Jaguars vs. Rams Analysis: Fantasy Impacts & Updates

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00:00It's the Jaguars back in London against the Rams, and the key story from this one, George,

00:05is that Puka Nakua is out, but it's a rare situation on a team with such a good wide receiver

00:10that everyone's seemingly struggling to say, who am I going to pick up, right?

00:15Like, who am I going to replace Puka with? Well, it may not be somebody on the Rams.

00:18Tutu Atwell, Whittington, you just play Devontae Adams, you go about your business with Kyler

00:23Williams and Stafford, and from a Jaguars perspective, it's still the same. You know,

00:27Lawrence, all of a sudden, George, has been very playable, averaging 15, 20 points a game.

00:32Etienne has dialed it back a little from where he was at the beginning.

00:34Brian Thomas, still very good, and neither tight end really all that inspiring, I think, going into the game.

00:41Well, I do wonder this. We also found out today that David Njoku's out on Sunday,

00:45so if you're desperate for a tight end, you know, without Nakua, maybe Tyler Higbee could have some useful.

00:51He might get double digits for you. Someone's got to get the targets that Nakua was getting.

00:54Remember, Nakua got a truckload of targets.

00:56All right, someone's got to pick those up. If you're debating between Whittington and Atwell,

01:01I think you're sort of making the same decision I just talked about with Tampa Bay, with Shepard and

01:04Tez Johnson. If you want the home run guy, that's Atwell. If you want a guy who can get you 10

01:09points, that's Whittington. That's really what you're looking for there. I think, once again,

01:12I'm more of a safer play here, unless I'm supposed to lose by 88 points. I would go to Whittington.

01:17Saints take on the Chicago Bears, who came alive last week. Did we get an update on

01:23DJ Moore this week, George? I think that's one name that escaped me going into the show today.

01:28Was there any late-breaking, late-week info? Give that to me before we do that.

01:34He doesn't have an injury designation, so he had the hip groin, and he actually stayed overnight,

01:40too, in Washington. So it looked like it was going to be a severe thing, but no, he's fine.

01:44So he's going to play. If you don't be going to start him, you're free to start him.

01:47Okay, so DJ Moore, Caleb Williams now startable. Not really a tight end there.

01:51DeAndre Swift coming off his best game. Camara on the other side.

01:56Saints just extremely inconsistent with their offense, George. And by the way, this is a game the Saints are not

02:01in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. I would be concerned that they could get blown out in this game.

02:07Yeah, we did find out that DeAndre Swift was put on the injury report today, so that's somewhat

02:11concerning. Groin injury listed as questionable. I do expect him to play. I guess Troy Aikman

02:16wouldn't start Caleb Williams, by the way, as those two seem to be. Not getting along.

02:21As for the Saints, I'll start Olave. Olave's been pretty consistent. 10, 12 points each week.

02:26Not getting in the end zone. We'd like to see that. Shahid would be the somebody who,

02:29you know, he's more of a game leader. Jawan Johnson was really hot for the first couple

02:32of weeks. Been invisible since.

02:35Chiefs take on the Raiders, and Chiefs are big favorites in this one. And a lot of moving

02:39parts at wide receiver with Rice and Worthy, and Mahomes is back to being a wide quarterback

02:44one. And same with Travis Kelsey at tight end. But the running back situation for the Chiefs

02:50has been a disaster. They just really, I mean, it seems like Kareem Hunt's playing more than

02:53Isaiah Pacheco. On the Raiders side, George, the only player you could really play and trust

02:57in this game is Ashton Jendi. You'd be running the risk of anybody else right now on that team.

03:03Yeah, I agree. Rasheed Rice does return this week. They say they're not going to ease him

03:07in. He is going to play. So whatever that's worth here, I'm assuming you're probably going

03:10to start Rice. Hollywood Brown did have the big game next week. It would be tough to trust

03:15him, right? You may get single digit points. Maybe you get double digits at best here.

03:19Are you starting Kelsey? Running backs I want nothing to do with unless I am completely desperate

03:23here. For the Raiders, once again, same thing. Najoku out. No Brock Bowers. You could do worse

03:29than Michael Meyer. All right? Because once again, we do think they're going to throw the

03:33ball a ton because they're going to be trailing this whole game here. So targets should be

03:36there for double M. Could be good Chiefs defense play this week, I think, against the Raiders

03:41too. Colts will visit the Chargers with the running back situation very secure on the side

03:47of the Colts. And then, you know, Kimani Vidal is going to have to play for you if you have

03:52him this week. I get it. You just don't know what he's going to be. But with the Colts,

03:55George, the big story for them is wide receiver because outside of Michael Pittman, all the

03:59receivers are seemingly banged up going into this week. For the Chargers, I think what you

04:04saw last week, I got to believe is a sign of things to come, George. It's been a really

04:08tough start for Ladd McConkie. But as you saw, there was an extra effort getting him the ball

04:14and especially at the goal line last week. So I don't think anybody cut McConkie. I'm just

04:19saying I think it's time for him to now start getting back to where he was a year ago.

04:24Isn't this last year all over again? McConkie also had a slow start the last season that

04:27came on like gangbusters and always beating everybody. So I think it's the same thing

04:31there. Not really all that worried about McConkie. Josh Downs is out for Indianapolis.

04:35As Craig just said, Indianapolis is all banged up at wide receiver. It's Pittman or Buss there.

04:38You want to go down to Alec Pierce, good luck to you. All right. It's going to be a Tyler Warren

04:42show, Pittman, and Jabba Taylor. They're going to be just fine here. So the Chargers,

04:47as we already said about Vidal, yeah, you're starting him. McConkie, Keenan Allen, Quentin

04:51Johnson is your sort of buster boom guy. We'll see how that works out for him. Nothing I want

04:56to do with the tight end there. Herbert, I think it's more of a quarterback two this week.

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