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And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson and this is the Drive on the Steelers Audio Network. And it is time for the Fantasy Football Focus. And before we get into picking this week's lineup, our captain's cheer lineup hit last night nice only fifty five point seven eight points, but they were only eighteen points scored in the game.
There wasn't fantasy bonanza. It was definitely yuck. Whether it's something to do with it, but it was more than that too. There was a lot of dropballs, pretty sloppy. I assume you saw that. Campbell, the linebacker, decided not to go in the game, told him no party struggled and weather. I mean, it wasn't The Niners weren't very impressive to me.
No, No, they weren't nor worthy. Nobody. Nobody was impressive in that game. But Puka Nakua did have seventeen point eight points for us. That was a good call. We had both quarterbacks, Stafford and the captain's chair got us twelve point three points. It wasn't great.
Touchdown the thing game.
It actually ran a little bit last night. Yeah yeah, I might might be trying to get him killed a little bit, but.
There was some questionable decisions. Yeah, okay, you.
Know, Perty only had four point nine to eight points. Kittle had ten point one. He had like almost half of their receiving yards. Jake Moody had a fifty plus yard field goal and a forty plus yard field goals. We got nine points out of him and we got a two two out.
Well catch one catch goes a long way in a game like that. Yeah, the cheap guy, So Moody was probably our best value then. Yeah, I would say say Kimos are always solish, Oh yeah, because there no one else did anything that was nice to have them.
Yeah. Absolutely, So we finished in the money there. We'll see if we can roll that over and do it again this week. And the main our main line up here, And let's go ahead and take a look at defenses here. We're wing Sunday Monday games. There's two Monday night games this week, so don't forget that one's as great. But you know, the Ravens are the most expensive defense at thirty nine hundred. Totally get it.
They've gone off to like a seventeen point favorite.
The Chiefs are thirty seven hundred. Bengals are thirty five hundred. Are you kidding me? Crazy?
To me, it's not a great team they're playing, But that's a terrible defense.
It's awful commanders again, not a great defense. Thirty four hundred dollars against the Saints. Now I get that, Jay Kerner. Yeah, the Texans against Miami are thirty three hundred. I would not touch that.
It's not a bad defense, but that's there's to be a lot points in that game.
Vikings against Chicago are thirty three hundred.
I understand. But Chicago's Bears on the road. I hadn't thought of that. Say, the Bears are kind of dangerous. They've come off a terrible game.
Atlanta at Las Vegas is thirty two hundred.
There has been a little more productive with sacks and fantasy stuff lately.
It could be Rider too. I think it will be. Yeah. Indianapolis at Denver Denver is thirty two hundred.
I thought you were saying Indians more.
Green Bay at Seattle is thirty one hundred. Philadelphia against the Steelers is thirty one hundred. The Jets against Jacksonville three thousand. That's not bad, that's not terrible.
I mean, I don't know what motivation either one of those teams has, but I don't see a lot of points in that game.
Arizona against New England at home is three thousand.
It's not a good d but it's not a terrible matchup, and I think they're both coming off of bye.
Detroit against Buffalo at home is twenty nine hundred. I don't want to do with Chargers against Tampa Bay twenty nine hundred. No, Dallas against Carolina twenty eight hundred.
New I remember not loving a lot of defensive matchups this week.
The Steelers against the Eagles is twenty eight hundred, Carolina against Dallas is twenty seven hundred. Jacksonville against the Jets is twenty seven hundred. Buffalo against Detroit is twenty six hundred. That's really cheap for.
The base, that's really cheap for them. But I think there's a lot of points in that game.
Seattle's defense twenty six hundred at home against Green Bay.
I don't think that's bad. I think that's a very good defense at home. I mean, it's not they're playing a bad team, but so far, Seattle and the Jets are my favorite.
Tampa Bay against the Chargers is twenty six hundred. It's not bad. Indianapolis at Denver's twenty five hundred. Do we think that Broncos are gonna put a ton of points? No? I don't either. The Raiders at home against Atlanta are twenty five hundred. Cousins have a couple more. Uah, it's probably a pick or too in them. Miami against Houston is twenty five hundred. Their DA has have been terrible. New England against Arizona is twenty four hundred. New Orleans is twenty four hundred, Chicago at Minnesota twenty three hundred, Tennessee against Cincinnati twenty three hundred. Cleveland against Kansas City is twenty two hundred dollars. I think that's my favorite. They've been giving up sacks like crazy, and Mahomes throwing or set like, what are we doing here? Yeah, Garrett versusus tackles. Yeah.
In Cleveland, I don't know if there's weather or not, but there's always some kind of weather.
And it's not like the Chiefs aren't scoring a bunch of points.
No, that seems way too cheap. There are injuries we don't know about.
I don't think so.
I mean, as long as Garrett's playing everybody else, I can live with.
Twenty two hundred bucks for the Browns at home. I think signed that sign it up. Yeah, and.
We know how that works. I mean on game by kickoff there might be crazy wins or something goofy. I mean it can always happen there.
Yeah, so yeah, I think it's I think really cheap. That game might be played in the teens.
Four point spread. Like they're right, they're expecting a close, low scoring game.
At tight end. So if we have money left over, we can look, we can go back.
But I didn't love a lot of them.
Brock Bauer sixty six hundred a tight end. Trey McBride six thousand, it's questionable. Travis Kelce fifty seven hundred, John new Smith fifty four hundred, and Djoku is questionable.
I don't think he's a player.
Uh, he is fifty two hundred. Dalton Kinkaid questionable. He's forty nine hundred. T J. Hawkinson is forty eight hundred. That's not bad. Kate Dotton forty five hundred. Sam Laporta forty four hundred. Hunter Henry the Bills like number one against tight ends. There four fourth best.
Yeah, I mean, I know he hasn't had a great year, but he seems like he's a little cheaper than he should be in a high scoring game.
Mark Andrews is forty one hundred. Zach Ertz four thousand, Tucker Craft four thousand. Why is Andrews so cheap? Their second against the tight ends?
Okay, yeah, they're seventeen point dogs.
Friarmouth is thirty nine hundred. He'll get more targets than usual.
Kyle Pitts is Eagles decent against tight ends, their eighth best. They had a couple of good things, a couple of bad things on the tight end.
Kyle Pitts is thirty nine hundred. Jake Ferguson thirty eight hundred. Carolina is thirty second against opposing tight ends.
He didn't do a ton last week, but he's out there all the time.
Yeah. Cole Comet is thirty eight hundred. Noah Fant thirty six hundred. I'm looking at Grant Calcitara thirty five hundred. Gonna be on the field all the time. Yeah, for as cheap as he is. Where's my guy at? His don't throw? As we know Scoonmaker is thre at thirty three hundred. They still threw him the ball last week, Oh Schoonmaker. Yeah, yeah, that's not about the Eagles. Don't throw Noah Gray thirty two hundred. It's Cleveland or twenty third. Where is our guy at? Michael Mayer is three thousand.
Sneaky one for you if you want to go really cheap. What about Aikins with the Browns.
Aikins is twenty seven hundred. They throw so much they're thirty first against opposing tight ends.
You mentioned a while ago. Tillman's probably not gonna play. I mean, if they throw the ball forty five times like he often does, I'm sure Judy.
And can't catch them all.
They can't catch them all.
Right, Yeah, that's that's not about if I if we knew for a fact that, yeah, Djoku was out and stone Smart is twenty six hundred, that's not bad either.
Like he got picked up in all my dynasty leagues. There's a league I'm really really lean in redraft that I considered it.
Tampa Blitz is like creat they're twenty seventh against opposing tight ends because you want to get the ball out quickly against that blitz stuff.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's not a bad athlete.
No, I'm fine with it. I think he had three catches. What do you have last week? Three catches, a little bit of run after the catch to him. He had three for fifty four last week with Disley out? Yeah, yeah, like I don't out for a while. Disley's out.
Another weird one. What's Brendan strange with Ingram being out for the year. I mean, he can't be much cheaper, he said.
He's probably a little more expensive actually, because he's actually been part of their game plan. I don't I don't even want to go there anyway, So I don't like that passing game. He's twenty five hundred.
Okay, so I'd rather go smart, Yeah with two.
Tease better quarterback situation, oh yeah yeah, and even Maconkey plays. I don't care shootout tendencies too. Yeah, with because Tampa Bay's just going to come out throwing, I would think. Yeah. Quarterback Josh Allen eighty five hundred.
Well, we haven't spent any money yet, let's keep that in the back pocket.
Yeah, Lamar Jackson eighty three hundred, Jalen Hurts eight thousand, Jade and Daniels seventy five hundred, Burrow seventy three hundred. Mahomes Is sixty seven hundred, Sam Darnold sixty six hundred, Jared Goff sixty five hundred, Baker Mayfield sixty four hundred, Bo Nicks sixty three hundred. They're twenty third against opposing games. Yeah, he runs and that's not bad. Jordan Loves sixty two hundred. C J. Stroud sixty two hundred.
His numbers, I kind of think they're going to rebound after the bye.
Yeah, his numbers when he has n and Nico on the field versus when he doesn't our night and day like his his his completion percentage with him without Nico Collins eleven percent. Different.
People don't look at Nico this way, but he's a top five receiver in this league. Yeah, I mean, he's not much different than AJ Brown. He is a specimen. I'd be fine with CJ. Stroud there if we're gonna go cheapish.
Tua Is sixty one hundred.
As I say, where are they act? They play against each other? That's a sneaky blow up forty. Neither one of them run a lot, No, they don't, they don't, but there could be a lot of touchdown passes in that game.
Kyler Murray is six thousand, Herbert is fifty nine hundred. They're thirty second against opposing quarterbacks. He's all banned up though, I know. I know. Gino Smith is fifty eight hundred against Green Bay. Anthony Richardson fifty eight hundred, Russell Wilson fifty seven hundred, Caleb Williams fifty seven hundred, Drake May fifty six hundred. Cousins against the Raiders is fifty five hundred. Jameis Winston, I think that's to be a big Bejon game. Yeah, I think so too. Jameis Winston is fifty five hundred. Aaron Rodgers against Jacksonville's fifty four hundred dollars.
And I bet they're like thirty second against him.
They're thirty first.
And that's where he's at now. Yeah, three years ago, he'd have been like number one.
Coming off his first three hundred yard game of the season. They still have Garrett Wilson and Devonte Adams, I know, and he wants to he's five touchdowns short, I believe of five hundred in his career.
You think he wants to get that this year and get that for sure? Yeah, everyone, whether they like it or not, I'm fine with it. I kind of like strouding to.
Bryce Young is also against Dallas is fifty three hundred. He puts up number twenty eight against opposing quarterbacks. We've gone so cheap everywhere, but if it allows us to pay up and get.
Gets obviously, Yeah, I like some of those quarterback values.
I'm gonna do Young or you just you like Young Rogers, you like?
I kind of like Drake may too, but the weapons are scary. He just runs a lot Rogers. I think the Jags have just totally cashed it in. I think they have two right, I mean, just flat out done. Yeah, I mean, I mean he doesn't have.
To be great. He throws two pits. I guarantee you he wants to get the five hundred touchdown passes. I guarantee you after this year, if.
They're on the one, they're gonna throw. Oh yeah, that kind of stuff is definitely gonna happen. Yeah, I might consider Wilson in that game too.
We can now average sixty six hundred dollars for our running backs and wide receivers.
That's nice. We've never been in that situation.
No, Saquon eighty six hundred, not this week, Not this week. Derrick Henry, however, is eighty three hundred. I don't think he plays in the fourth quarter. They're twenty ninth against opposing running backs though, Oh, I get it.
I was gonna say about Lamar, though. I don't think those guys playing the fourth.
I don't think so either. A chan Is seventy nine hundred, Joe Mixon seventy eight hundred, Kamara seventy seven hundred. I don't want to touch it. Bijon Robinson that's seventy six hundred.
Yeah, I think it's time. Just Kirk, don't do anything. We're going to feature this dude. Easy throws. That's of interest for me for sure.
Jamier Gibbs is seventy five hundred. That's a nice piece to get. Buffalo is thirtieth against opposing running backs. Wow. Josh Jacobs seventy four hundred. Seattle was twenty second against opposing running backs.
I think the other two above them better though.
Chase Brown against Tennessee is seventy two hundred, Dave Montgomery seven thousand, Jonathan Taylor against Denver sixty nine hundred, James Cook against Detroit sixty eight hundred.
I definitely want piece of that game. Gibbs is kind of interesting to me.
Tony Pollard sixty seven hundred, James Connor questionable. Yeah, yeah, Connor is sears Is sixty six, Aaron Jones sixty five. Chewba Hubbard against Dallas sixty five hundred.
Is no competition anymore. No, they run the ball well like crazy. That's my favorite one so far, and we could still probably afford to Gibbs or Abijah.
Brice Hall is sixty four hundred.
Sounds good the most recent news, but we also don't think that they're gonna run many tendowns in.
Kenneth Walker is sixty three hundred, Bucky Irving is sixty three hundred. Those three are all questionable. I said, what's sharbon a? Brian Robinson is sixty two hundred. Rico dal Dell against Carolina sixty one hundred.
I like both the backs in that game.
Yeah, but Checko against Cleveland is six thousand. Sharbonney six thousand. He looked really good last week he did. But if Walker comes back that share.
Then no, then it's done right.
Nausee Harris fifty nine hundred, Ormandrie Stevenson fifty nine hundred. Arizona's twenty fifth against opposing running backs. Rashad White fifty eight hundred. We don't think Irving's playing. I don't think so. Tyrone Tracy fifty seven hundred. Travis Atn is more expensive than By than Bigsby. Weird, yeah, I mean.
He's the passing down back. Their roles are very clear now.
Nick Chubb is fifty five hundred, Jalm Warren fifty four hundred, Braylan Allen fifty four hundred, Gus Edwards fifty three hundred, Jeremy McNichols fifty three hundred. Kind of out of sight, out of mind for him, but yeah, passing down back there, right, Khalil Herbert fifty two hundred, Javonte Williams fifty two hundred, Ezekiel Elliott, thank yeah, thank Bikesby is fifty one hundred.
We've gone so cheap everywhere else. I think that's a good value.
Though. We can get three stud receivers.
Who are the big, bigger ticket items backs did.
You like money? Vidal is forty eight hundred.
I'm not sure how much he's playing. He played quite a bit last week. Yeah, I saw him allized and look at he's.
Like the passing catch, passing down back for sure. Sincere McCormick is forty seven hundred.
Wow, he's a number one. Yeah, but I mean that doesn't mean he's good or bad. It doesn't matter.
There's eighth against opposing running backs, but they're going to run the football, they're not.
Do you want to go to receivers and see if there's a couple of monsters do you like because we could definitely fill in the gap.
Well, there's definitely a lot of backs there that I like that are cheap. Well there's yeah, yeah, that's what I mean. Yeah, Chase is eighty four hundred. There's second against opposing wide receivers is another one. I'd be interested in it. County powers play justin Jefferson eighty two hundred, Nico Collins eighty one hundred.
That would get us in that Stroud conversation.
Yeah, A Monross ain't Brown eight thousand. I know that's a j. Brown is eight thousand. A Monroe is seventy six.
I think I'd rather stay Brown.
Tyreek Hill seventy four hundred. He sort of seems back Ceedee Lambas seventy three hundred, Terry mcclaurin seventy two hundred against the Saints. Yeah, that's appealing. Mike Evans seventy one hundred. Devonte Adams sixty nine hundred. Do we want to stack that?
I'd rather Garrett Wilson, I think, okay, but mentioned him.
Yeah. T Higgins sixty eight hundred.
Squeaky wheel on Higgins.
Yeah. Courtland Sutton sixty six hundred. He's quietly moved. He's in a great year. I mean he's the only game in town. They don't throw the ball to anybody else.
Yeah, I now, No, he's been really valuable for fantasy.
Garrett Wilson is sixty five hundred. I think that's nice. One first that is actually below budget for us, and put him in. I'll put him in.
Yeah, yeah.
Uh.
Drake London sixty four hundred, Malik Neighbors sixty four hundred. Is he questionable? No? Jackson Smith and Jigbus sixty three hundred. That's too cheap.
He's their number one.
Lad Mconkee sixty three hundred. He's questionable. Yeah, Jerry Judy sixty two hundred. They're gonna throw a lot. Jayden Reid sixty one hundred. Khalis Shakir sixty one hundred. Well, at some point we need to spend money. I understand that, but these guys are there's a lot of values this week. If you think Buffalo and Detroit is a shootout, yeah, then why not go get a mon ros Saint Brown and Khalis Shakir the two number ones on both their teams.
See, I was thinking more of I like Shakir, and I'm fine with that strata.
Shakir is actually undervalue, like under budget.
But the guy I'm interested in more than Shakir since you haven't mentioned him as Amari Cooper, because he's their man beater. They're the heaviest man team in the league. He had a million targets last week. It wasn't huge production.
He's fifty three hundred.
Wow, he's been there long enough that I trust him. How many targets did he have last week? I know kin Kaid was.
Out and cold. Fourteen targets.
He's their man guy.
I'll plug it in now. We can average seven thousand, we could get two of it. You want to get st Brown? I don't hate it, Yeah, I mean he's been kind of quiet of late. Or do you want to go get I think I rather have the running backs on the on the Detroit side of things. Gibbs to me was really appealing. I would I would even hate starting both of them. Yeah, so a mon Ross ain't Brown in his last three games six targets, seven targets, seven targets, eleven targets, eight targets. So it's not been the production that you'd want to see for a guy who's that expensive.
Yeah, yeah, I'm cool with that. You're gonna go get Gibbs or Montgomery or both.
Well, we gotta find another receiver first, and then we can. We can actually we can average seven thousand years. We can actually pay for one of these receivers. I like McLaurin at seventy two hundred. I wouldn't actually mind getting DeVante Adams in there as well. If you think Aaron Rodgers is going to go out through three touchdown passes, it's a lot of stock to put. It's a lot of on the Yeah, that's the only problem with that. Courtland Sutton that's sixty six hundred is very appealing as well. Agreed. I don't mind London at sixty four hundred.
That's fine. I didn't like him as much as.
The other Smith and jig Bet sixty three like quite a bit. Yeah, even Jerry Judy against Kansas City. I mean, how many targets is he gonna get? If Ni Joki doesn't play a lot? A lot, you also get a ton of attentionion.
But yeah, who jumps out of you in that neighborhood, there was a lot there.
I kind of like Sutton. It's fine by me. He's the only He's like, they can't run the ball and they got nobody else to throw it to. Targets galore. All right, So now we can average seventy one hundred here for our final three spots to them have to be running backs. So you want to plug Gibson now he's seventy five hundred. He's a little over budget. Yeah, but that's fine. I don't care. At this point, we're gonna have plenty of money left. I kind of like Josh Jacobs too. Against Seattle. They've been running the crap out of the ball.
They really have, You said, Seattle's bad against backs.
They're like mid mid level.
I bet they're better recently. Their defense has really changed. But I don't have a problem.
He just gets he gets carries. They're throwing them the ball. Last game out it was only eighteen for sixty six, but he had three rushing touchdowns. If you look at the point production over the last month, twenty four point six, twenty one point seven, thirty one point six, twenty three point four, I mean he I mean you only commenced me mutch on him. He's been really really good. Who else would I go? Look at their mixing against Miami is interesting because they're only eighteenth againstupposing, but he got involved in that game. Yeah, he's had twenty four point nine, nine point five, thirty eight point three, seventeen and nineteen point six.
He's fresh off of bye, fresh off the rye. Yeah, mixing cheaper than Jacobs.
Yeah, well wait, no, Jacobs is a little bit cheaper. Bejehn. Robinson's rating between them his last last five, you're looking at twenty point one, twenty eight point five, ten point three, thirty two point four and twenty one point five.
He's my favorite of the three, just because cousin's been playing so poorly. All right, game they have to win.
We got Jamier gibbson Bjeon Robinson. We still have sixty three hundred dollars left to spend, like flex I guarantee you we find somebody we like in that. Oh yeah, so that would get us Kenneth Walkers. Question, that would get us Jackson Smith and Jigba. Oh okay, that would get us lad Mconkey.
What's jsn's targets bend lately? I bet they're double digit, double digit.
Double d.
Uh?
He said, well, no, you'd be wrong. Five, four, seven, eleven, thirteen.
Okay, So the last two have been low, but he's.
Had nineteen point six, eleven point nine, nineteen point seven, twenty four point eight and forty. He's their number one receiver. Yeah, Jerry Judy is also available there. He has had seventeen point four, forty three point five, fourteen point five, twenty nine point two, fourteen point three and a bye. Right.
Oh no, they played last week.
He said, six thirteen, six, eleven, and eleven targets. They're gonna throw a ton They're gonna throw like crazy because they're not gonna run. No, McConkey. If you think he's gonna play going into the he had he didn't play last week, but he had twelve targets, six targets, nine targets, two targets, seven targets. He's had twenty three point seven, fourteen point three, twenty one point three.
And they're all good options. I think Judy is probably my favorite.
Though could also put Rico dal Dell in there.
It's Tuba available or we just messed on him.
Uh, Cuba was a little Yeah, Cuba's sixty five hundreds. We just missed on that, Okay. I think there's a lot of good we just missed on Resaw Drake London, Malik Neighbors, which one of those sixty three hundred guys you like the best, And Judy's only sixty two. So I think Judy was my favorite. Where we go Khalil Shakir as well for sixty one hundred, I don't know he'll.
Get that kind of targets. Judy's got so many targets lately, Tilman and the Joke who were out.
He gets Jay Flowers in that game against the Giants, that's not bad. Calvin Ridley against the tight the Bengals defense. That's not bad that bad. Remember, he gets a lot of targets, especially if i'd I'd like to see the numbers with him with Mason Rudolph as opposed to I don't. Let's let's go ahead and plug Judy in there. I'm cool with it. Yeah. That give us one hundred bucks too. We have one hundred left over.
Yeah.
So that's Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, Jamiir gibbs at running back, with Brian Robinson at running b or b Jean Robinson. I always do that, Yeah, the only problem with Jamiir Gibbson is that they alternate possessions.
It's like, oh, so it does right, But he even gets goal line carries.
Its Garrett Wilson at sixty five hundred, with Amari Cooper at fifty three hundred and Courtland Sutton at sixty six hundred. Stone's smart. Here comes our cheapies. Yeah, Stone's smart at tight end at twenty six hundred, Jerry Judy at wide receiver in the flex spot at sixty two hundred, and the Browns defense at twenty two hundred. I don't get that one. I don't get it either, right.
I mean it's not a bad defense. It's traditionally much better at home.
The Chiefs aren't blowing teams away, Like I don't get it.
I don't either, And the tackle Garrett situation would make me be very scared if I was the chief fan right now.
Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, I'm gonna lock it in good. All right, So there we go. We got our Dfs lineup for the week again. That's Aaron Rodgers a quarterback, Jamier Gibbson, Bijon Robinson at running back, Amari Cooper, Courtland Sutton, Garrett Wilson at wide receiver, Stone's Smart to pay Down at tight end, Jerry Judy and the flex and the Browns defense. We're relying on the Browns in this one.
I don't mind it because it's the defense we're ryan. We got a couple of them.
Yeah, yeah, so that's right, that's a right. They're a volatile team. They're better for they're better at home too. They're better for the fantasy world.
In the real world.
Yes, well that's that's where Browns fans have to live in that fantasy absolutely. Anyways, let's get to a break. Hey, is the Matt Williamson I am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network, Matt, and now I'll be back with more right after this.
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And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson and it is time now Matt to go around the league here and look at all these weeks games. I just want to remind everybody you can listen to the Drive from four to six pm every day. We'll be here every day next week, even though it is a short work week for the Steelers, normal week for us, normal week for us, and you can hear us right here on these very airways or download the Steelers mobile app. You can also watch the show or listen to the show on YouTube and leave us your comments. There had some Eagles fans jumping into the comments this week and not happy with how we treated Jalen Hurts too bad anyways, Chiefs at twelve and one are at the three and ten Browns, Kansas City favored by four and a half at least according to this line here. I think ye yeah, going down a little bit. I think it opened it like six six and a has gone. It's gone towards Cleveland. The over under forty three and a half in this one. Judging them from the fact that we both yeah, yeah, we both liked a couple of Browns in our DFS lineup. I like the Browns in this game.
I loved the Browns in this game when I thought Tilman or Nijoke he was playing. Now I just like both out. Yeah, yeah, I think they'll keep it close. I'm shocked this is over a field goal. I think they're a dangerous team. Winston's just gonna do whatever he wants, you know what I mean. That could go terribly for the but he might. I think they'll put up point.
I'm better at home. Yeah. The Chiefs are zero and seven against the spread in their last seven games.
All I bet had the worst in two months. That doesn't shock me one bit. And I'd be terrified of Miles Garrett versus their tackles. Oh my god, Yeah, I'm in terrified. Yeah, he's still trying to win Defensive Player of the Year and all that stuff.
He's not going to You can't think you can't win Defensive Player of the Year on a three and ten team. You just can't. Right, It's like winning MVP on a team that's just awful like it.
No, no, but no, I think they keep it close. And with this little.
Nugget, no team has won the Super Bowl in the same season it had a six game losing streak against the spread. That's strange. Chiefs are at seven.
Yeah, it's just people think they're better than they are. They're really really good, but the people think they're better than they are.
You got the Bengals at five and eight at the three and ten Titans. Cincinnati favored by five on the road over under forty six and a half. Joe Burrow is questionable for this game.
Wow, he's gonna get hit two. Yeah, and their interior road line isn't great and sweating Simmons are I mean that's the strength of the defense.
Yeah.
I don't feel strong about it because or overs Levis, but I would take the home team.
But it might be Mason Rudolph.
Do we think that is Levis injured or do they think about No, he's got a shoulder injury.
Okay, well either way.
Practice yesterday oh okay, I was taking the Titans either way.
All threw for three hundred on these guys last year.
Yeah, I think they'll run the ball. I mean, the Bengals defense is so bad. I'll think the home team plus five.
Now. They did just lay an egg last week against Jackson.
They were really bad in that game too.
Bengals are four and oh against the spread. His road favorites this season, Huh. They've beaten up on the bad teams. They haven't beaten a good team all year long.
It's amazing that they've been road favorites as much as they have. Yeah, and there's a lot of slop out there. The Commanders at eight and five are at the five and eight Saints Washington favored by seven and a half. The over under forty three and a half. And I will take the Commanders all day long. Ma Jkneer, I'm kind of shocked he's in the Leagueyah, I'm not sure he's long for He looks like a high school coach to me, and he looks like a high school quarterback to me.
Alvin Kamara hasn't scored a touchdown in like seven games. I bet they started Tyreek Sorry, Taysom Hill was scoring all the touchdowns for him. Now he's out, they don't have any wide receivers. Maybe we should have looked at the running back Kendray Kendray Yeah, Kendray Miller. Yeah.
I think they're start trying to feature him a little bit more.
But no, I think this.
I think Washington blows him away.
I don't know how the Saints score in this game. Yeah, I think at eight and five, the Ravens are at the two and eleven Giants Baltimore now favored by sixteen, the over under forty two and a half. That sixteen and the over unders forty two and a half, I know what would that work out to. I got to think about that for a second. So they're saying that this game is going to be like twenty eight. Let me think twenty eight to fourteen wouldn't get there, So it has to be like thirty to twelve. Thirty to thirteen would get you there, and that would cover the spread. Thirty to thirteen is what they what they think this score is going to be.
So we were previewing this game on Wednesday when it was thirteen and a half and we both were like, definitely give me the Ravens and we were kind of joking, like, what's this have to get.
To to take the Giants?
And I'm like, I'm seventeen. I still don't think it's and I still don't think I can do it. I just think that the Ravens have a pension for blowing teams out. If this was the Chiefs going there, Yeah, yeah, they blow the Giants, but they blow bad teams away except the Raiders. Yeah, Bills and Ravens are one of those teams. It's just like run it up.
Yeah, I think they just destroy them. You get the five and eight Cowboys at the three and ten Panthers. Carolina favored by three. I think Dallas opened is a favorite in this game and it flipped. Really either that or Carolina was favored by one and it's gone. The money is going on towards Carolina, and.
It's the first game they've been favored all year forty.
Three and if I think that is, I think it opened at one and they've gone to three the over unders forty three and a half.
I think I'll take points. I wouldn't touch it. I could see both situations. Yeah, Carolina's played well and I think they'll run on them. I kind of wanted to get you a Hubbard in our lineup. I kind of wanted to get the aal Dell in our lineup. But Parsons worries me a little little bit. Yeah, Lamb worries me a little He's all banged up though.
Yeah, there was a problem. I think I'll take.
Points, but I I understand both sides.
How about this. The Panthers are favored for the first time in thirty four games, going back to the twenty game the twenty two season against the Steelers. Wow. They lost that game.
Wow, it must have been in Cassy started started down there, all the.
Steelers at that point. I don't know. Wow, I'm so shocked that they were Doug Well again it was mister Bisky course. Yeah.
Yeah, still, I mean they think I'm taking Carolina. I've been going back and forth in this one all week.
I get it. Yeah.
I just think Bryce Young they's better. Yeah, I mean they run the ball and I think their offense is good.
They've got the better quarterback this week. Yeah, absolutely, they did last week too.
Yeah.
The Jets at three and ten are at the Jaguars at three and ten. New York favored by three and a half because why wouldn't they be. They've been favored all season long. Yeah, and the over runners forty three and a half. But I do think that Aaron, the Jets Rogers coming off at three hundred and thirty nine yard passing game. They're back in Florida again. That was in Miami last week, They're in Jacksonville this week. The weather shouldn't be a factor. They've scored seventy four points in their past three games. They'll score half of that this week.
It's kind of miserable, but trying to send some good vibes towards our fantasy lineup. So don't take the Jets.
Absolutely. You got the six and seven Dolphins at the eight and five Texans Houston three, the over under forty six and a half.
I think I'll want the over. I'm gonna take Houston, but I think Miami's playing better.
I think they're better. Texans are coming off of buye why they really kind of need this one. Yes, they don't wrap up the division title if they win this one, but they come pretty darn close.
I would hope that coming off the bye, you could cut down on the penalties and maybe get some protection stuff figured out a little bit better. They got talent. I think Stroud's much better than he's looked. Yeah, but that's a fun game, No, it is.
Yeah, for sure.
There's like five or six exciting games. That's one of them.
You've got on the four thirty game. This is why Houston doesn't know what's going to happen. They did sweep the Colts this year.
Oh, I got an interesting nugget on this one.
Okay, good Colts at six and seven, the Broncos at eight and five, Denver favor by four, the over under forty three and a half. I don't know who I love in this guy.
I'm gonna take the Colts, but I don't feel strong about either side. But I was listening to something this morning. You know how these your playoff probabilities, all these statisticians, you know, this game has the most playoff implications. This has the most of any game this year, according to ESPN's people. And here's why. Because it's for the seventh spot in Neither one of these teams are probably gonna win their division. I mean, the Colts still could, but here's the thing is, it's not necessarily because they're both fighting for the seventh spot Denver and Indy, And the reasoning behind it is if Denver loses this one, they go to the Chargers, to the Bengals host case at home, so they could go zero to four and with a lot and get knocked out. But here's the one that's even crazier is if they can go to Denver and win, Indy then hosts the Titans, goes to the Giants, hosts the Jags, like they could easily go for to win the thing. So that's what it's come down to is if you I know that they would be substantially behind them still with an Indie win, but they have such an easier.
Road, then that's why that's Yeah, if you look at it, that's why Houston doesn't clinch if they win.
Too because Indy disc they got a lot of wins ahead of them. Yeah, they have the easiest teams in the league in front of them.
Four points. I don't take the points. Yeah, Denver, I'll take Denver. I'll take Denver in their place. But yeah, I can see it being close, and you just you never know what Anthony Richardson is going to show up.
Who knows.
You just have no idea. A box of Chocolates get the Bills at ten and three at the twelve and one Lions Detroit favored by two and a half, the over under fifty four and a half. Probably one of the larger ones of this season.
I know who I like? Who you who you like?
In this one. I like the Lions too.
I'm feeling pretty strong about it, to be honest.
That's a tough place to play. That offense is really tough to stop. Buffalo's defense showed some words last week against it in that game. And the Rams are kind of a similarly built team offensively to Detroit, where they get a bunch of different weapons, and I think the Lions are gonna have their way with them here.
I agree with everything you said, and just to take a step further, like I commend the Bills for all of a sudden getting big and tough, and because they play in Buffalo on offense, not on defense, and they're gonna have to deal with that running game and Penney Seol and Ragnow and all those dudes, and they're gonna be relentless with their run game. I don't think they're physical enough or want to play in base enough to.
Be on the road in Detri a bad matchup for It's a bad match Buffalo.
Yeah, on that side of the ball.
It is. Again, I feel the same way. I think the Steelers offensively are a bad matchup for Buffalo because of what they want.
For those type of reasons, those reasons I think Buffalo needs. They might win super bowls here, but they might one am I playing great. One of my priorities for them would be get bigger, tougher on defense.
You got the three and ten Patriots at the six and seven Cardinals Arizona favored by six, the over under forty six and a half. Cardinals really need this one. They do.
I think they're hitting a bit of a wall in terms of talent, but New England's not the team take advantage of it long road trip. I would think that that offense scores points. I'll lay the points, but that's a pretty big number.
That's a big number. But I think I'm with you. Yeah, I think the Cardinals win the game. And if I had to hold my nose and say they cover, yeah, I guess I would. Yes, I guess yeah. Uh. This is a big game. Get the seven and six Buccaneers.
It's a big game.
At the eight and five Chargers. The Chargers favored by three, the over under forty five and a half. Herbert's a little banged up. I don't know how mobile he's going to be for this one. And the Buccaneers will blitz.
They will blitz, and I think their ow lines really good and travels. I think they'll run the ball well.
May not have worse so this week.
Yeah, I know Evans is off the injury report, right, remember yeah, he was questioning I remember yesterday there was something. I'm still gonna take Tampa. I think they have more pieces at this stage of their development. Maconkey could sway me, but I think I'll take Tampa.
Yeah, Chargers ten and three against the spread this season, are they Yeah, they'd be pretty good.
That's another sneaky AFC, NFC good game been.
There's six and one against the spread in their last seven, so they've been pretty good. Steelers are one of those losses. Yeah.
Yeah, I don't feel strong about picking the game, but I think it's gonna be really close.
I like, I kind of like the Chargers. Yeah, I just think but the thing time things even out in the in the NFC South, somebody wins that at like nine and eight. It's just that kind of division.
I'm gonna switch. I don't do that much. But Herbert's from one interception all the year. I bet Baker throws a couple, but.
He does too, you know. Yeah, I'm gonna take the charge where fumbles or does something right, turns the ball over. Yeah, they get a good pass rush, they.
Do, and if works doesn't play against those edge guys, it's a problem.
Yeah. Yeah. The Sunday night game you got. I've got another good one, the nine and four Packers at the eight and five Seahawks. Green Bay favored on the road by two and a half. The over under forty five and a half. Hmm. I like Seattle. I like Seattle, really like what their defense is doing.
Night game in Seattle gonna be loud. Yeah, I guess it won't be dark yet there. I mean, it's I mean the last game of the day.
But it's not going to be be five to twenty. It'll be dark enough. Yeah. Yeah.
I think that's a brutal place. That's tough on Green Bay.
Yeah, I agree. I think Seattle wins it. Their losses this season have all come to the top teams and.
Yeah, right, right playoff type team. Yeah, and I think that's where Seattle's at right now.
Yeah.
Two Monday night games this week, so don't forget that when you're setting lineups for fantasy stuff. And if you're looking at games, here the eight o'clock game on Monday, the four and nine Bears at the eleven and two Vikings, Minnesota favored by six, the over under forty three and a half.
I love the Vikes.
I keep waiting for the Vikings to lose a game and then they play the Bears, right, and then they play Tennessee and then they play Bears. Are miserable last weight, just played some garbage. I mean that, poor guy.
I don't mean it like Brown gets bumped up from position coach to BOC and great, that's what he should be. I hope he's offense square next year. But now you're gonna be head coach like I was a position coach a month ago. What do you I think they're totally overmatched. Yeah, they haven't won a road game in year right awful place. Now, this is not a Sunday road game, so they have won at least one of these the last couple of years.
But game I don't see him winning this one divisional night game in Minnesota.
With that, right, right, right, right right, Yeah, it's gonna be crazy.
Yeah.
And the other night game the six and seven Falcons at the two and eleven Raiders, Atlanta favored by four, the over under forty four and a half half. It looks like Desmond Ritter in a revenge game against the Falcons. I'll still take the Falcons. I'll take the Falcons.
I would think he's real cousins in a lot of beje on a lot of short throws. I don't think Atlanta's going to travel to Vegas particularly well. But I also don't think the Vegas has a home field advantagy at all at all. Right, I'll take the Falcons.
They need it, they need it bad, and they'll know what Tampa did, true, so they if they win that, if Tampa loses and they win, the Falcons are back in first place again. Yeah. If it goes the other way, it might be panicked. They might be done. Yeah. Yeah, So I think it's kind of circle the wagons time for them.
Yeah, exactly. And they're on what a three game losing streak. They're better than that.
Yeah, I think so. Yeah, and they've been getting after the passer a little bit and they know Ritter.
Come on, I mean, maybe it's a different coaching staff, but so what.
The players on they talked to Hey, what what you got? What'd you gotta see this kid last year? Okay, he can't do this great, Yeah, there's a lot of things he can't do.
Vegas might be the worst in the league.
They're pretty bad, really bad, pretty bad.
I don't think they've any intentions of losing an early pick. So many like three win teams, like the Jags went from having the first pick to the ninth pick just by beating the Titans.
You don't want to do that. No, you don't want.
Don't want, especially for the Raiders quarter quarterback teams. Giants don't want to do that. The Raiders don't.
Want to do don't mess that up right. Yeah, that's this week's slate of games. There's a lot of good ones this week, there are. That's a good slate. Yeah, some bad ones, but yeah, but there's some bad ones. Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of interesting. Like You've got the two four thirty games on Sunday, the Steelers Eagles and the Detroit Making Bay game on us. Wow, right, two really good football games.
Yeah, I'll probably go back and watch the condensing you can.
I mean, I guarant the networks are going to sell both of these games like potential Super Bowl matchups, and they should.
They should, right, they're both They're all playoff teams.
Absolutely absolutely, But that's this week's slater of games. We got one game left to pick. I will do that when we come back. He is the Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lallie. You're listening to The Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network.
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And welcome back. I am Dale Lolly. He is the Matt Williamson and Matt the Steelers injury report for this game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. We know no George Pickens, no Larry Ogan Joby, no Deshaun Elliott for this game questionable. Calvin Austin showed up on the injury report today with a groin injury. That's the offensive lineman, he kind of their swing tackle. And Montrevius Adams, who is still on the reserve injured list questionable for this one. I would expect to joby out that you probably elevate him. Okay, not great news, Probably not ready to play, you know fifty, you know that. But if he gives you fifteen, okay, I like to get him involved. Yeah.
So I know we're want to talk Eagles, but hopefully most of those dudes are ready for Ravens.
You know.
Yeah, Pickens and went in doubt. I'm not saying they're punting this game, but keep hearing even talking about.
Pickens might not be They might not have him back for four weeks. I'm like, I'm watching him moving around the facility, and you like, and this is a dude that came back within what four months of a yeah, of an eight torn a cl I think where that's a little bit differently than the rest.
Of us, right, And I think that's where where it's stemming from. Is I think a couple of these Twitter doctors have just heard grade two hamstring. That's four weeks. I don't get that feeling.
I don't.
I don't want to get people, and I'm not a doctor who knows, but I don't get that feeling.
Two to four weeks. First of all. Yeah. Secondly, here's the thing. This is a guy who had the grade two hamstring injury and was prepared to try.
To play, say just a week ago, we thought a week alay, right, yeah, on Friday, whenever we finished the last drive, we thought he was probably gonna play with.
A grade two hamstring string that most people will be like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, And he was ready to play.
And it sounded like he almost didn't go to the doctors about it, you know, Like so anyway, so let's take into this built.
A little bit wired, just a little bit differently than your average Joe.
I would lean more towards two than four. It doesn't sound like Elliott Orrogan Jobie, you're out like the rest of the year.
No, nor Yeah, so I expect him to activate Montrevius Adams off the off of iye arm one. One other thing that they could do here is bring Eric Roe up off of the practice squad. If you remember, Rose started a bunch of Again, I'm not saying he starts for them this week, but he was pretty good last year. But he was pretty good for them last year.
They were really fortunate to find him with some of the safety situations.
Yeah, and he gives you. I mean, this is something that they signed him a month ago and he should be ready to go again by now.
No, so it's not a terrible option.
You also have Cam Sutton that you can play some safety with. You have Demonte Casey that you can play some safety with.
I think Casey has been better this year than last. I mean, he's not a superstar, but.
They're asking him to do different things this year than he did last year. Yeah. Yeah, he's not. They're not asking him to play strong safety. No, that's not what he should do. He's playing more free and that allows him to bump make a Fitzpatrick up into the box, which maybe this game different get you another run stopper up, and you know you another good player in your lives. Yeah, you know, and you know you're you're losing one with the Shaun Elliott not being available like he's been one of their best run stoppers.
Yeah, and I would do different things with makeup. Yeah, especially with as you mentioned Sutton row In, Casey's ability to be your deep middle guy. Yeah, so you're gonna pick it first, all right.
We got the game here on Sunday, the Steelers at ten and three at the eleven and two Eagles. The line on this was up to five and Eagles by five and a half.
Eagles really don't have any injury issues.
They have none. Yeah, the over under forty three and a half, so they expect to lower scied. These are two of the better scoring defenses in the league. The Steelers giving up I think eighteen point four points per game. The Eagles are at eighteen. So you got two of the better scoring defenses in the league. They both want to run, just just run the football like crazy. They won't see if either team is able to do that and establish that against the opponent. I've said all season long, I'm not picking the Steelers in this game. I've never I've covered a bunch of games out there where the Steelers have gone two Philadelphia. I've covered Super Bowl teams, teams that won the Super Bowl and went to Philadelphia and looked awful. What it is, I don't know. I mean, fifteen to six the two thousand and eight Steelers got beat out there and it wasn't that close.
And good football teams with a.
Great defense, and you know they often it was like I think Roethlisberger got sacked eight or nine times in that game, and he's probably hit twenty times. So I'm taking the Eagles in this one. The five and a half is a lot two running teams. Yeah, and so I think I'm going to go Eagles twenty three. Well, I'll be right on the right around the number twenty three seventeen.
Okay, So for another outlet, I had the Eagles winning twenty seven seventeen. The lack of pickings to me is massive. And then this more news isn't great, but I've regretted it since I did that. It was a twenty four hour or so ago, and I changed it to twenty four seventeen. I didn't know what yours was going to be, but pretty darn similar. Yeah. I do think the Steelers can muck it up and stay closer than my initial twenty seven seventeen projection. But I also think the squeaky wheel A J. Brown's going to be I don't.
Know that they're going to do that, though you've won nine games in a row, very much believe.
I just think he'll have better numbers than he has. I don't know what that means. I mean, I don't think I think he has or for forty eight last week or whatever it was.
He's going to do better than that. Okay, so maybe it's it's five for sixty, all right, but that's not gonna that's not going to blow you off your doors off or anything like that.
I also be shocked, not shocked, but I like his chances much less than most weeks for Sakuon to rip a long one. Yeah, you know, I mean I think they'll keep him ninety five yards one hundred and five yards.
You know. One of my guarantees for Sunday, because we do some damage to hers, we do the three guarantees on on the radio for the pregame show. I have Saquon Barkley under five yards per rushing attempt. Okay.
Now, now he might have twenty five attempts.
Right, and he may get to one hundred yards, but it's going to take him the twenty five attempts to get there. He's been under five yards per carry this time five times this season again, once against Cleveland, once against Baltimore AFC North. These teams are built to stop the run because they got to play each other, sure, sure, and so they know how to deal with these kind of Steelers run defenses.
Everybody's goes those two. Yeah, Raven's numbers might be better, but it's everybody's good.
Yeah, Steelers this season two opposing running backs are allowing four point oer yards per carry. That's just the running back position, right, it's even lower against quarterbacks. Well, actually the number that's where wow, that's where they're at four point one. They've given up a couple of longer runs to quarterbacks on some design stuff and things that. But it's not been crazy, no, no, but yeah.
I think they'll get hurts his head and hope, you know, take some sacks and some things. It's the other side the ball to worries me.
Yeah, in this particular week, I just don't know how the Steelers score enough.
I know, because you know, even if the Steelers play a great defensive game, the Eagles are going to get the twenty. I mean, I'd be shocked if they don't.
The only way they wouldn't is if they turned the ball over a bunch miskicks miskicks, and that's certainly a factor for this team. It is, it absolutely is. I just wish there was more Steeler playmakers. Yeah, I mean, that's what it comes down to. They just don't have enough in this game.
Against a Super Bowl playoff type team. I just need more skill in this particular game.
Could they win it?
Yes, Tomlin could muck this thing up, and they could block a punt and have a strip sack and wow they're.
In this defensive touchdown and yeah, okay, there you go.
Yeah, and then then you're talking. But I think that's the less likely path.
Yeah, I agree. And you know I'm not going to kill them if they lose this game. I mean, we don't have said all season long they're not going to win in Philadelphia. Yeah. Oh they lost to the Egles. Fire everybody, which will be some of the reaction. I can't believe Tomlin lost that game. It's a good football team.
When the day the schedule came out, this or the Christmas game looked like the toughest one on the schedule.
This is this is the toughest game in the schedule, going to Philadelphia to play them in their building.
Yeah, in case, he's a little worse than I thought. The Eagles are a little better than I thought. I mean that was April when the schedule came out or whatever. This is the toughest game one.
This is a tough one. It's a tough spot. And again, you'd you know, if they were playing in Pittsburgh, I might feel the other way about this, but they're not. They're playing in Philadelphia, and I went Pickens involved, and I'd like to have Pickens and bad I'd like to have the Shawn Elliott involved.
Sure, sure are those the defensive things. I can live with a little more. But they're troubling. Yeah, they're both quality starters. Ogun joby and Elliott's been really, really good. It's nice of Goddard's not in there, you know, hell the Elliott equation. But they're not lacking firepower, and I do it's a really good football team.
I do think Hurts is playing not well right, and that kind of levels of playing field a little bit. I do think, as we talked about early week, I think the Steelers have an advantage at quarterback, but some of that is negated by the fact you don't have pickings.
If this there's what we always talk about. There's difference between winning a game.
And losing a game.
If the Eagles lose this game, I think it'll be on Hurts and their kicker.
Or Sirianne doing something silly like that, going for it on fourth and two in his own territory or something like that. Yeah.
I don't love him as a coach, but I like his coordinators. Yeah, and I like his players a lot, you know. I like his tackles and I.
Love his offensive coordinator. I'm not a big Kelly It's fine. Yeah, I'm not a big kelling More guy.
But as a team, I think they've figured out how to best use their quarterback running back.
Yeah, you know, they figured out what.
The best path is on that side of the ball.
I would agree, Yeah, yeah, I would agree. That's gonna do it for you though. Yeah, she's gonna be a fun one. We'll talk about it. We'll be back on Monday all all week next week, Monday through Friday, right here from four to six. But that's going to do it for our shows this week. We want to stop missing. Thank Missy Matthews for dropping in on the I'm gonna call it the CJ Wolfly Hotline because justin Miller not here, but for my partner Matt Williamson, for CJ Wolfy here making sure we stay on the air, and for Tyler Viittmeyer making sure video gets out there. Onto YouTube. I am Dale Lolly. We thank you for listening to this edition of the Drive on the Steelers Audio Network.