 We saw some fun football on week number 11, but unfortunately a lot of injuries as well to key players like Joe Burrow and Mark Andrews They're gonna have long lasting implications for NFL DFS and our job today is to break down What that all means for DFS going forward talk about the thanksgiving slate on Thursday by taking a look at some salaries there and the Sunday Main slate as well all in recapping week number 11 right here on the heat check for today This is the heat check fantasy podcast right here on the Fandall podcast network and Fandall research My name is Jim Sonnis. 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Hope is here for the gambling helpline ma.org or call 800-327-5050 for 247 support in massachusetts or call 1-877 in open y or text open y in new york Let's say things off here with our headliner from week number 11 It was the injuries we saw on thursday football to both joe burrow and two mark andres Let's start things off here by talking with the burrow side of things Injured risk and he is done for the year tried to play through that and could not Jake browning came on in burrows place thursday and Not surprisingly struggled took three sacks on 17 drop backs average negative point two eight passing net expected points per drop back again NEP is number fires expected points metric League average tends to be around point one or so passing. He was at negative point two eight So not ideal there browning did throw down field, but that could have been because they were in a negative game script Obviously, this would be a massive downgrade for the entire offense Now joe mixon has not been a guy who wanted to use the entire year even when burrow was healthy much less appealing now and I can probably cross him off honestly given how inefficient he has been Jamar chase and t higgins would not be cross-offs obviously, but I think the way I would view chase is similar to how I view Garrett wilson where he's going to get lots of volume on a very inefficient offense so That's not ideal. That's not what you want for a guy as fun as jamar chase um Maybe he grades that a bit better than that. I think that I have a lot. I have more faith in this coaching staff to Scheme up touches for him the way they did in that that Arizona game when burrow was still not fully fully healthy Maybe we see that a lot with chase. I would need to see with higgins before I trust him once he is back I think with chase. I'm more willing to but I would need a salary to come down Pretty aggressively in order to justify using their face in pittsburgh next week. Uh total in that game is 34 and a half Like I would need the salary to be very very low To get to jamar chase. We'll we'll get to that with the salary scroll because I don't really want to check it I don't think it'll be a a good answer for us, but uh Sucks to lose joe burrow. That's definitely not fun Also in that same game mark andrew has hurt his ankle and is likely done for the year Lamar jackson still was very good in this game He averaged 0.36 passing that expected points per drop back His success rates does dip two percentage points this year with mark anders off the field But when anders sat in week nine last year against the saints lamar still averaged 0.23 passing that expected points per drop back So a very efficient game from lamar on that one so I'm not going to lower expectations for lamar himself all that much even with no mark anders typically when you lose A focal point from a passing perspective in an offense I'm going to downgrade the quarterback and sure I do to an extent with lamar, but not I don't want to go too far with that This did boost odell beckham tied a season high Uh with seven targets. He did hurt his shoulder blade, but it sounds like he's going to wind up being okay Which is good. I actually think odell pretty interesting rishad bateman ran 23 routes on 29 drop backs Earned just two targets though Bateman this year is at 1.2 yards per route run odell is at 2.2 so much better there Bateman 17 percent Target per route rates odell 25 percent So if both guys are healthy, I prefer odell as the primary benefactor With anders being out but bateman would at least be on the radar and ze flowers should continue to Get a good number of looks he had a long touchdown call back And I think he has a path to upside once again We could get value in this passing offense. Um, they're playing sunday night. So maybe not, you know Hopefully we can get value in a main slate eventually, but um, I do still like this passing offense quite a bit As for the tight ends. Isaiah likely had no targets but played 73 of the snaps We had 26 routes on 29 drop backs likely has not earned a ton of targets so far this year, but he should get more Given they'll have time to plan around not having andrews going forward. So I'd be really into buying uh, Isaiah likely it for the single game slate on sunday night And I think he'll be in play on full slates down the road So would not expect him to produce on par with andrews, but it does definitely help Isaiah likely And I think we'll see a big enough role for him to be in play for nfl the fs so downgrading the bengals kind of treating them like the jets going forward and then boosting up odell beckham primarily with mark andrews being out but also Small bump to rasha bateman and would be okay with asia likely in certain spots Unfortunately, we have a lot more interest to discuss Let's keep with that trend as we transition to the injury section and talk about the seahawks Kenneth walker has what peak carol called a legit oblique strain on sunday geno smithern is tricep for the seahawks too and It doesn't sound that serious, but carol did not commit to geno playing For thanksgiving. He did return in that game. So i'm not sure what that says, but That's definitely one thing to keep an eye on Big injury here is kenneth walker the third zack charbonate took over and played 84 of the snaps He had 16 or 15 carries and six targets and we know this team likes charbonate This is the exact kind of value running back We should want for dfs where it's guys who were Getting work even before the starter got hurt and we know they will also get work in the passing game That's what charbonate is They faced the 49ers thursday, which is a very tough matchup, especially with geno potentially up in the air So it's not a good environment for this the seahawks offense right now But I love everything else about what charbonate is going to bring to the table So let's pull up the fan dual salaries here on thanksgiving and try to play name that salary with zack charbonate again Question marks the quarterbacks. That's one thing to consider But work in the passing game should be the legit feature back against a very tough defense. I would say That's probably worth around $7,300 for charbonate and his salary is $5,800. My goodness. I know it's a bad situation I know we're going to be wary of this offense if geno smith can't go and in this matchup, but That's a that's a really low salary for a guy who's going to play 85 percent of the snaps zack charbonate The first key value we've got for week number 11 or week 12 talking about that thanksgiving slight charbonate will be a focal point for us when we have our full preview Coming up tomorrow. So that's charbonate $5,800 Definitely got to keep an eye on I think that's actually low enough too where I might get there even if Geno can't go because it is a very low number Cooper cup hurt his ankle on sunday and did not return No timeline yet for cup But that's a pretty big issue to have him be banged up once again Give it his age given the injuries he's had recently pookin akua had seven targets for 70 yards Average 13 targets per game when cup was out earlier on this year Tutu Atwell was an 8.8 targets per game He ran the same number rounds as nakua this week as well And remember back during that time they had van jefferson on the roster and they don't have that now Uh jefferson wasn't a huge point just 3.8 targets per game, but that's still something Tyler Hague because of 6.5 targets per game Austin tramle thin it filled in for cup undrafted guide back in 2021 So I think that nakua and atwell would probably get really good work if cup were to miss Additional time for the rams and this is important because next week the rams are on the road taking on arizona Arizona is actually favored in that game right now, which is I guess kind of surprising But potentially justified with kyler being there. So let's play name that salary on nakua and atwell For next week for me personally looking at nakua. I think You know, we're not gonna I don't think we'll see the same target that we saw earlier on this year because the offense has been kind of odd Recently, but I would say probably $8,200 for nakua would be a fair salary He's at 82 exactly. So I think that one makes a lot of sense I could be on board of that potentially depending on how the rest of the slate shakes out As for atwell, I would not want the salary high But he's gonna run a lot of routes It's a very good matchup for him. So I would say probably $5,700 for tutu atwell And he's 57 on the button. So fand will pretty on board pretty on the button With these two rams guys, but atwell did have some yardage juice earlier on this year. So Tutu atwell 57, pukinakua 82 both guys we could potentially consider in that matchup with the cardinals for next week Devon achan heard his knee at his first game back off of ir Mike mcdaniel said that they received good news, but he'll be further evaluated today Where he most dirt was he featured back without achan 22 carries two targets, but it's also worth keeping in mind that jeff wilson was inactive for this game I'd be pretty high on most dirt if achan were to miss more time But I would want to keep wilson in mind because so far nakmed played pretty well in this game He's done most of this year wilson will get three or so carries so it would be a downgrade from what most did on sunday, but I would want to keep wilson in mind Overall as of achan, I didn't get a full practice before I feel good about him Did not want to getting into full practice this week before he got activated off ir so I was not as high on him in dfs as I thought I'd be when we talked on thursday and I think that we're gonna keep that the same way if he gets the full practice before they play friday against the jets We can get a full practice before then cool, but I need to see that before I feel really good about him there Aaron jones left the knee injury set a sunday and did not return the team said that they don't believe it'll be a long-term issue And adiel wilson also got banged up on that same drive which left aj dillon is the only healthy running back in that game played 72 of the snaps Jones and wilson probably won't be ready for thursday when they face the lions patrick taylor is now the patriots He had prob subbed in previously as being a guy they'd bring her from the practice squad when jones is out Only running back on their practice go out a lot is ellis marryweather who I believe was undrafted this year But shows you where things are at with that So aj dillon may play every snap on thursday That does not guarantee success because dillon averaged just 57 yards in scrimmage in the three games With jones and active earlier on this year, but it's at least something So they play thanksgiving as mentioned. Uh, they're taking on the detroit lions. So It's a tough spot. Uh, the packers are Seven and a half point underdogs in that game. Jordan love did play pretty well sunday, which does help but I would say I had charbonne around 74 dillon's a lesser version of that. So I would say probably Sixty eight hundred dollars sixty six somewhere in there as a program for dillon and his salary is 66 So very much more so into charbonne than dillon at their respective salaries for thursday's slates Hopefully we get gino because that would help a lot for sure But dillon will be an option at least given that he's probably gonna play basically every snap in that game Likely with no erin jones and likely with no emanual wilson for the packers Deontay foreman left with an ankle injury for the bears. He was banged up community game as well So kind of a bummer. Hopefully it was not a re-aggravation of that cleo herbert's wound up leading the team with a 44 Snap rate in his first game back off. I are he ran nine routes compared to rosa on johnson's five Nobody was able to get the ball rolling. Uh on the ground here But herbert definitely Holds the use of judge between these two guys If foreman does miss more time, I'd expect herbert to be the lead guy But I want more production before I feel really really good and as soon as he is a featured back in this backfield They're playing the vikings on monday night Justin feels looked really good in that game. We'll talk more about him later on But I think that does boost the backfield the running game like concept wise looked pretty good this year too So interesting that backfield in general, but I want more clarity before we dive in I think I think herbert has a shot to be like a 65 snap rate guy, so Interest there, but I do want to see how things shake out With yonte foreman Finally to me to veto showed some life on sunday Which kind of makes it a bigger bummer that derrius leighton left with an arm injury and was ruled out Slateon five targets 82 yards in the touchdown Jaylin hyatt ran 22 routes which trailed only say qualm barkley daniel bellinger and wandale robinson Hyatt's like the type of player I'd want where he can you know turn a you know break along one something like that but I don't know man. I think slayton's just a better player right now than hyatt is so If slayton can't go that's going to be tough for me to get invested in this offense sake one is sake one becomes more viable with devito being competent, but Still want to proceed with a lot of caution on this offense until they give me a true reason to be really really intrigued by them Let's transition now and talk about some role updates across week number 11 The lion's backfield remained pretty similar to what it was last week jamir gibbs 56 snap rates david montgomery 41 percent Gibbs finished with six targets both guys had at least 95 yards for the second consecutive game and both had short touchdowns It was a 30 red zone share for both those guys three out of ten chances so I'm going to keep status quo. This is honestly what I thought it would be uh after what we saw this past week so They were a good enough rushing offense where both these guys are viable and a very good matchup taking on the Packers on thursday So let's pull out the salaries here for thursday slate and dig in. I would say jamir gibbs again We got more confirmation that this is his role and the role is pretty good And he played well in it again. Good matchup. I would say that's worth probably $8,200 for gibbs And he's 82 on the button. So again, we're very aligned with andal for this week, uh, montgomery Not the best volume and like I do want passing game work But he's so good right now and he's facing the Packers who can be get beat up by guys like montgomery as we saw earlier on this year I think that's probably worth $7,500 which is weird to say given that gibbs is 82 justifiably but I think that's probably where montgomery should be and he's at 78 so I like gibbs more relative to salary, but honestly We're probably gonna want to give long consideration to both given the matchup that they've got so This line's backfield is fun. This line's team is fun and that continues as we get more confirmation That the roles we saw last week are basically what to expect going forward sticking with that same game justin fields returned for the bears and went right back to peppering dj more dj more 9 out of 22 targets on sunday eight out was 16.2 yards So fields in general was chucking a deep. He played very well Maybe we should get this guy to play indoors more often if they decide to draft a quarterback Maybe trade fields to a team that plays indoors. Let's that's my gentle request there And fields also ran a ton 18 carries for 104 yards, which automatically makes fields viable for daily fantasy And we know to stack him with I think that connect definitely works, but I prefer dj more given the upside he can have So the bears may not be a great team, but their offense is kind of fun right now And we saw before the injury we saw it now with fields again More confirmation that they can be in play for dfs So like what I saw from justin fields and that offense in general on sunday With no antonio gibson brian robinson was a featured back for the commanders He had 17 carries and 9 targets turned that into 131 yards in scrimmage on a 78 snap rate If gibson, this is more time We got to be aggressive with robinson because this role is fantastic Now they play thursday The problem is they face the cowboys and now the cowboys are 10 and a half point favorites in that game against the commanders so similar to charbonate, it's not a good setup for robinson But again, he might play every snap and he's been pretty good this year and he's getting passing game work so again that's exactly what out of a a Value back now. He won't be a value because he was or his salary was 72 on sunday I think it should probably be about 78 even accounting for The issues with the potential offense in this game and the issues with the script here and robinson on thursday on fandall Is $6,700 my goodness. We are going to be able to go nuts on fandall on thursday between charbonate and brian robinson Both guys under sourd robinson 16.6 fandal points despite having zero touchdowns We're going to want to be there. So both charbonate and brian robinson will be key value plays For thursday on the thanksgiving slate and i'm excited to use both those guys even with the issues around their respective offenses Keenan allen got 16 targets with the chargers pass catchers being super thin this past week Had a lot of guys out no jillian guide and no gerald everett And no jocks palmer as well palmer's not at least one more game But beyond keenan allen donald parham and quinton johnston both had six targets If those guys are out again next week parham would be a consideration at tight end I would need johnston's salary to be lower than it was this week to use him because he just doesn't yet yardage But allen deserves his lofty salary. They play sunday night against the ravens. Good luck to that defense in that match up Parham could be a really key salary saver for the single game slate if you want to jam in Both both jackson and herbert or jackson and allen whatever it may be Parham could be one of the key salary savers in the match belong with isaac likely potentially depending on where he settles in Keaton mitchell's role creeped up a hair this week But still slanted towards gus edwards edwards scored twice again and that came on just four red zone chances He's been a monster in that regard For a long time now edwards basically does need two touchdowns to play off pay off on a full slate But he keeps getting two touchdowns. It's tough to project that but like, you know It is what it is. I'm not a mitchell yet, but I do think he's Worth monitoring still and it does keep me from wanting to chase gus edwards despite the production he has had Um keep mitchell on that sunday night game. Maybe you want to go there then depending on the salary But edwards very much worth targeting as well Zay jones returned for the jags and they had their best game passing in a while Trevor lords Was great in this game against titans and it led to a huge calvin ridley game Ridley had nine targets for 103 yards and two touchdowns Three of those targets were deep and three were inside the red zone Now nape ties on the athletic football show last week talked about how zay jones not being there forced him to use ridley in like kind of Inopportune ways or less than ideal ways and Ridley's target share is now 26 percent in games with zay jones whereas christian kirch is the 22 percent So I think that backs up what nate was saying there were with zay jones being healthy We should probably view ridley in a more positive light I'm not sure how long jones be able to play because he's facing charges of misdemeanor domestic battery That is obviously a hole and that's a concern for sure While jones is out there I define boosting lorence and feeling pretty good about ridley because it's basically just fewer snaps for jamal agnew Which is going to be a good thing for trevor lorence So let's take a look at the the jags next week because they are On the main slate and taking on houston. That's going to be one of the premier games for next week So let's play in that salary first with ridley And again 26 percent target share in games with zay jones Pretty effective, but there was the spurt where he wasn't getting a lot of work and that does still matter I would say it's probably worth 72 hundred dollars next week and ridley is 71. I can get behind that for sure Given the composition of that game Given they're playing indoors. I think that all makes sense. So ridley at 71 on board of that lorence I think given that he is now healthier with that knee He is playing indoors. He has zay jones back now I think that's salary probably should be around 78 in a plus matchup And he's at 78 exactly. So again fandal is uh on it this week Salary makers are doing their best and good job by them Because I am in lockstep without most of these guys But the jags in general a fun team to turn back to for next week on the main slate Michael wilson missed sunday with a shoulder injury for the cardinals and it led to a huge day for greg dorsch dorsch led the cardinals with eight targets tray mcbride at seven marquise brown had five or rondell more had just one dorsch earns targets whenever he is on the field whether it was last year this year he earns targets Not on the field a ton when wilson's healthy, but you know, he's out there But brown was getting deep targets at least and kyler was chucking it again. His eight out was 9.8 kyler was not the most efficient this past week and That's somewhat the somewhat spread at target shares were annoying I'm not really sure how to handle dorsch brown and more if wilson misses more time I would be okay avoiding rondell more until I see more like I think he had one just the touchdown as far as targets go on sunday I will be on tray mcbride that one is pretty definitive But dorsch and brown are tougher. So let's say michael wilson does not play next week The cardinals taking on the rams 46 point total is there at home for this game? So not a bad game overall I would say marquise brown probably bumping him down to like 60 100 dollars would be appropriate He's still 65. So a bit too high there dorsch, I would want around 54 hundred dollars trust him. That's where wilson was before he got her I liked him at that number given how much like that game, but Probably won't want to be dorsch is 48. Okay. That's low enough for me to be intrigued A targets 76 yards got some downfield work. So if wilson can't go again, I would probably be in on greg dorsch potentially beyond game stacks for that game too given that That's that's a pretty Easy route to to targets and again he earns targets when he's on the field So 48 for greg dorsch not bad tray mcbride. I think probably be 62 or so and he is 61 so big value here is greg dorsch between these guys and Would not be shocked if I wind up on dorsch next week. I do like wilson as a player and want to be back But if he's not back, I would be okay going to greg dorsch on the cardinals jamison williams role continues to creep up He ran a route on 24 or 37 drop backs to the lions Earned the three targets, but obviously one of those was a touchdown And williams has been targeted on 19 percent of his routes this year His yards for route one is 1.3 even with a couple of touchdowns being called back, which Is not bad if he continues to have a super low salary and I would assume he probably does williams playing on thanksgiving so Let's take a look at the thanksgiving slate once again and see Where williams have salary comes in we won't need to save salary this week given we've got Robinson and charbonate is being pretty big values But I would say an appropriate starter for williams right now would be like $5600 a guy who has a path to upside but doesn't have a floor at all And he is 53 still so I don't hate that It's not the steadiest role by any means, but it seems like he's earning more respect from this coaching staff dpj was active for this game But they still got williams more involved so I could see myself being there. We're gonna have value on thursday. I could say that for sure between williams charbonate Robinson I think we'll have value and williams actually one I feel pretty okay about at that salary It's been a rocky start so far, but at that salary. I could definitely see myself being on williams on thursday The jets bench zack wilson in favor of tim boil against the bills boil was actually even worse than wilson Did get rid of the ball faster, but I think the boil is actually worse for the offense than wilson I know that's probably not a popular opinion given how bad wilson has been but it's also tim boil Like that's what I would say I'd be more receptive to keeping them like neutral if trevor simian were to start That's probably my north-western bias showing through at touchdown trevor, but I want to be low on the offense Whenever I can That's treatment when they've got fun players like breeze breeze hall and gary wilson. I still really don't want to be there if I can avoid it so Hopefully I can avoid it. That's that's the hope they're playing friday in that game against the dolphins That's going to be pretty brutal to watch unless the dolphins just light it up all by themselves Dorian thompson robinson was a bit better in a second start for the browns Still not good average negative point 1a passing that expected points for dropback Dig it rid of the ball quickly, but it did not go far his eight out with 3.3 yards and His completion percentage over expectation was hideous. I think it was like negative double digits But it was a slight improvement because it just that's how bad he was the first time He did funnel the ball to david and joku amari cooper and elijah moore and joku had 15 targets Cooper at eight while moore had seven I'm not going to touch elijah moore not in this offense and i'm not going to be high on cooper and joku, but volume is volume and it seems like dpj is going to give that or sorry not dpj dtr all the the d abbreviations for on the current and former browns, but they're at denver next week You know, I guess we can check on in joku to see What his salary is for that game just because like he is a tight end. He did get a lot of work He's a good player as well So let's uh, pull it up here and see in joku. I just want to check 57 is too high for this offense for in joku. That's where he is Amari cooper probably me around 7 000. He is don't want that The the broncos rush defense has been bad and drone forward has had some spurts that are okay Did lose more work to cream hunt this week than he had previously uh forward snap rate was 51% 12 carries 5 targets isn't bad and 3 out of 7 red zone chances is okay too his salary is 67 that's a little bit high as well I haven't seen a lot of value for the main slate next week yet But I don't think I want to get a view of the browns given where their salaries are at in that one Jalen ward had a huge touchdown sunday Which looked good, but his workload didn't get any better He had just nine carries compared to 12 for nazi harris and warren is playing great So he may eventually Pull away here, but it hasn't happened yet And i'm going to avoid it until it does happen until mike or until mike tomlin Says it'll happen like the way they phrased it last week was warren was starting for that game in week 10 They did not say he would start going forward and Harris that snapped him part of that could be because warren was so efficient like he didn't need as much work, but I You know he's gonna have a if the snap rate persists He will eventually have a bad game and I don't want to be there when that does happen They're facing since nanny x week very low total. So I'm gonna keep on avoiding this backfield until further notice Jackson smith and jigba is finally getting more downfield work for the seahawks He had four deep targets on sunday against rams two from jena smith and two from drew lock He's up to a 15.7 percent overall target here and gains with dk mech half Title lock and mech cap are both above 23 percent as well But smith and jigba is becoming more relevant Assuming jeno smith is okay And again, they play thursday I don't think we'll need the salary savings, especially if we've got drew lock starting over jeno smith for this game But you know smith and jigba would mean play for a short slate and the salary is 54 So between him and williams I should probably prefer smith and jigba because The overall target share is going to be a lot better with him and it will be a jameson So maybe we'll go in jigba. There's smith and jigba over williams on the thursday slate But I think both released options as far as value plays go So again, we're gonna have a lot of salary to spend to get to mccaffrey to get to seeding the lamb get to a Monroe st. Brown not in the same lineup, but like we'll be able to make some fun lineups for thursday on the Thanksgiving slate Kyron williams is eligible to come off ir this week So my line of being moopa Royce freeman did inch ahead of daryl henderson in the rams backfield Freeman out snapped henderson 61 to 37 percent Henderson had seven targets compared to freeman's zero, but freeman had 17 carries I don't really want to touch either personally I may have to consider them because they're facing arizona, but I'd like to avoid it if I can We'll see if kyron williams is back this week because if he is I could be intrigued if he gets in a full practice at some point, but you know freeman inching ahead of henderson right now in that backfield if they if that is status quo This would matter more for short slates in full but trey tucker got pretty involved for the raiders this week He had seven targets, which ranked second on the team and justivante adams and five of those targets were tucker were deep Tucker ran a route on just 17 of 43 drop backs, but when he was out there he was getting looks I think this does dig jacobi mires more than anything because adams had 13 targets, but mires had just five and mires hasn't really had a huge role for the past month or so So I'd keep tabs on trey tucker for now. I would downgrade mires and keep adams Pretty much same as usual uh facing kins in the city next week. So negative game script Maybe we see some more passing attempts there once again, but I'm gonna keep its status quo on adams downgrade mires and Probably not get to tucker just yet We're gonna do a couple of salary scrolls for this week And we're gonna do both Thanksgiving slate and the main slate. So let's start things off Thanksgiving take a look at quarterback and run through Salaries that stand out for this slate Dak press got 85 we can make that work and with how past heavy they've been I'm probably gonna want to honestly so Dak press got well worth that number On the thursday slate not a great quarterback slate overall Do jerry golf at 78 against the Packers and then Brock perry at 77 Sam howell 73 against the cowboys I think that Dak's probably gonna be the top guy at each guy's respective salary Uh, especially a gino. Yeah gino at 66 if he is able to go but Dak Gettable at that number and intriguing for sure Moving to running back krish mccafrey salary is 98 We can get there. Well, I think with the value at running back We have between robinson and charbonne, which we already discussed earlier on tony power at 72 Uh, his first task snap rate this week was 75 percent. So still pretty good Didn't lose much more work to riko dowdle I thought he looked better on sunday than he has recently Pollard, I would say worth that salary at 72 12 carries five targets for a pollard in that game So more targets than he had gotten recently. I think that's a positive for him as well So Pollard 72 not too shabby, but again, I think the focal points of this later gonna be robinson 67 and uh charbonne 58 given The injuries the other guys in their respective backfields a simming walker and jones cannot go or uh In gibson can't go if gibson does wind up being active that would ding robinson a decent pretty decent amount for me personally Maybe my favorite a g dillon then at 66, but I think i'll like charbonne regardless of 58 Wide receiver cd land 8 or 92 with uh, manra saint brown 85 both guys worth it Both guys gettable given the value of running back on this slate DK mech cast salary is seven thousand dollars I think that is kind of surprisingly low similar to deba sandal 67 deba Didn't do a ton on sunday, but um had some more rushing attempts for care or four targets 63 yards The efficiency was more so to brandon i uke and george cadill, but deba can do that same thing so DK mech cast seven thousand deba sandal 67 both those guys Definitely intriguing to me jaden reid is 5900 dollars been getting a lot of fun work for the packers where they get him like these creative jetsweeps They get him a lot of work and in towards the red zone um, he's been paying off for d tfs 5900 dollars. I could be myself being into that The target shares and the packers in general suck Um, that's why christian watson salary is down to 56. I'll want to dig into Dove's workload reed's workload with all those guys being healthy But reed is the one to me with the way they use him as the one who stands out most at the first look here brandon cooks 57 his role like from a snap perspective was still good when that game was competitive on sunday Didn't get a ton of work, but I also didn't expect him to given that he's outdoors playing on the road It's a better setup for cooks to be indoors at home So 57 for him on thursday could be a fun way to get low-sourced exposure To the cowboys passing offense already discussed jackson smith and jigba and james and williams I thought I might be intrigued by jaylon tulbert as a value play, but we've got uh, williams Or smith and jigba both at in the low 5000. I don't think I'll need to get to um Tulbert just yet. He's still eating he and michael gallper basically like splitting work right now So i'll go to those other guys above him tight end kittles 72 that makes sense la porta 65 also makes sense jake ferguson 61 number of values there logan thomas could be a value got a couple of deep targets on sunday from sam howell eight targets overall They're gonna have to throw quite a bit. So maybe if you want to value tight end logan thomas could want to be your guy at 5200 dollars Don't think any other uh value tight ends were really great out well for me So yeah, probably logan thomas there. So key values for the thursday slate at first look are going to be zach charbonate 58 uh bryan robinson if gibson can't go once again and then potentially james and williams and jackson smith and jigba but do like the sourism dk mech calf and Uh diva samuel as well Now let's shift focus here and talk about the sunday main slate again The key game on the slate to me at least is houston versus jacksonville 46 point total there tight spread. We also have a high total tight spread for the rams and cardinals, but I don't feel as good about that one. Uh, then the banger game to close things out Is the bills and the eagles 47 out point total spread is three and a half in favor of philadelphia for that one we'll get more read on that that's uh workload distribution for the eagles uh tonight in that game But starting off a quarterback really good quarterback slate Because josh allen is 92 taking on jail. It hurts 88 and then patrick mahomes taking on the raiders 87 I have no pushback on any of those salaries. I think those are all great. So Feel good about all those guys. Uh, mahomes facing the raiders. So playing indoors potentially could be a blowout, but like, you know, he could put up a lot of points in said blowout It's going down here. Uh mention before laurence is pretty appropriate I probably prefer cj stroud at 77 of that exact same game Jags have funneled some work towards the past so far this year. So that benefits stroud He's been good. He's playing indoors. He's been lethal on deep throws so far this year. So Probably we'll be looking at stroud once again at 77 on the main slate Scrolling down further not seeing anything that stands out in the low range and honestly like if you can get to The stud quarterbacks you probably should so I would say it's a priority to get to 77 or higher With stroud being there laurence and 78 and then mahomes hurts now and that does not look like a slate where you want to spend Down at quarterback Shifting over to running back. It does help that we'd have no echler on this slate. We have no christian mccafrey So we don't need to allocate as much salary Towards the running back as we typically may Let's scroll down here and try to find some guys who stand out at their respective salaries So jonathan taylor isn't a pretty tough match against hampton bay, but Really good role before their bye week. I could see potentially being intrigued by that at 7500 dollars Not like a massive value, but not bad. Bees on robinson 74 taking on the saints Ritter back starting once again, but robinson's role before their bye week was pretty good 22 carries in that game He had not topped a knight. He had not topped 14 since week two before that so robinson 74 I'll I've been there a lot recently We'll likely want to go back once again If there is no davian pierce again devon single terry salary is 7300 dollars 22 carries two targets in this game looked good again and I think we got to disrespect the role 85 snap rate a game we like If there is no davian pierce, I think that single terry once again would be in play at 7300 dollars Rashad white continues to get a ton of targets for the tampa bay buccaneers He's been really bad from an efficiency perspective running the football But it hasn't mattered because his passing game work has been so good They're taking on the colts coming out their bye week, but the colts tend to play in like weird chaotic games I'd want to look at what my total has for that one Um, I guess this won't be updated from last night. Yeah, because I don't have that in this sheet specifically yet, but I've got that closer to 41. I don't think that will go up from where I where went up on sunday But rachad white his role is probably better than what you'd expect out of most guys at 7 000 dollars given all the work He gets in the passing game. So Wouldn't be shocked if i'm intrigued by him there as a pacheco 66 taking on las vegas, maybe that's the better route to getting access to the chiefs I know that he hasn't had a huge game so far, but and But it's the raiders the raiders been pretty bad against the rush so far this year pacheco They've shown more faith in him recently than they did earlier on this year higher snap rates. So pacheco at 6600 dollars I would like to be there if I can potentially We'll want to see what his role looks like for tonight first But Definitely could see myself being there at 66 in order to save some salary On sunday to get to all of those fun quarterpacks Don't see a lot else that stands out in the lower salary ranges unless we get some uh injury news. So Probably pacheco the main value at running back at 66, but then Digging into rashad whites digging into single parry Bijan guys like that if we want to Get more flexibility to get to the quarterbacks over at wide receiver I'm gonna scroll down here a little bit to see what stands out. Jamar chase is still 81 That's not low enough given the quarterback situation for me to be intrigued by that So I'd want that to come down more tank del salary of 78, but honestly like fair um He had five more deep targets on sunday 149 yards in that game He just throughout has been phenomenal on deep throws so far this year and del has benefited from that. So It's 78 but also I get it. We talked before about calvin really in that exact same game. He's 71 so Del Ridley stacks will be on the table for sure Devontae smith is 74. I expect him to have a pretty good role with no dallas goddard We'll see what that looks like for tonight first But i'm not hoping he doesn't do a ton in that game so we can get him at 74 At a lower roster rate against the bills because smith last year with no goddard 25 target share Probably going to be around there once again this year and in a game. We're going to want to stack I would really like to get to devontae smith 74. So hoping he's a bit more quiet tonight Niko collin 69 taking on jacksonville He didn't do a ton on sunday, but he had 11 targets I think he had a bunch inside the red zone as well. I think he had four four or five targets inside the red zone uh for The texans in that game. So he's gonna get some high leverage work We saw him have big yardage games earlier in the year That was before del really came on the scene fully but Yeah, five deep targets for niko or five red zone targets from niko collins. He had one deep target 69 for him not bad as a way to save some salary while getting exposure to that jacksonville uh texans game and then also christian curc 68 in that exact same game bumping down further at uh receiver Haven't seen a lot upside for chris god when he had he's 64 to dollars 39 yards sunday Might be a fun game, but I don't know if the yardage upside is there For him right now game davis down to 6 000. He's had some rough matchups for Receivers recently. You don't want to use outside receivers against the jets. So zero targets in that game denver's got some decent cornerbacks I'd be receptive if there's no dos and knocks still because davis the salary is 6 000 Still ran a ton of routes on sunday, but If knocks comes back That introduces some more uncertainty into the situation, but uh davis 6000 at least someone i'd want to Dig into a bit more if there's no michael thomas rashid shahid could be interesting at $5,800 He has had Like good target loads so far this year nine targets a lot of those came from james In the game before their bi-week for like 24 yards, but like he's a good football player. I think so shahid potentially in play If there's no michael thomas, uh, they're taking on atlanta not a good past defense. So Be okay, shahid rashid rice is 57 taking on uh the raiders Depending on what his role looks like coming out of the bi I could see them getting him more expanded workload As he's a rookie they had to buy it or amp him up We know any re can work some magic across bi weeks. So rashid rice 57 stands out. I'd probably prefer him over shahid, but Okay with both guys in general Down further at receiver Not seeing a lot that stands out do still like marvin mim's a route rate, but Not getting a lot of targets facing cleveland. So I think probably sticking more so to guys Like rashid rice at 57 Like rashid shahid at 58 and then potentially gave davis a question mark Uh at 6000 if we want some value at wide receiver Travis kelsey's a bit under salad 83. I think taking on the raiders and Whenever the cheats are in a decent spot. We know where the ball will go. I know he didn't do a whole lot for their bi week but By to get healthy did some traveling over his bi week So it wasn't resting as much as maybe you would hope but you know Good yardage upside. He hasn't had a multi touchdown game yet this year, which he will eventually so Kelsey 83 is probably lower than I thought he would be Scroll down further at tight end Dalton kinkade is still 6000 for that uh that eagles game Not sure if nox will be back for this game. I'm not sure if it matters Honestly, given that they've been efficient with kinkade and he's looked really good So I think he's probably done enough To be in play even if uh nox is able to return there Another seven targets for kinkade on sunday deep target. It didn't catch it. So so some evolution in his role recently I would like to be there if I can Down further at tight ends not seeing a lot that stands out to me So probably primarily looking at kinkade at $6,000 as far as lower sour guys, but it might be a slate to spend up that quarterback spend up at tight end with Travis kelsey as a way to uh gain more upside at the at the uh for the week That's all we got here for today for the recap podcast But as mentioned say three podcast week here on the heat check fantasy podcast Tomorrow and wednesday noon easter live on the fangirl youtube page and up on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed And fan dual tv plus into that so make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get Your podcasts if you like what you hear leave us a five star rating on apple podcast or over on spotify And make sure you download fan dual tv plus on amazon fire apple tv or roku devices If you've got any questions for me, I am on twitter at jim sonnis You can also find me on threads at jim dot sonnis and find me and find fan dual research on twitter at fan dual research I want to thank you all for tuning in for today We'll talk to you once again tomorrow to break down the thanksgiving three games Say at brandon cadoula have fun until then enjoy eagles and cheese for tonight This has been the heat check fantasy podcast right here on the fan dual podcast network