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

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Speaker 1: by 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: So we got through a whole big Sunday of NFL

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Speaker 1: football Week twelve almost completely in the book. Still some

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Speaker 1: football left to be played. We will talk about that

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Speaker 1: a little bit later on in the show with Kimmy Checks,

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Speaker 1: who joins us every Monday. We will talk about some

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Speaker 1: of our waiver wire picks, which look admittedly waiver wire,

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Speaker 1: it's been thinned for a while, but it's especially thin.

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Speaker 1: There are two teams on a by this week, the

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers and the Panthers have Week thirteen offs. Maybe that

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Speaker 1: changes some things, but admittedly kind of slim pickings on

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Speaker 1: the waiver wire. We will probably try to give you

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Speaker 1: some of the best options for that, and also with

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Speaker 1: the fantasy playoffs around the corner, look at some guys

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Speaker 1: that maybe you should be worried about or maybe not.

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Speaker 1: We'll be a little bit of playoff panic or patients.

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Speaker 1: We got that and plenty more to talk about. But

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Speaker 1: before we do any of that, let's talk to our

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Speaker 1: faithful producer, seenor Edward L. Murphy, esquire, fan of the

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Speaker 1: first place team in the NFC East, the New York

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Speaker 1: Football Giants. I know that win came in a bit

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Speaker 1: of a cost, but look you guys, you guys are

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Speaker 1: sitting in the Caperis seat right now. It's gotta feel good.

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Speaker 1: It's it's absolutely amazing. What what a Monday morning to

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Speaker 1: wake up to the Giants in the first place. But hey,

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Speaker 1: you're forty Niners. Big win. Uh kimmy sheets when everyone's

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Speaker 1: happy here. But hopefully the even news tonight to the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks and I'll be even more happy. But yeah, weird

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Speaker 1: um weird game too, because you would not expect to

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Speaker 1: see Colt McCoy running read options for the Giants, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, with daily Jones injury. But hopefully just a

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Speaker 1: pulled hamshing and he'll he'll be okay and for the

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Speaker 1: rest of the day. Yeah, we will wait more word

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Speaker 1: on that. I know yesterday they weren't optimistic, but you know,

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Speaker 1: who knows what happens in twenty four hours? I mean

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Speaker 1: I have seen people predicting the Giants to go on

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Speaker 1: and when this division, I mean, it sounds like you

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Speaker 1: were back to believing again. Now huh. A lot of

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Speaker 1: good a lot of good positives from the game. Just so,

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Speaker 1: the defense was absolutely amazing. I love the d line. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, Xavier McKinney's back and healthy and having him

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Speaker 1: at safety will help. Logan Ryan's been awesome. So like

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Speaker 1: the defense is really really um, you know, carry this

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Speaker 1: thought that, uh, someone stepping in for sake, Kwan Barkley

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Speaker 1: having a running game does really help this offense. And

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Speaker 1: with the offensive line figuring it out. And like I said,

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Speaker 1: if Dawn Jones is healthy, that's really stops and starts.

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Speaker 1: So if he's if he's going to go. Everything else

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Speaker 1: of this team. Yeah, it looks very good and the

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Speaker 1: schedule is pretty everbol I mean, they have some winnable

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Speaker 1: it's going to be a dog fight down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: But look, Big Blue is in it just as much

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Speaker 1: let us turn our attention to our friend Kimmy Checks,

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Speaker 1: who joins us every Monday. And as Eddie mentioned, the

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Speaker 1: Chief's got a huge win. And any time it took

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Speaker 1: me to get to introducing Kimmy Checks, I think, uh

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Speaker 1: because that's just how that game went. I mean, uh,

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Speaker 1: I think as as this show goes on, but on

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Speaker 1: the whole, look, the Chiefs are just kind of rolling

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Speaker 1: For this Monday show, we will start with the New

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Speaker 1: first off, you know, before we even get into this,

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Speaker 1: shoutouts to Kindle Hinton, who, uh really was tasked with

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Speaker 1: the Saints. Who defense has really come to life the

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Speaker 1: last few weeks and look, no one expected big things.

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Speaker 1: The numbers, you know, just to look at the box

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Speaker 1: like this dude's gonna ever you see quarterback again in

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Speaker 1: you know, certainly that is that was nearly impossible. Ask.

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Speaker 1: I feel like, no, it was insane. And you know,

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Speaker 1: one of our NFL network reporters reported and said that

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Speaker 1: there are people who are part of the Broncos organization

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Speaker 1: that had never seen him before, Like they've never met

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Speaker 1: for him so much, Like every single time I saw

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Speaker 1: Please have him have a completed pass. In his first

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Speaker 1: talk about Kendall Hanton. It was to talk about Alvin Kamara,

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Speaker 1: who again had an underwhelming Fantasy day. With Taysom Hill

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Speaker 1: Kamara had just two targets in one catch. So, kimmy,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's two weeks now. Alan Kamara has three

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Speaker 1: You know, you never want to sit Alvin Kamara. He

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Speaker 1: had ten points versus a foul Ppkins in week eleven.

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Speaker 1: He had six points yesterday versus the Broncos. I had

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara. So now as we look at this fantasy

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Speaker 1: crazy for thinking about benching Alvin Kimara because Taysom Hill

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Speaker 1: So that's why you saw Latavius Murray and some of

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Speaker 1: all confused about that. And Tayson was not great throwing

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Speaker 1: Now you look at the schedule next week, they're at Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: do end in in Fantasy Championship Week with the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: when Kamara was just a fantasy scoring machine. I can't,

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Speaker 1: I just can't, in good conscience advocate or even think

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Speaker 1: not good. This is not what people wanted. And I

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Speaker 1: I can hope, Kimmy, I have no I have no

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Speaker 1: Other more exciting running back news, Austin Ekeler is back

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Speaker 1: for the Los Angeles Chargers came back on Sunday. The

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Speaker 1: Ekeler back in action. A hundred and twenty nine scrimming

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Speaker 1: yards eleven catches. That's huge. I mean it's huge, especially

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Speaker 1: in PPR leagues. Obviously. It's the reason we talked about

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Speaker 1: him as a late first round, early second round pick.

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Speaker 1: I know, Kimmy people were sort of hesitant, like do

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Speaker 1: like after what we saw Sunday, he has now returned

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Speaker 1: And you know, on our Fantasy Game Day show on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Adam Rank asked us, you know, do we put Austin

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Speaker 1: Ekeler into our starting lineup? And all of us said yes.

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Speaker 1: There were just a few guys that we said that

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Speaker 1: guys like James Robinson, Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt. Uh, and

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Speaker 1: we were right. You want to get Austin Ekeler into

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Speaker 1: of been how the Raiders go when when everybody starts

427
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Speaker 1: to believe when they win, either they win a game,

428
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Speaker 1: win a couple of games, or they play really well

429
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Speaker 1: against really tough competition and everybody starts to buy in.

430
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Speaker 1: That's when the Raiders tend to fall flat against a

431
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Speaker 1: lesser opponents. All my friends who are Raider fans were

432
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Speaker 1: disappointed yesterday, but also certainly not surprised. But for us

433
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Speaker 1: in fantasy to see point six points from your starting quarterback,

434
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Speaker 1: I thought I thought I had it bad enough because

435
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,920
Speaker 1: I started Cam Newton actually against you in the league

436
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 1: can me and he gave me less than four points? Um,

437
00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,520
Speaker 1: But anybody who started Derek Carr and got less than

438
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Speaker 1: one point? Uh sorry, sorry about your luck. You probably

439
00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,199
Speaker 1: you probably still beat me, though, because I took an

440
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Speaker 1: L in every single league this week, I mean not over,

441
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Speaker 1: I took ls. That's so I stayed up till two

442
00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,640
Speaker 1: thirty in the morning to binge watch the undoing because

443
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,800
Speaker 1: I needed to unnerve myself from my horrible performances all week.

444
00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,439
Speaker 1: So that shows me where I'm at. That's my week twelve. Okay,

445
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Speaker 1: it's not well, I'll tell you this. I haven't look,

446
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 1: I haven't checked since you last night's game. I know

447
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:05,879
Speaker 1: that you and I were pretty much in a pillow

448
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,760
Speaker 1: fight because I don't think either one of our teams

449
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 1: was was scoring a whole lot of points, uh in

450
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,840
Speaker 1: that matchup. Alright, so we're talking about how good Tyreek

451
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,959
Speaker 1: Hill was, I want to get a little bit salty

452
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,040
Speaker 1: about how not good Clyde Edwards Hilaire was. And I

453
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 1: guess kimning wasn't really his fault. I mean, considering all

454
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,520
Speaker 1: the points that the Chiefs were putting up throwing the football. Uh,

455
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,960
Speaker 1: you know, with Tyreek going nuts, with Patrick Mahomes having

456
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,359
Speaker 1: a big day. Uh, c h services just weren't needed.

457
00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,520
Speaker 1: But I really expected more than what we got out

458
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: of him. So, uh, you know, I don't know who

459
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,080
Speaker 1: who do I direct my salty nous toward? Is it?

460
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,760
Speaker 1: Is it the Buccaneers secondary? Is it my homework? Where

461
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,320
Speaker 1: do I Where do I write a strongly worded letter?

462
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: It's right, your strongly worded letter to the Buccaneer defense

463
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,680
Speaker 1: because this was a tough matchup for Clyde Edwards A

464
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 1: Laire all along right, because the Buccaneers defense is averaging

465
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 1: two point nine yards per carry to running backs this season.

466
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 1: That's not a lot of yardage, as we all know.

467
00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 1: I also think that this was like a petty party

468
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,479
Speaker 1: for Patrick Mahomes and Tyree Hill. Once Tyreek Hill had

469
00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 1: those two touchdowns in that first quarter, It's like they

470
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 1: just wanted to keep getting into the ball. It was like, Okay,

471
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Speaker 1: let's let's just show Bruce Arians and Tom Brady exactly

472
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Speaker 1: who the goat is. I'm just gonna keep throwing the

473
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 1: ball down the field the entire game, which is what

474
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Speaker 1: the game script favored, and that's what they did. So

475
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Speaker 1: obviously C e H did not get a huge workload. Um,

476
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: but Floria was right. You know, on Sunday's show, Floria

477
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Speaker 1: was saying that he was a little bit worried about

478
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Speaker 1: e H and worried about his production for you know,

479
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Speaker 1: this playoff push, and now I kind of agree with them. Obviously,

480
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,000
Speaker 1: I'm going to continue to root for the rookie and

481
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 1: I think he's incredible, but he's maybe not as productive

482
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 1: as we thought. So if you do really need help

483
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,399
Speaker 1: at running back, UM, I don't know, c H may

484
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,639
Speaker 1: not be the answer. Right now, it's an interesting situation.

485
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: I mean, the next few weeks really aren't great matchups

486
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,159
Speaker 1: on paper. I mean, he's got the Broncos, who have

487
00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 1: been okay, so that might that might be one you

488
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,760
Speaker 1: can chance. But the Dolphins, the Saints the couple of

489
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,159
Speaker 1: weeks after that, those are ones that maybe you you

490
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Speaker 1: don't really want to mess surround with. Uh. Right now,

491
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: Edward Hilaire is the running back twelve um, but the

492
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,919
Speaker 1: the outlook is not particularly great for him over the

493
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Speaker 1: next few weeks, especially with as effectively as the Chiefs

494
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 1: are throwing the football. So all right then, I guess

495
00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 1: I guess I no longer need to speak to a manager.

496
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: I have gotten that off my chest, and we're going

497
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Speaker 1: to find there by the way Tom Brady strick Patrick

498
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,159
Speaker 1: Mahomes's hand, So, uh, we're okay there. I guess we

499
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Speaker 1: can stop the pearl clutching for a week. Um, people,

500
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: people really had that on their mind. It's really bothered,

501
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 1: folks that Tom Brady didn't shake anybody's hands. I didn't

502
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Speaker 1: think it was worth a national conversation, But you know,

503
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Speaker 1: I guess we have nothing else really to talk about. Okay. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: It is time for checks marks the Spot, which we

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Speaker 1: do every Monday. We picked three guys and talk about

513
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 1: him and then you guys vote on who you think.

514
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: I mean, he has the most staying power in your

515
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Speaker 1: fantasy league. So let's start at running back, where what

516
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 1: is new is old again or old is new again. Anyway,

517
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,440
Speaker 1: time is a flat circle. And Kenyan Drake is back

518
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 1: in our lives after we had pretty much given up

519
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,240
Speaker 1: on him after a string of poor performances to start

520
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Speaker 1: the season. But he's had ninety plus scrimmage ards and

521
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Speaker 1: two of his last three games he has three touchdowns

522
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Speaker 1: in his last two games. H Kimmy is the Kenyan

523
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Speaker 1: Drake resurrection at hand? Do we believe it? Right now?

524
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Speaker 1: We have to believe. I feel so bad because earlier

525
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Speaker 1: this season when everyone was asking us, like what do

526
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Speaker 1: I do with Kenyan Drake, I'm like, drop him. He's

527
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 1: still excuse horrible. It's Chase Edwins all the way and

528
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Speaker 1: now it's all Kenyan Drake. So I'm really sorry about that.

529
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Speaker 1: He did have two rushing touchdowns yesterday in that game

530
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Speaker 1: for the Cardinals, and he was clearly the goal line back.

531
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Speaker 1: He's had three rushing to touchdowns across the last two games.

532
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 1: And Chase Edmunds, on the other hand, the guy that

533
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Speaker 1: we were hyping because it seems like he you served

534
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Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake. He did have a receiving touchdown in week eleven,

535
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 1: but before that, he had the scored since Week five.

536
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,400
Speaker 1: So I guess it's time to hop back on the

537
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Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake train. Question Mark, I'm I'm cautiously back in

538
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Speaker 1: on Kenyan Drake. What we've seen in the last two

539
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Speaker 1: weeks is certainly it's encouraging. I still think we're gonna

540
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Speaker 1: see Chase Edmunds work in there, although maybe the time

541
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Speaker 1: for us believing that Chase Edmonds is the guy, maybe

542
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,879
Speaker 1: that is coming to an end because Drake is starting

543
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: to look more like the guy we drafted. I mean,

544
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: he's not going to give you, uh, top ten returns

545
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 1: like I thought at the start of the season. I

546
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,160
Speaker 1: don't think he's gonna give you top ten weekly returns.

547
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 1: But he's back to being fantasy relevant. That is not

548
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 1: a thing we could have said about him, uh in

549
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: September and October. So uh, in that respect, anybody who

550
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 1: stayed the course or if you somehow made a deal

551
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,959
Speaker 1: before the trade deadline to acquire him, and krudos for you,

552
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 1: because you're gonna have a fact that's at least going

553
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 1: to be semi productive down the stretch. Uh. The schedule

554
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 1: of games not necessarily super exciting for Kenyan Drake. I mean,

555
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: you know, they've got the Rams, they've got the Giants,

556
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: the Eagles, and the nine is sort of the middle

557
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 1: of the road schedule. But the fact that he's getting

558
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 1: touches and that he's getting into the end zone most

559
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,120
Speaker 1: importantly means that there's at least reason to be sort

560
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,280
Speaker 1: of optimistic about Kenyan Drake. That is not something that

561
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,920
Speaker 1: we would have said maybe a month or so ago. Okay,

562
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: this is where I have to issue an apology to

563
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: Wayne Gallman. When se Kwan Barkley went down, I was

564
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,680
Speaker 1: certainly not big on Wayne Goldman. I I don't think

565
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,399
Speaker 1: I I advocated picking him up. I thought, if anything,

566
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 1: you picked him up just as a stop gap as insurance.

567
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: The Giants brought into Vante Freeman, who got a couple

568
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,679
Speaker 1: of games and he got hurt. Since then, Wayne Golman

569
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 1: has been lights out. I mean he scores a touchdown

570
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: just about every week. Uh. He had a good yardage

571
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: game yesterday. The guy is flat out playing well. And

572
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 1: so maybe this has come several weeks too late, But

573
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: I'm sorry for doubting you, Wayne Galman. I mean, perhaps

574
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 1: to you, the way you've been playing uh is pretty good.

575
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,679
Speaker 1: So with what we've seen from Galman, Kimmy, do we

576
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 1: believe that this is something that can be sustained. Yes.

577
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,880
Speaker 1: He was one of my favorite stars at running back

578
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: this week and we talked about it on the you

579
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 1: Know Fantasy Game Day show on Sunday. He scored for

580
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: the fifth time straight one plus rushing touchdown and five

581
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 1: train games. You see that, You see that topic bar

582
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: down below. You know what's up. Um Now, obviously sorry

583
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: to Eddie. Daniel Jones did go out with an injury

584
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: and we're hoping that that hamstring will be healed up

585
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: so that he can go and play against the Seahawks

586
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 1: on Sunday. But even if Daniel Jones does not play,

587
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: I still think that they're going to heavily rely on

588
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 1: Wayne Gallman not only as a rusher but also as

589
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: a receiving option. He is one of the safest offensive players,

590
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: actually the safest offensive player in my opinion, for the Giants.

591
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,640
Speaker 1: So apology accepted on Wayne Goldman's behalf from you. Marcus

592
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: is trying to fire him up and start him with

593
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: these Yeah, it's it's time to get on board. If

594
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: it's not too late, then hey, you know, get Wayne

595
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: Goldman into your lineups, at least on your roster, because

596
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: you can never have enough depth, especially at the running

597
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: back spots. So props Awayne Goldman for for stepping into

598
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,239
Speaker 1: the opportunity and making the most of it, especially when

599
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: they're like the Giants didn't seem to be all that

600
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: interested in giving him the rock. Uh, they have found

601
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: something there, so so kudos to him, and I will

602
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: admit that I was wrong, all right. The last one

603
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: is Cam Akers, who has been interesting because last week

604
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: he scored his first career touchdown on a short reception

605
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 1: and the cam Akers hive on Twitter started buzzing like crazy. Uh.

606
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: This week, he ended up with a long run against

607
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Speaker 1: the forty Niners. He did score a touchdown, had eighty

608
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: four rushing yards, put together his best Fantasy game to date,

609
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: and the hive is getting even louder. I still see

610
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: him in a committee, and the touches are still sort

611
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: of limited, but if he's making plays like this, it's

612
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: hard to deny him. I mean, I know the Rams

613
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 1: running back situation has been a nightmare all year long, Kimmy,

614
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: but can we start to believe in cam Akers a

615
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: little more? You know, I was going to ask you

616
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Speaker 1: this before you said all of those things you said,

617
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Speaker 1: Dare I say, dare I say we have a lead

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Speaker 1: back alert? Is it? Is it? Cam Akers? Because like

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Speaker 1: you said, we understand that it's a crowded backfield, right.

620
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Speaker 1: We have Malcolm Brown, we have Darryl Henderson there. But

621
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Speaker 1: in this game against the forty Niners, Henderson and Brown

622
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: combined for twenty three yards on thirteen carries, whereas cam

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Speaker 1: Akers lad the bunch with a touchdown in eighty four yards.

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Speaker 1: So that's why I beg the question to you is

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00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 1: this a lead back situation. Now that he's finally finding

626
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,320
Speaker 1: his stride, he scored him back to back weeks. I

627
00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: think we kind of gotta take it seriously. I think

628
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,000
Speaker 1: he's the lead back with context. I think he is

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Speaker 1: the lead back in in a situation where it's still

630
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: going to be a committee. Now, maybe this means he

631
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 1: starts to get slightly more snaps and slightly more touches

632
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 1: than the other two guys, But I don't think this

633
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 1: means that Darrell Henderson and or Malcolm Brown are going

634
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 1: to go away. I mean, Sean mcvash seems pretty adamant

635
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: from the start of the season that he wanted to

636
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 1: have a Kyle Shanahan type rotation with with his backfield,

637
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: and I think that's still going to be the case.

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Speaker 1: But I think we might see cam Akers start to

639
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: get some more love in this running game on a

640
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: week to week basis. Um, you know, I think you

641
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: know last night he was yesterday, I should say he

642
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: was helped by having one big long run, but hey,

643
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: you know what, credit to him. He made a play.

644
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: You can't take that away from him. I just am

645
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: still sort of dubious about the number of touches he's

646
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: gonna get on a week to week basis. I think

647
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: if we're talking beyond this year, then I think there's

648
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: there's certainly a future for cam Akers, and I think

649
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: they want to make him the lead back there. But

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00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: I still think this year it's gonna be a hit

651
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: or miss, and unless he has a lot of big

652
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 1: plays or finds his way into the end zone, I

653
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be sort of underwhelming. So I guess

654
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: I am where I was a while ago, except now

655
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 1: I'm just taking Darrell Henderson out of that spot and

656
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: I put cam Akers in there. Mean it is, it's

657
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: just a game of three card Monster and we're just

658
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 1: moving things around right now, and right now cam Uh

659
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 1: is sort of the is sort of the leader in

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00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 1: the clubhouse on this one. I would love to hear

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00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: from you guys on who you think has the most

662
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: staying power of these three players, whether it's Kenyan Drake,

663
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: Wayne Gallman, or Cam Akers. You can go to Kimmy's

664
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: Twitter page at Kimmy Checks and vote on that. Let

665
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: us know who you think is the guy that maybe

666
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: has the greatest runway for the rest of the fantasy season.

667
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: Which again, look, we got a couple of games left

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Speaker 1: in Week twelve and then Week thirteen is usually the

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Speaker 1: end of the regular season in most leagues, and after

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Speaker 1: that playoff time will be upon us. That was performance

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Speaker 1: Slide Pro Bowl Vote. Take it a look at the

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00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: waiver wire four week thirteen, and has mentioned earlier a

679
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: little bit of slim pickings. I mean, pretty much everybody

680
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: is playing save for the Buccaneers and the Panthers at

681
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: quarterback going back to the Derek car Well I though

682
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 1: it did not work out on Sunday, but the matchup

683
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: against the Jets is pretty good so for anybody's streaming quarterbacks.

684
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: Car is still a name to remember. Philip Rivers, who's

685
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: had a couple of decent games back to back and

686
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: has a pretty nice schedule down the stretch as well.

687
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill is still starting for the Saints. He's still

688
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: scoring rushing touchdowns, So I think you have to at

689
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: least consider him this week if you're talking about streaming quarterbacks,

690
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: especially if you are in a two quarterback league and

691
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: that's been might check you. Mike Glennon at the quarterback spot,

692
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,479
Speaker 1: who put up eighteen points yesterday against the Browns, and

693
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: he's got the Vikings and Titans next on the schedule,

694
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: so I would think that is certainly deeper leagues. But

695
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: Mike Glennan is out there running back wide receivers. J K.

696
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 1: Dobbins on the list obviously, that is penning whatever happens

697
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: in week twelve with him on the COVID list, but

698
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: that when he gets back, maybe a bigger workload coming.

699
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: Damien Harris is still available in a good number of leagues,

700
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: so if you need running back help, give him a shot.

701
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: Fred Gore, who will never age and never die, is

702
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: still on the waiver wire list, with like Michael p

703
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: Ryan on injured reserve and Adam Gates still giving Gore

704
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: carries wide receiver. Maybe a little bit more helpful you there.

705
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders is still out there in a lot of leagues,

706
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 1: and if Taysom Hill can get the passing game back

707
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: together again, Uh, Sanders should have some opportunities. Nelson Aghalore

708
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 1: still worth adding to your rosters. Deebo Samuel, who had

709
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: a huge game for the forty Niners on Sunday, is

710
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: available in a ton of leagues, as is Michael Pittman Jr.

711
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: Didn't have a great game on Sunday, but the targets

712
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: were there and the schedule is good. Uh, So that

713
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: is something to keep in mind for Pittman. All right,

714
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: Let's talk though about Deebo Samuel Kimmy, because I know

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00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: some people were wondering whether or not they should put

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00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: him in their lineups now that he was back after

717
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: missing an extended period of time. I said, you should

718
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,760
Speaker 1: give him a shot because the Niners would be creative

719
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: and getting him the football. That's what they did. Uh

720
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: And Jimmy. Deebo had himself quite a game on Sunday.

721
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: He had such a game. He had a four week

722
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: hiatus because of that hamstring injury, but then he came back.

723
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: He had over a hundred receiving yards a hundred and

724
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: thirty three to be exactly eleven for thirteen targets. Marcus,

725
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: you're a forty Niners fan, so I should be asking you,

726
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: how do you feel about Devo being back? Is he

727
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: a mustard? He is pretty close to a mustar. I

728
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: think he's at least a flex option most weeks. And

729
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: this is with the obvious caveat that it depends on

730
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: your roster situation, what have you. But the fact is

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00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: they are peppering him with targets, they're getting him the

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00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: ball on jet sweeps. They just want to put the

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00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: ball in his hands. And I think I saw something

734
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: that uh, in the last couple of games. He's got

735
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: uh two hundred and eighty sem I think receiving yards,

736
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: but he's got negative forty one air yards, which means

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00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: they're not just letting him run down the field and

738
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 1: throwing it up to him and letting him make plays.

739
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: They're getting him the ball in and around the line

740
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and allowing him just to try to find

741
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: some space and operate. And he did a pretty good

742
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: job of that. So that alone is reason for me

743
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: to believe that Deebo Samuel is worth having in the lineup.

744
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: I mean, look, he's able to go out and do that.

745
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: With Nick Mullins at quarterback, I think he's gonna be okay.

746
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: And again if he's out there, I mean, go go

747
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 1: pick him up. If nothing else, Even if you're not

748
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: starting him, he should be on your roster just because

749
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: you want depth and also because you just don't want

750
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: your opponents to have him on their roster. Sometimes it

751
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: pays to be petty. Um, Philip Rivers, who I know

752
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: it doesn't necessarily excite people, uh in fantasy football the

753
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 1: way maybe he once did with the Chargers. But a

754
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,800
Speaker 1: couple of decent games back to back, some nice games

755
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: upcoming and give me for anybody streaming quarterbacks, maybe you

756
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: you don't have Tom Brady this week? What have you? Uh?

757
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,480
Speaker 1: Is Philip Rivers worth a look? I think he is.

758
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,760
Speaker 1: I liked him this week going up against the Titans

759
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: as well. I talked to him about that on the

760
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: Sunday Show. Um, I understand Hamley had seventeen fantasy points

761
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: right like nothing ground biking, nothing, nothing crazy. But he's

762
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,320
Speaker 1: been good. Two d and ninety five yards, two passing touchdowns.

763
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: He's had double digit fantasy points in nine games this

764
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,280
Speaker 1: season and a passing touchdown in every game except for two.

765
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: Now next week, I think it's an option to start

766
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: him because it's gonna be a high paced shootout against

767
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: Shaun Watson and the Houston Texans. If they want to

768
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: stay in this game, Philip Rivers is going to have

769
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: to throw and pass the ball. So yeah, stream up.

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00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 1: I don't know, Yolo, it's twenty twenty. Like the fact

771
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: that we're talking about Philip Rivers being a waiver wire

772
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 1: starting quarterback like this just goes to show the world

773
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: is different. I keep saying that if I'm streaming a quarterback,

774
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: I want about eighteen points. Eighteen points out of a

775
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: streaming quarterback is pretty good. Philip Rivers had seventeen point

776
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: eight points. I mean that that's that's pretty darn close.

777
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: If he could have rushed for two yards, which I

778
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: mean for Philip Rivers is you know, but uh, if

779
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: he rushes for two yards, he get you eighteen, uh

780
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: you know, and then he's right at that number. So

781
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 1: I I don't know that you can go away from him.

782
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: As you mentioned that the Texans next week, He's had

783
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: seventeen or more points in three of his last five games. Uh.

784
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: You know, It's it's not sexy. There's nothing about the

785
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: Colts passing game that is sexy. But Rivers is doing

786
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: the job right now. And if you again, if you

787
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: need quarterbacks, if you're in a deeper league, if you're

788
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: in a two quarterback league, for sure, although if you're

789
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,360
Speaker 1: in a two quarterback league, phild Rivers probably already taken,

790
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: but he's worth starting next week against Houston Texans. I

791
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: guess that's sort of what I'm getting at. Uh So,

792
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 1: for all those guys that we listed and some of

793
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 1: the ones that we talked about, if you have the

794
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 1: top waiver priority this week, who are you using it on?

795
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 1: I need all the help I can get at running

796
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: back because clearly I just took seven different l's and

797
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,879
Speaker 1: all of my leagues. Even though the week's not over,

798
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 1: I just already know that I'm just taking the L

799
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: and that's because some of the guys we mentioned today

800
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: just haven't showed up or their scenarios are different. Guys

801
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 1: like c h Y have a tons of shares, and

802
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: another guy, Alvin Kamaro, who I got a first round

803
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: pick on and has been Bassora the last two weeks

804
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: because of Taysom Hill. I'm blaming all of Taysom Hill

805
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: because of that. I think I'm gonna look to target

806
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: Damien Harris, who we've talked about multiple weeks. Now we

807
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: know that it's again a kind of crowded backfield situation

808
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: for at the New England Patriots, and you don't want

809
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 1: to fully trust at running back ever, but he is

810
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 1: the most reliable one out there on the waiver wire,

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00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 1: and I just kind of gotta rock with it. I agree,

812
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: And you know, and you talk about the crowded backfield

813
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: in in New England, and it's true to a point.

814
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: Although you know now that Rex Birkehead is injured and

815
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: looks like he possibly could be done for the year,

816
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,880
Speaker 1: we'll see. Uh. You know, the Patriots don't seem to

817
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: have been in a rush to get Sony Michelle necessarily

818
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: back in there, so it's right now it might mostly

819
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: be Harris and James White getting the work there. And

820
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: I still contend that Damien Harris has been the best

821
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 1: of New England's backs all season long, so I would

822
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 1: go there as well. I just also feel like it's

823
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: a lot easier to find wide receiver help than it

824
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 1: is to find running back help. And so if you

825
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: can find a guy who's getting a lot of touches,

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00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 1: I think that's what you do. I think that's the

827
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,479
Speaker 1: guy you go after So we keep pounding and and

828
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: and uh and preaching Damian Harris, and hopefully more and

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00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: more folks are going to start to take notice, especially

830
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: as you get towards the playoff weeks and as the

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00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: trade headlines. And I know there are some leagues that

832
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: might still be open. I think at this point most

833
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,839
Speaker 1: leagues the trade deadline has passed, so the best way

834
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 1: to add help is gonna be off the waiver wire.

835
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 1: So Damon Harris should be a name that is on

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Speaker 1: your list over the next couple of weeks, time for

837
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: some playoff panic or patients. I've got three guys on

838
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 1: this list that, yeah, they're not They're not necessarily superstars,

839
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 1: They're not necessarily you must start each and every week.

840
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 1: But guys could potentially play a role for you in

841
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: the playoffs, although maybe they have not done so well recently.

842
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 1: So we'll start with Josh Jacobs. Yesterday was just a

843
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 1: rough day on the whole for the Raiders, just blown

844
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: out by the Atlanta Falcons after having played so well.

845
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 1: We talked about Derek Carr and his struggles, it extended

846
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: to Darren Waller and Josh Jacobs. Uh played just ten

847
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:49,839
Speaker 1: snaps or had ten Touches. I should say yesterday Tin

848
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,760
Speaker 1: Touches had an ankle spraying. The Raiders are still waiting

849
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,319
Speaker 1: where they're they're hoping that it looked worse than it

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00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: actually was. But Kimmy, even before that, I mean, Josh

851
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: Jacobs had had games that it's sort of let you

852
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: down and our palt Michael f Florio I have been

853
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: preaching some concern about Josh Jacobs, especially with some games upcoming.

854
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 1: Are are we going to be patient or are we

855
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,760
Speaker 1: panicking when it comes to you know, his his potential

856
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: playoff performances. See this is a tough one, right because

857
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 1: he has these games where he can go out and

858
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,839
Speaker 1: put up twenty five thirty points, and then he has

859
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,880
Speaker 1: games like he had yesterday where he puts up five

860
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 1: and a half points, less than five and a half points. However,

861
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,439
Speaker 1: the only excuse for this is is that the game

862
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 1: script didn't favor him. Right. The Raiders were being blown

863
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: out the entire time, which means stick Carr has to

864
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: try to throw the ball, which limited rushing opportunities for

865
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. I understand that there's concerned there hundred percent valid,

866
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: but he's had double digit Fantasy points and eight of

867
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: eleven games played this season, and they said four touchdowns

868
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: across the last four games. So I understand what the

869
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: concern is, but you still have to be happy that

870
00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: he has had some production, right absolutely. I think the

871
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: thing that's working in his favor is that when he's healthy, Uh,

872
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: he is pretty much the running back of record there

873
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas. I mean, every now and then we'll

874
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: see maybe the Vante Booker or you know, the occasional

875
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: Jalen Rochard target, but for the most part, this is

876
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,399
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs backfield. And you see that the fifteen point

877
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 1: seven Fantasy points per game for him, I mean that

878
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: the floor for the most part has been fairly safe

879
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 1: with him, and he does have a potentially very high ceiling. Now,

880
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: the schedule is sort of middle of the road. I mean,

881
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: he's got the Colts, which isn't great. Uh is that that,

882
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,400
Speaker 1: the Charges, which is okay? The Dolphins in week sixteen,

883
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: which again sort of net So you know, the schedule

884
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:40,879
Speaker 1: isn't necessarily one you're you're jumping up and down about,

885
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: but it could be worse. Hopefully everything is okay with

886
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: this ankle situation. I think you're still going with Josh Jacobs,

887
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: but um, yeah, it has been concerning. I would maybe,

888
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully lower the expectations and hope you get

889
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: some some fill in from somewhere else to sort of

890
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: make up the difference as to what you may not

891
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: get from Jacob's over those final three weeks. Next on

892
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,760
Speaker 1: the list, it's Christian Kirk. And we talked about Kyler

893
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: Murray and and him not playing well the last couple

894
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 1: of weeks. The one guy that always eats in that

895
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: offense is gonna be DeAndre Hopkins, so you never have

896
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 1: to worry about him. With Christian Kirk, it's a little

897
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: bit more hit or miss. Should we be worried about him?

898
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's rostered thinking about a league. So

899
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,280
Speaker 1: people have Christian Kirk, but it's a question of should

900
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,720
Speaker 1: we feel confident enough to play Christian Kirk. See, Christian

901
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 1: Kirk is one of those like huge boom or huge

902
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 1: bus guys. Like you said, DeAndre Hopkins is always going

903
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 1: to get the meat of that offense, especially in the

904
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,240
Speaker 1: receiving game. We have concerns about Kyler Murray, what exactly

905
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: is going on with that shoulder? Why is he not

906
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,839
Speaker 1: connecting with his receivers as much as as well as

907
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: rushing the ball. This one is is way more concerning

908
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: to me rather than Josh Jacobs, because Christian Kirk does

909
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: have to share that passing game. He's been quiet ever

910
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 1: since that Week nine game that he had against the

911
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: Dolphins where he had a hundred and twenty three receiving

912
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,240
Speaker 1: yards and a receiving touchdown. Now the last three games

913
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: he's had a combined nine six yards. Their schedule is

914
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: a lot tougher to They take on the Rams, and

915
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: they take on the Giants than the Eagles of forty

916
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 1: niners and the Rams. Again, So if I had any

917
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: type of panic for any of these guys, I think

918
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk is the one I'm most worried about. He's

919
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: the one that I am probably shying away from playing

920
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,279
Speaker 1: unless I absolutely have to. But I think, certainly I

921
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: know in the places where I have him, I think

922
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,919
Speaker 1: I have depth and I don't necessarily have to put

923
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,759
Speaker 1: him in my lineup, And if I don't have to,

924
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 1: I don't know that I will, just because again you

925
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,760
Speaker 1: mentioned he has he has the potential for blow up games,

926
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 1: but the floor is incredibly low with him, and I

927
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,279
Speaker 1: don't necessarily want that volatility going into my playoff week.

928
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:45,880
Speaker 1: So if I could find a little more week to

929
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: week stability, I think that's where I would go. If

930
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: you got to start him, I get it, but this

931
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:52,959
Speaker 1: is one that that really worries me, and I would

932
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: probably avoid it if I could. Over weeks fourteen, fifteen,

933
00:44:56,520 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: and sixteen. The last one is John Nu Smith. And

934
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: I came into the season, people would ask me for

935
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: my season long hot takes, and one of them was

936
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: that John Nu Smith was gonna win some people some

937
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: fantasy championships, and early in the year, for the first

938
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:13,760
Speaker 1: month or five weeks, that looked to be the case.

939
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 1: I went and looked last night, kim me and since

940
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: week five now, week five is sort of the I

941
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 1: think that was the first time that neither A J.

942
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 1: Brown nor Corey Davis appeared on the injury report in

943
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: any form. They were both fully healthy. From that time.

944
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,359
Speaker 1: John Nu Smith went from being second and target share

945
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 1: to fourth. I mean he has fallen down the pecking order.

946
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: Did not have a target on Sunday, basically just getting

947
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: a step set, got tin routes, got no targets. I

948
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 1: don't know about you. I am I'm just gonna say,

949
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,800
Speaker 1: I am pushing the panic button on John NU Smith

950
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,800
Speaker 1: right now. I mean, I guess it's tight end, so

951
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 1: everybody sort of is, but I'm really pushing the panic

952
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 1: button on John new Smith at the moment. I was

953
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: just gonna say, we're all panicking about this John situation.

954
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: He's a tight end. What what better options are out there? Like?

955
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 1: What tight what tight end on the waiver wire is

956
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: going to possible their performance in John H. Smith? Like,

957
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,200
Speaker 1: it's rolling the dice with any tight end in the league,

958
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: if it's not Darren Waller who had a horror trouble

959
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,240
Speaker 1: game because of Derek Carr, or if it's not Travis Kelsey,

960
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,760
Speaker 1: Like we all understand that he does have favorable matchups

961
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 1: the next few weeks, Right, they take on the Browns,

962
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: who are second worse against tight end, Then they take

963
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 1: on Jacksonville, who are ninth worse against tight ends, and

964
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:26,399
Speaker 1: then the Lions, the Packers, and the Texans. I understand

965
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: that he did not see a single target against the

966
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: Cults yesterday, but the Titans only attempted twenty two passes.

967
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: That's it's probably a season law. I need a double

968
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,880
Speaker 1: check on that, So don't quote me, but it's probably

969
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: a season low in terms of passes, so I don't

970
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: want to fully blame him. However, he's had two or

971
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 1: fewer catches and six of his last seven games, so

972
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 1: I understand where the concern is. But my question is like,

973
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:53,359
Speaker 1: what what better option do we possibly have? That That

974
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:55,799
Speaker 1: is the that is a million dollar question. It's the

975
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 1: one that folks have been asking themselves all year long.

976
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you really are trying to dig on the

977
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,719
Speaker 1: waiver wire. I mean, look, I I've been reduced in

978
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 1: one league to starting Kyle Rudolph with mixed results. Um,

979
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: you know, someone asked about starting any of the Seahawks

980
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: tight ends, and you know, I guess, at your own risk,

981
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: at your own peril, you can do that. The fact

982
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,879
Speaker 1: that we are showing a highlight reel of John new

983
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:21,520
Speaker 1: from games throughout the season and not from Sunday tells

984
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 1: you a lot about how his Sunday went. Anthony firks

985
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: Or has been I think more involved in the passing

986
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,239
Speaker 1: game than John new Smith lately. So uh, maybe this

987
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: is just me sort of lamenting my own pick, watching

988
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:33,919
Speaker 1: it sort of go south after I felt so great

989
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: about it for the first month. Of the season to

990
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:39,320
Speaker 1: make Maybe that's why I'm talking about John new Smith. Um,

991
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: but there is I think reason to be concerned. And

992
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: I know he's still on rosters and I think about

993
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:46,279
Speaker 1: eight percent of leagues, so you know, again, because it's

994
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: tied end. Um, I get if you're not dropping him necessarily,

995
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: but at this point it's hard to believe that the

996
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: production is going to continue to be there the way

997
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: it was early in the year, because I don't think

998
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 1: he's had more than forty receiving yards. I think since

999
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 1: like Week five, it has been a while since John

1000
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 1: new Smith has been anything close to productive for fantasy rosters.

1001
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: Such is the life of starting a fantasy tight end

1002
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:14,360
Speaker 1: not named Travis Kelsey. Man, I'll tell you about. You know,

1003
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,600
Speaker 1: Adam RAN's got it right with this drafting Travis Kelsey

1004
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: in the first round business. You know, people might look

1005
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: at him sideways, but you know what, that's one less

1006
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 1: worried that he has on a week to week basis

1007
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: that Adam right, man, he knows we're talking about how

1008
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,480
Speaker 1: do you downloaded the NFL fantasy app? I mean, it's

1009
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 1: pretty much the end of week twelve, so hopefully you

1010
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,239
Speaker 1: have buy now. But if you have it, there's a

1011
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: reason to do then. It's because you can watch live

1012
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,280
Speaker 1: games streaming on your phone for the low low price

1013
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: of free ninety nine. For instance, tonight's Monday Night football game.

1014
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: If you are out at about not near a television,

1015
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 1: you just pull out the phone, open up the NFL

1016
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: Fantasy app, and you can watch Seahawks and Eagles for

1017
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,960
Speaker 1: absolutely zero dollars. So that makes it worth it. You know,

1018
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: you're playing on NFL dot Com anyway, so if you

1019
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,080
Speaker 1: haven't downloaded the app, this is another reason for you

1020
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 1: to do that. Speaking of Seahawks and Eagles, we have

1021
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: been picking on the Seahawks defense all year long for fantasy.

1022
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: But my, my, my, how the turntables have turned. Kimmy.

1023
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: Would we possibly start the Seahawks defense against this Eagles

1024
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 1: offense tonight? Yes? Do it? Sure? Why not? We've We've

1025
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: seen crazier things. Now. The reason why we picked on

1026
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,759
Speaker 1: them all season long is because they've not been great, right.

1027
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,720
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson in return has had to be great because

1028
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: his defense has allowed a ton of points. But they're

1029
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,760
Speaker 1: taking on Carson Wins and the Eagles, who we also

1030
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,160
Speaker 1: have been picking on because that offense has just not

1031
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:35,359
Speaker 1: been great. I feel I feel bad. I'm like being

1032
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: so negative. It's okay, though Carson wins. We understand that

1033
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:40,320
Speaker 1: he's going to get the start tonight against the Seahawks,

1034
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,879
Speaker 1: but we also have the inclination that Jalen Hurts may

1035
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 1: finally have his NFL debut. If that's the case, maybe

1036
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:48,400
Speaker 1: the Seahawks can give him pressure. He's a rookie, this

1037
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: will be his first time on the big stage, so

1038
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:54,400
Speaker 1: maybe they'll have some takeaways. So yeah, sure, yellow crazier

1039
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:57,040
Speaker 1: things have happened, absolutely, and I would definitely give them

1040
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 1: a shot, especially in daily fantasy. Would would maybe throw

1041
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: them in a lineup or two, because, as you mentioned,

1042
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,919
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts may see some time when people talk about

1043
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,360
Speaker 1: the Eagles offense lately and talk about Carson Wentz specifically,

1044
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:10,920
Speaker 1: but one word that keeps coming up is broken. That

1045
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is broken right now, and and the Eagles

1046
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 1: don't seem to have any answers for how to fix him.

1047
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,839
Speaker 1: So take advantage of that. Uh And see, I has

1048
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,680
Speaker 1: been playing a better over the last few weeks, so

1049
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:24,040
Speaker 1: give credit word to due. They have been improved over

1050
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. They're facing a quarterback who

1051
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 1: was struggling throwing the football, turning it over in any

1052
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: number of ways, has just been incredibly inconsistent and looks

1053
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,480
Speaker 1: a little bit lost back there at times. So there

1054
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,920
Speaker 1: aren't there have been many chances to start the Seahawks defense.

1055
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:40,240
Speaker 1: This could be one of them. So even though Carson

1056
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: Wentz is quote unquote broken, would you trust any of

1057
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: his past catchers tonight? I think I know who you

1058
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:47,919
Speaker 1: would trust. So I'm gonna wait and let you take

1059
00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:51,120
Speaker 1: that one. I am going to keep hammering home this

1060
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:54,400
Speaker 1: Travis Fulgum take. If there was any time to start

1061
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,080
Speaker 1: Travis Fulgum, it is against at Seahawks defense. We just

1062
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: told you could start. But they're allowing me most points

1063
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 1: to ride receivers in the NFL this season. I know

1064
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 1: Foldam was hot, he was dope, and then he was not,

1065
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:09,320
Speaker 1: And I'm mad and I want to roast him. I'm salty,

1066
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 1: I'm salt bay him all of those things. But if

1067
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: you if you kind of want to take a Yola

1068
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: play and see if he can have that huge ceiling game,

1069
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,600
Speaker 1: I think there's a huge possibility for him to do

1070
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:21,400
Speaker 1: so against the Seahawks tonight. I I do want to

1071
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,880
Speaker 1: see Travis Fulgam come back into our lives that that

1072
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: would be nice after the way he played earlier in

1073
00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 1: the season. He's just vanished the last couple of weeks.

1074
00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,879
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go there with Dallas Goddard, especially because zach

1075
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:32,880
Speaker 1: Ertz doesn't look like he's going to be back and

1076
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: ready to play for this game on Monday Night, and

1077
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 1: Godder has sort of been the top pass catcher in

1078
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:42,319
Speaker 1: the offense. I mean, for what it's worth, there hasn't

1079
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:45,640
Speaker 1: been anybody that's been really blowing your socks off in

1080
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,520
Speaker 1: this Eagles passing game lately, but Goddard has been the

1081
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 1: closest to that. Uh. It seems like for whatever reason,

1082
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz likes throwing to his tight end, right. I mean,

1083
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:57,359
Speaker 1: zach Ertz became a thing over the last few years

1084
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:59,760
Speaker 1: thanks in part to Carson Wentz feeding him the football,

1085
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 1: and now Dallas Goddard seems to have stepped in and

1086
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: taking some of that role with Earth's out. So if

1087
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,480
Speaker 1: I had to pick a guy, uh, it would be

1088
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard in this one. Although I will admit I'm

1089
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 1: not super excited about anybody. Maybe Jalen Reagor. You keep

1090
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,320
Speaker 1: hammering on Travis Folgum. I keep hammering on Jalen Reagor

1091
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: and trying to make that a thing, and maybe that

1092
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 1: will become a thing. But right now, there's nobody in

1093
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: the Eagle's offense that I would be super excited about.

1094
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,640
Speaker 1: There is one more game on the schedule in week twelve.

1095
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:31,920
Speaker 1: It is a Tuesday night football affair between the Ravens

1096
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,200
Speaker 1: and the Steelers. I don't know, you might have heard

1097
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: some things about it over the past week or so.

1098
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:38,320
Speaker 1: It was supposed to happen on Thursday night, the primetime

1099
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:41,560
Speaker 1: game on Thanksgiving, but because of a rash of COVID

1100
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: infections on the Baltimore side, it was moved first to Sunday. Uh,

1101
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 1: then more infections popped up on both sides, it was

1102
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,959
Speaker 1: moved to Tuesday, and that is where it sits as

1103
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,919
Speaker 1: of now. We're still awaiting more test results coming in

1104
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 1: on Monday to see if that game is going to

1105
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,160
Speaker 1: be played as scheduled. But for now, as we record this,

1106
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: they're still a Raven Steelers game on Tuesday night. So

1107
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: let's talk about it real quick. Uh. To me, the

1108
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,080
Speaker 1: Ravens are down a ton of people, especially on the

1109
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,360
Speaker 1: offensive side of the football. We know that you know,

1110
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 1: Mark Ingram, JK. Dobbins, Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, Willie Snead

1111
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 1: among the offensive players who have tested positive for COVID nineteen.

1112
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: Which Ravens would you play in this game for fantasy?

1113
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: At this point, I'm I'm I'm avoiding the entire offense

1114
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,120
Speaker 1: because there's just too many question marks around what's going

1115
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:36,719
Speaker 1: to happen. I know Marky's Hollywood Brown is still out there,

1116
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 1: but he's just been so incredibly inconsistent this entire season

1117
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 1: that if I had to pick any part of the

1118
00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: Ravens team, it would be their defense. They're still a

1119
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:47,000
Speaker 1: top four fantasy defense. To start them with ease, even

1120
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:49,600
Speaker 1: though it is a tough matchup against Big Ben and

1121
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:54,719
Speaker 1: the Steelers, I would I would give Gus Edwards an opportunity,

1122
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:56,560
Speaker 1: and he was the guy that I think a lot

1123
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: of us were sort of pivoting towards once we heard

1124
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 1: Dobbins and Ingram we're gonna be unavailable. Um, you know,

1125
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,279
Speaker 1: of course, you know when we said that last week,

1126
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: we still thought Lamar Jackson was going to be available,

1127
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: and that probably isn't going to be the case. Uh.

1128
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,319
Speaker 1: I imagine they're gonna try to run some r p

1129
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:15,879
Speaker 1: O s with r G three and Gus Edwards back there,

1130
00:54:16,120 --> 00:54:18,400
Speaker 1: we can expect him to get a pretty heavy workload,

1131
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 1: maybe some Justice Hill sprinkled in. So based on volume alone,

1132
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:26,359
Speaker 1: even though the matchup is bad, I would say Gus

1133
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: Edwards is somebody that I would give a shot too.

1134
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:31,120
Speaker 1: But again, sort of like I talked about with the Eagles,

1135
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:34,920
Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily super excited about it. On the other side,

1136
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,640
Speaker 1: one of the players who tested positive for COVID nineteen

1137
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 1: for these Steelers was running back James Conner, and certainly

1138
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:43,000
Speaker 1: wish him well as a guy who was a cancer

1139
00:54:43,040 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 1: survivor and certainly in in the at risk group. Uh.

1140
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 1: You certainly wish the best for him in terms of

1141
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,920
Speaker 1: his health. But with him unavailable, Benny Snell moves up

1142
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:54,919
Speaker 1: the pecking order in terms of running back touches. How

1143
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,719
Speaker 1: confident are you, uh if you were to put him

1144
00:54:57,719 --> 00:55:01,239
Speaker 1: in your lineup, Mike Tomlin told the media yesterday. He said,

1145
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:04,560
Speaker 1: I have no reservations about Bennie Snell being a featured runner,

1146
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,279
Speaker 1: So sure I'm confident. If your head coach says that

1147
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:10,160
Speaker 1: I'm confident obviously with James Connor out, he's going to

1148
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:12,520
Speaker 1: be the featured and the number one back in that offense.

1149
00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 1: The Ravens that they're incredibly banged up. I could see

1150
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:17,560
Speaker 1: the Steelers being ahead by a lot and then relying

1151
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 1: on the run game. So sure. Also, if you're waiting

1152
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 1: until Tuesday to play your running back, it's kind of like,

1153
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:24,919
Speaker 1: that's that's all you've got. You kind of just gotta

1154
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: rock with it. That's that That's that's an excellent point.

1155
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,480
Speaker 1: If you are waiting until Tuesday to make that decision,

1156
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 1: then you know, if you've got Bennie Snell, you you

1157
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,799
Speaker 1: kind of don't have a choice. You're you're pretty much

1158
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:36,800
Speaker 1: playing him. I would say that the thing about Snell

1159
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:39,319
Speaker 1: that gives me at least a little added confidence is

1160
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 1: that even what Connor was there, they would bring Snell

1161
00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:44,640
Speaker 1: in and give him some goal line touches. So there's

1162
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,600
Speaker 1: still some touchdown touchdown upside with Bennie Snell. And like

1163
00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 1: you said, Mike Tomlin feels okay with getting him out

1164
00:55:51,719 --> 00:55:53,360
Speaker 1: there and getting him a ton of touches, then you

1165
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:56,319
Speaker 1: should feel okay about putting him in your lineup again,

1166
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,080
Speaker 1: especially if you've procrastinated and you waited until Tuesday to

1167
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: make a decision. Uh, that's all it is. You put

1168
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 1: him in there and then thoughts and prayers and hopefully

1169
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,319
Speaker 1: you come up with a pretty big number. But uh again,

1170
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:10,440
Speaker 1: we'll wait to see if this game is played. Most importantly,

1171
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:13,279
Speaker 1: it is just about kind of hoping that everybody who

1172
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:17,360
Speaker 1: has been impacted by this on both sides, Ravens and Steelers,

1173
00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:20,440
Speaker 1: ends up okay, that that health is not an issue, uh,

1174
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: and that all these guys are healthy and in the

1175
00:56:22,719 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: near future are back out there and ready to play.

1176
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:28,160
Speaker 1: So we will certainly keep an eye on how things

1177
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,319
Speaker 1: go with that. In the meantime, that is it. We

1178
00:56:31,400 --> 00:56:34,160
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1179
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:37,239
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00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:39,440
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1182
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1183
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