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Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, It's Thursday, January eighteenth, twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we're not

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Speaker 2: ready to announce our retirement either to me your man,

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Speaker 2: nam G Marcus Grant, joined by Michael f Florio and

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Speaker 2: LaQuan Jones. And I was thinking about this, when did

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Speaker 2: we get to the point that athletes don't get to

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Speaker 2: announce their retirement that like it becomes some sort of

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Speaker 2: breaking news item that everybody's trying to force out there. Now.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, but they should probably just let them

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Speaker 3: do their thing, right.

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Speaker 4: I hate it, Like I understand this is a business

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Speaker 4: based on breaking news and all that it is the

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Speaker 4: one thing that reporters should collectively come together and be like,

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Speaker 4: out of respect for the players, we're not gonna post this,

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Speaker 4: We're gonna let them do it on their terms.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just let you just let it ride. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I think that's part of the reason that Tom Brady

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Speaker 2: like delayed and came because you know, he didn't want

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Speaker 2: anybody to sort of dictate what he wanted to do.

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Speaker 2: And I guess I get it now that we live

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Speaker 2: in this world where you know, you can be a

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Speaker 2: subscriber to Twitter and like you get paid when you

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Speaker 2: have viral tweets, so like, you know, like I know,

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Speaker 2: for a lot of folks, it's not a ton of

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Speaker 2: money necessarily, but I mean, I'm sure if you're Adam Schefter,

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Speaker 2: you're getting a you know, lunch money. I would say

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Speaker 2: he could buy a tank of gas, but I don't

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Speaker 2: think he drives himself anywhere.

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Speaker 4: I think you know, what players should do, right, Like

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Speaker 4: they should to come back this. Every player should start

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Speaker 4: saying they're retiring after the season, and then we won't

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Speaker 4: know who's actually retired until they show up on the

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Speaker 4: field the next year or not.

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Speaker 2: It'll be like an I Am Spartaca's thing. Everybody's like

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Speaker 2: I Am retiring, and then like we get to training camp,

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Speaker 2: but we're like, oh, that dude's here, So I guess

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Speaker 2: he didn't really retire sort of thing. So uh, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: A little snip snap, snip snap, you know, yeah, Michael,

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Speaker 3: right there.

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Speaker 2: I did see something that I guess Jason Kelsey gained

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Speaker 2: like eighty thousand social media followers after this whole thing,

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Speaker 2: which I'm like, wow, if he's retiring, like y'all missed it.

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Speaker 2: I mean, maybe maybe he'll tweet more or instagram more

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Speaker 2: or whatever, and like, maybe there's insight there. But I'm

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Speaker 2: just like, wait, maybe you should have been following him

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Speaker 2: while he played and not when he's done playing.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, like I wonder if he got followers because

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Speaker 3: of Travis Kelcey and Taylor Swift too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure try. I'm sure the Taylor Swift connection

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Speaker 2: helped him out.

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Speaker 4: He's done though, right.

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Speaker 2: I think I, personally, Floria think that, Yeah, I think

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Speaker 2: we've kind of seen the last of Jason Kelcey. I

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Speaker 2: just think emotionally like what happened was really hard, and

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Speaker 2: I just think physically, man like we talked about the

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Speaker 2: tush push brotherly shove, like he is the guy that

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Speaker 2: sort of makes that thing work and that's physically hard.

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Speaker 2: So you know, if he comes back, great, I think

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Speaker 2: we're all we're all better for it if he comes back.

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Speaker 2: But if he doesn't, I get it.

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Speaker 4: He looks like a mummy on the field because he's

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Speaker 4: literally held together by by tape right now, So I

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Speaker 4: understand why he seems to me like his mind isn't

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Speaker 4: ready to give it up yet, but he knows his

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Speaker 4: body has has probably had enough.

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Speaker 2: And I think for a lot of guys, that's really it.

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Speaker 2: I think, especially after you've played for so many years,

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Speaker 2: it's less about I mean, it is partially about the

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Speaker 2: physical and like you know, you're hurting and you're tired,

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Speaker 2: and you're just older. But I think a lot of

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Speaker 2: it is knowing mentally the strain it takes to get

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Speaker 2: yourself ready for training camp. You know, it's not the

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Speaker 2: same as when you're twenty one, twenty two years old

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Speaker 2: and you're just ready to go when you're a little

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Speaker 2: bit older. I mean I say that as a dude who, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, getting out of bed, it's a little bit

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Speaker 2: tougher now than it was ten fifteen years ago, you

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Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. So like when its my body

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Speaker 2: a chair and talk for forty five minutes, right like

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Speaker 2: I'm not smashing into other large people. I get that.

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Speaker 2: I think the mental part of it has as much

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Speaker 2: to do with it than anything else. So hey, by

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Speaker 2: the way, Divisional weekend that's coming up in case you

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Speaker 2: didn't know, we still have not come up with a

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Speaker 2: up with anything fun. Okay, not that it was your job,

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Speaker 2: but I just figured something. Something happened in the last

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Speaker 2: couple of days. You found like a qt nickname for

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Speaker 2: a divisional weekend, but there are four games. It is

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Speaker 2: arguably the best weekend of football all season long. So

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Speaker 2: we will dive into those. We get just some DFS

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Speaker 2: picks as well, but I want to start with one

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Speaker 2: particular headline. Dolphins general manager Chris Greer says the goal

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Speaker 2: is to have Tua Toungue of Ioloa in Miami quote

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Speaker 2: long term, basically saying, Tua is our guy. You know,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna stick by him. We're gonna build this team

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Speaker 2: around him. But at this point, so as we have

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Speaker 2: seen to for a number of years, and I thought

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Speaker 2: this was gonna be the year. Maybe not a make

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Speaker 2: be the year that we got the full measure of

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Speaker 2: who Tua could be. You know. It was another year

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Speaker 2: with Tyreek Hill, you know, Jaylen Waddle, they had you know,

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Speaker 2: Mike McDaniel back again. It was a chance for them

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Speaker 2: stay healthy, we would get the full measure of who

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Speaker 2: he was. And the full measure of who he was

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Speaker 2: was kind of eh. I mean, they started out hot,

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Speaker 2: awful playoff game against Kansas City and they lost so Florida.

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Speaker 2: I'll ask you first, has Tua hit his ceiling? Yes?

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Speaker 4: Coming into this year, there was a lot of questions.

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Speaker 4: And I say this as someone who has been backing

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Speaker 4: to for the last couple of years, and when there

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Speaker 4: was just a whole narrative that he can't throw deep

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Speaker 4: and stuff, I was on the other side, like, no,

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Speaker 4: this guy can get the job done, and you want

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Speaker 4: this guy for fantasy and all of that. He led

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Speaker 4: the league in passing yards this year. He was up

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Speaker 4: there for passing touchdowns. He had the best rushing attack.

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Speaker 4: I guess there's better running backs like Christian McCaffrey and stuff,

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Speaker 4: but no one produced at a higher rate than this.

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Speaker 4: Dolphins back Tyreek Hill was otherworldly and the best wide

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Speaker 4: receiver walking the planet until he hurt his ankle late

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Speaker 4: in the year. Jalen Waddle is one of, if not

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Speaker 4: the best number two wide receiver in the league. Mike McDaniel,

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Speaker 4: in my opinion, is one of the smartest and best

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Speaker 4: play callers in the NFL, plus Tua state healthy for

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Speaker 4: the full seventeen games, that was a huge question mark

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Speaker 4: huge Yeah, and it still didn't work out. Like everything

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Speaker 4: was in front of them late in the year, they

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Speaker 4: could have won the division, They could have had a

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Speaker 4: two seed, a home playoff game. That what held them

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Speaker 4: back each of the last two years is that they

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Speaker 4: can't get over the hump against good teams, specifically the

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Speaker 4: last late in the last couple of years for the division.

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Speaker 2: Try not to smile too big when you say that.

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Speaker 4: By the way, yeah, after Dolphins fans were talking all year.

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Speaker 4: But but my thing is, like, I think Tua could

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Speaker 4: put up numbers. I think he can get you to

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Speaker 4: the playoffs, but he is a limited quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I believe, like if you take.

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Speaker 4: Away the middle of the field for Tua Toungue of Iloa,

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Speaker 4: he struggles to win downfield outside of the numbers. So

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Speaker 4: when you're limited like that, that's why a lot of

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Speaker 4: people were calling for like, oh, should Mike McDaniel lose

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Speaker 4: his job? I'm like, no, The fact that they struggle

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Speaker 4: against good teams, to me is more on Tua than

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Speaker 4: it is on Mike McDaniel because two is the one

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Speaker 4: the Dolphins have done, I don't think you can get

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Speaker 2: All right, I mean, so then let's let's spin this

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Speaker 2: fantasy wise, LQ. I mean that said everything, I'm just

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Speaker 2: gonna stand back and let you go. I mean, your

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Speaker 2: he a fringe QB one? I mean, where would you

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Speaker 2: draft him? If you draft him at all next year?

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of quarterbacks I would draft over him, man,

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Speaker 3: I mean, especially in this climate where the quarterbacks are,

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Speaker 3: and like he's definitely hit a ceiling. And then for

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Speaker 3: fantasy it's like he's not giving me the thirty five

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Speaker 3: points to the Josh Allen numbers. He's not giving me

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Speaker 3: need to be a top tier quarterback one in fantasy?

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Speaker 3: I mean like Florio hit like the running games completely

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Speaker 3: night and day. For what it was last season, I

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Speaker 3: Last season. Now they're at one thirty five, which is

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Speaker 3: like six in the NFL. So it's like they have

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Speaker 3: all the pieces around him. A great wide receiver too.

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Speaker 3: Tyreek Hill could have hit two thousand yards, you know,

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Speaker 3: if he didn't get banged up in the end of

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Speaker 3: the season. So like he's definitely hit a ceiling. And

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Speaker 3: then for fantasy, he's not going to make that huge

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Speaker 2: Like what other pieces his need?

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Speaker 3: Does need a tight end? Does he need cowpits? I mean,

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Speaker 3: I don't know. It's like, what's happening here with two

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Speaker 3: in this offense where he can't produce like high QB

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Speaker 2: Well, and I think to of falls into that thing

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Speaker 2: that Florio, you and I have talked about is that

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Speaker 2: he is primarily a pocket passer. He had a grand

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Speaker 2: total of seventy four rushing yards this year. Look, he

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Speaker 2: finishes the QB eleven. I think a lot of that

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Speaker 3: And a lot of QB injuries.

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Speaker 2: But we've talked about this. If you are not going

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Speaker 2: to put up let's say a threshold, let's call it

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Speaker 2: about two hundred and fifty yards, right, just as a

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Speaker 2: generic threshold. If you're not going to do that, then

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Speaker 2: you have to give us for fantasy thirty touchdowns. You've

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Speaker 2: got to keep it around ten or so interceptions or fewer.

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Speaker 2: You've got to have one of those ridiculous Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: efficiency type passing seasons. Yeah. I mean, I'm just scrolling

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Speaker 2: through right and looking at the top ten quarterbacks. The

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Speaker 2: only one with fewer than one hundred yards rushing was

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Speaker 2: Jared Goff. He had twenty one so through for forty

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Speaker 2: five hundred yards. He had thirty touchdowns and twelve interceptions. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was better than what twou put up exactly. Interception

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Speaker 2: ratio is better than what Tua gave you. That's what

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Speaker 2: got Jared Goff into the top ten. Looks even Baker

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Speaker 2: Mayfield ran for one hundred and sixty yards exactly. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And I think that right now is the limitation is

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Speaker 2: that Tua is a good quarterback. He is not a

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Speaker 2: guy that I think if you're talking fantasy is going

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Speaker 2: to you know, there's gonna be that guy that you

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Speaker 2: just draft and you plug him in and you forget

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Speaker 2: about it every week. I'm and in real football, he's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because the fifteen Fantasy points per game from him, Man,

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Speaker 4: And to the point, like they could win a playoff game,

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Speaker 2: No, they're not a super Bowl team, No they're not.

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Speaker 2: So to the point, from weeks one through eight, two

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Speaker 3: How is that helping you to the playoffs? How's that

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Speaker 3: Maybe the defense, defense gets better, defense wins championship. So

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Speaker 4: Their defense was just like their offense. Look at their

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to see this game.

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Speaker 2: All right, so we're all going over on the the

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Speaker 4: Crazy stat for you guys, yeahple got mad at me

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Speaker 2: I mean, why would they get mad at it is

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Speaker 2: So the next one Packers and forty nine or Saturday

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Speaker 2: eight fifteen Eastern on Fox Florio, who you got who

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Speaker 4: Brandon Ayuk, Deebo, Samuel George Kittle. The Packers have struggled

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00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,119
Speaker 4: against tight ends, They've struggled against pass catch and running backs.

434
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,080
Speaker 4: They've been better as of late against wide receivers. But

435
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,639
Speaker 4: Jordan Love is playing remark like twenty one touchdowns and

436
00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,200
Speaker 4: I think one interception in his last few games or

437
00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:58,520
Speaker 4: whatever it is. He is off the charts good right now,

438
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 4: but history when his first start the other day. All

439
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,640
Speaker 4: of that being said, he's facing the forty nine ers

440
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:10,639
Speaker 4: defense in San Francisco. It is such a harder challenge

441
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,480
Speaker 4: than facing most defenses, including the Green Bay Packers. So

442
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,439
Speaker 4: I think the fact that they are home, that they arrested,

443
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,960
Speaker 4: that they have the better defense and the better weapons

444
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,200
Speaker 4: and everything. I think Brock Purdy is not only who

445
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,480
Speaker 4: I think has the better number. We're gonna talk DFS later,

446
00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,720
Speaker 4: but he is one of my favorite quarterback plays this

447
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,159
Speaker 4: week in DFS.

448
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,320
Speaker 2: I think Love has a better day, but I think

449
00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,679
Speaker 2: it's because the Niners may not need to lean on

450
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,639
Speaker 2: Purty that much. The Packer run defense has been bad,

451
00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,960
Speaker 2: and I think last week they sort of got away

452
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 2: with it our palid for end of the show. James

453
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 2: co tweeted at some point that every twenty polar touch

454
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,959
Speaker 2: feels like a wasted play and that's kind of how

455
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,080
Speaker 2: it was because his efficiency was down so much, and

456
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 2: then on top of it, with the Packers jumping out

457
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,720
Speaker 2: to a quick lead, that sort of took the run

458
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 2: game out of play for Dallas. I don't think that's

459
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 2: going to be the case. I think you're gonna see

460
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 2: McCaffrey running a lot. I think you're gonna see Debo

461
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,480
Speaker 2: running the ball a lot. Look, man, the Packer's trying

462
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,080
Speaker 2: to do their little thing with darry Land Diebo, with

463
00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,199
Speaker 2: Jayden Reid over there. I think Kyle Shanahan's gonna be like,

464
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,400
Speaker 2: we've got the original, come watch how we work, great

465
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 2: value version and so yeah, exactly, you know Jane Read

466
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 2: I like him. He is the Kirkland version of Debo

467
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,840
Speaker 2: right now. I love him. So I think that just

468
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 2: they won't need brock Prayer to have a huge day.

469
00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,719
Speaker 2: But lakwahnity, can the Packers win if Jordan Love doesn't

470
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 2: have a great day? I mean, can they do it?

471
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 2: If you know Aaron Jones or something running wild.

472
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,280
Speaker 3: No, because I think the mixture of why Aaron Jones

473
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,199
Speaker 3: the last four games has been looking elite, I mean

474
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 3: one hundred yards in each of those games is because

475
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,320
Speaker 3: Jordan Love is playing the way he's been playing as well.

476
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,440
Speaker 3: On top of that, Aaron Jones was just coming back

477
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 3: into Jordan Love that was already playing like he was

478
00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,240
Speaker 3: playing out of his mind. So I feel like this

479
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,479
Speaker 3: Packers offense needs to click as a hole because they

480
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 3: have such young talent and you never know who's going

481
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,200
Speaker 3: to go off, and like they're all healthy, now, they're

482
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 3: all together. Now you got watch them back. It could

483
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:12,119
Speaker 3: be Read, it could be Wicks, it'd be Dobbs, it

484
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 3: could be Musgraves, you know, the go off and then

485
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,439
Speaker 3: you got Aaron Jones out of the backfield. So I

486
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 3: think this will collectively have to be on him playing

487
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,840
Speaker 3: the way he's been playing. If it ain't broke, don't

488
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,679
Speaker 3: fix it, you know what I mean? I feel like,

489
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,520
Speaker 3: don't change anything that he's doing for them to get

490
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:26,880
Speaker 3: this win.

491
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 2: This is a This is bow Melton, eraser. You really

492
00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 2: would name every other guy but not bow Melton. I'm hurt,

493
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 2: my bad, I'm hurt. Look I think the Packers actually

494
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,639
Speaker 2: make this interesting. I don't think this is going to

495
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,720
Speaker 2: be a blowout, and I think for the forty nine Ers.

496
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,640
Speaker 2: I think for both the forty nine Ers and the Ravens,

497
00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,360
Speaker 2: how this game starts is going to dictate a lot

498
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,560
Speaker 2: of how it goes because they're both in the same

499
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 2: situation where you know, they didn't play last week, They

500
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,800
Speaker 2: didn't play in their starters in Week eighteen, you know

501
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 2: the Niners, I mean, they took that loss, they got

502
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 2: thumped by the Ravens a few weeks ago, and since

503
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 2: then they bounced back and we win against that you know,

504
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 2: a bad Commanders team. They didn't play anybody against the

505
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,640
Speaker 2: Rams in Week eight team they had the week off.

506
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,240
Speaker 2: So both these teams are in situations where they haven't

507
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 2: really had any live action for a while now, whereas

508
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 2: the teams they're playing have been sort of in playoff

509
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 2: mode since the end of the regular season. Yeah, so

510
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,040
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be key for both these guys.

511
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 2: Both these teams to start very very quickly this year.

512
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 2: Since we were talking about Debou Lakwan more or less

513
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,200
Speaker 2: eighty and a half combined rushing and receiving yards for Debo.

514
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,639
Speaker 3: Man, it's playoff time. But he has been quiet, you know,

515
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,439
Speaker 3: in the back end of the season. I was I

516
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,719
Speaker 3: was a little a little flusher about this, but I'm

517
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,119
Speaker 3: gonna say less just based on he hasn't had that

518
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,159
Speaker 3: big blow up game in the last couple of weeks.

519
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 3: I can see him still being a value piece in

520
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 3: this offense. But Gloria named them all, Man, you got Kittle,

521
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 3: you gotta see him, see you got Bran brand at

522
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,199
Speaker 3: yuk And it's just like you got so many playmakers

523
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,520
Speaker 3: on there. He's not just a focal point of this offense.

524
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,680
Speaker 3: So I think eighty and a half it's a little.

525
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 2: High for me. The the problem with trying to pick

526
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,600
Speaker 2: a Niners player for a DFS lineup is that one

527
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 2: of these guys is going to get the short straw, right, Like,

528
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 2: not all of them can go off. You just got

529
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 2: to figure out, you know, who's the guy that you

530
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,720
Speaker 2: know is maybe going to get less opportunity this week,

531
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,520
Speaker 2: same question, you more more or less an eighty and

532
00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 2: a half combined yards for Debo Florio.

533
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Speaker 4: I was really tempted to go more because in the past,

534
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 4: the playoffs is when Debo comes to life, like like

535
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 4: two years ago, he was every play it looked like

536
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 4: he had a season ending injury, and then they just

537
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 4: somehow climb back up and keep going. But I think

538
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 4: the fact that they have Christian McCaffrey now is going

539
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 4: to take a lot off of his plate because a

540
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 4: lot of those short yards passes that would normally be

541
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,919
Speaker 4: designed for him are going to go to CMC. So

542
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 4: I'll take the under here. And while you guys were

543
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 4: discussing Jordan Love, I just was like, can you imagine

544
00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 4: if if Love goes into San Francisco at tea that

545
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 4: has given a certain former Packers quarterback his entire career wins,

546
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 4: the amount of conspiracy theories we will get next week.

547
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 4: I cannot wait.

548
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,400
Speaker 2: So that would be the silver lining if the forty

549
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 2: nine ers lose for me, just to see what twelve

550
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 2: would have to say after the fact. Oh well, I

551
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 2: know part of me thinks he just will and he'll

552
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: just gloss over it and kind of ignore it and

553
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,640
Speaker 2: not say much about it at all. Well we would

554
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 2: all know, we would know, everyone would know. All right,

555
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 2: we got two more games to talk about. Also going

556
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 2: to do some DFS stuff on the back end of

557
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 2: this one and give you our picks for divisional weekend.

558
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Speaker 2: Stick around for more of the NFL Fantasy Football podcast

559
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: talking about the divisional playoff games this weekend. Next one

560
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 2: Buccaneers at the Lions Sunday, three o'clock Eastern on the

561
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 2: National Broadcasting Channel, National Broadcasting Company, NBC whatever. Lions coming

562
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 2: off a very very close win. The Buccaneers just took

563
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 2: it to the Eagles, and I feel like this game

564
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 2: is gonna resemble a lot of what we saw last week.

565
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,639
Speaker 2: Between the Rams and the lines, it just feels like

566
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 2: they're gonna be very similar in that respect. So I'll

567
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 2: ask you, Lakwan more or less thirty five and a

568
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,680
Speaker 2: half passing attempts for Baker Mayfield.

569
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,200
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go more. I mean, if it ain't broke,

570
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 3: no fix it them use it again for Baker. I mean,

571
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 3: he's been chucking the ball downfield and Mike Evans is

572
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 3: down there somewhere. I feel like, you know, they might

573
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 3: be playing catch up, they might be throwing a ball

574
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 3: a ton and Baker's a fighter, so he's gonna go

575
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 3: out there and leave it all on field. And we

576
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 3: know this line's offense and score points. And we saw

577
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 3: the Bucks defense give up some really big place this

578
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 3: season too, So I'm gonna go more here.

579
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,719
Speaker 2: I want to ask you, Flora, the same thing, more

580
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 2: or less. And also can the Bucks win being one

581
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,360
Speaker 2: dimensional when I guess they've been sort of one dimensional

582
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 2: all year?

583
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 4: I agree with Lakwan. I think it's more and I

584
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 4: think they can win and that way, I don't it's

585
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,479
Speaker 4: gonna be tough for them. But my thinking is, like,

586
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 4: look back to last week's game. Kyrien Williams every week

587
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 4: was good for twenty plus touches and he carried the

588
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 4: ball thirteen times last week. Because the Lions are really

589
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 4: really good at stopping the run. I know he he

590
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 4: was efficient as still as well, but like they make

591
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 4: life tough and they could stuff you. And Rashad White

592
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 4: is the opposite of efficient. I know he had a

593
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 4: good game last week against the Eagles, but I think

594
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 4: we're gonna get a lot more passes to Rashad White

595
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 4: shots downfield. As good as the Lions are against the run,

596
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 4: they have struggled against the pass. Plus to Laquan's point,

597
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 4: I think the Lions offense at home is going to

598
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,239
Speaker 4: put up points, so Baker's gonna have to throw and

599
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 4: I think he's gonna want to throw because I'm sure

600
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 4: you've seen with him and Cjewards, he's got a little

601
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 4: something to prove right now.

602
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 2: I love that, Like he needs to watch different film

603
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 2: or better film, whatever it was. He made a comment

604
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 2: about Russell Gayes, like I love Rustle, but he hadn't

605
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 2: played a snap for so all year long, so he

606
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 2: was watching. Yeah, that's gonna be funny. Well, and I

607
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: mentioned the thing about being one dimensional, because I think

608
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 2: you're right. They haven't been able to run. They've been

609
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 2: incredibly inefficient running the ball all year long. But at

610
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 2: least with the Rams. Yes, they didn't run it well

611
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 2: against the Lions, not really a surprised also broke his hand.

612
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 2: He broke his hand late in that game. But at

613
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 2: least with the Rams there was the threat of it. Right.

614
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 2: If you were the Lions, you had to respect it.

615
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 2: You had to understand that they could they could hurt

616
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 2: you on the ground that way. You look at the

617
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 2: Buccaneers and you don't necessarily believe that they can do that.

618
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 2: So then do you put all of your resources into

619
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 2: trying to disrupt to disrupt Baker. That being said, I

620
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 2: think he has to throw the ball a lot, a lot,

621
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 2: a lot, a lot, so I wouldn't be surprised if

622
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 2: he's in a neighborhood of forty pass attempts this week

623
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 2: against against the Detroit either side, though thirty four and

624
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 2: a half pass attempts for GoF Floria. More or less,

625
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 2: I think I'm gonna.

626
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 4: Go less here because I think it'll be kind of

627
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 4: similar to what it looked like last week, where he

628
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 4: only threw twenty seven passes because they were highly efficient,

629
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,239
Speaker 4: and I think the Bucks defense kind of similar in

630
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 4: the sense where like they're good against the run, they

631
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 4: can be had against the pass. Especially. No team struggled

632
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 4: more down the stretch against wide receivers than the Bucks

633
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 4: really did, So I think aman Ras Saint Brown could eat.

634
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 4: I think Jamison Williams coming to life as of Lake

635
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 4: could be a factor. Maybe Sam Laporta as well, gets

636
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 4: going as he's another week healthy now, so I think

637
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 4: he'll throw plenty, but I think it'll be a more

638
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 4: efficient attack than the Bucks, so I'll take I'll take

639
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 4: less than this number.

640
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 2: I mean, you watch plenty of Jared goff Lakwan when

641
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 2: he was with the Rams. He is in a lot

642
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 2: of ways a different quarterback now than he was with

643
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 2: Los Angeles. I mean, do you see him having to

644
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 2: throw a lot this week?

645
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 3: And I had my very strong opinions with his time

646
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 3: in Los Angeles.

647
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 2: But please might know, do you want to air him

648
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 2: out right now? I love it.

649
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 3: It's on my Twitter. Just type in jerack Off you'll see.

650
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 3: But I really feel like, you know, if he's throwing

651
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 3: the ball this much, I feel like they lose the game.

652
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 3: So I'm go less here, like it's still being the thirties.

653
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 3: He might throw like thirty one, thirty two or whatever.

654
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 3: But I really feel as though, like this Bucks defense

655
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 3: is kind of tough against the run, but we saw

656
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 3: last week that monty An Gibbs was existing, and you know,

657
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 3: I think they will try to get the balance between

658
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 3: the run game and this game, even though.

659
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 2: The Bucks have been tough.

660
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 3: But I think if Jered Golf is thrown more than

661
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 3: thirty four times thirty five times, they'll probably lose the game.

662
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 3: And they're probably losing the game at that time where

663
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 3: he's playing catch up to throw that much, because when

664
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 3: you have this one to two punch in this backfield,

665
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 3: you shouldn't have to lean on Golf, you know, throwing

666
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 3: that many times because I will say, as a Rams fan,

667
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 3: you see the ball in his hands for a long

668
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 3: period of time, he might end up losing you in

669
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 3: the game because he might fumble or interception or just

670
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 3: mistakes and it just happens.

671
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 2: You know.

672
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 3: But I really feel as though they shouldn't lean on

673
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 3: him to be thrown ball a ton.

674
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 2: And I think the other part of that is they

675
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 2: are going to see pressure from the Bucks defense. They're

676
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 2: going to get after him a lot. And to your point,

677
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 2: if they're having to throw the ball thirty five times,

678
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,959
Speaker 2: that means more chances to get after Jared Goff, more

679
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 2: chances to if not get sacks, get hurries, force him

680
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 2: to get rid of the ball before he's ready to,

681
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 2: which can lead to mistakes. So I think for Golf

682
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 2: and the Lions to be successful, it's going to have

683
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 2: to be about efficiency. If they can keep him around

684
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 2: twenty five to thirty pass attempts, I think they're they're

685
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 2: in a much better shape. If anything more than that,

686
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 2: I think I think Lakwan is right. I think it's

687
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 2: things are bad and they are losing. So I'm gonna

688
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 2: go under as well. There last one, the one that

689
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 2: we know that Florida's going to lock himself in a

690
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 2: sound proof boof for chiefs at Bill's Sunday six thirty

691
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 2: eastern on CBS Lakwan more or less fourteen and a

692
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 2: half rush attempts for Isaiah Pacheco.

693
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go more here, I mean, Jersey's finest. Got

694
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 3: a shout out to my guy, but forever. Yeah, I

695
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 3: think they're gonna they're gonna run. They're gonna run the

696
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 3: ball against this Bills team. Man, And I think Pachecko

697
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 3: he gets hot, and I feel like, you know, he'll

698
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 3: smash this fourteen and a half rushing attempts.

699
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 2: I think so too. I mean, I think that's gonna

700
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 2: be the way. That's gonna be the way to win,

701
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 2: because one, uh, the Bills have been tough against the past.

702
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 2: To the weather again, it's supposed to be pretty nasty

703
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 2: out there, right Florio again this week it's cold, snow.

704
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 4: Is apparently all the snow is gonna be gone by

705
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 4: Friday or so, but you never know. But yeah, it's

706
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 4: gonna be cold. And the Bills have struggled against the

707
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 4: explosive runners this year, so I think we're gonna see

708
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 4: a lot of Pachecko, especially because their linebackers.

709
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 2: Are so banged up right now.

710
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it see explosive. He just runs very very hard.

711
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 2: I just that poor Bill's grass man, that grass I

712
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 2: was watching that watching that game last week against Miami

713
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 2: where you know it was freezing cold and the ground

714
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 2: was probably frozen. Like I would imagine if you were

715
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 2: on field level, listening to Isaiah Pacheco run was probably

716
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,719
Speaker 2: like watching a tap dance show. It's probably just like

717
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 2: just like stomping on this like cement. Basically, He's not

718
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: gonna sneak up on anybody with his running style. It's

719
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 2: just not if the field could talk, it would say outman,

720
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 2: That's what I would say, who is this guy? Seriously?

721
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 2: Floria more or less than nine and a half rush

722
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 2: attempts for Josh Allen this week?

723
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 4: I think more, but I do question how efficient it's

724
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 4: going to be. I think the team that was that

725
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 4: did the best job this year of containing Josh as

726
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 4: a runner was the Kansas City Chiefs, and they did

727
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 4: it in a weird way where like their d line

728
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 4: would create pressure but wasn't going for sacks, and like

729
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 4: they were just trying to contain that had a spy

730
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 4: on him as well. I do think he's gonna run

731
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 4: because he's Josh Allen and we know what he can

732
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 4: do with his legs when he gets going. I also

733
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 4: think there will be times where he feels the pressure

734
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 4: and no one's open because the chief secondary is so

735
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 4: good that he tries to run and maybe won't ate

736
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 4: a whole bunch of space, or maybe he will.

737
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 2: I don't know.

738
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,439
Speaker 4: I'm hopefing he does, but I think that it will.

739
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 4: He will go over. He ran ten times against him

740
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,760
Speaker 4: last time. I think in a game that he's gonna

741
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 4: try to do everything he can to get them to win.

742
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 4: I expect them to him to run a whole bunch.

743
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 2: The best Josh Allen is a chaotic Josh Allen, and

744
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 2: a chaotic Josh Allen is running, and not necessarily some

745
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 2: undesigned runs, but a lot just because he's just saying, effet,

746
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 2: I'm gonna make a play here. And that is the

747
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 2: best look that that touchdown run he had where he

748
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 2: pulled the old Kenny Pickett fake slide and then just

749
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 2: took off for a score. That was peak chaotic Josh Allen,

750
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 2: and so I think that's what they're gonna have to

751
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,760
Speaker 2: do for them to be successful, you know, especially because

752
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 2: look that the passing game has been good, not great.

753
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 2: We talked earlier in the week about Stefan Diggs and

754
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 2: how it's been a while since we've seen a big

755
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 2: blow up game from him. But beyond that, there's nobody

756
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 2: else that I think is keeping defense. Some coordinators up

757
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 2: at night, right, like nobody's sweating about how to stop

758
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 2: Gabe Davis or Khyle Shakir, you know, and Dawson Knox

759
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 2: and and Dalton k and cad are eating off each

760
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 2: other's plates.

761
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,280
Speaker 4: That's the one I think. I think Kinkaid is gonna

762
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,359
Speaker 4: have a good week this week, all right.

763
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 2: Look, man, he's used to to playing in cold weather.

764
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 2: He played at Utah like he's used to playing in

765
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 2: snow and ice and that sort of stuff. Brick, So I.

766
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,880
Speaker 4: Would avoid Digs in DFS too, because no team shuts

767
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:29,560
Speaker 4: him down like the Kansas City Chiefs have.

768
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, And I think Steve Spegnell is gonna find

769
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 2: a way to make sure he's in check, you know,

770
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 2: as much as possible. All right, Uh, okay, I'm gona

771
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 2: I'm gonna switch this around. I was gonna wait till

772
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 2: the very we'll wait to the very end of do

773
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 2: our picks. That'll be like the the teaser. Everybody just

774
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 2: hang on for like another ten minutes or so and

775
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 2: we'll get your staff picks. Let's do some value picks though,

776
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 2: for Daily Fantasy this week, we each got two of them,

777
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 2: So Lakwan, I will let you give your two, and

778
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 2: then Florida and then and then I'll go, so go ahead.

779
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 3: Uh well, first up at fifty two hundred, got the

780
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 3: great value version of Deebo Samuel Jayden Reed. I mean, though,

781
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 3: this will be a great little addition to your DFS

782
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 3: fix because at fifty two hundred, that's not bad for

783
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 3: a guy that essentially was the one for the Packers

784
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 3: this season. But another value pick I got the Lions

785
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 3: defense man at thirty three hundred. I mean, if you

786
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 3: stack with the CMCs, the high the high priced guys,

787
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 3: you can stick them in as a value play here

788
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 3: because you're going to be able to get Baker to

789
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 3: throw aggressively downfield, to call some turnovers, so you might

790
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 3: get some sacks, you might get some interceptions as well,

791
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 3: with Baker being so aggressive.

792
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,400
Speaker 2: All right, So Reid and the Lions Florida who are

793
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 2: your two guys.

794
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 4: I have Kate Aughton at thirty five hundred, who don't

795
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,800
Speaker 4: look now. Last week he led the Bucks in targets, catches,

796
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 4: and yards and he's someone that we were talking a

797
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 4: lot about on this podcast and on Fantasy Live in

798
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,720
Speaker 4: the second half of the season, is saying like, doesn't

799
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 4: have the biggest ceiling, but he's a safe floor tight

800
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 4: end in most weeks. He was good for like eight

801
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 4: Fantasy points with thirty five hundred to get that say

802
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,839
Speaker 4: floor with the added production that we saw last week

803
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,919
Speaker 4: against the line team that has struggled against tight ends.

804
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 4: And then Khalil Shakir because like I said, I think

805
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 4: the Chiefs and Spegnola are going to do a really

806
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 4: good job of limitings to Fon Diggs. They have, He's

807
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 4: had one good game in the last five times they've

808
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 4: played him. Shakir is coming to life as a playmaker

809
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 4: for the Bills, And something Lakwan touched on earlier in

810
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 4: the week is Josh Allen does like throwing to the

811
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 4: slot receivers, especially if they're gonna get pressure on him

812
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,760
Speaker 4: and Blitz and the Chiefs Blitz one of the highest

813
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 4: rates in the NFL. I think Josh will get rid

814
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 4: of the ball quickly, and that'll be Shakir and Dalton Kincaid.

815
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 4: I think that are the two that he is trying

816
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 4: to get the ball too quickly.

817
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 2: I can't be certain without going back and counting, but

818
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 2: I feel like Kate Otton probably made more appearances in

819
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 2: my weekly Sleepers column than any other player just because

820
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 2: it's nice. Hey man, he can catch a touchdown. Like

821
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 2: you need a tight end. This dude can catch a touchdown,

822
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 2: which is kind of all you were looking for, and

823
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 2: you're talking about a sleeper streaming tight end. My two guys,

824
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with Josh Reynolds. At thirty seven hundred.

825
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: I talked about the Lions and how much they're gonna

826
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 2: throw the football. I don't think they need to throw

827
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 2: it a lot necessarily, as long as they are efficient. Yes,

828
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 2: Amon Roz going to get his, Sam Laporte is going

829
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 2: to get his. But Josh Renolds is that guy who

830
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 2: sort of thrives because the attention is being paid to

831
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: so many other players there. I thought about maybe going

832
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 2: Jamison Williams, but he really is super boom or bust right,

833
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 2: like you need him to hit one of these long plays,

834
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 2: whereas Josh Renolds can get a few targets, maybe get

835
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 2: some yards after the catch, and find his way into

836
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 2: the end zone. So I do like him against that

837
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 2: pass funnel defense that Tampa Bay has. The other one

838
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 2: which felt a lot better when I first wrote this

839
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 2: down than it does right now, but Isaiah likely, And

840
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 2: the reason I say it doesn't feel quite as good

841
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 2: is because there is some talk that Mark Andrews could

842
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 2: be back for this weekend against the Texans. Now, I

843
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 2: think even if Andrews does come back, how much are

844
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 2: they going to work him in after such a long

845
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 2: layoff coming off an injury. I don't think he gets

846
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:02,240
Speaker 2: necessarily his full out tree route opportunity that he would

847
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 2: if he were completely healthy. So I think that still

848
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 2: means some opportunities for Isaiah likely against a defense that

849
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,399
Speaker 2: has been bad against tight ends all year long. Yes,

850
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 2: we all said that Lamar Jackson is going to run

851
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 2: the football effectively, but that doesn't mean he won't throw

852
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 2: it as well. And I think Isaiah likely can be

853
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 2: a big target. At forty seven hundred, it does give

854
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 2: you a little bit of flexibility from the tight end

855
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 2: spot to go some other places, So those are our

856
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 2: best value picks. Now it's time to put together a lineup,

857
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 2: So LQ go through. Who do you have? I'm seeing

858
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 2: a lot of green and gold in this life.

859
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, I made some changes last minute, but okay,

860
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 3: all right, I'm gonna go Jordan Love at the quarterback

861
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 3: position and then see him. See that's where you know

862
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 3: you can get the good value plays here with you know,

863
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 3: Jaden Reid and then Aaron Jones, Mike Evans. Those guys have.

864
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 2: To be in there.

865
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 3: I really think they're going to have big plays, big

866
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 3: games as well. Khalil Shakier, I mean Florio mentioned him,

867
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 3: He's been my guy man. I really want him to

868
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 3: blossom into that slot position and turn up Kate Odden

869
00:40:58,160 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 3: and Mark Andrews.

870
00:40:59,200 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 4: Man.

871
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 3: He might sneak in and just for some red zone

872
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 3: duty and then you got the value play here. So

873
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 3: you can have all these big names with the Lions defense.

874
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 2: All right, not bad at all. I think all those

875
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 2: are plays. Flora, who do you have.

876
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 4: A lot of red and gold in mine? Brock Perty

877
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 4: who I said earlier one of my favorite plays Isaiah Pacheco.

878
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,760
Speaker 4: I think they're gonna give him the ball plenty CMC,

879
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 4: Khalil Shakir for all the reasons we spoke about Mike

880
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 4: Evans because he's still the best big play threat there.

881
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 4: Jayden Reid for much of what Lakwan said, Kate Aughton

882
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,839
Speaker 4: for what I said earlier. Two tight end lineup, which

883
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 4: is something I think we all did, which is crazy.

884
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 4: But I got Jakes Kitten in at the flex and

885
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 4: then the forty nine Ers defense. I'm going big on

886
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 4: your Niners this week, Marcus, I.

887
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 2: See, I see. I don't know if that makes me

888
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: excited or nervous, but if it makes you feel any better,

889
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 2: I went pretty big on Niners as well, because I

890
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 2: started with Rock Purty at quarterback. I'll say this, I

891
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,760
Speaker 2: went through several different permutations. I mean, I was shuffling

892
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 2: pieces around for a while till I came up with

893
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 2: this one. But I with Rock Purtty at quarterback. I

894
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 2: wanted to make sure I got mccaff free in against

895
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,760
Speaker 2: that Packer defense, so I paid up for him. Followed

896
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 2: that up with Isaiah Pacheco. Was able to get Mike

897
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,840
Speaker 2: Evans in because my other wide receiver is Josh Reynolds,

898
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,399
Speaker 2: who I had his value, and Odell Beckham Junior who.

899
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 2: I just have a feeling that somehow he's the guy

900
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 2: with the playoff experience that the Ravens is gonna get

901
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: him involved. We saw how great he was in that

902
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 2: Super Bowl before he got hurt, Right, he was on

903
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 2: his way to having a day before he got injured

904
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 2: in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago. I

905
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,839
Speaker 2: did throw Isaiah Likely in there, so I'm expecting that's

906
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 2: where the ball goes when Lamar's throwing it. Who was

907
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 2: able to get George Kittle in at the flex? And

908
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 2: I took the Chiefs defense. I don't know that I

909
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 2: love it. I just I think that, you know, again,

910
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 2: chaotic Josh Allen is a running Josh Allen. It's also

911
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 2: Josh Allen's going to give the ball away once or

912
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,040
Speaker 2: twice too, because that's just that's just part of the business, Right,

913
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,240
Speaker 2: That's just what it is. Right, Josh gives and Josh

914
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,720
Speaker 2: takes away. So I think the Chiefs as my defense

915
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,359
Speaker 2: rounded out. So that gets us. Hey, it was less

916
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 2: than ten minutes. It's like four minutes to our staff picks,

917
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,840
Speaker 2: so we pick all four games. Lakwan, who do you

918
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 2: like to get to their respective championship games?

919
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 3: I got Ravens, forty nine ers, Lions in Kansas City. Man,

920
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 3: I can't bet against my owns. It's like betting against Brady, even.

921
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,760
Speaker 2: Against even his first game on the road. Bill's mafia

922
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 2: has been salivating for this moment for years. They have

923
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 2: been waiting for this opportunity for years, and you're still

924
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:26,080
Speaker 2: going to take the Chiefs, all right?

925
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, Luria is getting me evil eyes right now.

926
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 2: It's a good thing you've got in the same room

927
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 2: because in might who knows, really awkward if you guys

928
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 2: are sitting next to each other, Florio, we know you're

929
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 2: taking the Bills. Who else do you?

930
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,080
Speaker 4: I put him in order of how confident I am

931
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 4: that they will wink, and I went forty nine Ers first, Okay,

932
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 4: I went Lions second, Ravens third, Bill's fourth. So obviously

933
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 4: not as much confidence as maybe he guys would would anticipate.

934
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 4: But Marcus, not only has Bill's mafia been waiting for

935
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 4: this for years, Josh Allen yesterday said he has been

936
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,760
Speaker 4: dreaming of this moment for years, and the entire Bills

937
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 4: are like, this is the one. So I think I

938
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 4: think they know if we lose this game, we're second

939
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 4: class citizens in the AFC. It's not a rivalry all

940
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:18,279
Speaker 4: of this, so I'm hoping they come through. But just

941
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,440
Speaker 4: like Lakwan said, I have them last because fifteen on

942
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 4: the other side, he's a pretty good.

943
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 2: Quarterback in his game. I have heard that, Yeah, that

944
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 2: he's pretty decent. I love Josh Allen saying like, I've

945
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 2: been dreaming of this for years. I mean he probably

946
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 2: dreamed for like three years, right, like that long. It's

947
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 2: not like, you know, it's like he was a kid

948
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:37,760
Speaker 2: in fire bobbying, like I can't wait to play Patrick

949
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 2: Mahomes at high Mark Stadium in twenty twenty four. I

950
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 2: don't think that happened. I'm gonna take the Ravens. I

951
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 2: think I think they battle. I think the Texans get

952
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 2: their licks in, but I think the Ravens ultimately get

953
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 2: the win. I think the same for the forty nine ers,

954
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,399
Speaker 2: that the Packers will make this interesting, but I think

955
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 2: the Niners kind of pull away in the fourth quarter

956
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,280
Speaker 2: and get the win there. I think the Lions squeak

957
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 2: one out. I think it'll look a lot like they

958
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 2: did last week against the Rams, where it is a

959
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 2: nail biter through and through. But Detroit somehow gets through

960
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 2: and Buffalo in Kansas City. I think it's gonna be

961
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 2: wild and chaotic and incredibly entertaining. And I think Bill's

962
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 2: Mafia finally get Look, they can feed the pit like

963
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 2: they're gonna feed the pit before. Does this mean? Look,

964
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 2: we were talking about this before the show, right, there's

965
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:22,840
Speaker 2: a big pit where the new stadium is going to

966
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 2: be next to Heimark Stadium. What was it somebody fell

967
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 2: in a few weeks before the Chiefs game. I think

968
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,520
Speaker 2: it was okay, and they haven't lost since. So every

969
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 2: week a fan jumps in, they get hospitalized.

970
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 4: They might be legal issues, I don't know.

971
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 3: But they's doing insane. This is crazy work.

972
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 2: The hospital system in the Buffalo area, like from like

973
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 2: August through January or February must be just on tilt,

974
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:50,440
Speaker 2: right because people jumping through flaming tables. Now they're falling

975
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 2: into a pit. I'm sure they just I'm sure the

976
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 2: nurses and doctors around there just they mark off game day.

977
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 2: They're like, well, we know we're used to it. At

978
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 2: least that a handful of folks gonna come in here

979
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 2: from the stadium.

980
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 4: I understand why the game was canceled. Will was postponed

981
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 4: last week. But it's so funny that they did it

982
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,439
Speaker 4: for safety concerns for the fans, and before the game

983
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 4: on Monday, fans are jumping through flaming tables like they

984
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 4: have no concern for their own safety.

985
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 2: Right, I mean like it's like the NFL is trying

986
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 2: to look out for Buffalo's fans because Buffalo's fans won't

987
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 2: do it for themselves.

988
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 3: Save yourself from yourself, right.

989
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:30,320
Speaker 2: So anyway, it should be a really fun weekend of football.

990
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 2: We we'll be back next week to sort of recap

991
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 2: that and to dive into some other things. Preview this art,

992
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,320
Speaker 2: pal and colleague Maurice Jones Drew wrote an article about

993
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 2: where he thinks some big name free agent running backs

994
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 2: should go in the offseason, So we'll talk about that.

995
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,399
Speaker 2: Maybe we'll try to reach out to mjd if he's

996
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 2: not traveling to parts abroad. This is this is when

997
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,360
Speaker 2: he goes on his world tour. He calls himself Indiana

998
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 2: Jones Drew. So we'll see. We'll see if Maurice is

999
00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 2: still State signed, and we'll try to see if we

1000
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 2: can line him up to get on the show at

1001
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:02,920
Speaker 2: some point to talk about his running backs. But in

1002
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 2: the meantime, that'll do it for this edition of the

1003
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 2: NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, The Happy, Safe, and Healthy, do

1004
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 2: good and live well. Enjoy the football this week and everybody,

1005
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 2: and we will talk to you next week.