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Speaker 1: What's up? This is Ray Sharon Jenkins, and you're listening

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Speaker 1: to the Chargers Podcast Network Chargers fans Chris Harry with

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Speaker 1: you on part one of a week one edition of

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Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly. A new sound for a new season, but

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Speaker 1: still the same great guests to get you ready for

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Speaker 1: Chargers football coming up. Stephen Holder of The Athletic gives

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Speaker 1: us this week's opposing view from Indianapolis. We'll also here

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Speaker 1: from James co of Yahoo's Sports. It's gonna help you

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Speaker 1: set your Week one fantasy lineups. But first, Chargers radio

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Speaker 1: analyst and NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah previews Colts versus Bolts.

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Speaker 1: Here with Daniel Jeremiah, is we get ready for Week

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Speaker 1: one against Indianapolis Colts. I know you're gonna miss preseason DJ.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I do. I had to put

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Speaker 1: together a top twenty five rookies for NFL dot Com

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Speaker 1: and forced me to watch way more preseason tape than

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Speaker 1: get onto the game's account. My guess is that the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter of Sunday, no Amy, Grant, no flow. We're

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Speaker 1: talking actually football this week, Money and myself. We've actually

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Speaker 1: got to do some football talk and never been more

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Speaker 1: excited to do so. This is a great badge. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's a lot of a lot of intriguing matchups and

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Speaker 1: just storylines. With Frank Reich and Nick Sirianni coming from

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Speaker 1: the Chargers school here, what do you like about this

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Speaker 1: cold seam? A deep roster. We'll get to the quarterback

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Speaker 1: a little bit, but a deep roster regardless, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: And they've done a nice job building in the trenches.

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Speaker 1: And you start with the offensive line, an area of

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Speaker 1: concern for this organization for so long, and they've solved

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Speaker 1: that problem with some investments there in the draft. And

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Speaker 1: you look at their ability to get some movement in

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Speaker 1: the run game. You look at their ability to protect

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Speaker 1: the quarterback, which they did extremely well last year and

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Speaker 1: that'll carry over this year to Jacoby Brissette. And then

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Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, they've gotten a

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Speaker 1: lot faster and they play extremely hard. I know there's

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Speaker 1: a you know, I say, Darius Leonard's a great player.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many of the great great players

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting with Brissette under center. I mean, this

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Speaker 1: is a guy, it's not like this is his first

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Speaker 1: do you like at a Brissette and what is he

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Speaker 1: going to bring to this offense that the Chargers actually

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Speaker 1: need to be aware of. Well, you know, look, some

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Speaker 1: on time. He's done a nice job with that. He's

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Speaker 1: he's playing with it. You know, it's the same helmet,

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Speaker 1: but it's a completely different group that he's playing with now,

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's as accurate as Andrew Luck at

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Speaker 1: maker and protects the football. And I think that's what

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Speaker 1: make good decisions. I think you're not going to see

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Speaker 1: a you know, big time explosive explosive brand of offensive football.

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Speaker 1: I think efficient would probably be the word that they're chasing.

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Speaker 1: We just watched some plays that you picked out from

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Speaker 1: Everybody knows about t Y Hilton and the challenge he presents,

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Speaker 1: emptying things out. Let him find that one on one

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Speaker 1: matchup and pick on a linebacker. So this Charger's team

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Speaker 1: bringing over Thomas Davis. Kaiser White is a former safety,

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Speaker 1: What were your observations during the preseason and just training

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Speaker 1: So um Sam Tevy's I thought has made progress as

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Speaker 1: I remember remember old school politics, it takes a village.

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Speaker 1: a village now to replace Melvin Gordon. Melvin Gordon's a

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Speaker 1: great opportunity. And we saw it in the four games

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Speaker 1: going to be fun to watch wide receivers Keenan Allen

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Speaker 1: probably had his best camp. He was unbelievable. Mike Williams

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Speaker 1: much better can Mike Williams get? Oh? I think he's

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Speaker 1: still plenty out there ahead of him, which is scary,

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Speaker 1: and I know it's a busy week for you, Man,

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Speaker 1: deep roster, and I think that's something I've gotten from

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Speaker 1: the cold, which is I think right now from the

429
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Speaker 1: outside looking in, a lot of what you're hearing about

430
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Speaker 1: the Chargers is about who's not going to play, and

431
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Speaker 1: certainly that's a huge story, There's no question about it,

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Speaker 1: and I think the Colts are probably looking to take

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Speaker 1: advantage of that in any way that they can, as

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Speaker 1: they should. But at the same time, everything I hear

435
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Speaker 1: from the cold about the Chargers is, man, they get

436
00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,080
Speaker 1: playmakers everywhere, so many players, and that's on both sides

437
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Speaker 1: of the ball. I mean, they know what they're up against,

438
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Speaker 1: and I mean, look, everyone says that, but I think

439
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Speaker 1: in this particular taste, they've watched the film and they

440
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Speaker 1: see it, and the coaches, the Colts coaches, I've done

441
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Speaker 1: a good job of outlining what's they're up against, and

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Speaker 1: so I think they know this is a sizeable tallenge.

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Speaker 1: They are not getting sort of sucked into the idea

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Speaker 1: that this is a different team because of who's not

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Speaker 1: out there. So the main emphasis I've heard all weeks

446
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Speaker 1: long has been mostly has been mostly centered around, you know,

447
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,639
Speaker 1: the depth of this roster, this Charger's foster, the talents

448
00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,960
Speaker 1: that they have, and what the Cults are up against.

449
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Speaker 1: They have a real healthy respect for what they're going

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Speaker 1: to see on Sunday. Stephen, you mentioned the matchups within

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Speaker 1: the matchup, and one of the things I'm looking at

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Speaker 1: is is Keenan Allen and Mike Williams and Hunter Henry

453
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Speaker 1: matching up against that Colts secondary. Is there a specific

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Speaker 1: matchup that you're looking at. It could be on any

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Speaker 1: side of the ball that you're gonna have eyes on. Well, look,

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Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how they play Keenan Allen in particular.

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Speaker 1: I want going. Thing I say is that they have

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Speaker 1: the ability this year to play more man defense. Now

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Speaker 1: the coach last year, I believe the number was around

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Speaker 1: seventy percent zone. So I'm not mistaken. I could be

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Speaker 1: a little off there, but they are a heavy, heavy

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Speaker 1: zone team and they run basically was a version of

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Speaker 1: the Tampa two defense. I mean that's their basic defense.

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Speaker 1: They mix it up. They're gonna run you know, cover three,

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Speaker 1: cover four. They'll go man sometimes and match up. They

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Speaker 1: do some different things and then they'll use a combination

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Speaker 1: of of coverages some kind of time maybe man on

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Speaker 1: the outside on the perimeter, and do some different things.

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Speaker 1: But you're going to see a lot of zones. That's

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Speaker 1: what they do. They keep dursing in front of them,

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Speaker 1: they key off the quarterback. So that's all great, But

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Speaker 1: when you have a great player, you know, a guy

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Speaker 1: who can create some matchup issues, then it becomes a

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Speaker 1: question do you want to match up? Do you want

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Speaker 1: to sort of take that guy, try to try to

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Speaker 1: match that guy up and be aggressive with him and

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Speaker 1: pressed him. I don't know, you know how they would

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Speaker 1: fare doing that, But when you're playing a great player,

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Speaker 1: you have to kind of decide are you we gonna

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Speaker 1: give him the same look all day? Right? I mean,

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Speaker 1: is that really the way to go about it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of little questions that the Colts have

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Speaker 1: to kind of come to grifts with and you know,

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Speaker 1: defending a guy like that, and then when it comes

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Speaker 1: to tight ends, I'm interested to see what the Polts

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Speaker 1: do there. They've got this time package that they really

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Speaker 1: seem to like, and what they've done is in the

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Speaker 1: past that used and extra safety, third safety that they've

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Speaker 1: brought in and sort sometimes match that guy up with

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Speaker 1: the tight end. But what they're doing this year if

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Speaker 1: they've taken a corner Quincy Wilson, who's basically looking like

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Speaker 1: their fourth corner right now, but They like him a

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Speaker 1: lot because he's a unique guy physically, he's six to

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Speaker 1: two hundred pounds and they have used him as their

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Speaker 1: time because the back this year as opposed to the

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Speaker 1: safety and what we've seen in training camp is him

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Speaker 1: matching up on tight ends and they really like that

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Speaker 1: at up. So I think you could see a lot

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Speaker 1: of you know, six defensive back lineup potentially this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how much they're going to use it,

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Speaker 1: but if training camp was any indication, I think that's

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Speaker 1: something we'll see a lot from the coach this year.

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Speaker 1: And I'm interested to see it because it could really

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Speaker 1: give them some advantages. So they like that lineup, don't

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Speaker 1: be surprised if you see it. Very interesting. You know

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Speaker 1: there's some household names we know, t Y Hilton, you know,

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Speaker 1: we know Darius Leonard Rookie of the Year last year,

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Speaker 1: was really in that competition with Derwin James, maybe some

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Speaker 1: under the radar guys Stephen Who should Chargers fans know

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Speaker 1: about going into this matchup? Well, I'm interested. I'm very

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Speaker 1: interested to see what is the role of Devin Sunches

512
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Speaker 1: this year. And he was a guy who you know

513
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Speaker 1: a lot of people raise their eyebrows at that sign

514
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Speaker 1: him because you know, he got over ten million dollars

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Speaker 1: for a one year deal from the coach, you know grants.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of money for a guy who maybe

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Speaker 1: Carolina fans saw as an underachiever. But I do think

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Speaker 1: that it's an interesting signing for them because he passed

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Speaker 1: them with something the Colts haven't had, which is on

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Speaker 1: a bigger bodies receiver. They had that at tight end

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Speaker 1: with Eric He's down last year, but they really have

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Speaker 1: lacked at at wide receiver. You talked about t why

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Speaker 1: Hilton as well. I mean, look, what's the signing characteristic

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Speaker 1: of c Why Hilton's under size, There's no question about it.

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Speaker 1: You know, five nine hundred ninety pounds. So here they

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Speaker 1: now bring into sixty four massive target who isn't gonna

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Speaker 1: run a four three forty grand, but he gives them

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Speaker 1: a different look. He's gonna be a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a possession receiver. But one area the receiver struggled last year,

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Speaker 1: it was in the red zone. Well, this is a

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Speaker 1: guy who gives you some options down there, back shoulders, throws,

532
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Speaker 1: h maybe you know, some phades. You know, he can

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Speaker 1: give you some different looks down in the red zone.

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Speaker 1: I think that that was a big I think motivation

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Speaker 1: behind the signing of seven Punches. And the other thing

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Speaker 1: I say about him is Frank Rich was really I

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Speaker 1: think the driving force behind that transaction. And he doesn't

538
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Speaker 1: often really drive the on player exquisitions, but he's there.

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Speaker 1: I've been a couple of guys so far that Frank

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Speaker 1: w Reich has really banged the table for and the

541
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Speaker 1: first one last year was there he brock and you

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Speaker 1: see how that works. And so he said it again

543
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Speaker 1: this year with Devin Funches because he really likes the

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Speaker 1: matchups that provides them. So I think, you know, Frank

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Speaker 1: Wrich got a good eye. I trust him on that.

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Speaker 1: We'll have to see that works out. Another guy I

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Speaker 1: would mentioned off receiver is uh his paras Keble, rookie

548
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Speaker 1: wide receiver from Ohio State. They got big plans for

549
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Speaker 1: this skit. He's probably going to start out as a

550
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Speaker 1: flat receiver, but his role could grow. You didn't see

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Speaker 1: much of him in the preseason because he was injured,

552
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Speaker 1: but he's back. He's one hundred percent. He looked at

553
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Speaker 1: least one hundred percent, and this kid is lightning in

554
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Speaker 1: a bottle four, three four and the forty and they've

555
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Speaker 1: got all kinds of run after tech plans for him,

556
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Speaker 1: So look for streams books for quick plants, potentially reverses.

557
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Speaker 1: I mean, he can do it all. He really thrived

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Speaker 1: in that role with Irvin Meyer, and the subsequent coach

559
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Speaker 1: two step at Ohio was Stay. So they're excited about him.

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Speaker 1: And I'll throw on one other guy, Rocky Austins, their

561
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 1: first draft pick, early second round pick. That's right. He

562
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Speaker 1: is a guy who has really been just a really

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Speaker 1: aggressive matchup in training camp and in preseason. You know,

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Speaker 1: it may take some time for him to make the

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Speaker 1: adjustments to the regular season as a rookie, clearly, but

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Speaker 1: this guy has starting potential almost immediately. It may not

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Speaker 1: happen immediately, but this guy has really number one cornerback potential.

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Speaker 1: I was, I mean, I was very, very surprised at

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Speaker 1: half quickly we saw his impact. Awesome insight, Steve, and

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Speaker 1: I want to get you out of here on this week.

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Speaker 1: One's always funny you never know what to expect teams

572
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Speaker 1: by holding some stuff back that you didn't see during

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Speaker 1: the preseason. What do you think is gonna decide this game?

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Speaker 1: You know, I think it's really gonna be the coach

575
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Speaker 1: defense that that really decides it. I think the coach

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Speaker 1: will make some plays on offense, but but to put

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Speaker 1: too much onto Kobe Perceett out of the case, I

578
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Speaker 1: don't think that's really there. Sofy going on the road,

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Speaker 1: you know, going up against the market the opponent, I

580
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Speaker 1: don't think you want to put too much on his shoulders.

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Speaker 1: So I think frick Wright probably you know, is careful

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Speaker 1: about how much these pressure is the gas pedal here

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Speaker 1: From an offensive play calling standpoint, I really think their

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Speaker 1: opportunity is on defense. They've got to show that they

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Speaker 1: can take the step this year in their past to

586
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Speaker 1: us and that's what's getting Justine Houston was all about.

587
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: And the guys who they're bringing back from last season.

588
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: They have to take the next step in terms of

589
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: the front Steven and getting to the quarterback. You've got

590
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 1: to get some you gotta get some pressure on Philip

591
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: and you've got to be able to collapse that pocket.

592
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 1: They can do that with the defensive tackles that they have.

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00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: I loved the Eagle Autrey. You probably know him from

594
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,120
Speaker 1: the AFC West, but he's a different player since he's

595
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: been been in Indianapolis. So that's the the real ticket,

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Speaker 1: I really believe is the defense getting pressure up front

597
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:53,239
Speaker 1: and then really the secondary taking the next step. They

598
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Speaker 1: think that they have the ability to do that. I

599
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: think they've got a playmaking defense and we'll see what

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Speaker 1: their olipt because it's been a huge run out of

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Speaker 1: the kid, Stephen Holder the Athletic. Let me tell you,

602
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: guys something, if you don't have a subscription to The Athletic,

603
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 1: you're doing yourself at disservice. Stephen, you do awesome work.

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Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles here shortly.

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Speaker 1: All right, Hey, looking forward to it. T wait, kick off?

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00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're done with the fantasy draft talk.

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Speaker 1: Ready to get to Week one? Yeah, who's James co

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Speaker 1: joins me to help set your fantasy lineups. James has

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Speaker 1: been a while, brother. It's always a pleasure. The most

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Speaker 1: wonderful time of the year, right, Oh my goodness, it's

611
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: like a second Christmas. I mean, this is the time

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Speaker 1: of the year man, where I just get fired up.

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Speaker 1: I mean, really, the last month has just been phenomenal

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Speaker 1: for me. You know, it really is. Every single day

615
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: I get fired up. Every single day. I'm just super

616
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 1: excited to talk football and think about football and watch football.

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Speaker 1: And here we are Sunday, let's go, let's go, man.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I'll just start with this because I

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Speaker 1: can envision a lot of fantasy owners. They're checking out

620
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Speaker 1: their lineup right now. Maybe they're a little nervous about

621
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Speaker 1: a flex position or a tight end matchup. I think

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Speaker 1: it twice about what's your general philosophy for approaching week one?

623
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Speaker 1: Because we think we know, but we really don't. The

624
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: funniest thing about Week one is everyone's got all these

625
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: crazy strong takes about you know, oh, you need a

626
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 1: draft Antonio Brown here, you need a draft Stefan Digs here.

627
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Speaker 1: Oh man, you know you can't. How are you gonna

628
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: have Aaron Rodgers as your quarterback? Four? You know he

629
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Speaker 1: needs to be the quarterback one? Or you know, they

630
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: have such strong opinions. They have all these opinions coming

631
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Speaker 1: into the draft, and then literally week one, it's like

632
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Speaker 1: the same guy who's telling me that Aaron Rodgers needs

633
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Speaker 1: to be the quarterback one is like, oh, should I

634
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 1: play him? You know against the Bears? You know what

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Speaker 1: I mean. It's like, it's funny, it's funny how it

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Speaker 1: works out, because, like you know, you do all these

637
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Speaker 1: this drafting and then you know when the when the

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Speaker 1: actual week comes, you're playing the matchup. That's right, you

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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So you might be playing Matt

640
00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 1: breed Um, you know, ahead of a guy some buddy

641
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,800
Speaker 1: like Leonard Fournette or whatever it might be. If you

642
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: don't like the matchup, you might just say, screw with

643
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 1: the draft position. I'm just gonna take. I'm just gonna

644
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 1: play the matchup, you know what I'm saying. And to me,

645
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 1: in Week one, I think I do a lot less

646
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: of that than than than most folks try to do.

647
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you drafted the guys because you like them,

648
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,960
Speaker 1: you know, run them out there and see what happens. Yeah,

649
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: And I think that's the way to go, especially you

650
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: can get into that mode of second guessing in matchups.

651
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: And it's one thing to watch what goes on in

652
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 1: preseason and hear all the hype about each respective player.

653
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,000
Speaker 1: But I just said, we don't know, And I think

654
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: Week one kind of sets the table at least for

655
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. You kind of put the

656
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: pieces in place, if you will. Yeah, Oh, no doubt

657
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 1: about it and doing they're wrong matchups? Do you play

658
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: a role. But as you mentioned, you're not sure what

659
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: teams are gonna look like. You know what I'm saying,

660
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 1: there's new defensive coordinators, there's new players, there's players loss

661
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: players added. I mean, you know again, if you talk

662
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: to me three months to go, I would have told

663
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: you the Chargers had the best secondary in the NFL. Right,

664
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: But Derwin James goes on I R and all of

665
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: a sudden, I'm thinking to myself, Okay, well wait a second,

666
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 1: now do they have the best there? I don't you

667
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like, I mean, somebody like Derwin

668
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: James was an absolute stud, an absolute superstar at that position,

669
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: completely changes that dynamic of what is happening with that secondary. So,

670
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 1: you know, a team that was extremely strong last year,

671
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: you know maybe you know I'm talking defensively or even offensively,

672
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: may not be the case here in twenty nineteen. So yeah,

673
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: you know that That's kind of where I approach it.

674
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: Like I said, Week one, you got your guys, roll

675
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: them out there. Well, James, let's start with the Chargers

676
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: and then I'll get into just some some general fantasy

677
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: advice for week one Chargers playing the Cults a pretty

678
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 1: good defense. We know Melvin Gore's not going to be

679
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: in this game, so it's probably be a combination of

680
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 1: Austin Eckler and Justin Jackson. I've talked to you about

681
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: Austin Eckler for the last couple of years, and you

682
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 1: will want first to be on the Austin Ekela train.

683
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: He's going to have standalone value. I think, whether or

684
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 1: not Melvin is in the lineup or not, what do

685
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: you project out of this Charger's backfield in week one?

686
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: No One, it's going to be a combination a JJ

687
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: and Eckler. Well, I mean, you know, for peeps our purposes,

688
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: I think Eckler, you're right, will have standalone value. I

689
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: anticipate he will see, you know, anywhere between three to

690
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: five targets every single week, So we're talking, you know,

691
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: anywhere between three and five receptions every single week. And

692
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: in PPR, that's huge to get that from a satellite

693
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: back in your flex position, you know. So yes, I

694
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 1: think he'll have standalone value and PPR in Standard league,

695
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: you know a little bit less right, yarn h wives,

696
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: We're not exactly sure what he's going to see to me,

697
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: because he's such an explosive athlete. He could always take

698
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: one to the house every single time. I mean, he

699
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: can answer a house call every single time pottention to

700
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: the ball. That's why I believe the Chargers absolutely love

701
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: him and offensive coordinator Ken and Hunt moves him all

702
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: around the field. I mean we've seen him play flanker,

703
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: We've seen him play in this lot. I mean we've

704
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,479
Speaker 1: seen him in the backfield obviously, but he's lined up

705
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: everywhere and they move him. He's Ken Wizzens Hunt's movable

706
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: chess piece, you know. Whether they talk about him or not,

707
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: I think he is one of the most important pieces

708
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: to that offense. You know. But for fantasy purposes, the

709
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: yardage I think is a little bit up and down.

710
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: I think, justin Jackson, I think we know what we're

711
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: gonna get. You know, he should see anywhere between fifty

712
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: to seventy five yards. Maybe he punches one in for

713
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: a touchdown. I think he's a more stable play. But

714
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: for me, again, I'm always trying to hit those home runs.

715
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: I'll roll with Austin Meckler each and every time. All Right,

716
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: the tight end position outside, there's top three of what

717
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: kittle Ertz and Kelsey. You know, Hunter Henry making his

718
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: way back into this lineup and he's been one hundred

719
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: percent for a long time now. The rapport that he

720
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: had with Philip Rivers his first two years in the league,

721
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: twelve touchdowns between those two. What do you envision for

722
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: Hunter against the Colts? You know, does anyone in the

723
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 1: NFL have a better short area game, a quick game,

724
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: if you will, then the Chargers right between Keenan Allen

725
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: and Hunter Henry. Um, And again we're so all fervous too,

726
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: because I man, he can get that ball off quick. Um,

727
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: I don't I don't think there's a better team maybe

728
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: the Patriots, but other than the Patriots, I don't know

729
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: if there's a better team in the NFL other than

730
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: the Charges that has a better quick game. And Hunter

731
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 1: Henry has a lot to do with that. Um they will,

732
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: you know, very you know, conservatively march that ball downfield,

733
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: and um they will get the ball in in a

734
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: good position, you know. So for me, I think Hunter

735
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: Henry is a player that, um, I love. You know

736
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: you got on Draft Day. You got got him at

737
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: a discount, right Because people aren't exactly sure we haven't

738
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: seen him play football in a long time. Um, so

739
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: how much has has the injury stapped his explosiveness? We're

740
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 1: not sure. We'll see you know, um, it's great to

741
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: see him healthy and back again. But even and you

742
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: know an eighty percent, Hunter Henry is absolutely worth it.

743
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: And you're right, I had him right there, you know,

744
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,359
Speaker 1: outside of those top three guys. And we'll see how

745
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: Zach hurt is gonna play out, because they've got a

746
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: million tight ends over there. But yeah, Hunter Henry's right there,

747
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: and I think he's a phenomenal red zone threatened and

748
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: certainly somebody that Look, if he's on the right side

749
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 1: of luck, I could see him scoring ten touchdowns this season.

750
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: I really could. That's how good he is, and that's

751
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: how much I believe the Chargers will will lean on

752
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 1: him in the red zone. You know, a wide receiver,

753
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: your role in keenan Allen out every single week. We

754
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 1: know that Mike Williams is a guy who at eleven

755
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: total touchdowns last year. You talk about red zone with Hunter,

756
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,479
Speaker 1: red zone with Mike Williams as well, and Philip Rivers

757
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 1: talking about both those guys, and when he talked about

758
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,720
Speaker 1: Mike Williams. Last week he said the trust building place

759
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: from last year, they've got on the same page. He

760
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 1: had that three touchdown performance against the Chiefs, and this

761
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: year it's almost like it's his second season as opposed

762
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: to his third James, because he was hurt his rookie years.

763
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: So the potential of a Mike Williams actually touchdown heavy.

764
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: That's a guy you want your lineup. Well, Yroll Williams

765
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: is gone now, right, so you know, it opens up

766
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: more opportunities, certainly downfield and all over the football field.

767
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,720
Speaker 1: I think for Mike Williams. For whatever reason, Mike Williams

768
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: came at an extreme discount this offseason in drafts, and

769
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 1: he's a player that I you know, I don't think that.

770
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 1: Look people people look at the touchdown to say, you know,

771
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily know if that's a repeatable uh staff

772
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: for Mike. But again, and also I think it's because

773
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: they don't fully understand that Tyroll Williams was such a

774
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,800
Speaker 1: huge part of that office. They were really splitting Tyrell

775
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: and Mike. The downfield target right now that Tyrrell is

776
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: gone in Oakland pretty much just opens up the entire

777
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: you know, exposition X receiver position for Mike Williams and UM,

778
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 1: I anticipate that he will do well. Again, he's a

779
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,839
Speaker 1: third year wide receiver. We've seen a lot of third

780
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: year wide receivers blossom, UM, and for whatever reason, he

781
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 1: was going pretty low. I will say this, there was

782
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,239
Speaker 1: a lot of concern I think for the Chargers offensive line,

783
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: and I think that is absolutely justified. You know, concern

784
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: will the line be able to hold up enough to

785
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: give Philip Rivers and Mike Williams the time to test

786
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: the boundaries downfield? We'll see, you know, but if they

787
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: utilized play action, that always will help, you know. So

788
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: and again a big part of that will be whether

789
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: or not Melvin Gordon comes back to play. But but yeah,

790
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: if they utilized play actions, certainly Mike Williams will see

791
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: that see a lot of red zone opportunities and a

792
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,280
Speaker 1: lot of long touchdown opportunities as well. Book The bottom

793
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: line is this, I don't think he's going to be

794
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: a guy that gets ninety receptions. Okay, I'm not saying

795
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: that right, but seventy five receptions is absolutely doable for Mike.

796
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 1: And when you're talking about that kind of touchdown upside

797
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 1: Signed me up all day long. The thing with Hunter,

798
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: Henry James, You're not gonna get points of this on

799
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: your fantasy team, but he's a heck of a blocker.

800
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: And when you have Russell cooing down the first six

801
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:05,800
Speaker 1: games of the season, Hunter may be relied upon to

802
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: do a little bit more blocking to help Philip rivers

803
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 1: and to help that running game too open up some holes.

804
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 1: So Hunter's versatility that actually may hinder him from a

805
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: fantasy perspective, as funny as that is to say, right, yeah,

806
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,399
Speaker 1: I mean the nice thing is actually beat bomb the field. Yes,

807
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: exactly exactly, and that's good. You know you want to

808
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: see your tight end with a very high sapcount. I

809
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: think that kind of feeds into fantasy production in a

810
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 1: way because you know he's on the field, and to

811
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: be honest with you, because of his versatility, I think

812
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: defenses and opposing line backers won't necessarily know, hey, is

813
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: he staying in the block or is he going to

814
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,399
Speaker 1: go out on a route? Right, So that helps mask

815
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: some of what they want to get done. And when

816
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: you have an offensive mastermind like you know, Ken Wish

817
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: Hunt out there, he's gonna he's gonna take advantage of that,

818
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 1: you know. So I think it's good. You know, all

819
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: of that stuff is healthy for fantasy production when we're

820
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 1: talking about that end all right, man. So I was

821
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 1: reading Oh Knows this morning, and you had a couple

822
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 1: of had a couple of fire takes, and I love them.

823
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: I think they're great. Sa Quan finishes outside the top

824
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: ten running backs, Mike Evans finishes as a top two receiver.

825
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: I'll let our listeners read the rest. But the sa

826
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 1: Quan thing is fascinating to me because that's a lot

827
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 1: of drafts number one overall player. Why do you think

828
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: sae Quon may not have the year that summer expecting well,

829
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: let me just put a few this way, you know,

830
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: for one of the reason people have short memories, you know,

831
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: I think about twenty sixteen Todd Gurley. He was on

832
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: an awful, awful offense and as a result, finished up

833
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: outside the top ten, outside the top fifteen fantasy running backs.

834
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 1: I think he was the running back nineteen or twenty

835
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. And how short people have of a

836
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: memory that they forget about this, that running backs attached

837
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: to terrible offenses don't do well. And Sae Quon Barkley

838
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,360
Speaker 1: is attached to one of the worst offenses in the

839
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 1: NFL period no Odell Beckham Junior. And I know people

840
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: are gonna say, oh, well, they added Kevin Tyler, so

841
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 1: the offensive line is going to be good. And I

842
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 1: agree their offensive line will be in the top half.

843
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll be a top five unit, but

844
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 1: certainly top fifteen. You know, yeah, one hundred percent. They're

845
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: gonna have a good offensive line. But guess what They've

846
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: got zero downfield threats none zero. Sterling Shepherd is a

847
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: spot wide receiver. Evan Engram Is is a tight end

848
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: that you know, um doesn't go downfield. People want to

849
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: say he does. If you look at the numbers, he

850
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Speaker 1: does not. His average depth of target is was the

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Speaker 1: second worst in the NFL. So no, they don't utilize

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Speaker 1: in downfield. This is I'm not for anyone who thinks

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Speaker 1: that Shakepont Barkley is going to do really well. Name

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Speaker 1: me three wide receivers on the Giants right now. You

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Speaker 1: can't do it. If you can't, it's I don't know

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Speaker 1: who they have running out there. It's impossible. And for me,

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Speaker 1: this is what I this is what I looked at

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Speaker 1: so next Gen stat has you know, eight plus in

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Speaker 1: the box, right, So we're talking about loaded boxes and

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Speaker 1: as a percentage of your carries, how many times are

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Speaker 1: you seeing loaded boxes? Takelon Boxley saw loaded boxes last

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Speaker 1: year at a twenty three percent lake. That's about league average.

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Speaker 1: If you don't think with Noodle arm Eli Manning and

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Speaker 1: no wide receivers that safeties are not going to crowd

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Speaker 1: the box pretty much on every single down, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: see a single high safety and that's it. Every single time.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be eight guys in the box almost every

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Speaker 1: single play. I think more than thirty percent of his

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Speaker 1: carries we're talking about Saquon now will be against loaded boxes. Well,

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Speaker 1: when I looked over the past three years worth of

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Speaker 1: data with next gent stats, okay, only two or forty

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Speaker 1: three running backs who saw thirty plus thirty plus percentage

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Speaker 1: of loaded boxes finished as a top five running back. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that's that's a two percent clip. Guys, you know what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. So I don't. I really don't think it's

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Speaker 1: out of this question to say it is an absolutely

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Speaker 1: uphill battle for say, Kuon Barkley. I just don't, like

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Speaker 1: I said, and you could read about it into column,

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Speaker 1: but there's a lot of metrics and a lot of

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Speaker 1: staffs that would suggest that Stake one's going to finish

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Speaker 1: outside the top ten. And I know that sounds like

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Speaker 1: a hot take. And listen to me. I love Sake

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Speaker 1: I think Sake one is awesome. He's one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite players in the league. But man, come on, he

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Speaker 1: has a tough, tough slating in front of him in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, James, it's just one of four bold fantasy

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Speaker 1: football predictions you have, so to read the rest, just

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Speaker 1: go to Kono's on Yahoo's Sports and check out all

889
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 1: of James has taken a lot of great information in

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Speaker 1: that column. That's a weekly column, right, it is, indeed,

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Speaker 1: you know, and it'll be a lot of different things,

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00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: you know, some advanced stats stuff, some fun stuff, and

893
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Speaker 1: you know, I just I just like to write about

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Speaker 1: different things in the NFL. So you know, it's a

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Speaker 1: fun piece for me. And again, if you want to

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Speaker 1: follow me onto it, I'll always have it out there too,

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Speaker 1: all right, buddy, final thing for you, A hybrid question

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Speaker 1: here A guy that maybe guys really that maybe under

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Speaker 1: the radar and week one that you like that maybe

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Speaker 1: you can actually get on the waiver wire right now.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you guys that have gone late that you're pretty

902
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: high on this season to have some sort of production

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Speaker 1: throughout the year. There are three names that I that

904
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Speaker 1: I really like it and all the sense on how

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Speaker 1: shallow or deeper leagues are. In relatively shallow leagues, you know,

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Speaker 1: Dante Moncreep will be out there again. This is in

907
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 1: shallow league, um, you know, and to me, I think

908
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,920
Speaker 1: he fills the X receiver role for Pittsburgh. And keep

909
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 1: in mind, this is this team last year that you

910
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,919
Speaker 1: know they threw from. They threw more than six hundred times.

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00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: They threw from more than five thousand yards passing. So

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Speaker 1: regardless of who is in or out of that lineup,

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh finds a way to move the ball. I mean,

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Speaker 1: when Levy on Bella's out, they moved, they moved the ball.

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Speaker 1: When and Tonio Brown is hurt, they moved the ball. Hell,

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Speaker 1: when Ben Roethlisberger's hurt, they moved the balls. That offense

917
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 1: is is as automatic as it gets. I mean, Mike

918
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: Tomlin doesn't get enough credit, he really doesn't. It is

919
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 1: incredible the way they have been able to maneuver around

920
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 1: injuries in Pittsburgh and Antonio Brown has gone, opens up

921
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Speaker 1: a ton of targets, opens up a ton of air yards.

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Speaker 1: Dante Maker, to me, is a phenomenal downsield receiver and

923
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Speaker 1: I think they will utilize him in that capacity. So

924
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Speaker 1: that's one for shallow leagues deeper leagues. I really like

925
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Speaker 1: John Brown, same idea, Josh Allen. This is a guy

926
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Speaker 1: that threw the ball deep a ton last year, like

927
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Speaker 1: amount of talk when we talked about average average depth

928
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Speaker 1: of target per pass, Josh Allen led the league. So

929
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Speaker 1: all he's looking to do is bombing. Guess what. John

930
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Speaker 1: Brown is a bomber man like that. Dude can fly

931
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Speaker 1: down the field and I would anticipate, you know, he

932
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Speaker 1: will receive a lot of really long looks and that's

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Speaker 1: good for fantasy. Will it be a consistent weekend and

934
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Speaker 1: week out the contributor, No, But if you stick him

935
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Speaker 1: in the flexton deeper leagues, that's all your home open for.

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Speaker 1: Can I get anywhere between five and twenty points for

937
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Speaker 1: my flex play? That's John Brown right there. So for me,

938
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Speaker 1: I really liked him. I think John Brown is is

939
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Speaker 1: is a good player and the way they'll utilize him

940
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Speaker 1: as well, I think will be the right way too.

941
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Speaker 1: So he's somebody for deeper leagues and for extremely deep leagues.

942
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Speaker 1: This running back, Alexander of Mattinson there in Minnesota, he's

943
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Speaker 1: a backup to Dalvin Cook, who going all the way

944
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Speaker 1: back to his college days, has not been able to

945
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Speaker 1: stay healthy. So I think you can pretty much guarantee

946
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Speaker 1: that he will miss anywhere between three to seven games

947
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Speaker 1: this year just because that look, that's that's the kind

948
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Speaker 1: of the trend that we've seen with Dalvin Cook. So

949
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Speaker 1: Alexander Mattinson is a rookie from Boys Estate, really tough runner,

950
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Speaker 1: hard runner, and the major thing for me, these guys

951
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 1: are playing in a Gary Kubiak offense. Gary Kubiak's not

952
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Speaker 1: the OC per se, but you know he in that

953
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Speaker 1: zone block run scheme of his. And we already know

954
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Speaker 1: what Gary Kopiak has done to other running backs. I

955
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Speaker 1: mean justin four set Steve Clayton, Mike Anderson, a bunch

956
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Speaker 1: of no name guys, fifteen hundred scrimmage yards, multiple touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: I mean, when he's got good players like Ryan Foster

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Speaker 1: and Torrell Davis twenty two scrimmage yards. So that's the

959
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Speaker 1: upside we're talking about running in a Gary Kopiak scheme.

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Speaker 1: To me, that's that home run pick, and you could

961
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Speaker 1: scoop him up in the vast majority of fantasy leagues

962
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Speaker 1: right now. But he's an absolute mustache on every fantasy bench.

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Speaker 1: James co Yahoo's Sports. I love the energy, I love

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Speaker 1: the information. Next time, I'm getting you and Harmon together

965
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Speaker 1: on this podcast, on this radio show. So we'll make

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Speaker 1: that happen at some point during the year. Promote what

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Speaker 1: you got going on this season as we get ready

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Speaker 1: for Week one. Man, it's gonna be a long season.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, brother. I always tell people you can follow

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Speaker 1: me on Twitter. I do a really good job or

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Speaker 1: at least I try too of answering questions on Twitter

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Speaker 1: or so at James Dco. It's called koh and Man,

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Speaker 1: you know what, we got a three week direct of

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Speaker 1: Direct TV's Red Zone Max and every single Sunday if

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Speaker 1: you flip on that channel Direct TV channel seven h four,

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Speaker 1: it's Red Zone. But we do it with a fantasy

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Speaker 1: twin and so we go game to game, we show

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Speaker 1: you all the scores, but we're gonna give you great

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Speaker 1: fantasy analysis as well. There's a free preview of that

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Speaker 1: going on right now on week one Direct TV Channel

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Speaker 1: seven or four the Fantasy Zone, so be sure to

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Speaker 1: check that out. James Co, We'll see you soon, buddy.

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Speaker 1: Always appreciate your time, Chris, always appreciate it, man, Talk

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Speaker 1: you soon. All right, guys, that's going to do it

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Speaker 1: for us. A big thanks to James Co, Stephen Holder,

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Speaker 1: and Daniel Jeremiah for joining me, and of course thanks

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Speaker 1: to you all for listening. We'll be back Friday with

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Speaker 1: part two of an extended Chargers Weekly for the opener,

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Speaker 1: and remember be sure to download and subscribe to the

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Speaker 1: new Chargers Podcast Network. A lot of great stuff up already.

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00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: Tuesday we posted our Philip Rivers and Anthony Lynn interviews

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Speaker 1: on the Backstage Chargers podcast, the Debut of Playmakers. This

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Speaker 1: week with Haley Elwood, she interviewed CBS Sports as Melanie Collins,

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Speaker 1: and of course part two of Charges Weekly on Friday.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, I'm

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Speaker 1: Chris Harry