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Speaker 1: Wow. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings. Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show

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Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings. It's me and your man, MG,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant. Still masking and socially distancing, win and where necessary,

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Speaker 1: and we are one step away from Championship Week. I

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Speaker 1: know for a lot of you out there, you have

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Speaker 1: already clinched your matchups and you've already moved on to

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Speaker 1: the championship. So to those of you who have done

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Speaker 1: that already, congratulations. For the rest of you who are

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Speaker 1: still sweating out one more game in Week fifteen, best

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Speaker 1: of luck to you. We will break down that week

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Speaker 1: fifteen Monday night football contest between the Steelers and Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Can we Checks will join me as she always does.

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Speaker 1: Will also go over some waiver wire picks, because hey, look,

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Speaker 1: it's never too late to try and improve your roster,

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Speaker 1: even if there's just one more game left on the schedule.

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Speaker 1: Will also sort of start turning the page for those

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Speaker 1: of you who maybe the season is over but you're

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Speaker 1: still sort of locked in. By the way, we appreciate

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Speaker 1: you for that, we'll look ahead at some guys who

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Speaker 1: have finished out twenty strong and talk about whether or

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Speaker 1: not they can keep it going for one. So we

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Speaker 1: got a busy, busy show for you today. Glad you

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Speaker 1: could be with us on this Monday, And as we

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Speaker 1: always do it, this time we'll bring in our friend

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Speaker 1: Gimme Chicks, who you have to sweat one out yesterday

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Speaker 1: between the Chiefs And although I just have to ask,

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Speaker 1: I know you are obviously a die hard Chiefs fan,

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Speaker 1: but I know that there is a soft spot in

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Speaker 1: your heart for the Saints. So this was Was this

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Speaker 1: a win win or was this a lose lose for you?

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Speaker 1: How did you approach this game? No? Okay? So I

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Speaker 1: was born outside of New Orleans. That's where my dad's

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Speaker 1: heide of the family is moms from Kansas City. So

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Speaker 1: when I was little, we moved to Kansas City. So

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Speaker 1: I grew up as a Kansas City Chiefs fan. However,

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Speaker 1: my father and my dad's entire side of the family

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Speaker 1: likes the Saints, so in situations where the Saints and

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs do not play each other, I can root

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Speaker 1: for both teams. The Chiefs are obviously numero. You know,

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Speaker 1: in a situation where they do play each other, the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs are still numero uno. I mean, I think I

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Speaker 1: would have been happy either way. Obviously a little bit

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Speaker 1: more bummed if the if the Saints would have won

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Speaker 1: over my Chiefs, But regardless, we bought at home. It

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Speaker 1: was a little touch and go there for a moment,

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Speaker 1: I felt really good. And then in that second half

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Speaker 1: to get closer and you know, hopefully try and tie

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Speaker 1: up the game, that's when I started sweating. But have

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Speaker 1: no fear. Patrick Mahomes was here, uh and we bought

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Speaker 1: home the dub. Patrick Mahomes is a wizard. That's all

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Speaker 1: I can That is the only explanation. It's it's honestly,

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Speaker 1: it's one of those things where it's like you feel bad,

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Speaker 1: like you feel like you feel bad watching the Kansas

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Speaker 1: City Chiefs, and I think I tweeted it. I was like,

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Speaker 1: it's just not fair how good and versatile they are.

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Speaker 1: It's like you can't stop the run game, you cannot

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Speaker 1: even try to come close to the passing game. Our

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Speaker 1: defense was was connecting on all cylinders like it's just

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Red Beach and the and the Hunt

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Speaker 1: family like, hats off to you and and Andy Reid

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Speaker 1: like we are we're out of control. Well, and enjoy

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Speaker 1: it while you kid, because you know, most most fans

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Speaker 1: of teams will tell you that these kind of moments

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Speaker 1: don't come around all that often. I mean unless you're

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Speaker 1: Patriots fan and you get like a whole generation's worth

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Speaker 1: of it. But for most teams, uh, these are short windows.

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Speaker 1: So I certainly enjoy it while you can. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get to some fantasy headlines some of the things

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Speaker 1: we saw on Sunday that will impact you maybe going

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Speaker 1: forward if you are still alive. The first one talking

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Speaker 1: about quarterbacks doing some spectagicular things. Jalen Hurts really went

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Speaker 1: out and he put a hurt on the Cardinals, And

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Speaker 1: even though Arizona hung on and won that game, it

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Speaker 1: certainly was not due to the lack of effort put

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Speaker 1: out by Hurts and the Eagles offense. Three thirty eight

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Speaker 1: passing yard, sixty three rushing yard to touchdown on the ground,

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Speaker 1: three through the air, and to me. Next week, the

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Speaker 1: Eagles have the Cowboys on the schedule and a big game,

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Speaker 1: obviously for the NFC East, but potentially for fantasy managers

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Speaker 1: as well. Are we talking about Jalen Hurts maybe be

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Speaker 1: absolutely have soon. On our Fantasy Game Day show on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: we had this conversation would you rather start Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: why are we even having this conversation. Jalen Hurts has

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Speaker 1: only started in one NFL game, and you made the

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Speaker 1: argument that people like shiny new toys and shiny new

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Speaker 1: things and that's probably where all the height for Jalen

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Speaker 1: Hurts would come from. And I said, Okay, that's fine,

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Speaker 1: but you still want to start Kyler Murray because we

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Speaker 1: don't know if this guy is actually good and will

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Speaker 1: continue to be fantasy relevant. Then he did what he

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Speaker 1: who normally have a pretty tough defense. Right if you

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Speaker 1: look ahead to the Cowboys, the defense that we've made

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Speaker 1: fun of all season long because of the woes that

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Speaker 1: an absolute must start. And you know, even before the

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Speaker 1: show started today we were chatting. It's like they were

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Speaker 1: clicking as an offense on all cylinders. It's like you

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Speaker 1: saw guys going up and wanting to make catches and

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Speaker 1: get the ball from Jalen Hurts in a way different

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Speaker 1: want to say yellow and take that chance, Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: thirty eight almost point in fantasy performance. The thing is,

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Speaker 1: Kyler was not bad yesterday. And as we sit here

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Speaker 1: and record this show right now, Kyler Murray is the

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Speaker 1: quarterback four on the week. He got your thirty three

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Speaker 1: fantasy points. That's a pretty darn good day. Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: sort of what happens if he doesn't rush for a

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Speaker 1: hundred yards. Well, he got to sixty three and a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: which is pretty good. But the three touchdown passes in

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Speaker 1: a it's a big game next week. I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: watch it, but especially now that we know that Jalen

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Speaker 1: Hurts is playing so well. So now with what we've seen,

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Speaker 1: albeit it's you know, it's two starts. It is a

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Speaker 1: small sample size, but we tend to overhype guys over

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Speaker 1: a top ten fantasy quarterback in drafts next year? I

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Speaker 1: was just gonna say, is this another version of overreaction theater?

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Speaker 1: We've got two performances and now we're projecting Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: if we do actually look at the draft pickture four quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts could be a top ten guy. Now you

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Speaker 1: mentioned his rushing upside, right over a hundred rushing yards

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Speaker 1: and we enjoy that upside, but he can also pass

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Speaker 1: the ball just as effectively. He had seven passes more

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Speaker 1: rack up all of those fantasy points. I think it'll

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Speaker 1: be interesting to see the Eagle schedule, but also just

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Speaker 1: I could see Jalen Hurts and the Eagles being a

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Speaker 1: top contender. So if I had to have my crystal

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Speaker 1: say overdraft overdraft him, but there are gonna be people

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Speaker 1: who certainly move him up their draftwards because, as you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: the rushing upside. Now he's made two stars, but he

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Speaker 1: to quarterback rushing yards, Jalen Hurts is twelve um, which

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Speaker 1: those big games. But that's what we look for in

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Speaker 1: hard to find that guy and be successful. I mean,

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Speaker 1: It's hard. You have to really be a Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: a lot to sort of boost Jalen Hurts his h

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Speaker 1: project projections for next season. Uh. Speaking of guys on

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Speaker 1: which at least I was totally wrong on Sunday, Tony Pollard,

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Speaker 1: of a calf injury and the matchup didn't look particularly great.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys running game hadn't been particularly great, but Tony

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Speaker 1: or if you were Ezekiel Elliott himself, how worried should

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Speaker 1: see if if Tony Pollard is coming for you? Tony

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Speaker 1: Pollard is clearly coming for Zeke and is coming for

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Speaker 1: anybody who doubted him, my self included, I know both

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Speaker 1: of us. On Sunday, you know, there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of questions on Twitter, do I pick up Tony Pollard

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Speaker 1: and start them because of the Zeke news? And we

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Speaker 1: said overwhelmingly no, Zeke hasn't really been relevant this season, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, because of those O line issues, and how

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Speaker 1: how is Tony Pollard going to continue to be relevant

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Speaker 1: if Zeke, who's an incredible running back, hasn't been able

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Speaker 1: to do it. Then he went up and put out

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Speaker 1: thirty one Fantasy points against the forty Niners, who I

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Speaker 1: understand they've had some losses on the defensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball, but they're overwhelmingly a pretty good defense, right.

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Speaker 1: I know that's your team, Marcus, so I got to

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Speaker 1: give them their credit. Where it's due. This is this

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Speaker 1: a very small opportunity to make an impact, I'm going

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Speaker 1: to go out and make an impact. Because Tony Pollard

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Speaker 1: wants to insert himself as a guy who is offensively

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Speaker 1: relevant to this team, I think Ezekiel Elliott should absolutely

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Speaker 1: be worried as well as what his stock and his

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Speaker 1: production is going to look like next season. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: we've seen a lot of offenses be successful in fantasy

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Speaker 1: football by running kind of a two headed back field

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Speaker 1: Browns where they have Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, maybe

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Speaker 1: Dallas could could utilize that. Now, the hope is that

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Speaker 1: he's still managed to put up some decent double digit

430
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Speaker 1: fantasy performances and has kind of been the only true

431
00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,919
Speaker 1: offensive staple of this entire Cowboys team. For him to

432
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,880
Speaker 1: put up to fantasy points and three scrimmage yards against

433
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Speaker 1: the forty niners, it's it's worried them. And then you

434
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Speaker 1: look ahead to the schedule, Like we said, it's an

435
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Speaker 1: n f NFC East showdown next week against the Philadelphia

436
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Speaker 1: Eagles and then they finish with the New York Football Giants.

437
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Speaker 1: Neither of these matchups are incredibly tough, but because their

438
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,840
Speaker 1: divisional games and every single team is kind of still

439
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,840
Speaker 1: in the hunt for the playoffs, I think it may

440
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,159
Speaker 1: be tougher than we expect. And you really have to

441
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Speaker 1: ask yourself, like am I rocking with the Marie Cooper

442
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 1: as well, understanding that he's an incredibly talented wide receiver,

443
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,960
Speaker 1: but also understanding that he just put up too Fantasy

444
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Speaker 1: points and if you want to clench a championship, that's

445
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,680
Speaker 1: that That don't fly in my house. The the thing

446
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,400
Speaker 1: about the Cowboys offense ever since Dak Prescott went out

447
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,880
Speaker 1: is that it does feel like you can't have two

448
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: receivers prosper in the same game. It is it is,

449
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,440
Speaker 1: you know, Ceedee Lamb or Marie Cooper or the last

450
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,680
Speaker 1: couple of weeks even Michael Gallup has found his way

451
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Speaker 1: into the end zone. So he's sort of come back.

452
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,680
Speaker 1: But like it's an either or, it's not an and proposition,

453
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Speaker 1: and so, uh, Mary Cooper was definitely the third among

454
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Speaker 1: the wide receivers yesterday. So it's just it really has

455
00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,720
Speaker 1: become a roll of the dice with this wide receiver group.

456
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: And again, Cooper has a high ceiling, maybe not as

457
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Speaker 1: high as it has been in the past, but the

458
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,560
Speaker 1: floor has been higher than it has been in the

459
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Speaker 1: past except for well yesterday, and maybe the bottom, maybe

460
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Speaker 1: the bottom fell out of you in the Fantasy playoffs,

461
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Speaker 1: in which case, uh, condolences for that, but hey, better

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Speaker 1: as are coming. Stick with our show, uh, and we

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Speaker 1: will still talk about things that might impact your future.

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Speaker 1: So there's no reason to just pull the shoot and

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Speaker 1: ready presented by cast Roll, shall we. It is time

474
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Speaker 1: for checks marks the spot, which we do every read

475
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Speaker 1: on this show. Normally, we just talked about three guys

476
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Speaker 1: and whether or not we think they can keep their

477
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Speaker 1: role going over the course of the season. But look,

478
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: the season for a lot of folks is over, so

479
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Speaker 1: it's time we turn the page and look at what

480
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Speaker 1: happens in one We'll look into our murky crystal ball

481
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Speaker 1: uh and make some hilariously wild and possibly wrong projections

482
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Speaker 1: about what one can be based on what we've seen

483
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Speaker 1: over the last few weeks. So I got four guys, uh,

484
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Speaker 1: and we will kick around whether or not that we

485
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Speaker 1: like their prospects for the next season. Will start with

486
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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, who really has turned things around in the

487
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Speaker 1: last few weeks and is playing some of the best

488
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Speaker 1: football of his career. Now, that game against the Giants

489
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,440
Speaker 1: maybe not the most exciting one to watch, but the

490
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Speaker 1: Browns get another win and get one step closer to

491
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Speaker 1: the playoffs for next year. Nearly twenty one points from Baker,

492
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 1: and maybe he is not the rushing quarterback that we

493
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Speaker 1: talked about in the first segment of this show, But Kimmy,

494
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,120
Speaker 1: are we gonna Are we gonna see people jumping back

495
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Speaker 1: on the Baker bandwagon next year? If you look it

496
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Speaker 1: just the last four weeks, there's gonna be a ton

497
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Speaker 1: of people who look at those stat lines and then

498
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Speaker 1: when you look ahead draft are like, oh God, this

499
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: guy is a real deal. He's thrown for eight touchdowns,

500
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Speaker 1: rushed for one, and only thrown one interception while averaging

501
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 1: over three hundred yards per game in the last four

502
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Speaker 1: weeks stretch. You have to give a ton of credit

503
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Speaker 1: to Kevin Stefanski and the way that that he is

504
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: designing this offense. Now the Browns are still playing without

505
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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Who is arguably one of the best

506
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,040
Speaker 1: wide receivers in the NFL itself, and missing that piece

507
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Speaker 1: and still allowing Baker Mayfield to continue to make plays

508
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Speaker 1: like this is incredibly impressive. So if you have a

509
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Speaker 1: healthy O, b J and all the other offensive weapons

510
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Speaker 1: heading into the season, Baker Mayfield could be legit Like, now,

511
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Speaker 1: I get it, you want a heisman like this guy

512
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,920
Speaker 1: could be the real deal. I like it. Let's dog

513
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Speaker 1: pound it out. Before the season started, Adam Rank and

514
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Speaker 1: I were sort of of one mind and that maybe

515
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Speaker 1: we had been a year too soon on Baker because

516
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: two years ago, everybody was big on Baker Mayfield after

517
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Speaker 1: that rookie year and it was all this guy is

518
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 1: gonna be a top five quarterback, and then the wheels

519
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 1: completely fell off that year, and so Rank and I thought,

520
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: you back in August that maybe this was the year.

521
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,919
Speaker 1: Maybe we were just one year too soon, and that

522
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Speaker 1: now with Kevin Stefancy, they were gonna put it together.

523
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Speaker 1: And the beginning of the year was not that um

524
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Speaker 1: and a lot of it is because Baker was turning

525
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Speaker 1: the ball over a lot. You look over the last

526
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Speaker 1: few weeks, he has been very good at protecting the football.

527
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Speaker 1: In fact, just one interception since Week seven. And you

528
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Speaker 1: talked about his you know, the eight touchdowns over the

529
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Speaker 1: last few weeks, the one rushing touchdown. A lot of

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Speaker 1: his success is also just not giving the ball the way.

531
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Speaker 1: Now he has had some some better matchups. He's gotten

532
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Speaker 1: to face the Titans, whose defense has struggled, He's faced

533
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars, but you know what, he also went out

534
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,440
Speaker 1: and had three hundred and forty three passing yards against

535
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Speaker 1: the Ravens too. So it's not like he's just picking

536
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Speaker 1: on the cupcakes on the schedule. So maybe we start

537
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 1: to buy it back in. I do think there will

538
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,399
Speaker 1: be some skepticism, because look, once people have been burned

539
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 1: in fantasy, uh, they are they are reluctant to necessarily

540
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,119
Speaker 1: go back to the person that burned them. But I

541
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,879
Speaker 1: do think we're starting to see some better things about

542
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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. And I wouldn't be surprised if you're seeing

543
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Speaker 1: him come off the board as maybe the tenth or

544
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 1: eleventh quarterback UH in a lot of fantasy leagues. Next year, uh,

545
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Speaker 1: next time is David Montgomery who are producer hid him?

546
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Speaker 1: Collini suggested I referred to as baby Walter for those

547
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Speaker 1: of you out there. Um, but look, we're even saying

548
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Speaker 1: for the last couple of weeks that David Montgomery could

549
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 1: be a league winner. There's no there really, there's no

550
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 1: competition in the backfield now that three Cohen has hurt. Uh,

551
00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,600
Speaker 1: the schedule certainly opened up for him. And Uh, there

552
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 1: are a lot of people in the past who thought

553
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Speaker 1: big things were coming from David Montgomery, especially his rookie year.

554
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: I don't know any of them there. They named might

555
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: rhyme with Marcus Grant. I'm not sure, but we're not

556
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 1: gonna talk about that. But you know what, he started

557
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: to kind of turn into that guy that I thought

558
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 1: he could be coming out of college. The question is, is

559
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: is this offense gonna do enough to sustain next year

560
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 1: or we gotta go back to him just being sort

561
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,439
Speaker 1: of average at the beginning of the season. Well, we

562
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 1: understand that a lot of his production has become or

563
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 1: has come from Tariko and not being in the offense

564
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: because he's he's out with the season ending injury. However,

565
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: if you are the offensive coordinator the head coach for

566
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,200
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. You have to look at what David

567
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: Montgomery has been able to do with two different quarterbacks. Right,

568
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,360
Speaker 1: We've seen a switch up between Mits Robinsky and Nick

569
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: Foles an hour back to Big Mitch. Regardless of who

570
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: the quarterback is, David Montgomery is is bawling right. Twenty

571
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 1: four plus fantasy points in four straight games, six touchdowns

572
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: in that same stretch. We understand that they also had

573
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,199
Speaker 1: some big losses to their offensive line. They lost their

574
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Speaker 1: center James Daniel with the season ending injury, and he's

575
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 1: hopefully and presumably going to be back and healthy next season.

576
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: You can't look at what David Montgomery has done and

577
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,560
Speaker 1: not want to have him be the lead back for

578
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 1: your offense. I think he won is an absolute league

579
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: winner for fantasy in especially in this playoff push, because

580
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: their schedule really has opened up. When we've seen him

581
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: ball out and put up performances and touchdowns each and

582
00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: every week. But also looking ahead to one and realizing

583
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Speaker 1: David Montgomery could be a top ten, top twelve fantasy

584
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 1: running back, I I want, I want to believe so

585
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 1: bad and I I think I think he's better. I

586
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 1: think his ceiling is higher than I had anticipated in

587
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: being I thought he was a little bit closer to

588
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: his ceiling already, but apparently, no, apparently he still has

589
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: some room to grow. Now. I would like to see

590
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: the Bears improve their offensive line. We'll see what happens

591
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,200
Speaker 1: with the quarterback spot, whether or not it's Mitchell Trobiski

592
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: there next year. If they're able to keep parts of

593
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 1: this offense in tact, do they keep Alan Robinson around?

594
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: Do they stay with the same head coach an offensive

595
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: coordinator there next year? So that that is sort of

596
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: what I'm very curious about. But we have seen that

597
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: David Montgomery does have the ability to be that dude.

598
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: I still think he's probably gonna come off the board

599
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: in the third or fourth round in a lot of leagues. Um,

600
00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: but he does have that upside. So I guess I

601
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: I am reluctantly buying back in, even though I really

602
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: touted him last year and was left with a heap

603
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: and help and admit um, but I but I do

604
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 1: think that that maybe he's going to be back closer

605
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 1: to where I thought he could be. Maybe not a

606
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: league winner over the course of sixteen games, but but

607
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 1: good enough to not get you beat. Sometimes it's really

608
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: all you want with with your fantasy running backs. Corey

609
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: Davis has been in the midst of his breakout season,

610
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: and we talked about Ryan Tannehill earlier in the show,

611
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: but Corey Davis has really stepped up and had a

612
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: very good year playing opposite of A. J. Brown. Now

613
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: the question becomes whether he stays in Tennessee or not.

614
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: We don't know, but have we unlocked the door on

615
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Speaker 1: Corey Davis being a legitimate fantasy start, maybe not start,

616
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: but a solid contributor every week. Oh, he's a solid

617
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: like wide receiver to flex option dependent on the matchup,

618
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 1: and hopefully he'll continue to do that next season, whether

619
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: it be in Tennessee or else their The thing that's

620
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: really impressive is is what you kind of see on

621
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: the screen. He's able to to get separation from to

622
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Speaker 1: enders and explode for those touchdowns, those big moment games.

623
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Speaker 1: Now he's currently the fantasy wide receiver twenty six after

624
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 1: missing a few games this season because of an injury.

625
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: He's above guys who we have huge expectations for right,

626
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 1: guys like Marquis Hollywood, Brown, Julio Jones, Chris Godwin, Brandon Cooks,

627
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, Deonte Johnson. Combine all of those things and

628
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,959
Speaker 1: the way that he's kind of had a breakout season,

629
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 1: Corey Davis could be and should be probably moving up

630
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: draft boards next season. I think a lot of that

631
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: will be dependent on where he plays. But if he

632
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: does stay in Tennessee, we understand that he's going to

633
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: be the number three on the offense. Right, it's gonna

634
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: be Derrick Henry and it's going to be a J. Brown.

635
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 1: But like you said, he's benefiting from playing opposite of

636
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: a J. Brown and running those incredible routes and getting

637
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 1: that separation to allow himself to get into the end zone.

638
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 1: So it's been an impressive season for Corey Davis. I

639
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: think he's gonna end up being provided he stays in Tennessee,

640
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: He's going to end up being sort of that value pick,

641
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: if you will, the guy in an offense that can

642
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: be productive, but you don't necessarily have to spend a

643
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: lot of draft capital to get him. A J. Brown

644
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Speaker 1: is going to be the guy that's first off the

645
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Speaker 1: board uh in Tennessee when it when it comes to

646
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: their wide receivers. For Corey Davis, has shown that he

647
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: can be as productive as a J. Brown, but it's

648
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: not going to come with the same kind of draft price.

649
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 1: You can get him in the middle rounds uh. And

650
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 1: especially if you decide that you want to go running

651
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: back heavy in your draft, you can still wait a

652
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: few rounds and get a guy like Corey Davis and

653
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: feel like you're gonna be okay. So, I mean, we

654
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: saw it last year with Davante Parker having his breakout

655
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: season in Miami and really keeping that going into I

656
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: think we can expect the same for Davis heading into one. Again.

657
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 1: This is all with the asterisk that he stays in Tennessee.

658
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: If he goes somewhere else, then we reevaluate, we readjust

659
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,479
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we make up our own our

660
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: own theories about what happens next year. All right, last one,

661
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: because we're always thirsty for tight ends. Big Bob Tunyan

662
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: Robert Tounyan, who has been sort of touchdown dependent, but

663
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: here's the thing, he keeps scoring touchdowns and the Packers

664
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: have been in need of a tighten. The package just

665
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 1: is thirsty for a tight end, as those of us

666
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: in fantasy football for the last few years, And so

667
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: maybe they found one. I mean, look, I'm not I'm

668
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: not gonna sit here and pretend that you're gonna draft

669
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Speaker 1: Tony in over you know, Kelsey or Kittle or Waller

670
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: or any of those guys. Um, but Kim mean, if

671
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: we are in the mood to to draft a late

672
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: round tight end, are we looking at Bob Tony in

673
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 1: next year? I mean, big Bob is currently the tight

674
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: end number three on the season, only behind Darren Waller

675
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: and obviously our first place guy, Travis Kelsey. Like you

676
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: said in fantasy football, if you can get a tight

677
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: end that can score like three fantasy parents, you're happy.

678
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: I'm being a little bit dramatic because it's not that low,

679
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: but it has been such a wasteland for Titans this

680
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: season and kind of every single season. Either you look

681
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: out whether Darren Waller or Travis Kelsey or George Kittle,

682
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: or you don't. For those fantasy managers that picked up

683
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: Bob Tony and Robert Tonyan on the waiver wire, and

684
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: you should be pretty happy. You said that he has

685
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: a huge upside because is of his touchdown dependency, but

686
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: you also said he scores touchdowns. Ten touchdowns this season

687
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: at least one touchdown in the last five games straight.

688
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 1: Like you said, the Packers have been looking and needing

689
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: a tight end option, and it looks like Aaron Rodgers

690
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 1: has found him. So maybe next year Bob Tonyan continues

691
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: to be a top five tight end option. I think

692
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: I know that next year I'm gonna I'm gonna I

693
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: don't know what I'm gonna do next year with tight ends.

694
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna go back with my old theory

695
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: of from this year of I either draft one early

696
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 1: or I wait until the later rounds, And I think Tanyan, hopefully,

697
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: if if the hype does not get too crazy, might

698
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: be one of those guys that sits around there in

699
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: the later rounds and is available. I know that when

700
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: I have drafted sort of those mid round tight ends,

701
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: I was left sort of underwhelmed right the times I drafted,

702
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: saying Evan Ingram or a Hunter Henry, I just felt, uh,

703
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: you know, like I didn't love the roster construction. So

704
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: maybe Tanyan is sort of that piece. If I if

705
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: I miss out on Kelsey or Kittle or Waller early on,

706
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: maybe a guy sit around and wait for is Bob

707
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: Tony in And maybe this means the Packers have figured

708
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: out there tight end situation because it's been a long

709
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,839
Speaker 1: time since they've had one that they really could count

710
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,399
Speaker 1: on it. It seems like for now they found one.

711
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 1: I could be making this all up, but the story

712
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 1: that sounds good to me sounds good in my head. Um,

713
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: what else sounds good is you guys go out there

714
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 1: and voting on which of these guys you think has

715
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: the most staying power for one. You can do that

716
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: by going to Kimmy's Twitter page at Kimmy Check. She

717
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: has the pull up so you can vote on that

718
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: and let us know who you think is going to

719
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: be the guy who really kind of propels forward into one.

720
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: And that was performance ready presented by Castrole Edge. We

721
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 1: are walking on the waiver wire or wild side for

722
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Speaker 1: Week sixteen. Plenty of targets out there this week. The

723
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,279
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks have been sort of thin, but

724
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: some things that shook things up this week and it

725
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: looked kind of interesting. So the quarterbacks, Jalen Hurts obviously

726
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: is going to be a really popular guy off the

727
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 1: board this week. To a Tonga Ioloa who had a

728
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,240
Speaker 1: really good game against the Hatriots, should be an option,

729
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: Mitchell true Bisky because he's got the Jaguars, could be

730
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: a streaming option if you are really hurting, or in

731
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: a deeper league, maybe a two quarterback league. He's still

732
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: out there and could be Uh could be potentially a

733
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: big help for you running backs. We talked about Tony Pollard.

734
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson Jr. Keep an eye because where he most

735
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: left with an injury on Sunday, So keep an eye

736
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: on most their status. But Wilson could be in for

737
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: a bigger workload, and maybe even Tevin Coleman depending on

738
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: most of the situation. Levian Bell, j D. Mckissic, Savan Akhmed.

739
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: Keep an eye on Acument just because Myles Gaston could

740
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 1: be back and that might throw a wrench in those plans.

741
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 1: But Acumen had a really nice game on Sunday. Switching

742
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 1: over to some of the past catchers. Richard Higgins who

743
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: didn't necessarily have a great game, but he's got the

744
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 1: Jets next week, so keep an eye on him. Emmanuel

745
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 1: Sanders now that Michael Thomas is on injured reserve, Zach Pascal,

746
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: who played well for the Colts on Sunday. Kendrick Borne

747
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: Uh maybe getting some more Targets had eighty six yards

748
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,919
Speaker 1: and a touchdown for the Niners. And you know, Deebo

749
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,040
Speaker 1: Samuel is done for the year. If we could of

750
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: tight ends. Logan Thomas had himself a day against Seattle

751
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: and has a good match up against Carolina this week.

752
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: In the year of our Fantasy Lord twenty twenty, we

753
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: are saying Tyler Eiffort's name because he's actually getting some

754
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 1: looks down there in Jacksonville and has a really nice

755
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 1: match up. The Bears are giving up points to tight end,

756
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: so that's why to keep an eye on. And then defenses.

757
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: There are the Bears because they get the Jaguars. Uh.

758
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: And the Browns, who we have been touting in the

759
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: streaming option for weeks. Uh, this is your chance to

760
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: stream them against the Jetropolitans on Sunday. But uh, if

761
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,439
Speaker 1: we are talking about some guys off the waiver. While

762
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: one name that jumped out to me give me this

763
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: week is Levian Bell because Clyde Everwardy Lair left the

764
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 1: game on Sunday with an injury, and according to Ian Rappaport,

765
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: they expect Chiefs expect Eh to miss the rest of

766
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: the regular season and hopefully have him back in time

767
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: for the playoffs. Um, the Chiefs very much in life

768
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 1: for that one seeds. They can even get the buy

769
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: which would give him a little extra time to rest.

770
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: But you being our resident Chiefs fan here, left Bell

771
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: suddenly is back in our lives. It could end up

772
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: really helping some folks in championship weeks. Hey can and

773
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: the favorable matchups are there. The Chiefs, they're gonna just

774
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 1: coast through the playoffs, right, They're gonna take on the

775
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons, and then they're going to end with a

776
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: fun divisional game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Now, you know,

777
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 1: we had some concerns about c. E Ch especially yesterday

778
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: against the Saints. Obviously he went out with that injury,

779
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: and Left Bell stepped up. He got a touchdown fourteen

780
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: Fantasy poets almost sixteen from sixteen touches in seventy six

781
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: scrimmage yards. If we look at the matchups against the

782
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: Falcons and the Chargers, both of those teams are not

783
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: great against running backs. There's so many different offensive weapons

784
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: on the chief side of the ball that obviously they

785
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: have Travis Kelsey, obviously they have Tyreek Hill, and they

786
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: have the passing game. Covered, but they're going to rely

787
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: heavily on lady On Bell and he is going to

788
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: be I think probably the number one priority for a

789
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: lot of people ahead of the playoffs because I predict

790
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: that that the Chiefs are going to be playing from

791
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: ahead and these remaining games, which means they're not going

792
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: to have to pass the ball as much. There to

793
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: be way more dependent on the run game, which is

794
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 1: where Levy On Bell enters the conversation, and he could

795
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 1: he could be that dude. I'm pumped about it, obviously,

796
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: sad for c H and hope he he gets back

797
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: for us in the playoffs, but for now, lady On

798
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 1: Bell is going to be our main running back option.

799
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:20,839
Speaker 1: He I think it's gonna get a lot of work.

800
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: I think we will see some Darryl Williams mixed in there,

801
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: because he touched the ball a few times on Sunday

802
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: as well. But this is why if you're the Chiefs,

803
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: you go out and you get a guy like Levan Bell,

804
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: because you never know what's going to happen. You want

805
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: to have that insurance policy in case, in case the

806
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: worst does happen. And you sort of saw that with

807
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: Edward Hilaire getting injured, and now you plug in a

808
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: guy who has a lot of experience, a lot of ability,

809
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: and you can, in theory just keep on rolling there.

810
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: But I do think for anybody who has survived this

811
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: long with c H or if you just have any

812
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: other running back holes you need to fill. Levian Bell's

813
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: a name that is going to be very popular on

814
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: waiver wires this week. Uh. The other one to talk

815
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: about is Mitchell Troubinsky. And here we are in week

816
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: sixteen and we're talking about maybe Mitch Trobinsky as a

817
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: streamer for people. I never thought I would see the day,

818
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 1: but I had a really good game a couple of

819
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: weeks ago, was just okay on Sunday against the Vikings.

820
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 1: But then this week he's got the Jaguars who just

821
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 1: finished getting torched by Lamar Jackson. I'm not saying that

822
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: Mitchell Trubisky is Lamar Jackson, so don't at me about that.

823
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: But UH, to me, this is a really good matchup,

824
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: and I can see people in deeper leagues. I wouldn't

825
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 1: be surprised if I hear from somebody this week who

826
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: tells me they are streaming Mitch Troubinsky in a championship game.

827
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 1: That that guy who's gonna be streaming him is probably

828
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: Adam Rank. I'm sure I love the show. Now we

829
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 1: talk about Big Mitch and David Montgomery and his Chicago Bears.

830
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: But you're right, such a good matchup going up against Jacksonville.

831
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he should be your main starting option,

832
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,760
Speaker 1: but I could see people targeting Mitch Droubinsky in daily

833
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: fantasy format or a super flex league just because the

834
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: matchup is so good. Since he's come off of the

835
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: bench and replaced a falls as the starting quarterback, He's

836
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,760
Speaker 1: had eight touchdowns in the last four games. He's hungry,

837
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 1: he wants to earn his spot and his keep on

838
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 1: that team, and uh, you see them balling out. So yeah,

839
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: maybe Mitch Robinsky is that streaming dude. Who would have known?

840
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: This is? This is how, this is how we this

841
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: is how this is how we're We've we've gotten it's

842
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: you know, Quarantine, Murder Hornets and Mitchell Trabisky streaming in

843
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: championship weeks. I mean, this is this is where we

844
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 1: are now. Uh, in it would not be the craziest

845
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: thing I think there. There are gonna be a lot

846
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,919
Speaker 1: of other options you have out there. I don't even

847
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 1: know if I if I would have Trabisky in my

848
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: top ten of quarterbacks this week. UM. But again, depending

849
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: on what your your league situation is, who is available,

850
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,840
Speaker 1: what your quarterback situation is, UM, He's going to be

851
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 1: a name that I think is going to generate at

852
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: least a little bit of buzz over these next few

853
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: weeks or next few days. I should say, there aren't

854
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: there are weeks left in the season, next few days

855
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: the tunnel, There's there's a light there, I see it.

856
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: I UM. As always, if you do have a top

857
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 1: waiver priority or they're just aren't a lot of people

858
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 1: that are still making waiver claims in your league, where

859
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: are you going first on the waiver wire this week? Well,

860
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: I think first it should obviously be leave bell because

861
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: I always want to try to stock up on running backs.

862
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,800
Speaker 1: But if it's not leave Bells, I'm also going to

863
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: target Emmanuel Sanders. Now we understand that Michael Thomas has

864
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: been placed on injury river reserve for the rest of

865
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 1: the season, and then yesterday and that game against the Chiefs,

866
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: Traypon Smith he went down with an ankle injury, and

867
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 1: if he does have to miss some time and not

868
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: suit up against the Vikings, and that means that Emmanuel

869
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: Sanders will be the only experience wide out for the Saints.

870
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: I think we could understand if Jasom Hill gets some

871
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,479
Speaker 1: more involvement as well as Jared Cook, but for now,

872
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders is going to be that guy because yesterday

873
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: he led the team in catches and receiving yards, and

874
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: Drew Brees is going to continue to try to target

875
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: him downfield if they want to have some good passing options.

876
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 1: I do like that Emmanuel Sanders pick because I I

877
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: think they're gonna find ways to get him the football,

878
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: and Drew Brees coming back does mean a lot for

879
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 1: the past catchers in that offense. But I am gonna

880
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: go back to Left Bell, who we talked about just

881
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 1: a little bit ago, because, um again, running backs, you

882
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 1: can never have enough of them, even in the final

883
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: week of the season, and we always want parts of

884
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: that Chief's offense because love Bell ends up, you know,

885
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: scoring touchdowns like he did yesterday on an option pitch.

886
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,479
Speaker 1: That's just not fair, right. You have Patrick Mahomes who's

887
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 1: doing you know, Harry Potter like things in the pocket

888
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,919
Speaker 1: and then they's gonna run the option like that should

889
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 1: be against the law. That's not right. Um. But in

890
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: the meantime, we'll take advantage of that loophole and that

891
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: not rightness and use it to make your fantasy roster

892
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: better in UH in week sixteen. And I do want

893
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: to hear, like, if you end up winning a championship

894
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: with Levy on Bell on your roster, I would be

895
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: curious to hear from you, because kudos to you if

896
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: you end up making that happen. On Christmas Day, it's

897
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: an NFC showdown in New Orleans, the Vikings fighting to

898
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: keep their playoff hopes alive, all the Saints have their

899
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: site set on locking in the top seed in the NFC.

900
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:03,400
Speaker 1: Vikings saying it's Christmas Day for thirty pm Eastern on Fox,

901
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: NFL Network and streaming on Prime Video. Alright, so it

902
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: is championship week in most leagues, should be in all leagues.

903
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: You're not playing Week seventeen. Stop it, stop it. Don't

904
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 1: do that. Um. So I went through and picked on

905
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 1: some guys I shouldn't say picked on, picked some guys

906
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:26,240
Speaker 1: who either you know, looked like they have great matchups

907
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 1: and maybe have been struggling, or some guys, uh, you

908
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: know who have been playing well but have tough matchups,

909
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 1: and we'll decide whether or not. You know you are

910
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: going to actually start them, uh in a big spot

911
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 1: in your league. So let's start with Russell Wilson. If

912
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,319
Speaker 1: you survived what happened on Sunday and you have moved

913
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: along to Championship week and you've got Russell Wilson, Uh,

914
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: He's had a good year for the most part, but

915
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: really is struggling right now and has a bad matchup

916
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 1: against the Rams. Do you do you bite the bullet

917
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: and start Russell Wilson and hope for better things, or

918
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 1: do you look somewhere else this week? You just said

919
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: earlier in the show Fantasy Football Managers, we hold grudges.

920
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:09,760
Speaker 1: There are a lot of fantasy football managers who started

921
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson against the Washington Football team and now they're

922
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 1: probably out of the fantasy playoffs. You absolutely do not

923
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,399
Speaker 1: want to start Russell Wilson against the Rams. They're giving

924
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: up the fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks this season. The

925
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: matchup is tough. Obviously, we've seen some regression in the

926
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:26,919
Speaker 1: last two or not two weeks. The last few weeks.

927
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: He's only had two twenty plus fantasy point performances since

928
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 1: Week eleven. Here's the thing. Russell Wilson can be a

929
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: very good quarterback and can get the Seahawks into the playoffs.

930
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: That is a fact. He can also be a very

931
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 1: good quarterback but not be good for fantasy football and

932
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 1: the fantasy championships. That is an absolute fact as well.

933
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 1: So no, I do not trust him at all going

934
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: up against Los Angeles Rams, I would agree, I don't.

935
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: I don't think I want any parts of Russell Wilson.

936
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,879
Speaker 1: I think I would try to hit the waiver wire.

937
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: I mean, we keep talking about Jalen Hurts and what

938
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: he did, and the fact that he is a available

939
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,759
Speaker 1: and I think like of of NFL dot com LEAs,

940
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,240
Speaker 1: which means he's still out there in a lot of spots.

941
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: I would really consider maybe having him and plugging him

942
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 1: into my line up over Russell Wilson this week against

943
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: the Rams. This is one where as good as as

944
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:16,239
Speaker 1: Russe has been for you know, a good chunk of

945
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: the season, right now, I think I'm a little too

946
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,359
Speaker 1: scared to go out and make that move. And maybe

947
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: with the big spot not not to interrupt you, But

948
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,800
Speaker 1: I literally just saw a tweet of someone just tweeted

949
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: me and said, I'm you know, I'm in the Fantasy Championship,

950
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: the championships on the line. Do I start Russell Wilson,

951
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray or Jalen Hurts over the Cowboys? And I

952
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: want to respond to this guy and be like, honestly, Jalen,

953
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: But this is the point where we're at in the

954
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: Fantasy playoffs. You know, heading into Week sixteen that Russell

955
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 1: Wilson and Kyler Murray, two guys who have been in

956
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: the conversation for Fantasy m v P, could now be

957
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: on the bench for a guy who's only started in

958
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: two NFL games this season. And those three quarterbacks you mentioned,

959
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: Russ is number three on that list for me. Uh,

960
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: it is Jalen Vin, Kyler Van Russ. Uh in the

961
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 1: order that I would I would think about starting them

962
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: this week. Um. Jio Bernard has look he's since he

963
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: took over for Joe Mixon. Um, he's gotten a lot

964
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: of snaps. The production has not been great for him.

965
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,799
Speaker 1: And he does play on Monday Night. We'll talk about

966
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,759
Speaker 1: the Monday Night game a little bit later. He does

967
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: play on Monday Night. But the opportunity has been great.

968
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:23,360
Speaker 1: The production has not been great. But man, that's a

969
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: really tantalizing matchup he has against the Houston Texans coming

970
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 1: up in week sixteen. Um, if you need a flex guy,

971
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: do you take the chance and hope that GEO turns

972
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 1: it around or is it just a no go at

973
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,560
Speaker 1: this point? I mean, he also had a really favorable

974
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 1: matchup against the Dallas Cowboys and Week fourteen, and then

975
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 1: he got bench because he had skin all hands or

976
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 1: what a skillet fingers, skittle skill it whatever. He was

977
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 1: fumbling the ball. He was fumbling the ball and he

978
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 1: created some turnovers and then they put him on the bench.

979
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 1: I understand, you know, we look at these matchups on

980
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: paper and we realized that this could be an opportunity

981
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,520
Speaker 1: to get a guy like Jo Bernard and the flex.

982
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 1: But there, this is not the time to take chances.

983
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,839
Speaker 1: I just don't think that his performances have been there,

984
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: even in a solid matchup situations that he's had multiple

985
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: weeks now, He's not had double digit Fantasy points since

986
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 1: Week eight. I don't know if I'm gonna be willing

987
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: to take the risk. Uh, in the Fantasy Championship Round.

988
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 1: I am with you. I think I stay away from

989
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 1: g O, even though I saw that matchup, was like, man,

990
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 1: this seems so good. It seems it seems amazing. But

991
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: you're right. I mean, I'm looking at the two weeks

992
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: ago against Dallas or last week I guess against Adlas

993
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: twenty three total scrimmage yards twenty nine the week before that.

994
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,400
Speaker 1: It has been a slog for Geo Bernard, and I

995
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 1: don't know that that somehow the Houston Texans are going

996
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: to be the defense that just gives him the shot

997
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: in the arm to keep it going. It means too

998
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: much and the floor is way way too low for

999
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,280
Speaker 1: me to take the chance, so I would probably avoid

1000
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 1: it here. All right, Let's get the one that I

1001
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,359
Speaker 1: feel better about, though, right, Marvin Jones, who had over

1002
00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: a hundred yards on Sundays out of over a hundred

1003
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,320
Speaker 1: yards two of his last three games, and with Kenny

1004
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: Golladay looking like he's pretty much done for this year,

1005
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:10,720
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones has the Buccaneers who have been fairly tough

1006
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: against wide receivers. But do we have a level of

1007
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:17,480
Speaker 1: confidence that maybe Marvin can overcome In Week sixteen? I mean,

1008
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: they're still allowed almost forty points to the wide receiver position.

1009
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:23,319
Speaker 1: I think that's eighth most in the league. Right now,

1010
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones has been hot, and I'm so glad that

1011
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: I did not drop him this season because he had

1012
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,720
Speaker 1: kind of some dud down performances and then I wanted

1013
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,799
Speaker 1: to clear out and make some space. But then I

1014
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: just got a weird feeling. I had, like a raven simone,

1015
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:38,120
Speaker 1: that's a raven psychic moment. So I kept him. And

1016
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 1: now he's really balled out right two games with over

1017
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 1: a hundred receiving yards, uh the last few weeks. Just

1018
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:47,360
Speaker 1: put up twenty seven points and a touchdown against the Titans.

1019
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: Not only is this Buccaneers defense uh not horrible against

1020
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 1: wide receivers, I think there's some opportunities for Marvin Jones

1021
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 1: to get involved. He also has another favorable matchup against

1022
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:00,480
Speaker 1: the Vikings. They're allowing the six most fantasy points to

1023
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 1: wide receivers, nearly forty one points. So if you need

1024
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,719
Speaker 1: some wide receiver help and you like the production you've

1025
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: seen out of him as of late, I think Marvin

1026
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 1: Jones is a considerable option for the Fantasy Championship Round.

1027
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,879
Speaker 1: I would actually feel okay with Marvin Jones, at least

1028
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 1: as a wide receiver to this week, because especially with

1029
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford being able to get in and sort of

1030
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,520
Speaker 1: gut it out against the Titans on Sunday, hopefully he

1031
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: will be better with another week to kind of trying

1032
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 1: and rehab and get healthy. But the lines have figured

1033
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: out how to get the bond in the hands of

1034
00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones, and he had a slow start this year,

1035
00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:36,240
Speaker 1: but it's really picked things up the last few weeks.

1036
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: So I feel okay about this. I think, you know,

1037
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:40,919
Speaker 1: almost regardless of the matchup. I shouldn't say that that's

1038
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 1: not completely true, but at least this matchup, I do

1039
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: feel confident enough that Marvin Jones can make something happen.

1040
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: Things happen. And by the way, you can see the

1041
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 1: Lions taking on the Buccaneers as part of an NFL

1042
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: triple header this Saturday. You can see two games on

1043
00:49:57,200 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: the NFL Network. One game will be streaming exclusively on

1044
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,440
Speaker 1: Amazon Prime Video, but the three games in fact, it

1045
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:05,840
Speaker 1: is a it is a wonderful weekend of football. We

1046
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,800
Speaker 1: got a game on Friday, which is Christmas Day. We

1047
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:09,600
Speaker 1: got the three games on Saturday, and then you've got

1048
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: your normal Sunday slate and then even into Monday. So uh,

1049
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 1: it is a football feast for the holidays that you

1050
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:20,880
Speaker 1: can enjoy, all right. One last one Jared Cook who

1051
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,560
Speaker 1: got Drew Brees back and had a few catches against

1052
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,799
Speaker 1: the Chiefs on Sunday. Now he's got the Vikings, who

1053
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:31,000
Speaker 1: have been fairly tough against tight ends this year. But

1054
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: do you feel confident now that breeze is back? Uh?

1055
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: With Jared Cook in your lineup. I feel confident because

1056
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: Drew Brees is back. I also feel confident because they're

1057
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,439
Speaker 1: losing Michael Thomas for the rest of the season. I

1058
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 1: alluded to it earlier when talking about Emmanuel Sanders, but

1059
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 1: I think you know, the combination of having your O

1060
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,360
Speaker 1: G quarterback who can actually throw the ball accurately and

1061
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: not just Russian touchdowns, no shade to you, Taysom Hill,

1062
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:55,799
Speaker 1: that's going to bode well. And they're going to have

1063
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,400
Speaker 1: to try and get more past catchers involved because of

1064
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,320
Speaker 1: the absence of Michael tom Miss and and possibly the

1065
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:04,279
Speaker 1: absence of Trey Kon Smith as well. I think Jared Cook,

1066
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 1: Tastom Haill, Alvin Kamara clearly and Emmanuel Sanders are all

1067
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 1: going to have increased receiving roles, So I think he's

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00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 1: a must start tight end against the Vikings, especially in

1069
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 1: a year when we don't really have a lot of

1070
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,959
Speaker 1: tight end options otherwise. That is sort of my thinking too,

1071
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,400
Speaker 1: is that you know, if you're if you've been streaming

1072
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 1: tight ends, if you've been trying to just kind of

1073
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,759
Speaker 1: mix and match, you might not find a lot of

1074
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,319
Speaker 1: better options than what Jared Cook may offer you this week.

1075
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:32,799
Speaker 1: And again, as you mentioned with Michael Thomas out which

1076
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,440
Speaker 1: breathes back, I think they are going to be targets

1077
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: to be had there. So I would definitely give Jared

1078
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:39,719
Speaker 1: Cook a shot. I think he is in line for

1079
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 1: at least a decent day. And look, when you're talking

1080
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:45,239
Speaker 1: about tight ends, if you can get say fifty yards

1081
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: in a touchdown, um, you're feeling pretty good about your

1082
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: tight end option. And I do have a level of

1083
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:53,319
Speaker 1: confidence if you can sort of get something close to

1084
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 1: that with Jared Cook, if he can get you, you know,

1085
00:51:55,840 --> 00:52:00,200
Speaker 1: eleven to thirteen even fifteen points, um, then you'll you'll

1086
00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: be okay with that, depending on whether the rest of

1087
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 1: your roster kind of does what it is supposed to do,

1088
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,680
Speaker 1: so Jared Cook give him a shot. Um. I know

1089
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,560
Speaker 1: we seem to go round and round on Jared Cook,

1090
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:12,319
Speaker 1: but he always he always persists, and he always find

1091
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: a way to kind of step up and do his thing. Uh.

1092
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 1: So those are games, or guys, I should say that

1093
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Speaker 1: could win you your fantasy championship, which can win you

1094
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 1: one of these bad boys. You can go along with

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Speaker 1: your league and you can order one of these things.

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Speaker 1: It is the official fantasy football trophy of the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. Just go to NFL dot com slash Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Trophy and you two can get one of these. And like,

1099
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Speaker 1: it's got little spaces on the side that you can

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Speaker 1: put a little plaque and nameplate or you you want

1101
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Speaker 1: to be salty, you can just put it right on

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00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,880
Speaker 1: the top there and you put this in camera and

1103
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: let everybody stare at your name the whole time. But

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Speaker 1: go check it out. It's a it's a it's a

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Speaker 1: really cool thing. Uh And it's pretty hefty too, so

1106
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,160
Speaker 1: uh is it's got some weight to it if you

1107
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,600
Speaker 1: want to, you know, kind of impress your friends and

1108
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 1: lord over the rest of your league mates. Look, I

1109
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:58,960
Speaker 1: know that the season is almost over, but that's no

1110
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: excuse for you to not don't know of the NFL

1111
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 1: Fantasy app, mostly because you can watch games on it

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Speaker 1: for the low low price of free nine nine and

1113
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,880
Speaker 1: that includes tonight's Monday night football matchup between the Steelers

1114
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,720
Speaker 1: and the Bengals. Almost called him the Stingles and the Beelers,

1115
00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,359
Speaker 1: which would have been really weird. Um, But you can

1116
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Speaker 1: watch it for free on your phone to download the

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00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: app wherever you download fine phone applications. All right, let's

1118
00:53:23,239 --> 00:53:25,560
Speaker 1: get onto that game against these Stingles and the Beelers,

1119
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 1: which will be played tonight in Cincinnati, I believe, is

1120
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: where it will be. Um. The Steelers I think are

1121
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: a overwhelming favorite to win this thing on the field,

1122
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:37,880
Speaker 1: but this definitely is going to have some fantasy implications

1123
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: for people because there are a number of fantasy relevant

1124
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:45,560
Speaker 1: players in this game. At running back, James Conner is

1125
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 1: questionable with a quad injury going into this one, but

1126
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,319
Speaker 1: even when he's been healthy, it has been sort of

1127
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 1: a struggle with him at times for fantasy managers. Benny

1128
00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: Snell has been a thorn in the side of anybody

1129
00:53:56,080 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 1: who's starting James Conner. So let's look at Snell. What

1130
00:53:59,440 --> 00:54:03,719
Speaker 1: are you jecting from him in this game tonight against Cincinnati.

1131
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,600
Speaker 1: I could see him housing and bring it in around

1132
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: eleven fantasy points. He would hope that it would be

1133
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 1: a little bit more, but we've obviously seen some struggles

1134
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: on the on the running side of the ball for

1135
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: the Steelers. Now, the matchup is is decent. The Bengals

1136
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 1: are middle of the pack against running backs. I think

1137
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 1: they're sixteenth allowing something like twenty three fantasy points. So

1138
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:25,440
Speaker 1: especially if James Conner is a scratch and doesn't go

1139
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: because of that quad injury and Benny Snell is the

1140
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 1: lead back, hopefully he can have some major production on

1141
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:32,440
Speaker 1: the ground. But I think he has a safe floor

1142
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 1: around ten eleven fantasy points. I'm not so optimistic. I've

1143
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,680
Speaker 1: got him at like nine fantasy points tonight. I just

1144
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,520
Speaker 1: feel like this might end up being kind of a

1145
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,720
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger in the passing you know, in the passing

1146
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: game sort of thing. Um, if if Snow can score

1147
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:50,520
Speaker 1: a touchdown, then maybe that number goes up. But I

1148
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:53,239
Speaker 1: feel like, uh, it may just be him kind of

1149
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:56,040
Speaker 1: grinding out some yards and maybe not getting you a

1150
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,600
Speaker 1: whole lot. I'd have a hard time honestly starting any

1151
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: of the backs for the Steelers in this one. I

1152
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 1: just don't know what to expect, and the Bengals have

1153
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:08,880
Speaker 1: been better against running games than I think people immediately anticipate,

1154
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:10,880
Speaker 1: So this one sort of worries me. Whether it is

1155
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:14,120
Speaker 1: Connor or Snell. Of course you know Connor. We'll see

1156
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,799
Speaker 1: if even plays. But either way, I just I'm just

1157
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:20,279
Speaker 1: not all that super excited about them. Um. I did say, though,

1158
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: I think the Steelers are gonna throw the ball and

1159
00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:25,640
Speaker 1: throw it effectively, which brings us to all their wide receivers.

1160
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:28,440
Speaker 1: So if you had to pick, choose your fighter between

1161
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:33,840
Speaker 1: Deante Johnson, Juju Smith Schuster, and Chase Claypool love the bell, Uh,

1162
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 1: choose your fighter between those three, who do you think

1163
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:38,919
Speaker 1: is going to be the high score? There? I choose

1164
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:46,839
Speaker 1: Jake Paul. I'm kidding now, No, okay, this is hard

1165
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:49,719
Speaker 1: because you never really know which of these receivers are

1166
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: going to pop. Now. I think the safest option would

1167
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 1: probably be to say Juju. But I we we talk

1168
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:58,880
Speaker 1: about fantasy managers holding grudges. I start Juju each and

1169
00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:01,080
Speaker 1: every week and then he does absolutely nothing for me,

1170
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 1: And now I'm in the consolation bracket for the Fantasy playoffs.

1171
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:05,920
Speaker 1: So he's burned me, so he's not going to be

1172
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:09,480
Speaker 1: the answer. Now bad a chance between deont Johnson and

1173
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,880
Speaker 1: Chase Claypool. I think I'm actually gonna rock with Deontay

1174
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:16,200
Speaker 1: Johnson on this one if he makes sure to actually

1175
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:18,600
Speaker 1: catch the ball and not deflect it down and pulling

1176
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 1: Nelson Aghalore and not even drop him like babies. I

1177
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:24,359
Speaker 1: understand that he has a huge potential for a big

1178
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:27,400
Speaker 1: ceiling game as just Chase Claypool, but I'm hoping that

1179
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:30,000
Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson kind of has a bounce back moment and

1180
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 1: can rack up some big Fantasy points tonight. I'm gonna

1181
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:36,160
Speaker 1: go with Juju because it seems like he has been

1182
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 1: sort of the safer, more consistent option over the past

1183
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,240
Speaker 1: few weeks, and I I will agree completely that Deontay

1184
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:45,480
Speaker 1: Johnson has the higher ceiling. He is the guy who

1185
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:48,359
Speaker 1: was there essentially their number one wide receiver, and he's

1186
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:50,080
Speaker 1: the guy that they want to get the ball too

1187
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:53,239
Speaker 1: as much as possible. Um, But because you know he

1188
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:56,120
Speaker 1: has occasionally had a case in the drop seas, uh,

1189
00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 1: that sort of makes it hard, right, and especially we

1190
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:00,759
Speaker 1: saw a couple weeks ago, he dropped a couple of

1191
00:57:00,760 --> 00:57:02,759
Speaker 1: passes and he ended up sitting on the bench for

1192
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:06,960
Speaker 1: a while. Um, that is always a risk here. Juju

1193
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: isn't a weird situation because he's almost like a de

1194
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,920
Speaker 1: facto tight end the way they're using him. I mean,

1195
00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:14,480
Speaker 1: he had a game a couple of weeks ago where

1196
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 1: I think he had seven catches for twenty eight yards,

1197
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: which seems almost physically impossible in in the NFL nowadays,

1198
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:23,320
Speaker 1: but somehow he did it. So there's always sort of

1199
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:26,440
Speaker 1: that fear. Um. But I just think the consistency and

1200
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:28,160
Speaker 1: the fact that he has been sort of that even

1201
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:31,320
Speaker 1: you know, middle shot like Chase Claypool has been peaks

1202
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: and valleys, uh, Deonte Johnson has been sort of inconsistent.

1203
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 1: Juju has been just sort of steadily chugging along. He's

1204
00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:39,640
Speaker 1: a guy who every week, you know, in a in

1205
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 1: a contest, picks up second or third, but cumulatively, over

1206
00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 1: the course of the season he has more points than

1207
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:46,960
Speaker 1: everybody else. Uh. And that's what I think is sort

1208
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,560
Speaker 1: of gonna happen for him again tonight. On the flip side,

1209
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: any Bengals you feel good about starting this week, maybe

1210
00:57:56,600 --> 00:58:00,280
Speaker 1: Tyler boy if you're if you're in that situation, we're like,

1211
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 1: I have to start someone, and he's my only option,

1212
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 1: I'd probably say Tyler Boyd. But I do have to

1213
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 1: give credit to A. J. Green, you know, a few

1214
00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 1: weeks ago, because I've kind of not been hype on

1215
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:11,720
Speaker 1: him all season long because he's kind of taken a

1216
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: backdoor to Tyler Boyd Auntie Higgins. But he also, you know,

1217
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:17,160
Speaker 1: managed to put up a decent performance a few weeks

1218
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:19,920
Speaker 1: ago and a pretty tough matchup. But I'm not going

1219
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:23,080
Speaker 1: to take the chances on this one tonight against the Steelers.

1220
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:25,840
Speaker 1: I think Tyler Boyd is probably the best receiving option,

1221
00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: but I don't know. I'm not I'm not induced clearly,

1222
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm with you. I'm not excited about either

1223
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 1: of them, but I think Tyler Boyd is a guy

1224
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:36,560
Speaker 1: with the highest ceiling. Now, the the wrinkle to all

1225
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,360
Speaker 1: of this is that Ryan Finley is starting at quarterback,

1226
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:42,360
Speaker 1: making just his fourth career start. Uh, this is a

1227
00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:45,800
Speaker 1: guy who has I think too. I think it's two

1228
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:48,440
Speaker 1: career touchdown passes and four interceptions or something like that.

1229
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:51,560
Speaker 1: The numbers aren't really spectacular, so that sort of throws

1230
00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:53,640
Speaker 1: a wrinkle in it, but I would hope that he

1231
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:56,000
Speaker 1: looks around the field and sees who his best receiver

1232
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: is and throws it in that guy's direction. So if

1233
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: I had to ride with somebody, it is probably going

1234
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:02,960
Speaker 1: to be Tyler Boyd. But I'm I'm sort of with

1235
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:07,560
Speaker 1: you that I'm not really all that excited about it. Um,

1236
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:11,600
Speaker 1: do you have any any matchups? Does anything hinge on

1237
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: this game tonight? Or are you sort of locked in

1238
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:16,640
Speaker 1: or out one way or another? At this point, I'm

1239
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:18,360
Speaker 1: locked in or out. But you know what in the

1240
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:21,520
Speaker 1: league that I care about the most right, sixteen team league.

1241
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 1: It's competitive, It's crazy. I started off so strong. I

1242
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:26,760
Speaker 1: was like eight and O, and then my team just

1243
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:30,480
Speaker 1: completely fell apart in in Round one of the Fantasy playoffs.

1244
00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: They I'll poop poop the bet right. They were absolutely horrible.

1245
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 1: I looked at my consolation bracket yesterday and it was

1246
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:39,760
Speaker 1: like Josh Allen forty one point the Dallas defense, god

1247
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:41,760
Speaker 1: knows how many point. It was like ten points from them.

1248
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 1: It was like every single player decided to show up

1249
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:47,439
Speaker 1: for me in the consolation bracket. So I'm salty. I'm

1250
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:49,800
Speaker 1: Salt Bay I'm mad, but I'm just happy that we

1251
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 1: got a full season at NFL Fantasy Football and now

1252
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,320
Speaker 1: I'm already looking ahead to one. Now it's time for

1253
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:58,800
Speaker 1: like overreaction theater of early draft stock and where guys

1254
00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:01,400
Speaker 1: are gonna fall. So, uh, you know, a little bombed

1255
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,560
Speaker 1: that I didn't win a fantasy championship, but just happy

1256
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,480
Speaker 1: that we could watch some football. And I think I

1257
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 1: think I'm pretty much done well and I should take

1258
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:11,120
Speaker 1: that back. I have a league where I do have

1259
01:00:11,160 --> 01:00:14,280
Speaker 1: a couple of Bengals going tonight, but I am so

1260
01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:18,439
Speaker 1: dramatically far behind that, uh, it's probably not gonna matter

1261
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:21,560
Speaker 1: unless I can somehow get a combination of about sixty

1262
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:24,560
Speaker 1: five points from Gjeoe Bernard and T Higgins. I feel

1263
01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:27,240
Speaker 1: like I'm pretty much something in that league. So yeah,

1264
01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:29,040
Speaker 1: this might be in it for me as well, starting

1265
01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:32,280
Speaker 1: to pivot to one and start talking about draft picks

1266
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 1: and and all sorts of things. So we'll figure it out. Plus,

1267
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:37,360
Speaker 1: but we still have a couple more video shows for you,

1268
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,640
Speaker 1: and we'll still keep doing the audio podcast that once

1269
01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:42,040
Speaker 1: we get into January, so we have plenty of good content.

1270
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 1: So hang with us, even if you have not made

1271
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:46,840
Speaker 1: it to the championship and definitely hang with us. Uh

1272
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:49,000
Speaker 1: if you did so anyway for this edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. We that is It's we are done.

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01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,040
Speaker 1: We appreciate you hanging out with us. You know the drill.

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Speaker 1: Tell to friends, to tell to friends, rate review and

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Speaker 1: remember always take life with the grain of salt and

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Speaker 1: a slice of line and it shout a sequela. Be safe,

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Speaker 1: take care of yourselves, wear a mask, and we will

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Speaker 1: see you on Wednesday. Wow wan want co