Rundown
4:35 Ty Johnson Goes Right from Waiver Wire to Starter
7:34 Carlos Hyde Chugging Along as a Low-End RB2
10:44 Is LeSean McCoy in Control of Kansas City's Backfield?
14:02 Where Do We Stand on Melvin Gordon?
17:25 Mark Walton Making the Dolphins Relevant
20:54 Running Backs to Take a Chance on in Week 8
22:15 RB Injuries to Monitor
22:48 Kenny Stills Also Makes the Waiver-to-Starter Jump
25:25 Ryan Tannehill Lifting Corey Davis and A.J. Brown
28:59 What's Up with Tyler Boyd?
32:10 Jake Gets to Gush about DaeSean Hamilton
35:27 Emmanuel Sanders' Debut with the 49ers
38:33 Wide Receivers to Take a Chance on in Week 8
40:29 WR Injuries to Monitor
41:29 Kirk Cousins Back in Our Good Graces
44:26 Jacoby Brissett Has Earned Our Trust
47:06 Will Things Ever Get Easier for Carson Wentz?
50:14 Quarterbacks to Take a Chance in Week 8
52:07 Gerald Everett the Cream of the TE Outsider Crop?
54:22 Eric Ebron Brings the Touchdown Upside
56:14 Tight Ends to Take a Chance on in Week 8
57:45 TE Injuries to Monitor
 

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Rundown
3:43 Week 6 Running Back Rankings, Starting with James White
6:15 The Matt Brieda-Tevin Coleman Pairing
9:27 Damien Williams Back in Control in Kansas City
15:06 Is This the Week for Kenyan Drake?
18:08 Running Backs to Take a Chance on in Week 6
19:20 Running Back Injuries to Monitor
21:21 Week 6 Wide Receiver Rankings, Starting with Stefon Diggs
24:57 Michael Gallup a Must-Start Every Week?
27:39 Backing Jets Receivers with Sam Darnold Back?
29:29 Jake's Personal Experience with Mono Comes Into Play
33:22 Dede Westbrook Back in Our Good Graces?
36:25 Calvin Ridley and Mohamed Sanu with a Great Matchup
40:25 Receivers to Take a Chance on in Week 6
43:07 Receiver Injuries to Monitor
45:37 Jake Wins the Gardner Minshew vs. Jared Goff Bet
48:04 Is Gardner Minshew Jacksonville's Starter the Rest of the Season?
51:04 Another Big Week for Kirk Cousins?
53:16 Carson Wentz Grinding His Way to a QB1 Season
56:32 Can Jameis Winston Keep it Rolling Against the Panthers?
59:41 Quarterbacks to Take a Chance on in Week 6
62:33 Gerald Everett Instantly a TE1
63:36 Jared Cook Strikes Again!
66:17 Tight End Injuries to Monitor

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Rundown

2:19 Encouraged by Todd Gurley's Week 4 Targets?

4:18 The Melvin Gordon/Austin Ekeler Pairing

7:42 Buying Jaylen Samuels?

11:15 Any Way to Trust Ronald Jones?

14:10 Miles Sanders and Jordan Howard

18:02 Running Backs to Take a Chance on in Week 5

20:28 Curtis Samuel a WR2?

22:39 Brandon Makes the Case for Will Fuller

26:38 Solving the Calvin Ridley Riddle

29:18 Josh Gordon's Rest-of-Ceiling Outlook

32:33 Diontae Johnson on the Fantasy Radar

35:23 Wide Receivers to Take a Chance on in Week 5

38:48 Jake and Brandon Both Like Kyler Murray

40:25 Jake and Brandon Face Off over Andy Dalton

43:19 Jacoby Brissett to Continue His QB1 Ways?

45:52 Gardner Minshew a Week 5 Starter?

49:49 Difference of Opinions on Jared Goff

53:20 Quarterbacks to Take a Chance on in Week 5

55:23 Piecing Together the Low-End TE1 Group, Featuring Eric Ebron, Jason Witten and Jimmy Graham

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Rundown

3:10 Wayne Gallman a Must-Start?

7:02 Can We Trust David Montgomery?

12:06 Rashaad Penny in for an Increased Role?

16:34 Piecing Together the Patriots' Backfield

20:16 Running Backs to Take a Chance on in Week 4

22:46 D.J. Chark Breaking Through in His Second Season

25:56 Bounceback in Store for John Ross?

28:59 Can Mike Williams Get it Going Against Miami?

32:09 Buying Marvin Jones' Week 3 Performance?

34:50 Any Reason to Believe in Stefon Diggs?

38:49 Wide Receivers to Take a Chance on in Week 4

43:00 What Does Daniel Jones Do for an Encore?

46:02 Is Jameis Winston Untracked?

49:14 Need a Prove-It Week from Baker Mayfield?

51:51 Any Concerns for Tom Brady in Buffalo?

54:04 Quarterback to Take a Chance on in Week 4

55:16 Will Dissly a Weekly Starter?

57:48 Brandon's Bullish on Noah Fant

60:35 Vernon Davis Now on Our Radar Every Week

61:46 Tight Ends to Take a Chance on in Week 4

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Rundown
3:54 Figuring Out San Francisco's Backfield
7:25 Bounceback for Joe Mixon?
10:48 What to Do with Kansas City's Backfield
14:23 Can Devonta Freeman Get on Track?
18:29 Is This the Week for Miles Sanders?
21:35 Running Back You'll Take a Chance on This Week
23:24 Luke Falk Effect on Jamison Crowder and Robby Anderson
27:47 Marquise Brown Now a Must-Start WR?
30:47 Start Terry McLaurin with the Bears in Town?
33:48 Nelson Agholor Takes on a Larger Role for the Eagles
36:56 Buying Demarcus Robinson and Mecole Hardman
39:52 Deep WR to Take a Shot on in Week 3
42:52 Give Jameis Winston Another Shot
45:16 Difference of Opinion on Kirk Cousins
48:01 Valuing Jared Goff and Baker Mayfield in Rams-Browns Showdown
50:55 Judging the New Starting Quarterbacks
53:54 Quarterback to Take a Chance on in Week 3
55:16 What's Happening with O.J. Howard?
58:24 Vance McDonald Remains a Low-End TE1
60:28 Best-Case Scenario for Jason Witten?
62:27 Deep Tight End Who Could Surprise This Week

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Rundown
3:09 Breaking News on Hunter Henry
5:38 Ranking Josh Allen in Week 2
8:30 Bounceback Efforts for Jameis Winston, Baker Mayfield and Aaron Rodgers?
20:13 Trust Kyler Murray Against the Ravens?
21:45 Figuring Out the Kansas City Backfield
24:28 The Matt Breida-Raheem Mostert Pairing
27:05 Chris Thompson and Adrian Peterson Split Washington's Backfield
30:23 Devin Singletary Taking Over in Buffalo?
33:32 More Work for David Montgomery in Week 2?
37:22 Can Miles Sanders Break Doug Pederson's RB Mold?
41:06 Valuing the Jets' Receivers
43:32 Looking at Two of Week 1's WR Superstars
50:20 Donte Moncrief Ready to Rebound?
53:35 The WR3 Challenge
57:56 T.J. Hockenson's Encore
60:39 Darren Waller, Mark Andrews and Vance McDonald in Week 2

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Rundown
3:17 Quarterback Rankings
7:41 Love for Lamar Jackson
12:38 Difference of Opinion on Josh Allen
16:02 Concern for Jared Goff
21:17 Brandon Beats the Drum for Kerryon Johnson
24:47 The Damien Williams Conundrum
28:03 Breaking Down the Chargers' Backfield
31:27 Tevin Coleman vs. Matt Breida
35:04 Week 1 Expectations for Devin Singletary
38:52 Valuing the Rams' Wide Receivers
41:27 In Lockstep on Dede Westbrook
43:40 Fading Dante Pettis' Summer
47:52 No Worries for Courtland Sutton
51:04 A Deep WR Play
52:43 Delanie Walker and Greg Olsen Low-End TE1s
57:39 Predict Next Week's Popular TE Waiver Target

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