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Speaker 1: Wow, what is Welcome to another edition of the NFL

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: you know, still vaccinated, still dodging variants like neo in

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Speaker 1: the matrix. As always, we are joined by Producer Justin,

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Speaker 1: Producer hythe them Uh, and the Specialist, which, by the way,

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Speaker 1: I feel like Producer Justin and the Specialist would be

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Speaker 1: you know, like they play in local lounges around your areas.

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Speaker 1: It's like, you know, they're like a local sensation. But

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Speaker 1: like we gotta go see Producer Justin and the Specialist.

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Speaker 1: Of course. I'm enjoyed here by my left or at

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Speaker 1: my left by Michael f. Florio, fresh and refreshed, refreshed

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Speaker 1: and rested in all those things that I can, may

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Speaker 1: may or not be able to say. Welcome back. We

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Speaker 1: missed you on Monday. I missed being here. I listened

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Speaker 1: to the podcast though, Thank you too, Matt Okada for

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Speaker 1: holding it down on and doing a great job. But

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Speaker 1: it was weird not starting Monday morning getting to talk

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Speaker 1: football with you. Well, we are back and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do it on this Wednesday. We got plenty on the show.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about some big name receivers that may or

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Speaker 1: may not have us worried that will pick some sleepers

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Speaker 1: for Week five, and we will break down the entirety

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Speaker 1: of the Thursday and Sunday slate of games. We'll wait

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Speaker 1: for Monday to talk about Monday, because that's happening on Monday.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, with all that said, let's get to some

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Speaker 1: fantasy headlines, and a big one coming out of Carolina.

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey is back at practice on Wednesday for the

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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. I mean, simple question, right, if he plays

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Speaker 1: for the Panthers, he's playing for you, right. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: the best fantasy player in the game. So yeah, if

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Speaker 1: he's playing, he you start him no matter what. So

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Speaker 1: has been out with a hamstring injury. Chewba Hubbard has

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Speaker 1: stepped in, uh and played well. I would say, don't

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Speaker 1: drop Hubbard just yet. I would still want to wait

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Speaker 1: and make sure that Christian McCaffrey is playing before before

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Speaker 1: I let go of Chewba Hubbard. But once McCaffrey is

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Speaker 1: I would hold him even if McCaffrey starts this week,

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, you're never gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: start him as long as McCaffrey's healthy. Drough it's playing

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Speaker 1: like it's not gonna happen. Uh. Next up, another big

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Speaker 1: piece of news this out of Chicago. Matt Naggy on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday has named Justin Fields the Bears starting quarterback for

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Speaker 1: the remainder of the season. This is the news we've

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Speaker 1: been waiting for. I've been wanting clarity on this quarterback situation.

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Speaker 1: They've got the Raiders this week in Las Vegas. I'm

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Speaker 1: I mean, is it as simple saying like, are you

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Speaker 1: comfortable playing Justin Fields this week? It's like you said,

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Speaker 1: We've been waiting for this news since basically the NFL Draft.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not as ecstatic as I should be because

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Speaker 1: Justin Fields just hasn't played great as the Bear starter.

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Speaker 1: And the big thing is he's not running. And we

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Speaker 1: know he can run. He did it in college, he

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Speaker 1: with his legs. I'm hoping the play calling changes to

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Speaker 1: fit it fields style better. It is a good matchup

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Speaker 1: this week, but with him and the Bears offense struggling,

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Speaker 1: I think you keep him on your bench and if

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Speaker 1: concerned about right now with Justin Fields, namely that the

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Speaker 1: offense looked for the last couple of weeks like you

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Speaker 1: that changes, especially this week when the Raiders have a

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Speaker 1: I think having him just be there as a pocket

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Speaker 1: Uh staying in Chicago. An update on David Montgomery. We

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Speaker 1: By the way, anybody who's out there pumping Khalil Herbert

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Speaker 1: In San Francisco. Kyle Shanahan says he believes Jimmy Garoppolo

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Speaker 1: just say for the sake of argument, that Garoppolo is

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Speaker 1: the offense that Jimmy g struggles with, so that that

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Speaker 1: and of course the rushing ability of Trey Lance. Right

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Speaker 1: we we definitely wanted to see Trey lantern because few,

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Speaker 1: if any people are starting Jimmy Garoppolo and Yancy. A

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Speaker 1: The deep ball is kind of the big thing, and

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Speaker 1: we saw last week he hit a deep shot to

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Speaker 1: debout it. It was not the best throw it was,

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Speaker 1: it was it was under throw. It was it looked

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Speaker 1: Kittle is the interesting one though, because, as you said,

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Speaker 1: know he's been dealing with some nagging injuries. Maybe that

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Speaker 1: don't know, Mark, you you follow the forty Niners very closely.

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Speaker 1: Do you think we could even trust a word? He says?

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Speaker 1: a big game though. They're playing in the Arizona Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: quarterback news, this one out of Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin says

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Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger has some hip issues. Now he's with that

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Speaker 1: I am. I think. I mean Deontay Johnson leads the

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Speaker 1: Big Ben, we're very worried about him. We don't think

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Speaker 1: where Deoncy Johnson quickly get open. It's what he does best.

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Speaker 1: That's why he is their top target. He just gets

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Speaker 1: So I still rank him every week as a wide

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Speaker 1: and I think his floor is safe enough where you

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Speaker 1: done with Mason Rudolph. I'm rooting to see Dwayne Haskin

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Speaker 1: the next, the next link in the chain. You know,

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Speaker 1: Steelers do with their quarterback depth chart. But we've seen

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Speaker 1: We've seen the Mason Ruth. We've seen it. Let's give

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Speaker 1: I'll say this, Deanta Johnson will get targets. We might

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Speaker 1: get another nineteen target game for Naji Harris too, and

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Speaker 1: some big stops, make some big plays and get that win.

428
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Speaker 1: Uh that was impressive. As for fantasy, I think this

429
00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,320
Speaker 1: is a week you gotta be worried about Mike Williams. UM.

430
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Speaker 1: And I thought I thought he'd have a good game

431
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Speaker 1: against the Raiders on Monday Night. He really didn't. Now

432
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Speaker 1: I'm very worried about him against the Cleveland Browns because

433
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Speaker 1: the Browns have a much better secondary than what we

434
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Speaker 1: saw out of Las Vegas so far this season. Plus

435
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Speaker 1: they have a better pass rush. And I say that

436
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Speaker 1: with you know, considering how well Max Crosby and Yanna

437
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Speaker 1: can Go Way have played at the start of the year. Um,

438
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Speaker 1: neither one of them is Miles Garrett. Uh know? Did you?

439
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,119
Speaker 1: Myles Garrett posted a picture of himself like with his

440
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Speaker 1: super muscly arms on Twitter and he said he immediately

441
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Speaker 1: got a call from the league office about taking a

442
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Speaker 1: random drug test. That's that is how much like the

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00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,919
Speaker 1: Hulk he looks right now. So Mike Williams has been

444
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Speaker 1: amazing to start the year. I think he will continue

445
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Speaker 1: to be amazing throughout the totality of the football season.

446
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Speaker 1: But this is a week. I'm a little bit worried

447
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Speaker 1: about having him in my lineup. Yeah, because like he had,

448
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,600
Speaker 1: he was open downfield for what should have been an

449
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,879
Speaker 1: over eight yard touchdown last week, but because of the

450
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Speaker 1: past rush Herbert had to rush, he missed him. That

451
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Speaker 1: that is possible to happen again this week. But with

452
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Speaker 1: the Browns pass rushers, I think a lot of duboffs

453
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Speaker 1: haustin Neckler again, I think that might be that might

454
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Speaker 1: be in the cards. Which look, if you got Heckler,

455
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Speaker 1: you're you're pretty excited about that Bears at the Raiders.

456
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,359
Speaker 1: So the Raiders coming off that tough loss the Bears, uh,

457
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Speaker 1: they bounce back where they win last week against the Lions.

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Speaker 1: Who should we be thinking about for this one? I

459
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Speaker 1: think you should be aware of Josh Jacobs in this one.

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00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,439
Speaker 1: And and Josh Jacobs played on Monday night. I know

461
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Speaker 1: he was up in the air, so some people might

462
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Speaker 1: have benched him. I started him in the league and

463
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,280
Speaker 1: I didn't feel great about doing so, and then watching

464
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: him play thirteen carries for forty yards, he didn't get involved.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he did have the five catches for seventeen,

466
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Speaker 1: but if you have five catches, I feel like you

467
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Speaker 1: should have more than seventeen yards. Uh. Josh Jacobs just

468
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,439
Speaker 1: doesn't look fully healthy to me watching him play on

469
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,840
Speaker 1: Monday night, he looked slow. Uh. So I I am

470
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Speaker 1: worried because the Bears the strength of their defenses up front,

471
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Speaker 1: So I am concerned. I have feared Margarets that this

472
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Speaker 1: could just become the Derek Carr Show again, where he's

473
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Speaker 1: throwing for nearly four hundred yards. I mean, it's very,

474
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Speaker 1: very possible. The other part of that too is Peyton

475
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Speaker 1: Barber looks like he's going to be out for a

476
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. He's got turf toe. So if you

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Speaker 1: are the Raiders, I mean, where do you go. I

478
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: don't think they believe in Kenyan Drake. I mean he's

479
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 1: barely on the felt. They gave him a bunch of

480
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Speaker 1: money to be a backup running back, no matter who

481
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Speaker 1: is the starter, no matter who is I mean Josh

482
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Speaker 1: Jacobs went down and Peyton Barber's step started getting all

483
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Speaker 1: the touches. I think. I think Kenyan Drake had one

484
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Speaker 1: kerry for two yards. One that was it. Um. So yeah,

485
00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:22,919
Speaker 1: it doesn't look great for the Raider running game, so

486
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Speaker 1: it very well could be a big Derek car week uh,

487
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Speaker 1: last one in this block forty niners at the Cardinals

488
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 1: talked about that being a very, very big game. I

489
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Speaker 1: would tell you be aware of George Kittle. Um. Some

490
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Speaker 1: of it is the fact that he's just been a

491
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Speaker 1: little bit banged up over the last couple of weeks.

492
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Speaker 1: Not healthy. Last week though then I just tried to

493
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: get him involved early. He ended up with eleven targets,

494
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,199
Speaker 1: which is good. Those targets turned into four catches for

495
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,879
Speaker 1: forty yards, that's not so good. And now throwing the

496
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Speaker 1: fact that we are still waiting to see exactly who

497
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Speaker 1: is going to be the quarterback this week for San Francisco,

498
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Speaker 1: if it's a Jimmy garoppolo or if it is Trey

499
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,840
Speaker 1: Lance Um. I mean, look, chances are you don't have

500
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Speaker 1: somebody on your roster with as high ast ceiling as

501
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Speaker 1: George Kittle. There's nobody on the waiver wire with as

502
00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,919
Speaker 1: high at ceiling as George Kittle. Um. But just just

503
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 1: be wary. And what is a pretty tough matchup against

504
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:22,120
Speaker 1: a very good defense in Arizona. So I'm a volume

505
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Speaker 1: guy usually seen a Levin's targets. I I love that.

506
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Speaker 1: I'm like how I have to feel good about that, right,

507
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Speaker 1: But then four catches forty like it's been a weird

508
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Speaker 1: year for George Kittle. I don't understand how they haven't

509
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Speaker 1: like like they know how to use George Kittle. It

510
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Speaker 1: doesn't make sense to me. Uh yeah, By the way,

511
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Speaker 1: I should mention I talked about that Thursday night football

512
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Speaker 1: game between the Rams and the Seahawks. You can see

513
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Speaker 1: that game on Amazon Prime and on NFL Network, which

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Speaker 1: sure I got that right? Did I get that right?

515
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Speaker 1: Producer hythe them, Amazon, Fox, and the NFL networks? See,

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Speaker 1: so I had forgotten one partner that was That was

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Speaker 1: my bad. Sorry about that. Uh so, yeah, you should

518
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Speaker 1: have checked that game out. Who should be a really

519
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Speaker 1: interesting one. Continuing our game previews as we get ready

520
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:06,720
Speaker 1: four week five, Broncos at the Steelers. Um. I looked

521
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 1: at this game on the schedule, like I tried to

522
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,479
Speaker 1: make myself excited about it. I just I really can't.

523
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 1: Like they're both fine, there's nothing really exciting about them

524
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Speaker 1: except you have a guy that you are excited about

525
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,000
Speaker 1: for this one. Yeah. I think I said earlier you

526
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,840
Speaker 1: could start Deonte Johnson. I think the only other player

527
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Speaker 1: I want to start with any confidence in this game

528
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Speaker 1: is Naji Harris, who I think is a must start

529
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,440
Speaker 1: RB one each and every week. Um, you see their

530
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: start him like a boss. This guy, I said it

531
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Speaker 1: earlier of the snaps he has played this year. The

532
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Speaker 1: only other running back over eighties Alvin Kamara at eight

533
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Speaker 1: two percent. This guy just doesn't lead the field. He

534
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,760
Speaker 1: only has topped a hundred scrimmage yards once. But it

535
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 1: doesn't matter when you're getting volume the way he is.

536
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,119
Speaker 1: He's used in the passing game. He's their goal on runner.

537
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,640
Speaker 1: He is top nineteen fantasy points in three straight approach

538
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 1: thirty and one of those games showing his ceiling. Uh.

539
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Speaker 1: He RB five on the year, must st our guy.

540
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: But in this game, if if Teddy Bridgewater doesn't start

541
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Speaker 1: and it's dew lock, I think you start no offense

542
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,679
Speaker 1: just because tight ends. And that's kind of it in

543
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 1: this game, like maybe Melvin Gordon, but I'd be trying

544
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,680
Speaker 1: to get away from pretty much everyone. Yeah, I guess

545
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 1: that's why I just looked at this game and I

546
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 1: just felt kind of men about the whole thing, Like

547
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 1: there's nothing about it that's exciting. I mean, the Bronco

548
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: defense has been pretty good. We know the Steeler defense

549
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: has been pretty good, but just both offenses are so underwhelming. Yeah,

550
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry for for your eyes for whoever is gonna

551
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: the Saints at the Washington football team. I don't know

552
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Speaker 1: that there is a team that has been more confusing

553
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 1: than the New Orleans Saints. Through the first four weeks

554
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 1: of the season. It was like blow out. The Packers

555
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 1: get locked down by the Panthers, who they handled the

556
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: who I can't remeber who they oh? Wait, um in

557
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,120
Speaker 1: week three? Patriots they beat the page Yes in week three.

558
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,359
Speaker 1: It's just it's just such a roller coaster with them

559
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,439
Speaker 1: so far. Um. But I will say that I have

560
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Speaker 1: a sleeper, Taylor Heineke, who uh the last few weeks

561
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: has been giving you twenty Fantasy points and uh sort

562
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 1: of sort of a lesser version of Jalen Hurts. You know,

563
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 1: some weeks he's doing it with his arms, some weeks

564
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,199
Speaker 1: he's doing it with his legs, putting things together. The

565
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: Saints defense has been okay, not not great, not terrible, um,

566
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Speaker 1: but just the way heine is playing. And I'm not

567
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Speaker 1: telling you in like a one QB league, don't don't

568
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Speaker 1: sit here, and you know, tell me that you started,

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Speaker 1: you know, Taylor Heineke over the I don't know the

570
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Speaker 1: name of a quarterback, don't you know? Jalen Hurts. Jalen

571
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: Hurts right like I started him over Josh Allen, Like,

572
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: don't don't do that. Um, but if you're in a

573
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Speaker 1: super flex league, if you're the two QB league, h

574
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Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke, I think it's we reached the point where

575
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,200
Speaker 1: you got at least pay attention to what he's doing.

576
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,400
Speaker 1: And one no, I completely agree. I like this call

577
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: a lot. He's running the ball more too, which is

578
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: something that I like to see out of him. He

579
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 1: he reminds me of Ryan Fitzpatrick. I mean, he's a

580
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: gun slinger. He's not afraid to air the ball out.

581
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 1: He'll use his legs a bit. Uh. And if we're

582
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: talking super flex leagues or two quarterback markets in this game,

583
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,480
Speaker 1: I think you should pick up Taysom Hill right now

584
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,400
Speaker 1: because things aren't going great for for Jamis and Hill's

585
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: been getting a little bit more usage. I do have

586
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,639
Speaker 1: Tassom in a couple of leagues. I haven't had the

587
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: stones to put him in a lineup just yet. Um,

588
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 1: we'll see, because switch could happen, the switch could happen

589
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: that the Jamos experiment is not going well. Uh in

590
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: New Orleans right now. By the way, Taylor manikey seven,

591
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: those are the last consistent to for him. Uh. Starting

592
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: there in Washington, Giants at the Cowboys big game in

593
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 1: the NFC East. Giants still trying to really get on track,

594
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: the Cowboys looking like a legitimate Super Bowl contender through

595
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: the first four weeks of the season. Who are we

596
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: who are we talking about? For this one? Yeah, there's

597
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,200
Speaker 1: so much offensive firepower in this game that I went

598
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: with a not so obvious name, No, Darius Tony. I

599
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: mean you notice start Zeke and sa Quan and those

600
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 1: other guys, But Tony, I think is a deeper sleeper here.

601
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 1: You have to watch if Sterling Shepherd or Darius Slayton

602
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 1: are going to play because if those guys are active,

603
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: like Tony a little bit less. But last week, with

604
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,400
Speaker 1: those guys out nine targets and target share, he caught

605
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 1: six of them for seventy eight yards, gave you nearly

606
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: fourteen fantasy points. And let's not forget this was the

607
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: Giants first round pick this year. He is raw like

608
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: like he needs work with his route running a little bit,

609
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: but when he is the ball in his hands, you

610
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: could see it here. He is such a dangerous runner

611
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: that I think the Giants are gonna try to once

612
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: again manufactured touches for him if those other receivers are

613
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: out in a game where they're likely going to need

614
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: to put up points to keep up with Doc in

615
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: the Cowboys offense, Um John Ross real or Mirage Mirage

616
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: Like that's a best ball play, right, Like you just

617
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: hope he catches that long touchdown. But I'd rather go

618
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 1: Tony than than John Ross. I agree. I I actually

619
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 1: had him as a sleeper last week too. I think

620
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: that continues, and like you said, if if there's no

621
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd or Darius Slayton, uh, then it very much happens.

622
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: Joe Judge said they want to get him more involved,

623
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: and that definitely happened on Sunday. I know a lot

624
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 1: of people were looking at Colin Johnson. He ended up.

625
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 1: I don't think he got need to target at all.

626
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 1: I started him in our twenty four team research league

627
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: and he gave me zero points. There You So there's

628
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: the there's the book on Colin Johnson right now. By

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00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,239
Speaker 1: the way, If you want more information like this, be

630
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 1: sure to check out the Stardom Sidham Show. It's Michael

631
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 1: left Florio, it' Kimmy Checks, It's Adam Rank uh and

632
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: then you guys and money guns and money guns. We'll

633
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: be breaking out the money guns tomorrow. It'll be a

634
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: good time. Yeah, man, it's funny. I don't know if

635
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if they showed you, if you guys

636
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: watched the show, but uh, there there's like money hundred

637
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: dollar bills that have all of our faces on it,

638
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: which which sort of made me feel like Prince Akim

639
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: in coming to America. So that's pretty cool. But check

640
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: it out the money guns. You can see that, of

641
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: course at all the normal places, the NFL Fantasy App,

642
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: nfl app, nfl dot Com, and on YouTube as well. Uh.

643
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: It airs four pm Easter on Thursday, so I'll be

644
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: sure to check that one out. Stick around because we're

645
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: gonna take a quick break. When we come back, we

646
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 1: will talk about DJ Moore and if he can continue

647
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: to be this good all season, plus will keep a

648
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,720
Speaker 1: look going at the rest of the games for Sunday.

649
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: That's next on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. I saw

650
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: some Eagles at the Panther. Specifically, let's talk about DJ Moore,

651
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: who has been amazing so far this season. I didn't

652
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: think he would be quite this great, But through the

653
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: first four weeks of the season, DJ Moore is your

654
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: wide receiver four. So the question is can he continue

655
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 1: to be a top five wide receiver all season long? Yeah?

656
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 1: I think so. Like, maybe he falls out of the

657
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 1: top five and he's like six or seven, but I

658
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: think he's a wide receiver one and that's how we

659
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: should be valuing him. I know Fantasy Twitter has loved

660
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: this guy for a couple of years now, and they

661
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: love his talent, but he's finally as a quarterback that

662
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: is just peppering him with targets. Like it's a reason

663
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: why Terris Marshall Jr. Is Done a thing and Robby

664
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: Anderson hasn't been a thing because all the target volume

665
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: is going to d J Moore. The last three weeks,

666
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: he's seen double digit targets into each and the Eagles

667
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: were a matchup that was a little bit scary until

668
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 1: four wide receivers they had shut down Lamb and Cooper,

669
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 1: but that now looks more like just part of the

670
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: Cowboys offense. Yrekaell went out last week and balled out

671
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: against him, so I don't fear starting DJ more. In fact,

672
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: I have him ranked as the wide receiver six this week.

673
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: The volume is what surprises me the most about it.

674
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: And I've said this before. I felt like Robby Anderson

675
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: was a nice draft pick because of the connection that

676
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: he and Sam Donald had while playing for the Jets together.

677
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: It just hasn't materialized. I don't know that Anderson even

678
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: has sixty receiving yards in a game. So far this season, UM,

679
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: d J. Moore has been amazing. I think the only

680
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: thing that will potentially slow him down is when Christian

681
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: McCaffrey comes back because a lot of those targets are

682
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: going to McCaffrey. But until then, uh, it's it is

683
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: full speed ahead with with d J. Moore. Uh. Packers

684
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: at the Bengals and what is I think a sneakily

685
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: good game. Both teams are three and one. The Bengals

686
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: I think are better than they we gave him credit for.

687
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: But let's talk about Davonte Adams, who is the wide

688
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: receiver eight. Uh. And aside from that Week one game

689
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: where everybody on the Packers was bad, Davante Adams has

690
00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: been okay. But if we were redraft afting today, is

691
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: he still a first round pick? Yeah? To me, I

692
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 1: think he is. He's averaging over eleventh targets per game

693
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: right now with a thirty six percent target share. And

694
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: if that's not good enough, he's like giving you a

695
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty three air yards per game. The opportunity

696
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 1: has been there. The issue is the touchdowns really haven't.

697
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: He only has one on the year, like you said, Marcus.

698
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: But despite that, this guy is still giving you, like

699
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: almost the takeaway week one. He's giving you over twenty

700
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: points per games, so you have to love that. I

701
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: think the touchdowns will come. We knew there was gonna

702
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: be regressions, not just for Adams but for the Packers

703
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: as a whole, and Rogers wasn't gonna throw near fifty again.

704
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: But I expect better days ahead for Adams. The touchdowns

705
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: will come, and once they do, this guy is gonna

706
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: be the waters and not only the wide receiver one,

707
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: like I have him ranked as the overall Wade receiver

708
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: one again this week. It's really the touchdowns that have

709
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: been sort of the big difference. Um. If we go

710
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: back to last year. Through the first four weeks, he

711
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: only have two touchdowns. Now, obviously the caveat in that

712
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: statement is that he missed weeks three and four because

713
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: he was injured. But let's remember last year he started

714
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: kind of you know, he had a huge Week one,

715
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: he got hurt in Week two, missed the next couple

716
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: of weeks, then just went on a ridiculous tear the

717
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: rest of the season. So I think I think the

718
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: reason you drafted him in the first round is because

719
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 1: of what the ceiling is and because of just the

720
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: the utter consistency he has within that offense. The touchdowns

721
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: will be there, the yards will be there, um and

722
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: so I mean I shouldn't say that, I'm saying it

723
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: like wide receiver eight is an utter dispo, which is

724
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: absolutely not. It's just that, you know, sometimes we expect

725
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: those video game numbers and you know it hasn't happened yet,

726
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: but there's still a lot of season left to get.

727
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: If someone has like a DJ More or Deebo Samuel

728
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: and there's someone in your league with Davantae Adams that's

729
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: like one in three or two and two, Like, I

730
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,479
Speaker 1: think that's a trade that you try to make just

731
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: because people they're very reactionary, especially early on in fantasy folks.

732
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 1: This is a week to week game, and when a

733
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: week does not go well, people tend to get a

734
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: little bit nervous sometimes. Alright, other game previews, the doll

735
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: offends at the Buccaneers the Battle of the Sunshine State,

736
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: and Uh, I'm gonna say you can start Mike Gasicki

737
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: in this one for a couple of reasons. One, Uh,

738
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: you know, Jcobe Brissette still at quarterback for the Dolphins,

739
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: and he has been a guy who historically has targeted

740
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: running backs and tight end very heavily. Mike Gasicki has

741
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,959
Speaker 1: continued to be a big part of this passing game.

742
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: But the other part of this is the Bucks have

743
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:28,320
Speaker 1: been pretty loose against fantasy tight end so far this season.

744
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: I mean they if there is a weakness to this defense,

745
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 1: it is uh in the passing game. I mean, they've

746
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: got a good pass rush upfront, but if they're if

747
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 1: those guys aren't getting there. The guys in the back

748
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: end have had some problems. They've got injuries in the secondary.

749
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: There's a reason they brought in Richard Sherman and started

750
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: him immediately because Uh, they need some help in that

751
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,439
Speaker 1: part of the of the defense. So Mike Gasicki, who

752
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: was you know? I always looking at him as sort

753
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: of those mid range tight ends that don't really super

754
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,240
Speaker 1: excite you. But this week I'm excited about Mike Gasicki.

755
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: He's a top ten tight end for me. I have

756
00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: to decide him or Tyler Higbee in the league, and

757
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 1: I keep going back and forth on that one. That's

758
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: gonna be a It's gonna be an all week decision

759
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 1: for you. Yeah, I just keep switching them in and

760
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: out all week. Uh. Jets and Falcons the first London

761
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: game of the season and is a kickoff at nine

762
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: thirty a m. Eastern. You can see that game on

763
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 1: NFL Network, as we said, and enjoy a little bit

764
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: of God's Save the Queen. I'm gonna refrain from doing

765
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: the English accent because mine is terrible and I don't

766
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 1: want to offend an same east east of the Atlantic.

767
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 1: But in terms of the actual football on the field,

768
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: what are we doing for this one? I think Cordell

769
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,959
Speaker 1: Patterson is start. Marcus. I think he's a must start

770
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: past point. I mean, what more does the guy have

771
00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: to do? This past week? He scored thirty four point

772
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: six Fantasy points, and in each of the last three

773
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: games he's over sixteen. He leads the Falcons and scrimmage

774
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: yards basically every week. Now. I said last week I

775
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: liked him more than Mike Davis. I don't even think

776
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: it's that close anymore. I know Davis is playing more snaps,

777
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 1: but the targets are all going to Patterson. You see

778
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 1: on the screen. They'll take down field shots at him,

779
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: they'll use them out why they'll use them in the

780
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: backfield there Arthur Smith. Credit to him. He's doing what

781
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,399
Speaker 1: no one has really been able to do the last

782
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: ten years. And let's figure out how to you utilize

783
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: Cordell Patterson. I think I see he's hot right now.

784
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,360
Speaker 1: You have to get him in your lineup. He's a

785
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: top twenty running back for me. He's not gonna give

786
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 1: you thirty five every week, but his floor is looking

787
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: pretty safe and his ceiling is very high. So they're

788
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: starting to use the nickname score Darrell because it scores

789
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,760
Speaker 1: a whole lot. And I feel like matt Okata actually

790
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: nailed it right that what the Falcons are doing with

791
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,720
Speaker 1: him is they're like, hey, this dude, is an excellent

792
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,399
Speaker 1: kick returner, right, I mean, he's one of the greatest

793
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: kick returners ever. Let's just get him out in space

794
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 1: with a ball in his hand. Let's let's make it

795
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 1: as much like a kick return as we possibly can,

796
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:51,240
Speaker 1: and it's paid dividends. Um. It feels like a really easy,

797
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: simple concept, But it took this long for somebody to

798
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: figure it out. So doesn't always have to be complicated.

799
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: Doesn't have to be complicated. You know, maybe sometimes we're

800
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: too smart for our own good. Uh. Titans at the Jaguars. Uh,

801
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: it's a big game for both these teams. I mean, look,

802
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: the Titans have to rebound after a shocking loss to

803
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,239
Speaker 1: the Jets. The Jaguars they just need something to feel

804
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: good about because I don't know if you've heard, it

805
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: has been. Uh it's not been the greatest week, not great,

806
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: not great down in Jacksonville right now. But I will

807
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: say this, if you are a Jaguars fan, you can

808
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,479
Speaker 1: start Marvin Jones. That is a thing you can feel

809
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 1: good about. I know he wasn't particularly great last week

810
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,960
Speaker 1: in a game against Cincinnati, but I think he bounces

811
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: back this week in part because the Jags need to

812
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: get back to throwing the ball to as as my

813
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 1: friend Matt Harmon would say, just throw it to your

814
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 1: good players. And Marvin Jones is one of their good players.

815
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna get him involved. Plus the Titans, uh,

816
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: their secondary has not been great this year. I feel

817
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: like if there's a chance for the Jaguars to kind

818
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: of get something going offensively, it's it's gonna be getting

819
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: the ball to Marvin Jones. Yeah, and if fantasy doesn't

820
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: work out for Harmon, I would hire him as my coach.

821
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: With that philosophy, it makes sense. Just throw it to

822
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: your good players. Sometimes this can be a really simple game.

823
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 1: I got a few more games left on the Week

824
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: five slate to preview, will start with the Lions and

825
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 1: the Vikings. Neither team particularly great to start the season.

826
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 1: But I don't know, maybe kind of interesting, Um, what

827
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,280
Speaker 1: are you? What are you watching here? I got another

828
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 1: deep sleeper wide receivers, someone that I know we both

829
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: liked a lot coming into the year, Marcus aman ross

830
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: St Brown USC. I thought that a monros st Brown

831
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: coming into the year could have been Jared Goff's Detroit

832
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 1: version of Cooper Cup. He's a big bodied slot receiver

833
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: that can do damage after the catch. It was a

834
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: slow start for the rookie, but the lines have been

835
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: searching for any one of their receivers to step up,

836
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: and that's what st. Brown did in Week four eight targets,

837
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: a team high eight targets, six catches, which also led

838
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 1: the lines, and seventy receiving yards. And I think if

839
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 1: you come away from that game, like, how do you

840
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: not get St. Brown more involved? So I'm feeling pretty

841
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: good about him. I think if he's out there on

842
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: your waiver wire, you could grab him more of a

843
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: deeper league player to start, but just someone with some

844
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: upside that I would grab for cheap off the waiver wire.

845
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 1: I drafted him late in a lot of spots and

846
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: I've held onto him in a number of them where

847
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: where I haven't had like a lot of injuries or

848
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: anything like that, because I think eventually it's gonna come around. Um,

849
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: you know, this Lion's offense can't live on Calif Raymond alone. Actually,

850
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 1: you have to get a receiver doing something. That was

851
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 1: kind of all I had on that So all right,

852
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,439
Speaker 1: Patriots at the Texans New England coming off that tough,

853
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 1: heartbreaking loss to the Buccaneers the Texans. I remember after

854
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: week when we're like, hey, maybe they aren't as bad

855
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 1: as we thought, because like they blew up the Jaguars

856
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: and we're like, yeah about that, about that, they really

857
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: are as bad as as we thought they were gonna be. H.

858
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: So I would say because of that, the Patriots defense

859
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: is a nice sleeper pick this week if you're looking

860
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: to stream a defense. I mean, look this offense, this

861
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: Texans offense, not that we expected it to be great,

862
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: but it was certainly a whole lot better when it

863
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 1: was Tyrod Taylor versus Davis Mills. Last week was an

864
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: absolute low point. I mean, we thought a couple of

865
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 1: weeks ago that it wasn't gonna get worse offensively for

866
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: any team than what we saw with the Bears against

867
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: the Browns. Uh. And then the Texans are like hold

868
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: our beer. Um, they got blown out and shut out

869
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 1: by the Bills. I'm sure you didn't shed a single

870
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 1: tier about that. Florio. Uh, It's just it is a

871
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,760
Speaker 1: mess right now. And so you know, get the Patriots

872
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 1: defense in there and let them, you know, kind of

873
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: beat up on that Texans offense for a little. Yeah,

874
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: completely agree. I was trying to get them off waivers

875
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: in a lot of leagues this week, all right, uh?

876
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: And then our last one Sunday Night football, when this

877
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 1: one should be an absolute jim Uh. Certainly a playoff preview,

878
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: maybe even an an f C championship preview. Possibly it's

879
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 1: the Bills at the Chiefs. I know you were watching

880
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: this for a lot of reasons, but particularly from a

881
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: fantasy standpoint, where are you watching? I think you could

882
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 1: start Dawson Knox in this one, and Dawson Knox I

883
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:55,880
Speaker 1: know coming into last week we were like, all right,

884
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,839
Speaker 1: all he's doing is catching touchdowns. But he's a tight end,

885
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: so if you're catching a touch shown, you're a useful

886
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 1: fantasy tight end. But what I love about him is

887
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: last week eight targets season high for him. Four of

888
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: them came in the red zone markets. He now has

889
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: six red zone targets in his last three games. His

890
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: fantasy points have increased in every week this year. He

891
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 1: doesn't have less than eight in a game, and that

892
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: was in a game without a touchdown. So he's looking

893
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: like he has a safe floor of around eight fantasy points.

894
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: But if he catches that touchdown, all of a sudden

895
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: now you're looking at double digits potentially even like fifteen

896
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: or so, So I think you could get Dawson Knox

897
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: in there. But Marcus, I think this is a game

898
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 1: where you basically could start almost everybody in it because

899
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: I expect a lot of points start. Yeah, look, if

900
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: you've got a Bill or if you've got a Chief,

901
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 1: you're starting them in this game because, uh, this could

902
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: be an absolute track meet between these two teams. And uh,

903
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox Man I liked it before the season is

904
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: kind of a deep sleeper, and so far it has

905
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: looked that way. Also, we're talking before the show. I mean,

906
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: anybody who has Stefon Diggs is a little bit worried.

907
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: I think the reason is Josh Allen has found other

908
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: guys that he can throw the football too, So it's

909
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: not like it's not like Stefan Diggs is gonna get

910
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: twelve fift targets a game anymore. Yeah, I would be

911
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: trying to trade for Digs too. But I do agree, like,

912
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 1: what what the amount of weapons the Bills have, They're

913
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: gonna spread the ball around. And also, Marcus, we're going

914
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 1: to get a Josh Gordon sighting on Sunday night. Oh,

915
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 1: here we go. Everybody Fantasy Twitter is going to be

916
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: on pins and needles. Uh if Josh Gordon gets on

917
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 1: the field for the Kansas City Chiefs. As we wrap

918
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: up the show, let's get you some of our sleeper

919
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: picks four Week five we got to each I will

920
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: let you go first. I know you said to start

921
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: Marvin's Jones Jr. And I do agree with that, but

922
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: I also think Lavisco Channault is a sleeper in this one.

923
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: I love the usage that he had last week. His

924
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: target share last week was thirty two and he saw

925
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,720
Speaker 1: ninety five air yards. Both of those were a single

926
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 1: game career high. I know a lot of the air

927
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 1: yards came on this one play where it was kind

928
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 1: of a broken place Channa got open downfield. But hey,

929
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: with no DJ Chark there, they're going to need someone

930
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: to step up take more shots down field. I think

931
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 1: the offense and now is gonna run through him and

932
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones Jr. So I know it was a little

933
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:08,239
Speaker 1: bit of a rough start to the year, but with

934
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: Shark being out, I think Channault is now someone that

935
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,879
Speaker 1: I'm I have him as like a wide receiver three

936
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,359
Speaker 1: or a flex option, so I think you could start him.

937
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,440
Speaker 1: I'm very much back in on Levisca Chenalt after a

938
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: slow start to the season. DJ Chark does change a

939
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 1: lot of things. I'm gonna go with Gerald Everett in

940
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 1: Seattle in part because it's a revenge game this week

941
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:29,359
Speaker 1: against the Los Angeles Rams, a chance to get back

942
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: at his old team. Uh, he is off the COVID list.

943
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 1: They are expecting him to play this week. If there's

944
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: one thing we know about Russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense,

945
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 1: and they love their tight ends, especially down near the

946
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: goal line. And I think in a week where if

947
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: you are the Rams, you're gonna focus a lot of

948
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 1: attention on trying to slow down DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett.

949
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: Maybe this opened some things up in the middle of

950
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: the field for Gerald Everett to make some plays. Uh,

951
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: your next one, you're staying in the same game now

952
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,720
Speaker 1: for that. Yeah, I am. I'm gonna go with Alex

953
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: Collins here. And I liked Alex Collins before it came

954
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 1: out at Chris Collins. Chris Carson wasn't practicing yesterday. The

955
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: thing with Collins is he had a tan carries for

956
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,760
Speaker 1: forty four yards and a touchdown last week plus two targets,

957
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,839
Speaker 1: and after the game, Pete Carroll was really talking him up,

958
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,439
Speaker 1: saying that he provided a spark that he can help

959
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,840
Speaker 1: ease the workload for Chris Carson, who snaps and touches

960
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: have been going down week by week and now he's

961
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: not practicing and he's injured. So I think Chris Collins

962
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: is someone that you could pick up off the waiver

963
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 1: wire with a lot of upside, and potentially if Carson misses,

964
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 1: you could start him this week. Alex Collins could be

965
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: river dancing your way again to a fantasy win this week.

966
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: My last one is Michael Carter, the rookie running back

967
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 1: for the New York Jets. He is slowly taking over

968
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,879
Speaker 1: as the lead running back in this backfield, which is

969
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: sort of what we expected Tevin Coleman kind of being

970
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 1: faded to the background a little bit. The The downside

971
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: with Carter is that in a lot of weeks, we

972
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: expect that the Jets are gonna be trailing, so they're

973
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: gonna have to throw the football a lot. This is

974
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,759
Speaker 1: a week, though, where I expect the Jets will be

975
00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: in it for most of the game. They're taking on

976
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,359
Speaker 1: the foul in that game in London. I think they

977
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: can score. I think they can move the football, and

978
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: seeing him get those carries down near the goal line

979
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: last week was very encouraging. So if you drafted him,

980
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: if you held onto him, uh, this is a week

981
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: I think you can get him in your lineup against

982
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. I know there's a guy that we

983
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: both sort of liked coming into this. Yeah. I love

984
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: the opportunity he's been getting. It's only a matter of

985
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: time before he breaks a long run too. That's kind

986
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 1: of all we're waiting for at this point. If you

987
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,800
Speaker 1: want more sleepers, be sure to check out my weekly

988
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: Sleeper's column, comes out every Wednesday at nfl dot com

989
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: Slash Sleepers, and be sure to check out NFL Fantasy

990
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,280
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991
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 1: gim me checks, it's Adam Rank. We will have all

992
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: the top starts, burning questions, sleepers, all that good stuff,

993
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: actives and inactives, getting ready for kickoff noon Eastern in

994
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,160
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995
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,399
Speaker 1: and YouTube. You probably know it by now because We've

996
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 1: said it a whole bunch of times, but we missed

997
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: you on Sunday. We didn't do anything. I will be

998
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: back and uh yeah, I mean I'll probably get something

999
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: on on Sunday and tell people to start someone that's

1000
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:04,440
Speaker 1: not gonna do anything. So I mean, that's that's been

1001
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:05,880
Speaker 1: my tradition the last couple of weeks. You know, what,

1002
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 1: if anything you can put around bad Ocata because he's

1003
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,720
Speaker 1: usually sitting in that YouTube chat room that the message

1004
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: boards answering questions there. So, uh, if we get something wrong,

1005
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,960
Speaker 1: we're gonna say that it was Ocada that people told

1006
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:18,680
Speaker 1: us to tell you that um works for me, right,

1007
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 1: It will check the heat off of us. That's that's

1008
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,400
Speaker 1: the way we kind of do things, all right, Uh,

1009
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 1: in any time for us, that is it. We are done.

1010
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 1: We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football show.

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00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:29,839
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1013
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,560
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1014
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: take care of yourselves, get vaccinated, and we'll see you

1015
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