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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the daily NFL Fantasy Live podcast.

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Speaker 1: Happy Week fifteen. You are likely getting ready for your

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Speaker 1: semifinals or first round of the playoffs. Best of luck.

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Speaker 1: the information you need for this peak will get you

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Speaker 1: up to date on all the big injuries going on

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Speaker 1: in fantasy right now. Michael Fabiano's got his big starts

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Speaker 1: studs what we project for them point total wise. For

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Speaker 1: weeks fIF team will rest thee rankings at quarterback, running back,

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Speaker 1: and wide receiver. A four team look ahead Fantasy Predator

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Speaker 1: that may be, and being told that's a very special

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Speaker 1: guest we're getting later on in the show. Health Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Live Podcast. Hello, Fantasy fans, Welcome to NFL Fantasy Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Geico Jason Smith here alongside Michael Fabiano and

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy. We start things off with the biggest news

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Speaker 1: and fantasy football. Redskins quarterback Robert from the third has

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Speaker 1: been benched and shut down for the season by Mike Shanahan.

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins will now be the red Skins starting quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Rex Grossman is the backup. Shanahan says, the decision, guys,

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Speaker 1: is because Robert Griffin the third, took too many hits.

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Speaker 1: Want to keep him healthy go through an entire offseason.

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Speaker 1: So whether or not you believe that, what does this

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Speaker 1: mean for Kirk Cousins? Can you start Kirk Cousins and fantas?

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is a sleeper now, my friends, he is

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Speaker 1: an absolute sleeper with a great matchup in Atlanta. Kirk

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Speaker 1: Cousins has come in the past and shown that he

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Speaker 1: could put up some points there. Mr Harrison, he has.

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Speaker 1: But let's circle back here. R G three is taking

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Speaker 1: more hits. I just did a little quick math here.

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Speaker 1: He's getting less sacks per passe attempt. He's running less

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Speaker 1: times per game. He's not getting picked too much. He's

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Speaker 1: not playing well. He's throwing off his back foot, he

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Speaker 1: doesn't know what he's seeing out there half the time.

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Speaker 1: He holds the ball too long. I only know this

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Speaker 1: because he's my NFL network starting quarterback and fantasy had

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Speaker 1: to start twelve prior over him one week for crying

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Speaker 1: out loud. I agree, it's Bab's Kirk Cousins. I think

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Speaker 1: not a twenty point game in atlant To been close

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Speaker 1: to it. The winning game continues in Green Bay. Aaron

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Speaker 1: Rodgers limited again in practice Wednesday. Mike McCarthy said, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll see what happens on Thursday to Wong Food, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for everything, Mike McCarthy. So if it is Matt Flynn,

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Speaker 1: what packers whiteoutse? Can you start? Jordy Nelson? Dot that's it? Yep,

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Speaker 1: that's it. Nobody else done. Yeah, but this is a

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Speaker 1: great matchup. How is it great? This was Aaron Rodgers?

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Speaker 1: I would project him for like fifty fantasy. It looks

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Speaker 1: like Jake Cutler. Owners could see their quarterback in action Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Bears head coach Mark Tressman said he's optimistic Cutler will

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Speaker 1: play Sunday. He's gonna practice Wednesday, and on Thursday, Tressman

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Speaker 1: is gonna make that decision. So helping fantasy owners, Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Mark Drestman. Does it really matter? I mean, you're playing

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Speaker 1: whoever starts for the Bears, aren't you. Josh McCown, boy,

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Speaker 1: He's been just phenomenal. And keep in mind that the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys defense is awful. They're going to Cleveland this week.

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Speaker 1: This is a tougher matchup. This is a tougher matchup.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not saying that you're starting account or Cutler

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Speaker 1: in fantasy. I'm not starting Color. If I'm a fantasy owner,

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Speaker 1: he Account, he hasn't played. I would consider starting McCown

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Speaker 1: because you don't know what you're gonna get with Color.

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Speaker 1: McCown has been in there, and I honestly, I don't

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Speaker 1: understand the reason for Mark Trustman. Maybe he's trying to

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Speaker 1: keep the Brown's defensive coordinator guessing, but why would you

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Speaker 1: start Color when he hasn't played on the road. After

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Speaker 1: McCown just lit up the Cowboys. Granted it's I mean,

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Speaker 1: their defenses at playing well, but he still had to

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Speaker 1: make those throws. You know what I'm saying, Let's move on.

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Speaker 1: NFL media insider Ian Rappaport reporting Broncos why Not' West

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Speaker 1: Welker will miss Thursday's game against the Charges. Welker still

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Speaker 1: recovering from this concussion. So what does this mean for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the Broncos weapons. You're going to see

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Speaker 1: said Wednesday, running back to Adrian Peterson and Toby Gerhard

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Speaker 1: Chuck Foreman is a terrific start this week. Yeah, this

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Speaker 1: because it's too hard to start a third stringer in

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Speaker 1: his name. Look at what Toby Gerhart's done in games

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Speaker 1: receiving five touchdowns. He's averaging over fifteen Fantasy points per

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Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser said, look, I'm more optimistic about Gerhart than

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Speaker 1: because if Toby Gerhart is going to be the starter

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Speaker 1: for the Vikings, he becomes a legitimate lex starter. Jason.

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Speaker 1: Based on the numbers we just saw, Gearhart can go

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Speaker 1: you're not playing Gearhart. But if he doesn't play, Garheart's

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Speaker 1: a very good play. Good news for Rashaw Jennings owners

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Speaker 1: the running back clear to play against the Chiefs this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Jennings suffered a concussion on Thanksgiving. He missed last weekend's

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Speaker 1: had a pretty good game last week. What do you think?

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Speaker 1: I think Russia Rashaw Jennings is a decent play, But

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Speaker 1: All right for more, Now, let's throw it over to

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Speaker 1: Molly Karam and Marcus Grant. Guys, Jason, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Molly care here with the NFL dot Com Fantasy and

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant at your service in time now to take

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Speaker 1: a look at the top player ads on NFL dot

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Speaker 1: Com for Week fifteen. Who owners are grabbing over waivers.

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Speaker 1: We see Charles clay A, Dennis pitt Of, Shaneburn, Toby Gerhardt,

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Speaker 1: Julian Edelman, Roddy White, and more. Let's focus on Julian Edelman.

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Speaker 1: He played all eighty two snaps and his Sunday's win

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Speaker 1: of action, Edelman in the last three games, he's had

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Speaker 1: In those games, he's had sixty or more receiving yards,

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Speaker 1: Charles Kloy went toe to toe with Troy faal Malo

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Speaker 1: been on fire. Charles Clay is seeing a lot of targets.

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Speaker 1: He has become a really big part of that Dolphins offense.

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Speaker 1: He's become a nice outlet for Ryan Tannehill. He's doing

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Speaker 1: and the Patriots recently have struggled against tight ends and

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Speaker 1: given up the second most fantasy points per game to

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Speaker 1: tight ends over the last month. Charles Clay, you can

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Speaker 1: good option this week. Let's go to the other side

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Speaker 1: of things. The most drop players on NFL dot Com

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Speaker 1: for week fifteen and markets. We want to know if

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Speaker 1: owners are pulling the club too soon. Obviously Rob Bronkowski

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Speaker 1: with the injury, Percy Harvin, banged up, Jordan Read, Delaney Walker,

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Speaker 1: with injuries his entire career, continued soreness and a surgically

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Speaker 1: don't know that Percy Harvin is an option at all

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Speaker 1: At some point, you just gotta chalk it up to

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Speaker 1: a lost season for Percy Harvan, and it's unfortunate for

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Speaker 1: Marcus breakdown the Harry Douglas situation because he was once

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Speaker 1: White actually coming back to prominence for fantasy owners in

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Speaker 1: recent weeks. But Washington's defense has been atrocious all season long.

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Speaker 1: You're not gonna get the huge numbers out of Harry

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Speaker 1: be worth maybe a flex play this week. Marcus Grant

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Speaker 1: breaking all down for us as always, Thank you, Conny

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Speaker 1: Still Nick Foles has that an epic fantasy run, but

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Speaker 1: Find out when the fabulous one Mr Michael Fabriano reveals

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Speaker 1: all his starts and sits for Week fifteen and later

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Speaker 1: got a star player with a bad matchup this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to NFL Fantasy Live. Molly Carom joined by

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Speaker 1: Michael Fabriano and Elliott Harrison, who will be on that

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Speaker 1: show time for a little t n F preview our

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Speaker 1: final Thursday Night game of the season. I'm a little bad, guys,

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. I can tell you are too.

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Speaker 1: But we have We're going out with the bank. We've

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Speaker 1: let's start with your projections here for the Chargers pretty

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Speaker 1: rookie Keenan. Allen will get into that in just a moment,

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Speaker 1: But let's start with Philip Rivers. Are you expecting a

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Speaker 1: but I still say, Elliott, he has a top ten

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Speaker 1: this is gonna be a fantastic game from both reality

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Speaker 1: It's Wednesday. That means the big starts and sits for

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Speaker 1: catching deep passes last week is a very good sleeper. Unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Look at his numbers over the last few weeks, Jason,

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Speaker 1: He's been very productive. Is this a Tony Gonzalez recommendation

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Speaker 1: because of Tony Gonzalez? Is because the Redskins are such

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Speaker 1: a mess they're mailing it in? Well, you know what.

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Speaker 1: It's a combination of the two. And this is probably

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Speaker 1: what his third to last game of his NFL career,

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Speaker 1: very illustrious career. Redskins have given up the six most

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Speaker 1: fancy points of tight ends this season, and he also

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Speaker 1: has a receiving touchdown in three straight games against Washington.

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Speaker 1: It's in the Dome. I really like Tony Gonzalez this weekend,

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Speaker 1: despite the fact that you've been somewhat inconsistent this season

435
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Speaker 1: one being tended for a tight end. If you can't

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Speaker 1: do it against the Arizona Cardinals, you can't do it

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Speaker 1: against anybody else. Hence sitting Jared Coke. Jared Cook, you

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Speaker 1: disappointed me. You were like juice. Okay, you have betrayed

439
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Speaker 1: me and I will not start you, especially this week

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Speaker 1: against the Saints. They've given up the seventh fewest fantasy

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Speaker 1: points the tight ends this season. If you couldn't do

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Speaker 1: it against Arizona, man, I just can't start you. As

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Speaker 1: Jason said, benching Jared Cook, he's been a huge disappointment

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Speaker 1: for the most part this season. Let's get to the

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Speaker 1: defenses now. And normally we like to recommend defenses you

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Speaker 1: can stream pick up off the waiver wire, putting your

447
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Speaker 1: line up and give you a big fantasy points. But

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Speaker 1: look at the matchups this week, Fats, there's no good

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Speaker 1: ones you can say, I'm gonna go out and get

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Speaker 1: defense A and plug him into my lineup. The Saints

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Speaker 1: are kind of like that, The Lions are kind of

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Speaker 1: like that, but you're right. For the most part, the

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Speaker 1: defense are like the most this week is the Carolina defense.

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Speaker 1: They're going to be salty after being embarrassed last week

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Speaker 1: in New Orleans. And guess who they're playing this week?

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Speaker 1: Mr Smith, how do you have no confidence in Gino Smith?

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Speaker 1: I have no I have more confidence in Marcus Grant

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Speaker 1: than I do and Gino Smith. Gino is gonna turn

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Speaker 1: the ball over a bunch this week. Carolina is going

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Speaker 1: to be aggressive and this is going to be the

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Speaker 1: high is scoring defense and fantasy football in Week fifteen.

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Speaker 1: If you have the Panthers, please start them, and now

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Speaker 1: you can go back to the Chiefs defense as well.

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Speaker 1: The Chiefs were great. We told you to start them

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Speaker 1: last week. They had a season high twenty six fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: A good matchup against the Oldland Raiders, who the Jets

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Speaker 1: did well against last week in New Jersey. The Chiefs

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Speaker 1: back in the good graces of fantasy football, and it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like maybe the Juice is going to be

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Speaker 1: back in the good graces of Jack's Oh. I don't

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Speaker 1: know when the season starts up again. I don't know, Fabis.

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Speaker 1: I'm more confident defenses who were bad last week that

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Speaker 1: you can trust this week than I am juice next season.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. But I like that haircut. You

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Speaker 1: can kind of do that. We get some tattoos on

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Speaker 1: that bad it's the look how an NFL Fantasy Live.

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Speaker 1: Fantasy is our name, and projecting fantasy players points is

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Speaker 1: our game. We'll tell you if your favorite stars are

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Speaker 1: gonna score higher or lower in their projected fantasy points

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Speaker 1: for Week fifteen. This is NFL Fantasy Live. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to NFL Fantasy Live. Molly Caram joined by Elliott Harrison,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant. They're currently cheating off each other. Guys were

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Speaker 1: on tving up put the notes away. The big story

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Speaker 1: of the day is Robert Griffin will be inactive this

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Speaker 1: weekend versus the Falcons, and Kirk Cousins will get the start.

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Speaker 1: What's your thoughts on this from a fantasy perspective, Well,

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Speaker 1: I think Kirk comes an outstanding start. He's a guy

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Speaker 1: who's motivated to perform. This is a chance, maybe the

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Speaker 1: auditions for another job out of Washington. At the same time,

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Speaker 1: he's going up against a Falcons defense that not only

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Speaker 1: has been bad all year, but they have nothing to

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Speaker 1: play for this point. Yeah, they don't and they have

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Speaker 1: not been good on the back end, but they make

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Speaker 1: up for it by not being good in the front seven.

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Speaker 1: So I like Kirk Cousins. I like him to get

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Speaker 1: seventeen eighteen points in Atlanta. Alright, Remember, fantasy fans, you

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Speaker 1: can always submit your questions by using Fantasy Genius at

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Speaker 1: NFL dot com slash genius and guys. One of the

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Speaker 1: hottest names trending right now is one Tom Brady. Brady

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Speaker 1: lost his best weapon Rob Gronkowski last week. Can do

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Speaker 1: a torn a c l and mc l terrible. He

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Speaker 1: has had so many surgeries this offseason and potentially this

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Speaker 1: season now. So how do you feel about Brady down

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Speaker 1: the stretch. Well, I feel like Tom Brady is the

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Speaker 1: guy he was at the beginning of the season. Mainly,

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Speaker 1: he has been the middle of the road quarterback from

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Speaker 1: a fantasy perspective all year long. I think he continues

508
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Speaker 1: to be the middle of the road quarterback. I think

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Speaker 1: if there's anybody who trends up, it's maybe a guy

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Speaker 1: like Julian Edelman who sees some more targets. But I

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Speaker 1: think in terms of Brady, you know, there are guys

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Speaker 1: who are gonna better the guys who are gonna be worse.

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Speaker 1: He's just kind of mediocre. Hey, he's great player. I

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Speaker 1: still think he's a good looking man, but I don't

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Speaker 1: like him against the Miami Dolphins. Molly Dolphins not giving

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Speaker 1: up a lot of scoring tosses at home. They've been

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Speaker 1: playing very well since that whole locker room situation happened

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Speaker 1: with him, They've really turned it on. I don't recommend

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Speaker 1: starting Tom Brady this week. I'm with Marcus takes one

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Speaker 1: to No. One Elliott. Here's a look at Tom by

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Speaker 1: stats this season within without Rob Gronkowski and guys. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: as you can see, Old Brady's numbers significantly better when

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Speaker 1: Gronk is on the field. But it is time now,

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Speaker 1: my favorite time of the week for Engineer to win,

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Speaker 1: there's many fantasy Genius questions submit by you guys about

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Speaker 1: week fifteen as we can. I'm really challenging you again

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Speaker 1: this week. Let's get through all of them. Let's do this.

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Speaker 1: Here we go. First question, Better start Philip Rivers versus

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Speaker 1: the Broncos or Andrew Luck versus the Texans. I like

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. He's been hot. The Broncos defense has been vulnerable.

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Speaker 1: I like your pocket square better than both of these guys.

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Speaker 1: Nice moved by you. But Andrew Luck always gets a

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Speaker 1: rushing touchdown after they lose the game. He takes matters

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Speaker 1: into his own hands. I'm taking Andrew Luck. I like

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Speaker 1: the beats in the background better than both of you.

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Speaker 1: Better start Nick Foles versus the Vikings or Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: against the Fens. I think we answered that already. Nick

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Speaker 1: Foles has got to be the better start. He's been hot,

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Speaker 1: Vikings defense isn't very good, and Tom Brady has a

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Speaker 1: tough matchup all of the above. I'm a little cut

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Speaker 1: deep by that the moment. No, don't don't be sensitive.

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Speaker 1: Better start Levy on Bel versus the Bengals or Zach

545
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Speaker 1: Stacy versus the Saints. Women don't like sensitive man. Look

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Speaker 1: every time I hype up Levy on Bill he gets

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Speaker 1: twenty three carries for fifty two yards. And you know so,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Zach Stacy. Zack Stacey has been

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Speaker 1: pretty consistent this year, and I like kiss matchup better

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Speaker 1: and Levy on Bell versus the Bengals. Yeah. I like

551
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Speaker 1: Zac Stacey too, even though the matchups not great. He

552
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Speaker 1: seems to find a way to get in the end

553
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Speaker 1: zone and a lot of times that's all you need.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the tight ends. Better start Jordan Cameron

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Speaker 1: or Jason Winn. I am staying with Jason Witt and

556
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Speaker 1: Jordan Cameron. It was nice to see him bounce back

557
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Speaker 1: last week. Jason Witten, these guys who does it every week.

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Speaker 1: I'm playing our colleague and am Eric Davis, and I

559
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Speaker 1: need Jason Witten touchdown, So Jason Witten thirty seconds. Greg

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Speaker 1: Olsen or Kobe Fleiner. Kobe Fleiner, I think Derrick Rodgers

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Speaker 1: and Lavon Brazil get a lot of attention that opens things. Kobe,

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Speaker 1: you have like a fat head and you're ruining. Greg Olson.

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Speaker 1: Jets had not been good against tight ends this season.

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Speaker 1: This next one is the last one. Better start Julian

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Speaker 1: Edelman or Riley Cooper. Julian Edelman. I think I think

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Speaker 1: Brady talker. I think Brady targets him a lot of

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Speaker 1: this week. I don't think Tom Brady's gonna have a

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Speaker 1: good game, but I think Julian Edelman has a good game. Wow,

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Speaker 1: all right, I'm going Riley Cooper against the Viking's kitchen.

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Speaker 1: A couple of deep balls. Excellent, gentleman. Next week, better performance,

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Speaker 1: still a little faster to step it up. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: love you both, though I was just kidding before. That

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Speaker 1: Adam Rank here, and every Thursday, I like to give

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Speaker 1: tuning in right now, let's give you a sneak peek.

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Speaker 1: Here are ten guys you can look and look. I'll

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Speaker 1: be honest, I'm not trying to be a wise acre,

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Speaker 1: but whoever starts for the Chicago Bears is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a pretty good start at quarterback if you saw what

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Speaker 1: they did to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night. And

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Speaker 1: of course, tight ends are gonna be a big position

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Speaker 1: of need this week. Delaney Walker, if he's ready to

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Speaker 1: go against the Arizona Cardinals, he is somebody you can

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Speaker 1: plug and play into your lineup. But let's go back

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback position and my guy, Ryan Tannehill, who

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Speaker 1: has become one of the most consistent quarterbacks in fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: As you see right there, at least fourteen fantasy points

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Speaker 1: in six consecutive games, and as a matter of fact,

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Speaker 1: his fantasy points have increased in three consectuive of games.

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Speaker 1: And I like the match up against the Patriots, who

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Speaker 1: have allowed twelve touchdown passes in their last five games.

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill has done it on the road in New Jersey,

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Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh. This guy is somebody that you can count on.

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Speaker 1: Let's move to wide receiver. Cordarrel Patterson is coming off

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Speaker 1: a season high of twenty point seven fantasy points against

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Speaker 1: the Ravens, and his fantasy points have also increased for

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Speaker 1: three consecutive games. He has been a guy who has

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Speaker 1: been featured in this Vikings offense, and as they start

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Speaker 1: to go towards next season, they're gonna look to see

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Speaker 1: what they have in Patterson, which means more targets for him.

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Speaker 1: So if you're in a need for a wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: go ahead and play Patterson. And finally, the tight end position,

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Speaker 1: and we have to talk about Dennis Pitta, who made

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Speaker 1: his season debut against the Vikings on Sunday. He had

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Speaker 1: six receptions excuse me, six receptions for forty eight yards

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Speaker 1: and a touchdown. To that game, he had eleven targets,

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Speaker 1: the most of anybody on that team. And as we

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Speaker 1: said in the preseason, Dennis pitt is going to become

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Speaker 1: the red zone option for that offense. And if you

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Speaker 1: need a tight end, if you had Gronkowski and are

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Speaker 1: now scrambling, that has put up available on your waiver

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Speaker 1: later on Adam Rank. Thank you for that one more.

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Speaker 1: You are a wise anchor. Still to come, we play

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Speaker 1: our favorite game from Sunday's higher or Lower and try

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Speaker 1: to figure out exactly how many points some stars will

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Speaker 1: happen Week fifteen. And like many fantasy fans, if you

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Speaker 1: Elliot Harrison and Michael Fabiano and guys gonna take a

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Speaker 1: look at NFL dot COM's quarterback rankings now for week fifteen.

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Speaker 1: These are the cumulative rankings from all of our experts.

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning number one, Philip Rivers number five, and still

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Speaker 1: every week guys we get do I start Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: this week? Coming off a very good game against the

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Speaker 1: g Men. I like him as a top ten quarterback

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Speaker 1: in debor not on this list. In the top ten

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Speaker 1: and be surprised. Tom Brady, Let's see where he is,

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Speaker 1: number eleven. I got him number six this week. Elliot,

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Speaker 1: where do you have Brady? Well? I just recommended earlier

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Speaker 1: in the show that you don't start at him. I'm

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Speaker 1: thinking about ten team leagues, so eleventh is fine for me.

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Speaker 1: That's a tough matchup against the Dolphins on the road.

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins gonna have a big game against Atlanta. He

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Speaker 1: jumps into the top fifteen. And really, between Josh McCown

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Speaker 1: and j Cutler, whoever plays for the Bears you can

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Speaker 1: start in Fantasy boy. McCown, how good was he last week?

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Speaker 1: Five touchdowns? He's really made it hard to base that guy. Huh. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you wonder if he's peaked though, if that was his

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Speaker 1: that was his game? Big Actually tell the fantasy points

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Speaker 1: just for good for eating. Come on, all right, all right,

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Speaker 1: now we're gonna play a little higher or lower. Put

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Speaker 1: a minute on the clock, and I'll throw out some

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Speaker 1: fantasy point projections for the quarterbacks. You tell me if

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Speaker 1: the guys are gonna go higher or lower? Get first one,

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Speaker 1: get it, I got it. Kirk Cousins sixteen fantasy points,

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Speaker 1: I got eighteen. Do I have to the defense? No,

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Speaker 1: you don't have to higher. Russell Wilson seventeen against the Giants.

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Speaker 1: Higher's gonna get some rush, I say, push, push, Russell,

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Speaker 1: will I said, Philip Rivers seventeen against the Broncos. Higher,

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Speaker 1: but just like this, a little seven yard is just

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Speaker 1: like this seven years. I agree with Harrison. A little

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Speaker 1: bit higher. Matthew Stafford eighteen against the Ravens. Higher, He

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Speaker 1: said that to me, is a push. He's at home.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Ravens defense a little tougher than

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Speaker 1: you think. Yeah, but there's no snow, so I think

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Speaker 1: Stafford will be fine. Andy Dalton eighteen against the steel

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Speaker 1: not at Hines, now on the road, not against that opponent. Lower.

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Speaker 1: Tony Romo twenty against the Packers, barely lower, but barely,

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Speaker 1: all right, So still a good start. Tony Romo, yes, alright,

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Speaker 1: for the sake of fantasy owners. He hasn't been that

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Speaker 1: great the last movie. He hasn't. Kaepernick twenty against the

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers lower, yeah, lower. That's a tough defense, all right.

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Speaker 1: And Tom Brady twenty two against the Dolphins definitely lower.

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Speaker 1: I am starting Tom Brady against Adam Rank. I hope

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Speaker 1: it's higher, but it's gonna be lower, alright. So there's

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Now, we're gonna look at the running back

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Speaker 1: rankings right now on nfl don Com. Jumal Charles, who

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Speaker 1: has been number one for a while on this list

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Speaker 1: with Sean McCoy coming off the Big Tour in Yard

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Speaker 1: Day and he lace has been a top five guy.

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Speaker 1: And here's Shane Vereen sneaking into the top ten. Found

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Speaker 1: the guy is like starting a wide receiver at running back.

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Speaker 1: He's phenomenal. He will see even more targets now with

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Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski out. That's why I'm not as worried about

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Speaker 1: Brady because earlier in the year, when Rock was gone,

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Speaker 1: he didn't have VRN. Now he does. Let's take a

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Speaker 1: look at eleven through twenty. Lady on Bell right there.

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Speaker 1: Every week we think he's gonna have a breakout week,

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Speaker 1: had a bad one last week. This week possibly against Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: Andre Brown, Zach Stacy Elliot. What about Toby Gearhart? Toby Gerhard,

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Speaker 1: I like when he got He's gotten starts. He's produced

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Speaker 1: last four starts. The average is ninety four scrimmage yards.

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Speaker 1: He has two touchdowns and those starts that averages out

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Speaker 1: to about twelve Fantasy points per game. That's not bad.

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Speaker 1: Keep keep in mind, too, that we don't know the

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Speaker 1: status are Riggie Bush. That's why Joy bells in the

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Speaker 1: top twenty. Right now. I like joy Bell. By the way,

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Speaker 1: he even when Reggie's joy Bell gets a lot, he

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Speaker 1: actually good happens. All right, have another round of higher

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Speaker 1: lower running backwise, all right, let's have a choice. I

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Speaker 1: just said, if you didn't want to do it, we

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Speaker 1: could talk something. Let's do it. I'm excited. All right.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with our guys here at the running back position.

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Speaker 1: You tell me if the player is gonna go higher

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Speaker 1: or lower than the point total projected. First guy, C J.

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Speaker 1: Spiller tend against the jack. First of all, I why

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Speaker 1: don't you just throw a coin up in the Air.

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Speaker 1: I mean with C. J. Spiller, but I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: higher given the matchup. The Jaguars have allowed the fourth

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Speaker 1: fewest fantasy points are running backs in the last four weeks.

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Speaker 1: I'm going lower. Zach Stacy and Zach Stacy's mom eleven.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna play as well this week.

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Speaker 1: I like him. I'm going higher than eleven, all right,

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Speaker 1: but you don't like Zack Stays. His mom has got

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Speaker 1: it going on. Jade run defense hasn't been there. Giovanni

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Speaker 1: Bernard eleven points urge front, Stephen Jackson eleven against the Redskins. Lower,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to push. Is that even an option? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Keep going to tell me exactly how many points? Alfred

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Speaker 1: Morris twelve Fantasy points absolutely higher against that front. Seven higher,

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Speaker 1: all right, Robbie Rainey twelve against the nine. Robbie Ray,

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Speaker 1: Bobby Ray. I'm gonna go lower. But Robbie Bay actually

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Speaker 1: like to get five. What about Robbie Benson? Do you

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Speaker 1: think as well? Ben take fourteen against the Colts. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go higher. I say Ben take gets at least

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Speaker 1: one touchdown in this game. I'm going higher. All right?

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Speaker 1: There we go, considering my malaprop Mouth, my Ron Burgundy, esk.

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Speaker 1: Let's have more and the wide receivers and tight ends.

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Speaker 1: So we'll throw it over to Margaret Cullens and Marvin Graves.

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Speaker 1: Don't be talking about anybody's mother. I see what you

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Speaker 1: did there. Okay, thank you guy, Molly Carram here at

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Speaker 1: the nfl dot Com Fantasy and Marcus Grant and Marcus,

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Speaker 1: let's take a look now at your wide receiver rankings

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Speaker 1: for week fifteen. Calvin Johnson at Baltimore number one, Josh Gordon,

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Speaker 1: he's been having a tremendous season against Chicago at to

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Speaker 1: a J Green number three, and moving on, let's take

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Speaker 1: a look at eleven through twenty. Here, Keenan all In,

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Speaker 1: the rookie at eleven one. That jumps out to me

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Rod Streeter fifteen. Rod Streeter's guy who

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Speaker 1: since Matt mcgoy has been on the field, he's been fantastic.

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Speaker 1: And you you just find quarterbacks receivers at that pair

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Speaker 1: wall together, and those two seems to have found a

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Speaker 1: report with each other. Yeah. He had about nineteen points

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Speaker 1: last week. All right, let's get into a J Green

750
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Speaker 1: though he was targeted team high eight times and lead

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Speaker 1: the Bengals in catches and yards on Sunday. This week,

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Speaker 1: he gets the Steelers d I feel like we all

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Speaker 1: talk about A J. Green enough. I mean, he has

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Speaker 1: been a top flight fantasy receiver for as long as

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Speaker 1: he's been in the National Football League, and he's really

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Speaker 1: started to pick things up lately. He's had a touchdown

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Speaker 1: in three of his last four games. He's played well

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Speaker 1: in his career at Pittsburgh. They are going up against

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Speaker 1: the Steelers this week, and I just feel like this

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Speaker 1: is the him for A J. Green to really step

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Speaker 1: things up. Andy Dalton is locking in on his primary guy.

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Speaker 1: I think you can really count on A J. Green

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Speaker 1: to give you that elite level fantasy production that you

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Speaker 1: were looking for when you drafted Marcus. Tory Smith had

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Speaker 1: only one reception Sunday. This week, he gets the Lions

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Speaker 1: secondary whip. Can we expect here? I think Tory Smith

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Speaker 1: has a big week this week. It might not be

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Speaker 1: so great for Joe Flacco going up against that Lion's

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Speaker 1: pass rush, but I think when he's able to get

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Speaker 1: the ball out and get it out in rhythm, he

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Speaker 1: will find Tori Smith. The lines have given up the

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Speaker 1: second most fantasy points to wide receivers this season, and

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Speaker 1: Tory Smith has shown he can go up, he can

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Speaker 1: make tough catches, he can make catches in traffic. He

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Speaker 1: really has stepped up as the number one receiver that

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Speaker 1: the Ravens thought he would be. Lank On Bolden left

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Speaker 1: and we'll want to bounce back game after last week.

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Speaker 1: Of course, all right, Marcus, The tight end position a

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Speaker 1: little tricky all season long. Let's take a look at

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Speaker 1: your rankings here for this Jimmy Graham obviously number one

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Speaker 1: at St. Louis Verne and Davis taken on Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: Julius Thomas in number three, we'll see him on Thursday

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Speaker 1: Night Football. Charles Clay at number five, we'll talk about

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Speaker 1: him in just a minute. But I want to focus

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Speaker 1: on Kobe Fleaner. He's failed to top fifty five yards

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Speaker 1: receiving in any of the past three games. But it's

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Speaker 1: the Texans this week. It is the Texans this week.

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Speaker 1: I think, more than anything, the Texans may spend a

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Speaker 1: little extra trying to slow down Dereck Rogers and Lavon Brazil,

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Speaker 1: two guys who stepped up kind of out of nowhere

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Speaker 1: last week, had performed well, and I think that leaves

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Speaker 1: things open for Kobe Fleaner across the middle. We saw

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Speaker 1: earlier he was getting a lot of those targets when

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Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne went down. And I think this is the

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Speaker 1: week Andrew Luck goes back to his old college buddy.

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Speaker 1: Let's move on here to the black Unicorn, Mark Tellis Bennett.

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Speaker 1: We know there's a lot of passing options in this offense,

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Speaker 1: but how do you like him against the Brown kofu astronaut?

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Speaker 1: Either way, this guy has fantastical, tremendous, outstanding nicknames. I

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Speaker 1: think Martellas Bennett is more of a sleeper this week.

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Speaker 1: The Browns are so so when it comes to stopping

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Speaker 1: the passing game. There's nothing that you expressly like, but

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Speaker 1: the way the Bears spread the football around. I think

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Speaker 1: that makes Martennis Meddle, like I said, a nice sleeper option.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Great, always dropping the knowledge. Thank you for keeping

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Speaker 1: America informed. Yes you do still the um in a

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Speaker 1: jam four Week fifteen. Have some injured stars on your team?

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Speaker 1: Are you just playing stumped about what to do? We're

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Speaker 1: here to help with our spots starts of the week.

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Speaker 1: And if you're like me and you missed your fantasy playoffs.

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Speaker 1: That means you're season begins right now, and we have

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Speaker 1: the players that need to be on your fantasy radar.

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Speaker 1: The rest of Fantasy Live back after this. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to NFL Fantasy Live. Jason Smith here alongside Michael Fabiano

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Speaker 1: and Elliot Harrison. Time now for our spot starts of

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Speaker 1: the week. These are guys you can plug in in

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Speaker 1: case one of your players injured or you're in a matchup.

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Speaker 1: Mind and the first guy on this list is Matt Ryan. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I like Matt Ryan a lot this week. I like

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Speaker 1: the fact that he's facing the Washington Redskins, who have

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Speaker 1: been struggling on defense. They can't stop anybody, and I

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Speaker 1: think I just think he's a great start. Hey wait,

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Speaker 1: that's Fantasy predator and I can translate. He's saying he

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Speaker 1: thinks Matt Ryan's gonna have right around eight team Fantasy

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Speaker 1: points in this contest, and that even though he hasn't

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Speaker 1: been that great in the last few weeks, he still

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Speaker 1: has a lot of confidence in team against Washington. Wow, Fabbs,

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Speaker 1: you are the predator whisperer. You see that that was

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Speaker 1: ever an attack of predators. I'll know about it beforehand

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Speaker 1: and you'll be safe because you're the only one that

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Speaker 1: can talk. I can tell you guys to What about

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. Yeah, I like Ryan Tannehill quite a bit.

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Speaker 1: And this is a kid who has fourteen plus Fantasy

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Speaker 1: points to each of his last six games. Had nineteen

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Speaker 1: last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the snow. He's

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Speaker 1: got a great matchup this week against the Patriots. They've

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Speaker 1: allowed the third most based points quarterbacks over the last

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Speaker 1: four weeks. They gave up thirty to Jason Campbell last week.

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Speaker 1: And I'm starting Ryan Tannehill in the Celebrity League because

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Speaker 1: r G twe was most starting and the whole team

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Speaker 1: is playing better. Yeah, available in about nine percent of leagues.

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. How about Andre Ellington? He finally got in

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Speaker 1: the end zone again last week and a very very

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Speaker 1: favorable matchup this week the Titans. They've given up the

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Speaker 1: third most fatas points to running backs on their whole

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Speaker 1: field and eight rushing touchdowns and their last three home games.

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Speaker 1: Andre Ellerton is a nice flex start this. I agree

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Speaker 1: they think Andrea Eleckton to somebody can plug in and play.

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Speaker 1: Here's our week fifteen spots talks the weeks and more

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Speaker 1: names you might need to plug in your lineup as

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Speaker 1: you're in the semifinal week, likely in your fantasy plaoffs

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Speaker 1: until he hard, depending on his availability, could be a

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Speaker 1: great play. Julian Edelman simply has become Tom Brady's guy.

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Speaker 1: He's a great flex player. Now. A good amount of

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Speaker 1: fans didn't make the fantasy playoffs or he got knocked

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Speaker 1: out last week, but that doesn't mean the season's over.

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Speaker 1: The quest to win next year's championship starts right now.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna chat about some guys were watching for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the season who could fly up draft

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Speaker 1: boards next year. And the first guy, Elliott, You had

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Speaker 1: a bold statement about Josh Gordon. Uh well, I mean

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Speaker 1: maybe it's bold, but to me, it's just the fact

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Speaker 1: that if he keeps this up and I'm gonna watch,

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Speaker 1: and that's what we're talking about, is watching the talent

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Speaker 1: of the season, then he's the number one wide receiver

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Speaker 1: going in fantasy drafts next year. Over Calvin Johnson. Look

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Speaker 1: at his numbers. Okay, in eleven games, he's got four yards, right,

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Speaker 1: he's got eight touchdowns. What was the problem with Calvin

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Speaker 1: Johnson last year? He got all those yards, but he

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Speaker 1: wasn't getting you the touchdowns. Five touchdowns, and then look

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Speaker 1: who's been throwing him the ball. It doesn't matter if

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Speaker 1: it's Jason Campbell, doesn't matter if it's Brandon When, doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter if it's her Norton. He's making he's getting fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the guy has been a beast. If he

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Speaker 1: keeps this up, there's no reason you shouldn't. In the

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Speaker 1: last three games he has six hundred forty nine yards receiving.

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Speaker 1: By the way, turn Norton's first round pick next days sin,

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Speaker 1: how about RG three. Now he's gonna be sat down

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Speaker 1: for the rest of the season going forward, what's his value? Well,

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Speaker 1: on the bright side of this whole mess is that

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Speaker 1: he's going to be rested and he should be a

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Speaker 1: hundred percent next season. He'll be a fully year plus

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Speaker 1: removed from major knee reconstruction. So I still say he

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Speaker 1: can be a top ten fantasy quarterback. So what if

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Speaker 1: I said sixth round, guys, oh much later, he'll be

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Speaker 1: the Matthew Stafford of next year. He'll be like the days,

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Speaker 1: I'll take him in the sixth round all day long.

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Speaker 1: That would be part of my strategy. You just put

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Speaker 1: it up, he'll be available much later. Look at Matthew

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Speaker 1: Stafford coming off a down year last year was the

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Speaker 1: eleventh round. Yeah, I think that's where he's gonna wind

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Speaker 1: up going. I'm already thinking abou al right, how about

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Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernard fabs. It's been a kind of a push

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Speaker 1: pull running back wise, but he clearly is the more

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Speaker 1: talented player. If I'm Santa Claus and fantasy football, Giovanni

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Speaker 1: Bernard is on my nice list. I love this kid.

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Speaker 1: I love what he brings to the game, the intangibles,

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Speaker 1: his field vision, the fact that he can catch the

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Speaker 1: ball out of his vision. What you gotta be able

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Speaker 1: to see the field. Well, so I understand. Hey, what

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Speaker 1: I said earlier in the show about Keenan Allen. These

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Speaker 1: guys aren't rookies anymore. This is week fifteen. The light

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Speaker 1: bulb comes on. I agree with you. You gotta watch

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Speaker 1: what Bernard's gonna and if he becomes closer to a

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Speaker 1: featured back over these next several weeks, I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: something right now, this kid could be a first or

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Speaker 1: second round pick in fantasy drafts next season. You may

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Speaker 1: think I'm a little bit crazy. I will take this kid.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I'm just glad you didn't say if

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Speaker 1: I'm Santa Claus, he's on my knee. I thought that's

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Speaker 1: who we're gonna say. Look this guy right here, Jason

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Speaker 1: Michael Crabtreet. What happened last year when Kaepernick took over

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Speaker 1: in Week ten, Crabtreet became a stunt. He became a

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Speaker 1: stun one of the highest scoring players in fantasy football,

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Speaker 1: irrespective of position. I want to see how many targets

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Speaker 1: he gets at the end of the season, because he's

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Speaker 1: great running after the catch, so he makes more out

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Speaker 1: of his targets than other players. If he gets ten

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Speaker 1: targets per game, to Crabtree is going to be one

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Speaker 1: of the top receives in fantasy Are could be later.

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Speaker 1: This is a guy that you can get somewhere in

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Speaker 1: like the middle rounds as a two or three potentially

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Speaker 1: who could be a one. Okay, so let's tho this

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Speaker 1: their fifth round. Would you take Michael Crabtree fifth round?

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Speaker 1: That's about right where I would I would see him

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Speaker 1: going fifth or sixth round at this point. I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: take him fifth because I would think he's gonna be later.

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Speaker 1: I can get another guy, and I can get him

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Speaker 1: maybe in the six of the seventh. Not if you're

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Speaker 1: in a draft of these two guys. Well obviously not

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Speaker 1: with you two, but I mean talking about other people.

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Speaker 1: I could do that, r G three or crab Tree.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, Well Crabtree will go first, but the wide

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Speaker 1: receiver position is going to be deep deep, all right.

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Speaker 1: That does it for us. Join us tomorrow for the

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Speaker 1: latest news in a full preview for the Charges Broncos

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Speaker 1: Thursday night football matchup. NFL Fantasy Live returns tomorrow at

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Speaker 1: five pm Eastern. Don't tell it to me.