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Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, the siber twenties one, twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It'd be your man,

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Speaker 1: MG Marcus Grant, joined by Michael F. Floryo and the

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Speaker 1: specialist cast of dozens and I was put on this

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Speaker 1: show each and every day, each and every week, and

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Speaker 1: here we are. We have made it to the penultimate

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Speaker 1: week of the fantasy season. I'm not counting week a

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Speaker 1: team because you guys are all psychos if you're still playing,

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Speaker 1: and I don't really want to acknowledge you. So this

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Speaker 1: is this is it. This is the week before the week.

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Speaker 1: Are you still alive? How many leagues are you still

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Speaker 1: alive in? At this point, I have four teams still alive.

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Speaker 1: Two of them are super flexes where Jalen Hurts was

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Speaker 1: my first pick, and in each of them my opponent

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Speaker 1: had more fab than me, So they have Gardner Minshew

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Speaker 1: now not me. So it's a good chance it's probably

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Speaker 1: two teams left at best after this week. Right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean I think I'm I'm playing in some consolation brackets,

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Speaker 1: but we won't discussed those. But I do have a

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Speaker 1: team that had a by last week. Uh and but

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Speaker 1: now I got some injuries in certain places, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be rough. I'm hoping Damien Harris can play like that's

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Speaker 1: where That's where I am right now. I'm meeting him

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Speaker 1: to play to kinda help me out this week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we're in the nitty gritty part of the season and

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Speaker 1: for sure it is absolutely rough. We are here to

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Speaker 1: help you. So for that point, we're gonna do our

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Speaker 1: heroes and villains. Where have our game previews for Week sixteen,

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Speaker 1: some sleepers, and because it is the holiday season, we

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Speaker 1: will play a little bit of Santa or Crampus plus

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Speaker 1: really festivals poll apparently in the building, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: air some grievances a little bit later on in the show,

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Speaker 1: so get ready for that. But we are going to

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Speaker 1: start as we always do, with our fantasy headlines. And

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Speaker 1: you mentioned Jalen Hurts. Well, he told reporters Tuesday that

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Speaker 1: there's definitely a chance. Apparently he's Lloyd Christmas and Dumb

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Speaker 1: and Dummer, So you're saying there's a chance that he

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Speaker 1: plays Saturday against the Cowboys. Hurts is dealing with a

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Speaker 1: head coach Nick Sirianni also told the media on Tuesday

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Speaker 1: Day that Hurts is a quick healer and he wouldn't

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Speaker 1: rule him out. That's kind of what they said about

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Speaker 1: the Jamar chase. And then he missed like a month. Clearly,

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Speaker 1: you're starting Hurts if he plays. If he misses the game,

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Speaker 1: do you pivots a Gardner Minshu or there's some other

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks maybe you like better. Daniel Jones is the only

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Speaker 1: like more than Gardner Minshew. Jones has a great matchup

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Speaker 1: against the Vikings. Minshew though, like I think he gets

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Speaker 1: overhyped from a fan's perspective, but he was reliable, like

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Speaker 1: in his last year's the Jaguars starter. He was a

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Speaker 1: he's in a better system with better pieces around him.

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Speaker 1: It is a tough matchup, though, if you miss out

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Speaker 1: on those guys like I did Brock Purdy, maybe he's

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Speaker 1: out there Sam Donald and I even hate to say it,

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Speaker 1: and one of those super flex leagues I picked up

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Speaker 1: Zach I was that was that was the question I

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Speaker 1: I believe last week he's got the Jaguars. Now my

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Speaker 1: Like you kind of have to call your shot earlier.

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Speaker 1: You've got to decide right now pretty much if you're

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Speaker 1: That's not, you know, obviously one of the big, the

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Speaker 1: the Colts have announced that Nick Foles will get the

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Speaker 1: Are you starting any Colts this week if Nick Foles will?

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Speaker 1: Because Nick Foles is under center? Unfortunately, I have to

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Speaker 1: win a couple. Like in one league, I could get

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Speaker 1: away from Michael Pittman Jr. But in my league of record,

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Speaker 1: But we have Nick Foles. I think you can start Pittman.

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Speaker 1: and villains right here. We'll go with the fantasy hero

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Speaker 1: darry Is Slayton here. Who I know many of you

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Speaker 1: He's also the giants best down field threats, so I

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Speaker 1: like you like Daniel Dimes as well. We may get

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Speaker 1: Who is your fantasy villain of the week? Deonte Forman

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Speaker 1: Since Week nine, they've allowed six point four fantasy points

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Speaker 1: Now he's got this bad matchup and Chuba Hubbard getting

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Speaker 1: not like about Foreman. I'm feeling similarly about the command

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Speaker 1: TNF game preview. It is the Jaguars and the Jets

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Speaker 1: Video and streaming on NFL Plus. Trevor Lawrence has been

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Speaker 1: As I was driving in to work today, I saw

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Speaker 1: Hardman comes back this week. We already know that there

428
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Speaker 1: is Tony is back on the field, so Patrick Mahomes

429
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Speaker 1: getting even more weapons potentially to work with. Jerk McKinnon

430
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Speaker 1: has been on fire back to back games with more

431
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Speaker 1: than thirty points for him. Does he get into club

432
00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,040
Speaker 1: ub and get you at least twenty five points for

433
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Speaker 1: a third straight week. I think there's a really strong

434
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Speaker 1: chance that he does. Not only has Seattle allowed these

435
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Speaker 1: second most fantasy points per game to running backs there

436
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Speaker 1: in the their sixth most and receiving yards allowed, but

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Speaker 1: what I think it is even more is the Chiefs

438
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Speaker 1: are a very smart organization and like we've seen, Patrick

439
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,320
Speaker 1: Mahomes doesn't run a whole bunch of the regular season,

440
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Speaker 1: but come the playoffs all all of a sudden, he

441
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,639
Speaker 1: can run all over you when he needs to. The

442
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,959
Speaker 1: Chiefs seemed like a team that like they were saving

443
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Speaker 1: their best weapons. You don't want to use Jerk McKinnon

444
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Speaker 1: in September and October and wear him down late in

445
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,360
Speaker 1: the season, though. They're like, all right, we're gonna break

446
00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,560
Speaker 1: you out, and then in the playoffs, you're gonna be

447
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,000
Speaker 1: the X factor like you were for our offense last season.

448
00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 1: That's actually an interesting point, and what I like about

449
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,280
Speaker 1: McKinnon is he's sort of not dependent on game script.

450
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,000
Speaker 1: They can give him carries if they want to. He

451
00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 1: catches the football, and really for the last three weeks,

452
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Speaker 1: it's been a battle between McKinnon and Juju Smith Schuster

453
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Speaker 1: as to who is the number two target in this

454
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Speaker 1: offense behind Travis Kelsey. That's part of the reason you've

455
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Speaker 1: seen McKinnon put up these big numbers. The Seahawks defense

456
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,520
Speaker 1: has been bad against the run pretty much all year long.

457
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Speaker 1: I don't know if the Chiefs get a huge lead

458
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Speaker 1: in this when I can see them certainly leading and

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Speaker 1: winning this game, I don't know if they've run away

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Speaker 1: with it, but I think Jerick McKinnon gets a whole

461
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Speaker 1: lot of opportunities anybody else that you're paying attention to here.

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Speaker 1: I would start the running back on the other side

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Speaker 1: as well, and that's after last week. I just more

464
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Speaker 1: wanted to reassure people like Kenneth Walker's back in our lives.

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00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,919
Speaker 1: I know he missed time last week. I was advocating

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Speaker 1: to sit him, and he ended up like he didn't

467
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,600
Speaker 1: have a huge fantasy game, but he had one of

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Speaker 1: the best games of running backs have had against the Niners.

469
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Speaker 1: That says a lot about the Niners defense. But he

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Speaker 1: looked like Kenneth Walker again. He looked healthy, So I

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Speaker 1: think right back to getting him. And you're starting lineup

472
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Speaker 1: and the Chiefs are not a scary matchup at all,

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Speaker 1: So I'm starting Kenneth Walker everywhere. I have him much

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Speaker 1: more favorable matchup for ken Walker this week, so I

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Speaker 1: I do think it's a little safer to put him

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Speaker 1: back into your lineups. We got more game previews to come,

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Speaker 1: including the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most famous

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Speaker 1: plays in NFL history. We will get into that and

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Speaker 1: more on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's the season

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Speaker 1: for Miracles and for the fiftieth anniversary of the Immaculate Reception,

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Speaker 1: NFL Network is celebrating with a rematch for the Ages.

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Speaker 1: The Las Vegas Raiders play the Pittsburgh Steelers live in

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Speaker 1: primetime this Christmas Eve, the Holiday Classic December at eight

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Speaker 1: pm Eastern only on NFL Network and streaming on NFL Plus.

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Speaker 1: I want to take a moment to send our condolences

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Speaker 1: to the family and friends of Frank o' harris and

487
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Speaker 1: everybody associated with the Steelers family. The long time Steelers

488
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Speaker 1: great passed away on Wednesday at the age of seventy two,

489
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Speaker 1: just shy of the fiftieth anniversary of his greatest play,

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Speaker 1: perhaps in the Immaculate Reception. Let's keep going with our

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Speaker 1: game previews. Four weeks six team the Giants at the Vikings, Minnesota,

492
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Speaker 1: of course, coming off the greatest comeback in NFL history

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Speaker 1: and locking up the NFC North in the process. Anything

494
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,399
Speaker 1: spectacular you're looking for in this game here, I I

495
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: think you could stream Daniel Jones in this one. Uh,

496
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,880
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones been playing. I know he didn't play well

497
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Speaker 1: the other night, but besides that, he had been playing

498
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 1: good football before that game against the Commanders and that

499
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 1: was a weird, ugly divisional game. But he was averaging

500
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Speaker 1: just under nineteen fantasy points per game in the five

501
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Speaker 1: games prior to it, and his low was fourteen point five,

502
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 1: so he was bringing a decently saved floor in the

503
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,600
Speaker 1: high ceiling. And again this is about the Vikings matchup.

504
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 1: Not only have they allowed the seventh most fantasy points

505
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Speaker 1: to quarterbacks UH this season, but seven of the last

506
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: nine quarterbacks that have faced them had finished top ten

507
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 1: that week. Matt Ryan didn't do it, but that's why

508
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,680
Speaker 1: he's benched. And Daniel Jones, I don't anticipate him getting

509
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: benched after this. I think I have a good game.

510
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna get benched after this. On

511
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 1: top of it, the Vikings giving up a lot of

512
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,760
Speaker 1: three hundred yard passing performances. Again not to Matt Ryan,

513
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:19,679
Speaker 1: although I guess for a half it seemed like the

514
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,639
Speaker 1: Colts didn't meet him to throw for three hundred yards

515
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,520
Speaker 1: a little did we know? But I do like Daniel

516
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,919
Speaker 1: Jones this week as a sleeper or a streamer or

517
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,360
Speaker 1: whatever it is that you want to put in your

518
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: lineup for him. The Bengals and the Patriots the Patriots

519
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,879
Speaker 1: coming off the wackiest loss in a long time, maybe

520
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:39,640
Speaker 1: ever in the NFL. I still don't side note what

521
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: was the end game? Even if Jocoby Myers completes that

522
00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 1: pass to Mac Jones, Like, what was the end game?

523
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Speaker 1: You're throwing it to the most unathletic guy on the field, Like,

524
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Speaker 1: what did you think was going to happen? I he

525
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: was like, I saw Mac open and that was I

526
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Speaker 1: was like, end right, he's running past the defense. There's

527
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Speaker 1: there's a reason for that anyway. The Patriots on the

528
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,560
Speaker 1: struggle us right now, but I think they were good

529
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Speaker 1: enough in the run game to be aware of Joe Mixon,

530
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,400
Speaker 1: and we talked a little bit about guys now splitting opportunities.

531
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 1: We're seeing a little bit more Sam J. P Ryan

532
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Speaker 1: in this offense for the Cincinnati Bengals. On top of it,

533
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Speaker 1: the Patriots have been very good upfront at slowing down

534
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 1: run games. Joe mix is gonna be an interesting offseason

535
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,520
Speaker 1: conversation because there's a good chance he finishes as a

536
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,160
Speaker 1: top twelve running back. But as of this moment, about

537
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,359
Speaker 1: of his fantasy points came in one game when he

538
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: dropped fifty five on the Carolina Panthers. Beyond that, he's

539
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,440
Speaker 1: been kind of kind of a mid level RB two

540
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Speaker 1: in pretty much every other game this weekend. I don't

541
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:45,359
Speaker 1: really like his opportunity against New England Texans at the Titans. Sorry,

542
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: I just I got a little drowsy thinking about that one.

543
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 1: Anything that we should pay attention to here. The Texans

544
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 1: defenders are gonna get a little drowsey watching Derek over

545
00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: them for the fifth straight game in a row. Chris More, though,

546
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Speaker 1: I think is a sleeper that you could stream this

547
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: week on the their side. For the Texans. Look, I

548
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,439
Speaker 1: know he didn't have a huge game last week, but

549
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: he still saw nine targets. He's now averaging ten targets

550
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: per game over the last two weeks. Uh. And then

551
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,360
Speaker 1: the Titans are a good matchup. They've allowed the most

552
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,600
Speaker 1: production to wide receivers this year and in the most

553
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Speaker 1: production on deep passes, So always the opportunity for a

554
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Speaker 1: big play. But just someone getting ten targets per game

555
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 1: against the best matchup, I think that puts him in play.

556
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,359
Speaker 1: He really is in play. Also, I wonder have we

557
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,400
Speaker 1: seen the last of Brandon Cook's and or Nico Collins

558
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,199
Speaker 1: this year? It doesn't seem like I probably doesn'tee like

559
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: either's in a rush to get back. So this looks

560
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,880
Speaker 1: like it's Chris Moore's receiver room for the time being.

561
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Speaker 1: Commanders at the forty Niners. It's just what you thought

562
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Speaker 1: in Week six, Team Taylor Heineke versus brock Purty, just

563
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 1: like we all drew it up. I will say this

564
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 1: for everybody who's been enamored with brock Purty the last

565
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,280
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, I don't know that this is a

566
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,560
Speaker 1: week I feel super confident about having him in my

567
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 1: fantasy lineup. I think you can sit him this week.

568
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:57,959
Speaker 1: I would say, if you can get away from brock Purty,

569
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 1: you can get away from brock Purty. You probably have

570
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: other options out there. The Commanders have been pretty decent

571
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,879
Speaker 1: against the past so far this season, and this feels

572
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: like a situation where Kyle Shanahan leans on Christian McCaffrey

573
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: even more than he previously has this year. I think

574
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: there this may be a week where they sort of

575
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 1: miss a guy like Deebo Samuel. They could put him

576
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: in the backfield and maybe we see a little bit

577
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 1: a little bit more of Jordan Mason this week. But

578
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 1: you don't have to start Rock Purty, and I probably

579
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: wouldn't this week against the Commanders. Big game of course

580
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: of the week, it's the Eagles at the Cowboys. Now,

581
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: if Jalen Hurts doesn't play, that takes a little bit

582
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 1: of the sizzle away from it, but still a huge

583
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,479
Speaker 1: rivalry matchup, big playoff implications in the NFC. What are

584
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: you doing in this one? One? I think you could

585
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: start your big name players, and that's more for you know,

586
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: peace of mind. For if you have an A J.

587
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: Brown or or a Mile Sanders or someone like that,

588
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,760
Speaker 1: even Witnell Jalen Hurts, I think they're in play. One

589
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: big name player or formerly big name player maybe that

590
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Speaker 1: I do not think is in play this week is

591
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Speaker 1: Deck Scott and he's still a big name, but the

592
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 1: production the last month hasn't really seemed that way. And

593
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: I know he's coming off of a good game. But

594
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 1: every quarterback puts up points against the Jaguars. That was

595
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Speaker 1: his first time scoring over twenty fantasy points since he

596
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Speaker 1: played the Vikings in Week eleven. And when you look

597
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: through Deck's game logs, you see the big games. Then

598
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: you look at the opponent and you're like Okay, that

599
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:26,160
Speaker 1: makes sense. The Jaguars, the Raiders, the Vikings, but he

600
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 1: was averaging fifteen Fantasy points per game. Uh, and the

601
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: three games between the Vikings and the Jags and he

602
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 1: didn't reach seventeen in any The Eagles are the toughest

603
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 1: matchup for an opposing quarterback. I don't know. I don't

604
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: love Dak. I think this could be a game too

605
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: if no Jalen hurts where it's closer than anticipated, so

606
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: they could just rely on the run game a lot.

607
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 1: I'm not saying you sit Dreck for like Zach Wilson

608
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: or any quarterback that's out there on the waiver wire,

609
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,720
Speaker 1: but if you have someone reliable, another option, like Trevor

610
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: Lawrence maybe or someone like that, I'd go the other way.

611
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: That's interesting because I feel like the perception of him

612
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: has sort of outweighed the actual production that he has

613
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: given because you look at it, like Dak Prescott, Yeah,

614
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: it's the Cowboys, the snee Land, whatever, but you look

615
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: at his numbers, You're like, oh, it's it's kind of

616
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:16,280
Speaker 1: mediocre so far this season Raiders and the Steelers, And

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00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: we heard the promo earlier in the show, and eight

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00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:24,479
Speaker 1: fifteen Eastern Time, exclusively on NFL Network, also on NFL

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Speaker 1: Plus in a case you somehow have not heard any

620
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Speaker 1: of our coverage on NFL media. This week, it marks

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Speaker 1: the fiftieth anniversary of the Immaculate Reception game. I know

622
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: for a lot of people, they don't necessarily remember it.

623
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Speaker 1: I was not born when it happened. I heard about

624
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: it from my dad. It's sort of the touch rule

625
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: for a previous generation, with Raiders feeling like they got

626
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: screwed on a bad call, much like they felt like

627
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: with the tuck rule as well. Kenny Pickett going to

628
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: start this game for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is back

629
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: after an injury. I will say that. On the other side, though,

630
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: you start Darren Waller because we want tight ends. We

631
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: need tight ends back. He had three catches, did have

632
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: a touchdown last week, unlimited snaps. It was him just

633
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: getting back onto the field for the Raiders, so he played.

634
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,959
Speaker 1: I think about of the snaps it was Foster Moreau

635
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: handling the rest. I think this weekend that sort of

636
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: switches and you see Waller go back to taking most

637
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: of the tight end snaps. I think there are more

638
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: targets available for him that The Raiders have been trying

639
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 1: to make the passing game work with mac Hollands and

640
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Speaker 1: Celan Cole. They weirdly ignored Dante Adams. I don't understand that.

641
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Speaker 1: But now they can sort of fade mac Hollands, they

642
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: can phase Cilan Cole out and get the ball tot

643
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Speaker 1: Theren Waller. So I think he's back here. We asked,

644
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: I asked, if Dallas got it, does it must start?

645
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: Is Darren Waller must start? I think I actually feel

646
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: a little bit better about Waller with it being his

647
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 1: second game back, because like that he was eased in

648
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: a little bit um. But I'm facing Davante Adams in

649
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 1: multiple leagues. So hey, Raiders, if you want to continue

650
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: to throw to mac cole for just one more week,

651
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: it's cool by me. Florio endorses that if that's what

652
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: you want to do. We've got three Sun of games.

653
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: On a Monday night game this week on Christmas Day,

654
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: the Packers at the Dolphins Green Bay. Still with slim

655
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 1: playoff hopes. Well, Christian Watson bounced back this week. Had

656
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 1: just eight point six Fantasy points on Monday Night against

657
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: the Rams. I think so, like, yeah, I understand he

658
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: struggled but he had a lot of Jalen Ramsey on him.

659
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 1: That's a tough test for a rookie. What I love

660
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 1: is he's still got open downfield that some points Rogers

661
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: missed him once and they were still heavily focusing around

662
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: him in the red zone. He had a couple of

663
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: end zone targets. I'm not worried about Christian Watson. The

664
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: upside is too high to sit. He very nearly got

665
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: in the end zone too late in that game, and

666
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: that completely would have changed his outlook. And you're looking

667
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: at nearly fifteen points and I think you're feeling a

668
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: little bit differently. So I think he has a bounce

669
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: back this week as well anything else in this game,

670
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: of note, I would start to a tongue of iloa,

671
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: and I would start to every week. But I think

672
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: people kind of needed to be reassured after those couple

673
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: of down games when he faced some tough opponents like

674
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 1: the forty niners. But he bounced back with a good

675
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: game last week. Um and I just think two of

676
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: with the firepower that this offense has in a matchup

677
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: that doesn't scare me against the Packers, I think you

678
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: have to go with him the upside is far too high.

679
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: Definitely start two of this week against Green Bay in

680
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: a big game for the Dolphins, trying to break out

681
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: of a losing streak right now, Broncos and the Rams

682
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,719
Speaker 1: over at so Fi Stadium, And I like Cam Akers

683
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: as a sleeper. I could regret this later, but for now,

684
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: he's the running back of records there in Los Angeles,

685
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: and I wondered if I could call him a sleeper,

686
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: and I looked in last week he was started in

687
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 1: eight point two of NFL Dot Com League, so people

688
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: still sort of ignoring him. The Broncos on paper, we

689
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: sort of worry about them, but against the run, they

690
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: have been mediocre at best this year. So with Acres

691
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: being kind of the one real playmaker remaining in this

692
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: Rams offense, Baker Mayfield going back to struggling again this

693
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: past week against Green Bay, I think there's an opportunity

694
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 1: for Acres to get a whole lot of touches Sunday

695
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: Night football this week the Buccaneers at the Cardinals. We

696
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: know know Kyler Murray for the rest of the year,

697
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: and that it looks like that impacts how you're feeling

698
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: about their wide receivers. Yeah, I would sit Marquis Brown

699
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: this week. Look earlier in the show, I accidentally called

700
00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: trades Max mix early, coult mixed early, And if you

701
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 1: combind him and Colt McCoy into one, I still wouldn't

702
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: want to start Marcus Brown. His two worst games this

703
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: season have come without Kyler Murray. He was in double

704
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: figures every single week. With Kyler held to seven point

705
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: five points or fewer in the last two games. The

706
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: floor is just so low, and I expect a lot

707
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 1: more James Conner now. And I think DeAndre Hopkins is

708
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: just the easier skill set to manufacture touches for, So

709
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: I'll stay away from the downfield threat in Marquis Brown.

710
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: So you would stick with DeAndre Hopkins? Would you still

711
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 1: start him? Probably? Yeah, It's it's a tough call. I

712
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: get a lot of questions about DeAndre Hopkins. It depends

713
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: on options. It's a case by case basis. I think

714
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: with DeAndre Hopkins Chargers at Colts on Monday night football

715
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: reminder that Jonathan Taylor is gone for the year. He

716
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 1: was placed on i R on Tuesday, and so that

717
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: for me makes Zack Moss a sleeper this week. I

718
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: think Dean Jackson's role stage fairly similar to what it

719
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: has been in the past. Maybe he gets a few

720
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 1: more opportunities, but it's Moss that gets the big bump

721
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: and touches and snaps in this Colts act field. He's

722
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: got a good matchup this week against the Chargers run defense.

723
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: We've been picking on them all season long, in fact,

724
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 1: the next two weeks. This week against the Chargers, next

725
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: week against the Giants. I think Zack Moss is in

726
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,879
Speaker 1: play for both of those games. So if you've got

727
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: him in your lineup, I think he's worth a flex

728
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: option this week. Understanding that let the Sea we might

729
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,359
Speaker 1: not be super high, but the funds the end zone

730
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,800
Speaker 1: and get you another eighty rushing yards. That's a pretty

731
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: good game and I think you'll absolutely take that. This week.

732
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: It's Week six. Team Christmas is around the corner, so

733
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 1: we decided to play a game of Santa or Crampus. Basically,

734
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: the point being, if you think this person, this person

735
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: is going to bring you lots of holiday gifts in

736
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: your fantasy playoffs, or like Crampus, come and punish you

737
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: for some unknown reason and steal all your goodies or something,

738
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: it's a really weird legend of crampas. I will point

739
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: out that we're probably the only set that's decorated for

740
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: Christmas and still as a pumpkin. We do still a pumpkin,

741
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 1: but it's got Josh Allen on it, so we we

742
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: were never getting rid of that, can really get rid

743
00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: of it. It It was it's it's going to literally just

744
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: rot here on the show until we're done with it.

745
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: So Santa or Crampus. Let's start with Aaron Jones against

746
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: the Dolphins coming up this week? Will he be a

747
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 1: Santa or a Crampus? I think he's gonna be a Santa.

748
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: He's Aaron Jones. You know, he gets so much work

749
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: each week, especially with a J. Dillon leaving due to

750
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: injury on Monday Night, we could see even more Aaron

751
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: Jones and the Dolphins. I know, at one point this

752
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: year they look like a tough running back from Matt

753
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: a tough matchup for running backs, but that that's kind

754
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: of changed in recent weeks. I couldn't sit Aaron Jones

755
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: in a must win game, definitely could not sit him

756
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 1: this week, so I would I would say he's a Santa. Also,

757
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 1: Nagy Harris against the Raiders coming up on Saturday. I'm

758
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: gonna say that Nagy Harris is a bit of a

759
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,280
Speaker 1: Santa this week. He's been picking things up lately, getting

760
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: more opportunities, getting more touches. The matchup is certainly a

761
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: very good one. We saw last week from Andre Stevenson

762
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: have a really nice game against that Raider defense. So

763
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: this feels like a good opportunity for Nagie Harris to

764
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: sort of keep it rolling. So I think he's going

765
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: to deliver to use some definitely nice presence under your

766
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: fantasy tree. I like him as a Santa. There a

767
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: car on the other side of that game again, you

768
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: can see that on an NFL network at eight fifteen Eastern.

769
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: Is there a Carr Santa or crampas? I think he

770
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: is a crampus, Like he's the Dwight shoot that's gonna

771
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: come in and steal all your presence away on Christmas Night.

772
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: But Derek Carr. Look, I know, at one point this

773
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: season the Steelers look like a really good matchup because

774
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: they were, but they're a different unit when both t J.

775
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: Watt and Minka Fitzpatrick are out there, and they have

776
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,720
Speaker 1: been out there in the last month, and the Steelers

777
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: have allowed the fewest fantasy points per game to quarterbacks

778
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: in that stretch. It just over ten per game, by far,

779
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: the lowest in the league. Part of that is who

780
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: they've played, but even Derek carring good matchups, the upside

781
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: is like twenty fantasy points. I think the floor is low,

782
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,800
Speaker 1: the ceiling is kind of low. There's definitely better options

783
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: out there. So therek Carr is a crampas that gets

784
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 1: us to Jared Goff going against the Carolina Panthers on

785
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 1: Saturday now at golf. Trying to dispel him rinks notion

786
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,439
Speaker 1: that he's an indoor cat having a good game last week.

787
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: I guess he's like a secret Santa. He's not the

788
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 1: like big time, out loud, hang out in the mall

789
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 1: with a red suit on Santa. He's the Santa that

790
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: just you know it is unassuming. It's sort of slides

791
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: something very quietly into your stocking. I don't think it's

792
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: a huge game for Jared Goff against the Panthers, but

793
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna necessarily wreck your week. If

794
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 1: you're starting him, I think you get a decent seventeen

795
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: eighteen points, not not bad, not the not great, so

796
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: I think that's sort of what we're looking at for

797
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: Jared Goff here. I know the home road splits have

798
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: been pretty drastic for him this year. I don't think

799
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: that's so much. The issue is because the Panther's team

800
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: that's fighting hard ever since Steve Wilkes took over as

801
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 1: the interim head coach, and I think that more than anything,

802
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: slows Jared Goff down. This week, Evan Ingram taking on

803
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: the Jets. That's on Thursday Night Football. Ingram not a

804
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: great week last week, but this week is He's Santa

805
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: or Crampus. He's a Santa Um. In the last two

806
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 1: weeks he has twenty five targets. If you stretched that

807
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: over three weeks, it's thirty two. Either way, it's over

808
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: double digits per game, is over fourteen Fantasy points per

809
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: game in those three games stretch. I know the one

810
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: monster game is going to get all the attention, but

811
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,760
Speaker 1: he's been very reliable as of late. He's getting more production,

812
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: more consistent volume. And I know at one point this

813
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 1: season the floor looked very low, and that could still

814
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: be the case, but with Trevor Lawrence looking more and

815
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: more like that generational talent, Evan Ingram seems to have

816
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: raised his floor because there's just more opportunity and better

817
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: play around him. Plus, do you have to get away

818
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: from the receivers because of the Jets. Secondary could just

819
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: mean more production for Evan Ingram, So Ingram locks in

820
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: as a Santa. This week. We'll finish this up with

821
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews taking on the Falcons on Saturday. I want

822
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 1: to be wrong about this, I do, but I'm gonna

823
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: have to say he's a crampus. And look, some of

824
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: this depends on whether or not Lamar Jackson is able

825
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: to play. If Jackson comes back, then I think he's

826
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: more in the realm of Santa. If it's still Tyler Huntley,

827
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,280
Speaker 1: it might just be a crampus situation for Mark Andrews.

828
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: He just has not looked the same since coming back

829
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: from injury and and really has been just a guy,

830
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 1: and you keep starting him because the upside is so

831
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: huge and the ceiling is really high when everything is

832
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 1: working right. It just has not been working right and

833
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: the Ravens are struggling to throw the football consistently. So

834
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: that makes me really really worried about Mark Andrews. But

835
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: again I will say that if it's Lamar Jackson, I

836
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: feel better. But right now, if it's Tyler Huntley, then

837
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: that he potentially is a crampus this week. I didn't

838
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,480
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Speaker 1: be December, So we decided that we going to sort

848
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: of celebrate now. We were going to have our technical director,

849
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: Sam Tavares dress up in a singlet. We were going

850
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00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 1: We decided that it probably is an HR violation, so

852
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Speaker 1: we passed on that We're not gonna have any feats

853
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: of strength, but we do have a festivous poll here

854
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: and we are going to air some grievances. So my

855
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: friend I will pass this pole to you and you

856
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: can clear the air with some folks. Here, as I

857
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: rain blows upon him, I realized there had to be

858
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 1: a better way. One of the best lines of any

859
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: show ever. But my airing of grievances go to the

860
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 1: people out there who told you, the listeners, not to

861
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 1: draft certain and running backs because they are injury rap

862
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 1: prone suton guys like Christian McCaffrey, say Juan Barkley. But

863
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:49,720
Speaker 1: instead they justified it by telling you to draft safe

864
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: guys like Jonathan Taylor. I'm not gonna say I was

865
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: off of Jonathan Taylor. I love Jonathan Taylor coming into

866
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: the year. He's my guy, but I also loved Christian

867
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,720
Speaker 1: McCaffrey and say Juan Barkley because they are very talented

868
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: running backs who are going to get a boatload of

869
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 1: touches each week and give you a bunch of production.

870
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: And the argument was always, but they can't stay on

871
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: the field. And my argument back is always they play

872
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: running back, they're all injury prone. They touch the balls

873
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: twenty times and get hit by guys that are bigger

874
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: than them. Uh. And if every running back is already

875
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 1: a higher elevated injury risk, let's stop pretending that we

876
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 1: can play god or whatever and see the future and

877
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: can predict who's gonna get hurt. All it is is

878
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: trying to make sense of stuff that is random and

879
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 1: doesn't make sense, and we're trying to make it make

880
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 1: sense in our human brains. Stop doing that. Stop listening

881
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: to the people that tell you everyone is injury prone,

882
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: because next season it's gonna be don't draft Jonathan Taylor,

883
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,720
Speaker 1: he's injury prone. And whoever they tell you to draft instaid,

884
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: we'll probably get hurt. I don't know how to follow that.

885
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 1: That was. That was that was solid. So now I

886
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,359
Speaker 1: will take hold of the festivals poll here and hold

887
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: it like a trident as though I was King Neptune

888
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: or something here. And I am going to air out

889
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints coaching staff for taking Alvin Kamara

890
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: out of our lives. For years, we could count on

891
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: Alvin Camera as just a fantasy god because he dominated

892
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: the touches, whether it was as a running back or

893
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 1: as a pass catcher. In fact, we are coming up

894
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,280
Speaker 1: on Christmas Day on the anniversary of Alvin Kamara scoring

895
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: six touchdowns in one game, helping plenty of fantasy managers

896
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: to glory in that week, and now this year, the

897
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,440
Speaker 1: Saints coaching staff, without Sean Payton, has decided that we're

898
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: gonna We're gonna use Taysom Hill to run the football.

899
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: We're gonna throw to Rashid Shahid. Look, I like the

900
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,399
Speaker 1: Crystal Lave has gotten involved and he's been a great

901
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: addition to the Saints offense. But here you are scuffling

902
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: below five hundred, giving away opportunities in a division that's

903
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:48,240
Speaker 1: imminently winnable, and you are not using your best option.

904
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: No one understands it. Your fans don't understand it. Fantasy

905
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: managers don't understand it. I would guess there are people

906
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 1: in your own building that don't understand it. Do you

907
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 1: look at old game tapes and wonder, Man, that forty

908
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: one guy is really good. I wish we had a

909
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,760
Speaker 1: player like that on our team. Spoiler alert, you do

910
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: give the ball to Alan Camara. It's not too late.

911
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: You've got a good opportunity this weekend. Make up for

912
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 1: the wrongs that you have done, right them in our

913
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: eyes and we can all have a happy festivals together.

914
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: You did a great job up passion Field. Appreciate that

915
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 1: you Just I'm so sad they've taken something great away

916
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,400
Speaker 1: from us and we don't have an explanation as for why.

917
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at some of our top sleepers

918
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 1: four week sixteen, Floria. Who you got the sleeper rist

919
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: of sleepers, Zach Wilson. I know you're like probably feeling

920
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 1: gross right now thinking about having to play Zach Wilson.

921
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 1: But in a great matchup last week against the Lions,

922
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: he threw for three seventeen yards, two touchdowns and ran

923
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 1: one in And now he gets the Jaguars. And since

924
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 1: Week six, every quarterback who has played Jacksonville except for

925
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, has finished as a top twelve fantasy quarterback.

926
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: So again, you don't have to love it. But if

927
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: you're if you lost Jalen Hurts and you're in a

928
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: two QB league or something like that, and like me

929
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 1: and you're going a little bit deeper, Zach Wilson's a

930
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 1: name to consider. So you go to the current Jets quarterback,

931
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: I'm going to a former Jets quarterback and Sam Donald

932
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 1: now with the Carolina Panthers. Now. A couple of weeks ago,

933
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: Sam Donald was in the game and and somebody hit

934
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 1: us uthing was like, hey man, Sam Donald is dealing.

935
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: I was like, really, so, I went't checked, and he

936
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: had like a hundred and twenty yards. But whatever he

937
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: had thrown he picks. This is a week that I

938
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: think he picks it up a little bit more. We

939
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,839
Speaker 1: talk about the Lions run defense being good, I think

940
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,479
Speaker 1: that means the Panthers have to throw it. Lions past

941
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: defense is still bad, so understanding that the ceiling for

942
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 1: Donald is still fairly low. If he gets you more

943
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,239
Speaker 1: than two hundred passing yards, I think that's a huge win.

944
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 1: But if you can throw a couple of touchdowns avoid

945
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: the turnovers, you can get a decent streaming performance out

946
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 1: of him, certainly into quarterback leagues this week. Anybody else

947
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: on your radar Deon Jackson and I agreed with everything

948
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: you said about Zack Moss. It's a great matchup. They

949
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 1: could especially run up the middle on the Chargers, but

950
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: if they fall behind, I think it's Deon Jackson that

951
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: will be the past catcher. It's just the role that

952
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,240
Speaker 1: he's been playing. And it's certainly possible that the Colts

953
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: are trailing in this game, so I think both of

954
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 1: their running backs are in play this week. A Sleepers

955
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: definitely agree that they're both in play this week. And

956
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: my last one is Kade Otten with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,

957
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 1: and he's very quietly put up some decent numbers in

958
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 1: the last few weeks. He's running routes sort of in

959
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: that area where Tom Brady is concentrating a lot of

960
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: his attention. This is not a downfield passing game for

961
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, and it's why you've seen Chris Godwin sort

962
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:30,799
Speaker 1: of succeed, and it's why kay Dotton has an opportunity

963
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,760
Speaker 1: to succeed. Plus on top of it, Cardinals, they continue

964
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: to be the best possible matchup for tight ends and

965
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: I think kay Dotten takes huge advantage of it this week.

966
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: For some of those names and even more, you can

967
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: check out my weekly sleeper's column. It's online at NFL

968
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: dot com slash Sleepers that comes out on Thursday, so

969
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: check for it on Thursday morning. And here I am

970
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: still holding this festivus pool. Um. There may be some

971
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: other people in here that have some grievances, will let

972
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 1: them air those once the show is done. We've got

973
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:00,360
Speaker 1: a lot of problems with you, but a lot of

974
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:04,480
Speaker 1: problems we're gonna hear about it. Absolutely. That is it.

975
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

976
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,680
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football show. You know the drill. Tell two

977
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,359
Speaker 1: friends to tell two friends rate review, and remember it's

978
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,760
Speaker 1: okay if people don't like you, and everyone has good taste.

979
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,400
Speaker 1: Be safe, take care of yourselves, Happy holidays, enjoy Week sixteen,

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00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: and we'll talk to you next week. I don't, I don't.