1 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: Good morning, Fantasy coaches, and welcome to the Fantasy Pros 2 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: Football Podcast. I'm your host Bobby Sylvester by my sides 3 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: producer JP Gale, and today we'll be joined by Yahoo 4 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Fantasy expert Andy Barns. And he's finished in the top 5 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: three of our Expert Accuracy competition twice, and he's finished 6 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: in the top thirty out of over one hundred and 7 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: twenty experts five of seven years. Andy, thanks for joining us. 8 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: That's a great resume. By the way, No, it's not bad. 9 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: It's not bad. I think I have a baseball title too, 10 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: which you know, there's that. I don't know. We'll have 11 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: to have you on for the Baseball podcast. It I'm 12 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 1: sure I didn't get a baseball title this year, though 13 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,279 Speaker 1: I couldn't have blown I couldn't have blown it more. 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: But yeah, thanks, it's right to be here. You guys 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: have been um. You know, you guys have been wonderful 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: partners for Yahoo for a long period of time. You 17 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: absolutely have the best um your It is not an 18 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: exaggeration to say that your rankings tools have changed my 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: life for the better. Back in the day, man, we 20 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: used to um, oh gosh, the dark ages of fantasy ranking. Um. 21 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: Brandon Funston would send out the Yahoo crew like an 22 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: Excel spreadsheet in which to rank every week, and it 23 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: was just it was full of like HTML COO is 24 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: just a total nightmare. Um, and you guys have you 25 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: guys have probably given back I don't know, four hours 26 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: of my week and for that I am. I am 27 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: eternally grateful. That's terrific. Andy, let's jump over to some 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: of this fantasy football talk. I can't get my hands 29 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: around the Ildell Beckham story. Has he really lost his 30 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: edge or is he just speaking out of frustration? I mean, 31 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: he's had a really hard schedule, and I know he's 32 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: an emotional player, but what's going on here? I mean, no, 33 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: Deell Beckham is one of the most physical gifted receivers 34 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: in I don't know, possibly in NFL history, and I 35 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: think that is a guy just speaking from a position 36 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: of frustration. It has got to it. I mean, obviously, 37 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: football is a really emotional game, right, and it's easy 38 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: to um, it's it's kind of easy to become unhinged 39 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: in any given momentum. It is perfectly clear, though, that 40 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: the roadmap to defending Beckham right now involves getting in 41 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,839 Speaker 1: his face early and often in a game, whether whether 42 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: you late hit him, whether you get a little too 43 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: grabby with him, whether you just get in in his 44 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: face mask in the first quarter and get him thinking 45 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: about you instead of you know, thinking about running his 46 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,399 Speaker 1: routes and thinking about um, you know, executing his responsibilities 47 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: on every play. It does clearly seem like that is 48 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: the playbook against him. It is he is impossible to 49 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: defend physically for any one person. But if you can 50 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: get inside his head, um, that is a thing. Um. 51 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: I have no doubt that it's that, it's real. I 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: just have to think that Beckham finds a way to 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: overcome it. We would have thought coming into this season 54 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: that you're a big worried with Odell Beckham is Oh gosh, 55 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: what if he strains his hamstring again and he's out 56 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: for you know, however long. This is definitely a new wrinkle. 57 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: But is I mean, it seems like he should be 58 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: able to overcome this, right. I don't know that it 59 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: starts this week with Green Bay, but I still like 60 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: Beckham's chances in any given week to find the end zone. 61 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: I mean, coming into the season, he'd basically been a 62 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: touchdown per game sort of player. He's still going to 63 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: be heavily targeted. You know, I think he's one of 64 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: the more like he's such an obvious bylow that I 65 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: don't even like to talk about him as a bylow 66 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: because then I feel like you're just speaking to people 67 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: in like eight and ten team family leagues or something 68 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: like that. Right, Like, everybody knows that Odell Beckham is 69 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,839 Speaker 1: as gifted as it gets in the NFL, and he's 70 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: probably going to find his way. It would be maddening 71 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: to me if I were a Giants fans. It just 72 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: feels like a small inconvenience as a fantasy owner out 73 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: to be perfectly honest. Now, if the draft ford today, 74 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: how high would you take him? Is he still a 75 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: top five player? He wouldn't, So I'm not somebody who 76 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: had him as a no doubt like number two, number 77 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: three in the draft. Players because of the Josh Norman 78 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: game scared me in those hammies like you talked about yeah, 79 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: unless it was, I mean I was some of that 80 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: is that. I was just I'm not a you know, 81 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: I'm not a zero RB guy. I was hirer on 82 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: David Johnson. Um I was hired to my you know, 83 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: my own fault. I was hirer on Todd Gurley. That's 84 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: not looking great that he's going to bounce back here, 85 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: but here let's hope like I need it. Um. So 86 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: I was not somebody who just reflexively was taking Odell 87 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 1: Beckham number two. Anyway, that said, I think he's still solidly. 88 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: I mean, look at the first round, like you're you're 89 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: no longer taken Gronk in the first round, I'd say 90 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: you're no longer taken Ezekiel, Elliott, laby On Bell right 91 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: now over absolutely, Leon Bell has moved into that first round. 92 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: And before the suspension, I actually I had Levion as 93 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: my number one overall player. So I think Labon is 94 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: a top three guy who probably displaces O'Dell. Zeke Elliott 95 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: was already a first rounder for me. But I think 96 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,119 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins has probably moved out of the first round. 97 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: I think Gronk has moved out of the first round. 98 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: And you know, I think O'Dell is now probably comfortably 99 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: in the back half of the first round instead of 100 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 1: the first half. Well, what we're gonna do today, We're 101 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: going to discuss our Week five rankings compared to the 102 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: expert consensus rankings. So for those of you listening at home, 103 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: if you want to follow along, you can go to 104 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: Fantasypros dot com then click week five rankings right underwhere 105 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: it says fantasy tools. If you ever want to see 106 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: where one specific expert stands, click NFL at the top 107 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: of the home page, then drop down under research. Then 108 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: on the bottom right click Dissenting Opinions. We'll type in Andy, 109 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: then select him. Then in the other drop down type 110 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: in ECR. Or you can compare Andy and Bobby Silvester. 111 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 1: It's a really cool tool. I like this one a lot. 112 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: All right, Andy, Let's start at quarterback. You can also 113 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: go you can also go to sports dot Yahoo dot 114 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: com slash fantasy. You can find all of the Yahoo 115 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: Cruise ranks there. Let's start at quarterback. You've got big 116 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: Ben number one, I've got Andrew Luck and ECR has 117 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, who tell us why big Ben for you? Yeah? 118 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: So this is one of those things where like, at 119 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 1: the top of the ranks, there's not going to be 120 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: a whole lot of people who are wrestling with a 121 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: Big Ben or Aaron Rodgers. Decision, right, And I've been 122 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,559 Speaker 1: at one I've Rodgers at two, I have Luck at four. 123 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: If you somehow saddled yourself with two of those guys, 124 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: throw one of them on the trade block, right, Um, Basically, 125 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: if we're putting anybody in the top five, we can 126 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: see a path to them finishing first. Overall, Right, it 127 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't shock me if it were Aaron Rodgers. It wouldn't 128 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: shock me certainly if it were Andrew Luck at home 129 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: against the Bears. I see Roethlisberger with a matchup against 130 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: a Jets defense that I cannot I cannot believe I'm 131 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: even saying this. They are allowing nine point seven yards 132 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: per pass attempt this year. That is stunning, And of 133 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: course I don't expect it to continue because that is 134 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: a ridiculous number. But they are absolutely not stopping the pass. 135 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: Ben at home with a healthy group of receivers, Sammy 136 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: Coates has been wonderful. I'm not going to be you know, 137 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: in fact, I'll be mildly surprised if Sammy Coates doesn't 138 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: have like a fifty yard touchdown this week because he 139 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: has just been such a great you know, they all 140 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: all kinds of flaws. There, not a not a perfectly 141 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: refined receiver, but such a great big play specialist. And 142 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: then of course you have Earth's best receiver in Antonio Brown. 143 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: You know, Ben to me is just an obvious start 144 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: against a defense that cannot stop the pass at all 145 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: and is now in a hostile environment facing one of 146 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: the best passers on Earth. Now you and I are 147 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: both really high and Andy Dalton and Joe Flacco this week. 148 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: Why do you like these two mediocre quarterbacks in Week five? Well, 149 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is the guy who gets to throw to 150 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: AJ Green, which is nice facing a Dallas defense that 151 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: is no better than middle of the pack and that 152 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: I eventually think is going to finish probably bottom fourth, 153 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: bottom of the league against the past, so that some 154 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: extra rest this week? Yeah, Yeah, to me, this is 155 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: just friendly matchup, and he's got an absolute superhero that 156 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: he gets to throw too. So I don't know that 157 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: Eiffort comes back this week. If he does, I don't 158 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: know that that's a huge difference maker, because I would 159 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: expect him to be limited. But you know, I am 160 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: hesitant to call Andy Dalton a mediocre quarterback because you're 161 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: overselling the number of legitimately great quarterbacks in the league, right, 162 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 1: Like I think by NFL standards right now, Andy Dalton 163 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: is yeah, I don't know. Is he top twelve, is 164 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: he top fourteen? He's close. I think he's a pretty 165 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: reliable start. I would be surprised if he finishes outside 166 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: the top twelve this week. And Joe Man. I never 167 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: enjoy watching Joe Flacco necessarily, but this is a pretty 168 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,079 Speaker 1: friendly matchup with a Washington defense that I think ranks 169 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: number twenty five against the past right now, twenty five, 170 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: twenty six, something like that. Washington also given up eight 171 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: yards per pass attempt on the year. Will while all 172 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: of Flacco's receivers are healthy, you know, Wallace healthy, Smith healthy, 173 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: Pita healthy. I don't necessarily expect that to last. But 174 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: he's got a he's got a full cast at his 175 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: disposal right now, and I would be a little bit 176 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: surprised if he didn't give us a top fourteen ish 177 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: fantasy finish. Yep. Yeah, I've got them both there right 178 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: in the top twelve. So you know, if it comes 179 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: down to it, sit or start, I am starting Flacco, 180 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: I Dalton, as long as you don't have one of 181 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: those other top tier guys. Likewise, we both have Matt 182 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: Ryan listed lower than expert consensus. We haven't QB seventeen, 183 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: in QB eighteen, Why are you telling fantasy owners not 184 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: to start him after tearing up a Super Bowl defense? 185 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he's the MVP in the NFL right now, 186 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: right yeah, Well, there's a lot wrong with UM Carolina's 187 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: defense right now, and there's not much wrong with Denver's defense. Uh, 188 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: this is this is entirely matchup based. I'm I will say, 189 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm surprised at the number of questions that I'm getting 190 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: from followers, just like on social about whether Matt Ryan 191 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: is an every week, no doubt sort of fantasy quarterback. 192 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: I mean, like, of course he's not. Of course he's not. 193 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: I'm Matt Like, there's no way I'm starting Matt Ryan 194 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 1: in a matchup against Denver. It could work out, But um, 195 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan for a while now has been a pretty 196 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: ordinary passer by NFL standards, a guy where you rarely 197 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: expect two huge weeks in a row, and now he 198 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: happens to be facing the defense that has inarguably the 199 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: best secondary. Right, Like, there's this is a it's it's 200 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: almost problematic for Julio Jones this week, right because Denver 201 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: is the one team where I really get you know, 202 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: there's there's no individual corner in the league where I'm like, 203 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: oh gosh, I can't start my guy against you know, 204 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: Sherman or Norman whatever. But Denver is the one team 205 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: where there's no place to hide. That's a good way 206 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: to put it, you know that. I mean the third 207 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: corner on that team, Roby is really good, and Harrison 208 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: and Talibe are just outstanding. So there's no you can't 209 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: really scheme to get away from a really really good 210 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: dB against that team. So that worries me. Just the 211 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: the overall outlook for Atlanta's offense at Denver worries me 212 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: a great deal. I mean, if they can score more 213 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: than twenty four points this week, good good for them. 214 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: But there's just no way that they're going to hit 215 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: forty again. Okay, Andy, So I'm looking at your running 216 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 1: back rankings and you have Jagi a number twenty seven. 217 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: ECR has him number thirty eight, So why are you 218 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: so bullsh on him this year? I think what you're 219 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: probably seeing in industry consensus right now, and it's reasonable, is, 220 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: you know, just a general uncertainty about what it's going 221 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: to look like in Miami this week, right, Like, um, 222 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: I don't think we have hard word as of this 223 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: moment that Foster isn't going to play there. There is 224 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: a bit of talk now that we're Miami is going 225 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: to get the backfield down to probably just Drake in Agi. 226 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: I think Agi is in. Yeah. I just don't see 227 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 1: Drake as a full workload guy. I just don't see 228 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: Drake as a guy who ever steps into a rule. 229 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: I mean, he didn't do it in college. I don't 230 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: see him as a guy who's gonna who's gonna become 231 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: all of a sudden the lead back in that backfield. 232 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: I think Agi is a better candidate for that. I 233 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: think he's passed the eye test so far. The numbers 234 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: are perfectly fine. I think he's a competent receiver. It's 235 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: not a matchup that terrifies me necessarily. So I think 236 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: Agi is probably the one guy that you want to 237 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: own there. I think he'll be okay in standard and PPR. 238 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't rank him as a guy that 239 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: you absolutely have to start. I just think he's probably 240 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: the you know, somebody on that team, some running back 241 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: on that team has a chance to find the end 242 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: zone and I think he probably has the most likely shot. 243 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: Could you see him stealing that job from Aaron Foster 244 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: when Foster comes back. I think there is a non 245 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: trivial chance that Arian Foster is down for a long time. 246 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I could be totally wrong about that, but 247 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: you consider the age of the player, the mileage of 248 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: the player, the nature of the injury, the fact that 249 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: it is not his first time with this injury, and 250 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: just sort of his history generally of slow recovery from 251 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: these soft tissue issues. I mean, I'm not holding my 252 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: breath waiting for Arian Foster to come back, and I 253 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: would be very surprised if when he does come back 254 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: he is the unrivaled lead back. I mean, I think 255 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: they have to, you know, if they expect to get 256 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: anything out of him rest of season, they've got to. 257 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: I mean, they've got to wrap him in bubble and 258 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: limit his limit his touches to some extent, give go 259 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: ahead and give Arian Foster the most important touches in 260 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: the most important areas of the field. But I can't 261 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: imagine that they will bring Arian Foster back as a 262 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: guy who gets more than fifteen a game. Okay, Andy, 263 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: this one has me really intrigued because because I'm just 264 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: not seeing I'll just say that Terren's West at number thirteen, 265 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: he's hardly on my radar. With Kenneth Dixon coming back, 266 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: talk me into seeing that. You got to be kidding me, really, Like, 267 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: do you think Kenneth Dixon is going to leap frog 268 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: him right away? I do? I do. I think they're 269 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: going to give him the ball. I think that's why 270 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: they draft him with what it looked like in the preseason, 271 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 1: and you know, maybe he's not ready for a full 272 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: workload right now, but I just think that West isn't 273 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: going to get a ton of touches. I think we 274 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: probably get a proof of concept game out of Kenneth Dixon. 275 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: They have, they have brought him along really slow. I mean, 276 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: I at least think in this week, Um, the idea 277 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: that Kenneth Dixon will come back as anything more than 278 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: a than a cameo player is really just sort of 279 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: wish casting. Um. Terrence West looked really good last week, 280 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: like not really good in you know, I don't think 281 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: he's some electric runner. I don't think he is the 282 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 1: flashiest player in the game, but he looked like a 283 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: like a smart NFL running back with plenty of experience. 284 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: He looked like you know, we think about I don't 285 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: know why I'm bringing Todd Gurley into this, but you 286 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: think about some of the things that are wrong with 287 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley right now, not just um, you know, not 288 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: just the fact that defenses are stacking the line against him, 289 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: but he is about his impatient a back as you 290 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: will ever see. Terence West had none of that. I 291 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: thought he set up his blocks really well. I thought 292 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: he was almost a technician on a whole bunch of 293 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: runs last week. And it is going to floor me 294 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: if and I I like Kenneth Dixon, liked him coming 295 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: into the season, liked him pre injury. It is just 296 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: going to floor me. If Kenneth Dixon within any short 297 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: period of time is suddenly getting twenty plus touches a game, 298 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: I think it sets up really well for those two 299 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: to share the job, and probably in the way that 300 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: Weston and for set we're sharing the job. But West 301 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: looked really good. And if West isn't getting a bunch 302 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: of early down work and goal line work, I'm just 303 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: going to be shocked. I mean, I think he looked 304 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: great last week, and there's nothing about a matchup with 305 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: Washington that scares me. They give up almost five yards 306 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: per carry, over one hundred and thirty rushing yards per game, 307 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: eight rushing tds on the season. It's just a great matchup. 308 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: And I was very impressed with West last week. And 309 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: you know, some of this is I'm you know, especially 310 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: once I've watched a tape from a game or a player. 311 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm too maybe I lean in that direction too much, 312 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: but I just relative to my expectations, West impressed me 313 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: almost more than any any player in the game last week. 314 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: You're not that far off from ECR. So it's not 315 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: like you're the crazy one here. I'm trying. I'm try 316 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: what I have going wrong. I mean, I feel like 317 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: as we get deeper into the season, these two are 318 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: going to get much closer in the ranks. I'm just 319 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: gonna be I'm just gonna be so surprised if coming 320 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: off of a four week injury, if Kenneth Dixon is 321 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: all of a sudden getting you know, a dozen touches 322 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: and one running back I'm telling people to start this 323 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: week is James White. We were all excited about him 324 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: going into the season, and I mean, what do you 325 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: expect would Jakobe Bridget and Jimmy Garoppola thrown to him. 326 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: Now I've got Tom Brady back. I think he gets 327 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: a lot of touches, and like we saw last year, 328 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: he was the most efficient running back in football when 329 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: he got a touch. So yeah, I have him in 330 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: the top twenty five here, and I know ECR doesn't, 331 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: but I'm telling people to start him. What do you 332 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: think I'm going to be surprised if James White sees 333 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: more than a dozen touches too. And I you know, 334 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: the outlook for everybody with Brady back is obviously so 335 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: much better, right, like where we get to see the 336 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,479 Speaker 1: the full the you know, it's like the Death Star, right, 337 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: we get to see it's full operational capacity all of 338 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: a sudden this week, and it's a it's just a 339 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: much better, much better outlook for White. Um, But I 340 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: do worry about the touches. I mean, he's still the 341 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: end of the day, he's going to get like four 342 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: or five carries, and he's probably gonna get five or 343 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: six catches, and he's going to really have to make 344 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: some noise on a pretty limited workload. So when I 345 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: expect the workload to look like that. It's really hard 346 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: for me to put a guy well, I don't know. 347 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: I guess I did it with Lative Gutten. Looking at 348 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: my ranks right now between twenty and thirty, I've got 349 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: guys in there like like Fozzy Whittaker and in Latavius Murray. 350 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: So perhaps I am too low on James White. I 351 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: just see it as a big league Blunt day. I 352 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,239 Speaker 1: would like to think that New England can get up 353 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: two or three scores against Clint maybe that you know, 354 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: it's always it's always dangerous to bet on game flow, 355 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: but I see it as a good day for Lagaret 356 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: Blunt in a somewhat quiet day for James White. But 357 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'm I'm not ruling out the possibility of 358 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: a long score either, because things are just so much 359 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: better with Brady at the controls. You know. For James White, 360 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: I'd be really happy if he gets seven or eight 361 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: touches because last year he was gooding over a point 362 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: per touch. He was so efficient. So yeah, give me 363 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: those seven or eight touches. I'll take nine or ten 364 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: Fantasy points with or without the touchdown. He's he's gonna 365 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: get some yards this week. I think I guess we'll 366 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: see on this one. Also, you're talking me into it. 367 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: You're talking to me. I also have Zack Zenter a 368 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: lot higher than you this week. Tell me what you're 369 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: seeing in this line's backfield that thinks it's it's better 370 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: to steer clearan Zenter. You have him at number of 371 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: forty nine right now. I don't think he's any good, 372 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: and I think you're depending on your answer. I don't 373 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,160 Speaker 1: think he's any good, and you're you're really depending on 374 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 1: goal line touches and they you know it might be there, 375 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: but such a range of outcomes guy, because if he's 376 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: not if he's not making a plunge into the end zone, 377 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna get anything out of him. 378 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: I think it's I think if they liked him as 379 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: much as Washington, he would have been starting ahead of Washington. 380 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: I don't see him falling into that. And again, I'm 381 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: assuming that Dwayne Washington is out he had the ankle 382 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: foot issue last week. I don't think Zenner is a 383 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: guy who deserves half of the touches in that backfield. 384 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: They may see it differently, but to me, he's just 385 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: like a hail Mary fantasy started guy where you're just 386 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: really really hoping he gets that one yard touchdown plunge. 387 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: Now I see you've got Duke Johnson number twenty three. 388 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: I've been high in him all year. Last year I 389 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: told people to start him and it wasn't so great. 390 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 1: But fantasy owners are probably scratching their head right now 391 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: wondering why we liked Duke Johnson after this low start. 392 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 1: But I get this one. I mean, the Browns are 393 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: going to be playing from behind. Is that your reason? 394 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: Or why do you like Johnson this week? So he's 395 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: finally getting the workload that we were kind of hoping for. 396 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: I think it is he not coming off like a 397 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,160 Speaker 1: fifteen touch game something like that. Man, I like both 398 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: of those backs. I mean nobody. A few players have 399 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: impressed me as my guess. I just said it about 400 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: Terrence West, but few other players have impressed me as 401 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: much as Isaiah Crowell has all year. So I feel like, 402 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: even in a game where you know Cleveland may fall behind, 403 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: they have been very good about getting Crowell fourteen to 404 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: eighteen touches a game, and I think I think Johnson 405 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: is going to be in a position where they're going 406 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: to have to use him as a receiver. His workload 407 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 1: has ticked up a bit, and just on volume, I 408 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: think he's going to be a good play. I don't 409 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: you know, Duke Johnson versus James White would be a 410 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: discussion because I think White might get like, I don't 411 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: know two thirds of the touches that Duke Johnson does, 412 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: but he's in a much better offense. I just think 413 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: the workload is absolutely going to be there, and if 414 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 1: I'm projecting, you know, sixteen touches for a player, it 415 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 1: is really hard for me to rank him too low. 416 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: If you're listening on SoundCloud or some other format and 417 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: you like the show, please take a quick moment to 418 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: subscribe on iTunes and leave us review really helps us 419 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 1: get exposure, and it's really important because our show so new. 420 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: We started two months ago, so we need as much 421 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: exposures we can get. All right on over to wide receivers. Andy, 422 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: you're a big believer in Sammy Coates face the Jets 423 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: this week. Can you talk about that a little more. 424 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: Sammy Coates currently leads the NFL in receptions of forty 425 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 1: plus yards. He's done it in every game, sometimes twice. 426 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: I know the volume hasn't been terrific. But if I'm 427 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: you know, I've I've already said I've got Big Ben 428 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: as my number one quarterback this week. That the Jets 429 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: past defense has just been a flaming disaster, right again, 430 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 1: nine point seven yards per attempt allowed, stopping nothing Coats. 431 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,120 Speaker 1: Coats's potential for a long field flipping sort of game 432 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: changing play is just so obvious. Eventually he's going to 433 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: start scoring on these plays too. That was a great step, 434 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: by the way. Yeah, yeah, And it's been every game 435 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,439 Speaker 1: like and he's not you know, you wouldn't learn the 436 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: receiver position by watching Sammy Coats player, right Like, he's 437 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: not that the hands don't always work as well as 438 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: you'd like them too. I'm I'm sure he's not in 439 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: every route in the playbook guy, but he is an 440 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: explosive athletic talent. I want to say, at the combine, 441 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: he was a he was a forty or forty one 442 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: inch vertical guy, right Like, he's just a he's just 443 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: a really good athlete, and they are and they're using 444 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: him appropriately. He's out snapping Marcus Wheaton, you know, he's 445 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: out snapping every receiver who is an Antonio Brown. I'll 446 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,159 Speaker 1: be kind of surprised if he doesn't find the end 447 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: zone in a week where I expect Ben to throw 448 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: probably three touchdown passes, I will be very surprised if 449 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: Coats doesn't catch one of them. You and I are 450 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: really far apart on Taj Sharpe at Miami. You have 451 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: him sixteen spots lower than ECR. Why no love for 452 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: Taji Sharp this week? This has been a year long 453 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 1: thing for me. I guess with Taj Sharpe, Um I wasn't. 454 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: I wasn't with the consensus on him coming into the season. 455 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: I guess I'm not now, not a just not now. 456 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: I will concede that the reasons that I wasn't totally 457 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: into him coming into the season were somewhat flawed. Right 458 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: Like I thought, I thought Tennessee would lead the NFL 459 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: in rush attempts and maybe buy a lot this year. 460 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I just thought the drafting of Henry, along 461 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: with the addition of Murray, just screamed that they wanted 462 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: to run the ball all day, almost without regard to 463 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: And they added Ben Jones, which is just clear they 464 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: want to run the ball, right, But they've been playing 465 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: from behind so much they don't really have much of 466 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: an option. Yeah, I'm not. I'm just not wowed by 467 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: Sharpe generally. I didn't buy into a lot of the 468 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: preseason Buzzum. I had expected Delaney. I mean, Delaney Walkers 469 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: obviously had an injury that he's dealing with. Um. I 470 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,360 Speaker 1: expected him to be the lead receiver in an offense 471 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: that was not going to produce two startable fantasy receivers, right, 472 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: and Sharpe coming off honestly not a good game, right, 473 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 1: like a really quiet Week four couple of receptions. It's 474 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: going to take a lot of volume for me to 475 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: get really interested in Taji Sharp. I like Richard Matthews 476 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,959 Speaker 1: a little bit too. I really think he'll end up 477 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: be in the number one wide receiver for that team. Yeah. 478 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: I thought coming into the season that the hierarchy was 479 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: still no matter what was happening in the preseason, no matter. 480 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: I just don't like, I'm not gonna fall for what 481 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: you're saying about And sometimes I'll be wrong, But it's 482 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: nothing but sunshine about everybody in the NFL in the preseason, right, 483 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: Like annoying, isn't it? Yeah? In fact, it it makes 484 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: it particularly meaningful when teams actually say lousy things about players, right, 485 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: Like that is what you need to keep your your 486 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,239 Speaker 1: your ear two in the preseason, like who did we 487 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: hear it about? We heard weird bad stuff on Green 488 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: Beckham and they kicked him to the curb, right, they 489 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: just gave him away. They were like it was it 490 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: was I saw somebody to describe it as like you 491 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: placed the Craigslist ad for a player where you're like, 492 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: if you'll just come pick him up, you can have him, right, 493 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: Like that's what they did with him. So we bad 494 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: bad news on him. And then there were all kinds 495 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 1: of bad notes on Spherian Jenkins and you know he 496 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: was kicked to the curb. And you know Carlos Williams 497 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 1: had a bunch of negative press and he's not going 498 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: to do a thing this year. So like it is 499 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: really notable. When we hear bad things about a guy 500 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: in the offseason doesn't mean a thing when we hear 501 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: good things. You should expect to hear good things. So 502 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: like me, you're not buying this Victor cru stuff. Can 503 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: you tell us why? You know he's one of three. 504 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: I think the whole story has been really good. I 505 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: think it's great that Victor Cruz. Yeah. Yeah, But to 506 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: think that we're seeing anything close to the Victor Cruz 507 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: of old, I think is a bit of a mistake. 508 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: I've actually so you know, but before you and I 509 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: recorded this podcast, I was doing a pod with Scott 510 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: Pianowski for for Yahoo and we were talking about the 511 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: Giants passing game a little bit this week. This to 512 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: me is one of those things where like it looks 513 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: like a really good match up on paper, Like green 514 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: Bay's defense to this point in the season only three games, right, 515 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: only three games. That's really important caveat. But to this 516 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: point in the season, they've been as good as it 517 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,880 Speaker 1: gets against the run, and they have been particularly generous 518 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: against the pass. I want to I want to say, 519 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: outside of the Jets, who we've talked about quite a bit, 520 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,920 Speaker 1: I think green Bay is allowing the most yards per 521 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: pass attempt, right, it's almost nine, it's like eight points something. 522 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: Without Sam Shield, it's really tough to do anything back there. Yeah. Yeah, 523 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: and so this is this is the other thing. They 524 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: get so many players back this week. I think in 525 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: that in that Lions game, they were down four starters, 526 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: and like you know, Burnett was in that group and 527 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 1: Clay Matthews was in that group, and those guys are 528 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: coming back, and we're going to get a much better 529 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: version of the Packers defense than we had before the buy. 530 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: So I just expect them to be a little bit better. 531 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: So it's really hard for me to where do I 532 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: have crews right now? Like in the high forties, low fifties, 533 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: something like that. I mean, it's it's hard for me 534 00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 1: to imagine him. Could he score touchdown? Sure it could happen, 535 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: but I'm going to be surprised. I mean, he's still 536 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 1: to me, he's like the third receiver on that team. 537 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: So how's the field we get? Yeah? I agree. So 538 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: I see Malcolm Butler lining up opposite of Terrell Prior 539 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 1: and Beligi just shutting him down all game. I don't 540 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: think you see it playing out that way. Based on 541 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: your ranking for Prior, I have Prior really low, So 542 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: I get it. But why do you like Prior this week? Yeah? 543 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: I really think Terrell Prior is just a guy that 544 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: you can't It's it's it's never going to be as 545 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: simple as oh, we're just going to shadow him with 546 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: this corner and we'll take him away. Because Terrell Prior 547 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 1: is a much too versatile of a weapon for that right, 548 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: Like you can have him take direct snaps at a wildcat, 549 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: you can you can line him up in the backfield. UM, 550 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 1: this isn't just like a normal receiver where you can say, okay, 551 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: we're going to move him around the formation a bit 552 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: and see if you know the opposing team's best corner 553 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: follows him. They can't follow him into the backfield. There's 554 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: just too much that you can do to create, UM, 555 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: to create separation between Prior and whoever is to shadow him. 556 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: And then I'm just I'm wowed by him so far 557 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: this year. And it started not in the game where 558 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: he had five pass attempts, but in Week one he 559 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,440 Speaker 1: had one of the catches of the year. UM. I 560 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: in fact, I thought both Prior and Corey Coleman had 561 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 1: some miraculous catches on poorly thrown balls by r G 562 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,679 Speaker 1: three like an opening week. And Prior is just a 563 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 1: player who man credit full credit to him for um 564 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: continuing to develop as a pro and for taking the 565 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: whole thing seriously. And he has emerged as a man 566 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,440 Speaker 1: that that guy is a potential star. I don't know 567 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: if it's going to happen in Cleveland this year. But 568 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: an incredibly versatile guy that you just can't. I mean, 569 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: he's he's far too versatile to simply say that we're gonna, 570 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: we're gonna just dog him with this one corner and 571 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: he's gonna we're gonna erase him. I don't think you 572 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: can do it. Andy. I hate to say it, but 573 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: I think you've got me convinced. He made some really 574 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: good points in there, and uh, you know, yeah, good, 575 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: that was good stuff. All right. Now, you like Mike 576 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,120 Speaker 1: Wallace more a lot more than I do. Um, this 577 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: point's going to be a little more of a task. 578 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: When I look at him, I see fourteen receptions was 579 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: his seventy seventh in the NFL Gen players like Cameron Bray, 580 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: Chris Conley, Josh Ferguson. Is there something that makes you 581 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: think he's gonna have another long touchdown this week? Or 582 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: what is it to you? I resent you from making 583 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: me defend Mike Wallace. I do not enjoy that. He 584 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: was the most painful fantasy experience these last couple of years. 585 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: So the targets were there last week. It was a 586 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: relatively quiet week for him. The targets have been there 587 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: again this to me, is mostly about matchup. Washington just 588 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: doesn't stop at anything. Again, eight yards per past attempt, 589 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: two hundred and eighty one passing yards per game allowed. 590 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: It is a defense where you know, I just I 591 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: basically expect shootouts every time I see that, every time 592 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: I see Washington on the schedule. I don't think it 593 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: is particularly daunting matchup. If I like Joe Flacco, and 594 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: I do got Joe Flacco like top twelve at his position. Um, 595 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: I like Steve Smith this week, and I like Mike Wallace. Um, 596 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: I mean I don't. I don't like him in terms 597 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: of where I have him ranked. I don't feel like 598 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: I have him ranked as a as a must start. Yeah, 599 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: so he's thirty one in my ranks, right, and I've 600 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: got him around that Sterling Shepherd. Um, I was a 601 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: coward and didn't put Sammy Coats ahead of him, even 602 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: though I kind of sort of feeling better at scoring. Yeah, 603 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: I mean I may do that. Um So I've I've 604 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: got him kind of down in that in that doorset 605 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,600 Speaker 1: Randall Cobb, Mike Wallace, Sterling Shepherd. Perhaps I'm not high 606 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: enough on Shepherd. I just think Wallace is potential for 607 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: finding the end zone in any given week is pretty significant, um, 608 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: and the matchup is wonderful. I listen. I don't think 609 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: he's a due at all receiver. M He is not 610 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: my favorite guy to watch necessarily, UM, But I do 611 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: think he's going to see something like eight to eleven 612 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: targets and there's a pretty good chance at finding the 613 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: end zone against watch Shington. Now, one player I think 614 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: is startable this week is Patriots number two wide out 615 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: Chris Hogan. He's playing an eighty percent of the snaps there. 616 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: You haven't graded right there with ECR, but I'm a 617 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: little more optimistic on him. Where do you think the 618 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: Patriots targets are heading this week? Malcolm Mitchell or tell 619 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: Us Bennett Amndola. Yeah, I think that's a I think 620 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: that's a really good call. Some of the some of 621 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: the issue with Hogan is just simply not knowing where 622 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: they're going to go with the football, right, I guess 623 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: spread it around. Yeah, he does spread it around. We've 624 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: got some version of Gronk that is not one hundred 625 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: percent Gronk, right, Um. And obviously we're never going to 626 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: learn anything from the Patriots. We'll just have to see 627 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: it on the field. UM. Gronk has been active as 628 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: a blocker, but has not been much of a receiver 629 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 1: at all. Bennett has been fine. There's just a lot 630 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: of mouse to feed. Um. I am bullish in that 631 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: m Hogan and Brady were tremendous together in the preseason. 632 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: You can't carry that much of preseason action into the 633 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: regular into the regular year. But UM, I want to 634 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: say that Hogan may have been brady most targeted receiver 635 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: in the preseason. Um certainly passed the eye test. Pretty 636 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: good player. UM. I liked Malcolm Mitchell a lot too. 637 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: I'm really intrigued by Mitchell as a as a long 638 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: term kind of prospect. Oh, I think that's a good 639 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: I think that's a good call as well. Um. It 640 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: is entirely possible that I have too much separation between 641 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: Hogan and Edelman. Um, I'm not entirely sure I have 642 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: that right. Like, there's a really good chance that that 643 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: Chris Hogan finds the end zone here. He's as Scott 644 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: and he's another guy that Scott and I were talking 645 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 1: about in the earlier pod because he's he's just dirt 646 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: cheap in Yahoo's Daily Game. He's like a twelve dollars 647 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: player or something in our daily game, and there's there's 648 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: almost no way he doesn't outperform that I do like Hogan. Um, 649 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: if I if I were, you know, a Boulder ranker, 650 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 1: I would probably I would probably rank to the upside 651 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: instead of ranking to them, you know, to the to 652 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: the fact that we haven't actually I mean, it's it's 653 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: so hard with that team because they've had such a 654 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: weird quarterback situation at this point in the season, and 655 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: it's hard to take anything that has already happened as 656 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,719 Speaker 1: predictive in any way of what will happen going forward. 657 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: All right, Andy, we'll do tight end really quick, quick, 658 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: quickly now. And you have Kyle Rudolph number three and 659 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: Jason Witt number six. Why do you like both these 660 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: guys so much? I feel like the toughest question at 661 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: tight end this week is who you would start over 662 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: Gronk because I'm just you know, he's he's a nightmare. 663 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: I've got him. I've got him number four right now. 664 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: I could imagine I could imagine going down on you know, 665 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: depending on practice reports and such, I can imagine lowering Gronk. 666 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,880 Speaker 1: I mean, absolutely nothing on the season so far. I 667 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: think I think one of the great things about Rudolph 668 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: and he's a guy that I have ahead of Gronkowski. Um. 669 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: I think one of the great things about Rudolph is 670 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: that the the usage tree on that team, it's just 671 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: it's Digs and Rudolph. Right, you know where they're going 672 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: to go with the football. McKinnon is going to be 673 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,240 Speaker 1: active and it's going to be Diggs and Rudolph. I 674 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: have always liked Rudolph's talent. His first couple of seasons 675 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: in the league, I feel like two or three times 676 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,719 Speaker 1: a year he would make the most insane one handed 677 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: catch that was either a key first down or it 678 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 1: was a touchdown. He wasn't necessarily getting a lot of volume, 679 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: but you could see that if that guy were in 680 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: a situation where he would get ten twelve targets a game, 681 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 1: he could be great. And now we're seeing him getting 682 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,719 Speaker 1: regular work. They love him. You know, when they get 683 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 1: inside the ten yard line. His odds of scoring a 684 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: touchdown in any given week are really really good. So yeah, 685 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: I've I've got him number three this week. It's not 686 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: a great matchup either. I mean he's facing Houston. Houston 687 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: has been good against the pass. I just think Kyle 688 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: Rudolph has become pretty much a bankable fantasy asset with 689 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: a very high floor, and you know the ceiling isn't 690 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: bad either. I don't know that Minnesota is ever going 691 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: to give us many games where any receiver has multiple touchdowns, 692 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: but I love Kyle Rudolph's chances in any given week 693 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: to give us five catches in a score. Oh. I 694 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: haven't even talked about Jason Witten. So Jason Witten is 695 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:03,120 Speaker 1: somewhat to pendant on what's going on with Deaz. If 696 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: there's no Daz, then I figure that's eight to ten 697 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: targets that are that are a bit up for grabs, 698 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 1: and a couple of them go to Witten. Nice little 699 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: rapport so far between him and Dak and I. You know, 700 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: I don't feel like I'm extremely bullish on him, but 701 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,319 Speaker 1: at seven or eight, I mean, I think he's a 702 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you one guy who is going to leap 703 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: frog ahead of Witten is probably Hunter Henry. Now at 704 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,399 Speaker 1: the moment, I love that guy. Yeah, at the moment 705 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 1: is kind of a placeholder. I just have Henry and 706 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: Gates right next to each other. I'm waiting for Gates 707 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: to get ruled out or to be ruled doubtful or 708 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: something like that. And once that happens, Henry is probably 709 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: going to vault into my top. She'll probably take Delaney 710 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: Walker spot. He'll probably be my number five tight end 711 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 1: for the week. That's just a great matchup. That's where 712 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: I've got him too. Yeah. I mean Oakland gave up 713 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,879 Speaker 1: i think twelve touchdowns to the tight end position last year. 714 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,680 Speaker 1: They have not defended it well for a few years. 715 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: And it's not like Henry has played perfectly clean football 716 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks, but the volume is 717 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 1: certainly there in The matchup is great. Now we both 718 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: like the Colts maybe forcing a few turnovers since they're 719 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: gonna have the lead against Brian Hoyer, who slings the 720 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 1: ball all over the place. I'm a little more aggressive though. 721 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: I have the Colts rank than number ten defense this week. 722 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: Why do you like him? If? I? Yeah, if if 723 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: I thought they had more like if I thought it 724 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,439 Speaker 1: was actually a great defense, would I would of course 725 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: ranked them much higher. I think that Davis didas one 726 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: bonte Davis play. Yeah, I think it's you're right. I 727 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 1: think it's an almost certainty that Brian Ware gives the 728 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 1: ball up at least once, possibly twice, there's going to 729 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,200 Speaker 1: be three or four head scratching throws. It's going to 730 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: help the Colts cause that we do not expect to 731 00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,239 Speaker 1: see Kevin White this week. It's pretty gonna be out 732 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: for a while. It looks like man, yeah, sounds that way. 733 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,720 Speaker 1: And he was just beginning to see a fair amount 734 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 1: of targets, and you were just beginning to see some 735 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 1: of the athletic talent there, Like White is still a 736 00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: guy who and not that this is what you asked about, 737 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,080 Speaker 1: but and um, when the game slows down a little 738 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:03,720 Speaker 1: bit for him, I think you'll see him play faster, 739 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,680 Speaker 1: and I think you'll really see the athleticism and it'll 740 00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 1: be fun. Um. Yeah, I could be too. I could 741 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 1: be too low on the Colts. I could be talked 742 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: into that. Um, maybe I should vault them ahead of 743 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: the of the Texans. That seems reasonable. Um, Yeah, it's 744 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,400 Speaker 1: a it's a friendly matchup. If I liked if I 745 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,720 Speaker 1: liked any of the individual players a little bit more, um, 746 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,240 Speaker 1: i'd be higher on them. That's that's definitely a weakness 747 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: of mine. When I'm ranking defenses, I also think Jordan 748 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,320 Speaker 1: Howard might be the worst starting running back in the 749 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,600 Speaker 1: NFL right now. I mean, I know he was pretty 750 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: good last week, but if you look at the film, 751 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: I don't think that he's going to be able to 752 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: sustain that. I don't think he was was that exceptional 753 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 1: or anything. I think he's going to get plenty of 754 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 1: work against the Colts, though, and it's only a question 755 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: of whether, like if the Colts run away from them. Um, 756 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: obviously it's going to be a difficult week for Jordan Howard. 757 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: But I you know, I think he's I don't. I 758 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: don't want to. I don't want to talk about him 759 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,960 Speaker 1: as a superstar. I think he is eventually a committee 760 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 1: back somewhere. Um, but I but I do think he is. 761 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: I do think he is a guy who will get 762 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: everything that is blocked for him, and I think he 763 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,360 Speaker 1: makes a bunch of good decisions. I think he is 764 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: a little bit limited athletically by the standards of an 765 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: NFL running back, but I think he I mean, it's 766 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: not raving about a player to say that. I think 767 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 1: he's a little bit better than Jeremy Langford, and I 768 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 1: do think he's a little bit better than Langford. Okay, 769 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 1: we're going to close out this show with my favorite 770 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: part of the podcast. Every week, we're gonna make some 771 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:28,480 Speaker 1: week five bold predictions. We'll start at quarterback and I'll 772 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,239 Speaker 1: go first. I say Tom Brady's not going to be 773 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: a top five quarterback. Despite being angry Brady and being 774 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: against the Browns, I just think they take a big 775 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,359 Speaker 1: lead early and you know, not pass the ball as much. 776 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I get it, Bill Belichick, Michael College football 777 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: in the Browns and run the score up to something 778 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: like forty nine and six or something. But you know, 779 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,960 Speaker 1: he hasn't been with his team. And you know, you 780 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 1: can do all the prep you want mentally and physically 781 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,799 Speaker 1: on your own, but there's just something about being in 782 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,359 Speaker 1: sync with your teammates. I think it might take a game. Yeah. 783 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 1: I like that. I like that call. I that doesn't 784 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,239 Speaker 1: seem out just to me, although I have him as 785 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: my number five quarterback right now. Um, okay, so here 786 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,279 Speaker 1: is one. I don't even know how bold this has 787 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: given how well he's played, but I haven't I haven't 788 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,080 Speaker 1: ranked it this way, but I would say that there 789 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: is a non trivial chance that Carson Wentz finishes as 790 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:20,840 Speaker 1: the top scoring fantasy quarterback of Week five. UM, you know, yeah, 791 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 1: I've got him. I've got him eight. Um I can. 792 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,879 Speaker 1: I can certainly see a path to him finishing higher 793 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 1: than that. UM. He gets, he gets for what it's worth, 794 00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: he gets arts back in all likelihood facing Detroit, UM, 795 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 1: it could be a shootout of a game. Could be. Um. 796 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,000 Speaker 1: The great thing about any matchup with Detroit is that 797 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: they just They're given up over eight yards per attempt, 798 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,799 Speaker 1: twelve passing touchdowns on the season. It is clearly one 799 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,480 Speaker 1: of the worst past defenses in the NFL. They just 800 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 1: made Brian Hoyer look like a credible quarterback. UM. Not 801 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:52,680 Speaker 1: going to surprise me at all if Wentz throws for 802 00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,239 Speaker 1: three touchdowns in this one and stays clean in terms 803 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: of turnovers. I want to make it clear for everyone listening. 804 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,759 Speaker 1: These are prediction, not projections. Projections are like, you know, 805 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,520 Speaker 1: if a guy has a range of outcomes, he's most 806 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 1: likely to end up here, that that is a projection. 807 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: These are predictions. We're going out on a limb here, 808 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm not going to bank on I'm 809 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,840 Speaker 1: gonna talk about Jordan Matthews in a second. I'm not 810 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: going to bank on him being the best wide receiver 811 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,319 Speaker 1: in football. But um, you know, if I'm making a prediction, yeah, 812 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 1: I could definitely see that happening. Stuff like that happens 813 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,040 Speaker 1: every week. So we'll go to wide receiver now, and 814 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:28,800 Speaker 1: I have Jordan Matthews finishing is the number one wide receiver. 815 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 1: This is a real stretch. I get it. It happens 816 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,759 Speaker 1: every single week. Someone explodes for a big game, and 817 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,960 Speaker 1: you just talked about Wentz. I think that Matthews is 818 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,320 Speaker 1: going to get a bunch of targets. It's a great matchup. 819 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 1: I like Matthews a lot. This week he could be 820 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: the guy. Okay, so I'm I'm gonna go with the 821 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,000 Speaker 1: guy that I've actually already discussed and say that Sammy 822 00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:53,760 Speaker 1: Coats finishes as a top ten fantasy receiver for Week five. Again, 823 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,239 Speaker 1: this is this is as good, you know, just statistically, 824 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:57,799 Speaker 1: is about as good a matchup as you can get 825 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,759 Speaker 1: against the Jets. Almost ten yards for passage tempt He's 826 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: been a big play specialist. He doesn't even need a 827 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:04,279 Speaker 1: lot of targets to do this. If he gets six 828 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,960 Speaker 1: targets in this one, I bet I bet two of 829 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,160 Speaker 1: them account for like eighty five yards in a score, 830 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:12,879 Speaker 1: So I think there's a real chance that I think 831 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: there's a real chance that he finds the end zone 832 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: at least once, possibly twice. All Right, running back, this 833 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,840 Speaker 1: one's not as bold, but I have both Todd Gurley 834 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: and David Johnson scoring three touchdowns this week. I'm buying 835 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 1: Todd Gurley right now. I'm buying him big time. His 836 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,040 Speaker 1: schedule was near impossible, and now he gets a cake 837 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:36,240 Speaker 1: matchup against a battered defense. You know. Eric Branch tweeted 838 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,759 Speaker 1: out this great stat about Elliot's longest run against the 839 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: forty nine ers was ten yards. Then Navarro Ballman was 840 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,080 Speaker 1: hurt and he rattled off twenty six, twenty three, seventeen 841 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,239 Speaker 1: in the final twenty one minutes. I think Johnson just 842 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: goes bonkers on the forty nine ers this week. Yeah, 843 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,759 Speaker 1: I think that's obviously a really good call. I would be, 844 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,960 Speaker 1: I would be, especially given the quarterback situation for Arizona. 845 00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,839 Speaker 1: I think that's a great call. Um. There's no way 846 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,600 Speaker 1: that they don't lean on David Johnson. Um, it's like 847 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,640 Speaker 1: within the range of possible outcomes that he scores four times. 848 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 1: I think, I'm I don't know, what I don't. I 849 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,319 Speaker 1: don't even know where to put the ceiling for David 850 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,799 Speaker 1: Johnson this week. It could be a great You know, 851 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,120 Speaker 1: we never expect huge things on Thursday, as I suppose, 852 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: but that could be an absolutely great game. I am 853 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 1: going to say that I don't know how bold this 854 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 1: is either because the matchup is so tough. But um, 855 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,920 Speaker 1: I must say that Lamar Miller finishes outside the top 856 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:30,279 Speaker 1: twenty five running backs, which would be hard to do 857 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 1: on his volume. I get it, it is a ton 858 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,759 Speaker 1: of volume. Minnesota has been so good, and Minnesota's in 859 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,919 Speaker 1: a short week. Maybe that doesn't set up well for Miller. 860 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,080 Speaker 1: And it's is the best team ever. They're so impressive, 861 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,960 Speaker 1: aren't they. That defense is no joke Like m Oftentimes, 862 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: even when we're talking about good like you look at 863 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,160 Speaker 1: the Packers right now. They're terrible against the past, and 864 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,920 Speaker 1: they're they're the best team in history against the run, 865 00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,640 Speaker 1: right like, there's no way that lasts. I almost never 866 00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:00,400 Speaker 1: buy it when a team is that lopsided, like usually 867 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,719 Speaker 1: there's a little bit of Rob Peter to pay Paul 868 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: going on there. When things like that happened early in 869 00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: the season, it usually corrects. Minnesota is great against the run, 870 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:12,520 Speaker 1: and they are great against the past. They are allowing 871 00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:15,719 Speaker 1: six point four yards per pass attempt, which is very low. 872 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,840 Speaker 1: They're allowing three point six yards per carry, which is 873 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,080 Speaker 1: obviously very low. I mean, they just stop everything you 874 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,319 Speaker 1: want to do. And I think that they probably make 875 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:27,520 Speaker 1: Miller of focus this week. They say, okay, brock Osweiler 876 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: carves up, and I think it's a quiet week for Miller. 877 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,920 Speaker 1: And finally, here's my projection for tight ends. Charles Clay 878 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: leads all tight ends in targets this week. The one 879 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,960 Speaker 1: tight end I'm fond of start streaming this week is 880 00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,920 Speaker 1: Charles Clay. Maybe if you're a Jimmy Graham owner, this 881 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: makes sense. With Sammy walkins out and the Bills off 882 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,120 Speaker 1: and playing from behind, I think there's a lot of 883 00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,839 Speaker 1: targets up for grab, up for grabs, and this wide 884 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,800 Speaker 1: receiver Cory it's just abysmal. Then you've got mediocre Charles Clay, 885 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,600 Speaker 1: who might be their best receiving weapons, so you know. 886 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,320 Speaker 1: Plus the Rams don't really even try to defend opposing 887 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,200 Speaker 1: tight end, so that helps too. I like that you 888 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:06,359 Speaker 1: keep prediction at targets. Only nobody wants to go out 889 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:10,200 Speaker 1: on a limb with actual stats. He might get he 890 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:15,080 Speaker 1: might get two yards in like fifteen. I will go 891 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,680 Speaker 1: moderately bold and say that I'm going to say that 892 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,799 Speaker 1: Richard Rogers finishes as a top eight tight end this week. 893 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,480 Speaker 1: And this has something to do with the Jared Cook injury. Obviously, 894 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,680 Speaker 1: I expect I expect a big number from the Packers 895 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:31,839 Speaker 1: this week. Obviously, Richard Rodgers is not a He's never 896 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:33,360 Speaker 1: a guy who's going to give you a huge yardage 897 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,640 Speaker 1: total unless he catches a miraculous Hail Mary from Aaron. 898 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,960 Speaker 1: But he's such a red zone weapon for that team. 899 00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,719 Speaker 1: I think it's you know, we've got the struggles of 900 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,839 Speaker 1: Randall Cobb to deal with. He hasn't had more than 901 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:49,520 Speaker 1: sixty yards and forever. I just think Rogers as a 902 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,160 Speaker 1: red zone weapon along with Jordy Nelson is pretty natural 903 00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,520 Speaker 1: and I will not be surprised if he finds the 904 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,400 Speaker 1: end zone here and really at the tight end position, 905 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,400 Speaker 1: if you can just put up fifty yards in a touchdown, 906 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,799 Speaker 1: you're probably a top eight tight end. Andy. That's all 907 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,880 Speaker 1: the questions we have for you this time. Thank you 908 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,480 Speaker 1: again for coming on. It was a blast chatting with 909 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:07,719 Speaker 1: you and looking forward to next time. Oh, I want 910 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 1: to I want to thank you guys. Fantasy Pros just 911 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,360 Speaker 1: sort of generally has been such a great addition to 912 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,920 Speaker 1: the industry in a relatively short period of time. You 913 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,640 Speaker 1: guys have become absolutely indispensable and love what you're doing 914 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,040 Speaker 1: with content, so keep it up. Thank you Andy. For 915 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 1: those of you listening at home, we've got one more 916 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:26,720 Speaker 1: podcast coming out this week and it's a DFS show 917 00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,359 Speaker 1: with guest Notorious from Rhodo Grinder, so you know you're 918 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,640 Speaker 1: going to get some great advice there from him. 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