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We're going to preview that 
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beautiful metallic grades of 
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Let's get this thing kicked off 
as these two teams are both 11 

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and 3. 
The stakes are incredibly high 

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So this one's super important 
and we're going to start on the 

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Rams side and we're going to 
talk about the wide receiver 

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position 1st and we're going to 
start with Devante Adams, who's 

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in a tough spot as I record this
on Wednesday afternoon. 

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I'd say his chances to play are 
slim. 

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He's dealing with two injuries, 
one to his knee and one to his 

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hamstring. 
He hasn't practiced yet this 

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week. 
I think the hamstring is the one

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that knocked him out of the game
last week and has the potential 

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to keep him out again this week.
And you got to think about it. 

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The Rams have designs to make it
to the Super Bowl and the NFC is

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wide open. 
While home field is great for 

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them, I think they could 
exercise caution with Devante 

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Adams, who's been a huge part of
their offense this year, and 

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keep him and his hamstring on 
the bench in a short week. 

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But let's just say for the sake 
of argument, he plays. 

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He was knocked out of the game 
with the injury last week. 

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Recurrence is a very real 
possibility here. 

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I'd have to give him a bronze 
grade and that's about the best 

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I could do. 
In the meeting a month ago, 

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Adams only caught one ball for 
one yard and one touchdown. 

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That was good. 
He caught it against Tariq 

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Woollen, who tends to stick to 
the perimeter wide receivers. 

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And that's where Adams is. 
If he doesn't play, I expect a 

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match up of Pukanakua, the 
number one ranked wide receiver 

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by Pro Football Focus, against 
Devin Witherspoon, the number 

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one ranked cornerback by Pro 
Football Focus. 

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Now, Witherspoon does shadow a 
little bit, but the Rams were 

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able to scheme Puka away from 
Witherspoon in the first match 

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up, mainly because I think they 
had Adams too. 

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Puka had seven for 75 in that 
game. 

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It's definitely a strength 
versus strength. 

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I'll extend the silver grade to 
Puka, which is about the worst 

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he can be rated in any game 
ever. 

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It's a higher grade of silver if
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think that they have to flex 
Witherspoon off of Puka a little

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bit. 
No one is afraid of 22 Atwell or

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Kanata Mumpfield. 
I did not make that name up. 

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He's the other wide receiver who
would be starting in place of 

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Devante Adams. 
Colby Parkinson scored in the 

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prior meeting with the Seahawks 
and it's a revenge game for him.

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Parkinson has come on recently 
with six touchdowns in his last 

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six games, including two last 
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He also had five catches for 75 
yards against the Lions over the

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last five weeks. 
He's tight end #3 in fantasy 

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football with only Trey McBride 
and Kyle Pitts having more 

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fantasy points. 
So we all knew it was going to 

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be Kyle Pitts and Cody Parkinson
at the end of Colby Parkinson. 

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At the end of the year, Seattle 
has allowed the third most 

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receptions and the fourth most 
yards to opposing tight ends. 

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So I'm giving Colby Parkinson a 
solid silver grade here. 

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Matthew Stafford faces a tough 
test in his prior match up with 

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the seat or with the Seahawks. 
He did complete 2 touchdown 

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passes, but that was really 
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Only 28 passing attempts in that
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That was his second lowest mark 
of the season. 

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Only 15 completions in that 
game. 

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That was his lowest of the 
season. 

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Only 130 passing yards. 
That was by far his lowest mark 

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of the season. 
And only one quarterback in the 

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last five games has completed 
just 20 passes against Seattle. 

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Only two of the last 7 
quarterbacks they've faced have 

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hit the 200 yard mark. 
Still, Stafford has thrown for 

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multiple touchdown passes in 
eight straight games. 

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I've got silvers on Puka and 
Parkinson. 

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I think Stafford gets a silver 
here too, but it's a shaky 

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silver. 
Then there's Kyron and Korum, 

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who've formed a 1-2 punch in the
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Both of them have scored a 
touchdown in three straight 

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weeks. 
Both have hit at least 70 

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rushing yards in three straight 
weeks. 

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They've not been using their 
backs in the passing game hardly

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at all, though, and this has 
been for a long time. 

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Week 5 was the last time any 
Rams back had more than two 

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catches, 2 in a game. 
Seattle is number one in yards 

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per carry allowed at only 3.5. 
They're number 2IN rushing 

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touchdowns allowed, only four on
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Chiron got one of them and 
they're #3 in rush yards allowed

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per game, but they're bottom 
five in receptions and receiving

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yards allowed to opposing backs.
They've actually given up the 

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most receptions to running backs
this year. 

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So the passing path is the way 
to go for the runners. 

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How'd they do in that Week 11 
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Kyron had one catch for five 
yards. 

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Korum had one catch for -5 
yards. 

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So 2 catches for 0 yards 
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I'll threw a Shibuichi which is 
between a bronze and a silver on

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Kyron. 
He has been the past catcher in 

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the past. 
He's got an 8 reception game way

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back in week 5. 
He still gets more touches too, 

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so Kyron gets the better grade 
and a commercial bronze grade on

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Korum. 
I'm afraid he just can't get 

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enough done with the 11 to 12 
touches he's getting per game 

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right now. 
He's been pretty efficient with 

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them so far, but I think that 
this is a different matchup. 

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Over to the Seahawks side. 
It's the one and only gold grade

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in this game and it goes the 
Jackson Smith and Jigba from the

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slot. 
Last week, the Lions torched 

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this Rams defense and it was 
Amon Ross St. 

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Brown going for 13 catches, 164 
yards and two scores on 18 

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targets. 
That stat line is certainly in 

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play for the league leader and 
receiving yards. 

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By the way, he JSN is only 6 
receptions behind Puka for the 

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league lead in that category and
five touchdowns behind Devante 

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Adams for the league lead in 
that category. 

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So if JSN just has an ultra day,
maybe gets 6 touchdowns in that 

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game, he's got he's back to the 
league, league lead in 

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everything and he had 9 catches 
for 1:05 in the first meeting. 

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I think he's solid gold in this 
one. 

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Here, I'll give you one of 
these. 

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I love gold. 
There you go Rashid Shaheed gets

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a bronze grade and I'll leave 
Cooper Cup on the bench. 

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Both of these players got 7 
targets last week. 

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Both of them got 5 catches last 
week. 

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But Shaheed had 74 yards and cup
only 46. 

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Cup has only topped 50 yards 
three times this season and he's

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only scored twice. 
And it's a big revenge game 

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angle for him too. 
I just don't know if he still 

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has it. 
I think Sean McVeigh might have 

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been right. 
He just doesn't have it anymore.

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Shaheed matches up with Emmanuel
Forbes most often. 

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Forbes has allowed A-Team high 6
touchdowns in his coverage this 

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year and has allowed 14 catches 
on 18 targets in just the last 

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three weeks. 
So like Shaheed a little bit 

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more here. 
Sam Darnold gets a silver grade.

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The Seahawks will have to pass 
to keep pace in this game. 

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I think Darnold can do it. 
In the first meeting, he had 279

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yards. 
The Rams have allowed multiple 

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touchdown passes in three 
straight games, and that was to 

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Bryce Young, Jacoby Brissett and
then last week to Jared Goff. 

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Four of the last five 
quarterbacks who started and 

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finished a game against the Rams
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So. 
And it's also worth noting a 

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little on the downside for 
Darnold, that his left tackle, 

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Charles Cross, might not be able
to go on this one. 

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They're trying to get him ready,
but he hasn't practiced yet this

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week. 
He's got a hamstring injury. 

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I don't know if a hamstring 
injury is as important to a left

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tackle as it is to maybe a wide 
receiver who's running full 

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speed down the field. 
Maybe they can get him up and 

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get him going, but that's iffy 
at best for Charles Cross. 

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Finally, the running game for 
the Seahawks. 

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That's on the bench. 
Charbonnet and Walker basically 

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split only 18 touches last week 
and only 20 touches the week 

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before. 
That's just not enough volume to

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get it done for two backs who 
are basically just splitting the

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work. 
And the Rams are an incredibly 

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tough matchup. 
They're allowing only 3.75 yards

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per carry. 
That's third best, only 78 

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rushing yards per game, that's 
7th best and most importantly, 

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only three rushing scores all 
year, which is the best in the 

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league. 
But notably, Kenneth Walker is 

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one of those touchdowns. 
I still wouldn't buy him as 

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repeating that though this week.
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