He also has at least 24 completions in four consecutive games, matching Mahomes for the longest active streak. Anytime you are a quarterback who can be mentioned in a sentence with Mahomes, you at least get "others receiving votes" inclusion. I don't make the rules. Murray is banged up, so the Cardinals have chosen to protect their franchise player by limiting his running. That's the right move. It's just a terrible move for Murray's short-term fantasy value.
Thanks to averaging just five carries and 23 rushing yards over his past two games -- way down from 9. The fact that Murray has only one red zone carry in the past two weeks is also not great.
Now add in a Rams defense that is allowing the second-fewest fantasy points per game to quarterbacks this season, as well as the lowest passing touchdown rate and the fewest yards per pass attempt, and Murray makes the Hate list. Yes, you're probably still starting him in season-long, but with Murray not running, I'm definitely not running out to start him in DFS this week. I don't know what the Saints did on their bye week, but it worked.
Since their Week 6 bye, New Orleans' defense is top five in opponent yards per pass attempt, opponent passing touchdown rate and pressure rate when not blitzing. That's a long way to say this: Ryan could be in for a long day.
And, well, that would be nothing new for Ryan against the Saints. In the past three Falcons-Saints meetings, Ryan has averaged Even if Julio Jones plays, Ryan is outside my top 10 for the week. Goff has fewer than 11 fantasy points in three of his past four games and multiple interceptions in all three of those games. He has been brutal. And he's even worse under pressure. For the season, Goff ranks 26th in fantasy points per pass attempt when pressured.
That, as the kids say, might be an issue, as the Cardinals rank third in pressure rate and fourth in blitz rate over the past four weeks. OK, that all felt really negative about Goff. I'd like to end on something positive. Chubb leads all running backs this season with an insane 6. That means that if the Browns ran Chubb on every play, they'd never be stopped, and they'd never even reach a third down.
OK, I haven't researched that specifically, but I'm pretty sure that's exactly how it works. I mean, have you seen Chubb play? Since returning from injury three games ago, he is averaging He also has at least one run of plus yards in every game he has played this season. Cleveland is one of the run-heaviest teams in the NFL, and the Browns will be so again this week, as Chubb will get a big workload against a Titans defense that allows the seventh-most fantasy points per game to running backs.
I have Chubb as a top-six play. Raheem Must-Start's He also has multiple receptions in every game he has played. Yes, the 49ers' backfield is crowded on paper. But when Mostert is healthy, he's the clear lead back. That's why he's named Must-Start. They don't just give that name to anyone, you know? It's especially true for Mostert managers this week, as the 49ers face a Bills defense that allows the eighth-most rushing yards per game and has already coughed up 16 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for third most in the NFL.
I have Mostert as a top play this week, making him a -- yes, wait for it -- Must Start. Do I think Montgomery kind of stinks at football?
But do I think he stinks at football more than the Detroit Lions' defense? I do not! Montgomery is on the Love list this week because of matchup and volume, not talent. Over the past four weeks, Detroit is allowing a league-high And on the season, backs who get plus touches against the Lions average Well, Montgomery is averaging Montgomery should put up good numbers this week. Hey, I'm a company man. That sets up well against the Colts, who, over the past four weeks, are allowing the fifth-most fantasy points per game to running backs.
I also expect Johnson to see more targets in the passing game with Will Fuller V out, and Indianapolis is bottom 10 in the league in catch rate allowed on running back targets and tied for the fourth-most receiving scores given up to running backs. The Texans allow the second-most fantasy points per game on the season and over the past four weeks , so Nyheim Hines , who averages Dallas has allowed the most rushing yards in the league this season, and J.
Dobbins will only add to that total. In the two games since Taysom Hill because the Saints' quarterback, it's Latavius Murray , not Alvin Kamara , who is a top fantasy back. Murray has at least 14 touches and 85 scrimmage yards in both of those games.
He also has multiple receptions in three straight games. Gore's Week 13 opponent, the Raiders, have allowed 17 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for most in the league. It's definitely a risky desperation play to use New York Jet Frank Gore in a Week 13 matchup, but let's be honest, you could do worse and probably already have. But his agent won't return my calls about a sponsorship opportunity. No matter, I'm still putting Elliott here.
Fewer than nine fantasy points in four of his past five games, and no more than two catches in any of those games. Since Dak "My price goes up every week" Prescott was injured, Zeke doesn't have a single rushing touchdown and is averaging just 3. Now Elliott gets a Ravens defense that has allowed only four rushing touchdowns to running backs all season.
Arizona limiting Kyler Murray's running hasn't exactly been a boon to Drake's production. Over the past two games, Drake has just yards on 33 carries -- a paltry 3. Basically, he needs touchdowns to keep his fantasy value afloat, as he averages just 7. Considering the Rams allow an NFL-low 1. By the way, the Rams rank top seven this season in both yards per carry and rushing yards per game allowed to running backs.
Remember all the stuff up top in the Matt Ryan section about how the Saints' defense has been shutting down the pass since the Week 6 bye? Well, it has been even better against the run. Here's how the Saints have fared against running backs since their bye:.
Fewest fantasy points allowed per game So yeah, the Saints' D needs to get its act together. Off an injury, Gurley will most likely need a touchdown to pay off this week as a viable top play. How lucky do you feel? Even as the rest of the Bears embarrass themselves all around him, Robinson is still Robinson. Whoever is under center for the Bears I'm not sure it matters is clearly smart enough to look for A-Rob again and again.
Three straight games with at least nine targets, it doesn't matter who his QB is or even what the score is, as a This week, Robinson gets a Lions defense that is giving up the fourth-most yards per game and the fifth-highest catch rate to wide receivers. I grew up on Run-D. I probably have the most eclectic collection of music in my Grand Cherokee. I love show tunes. My parents are not hip-hop fans, but they raised us to appreciate all types of music.
Why have you connected so much to hip-hop? Music is how you feel. One of the reasons why I do my job the way I do it is because I want to let people know it does not have to be the way society says it has to be.
We cannot please everybody. First and foremost, we have to be happy with ourselves. Stuart Scott encompasses everything that the UNC represents.
He is probably the most popular non-athlete from Carolina. Not too bad for a brother who attended R. Reynolds in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I like Stuart Scott. He was emotional about being back home at Carolina.
Like me, Stuart made his alma mater the same university that also housed his favorite basketball team. Like me, Stuart Scott has had endured some obstacles in life that have not sidelined his goals and plans because they are just bumps in the road to success.
Like me, Stuart Scott is a father who loves his children unconditionally. Like me, Stuart Scott is a Tar Heel. Stu has been battling cancer for a second time. Stu takes so much pride in being a Tar Heel. The white guy. He fucking loved it. If Scott was part jock, he also had a disarming ability to access his emotions.
That side of him came out when he talked about his daughters, Taelor and Sydni. Kolber: It was like a running joke. Taelor Scott: He was really into having daughters.
Sydni Scott: He used to talk about how excited he was for the time, hypothetically in the future, when we first brought a boy home. He said he would wear a wife-beater to answer the door.
Taelor Scott: We both had glasses and braces. No one was talking to us. He loved that part about her. He loved her intellect. Taelor ended up on my team. Can you help her out? She scores a goal. I turned around and Stu was nowhere to be found. He was in the woods. He was crying he was so happy. But it means that now, going forward in our lives, we have everything that he could have wanted to teach us. Susan Scott: Stuart was always an emotional little person. He was always in touch with his feelings and always wanted to talk about his feelings.
Deedee Hagner, friend: Because he was on SportsCenter at 11, he would call at There was nothing that was off-limits. I considered him my best guy friend. But, oddly enough, it was very much like a female relationship. Does that make sense? Kristin Spodobalski, girlfriend: I remember talking about him shortly after his passing. He felt a pain in his stomach—an odd sensation that made him feel like he had to go to the bathroom.
Scott checked himself into a hospital. For the next seven years, the face Scott showed the world was one of almost unwavering bravado. But in Pittsburgh, the first sensation Scott felt was fear.
Kolber: I was already at the stadium and I was preparing for my hit on the pregame show. I was told I was not tossing to Stuart. He had been rushed to the hospital. Skipper: He had been diagnosed with appendicitis. They did a biopsy. Wymer: When he called to tell me he was sick, he was my emergency contact. If something bad happened to me, they were going to call him.
Susan Scott: What struck me about [his reaction] was his sheer panic. He calls and he is manically hysterical. I let him rail for about a minute and a half. Taelor Scott: How do you tell your kids you have cancer? Everyone knows what cancer is. Cancer kills people. Taelor Scott: I was Because if his role is as a protector, that has to be the greatest blow.
Gallagher: He wanted to see his daughters get married. He wanted to see his daughters live, have babies, and he becomes a grandfather. God, he would have been the best grandfather. Organ: His fight, his battle, and the energy he brought to it—I think he was just trying to show them how much he loved them.
Then, you have to step into that role for them, except the monster is real. It was a very abrupt coming of age. When he started cancer treatment, Scott felt he had one big advantage.
It was the same irrational physical confidence that let him think he could make the Jets. After a four- or five-hour chemo session, Scott would head to the gym with Brian Gallagher, bench-press pounds, and snap off push-ups. During workouts, Scott actually talked to his cancer, trying to dominate it like he once had fellow anchors on the set of SportsCenter. He was trying to reestablish control over his life. What are you doing? Stephen Scott: It was his eff-you to cancer. Where are my hips supposed to be at?
Is my center of gravity right? He was an athlete. Just a straight athlete. Hill: He did a podcast with me and Mike. He wanted to give Mike a demonstration about what MMA was like.
He turned red and he tapped out. I got to get it out. I got to sweat it out. Gallagher: He would immediately leave the treatment and hit golf balls.
Wherever he was. He even showed my kids that, the scars from his surgeries. Reifert: He had a chemo port in his chest. I think he really appreciated me coming over and watching a UFC fight or coming over and playing board games.
Talking about anything but cancer. Not coming over with puppy dog eyes. Okmin: He would call and constantly ask about me. The agreement we came up with was, he was allowed to ask me questions for a certain amount of time. That was the negotiation. But even when his PET scans came back clean, Scott rarely enjoyed a truly cancer-free moment.
Yet less than a month after his diagnosis, Scott was back hosting SportsCenter , pairing stats with catchphrases. He remained there into the final year of his life, when he hosted the show 46 times. It was like his superpower. That red light would come on and all of a sudden he was the big Luigi. Levy: Not all SportsCenters are created equal, right? He treated those lesser shows as big shows. I really think that inspired other people to do the same thing. Hoge: I understand why he did it.
One of the things that can spiral you out mentally is not just the wait of it. And having a purpose matters in that process. The image in your mind is that smile of his, the jokes, the one-liners, the stories. It was just something that he had. His thinking was, Cancer is going to have to work around what I do. But we also had some talks, real talks, late at night in the hall. We talked about relationships, we talked about loss, we talked about kids.
Do I miss sitting out there and yammering about sports? Not as much as I miss in the morning. Where are you napping in your office? In July , Scott walked into a restaurant in West Hartford and saw Kristin Spodobalski, who worked at an insurance company. He was 46; she was They began a relationship that would last the rest of his life. Spodobalski: It was his birthday weekend. He asked me for my number. Gallagher: When they traveled, you could see it in their eyes and hear it in their voices.
It was pure love. Watching them holding hands—it was the way love should be. A real long time. Spodobalski: We always had to be matching. It was me and Stuart against my sister and my dad. Stephen Scott: I adore Kristin. Steele: Kristin is one of my heroes for what she did every single day.
She is an angel. He started receiving chemo again. Gallagher: They had to have that tough talk. Do you really want to be around for me when I get sick? I just had never seen him more vulnerable, ever. Steele: I have a picture—I saw it yesterday—of the day we moved out of our house in Canton, Connecticut.
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