sell high on him and I do think you can flex Jordan. Stream the Philly defense and Jake Elliot the kicker. Stat of the game here per ESPN, Jaylen Herz holds the ball the third longest in the NFL. Nearly 3 seconds per drop back is how long he's holding the football for. Vikings defense averages the fifth fastest time to first pressure. This may be the matchup that Herz really struggles in, especially like I said knowing that the receivers also have a very difficult matchup themselves.
Carolina Panthers taking on the New York Jets at home for the Jets. They are still one and a half point underdogs. This is a game environment that is not very friendly to fantasy production, particularly on the Jets side of things because we do not have Garrett Wilson most likely in this game. Start Justin Fields as a you know low-end quarterback. one because of the rushing, because of what he can do with his legs, but not really any reason to do with his passing because I don't expect him to get a whole lot done in this game. Bryce Young is a streamable quarterback in this matchup. Both running backs, Bree Hall and Rico Dattle/ Chuba Hubard, whoever ends up being the starter. If Hubard is back, I do expect him to get the majority of the work. By majority, I mean a slight majority. And if Huard is out, of course, we do expect Rico Dattle to be yet another dominant RB1 caliber play. Um, but they do have bad matchups, so just keep that in mind. All the New York Jets wide receivers. Don't mess with any of them because if Garrett Wilson is out, I have no reason to start anybody else. Ted McMillan is expected to see shadow coverage from S Gardner who has been playing better in recent weeks. He did hold uh Courtland Sutton to like a pretty down performance last week. I do think if you need a tight end streamer, Mason Taylor is not a bad option. Um, because no Garrett Wilson, right? And he played 90% of the snaps last week, which I'll get into in a second. Carolina's defense uh in play for sure given Justin Fields's history turning the football over and that kind of thing. And Carolina's kicker also in play. Stat of the game is relating to Mason Taylor. 90% snap share for the first time in his career. Panthers giving up the second most fantasy points per game to tight ends and no Garrett Wilson in this one. Most yards allowed to the tight end position. And Fields is actually facing what is the worst pass rush in football right now with the lowest um pressure win rate as well. So, this is not a defense that you should be scared of, at least as it relates to the pass defense, but there are no options outside of Mason Taylor, which is why he's a decent start in this one.
Um, Patriots taking on the Titans, though. Mike Vrabel revenge game. Patriots minus 7 on the road here. Tennessee, even at home, is a touchdown underdog. New England's DVOA a top eight advantage. The over catching a little bit of the steam here. Start all your Patriots, man, because uh Drake May against the Titans, that is a nice matchup for him. Even though they've been kind of stingy to fantasy quarterbacks, specifically as it relates to rushing quarterbacks. Um, you are going to be starting Stefon Diggs, you're going to be starting or at least flexing the running backs, Raandre Stevenson and Trevian Henderson. And then Hunter Henry also a decent tight end option as well. On the Titans side of things, it looks like Calvin Ridley is going to be out for this game. He suffered a hamstring injury last week. So that puts Elio Manor in flex territory for me because he has been running the majority of the routes for the team already. And now without Calvin Ridley, I expect him to have six, seven, eight targets in this game. And then the running backs are both flex options as well. Tony Pard, the early down guy. Taj Spears, if they're losing by seven or more points for the majority of this game, I do think Taj Spears has a chance to catch four or five passes in this one. Um, New England's defense and kicker both definitely in play. A little betting stat of the game here. The Titans are 0 and 10 against the spread at home dating back to last year. That is the longest such streak in like 50 years for a team at home against the spread there. So, so definitely start all of your Patriots players that you can.
Moving into the 4pm window, we have the New York Giants taking on the Bon Knicks lever Broncos. This is kind of the um you know Spider-Man meme. These two quarterbacks are you know darlings of mine as exciting whites. I do think that both of them are quite similar. However, I do think that after an electrifying start to the Jackson Dart era, it could come to a screaming halt in this one because the Broncos at home, that defense is starting to play a lot better and the Broncos are seven-point home favorites and playing in mile high is no joke there. So, um, you're going to start your Broncos for sure. Bon Knicks in your lineup, JK Dobbins in your lineup, Courtland Sutton in your lineup. Even a streamable option like Evan Ingram in your tight end position is definitely fine. Um, just temporary expectations for the Giants because Cam Scataboo as great as he was last week against the Eagles. That was a home game for the Giants. It was Thursday Night Football. This one's in mile high, not a division opponent. Not on Thursday Night Football. So, don't really love the matchup for the Giants offense. I am not starting Jackson Dart. I know he runs the football, but I do think he could kind of get blown up in this one. Maybe have a couple of turnovers. But, Juanell Robinson should also be in flex territory as well, given the targets that he's seeing. The Broncos defense definitely a streamable option as is their kicker. Uh stat of the game here after a huge win on Thursday night football for Philadelphia. The Giants uh face the second most efficient pass rush in football at home. Denver in my opinion is going to tee off. So sit everybody other than Scataboo and Wandale for the Giants and make sure that you do not have Jackson Dart in your starting lineup. That is the like sit of the week at the quarterback position for me.
Uh Indianapolis Colts taking on the Los Angeles Chargers here. The Chargers are 1 and 12 point home favorites. A nice game environment. Third highest overunder at 48 1/2. The over catching the most seam of any game on the slate as well. So this one should be pretty high scoring, high pace of play. Both teams have top 20 advantages. The Chargers definitely the bigger advantage given the Colts defense has not been very good. Uh Justin Herbert's in your lineup. Uh Jonathan Taylor in your lineup. Of course, every you know cast of character that you know you should start, you should start in this game. From Herbert to JT to uh Kamani Vidal to Lad Mcconkey to Quinton Johnson who's now practicing again with the hamstring injury. Keenan Allen a decent flex option Michael Pitman a starter Josh DS assuming he plays he's currently dealing with a concussion right now maybe he doesn't clear the protocol in time if he doesn't play maybe you could even dig deep on an Alec Pierce type and of course Tyler Warren the tight end of the Colts. So everybody in the lineup, the only real concern I have is if you start Kamani Vidal thinking he's going to get exactly the workload he got last week. I'm a little bit worried that that backfield might be a little bit closer than people think just because the Miami Dolphins were such an easy matchup. Kamani Vidal was the hot hand. I just want to see one more week of it before I say he's an every starter. He's still a top 24 running back in my rankings this week, but don't start him over like proven guys that you know their workload and that kind of thing. And same with Daniel Jones. He's been very good this year, but this is a tough road matchup. Across the country against a really good defense. So, I don't think you have to start him by any means in this game. Uh, both kickers definitely in play given the overunder. Stat of the game here. This is crazy. I heard Patrick Claybon on NFL Daily say this in his Giants career. Daniel Jones completed just eight total passes of 20 plus air yards. He's completed five already this year with the Colts in just six games. So, it just goes to show you that Daniel Jones just truly had no downfield help in that uh New York Giants situation. Even last year with Malik Neighbors, he was benched for about half the season, eventually cut and gone to the Vikings and whatnot. So, Daniel Jones definitely having a career resurgence um in Indianapolis this year. The Indiana Jones hive is taking over.
Green Bay Packers taking on the Arizona Cardinals. This could be another Jacobe Brassette led Arizona Cardinals team. Ian Rapaort and a couple of the other insiders have kind of alluded to the fact that Kyler Murray won't be ready for this game. He is still practicing right now in like a limited capacity, but it's possible with the Cardinals having a buy next week that they would give uh Jacobe Brassette one more week. My thought process is like this is a home game for you. Your season's kind of on the line here. If you don't win this game, you're going to have to dig yourself out of a hole after the buy. So, I would just play Kyler Murray if I were them, but we don't know what his injury is. Over under a 44 and a half under uh catching a little bit of the steam. You're gonna start uh Jordan Love in this game. You're gonna start Josh Jacobs in this game. I think both Packers wide receivers uh Matthew Golden and Romeo Dobs are very good flex options in this game as well. And of course, you're going to start Tucker Craft in this game. So, the Packers side pretty straightforward. They're implied for like 25 plus points. And then also on the Cardinal side, if Kyler Murray plays, which is still up in the air at the moment, I think he's a streamable option because this is a matchup in which the Cardinals are at home. It's a matchup where Kyler Murray can maybe run the football a little bit, but if he is out, then obviously you can't play him. Marvin Harrison Jr. is kind of still awaiting word of whether or not he'll clear the concussion protocol. As of right now, if I had to guess, I would say Marvin Harrison Jr. will clear the concussion protocol because he practiced in a limited capacity Wednesday and Thursday. The way it works is basically if he practices today either in full or in a limited capacity and he's symptom free and that kind of thing, which it kind of seems like he is based on everything that he's done so far this week, then he'll probably get cleared on Saturday in the concussion protocol and he'd be ready to go at that point in time. But we don't know for sure. So, as of now, don't count on Marvin Harrison Jr., but know that he could end up playing. I'd say there's probably about a 60 to 70% chance that he ends up playing in this game. And he has a uh a pretty brutal matchup against the Packers corners. Uh, Bam Knight is the starting running back, quote unquote, for the Green Bay Packers, but or for the Arizona Cardinals, but very similar to the Chargers situation. The weekly usage that we see out of the Cardinals backfield, I don't read too too much into it. When we hear stuff like Michael Carter's the starter and then Bam Knight's the starter, I feel like that's an everchanging situation. So, I don't really want to rely on Bam Knight as like this guy that's going to be a starter until Trey Benson comes back. Maybe he is, but I would say cautiously right now he's a low-end flex play. And then Trey McBride um probably gonna get peppered in this game as I'll get to in a second. Green Bay defense and kicker both in play here. My condolences if you do play Trey McBride because without Marvin if he doesn't play, the Packers defense is first in receptions allowed to the tight end position and they are third in yards allowed to the tight end position. So, if Marvin is not out there, I think we're looking at probably a 10 to 12 reception game out of Trey McBride, just given Jacobe Brassette was dropping back like crazy and also Trey McBride is that good and he's always open and that kind of thing.
So, moving into the most exciting game of the week, we have the Washington Commanders taking on to the Dallas Cowboys here for fantasy purposes. A 55 point overunder, which I believe is the highest of the entire season so far, or at least at least top three on the season so far. The Commanders are one and a half point road favorites right now. Maybe this line will change a little bit given that CD Lamb was ruled in and you know that kind of thing. Terry McLaren and Debo still banged up. I could see this going and flipping the other way where the Cowboys are one-point favorites or one and a half point favorites at home. But we'll have to wait and see on that. The over catching a little bit of the steam. Pace of play is super high. Both offenses with top seven matchups against the opposing defense. Pretty straightforward here. You're starting everybody on the commander side. Jaden Daniels, Bill, both wide receivers if they play. Debo Samuel and Terry McLaren. Who's playing? We don't really know at this point, but if they play, they're in your lineup. And I do think Zack Z is a very viable tight end streamer. And then on the Cowboys side, uh Dak Prescott absolutely in your lineup. And uh CD Lamb back with no limitations in your lineup, George Pickkins in your lineup, Javvante Williams in your lineup, Jake Ferguson in your lineup, and of course both kickers can be in your lineup as well. So this is just going to be a fantasy bonanza by all indications. Both of these quarterbacks are top three quarterbacks for me on the week. Only Patrick Mahomes the other one that's not in this game. Um, the stat of the game here is the Cowboys are dead last by a country mile versus fantasy running backs. Rico Dattle showed us how easy it is to run against them last week and now we get Bill after a season high in snaps the week before. So this is a really good matchup for uh Bill to have his breakout game because the Cowboys are just basically free cash to any fantasy running back with a pulse. So, um, definitely it should be a fun game environment for fantasy purposes.
Moving on to Sunday Night Football between the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers. 49ers are two-point home favorites in this one. 47 point overunder. Um, this game environment has so many like injuries and moving parts that it's hard to even prognosticate what's going to happen because we don't know if PR's going to play. We don't know if Pawol is going to play. We don't know if Jennings I mean Jennings apparently playing through like six broken ribs or something. We don't know if he's going to play or if he's going to be limited or whatever the case is. As of now, I would say the only clarity we have on the 49ers is that Christian McCaffrey is Christian McCaffrey and he's going to play even though it's a terrible matchup. And George KD should be back for the 49ers and um he is in your lineup assuming you've been stashing him on your IR. And even Kendrick Bourne is still in play even if KD is playing in this one because Kendrick Bourne has been playing well. If M. Jones starts yet again then we should have another him and you know Kendrick Bourne connection from their Patriots days. Um, on the Falcon side, it's a lot more easy to diagnose. Uh, Bejian's in your lineup, London's in your lineup, Pitts is probably in your lineup, given um, where he is at the tight end position. Like a top 15, top 12 tight end on the season here. And then Michael Penn, if you need a streaming quarterback, the 49ers defense is now without Fred Warner as we saw last week and of course has been without Nick Bosa for a couple of weeks here, too. So, this is not that bad of a matchup even though it's on the road for Michael Penn and they've been notoriously much better at home. Um, San Francisco's defense is in play, although I would say there's probably better options. And then the kicker for the 49ers is also in play. The stat of the game here is that this game features the two best running backs in fantasy football. Both Christian McAffrey and Bejian Robinson averaging over 24 points per game in fantasy PPR leagues. Beon faces the number 23 ranked defense without Fred Warner now along with Bosa. Whereas CMC, who averages just 3.1 yards per game, faces the single hardest matchup in all of fantasy for the running back position. So, of these two guys, I would expect Bejon to probably have the better matchup and the better game. And it's possible the Falcons actually win this one given that uh state, especially if M. Jones is starting yet again. But we'll see if Party returns. We'll see if Pieraw returns. I would say as of now, I would expect both of those guys to be out, but we'll see what happens for the rest of the week.
Moving into Monday Night Football, the 700 p.m. Eastern kickoff of my Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Detroit Lions. Lots of injuries on both sides of the ball in each of these teams, but the Lions are favored by five and a half here. Um over under of 52 and a half points, so expect it to be a high-scoring game. The over catching a lot of the steam. Both offenses have a top 10 advantage over the opposing defense. Um Baker Mayfield's in your lineup. Uh Rashad White is in your lineup because we are still without Bucky Irving and he's been a top 10 scoring fantasy running back in back-to-back weeks. Mike Evans looks like he will return. He was a limited participant in Thursday's practice. And again, remember that on a Monday game, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday practices. So, we'll see what happens for the rest of the practice week with Mike Evans. But, I do think he'll end up suiting up for this game. Acha Ibuka is already ruled out. Chris Godwin's already ruled out. Bucky Irving is already ruled out. So, the Bucks are short-handed, but they do have Johnson and Johnson, Cam Johnson, and TZ Johnson, plus Sterling Shepard to go along with Mike Evans and Kate Dutton. So, I feel like they can still get things done in the passing game here. Jared Goff, Jamir Gibbs, David Montgomery, Jameson Williams, Aman Ross, St. Brown, Sam Leaporta, you could pretty much fire up all of them because the Buccaneers um matchup here, the Lions are implied for 29 points. So, you feel pretty confident that points are going to get put up on the board. And also too, the Lions secondary is completely battered with injury, plus Brian Branch is suspended for this game. So, I do think if you need a Hail Mary swing, if you need an upside swing, and you need to dig deep this week, Tez Johnson's not a bad option. Neither is uh Kate Uton if you need to even flex him, let alone play him at your tight end spot just because the the Lions secondary is really battered and banged up. And given that the Bucks are on the road and Baker Mayfield's playing MVP football, there's a good chance that even if Mike Evans is healthy, he can bring along more than just one guy in this game here. So, uh stat of the game for this one is that the Bucks have used Motion more than any team in football the last three weeks. And the Lions are fourth worst in the NFL against um motion as an EPA per play defense. So, this is a matchup where I think Josh Grisard should be in his bag trying to cook up some motion plays and whatnot, and we'll see how it pays off. I I'm cautiously optimistic that the Bucks can win this game, but I do think we probably fall given that we're 5-1. We kind of deserve to lose a game here, especially given the injuries that we have and the Lions play very well at home.
So, moving into the final game and then we'll get into the streamers. We have the Seattle Seahawks taking on the Houston Texans at home. I can't lie to you and say that I'm going to watch this entire game because it starts at 10 PM Eastern on Monday night and I'm absolutely sick of these East Coast UNC games here. Uh over under of 41 points, not really exciting. Um over catching a little bit of the steam, the Seattle DVOA advantage is quite nice. If you're going to stream a quarterback this week, I do think Sam Darnold's a decent option. Just keep in mind that the Texans are a pretty strong defense. I also think that CJ Stroud's a decent option, but keep in mind that the Seahawks are a good defense, particularly at home. So, um, game environment-wise, this could end up being lower scoring. Kenneth Walker is probably in your lineup, as is Zack Charbanet as like a flex option. Uh, Woody Marks maybe coming out of the buy, they give like more work to him. But, as of right now, you still got to treat him as like a low-end flex kind of play that he is. JSN and Nico Collins are of course every week starters. So, those guys are going to be in your lineup. If you need a streaming tight end, I think that both of them are in play here between Daltton Schultz and AJ Barner. I do prefer Schultz because he has the better matchup. And then I do think you can stream the Seahawks defense and both Kaim Fairbar and Jason Meyers are definitely in play at the kicker position. Uh stat if you need to dig deep in this game, I do think that Christian Kirk is a decent option. He might even still be on your waivers as well. Stat of the game here is that the Seahawks number one passing EPA per play offense and number one success rate offense now faces a defense that is top four in both. So this is strength on strength here, which is why I think that it might end up being a lower scoring game environment.
So into the streamers. If you guys are looking for tight end help this week, Harold Fannon against the Dolphins is the best one. Like I made reference to if David Andoku is out, he is obviously going to have a huge workload, a lot of snaps and a lot of targets and whatnot, especially short passing game. That's kind of his role, especially if if the weather is a factor. Michael Mayer, again, if no Brock Bowers, he's a great streamer. Zack Z, game environment, 55 point overunder. Mason Taylor, like I said, no Garrett Wilson, easy matchup for him. And then Evan Ingram, like I mentioned, also uh Giants defense not very good. Evan Ingram got some more usage last week against the Jets. That could continue.
Moving into the streaming quarterbacks, not a great week for streaming quarterback. Like if you guys have Lamar or Josh Allen on buy, it wasn't an excellent streaming week. Hopefully you started Joe Flack or Aaron Rogers because that apparently was the right answer. But if you still need a quarterback, Darnold versus the Houston Texans, again, bad matchup, but he's been playing well. Stafford versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. Um, even without Puka, I still like him as a streamer. Uh, Trevor Lawrence against the Rams. He runs the ball a little bit. It's kind of a a matchup that is almost like a home game for the Jaguars. Strad versus the Seahawks. Again, if you want to throw Monday Hail Mary, that's fine. And then Bryce Young versus the Jets.
Moving into my top five defenses, my top 10 defenses. And then kickers as well. New England defense versus the Tennessee Titans. My favorite defense this week, Kansas City versus Las Vegas. My second favorite, Denver versus New York. Green Bay at Arizona. Cleveland versus Miami. Miami versus Cleveland in that same game. Carolina at New York Jets. Philadelphia versus Minnesota and then also Seattle and Jacksonville versus Houston and Los Angeles respectively. And then moving into my top 10 kickers and I actually still have Boswell in here. So I'll give you some honorable mentions here. Brandon Aubrey the best kicker on the week. Boswell was a good play last night. Cameron Dicker, Chase Mclofflin, Ka Fairbar, Harrison Bucker, Matt Gay, Eddie Pinro, Jake Bates, Michael Badgley, and also I would give an honorable mention to the Jaguars kicker Little and then also Josh Cardi in that same London game. London games feel like field goal fest to me every single year. So, those are my streamers. That was matchups that matter. Hopefully you guys got some value from this video. If you did, leave a like down below. Subscribe to the channel if you're new around here. Let's rack up the like button to 500 if we can. And of course, if you watch these videos and uh you know, you aren't subscribed. Uh there's about 55% of you guys out there. Really appreciate if you hit that subscribe button. And also be sure to check out everything we got going on over on Flock Fantasy. You could start a 7-day free trial right now and see what the site has to offer. Promo code FSE when you sign up. 30% off any of the packages. You can use our trade calculator which is customizable to your league settings. You play in a one quarterback start nine, it's going to give you a different answer on trades than a 10 team, you know, start seven with a tight end premium and all that kind of stuff. It's very customizable, has that system to be able to properly value players. So, definitely check that out. Uh using your free trial, check out the my teams feature. You can see who has the best running back cores, wide receiver cores, quarterback cores, tight end cores in your league. Use that to make trades. I use it all the time. It's one of the best features out there. Our rest of season rankings are up to date. Our weekly rankings are up to date. Dynasty rankings going through a big time update. Uh about 3 weeks ago, we updated them. We're going to do another update of that. Plus, the trade value chart this week as well. So, definitely check out all that good stuff. All that information is available to you over on flockfantasy.com. So, check that out if you're interested. That'll be linked down below in the pin comment. But with that being said, peace out and I'll talk to you soon.