Week 7 NFL Sunday Recap

We take a look at all of the Sunday games in week 7, the injuries (and there were some big ones) and the fantasy implications moving forward.  

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Welcome back to establish dominance fantasy football. Tonight, we'll break down the Sunday games and help you make some key decisions in your lineups moving forward. And if you like this podcast, please hit the like and subscribe button and support the channel. Now there were a lot of injuries today, so here's a review of the big ones. Jayden Daniels has a rib injury. He was forced from the game early, and we're not going to find it on anything until next week, but Mariota came in, played well in a backup, and he needs to be rostered as an insurance play. O'Connell broke his throwing thumb. He should be out at least a couple of weeks. Minchu really has no upside, and he doesn't have any receivers, so I wouldn't go grab him. Watson, the Achilles heel for Cleveland is finally over, literally where it is. Watson tore his Achilles, which would end his season and the pain of an entire city, Winston came in after Thompson Robinson injured his finger and threw a touchdown. So hopefully Cleveland's front office isn't too dumb and starts Winston from now on. Ayuk has a knee injury, looked pretty bad, could be an ACL he might be done for the year. Debo, he left after three plays with an illness and didn't return. Maybe he didn't make enough money in his contract. I don't that's just weird. Smith Shuster re injured his Hammy. Hardman is definitely the pickup here until he injures his hammy is just pathetic. Trying to figure out who is going to catch all the balls in Rice's absence on Casey Montgomery, he had a knee scare. Looked banged up for a little bit. He continued. He didn't have a great game. Don't be surprised if you get some do not practices or limited tags all week. Huntley, he exited the game with a throwing shoulder injury. Hopefully tua comes back next week, but if he doesn't, you really can't start any receivers on this team, although Jonas Smith had a nice day. DK Metcalf, he was carted off with a knee injury. That's not good. That'll open up more work for Smith and Jigme and Lockett, but need to monitor his progress moving forward. Gibson, he exited with an unknown leg injury. Hasty came in and played well in his place, from a PPR standpoint. And then Polk apparently had a head injury. There's really no one to pick up here, and you probably didn't even start him anyway. Okay, let's take a look at the Sunday games. We'll start off with the England game, the Jags patriots. Now I said the Patriots give up a lot on the ground, and do they ever Bigsby had a huge day, 26 rushes, 118 yards and two touchdowns. Etn, he didn't even play, just like I said, they faked it, but there's no reason to go out and get D ERNs Johnson, even with Etn out, I also said Brian Thomas would have a big day, and he led everyone with five catches, 89 yards and a touchdown Ingram. Also had another nice day with a five for 35 line, but it wasn't a really dominant one on the other side, May was surprisingly careful with the ball, but not surprising with his 276 yards and two touchdown performance, just like a cult 28 points. PPR, really nice start. I think may looks like a good start. Moving forward, he's got good matchups. Can give you 25 points if you're missing a quarterback or it's a bye week. He's a good kid. I think he's going to get 2530 moving forward, like I said, the Jags can be tough on the outside receivers, but they give up plenty to the slot in the tight end, and that's exactly what happened here. Henry dominated with eight catches for a 92 unfortunately, Douglas had some sort of mystery illness and set out most of the game. That's weird. They should have reported that Stevenson played, but he played poorly, and negative game script prevented him from having even a mediocre day. And then Gibson got injured, and hasty came in and caught five for 49 and a touchdown. Surprisingly, now I wouldn't necessarily go out and get hasty right now, but it's definitely something to keep note of

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in the Seattle, Atlanta game, Geno Smith had a decent night, two seven yards passing, two touchdowns and 15 rushing. DK Metcalf's squeaky wheel turned into a four for 99 and one touchdown. Line, but also a knee injury. Careful what you ask for. No offense was surprisingly useful with a four for 65 line, Lockett added four, 445, and he looks healthy again. Walker was healthy and destroyed Seattle for almost 120 yards and two touchdowns. I said Seattle is susceptible to the run, and this profiles for a huge game for bajon Robinson and algier. I was half right there. Bajan went 21 rushes for 103 yards and a touchdown. But algier didn't get many opportunities due to negative game script. I told you I liked pits in this game, he led all of Atlanta with seven catches for 65 on nine targets. Seattle has now given up four big weeks to tight ends, and you need to target this defense moving forward with tight ends, Seattle plays the bills next week, so Kincaid should really roll here. All right, in the Colts dolphins matchup, Richardson started, I said it was a downgrade for all. Players and a downgrade wasn't even a strong enough word. He ran for 56 yards, lost a fumble again, thought he was all that in a bag of chips, had 129 scoreless passing yards, just terrible, and that's with all of his receivers. I mean, he's not even startable. Moving forward, as far as I'm concerned, at best, he's a bi week replacement, and again, he had Pittman, and Pittman barely did anything. Sermon and Goodson, they had a timeshare. Goodson led and carries. He had 51 rushing yards and a touchdown, but he didn't have a catch. Again, Pittman with three for 63 not great, but this is an opportunity for you to trade him before you can't Richardson downgrades all the players if you can get something for Pittman, get it now, I promise you. On the flip side, I said the Colts gave up a lot on the ground, and a chain took advantage of it, but he only had 15 rushes for 77 yards. There was more of a timeshare with moster than I anticipated, who had 50 yards himself but fumbled. Jonah Smith was a big winner, seven for 96 and a touchdown. Once again, Tyree kill is a ghost, but we're hearing that tua returns next week, and if that does, everyone becomes capable, but until that, the wide receivers are benchable in the Titans bills game, Mari Cooper went four for 66 and a touchdown, which is unsurprising for volume, but the touchdown was a nice welcome ad, I actually favored Shakir in this game. He led in catches with seven for 65 but Coleman had the big night, big TD catch. He led with four catches for 125 yards. Cooper opens up looks for everyone and makes the whole bills tree of receivers more startable. Alan had a nice night. 323 yards passing and two touchdowns, no mistakes. So that was good cook. He's healthy, but he was actually outperformed by Davis. Not really surprised there, but they had a timeshare. They both had touchdowns, which is awesome, but Davis's touchdown was in Garbage Time. The big takeaway, though, is that the two only combined are 17 total rushes against a tough Tennessee defense. Rudolph started for Tennessee. He was mediocre, but not as bad as I would have anticipated, 215 yards passing, a touchdown and an interception on the performance for today, Pollard, he only rushed for 16, for 61 and that's because they were behind all day. He looked good, but he just ran out of opportunities. Ridley's cry ass, and got him nine targets, but only three catches for 42 this game was a total beat down in the Texans packers games, the first half was a shootout. In the second half was a defensive battle that resulted in basically a game winning field goal. It was boring. The second half, Mixon dominated 25 rushes, 115 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. But like I said, Pierce, he's not going to have a good day because there wasn't any garbage time. There really wasn't garbage timing. They need to play mixing the entire time. He only got two carries. So unless you think that the Texans are going to crush somebody, Pierce is really a bench candidate moving forward. CJ Stroud, wow. He had a tough day. Solid green bay secondary, as always, only 86 yards, no touchdowns. Total bust digs. LED with five for 23 now with Watson and Reed healthy. I thought love would look at them, but instead he looked at Wix and Dobbs, the two crybabies. I don't get it from a leadership perspective, but whatever, apparently, they keyed in on Reed and Watson and left wicks wide open for a touchdown. Kraft got a touchdown. Jacobs had a touchdown receiving as well. Jacobs looked good on the ground. 76 yards. He almost had 20 points. PPR, browns versus Bengals, Watson, we talked about his injury. He's done. I think Winston needs to play here. We'll see what they do moving forward. Chubb got a touchdown, but he was really on a snap count. He didn't look that great, but they really loaded the box against him, so I wouldn't hold it against him with only 22 yards and a touchdown, but you know, it was good to see him back on the field. Burrow threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns, one to chase one to Higgins. Higgins led in yards and targets with 82 yards. Chase Brown is now the starter, so that question has been answered. Moss is the backup. But neither were really good against the solid run defense of the browns in the Eagles Giants game, hertz had a tough time throwing the ball, only 114 yards and a touchdown, lot of sacks, a lot of pressure from the Giants, but he had two rushing touchdowns on the ground. Only one wideout had a good game, and that was AJ Brown. He went five for 89 and had a touchdown, but Devonta Smith was ghosted in the big story, obviously, Barclays homecoming, 176 yard destruction of his former team and a touchdown on only 17 carries. Gainwell was a rare appearance here, 56 yards on 13 carries. He's obviously the backup, but he's not going to get any time, nor would I start him, unless, of course, Barkley goes down. Now the big question on the other side of the ball was answered. Tracy got more carries than Singletary. But that's deceiving, because. Yes, they only had six carries and five carries respectively. Daniels was awful. He was under intense pressure all day, and then he got pulled neighbors couldn't even find separation. He only caught four, 441, and then Wanda Robinson let him catch us with six. That's not really saying much. The positive takeaway was the Giants can really generate pass rush with four sacks. But, I mean, I'm just trying to find something positive to say here. Okay, in the Raiders rands game, Bowers led everyone with 10 catches for 93 he's really the only good thing on the team, besides Crosby. But the Raiders had no touchdowns all day and only five field goals. O'Connell, he's done for at least a couple of weeks. We talked about that minchu is unstartable. Madison was kind of a surprise, but not really. We know he should be the starter. We talked about this. He had 92 yards on 23 carries. That's good. Zamir White came back, but he only had three carries. I think you should bench him, drop him, or maybe try to get something cheap in a trade. Kyron Williams, I said, he was set up for another big week, and he had 176 rushes for two touchdowns, but no catches. Johnson and Atwal had 50 plus scoreless yards, but the offense really looks flat footed without cup out there and Puku Naku obviously, even against a weak Raider team, the Rams can only manage 20 points, so Stafford is really a bench stash at this point until he gets his Alpha wide outs back in the Carolina, Washington game. This was the beatdown of the week, and Daniels barely even played. Like I said, Get Mariota. Let's hope that Daniels isn't hurt too bad. He may actually come back next week. We'll see his progress now, Carolina, they were off on the pass game. The only person who had who did well was the tight end, Sanders, and he went six for 61 that's not going to get repeated. Hubbard profiled as having a decent matchup, and he did 52 yards and a touchdown, but they were behind a lot, and that touchdown came very late in Garbage Time. The big news, obviously, with the loss of Daniels, is that Mariota can come in and still do well. Mariota went 205, for two touchdowns. He hit all the key players. If Daniels misses time, all the players can safely be started, to include Ertz, who I correctly predicted, would probably have his usual outing and his touchdown dependent. And he got a touchdown. He went four for 40 with a touchdown. McLaurin led the team with six for 98 Mariota is definitely a serviceable replacement while Daniels is gone, if he is now Brian Robinson, he rolled healthy. He looked strong again. He went 12 for 71 in a touchdown on the ground. But the surprise was McNichols out touching Eckler. I'm not sure if it was game script or not. They had a big league, but it's something to monitor there. The commanders host a tough but beatable Bears team next week. So I would start everyone with confidence, and now for the game of the week, the lions versus the Vikings. Now, the loss of Hutchinson was definitely felt out there. Detroit didn't really give darnold a whole lot of pressure, but Donald showed his mediocrity again, 259 yards with one touchdown and one interception in the loss. JJ had a big night. He went seven for 78 in a touchdown, but Addison only had three for 66 Naylor was surprising. He had four for 76 but he's still a bench stash if Addison plays. This was more of a ceiling game for him. Aaron Jones looked outstanding, 14 rushes, 93 yards in a touchdown, plus three for 23 in the air. But the big surprise was acres didn't even log a carry. Why did they go out and trade for him? Right now? Acres is a bench stash. Golf was incredible. Under pressure, no turnovers. With a 280 and two line, Montgomery had a scary knee injury we talked about, but he returned, and then the winner was Gibbs. Obviously. He crushed Minnesota, 116 yards rushing, two touchdowns, plus four for 44 through the air. St Brown was a huge winner as the receiving corps Goff get hit him for eight for 112 and one touchdown. Cleve Raymond continued to play good, three catches, 39 for a touchdown. Jamison Williams disappeared, and he's kind of been a ghost lately. He should be considered a bench play by week replacement. Hopefully he comes back, but that was that was definitely a surprise for me. La porta once again, no show almost one catch 25 yards, you're going to start him, but you're going to be disappointed most times. Now, if there's somebody out there who can command more than more targets, four or five targets. Maybe go grab them, but it's tough to bench the porta. Okay, in the Chiefs Niners game, Super Bowl rematch in San Francisco, I said mahomes is gonna have a tough night, and he did 154 yards passing, zero touchdowns, two interceptions. But it's his leadership and his capability out there that keeps drives alive, and that's why they won. Hunt. Had a great game, with 78 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. Like I said, the pass catchers would be limited to tight ends, and that was led by gray and Kelsey as mahomes. Lack of deep accuracy was again on display. He hit worthy a couple times, but he also missed him on some big throws. Sam Fran got Mason. Back. He looks strong, but Purdy vultured Both of his touchdowns. So if you're a mason Hunter, you're you're not happy. Purdy, he was completely awful throwing the ball three interceptions. Casey just manhandled him. It doesn't help that pretty lost debo and ayuk, but, I mean, you still have Kittle, you still have players out there. You can make it happen. Ayuk, he might be going for this season with an ACL we'll see. But how's that new contract looking? Ooh, too soon. Kittle led San Fran was six for 92 and Pearsall got his first catch, so congratulations, but he didn't look like he was overly spectacular. But hey, the dude got shot. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. Now. I expect people to come back after this mystery illness is done, but ayuk might need a replacement. Jennings was hurt for this game, but if he's healthy, he's the pickup. I wouldn't necessarily play Pearsall of note, grendo only had two touchdowns and CMC. He might be back next week, so grendo could be droppable. Monitor that and in the final game of the night for Sunday Night Football, Pittsburgh versus the Jets. Wow. Talk about overhyped Adams. Where are you? Brother? Pittsburgh just came out and destroyed the Jets. But it was more like a hey, we need to make Wilson look good. Kind of night. He went 264 yards and two touchdowns. Didn't really face a whole lot of pressure. His number one target was Pickens, five for 111 yards and a touchdown. But I'll tell you, Pickens looked amazing. Some of the catches he made were just disgustingly good in traffic, bobbling balls and just crushing it was it was amazing. He probably should have had another touchdown, but, oh well, firemouth, he had two catches for 51 he looked better than that, but he only had three looks, so the rest of the the players on the team really didn't catch anything. Ben Jefferson, got a weird touchdown. Nobody's getting targeted more than Pickens. He's the alpha on that team as far as the Russian game was concerned. Naji Harris, he had a good night. He hit the century mark. Darnier. He looked good. But Wilson vultured His touchdown with First and goal in like the half yard line. He was disgusting. As a Harris owner, I'm just, I'm just upset by that. It's like Russell Wilson. They had to make him look, you know, so important that way they they don't have to explain themselves for benching fields. Jalen Warren, he got a lot more playing time than I anticipated. He had 12 carries for 44 yards, no touchdowns, and you only got two catches. But he looked explosive. They used them efficiently. Naji got 20 carries, so he's still the alpha on the flip side, the Jets man, you could not have scripted this any worse. Aaron Rodgers, 276 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, although one of those interceptions was honestly Wilson's fault. Breeze Hall looked amazing running the ball, not necessarily he did get a touchdown on the ground, but receiving, he caught six for 103 they just couldn't stop him tonight. Garrett Wilson had the high targets, or tied the high targets with Adams, with nine a piece, he caught five for 61 Adams, three for 30, but his bauble ball that gave them an interception really crushed the Jets. So Wilson, not happy there. But if you're an Adams owner, you're just wondering what the heck I thought you guys were like, BFFs man. And then Naji got the late touchdown on Garbage Time, which is awesome if you're a Nagi owner. So that's fantastic. He finally, finally got a touchdown that didn't get vultured by Russell Wilson. So congratulations there. Overall, though, I think you're really worried if you have any players on the Jets, you would have anticipated that Rogers, with Hall Wilson, Adams, Conklin Lazard would really dominate Pittsburgh, but they just came out flat, and Pittsburgh's defense was super fired up. It's almost like they had been begging to get Wilson to start. And there's the week seven Sunday recap. There's still two games on Monday Night Football, so a chance to win your matchups if you find yourself behind, which I am, before we sign off, I want to give a shout out to give a shout out to our men and women in uniform who protect the freedoms we hold dear. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. And finally, thanks for listening. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe and follow us on X YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, so you can stay up to date on our latest content. And until then, remember establish dominance isn't just a catchphrase, it's a commitment. Are you ready?