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Speaker 1: one hundred thousand DFS players. What is Up? Welcome to

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Speaker 1: another edition of the NFL Fantasy Live Podcast. It is

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Speaker 1: me your man, MG, Marcus Grant, joined as always by

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Speaker 1: Michael Fabiana FAVS. Are you feeling today? I got a headache? Marcus.

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Speaker 1: Levi Bell is given me a headache. I thought you're

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Speaker 1: I I have a I have a Levian Bell headache

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Speaker 1: sit and wait for the drama to unfold. Yeah, we will.

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Speaker 1: We will certainly get to that you're saying that Bell

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Speaker 1: That's why that will be I'm sure a big focus

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Speaker 1: missed happy football day. I mean, we are sitting here

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Speaker 1: the start the official star football of the eighteen National

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Speaker 1: Football League season. You made it, y'all like we still

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Speaker 1: we were in the wilderness of the off season, just

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Speaker 1: you have to pick se Kwon or four NET, you

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00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,679
Speaker 1: have to start one guy over the other. Which one?

427
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,919
Speaker 1: Which one do you go with? I'm going for Net, okay,

428
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,760
Speaker 1: just based on the matchup. I think their offensive line

429
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,960
Speaker 1: is better. Actually, across the board, I think for Net

430
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,280
Speaker 1: has more of an advantage in this contest than se

431
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,040
Speaker 1: Kwan does. But I think I have them literally like

432
00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 1: for NET and then Barkley, So it's a coin flip,

433
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,480
Speaker 1: all right. Uh, Now to New Orleans. The Buccaneers head

434
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,920
Speaker 1: down to the Dome to take on the New Orleans Saints,

435
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 1: and I mean, look from a a real football perspective,

436
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,359
Speaker 1: I would think the Saints, you know, look, they have

437
00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,399
Speaker 1: Super Bowl aspirations this year. The Bucks are gonna just

438
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 1: like muddled through the first few games without Jamis Winston there.

439
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,960
Speaker 1: But with mill Jamis Winston there, it means Ryan Fitzpatrick

440
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,480
Speaker 1: gets to start. Do you believe in fits magic other

441
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,680
Speaker 1: than the fact that I know that wherever he goes,

442
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,760
Speaker 1: even if he signed as a backup, he's gonna make

443
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,320
Speaker 1: significant starts, because it's happened everywhere he's gone. I don't

444
00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,679
Speaker 1: let's tell by law it is. It seems to be

445
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,760
Speaker 1: in his contract. You know, I signed as a backup.

446
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 1: I'm going to start at least four games. But Fitzpatrick,

447
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of Buccaneers I like in this

448
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 1: game to be quite a Mike Evans. Let me give

449
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:32,880
Speaker 1: you a stat on Mike Evans in his last three

450
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:37,200
Speaker 1: games against the Saints, ten catches, ten yards, no touchdowns.

451
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,000
Speaker 1: All right, that's not per game, that's combined, and in

452
00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,679
Speaker 1: his career he's had one game with more than fifty

453
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,840
Speaker 1: five yards against him. And who is one of the

454
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 1: top cover corners in the National Football League, Marcus Laddimore,

455
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 1: who is going to be all over I'm sorry, marsh

456
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:57,000
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lattimore. I still say Marcus Laddimore, Marcus Ladimar, Marshawn

457
00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:00,600
Speaker 1: Lattimore is going to be all over Mike evens. Would

458
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: I bench Mike Evans? I might consider it if I

459
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 1: have wide receiver depth. But I can promise you right

460
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: now that Evans is not going to have a big

461
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,719
Speaker 1: week one. I could promise you that. The only reason

462
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,639
Speaker 1: not the only reason, but one of the reasons that

463
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: you still can want to believe in Mike Evans is

464
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,880
Speaker 1: because he's still what six five or is and when

465
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,159
Speaker 1: you get down near the end zone, you can hopefully

466
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 1: just throw it up and he can win some jump

467
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 1: balls for you. The thing that Mike Evans does not

468
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,119
Speaker 1: do well he is not a yards after catch guy, um,

469
00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 1: which is sort of weird because he's again he's six

470
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,119
Speaker 1: ft five, so you would think if he just catches

471
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 1: it and falls down, that's two yards after the catch

472
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,959
Speaker 1: right there. But I don't know, so I worry about him.

473
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,520
Speaker 1: The thing that that could work in Tampa's favor is

474
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 1: that if the Saints come out and score, um, maybe

475
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 1: they're forced to throw the ball. So maybe that works out.

476
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 1: But I don't know how much I love Ryan Fitzpatrick.

477
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 1: On the flip side, there are only two running backs

478
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:56,000
Speaker 1: on the Saints roster right now. One is Alvin Kamara,

479
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,119
Speaker 1: the other one is Mike Gillisli. Because obviously the Saints

480
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 1: are waiting for mark Ingram to get through his four

481
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,000
Speaker 1: game suspension, Tamara is obviously going to dominate the backfield

482
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: touches there. That's that's not even up for debate. But

483
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: if you are looking for a flexing maybe maybe you've

484
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 1: got Levi on Bell and you didn't get James Conner

485
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,160
Speaker 1: off the waiver wire. Is Mike Gillis lee worth maybe

486
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,280
Speaker 1: a flex start to try and help you out in

487
00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 1: the short time. I mean that's a desperation when you're

488
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,120
Speaker 1: hoping for goal line opportunities, because if he doesn't score

489
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: a touchdown, chances are he's not going to see enough

490
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,080
Speaker 1: touches to produce at a high level. I think the

491
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: player on the flip side, Peyton Barber, I dig him.

492
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,280
Speaker 1: I dig him. This week He's buried Ronald Jones. He's

493
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,640
Speaker 1: like third on the depth chart now in Tampa Bay,

494
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,160
Speaker 1: and I have Barber in my top twenty five running backs.

495
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,200
Speaker 1: Might move him up into my top twenty. I really

496
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 1: do like him as a low end RB two, high

497
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,080
Speaker 1: end flex starter this week based on the matchup, He's

498
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: going to see opportunities, He's going to see the touches.

499
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: Um so so Peyton Barber is someone that I would

500
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: certainly uh take a look at. Oh, by the way,

501
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 1: since I was an idiot and said Marcus Latimore, I

502
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,919
Speaker 1: had to look up and see what he's doing. These

503
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 1: days is right now on the South Carolina Gamecocks staff

504
00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 1: as director of player development. He's like a yeah, he's

505
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: like a recruiting guy. Now. He went back to his

506
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: moder arcas Latimer was covering Mike Evans. I'd started Mike

507
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: Evans all day long. Yeah, I mean, look, I love

508
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,560
Speaker 1: Marcus A. Lottimore. Unfortunately the injuries kind of sapped him.

509
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: He was so good, his explosiveness. The guy you gonna

510
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 1: talk about, guys that you wish could have seen, you know,

511
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,680
Speaker 1: fill their potential. Just they just never quite worked out.

512
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 1: But yeah, um yeah, maybe Peyton Barber gets some looks.

513
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: I just he's another one that I worry the game

514
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 1: script ends up going against him and he kind of

515
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,120
Speaker 1: gets phased out of this game, depending on how it goes.

516
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: One of them maybe more entertaining games potentially on the

517
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 1: schedule this week, Houston Texans in New England to take

518
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: on the Patriots. And this was a game that was

519
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,639
Speaker 1: played back in Week three last year, and this was

520
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,399
Speaker 1: kind of when DeShawn Watson announced his presence with a

521
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: forty to the National Football League, a game that was

522
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 1: a shootout. The Patriots ended up winning a thirty six

523
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 1: thirty three game that was hugely entertaining. But this is

524
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 1: when we all looked around and said, Wow, this is

525
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 1: Shawn Watson. Like is legit and he's for real. Obviously

526
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 1: ended up missing most of the season because of an

527
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: a c L. And I looked at and realized, you know,

528
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 1: we talked about this last year. He now has torn

529
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: the a c L in both knees. Any concern about

530
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,879
Speaker 1: him coming back, and he worries about him in this

531
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 1: first game back against the Patriots defense that now has

532
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: had an offseason to study him and kind of get,

533
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: you know, kind of find some tendencies for him. You

534
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: think about it, he could He could make or break

535
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: fantasy seasons because if you drafted him, you probably had

536
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: to draft him in the fifth round, so people reached

537
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: him into the fourth round. In the big boy leagues,

538
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: he was going behind Aaron Rodgers, almost exclusively, ahead of

539
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and Tom Brady. I'm not concerned with the

540
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: state of medical technology these days. I mean, guys come

541
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 1: back from a c L s and rush for two

542
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,600
Speaker 1: thousand yards, and back in the day you had to

543
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,440
Speaker 1: worry about the mental and physical confidence coming back within

544
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,640
Speaker 1: the first year and Every report that I've seen has

545
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: been glowing about Watson. Haven't seen any reports of any setback.

546
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: He seems to be fine. But yeah, you're right. I

547
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: remember talking about Watson in that game because we all said, Okay,

548
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: this is the litmus test here. You go into New

549
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,639
Speaker 1: England against Bill Belichick and you're a rookie quarterback. You

550
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: do anything in that game that's positive, that's going to

551
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: open eyes, and it really did. So clearly he's a

552
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: must start. I mean, there's no doubt about that. But

553
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: I'm really interested to see two things from the Houston side. One,

554
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: how much do they utilize Lamar Miller? We all expect

555
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: a pretty good workload there. And is Will Fuller really

556
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,440
Speaker 1: superman when Deshaun Watson is under or was that just

557
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 1: a three or four game fad, Because if he's out

558
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: there and right now, he's dealing with a bit of

559
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,399
Speaker 1: an ailment, so keep tabs on his status, dude. He

560
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: was scoring touchdowns like they were going out of business

561
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 1: when Watson was the quarterback, and he was catching like

562
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: three balls a game and that was it. And I

563
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 1: think I think at one point he had a touchdown

564
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,919
Speaker 1: on like of his catching It was unreal. I think

565
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,439
Speaker 1: he had like fourteen catches and seven touchdowns. There's stillthing

566
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: stupid like that, like something that is obviously unsustainable. But

567
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: the time, if you if you had Will Fuller in

568
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: your lineup, you were loving his life. Um for the Patriots,

569
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,160
Speaker 1: we talked a little bit about the backfield there. Rex

570
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: Birkhead looks like he's ready to go, Sony Michelle's kind

571
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 1: of limited. James White looks like he's going to step

572
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: in there. So I think we kind of have a

573
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,920
Speaker 1: handle on that. The wide receiver group though, I mean,

574
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 1: we know Gronk's gonna probably eat up most of the

575
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 1: targets in this offense. Chris Hogan is kind of the

576
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: the wide receiver there. He's he will be the targets

577
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,919
Speaker 1: leader in the non Gronk division for this team. Is

578
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,959
Speaker 1: there any other wide receiver worth even paying attention to

579
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 1: for this off Dannie Amndel's in Miami now, is it? Um? No,

580
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: Hogan is the guy Becker retired? Yeah? I mean, unless

581
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: you're into Cordarrel Patterson, I just I can't do it.

582
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: Um Hogan is gonna see a lot of targets, especially

583
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: in the red zone. If you remember in that game

584
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: last year, he had two touchdowns, had a big game.

585
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: Uh for the Patriots and fantasy owners like, so I'm

586
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: going Hogan and I'm going Gronk, the two running backs.

587
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: Maybe the Patriots defense. I mean you, Marcus, I think

588
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 1: you made a good point during the course of the

589
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,680
Speaker 1: of the preseason. Watson's gonna throw some picks. I mean

590
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 1: he's not He's not an experienced quarterback. Still, he's gonna

591
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: throw some picks. So the Patriots defense could be a

592
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: decent play this week. But um, the uh, the whole

593
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: the stir you know, the straw that stirs this drink,

594
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: tom Brady, I mean, he could open like Reggie Jackson.

595
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: He could he could open up. See do you even

596
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: know who who Reggie Jackson is? Eddie? And he's a

597
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: Yankees fan, of you do? I did see because that's

598
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: what happens. I had all you young guys around here

599
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,960
Speaker 1: and I bring up The Godfather and somebody's like, what's

600
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 1: the hut? And I'm like, my goodness, I knew I

601
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: liked you. I knew I liked you. Bottom line here,

602
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 1: Tom Brady could give you twenty five fantasy points this week,

603
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: and what could potentially be a shootout there in New England. Yeah,

604
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: you know, I keep looking at this Patriots team and

605
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: I'm like, at some point, and I know we've been

606
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: saying this for the better part of a decade, there

607
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: at some point the wheels are gonna fall off, right, Like,

608
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: this can't this can't go on forever. Like Tom Brady

609
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: kind of frightened me this year in drafts, just because

610
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: he's forty one now. And the wide receiving group, which

611
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: you know he's never had a great deep wide receiving corps,

612
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 1: but it's there's many question marks or more than they've

613
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: ever had before. You know, they lose their they lose

614
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 1: Isaiah Win that they were hoping to kind of help

615
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: solidify that offensive line. It just this group skilled, and

616
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 1: you know, we could be talking again in October. I'll

617
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,240
Speaker 1: be like, yeah, it's already he's fine. What I did?

618
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: You know, but I don't know just right now. Just

619
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: it just makes me nervous, that's all. Listen. We all

620
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: sort of saw it coming with Peyton Manning. Remember you

621
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: had that huge season where he had like fifty touchdowns

622
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: and he was like ridiculous, and then the following season, uh,

623
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: you started to see him tail off a little bit,

624
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: and you just start like you could see, like you

625
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 1: see the deep ball, just like to see him struggling

626
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: to get the ball down. And you know why I

627
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: remember this because that damn Matt money Smith in the

628
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: championship of our Experts league beat me because Peyton Manning

629
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 1: threw like twenty picks against the Bengals, And I'll never

630
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: forget it. And I'm thinking the wheels are starting to

631
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,920
Speaker 1: fall off a little bit. And then we started to

632
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 1: see the wheels really fall off the following year. But

633
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: we haven't seen that with Brady. I mean every year

634
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 1: he's given you eighteen to twenty points per games. So

635
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: maybe this is a year that that the wheels do

636
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 1: fall off. I haven't seen any indication to that. I

637
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 1: don't have any shares of Brady in any of my leagues,

638
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: but it's not because I wouldn't have drafted him. I

639
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: went a little younger. I went with Watson. I ended

640
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: up getting Wilson in a couple of leagues, and then

641
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: of course you guys know typically I wait, so yeah, um, yeah,

642
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: I'm just I am keeping an eye on Tom Brady.

643
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,239
Speaker 1: Just yeah, look, Dan handas the A t N has been,

644
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: you know, trumpeting the gradual decline for years. He's been

645
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: hectually eventually he'll be right. He's a Jets fan. There

646
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: is also that up to Minnesota, where the team that

647
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: I picked to be the NFC representative in the Super Bowl,

648
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: the Minnesota vi Kings, start their season by hosting my

649
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: beloved of San Francisco. I look, I I expect personal conflict.

650
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: I expect improvement from them. They're still I think a

651
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: year or two away from being a real playoff contender,

652
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: but they should be better this year. But the biggest

653
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: question is now, after losing Jerick McKinnon to a knee injury,

654
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: he's gonna be gone for the year. That really changes

655
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: how this offense works, at least how it looks in

656
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: the backfield. Alfred Morris became a popular name off the

657
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: waiver wire. I think Matt Brita is gonna get a

658
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: little bit more love from fantasy folks in the next

659
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: week or so. But how do you expect this this

660
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: backfield to kind of shake out now that that McKinnon

661
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 1: has gone season long, Morris is going to be the starter,

662
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,479
Speaker 1: probably see the early end work. Brita will come in

663
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: be utilized as a pass catcher, and it's gonna end

664
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: up being a committee situation. And it's unfortunate because McKinnon

665
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: was in a really good spot to be a very

666
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: good fantasy player and and and hopefully you know, he

667
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 1: comes back stronger than ever next season. But Morris to me,

668
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: Brita to me this week against Minnesota, a defense that

669
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: allowed fewer than fifteen PPR points per game to running

670
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: backs on their home field last season, they are both

671
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: fades to me. And I'm not expecting either one of

672
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: these guys to bring out and become fantasy superstars. But um,

673
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: if I had to start one this week, it would

674
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: be Morris. I would not be thrilled about it. This

675
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: is a week where, you know, the I kept saying

676
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: the Niners were your favorite fantasy analysts, favorite sleeper offense.

677
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: But it feels like this week is not one where

678
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: you're You're not seeing a lot of people. Everyone's fading him,

679
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: you know, like you know, Jimmy Garoppolo, uh, not even

680
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: Marquis Goodwin or Peter Garcilla. And I guess maybe I could,

681
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: I could make a case for Goodwin as a big

682
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: play get guy where he only needs maybe a couple

683
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: of targets potentially to to break something. But it's just

684
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: hard to see a situation where the forty Niners have

685
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: any real fantasy value this week. He had no doubt

686
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: about that. Even Garoppolo as good as he was last season,

687
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,719
Speaker 1: I mean, fantasy wise, he had a couple of good games.

688
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 1: He wasn't he wasn't eye popping, let's put it that way.

689
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: But the Vikings, and I look at the statin, I'm

690
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: just like staggered by it. They didn't even give up

691
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: ten points a game on average the quarterbacks at home,

692
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: it was like nine nine points something like. To hold

693
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: NFL quarterbacks if you were than ten points a game

694
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: at home eight games, that's an accomplishment because this league

695
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 1: is is just loaded with talent, and for them to

696
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: do that, that's impressive. And I would argue that their

697
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,800
Speaker 1: defense got better in the off season, So I would

698
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: fade my Niners this week. I agree with you, Marcus

699
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: on the flip side, though, the Vikings seemed you know

700
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: that's a team that start them all to start them all, right,

701
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: there's there's no there's no Vikings that you probably wouldn't start.

702
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if you don't like Daniel

703
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: Carlson or something like that. I'ven't even seen people picking

704
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: up Carlson to stream him. I mean, why not, Hey,

705
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: rookie kicker, why not go ahead, rookie kicker? And for

706
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: a team that you know, projects to possibly score a

707
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: lot of points this week, why not give? Yeah? Exactly,

708
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: Titans at Dolphins because the schedule makers said so, um, Look,

709
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: there was a there was a period for like a

710
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: week in the preseason where I kind of got it

711
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: into my head that maybe the Titans were kind of

712
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: a sleeper offense or whatever. People were kind of talking

713
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: up Corey Davis and I have liked Beyond Beyond Lewis

714
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 1: and I like Delaney Walker. And then just when I

715
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: started to like kind of buy into this, Marcus Mariota

716
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: had an awful preseason game just looked terrible, And that

717
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: started to make me realize that if he's not any better,

718
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: if he doesn't have the breakout season we've been waiting for,

719
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: this whole offense just falls apart. And so I guess,

720
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: you know, do you have any faith in Marcus Mariotta?

721
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,839
Speaker 1: Do you trust him? Would you would you trust him

722
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: this week? If you were forced to start him now.

723
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: I wouldn't play him this week. They're They're certainly gonna

724
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: be better options out there. Jared Goff is a better option.

725
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton's a better option. You can find better quarterbacks

726
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: on the waiver wire, I would guess. But the Titans

727
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: are another team that's sort of a fade for me

728
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: this week. Delanny Walker is going to be in your

729
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: active lineup no matter what because he's just that good

730
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 1: and very underrated. Mariotta someone that I would fade. Derrick

731
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: Henry is more of a flex to me this week.

732
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: Dean Lewis is a is a shaky flex at best.

733
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 1: I don't want to start Corey Davis yet. I want

734
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,840
Speaker 1: to see what I can get from him. Um. I

735
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: really think he could end up having a better season

736
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: than a lot of people. Project doesn't mean I have

737
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: a lot of confidence in him as a Week one

738
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: starter if you go to the Miami side. I have

739
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: been off the Kenyan Drake bandwagon because I I think

740
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 1: personally that Frank Ore is gonna end up eating into

741
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 1: his touches and more than people expect. Now this week,

742
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 1: I do like Drake as an RB two flex and

743
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: probably more on the RB two side because the Titans

744
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: defense last year, they gave up catches to running backs

745
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,400
Speaker 1: and that's a boatload. And what Drake really excels in

746
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: is catching the ball, making plays in space. He's elusive,

747
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: he's fast. So I do like him this week. And

748
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 1: Drake could be a guy Marcus that if he starts

749
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: the season off well, I may be looking to sell

750
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: high on him in a few weeks. You know, I

751
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: just I don't understand. There are lots of things in

752
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: this world. I didn't understand. One of the things that

753
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: I didn't understand two of us. One of the things

754
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: they didn't understand is all preseason long, everything that Dolphins

755
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,840
Speaker 1: did and everything that like Adam Gaze, ad just pointed

756
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: towards this being a committee, right, and like, you know,

757
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: Frank Look, Frank Or is not gonna suddenly jump in

758
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,760
Speaker 1: there and be an RB one and he's not gonna

759
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: get you know, two hundred touches or whatever this season,

760
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 1: but he's gonna do enough to make Kenyan Drake a

761
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: frustrating proposition. And I don't understand why people just didn't believe,

762
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: Maybe because coaches have lied to us so much in

763
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: the past that people are just like yeah, whatever. But

764
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: like everything they have done has said that this is

765
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: going to be a committee, and at some point, like

766
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: don't we just have to believe them. We just have

767
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: to believe that this is going to be what it

768
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: is unless, you know, unless Gore gets hurt or is

769
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 1: it just terrible or Drake is just spectacular, Like this

770
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 1: is just what it is. I think about it too.

771
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: When was the last time Kenyan Drake was a feature back,

772
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: like for a short period? Right? It was Derrick Henry. So,

773
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: I mean, he's never been the guy for a full

774
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: season in college in the pros. It is he durable

775
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,319
Speaker 1: enough to do it? I don't really know, but I've

776
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: been saying it all preseason. I do think this is

777
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 1: gonna end up being a committee where Drake is sort

778
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,359
Speaker 1: of the league guy. But watch, this is what's gonna happen.

779
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 1: We're gonna be here in this podcast studio on Sunday

780
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, we're gonna get a report

781
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 1: for me. Inter Rappaport, whoever it is, says Frank We're starting,

782
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: and every fantasy owner is gonna go nuts. They're all

783
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: gonna go nuts. Oh my god, I have to bench

784
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,720
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake. It's it's almost gotta happen because the fantasy

785
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 1: gods are cruel in that way. I'm gonna sit here

786
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be like, I'm not even gonna say that.

787
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: I don't want to say I told you so. I'll

788
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: be like I told you so, I told you it

789
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: was gonna happen because Frank Gore is going to outlive

790
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: all of us. That's that's just how it goes, right. Um.

791
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 1: Bengals at Colt Cincinnati at Indianapolis. Andy Dalton, the red Rifle,

792
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 1: the guy that you know is like he's been sort

793
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 1: of a fantasy punch line forever, and I feel like

794
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: he is the reason that people sort of downgrade AJ Green,

795
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: maybe unfairly, but if there's every week to start Andy Dalton,

796
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: this feels like the week to start Andy Dalton. I'm

797
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 1: kind of digging them, right. I listen, The offensive line

798
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 1: should be better, right, you know they got Corty Glenn

799
00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 1: uh that they improved overall on that line, and the

800
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: Colts defense, you know, it's never been spectacular, let's put

801
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: it that way, since they were winning Super Bowls and

802
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: last it was great. But I mean last year they

803
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: gave up seven top ten quarterback performances. Uh, they gave

804
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: up the six most passing yards per game. And I

805
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: kind of just feel like this is gonna be a shootout, right.

806
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: This is a cool UNI matchup, by the way, with

807
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 1: the Colts Blues and the Bengals Whites and the Tiger stripes. Anyways,

808
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: I'm going on, like damn a check and on you

809
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: guys permission. Yeah, I know, but I just think this

810
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,680
Speaker 1: is gonna be a high scoring game. And I mean,

811
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: you're gonna start ty Hilton. I like Jack Doyle, I

812
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 1: like Dalton, I like Joe mix In the whole heck

813
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: of a lot. Obviously you're starting Aja Green. I would

814
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,919
Speaker 1: even start the one tight end who might be more

815
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: brittle than Jordan Reid, and that's Tyler Reiffort. Because all

816
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,799
Speaker 1: this guy does when he plays the score tochdowns. And

817
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 1: if he's playing and you need a tight end this week,

818
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: he might be on the waiver wire. He could potentially

819
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: be a decent streamer. I know, guys, you could kill

820
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 1: me on Twitter. He's alway, he's hurt right now. He's healthy,

821
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 1: so try and get something out of him until he

822
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 1: gets hurt, you know, get them while they're hot, right, Okay,

823
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: so you went to a couple of the Colts that

824
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 1: you would start. Now the backfield, Marlon Mack apparently is

825
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 1: back practicing again now for Indianapolis, Jordan Wilkins has been

826
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: getting some love. Who else is around there? Like, I know,

827
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: Kristen Michael is still there. I don't know. I mean,

828
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: seems to have been relegated now. He's kind of out

829
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 1: of that. I think he kind of he couldn't hold

830
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: onto the ball during the preseasons. That kind of hurt him.

831
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,839
Speaker 1: But you know, I don't want a Colts running back.

832
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 1: But if you had to pick a Colts running back,

833
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: is Marlon Mack playing this week? If he's not, then

834
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: probably Jordan Wilkins could potentially be desperation dart throw. I

835
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 1: mean the Kristen My No, I'm not going there anymore.

836
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: I I've done anything a long time. But I mean,

837
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: if Wilkins is going to be the starter, then you know,

838
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: Robert Turbin's not going to play, assuming Marlon Mack is inactive. Uh,

839
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 1: I guess Wilkins. I mean you could tell in my

840
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: voice that I'm not super thrilled about it, but volume

841
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: play potentially Marcus I guess, I guess yeah, I mean

842
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: I Wilkins seems to be the guy because he has

843
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: been there more consistently than everybody else. He's the guy

844
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 1: who kind of stayed healthy, he was getting opportunity. He's

845
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 1: the guy that I would pick. But manh whoa woa

846
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: be unto you? That's one of those plays for people

847
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: who are gonna miss Levian Bell didn't get James Conner,

848
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: and they're like, I don't give it. Damn, I'm starting

849
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 1: Jordan Wilkins. I got nobody else. These are the people

850
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: who like tweet me. They're like, hey, so I'm in

851
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: a twenty two team league. We have like twenty seven

852
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: roster spots. Uh, Like yeah, you just flip a coin

853
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: and and pray that everything works out for you. Um, Steelers.

854
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,720
Speaker 1: At Brown's, we thought a little bit about the running

855
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: back situation. Um, you know, we know that at the moment,

856
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: Levian Bell is not there. It doesn't look like he's

857
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: going to be there for Sunday, and James Conner seems

858
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: to be like the guy that that's gonna be there. Now.

859
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:58,359
Speaker 1: You and I are on opposite side of this Ben

860
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger thing, Like you are not about Ben Roethlisberger. I

861
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: think you actual's gonna have a really good game this week.

862
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: I know because I've been doing this for the last

863
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: couple of seasons and it's almost never failed me. When

864
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 1: I've told you not to play Ben Roethlisberger at home,

865
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: everyone has scoffed me at bar, yelled at me on

866
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: the air one day, and guess I know, and he

867
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,800
Speaker 1: blows whistles in my ear. Roethlisberger stinks on the road, Guys,

868
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: he stinks on the road. Okay, let's look at the numbers.

869
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: Over his last six starts in Cleveland, he has scored

870
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 1: seventeen or more Fantasy points just once. He's been held

871
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: to warn or fewer touchdown passes in three of those games.

872
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: Last year in Cleveland, Week one finished QB fifteen. Wasn't

873
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 1: that good? Potentially likely no Levian Bell this week. The

874
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 1: Browns defense is going to be good. The Browns are

875
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 1: gonna be good. They're gonna be fired up. They've got

876
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,839
Speaker 1: an entirely new team. They're gonna be really jacked this

877
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,919
Speaker 1: week in front of their home crowd to go out

878
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,279
Speaker 1: and prove to the world after everyone saw them on

879
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: hard knocks that they are not a joke that they

880
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: are going to play at a high level. And I

881
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: really think this is gonna be a low scoring game.

882
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna see a thirty five thirty game.

883
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,879
Speaker 1: This is more of a sixteen fourteen kind of game.

884
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: And I think Antonio Brown is going to have a

885
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: big game because he always does, but that doesn't necessarily

886
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: mean that Big Ben is gonna have a big game.

887
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: I have him ranked fourteenth at quarterback this week, and

888
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 1: he's certainly not going to be moving up. Hey, you

889
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: know what, Marcus. They say, if it works for you,

890
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 1: stick with it. And the whole Roethlisberger bat on the

891
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 1: Road theme has worked for me, especially when he's outdoors,

892
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna stick with it. I I just I

893
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 1: feel like he's due. I think I think this. I

894
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: think I think we bought too much into the hard

895
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,839
Speaker 1: knocks hype a little bit, like Miles Garrett is a

896
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: beast and that dude is That dude is nearly unblockable. Um,

897
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: you know, I don't, you know, I just I haven't.

898
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:42,839
Speaker 1: I want to see it first. I want to see

899
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: the Browns be better first before I believe that they

900
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:48,640
Speaker 1: I just hang out with the missed too much and

901
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 1: he's in my ear. That's the problem. I just think

902
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: the Browns are going to be really jacked this week

903
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: and come out playing very hard. That's fun. Um, you

904
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: know everybody's gonna as Mike Tyson once said, everybodys gotta

905
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,319
Speaker 1: plan so you get punched in mouth, so you know,

906
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: most see what happens when the did you say that

907
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 1: before or after Buster Douglas punched him in the mouth?

908
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: You know what, that's a good question. I actually on

909
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 1: the other side. You know, obviously Jarvis Landry is there.

910
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 1: We know he's gonna get an opportunity. How do you

911
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: feel about Josh Gordon this week? Um, I'm fading him

912
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: in most of my leagues. I have him in a

913
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 1: couple of leagues and I'm not starting them in either

914
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 1: because I hear snap count, pitch count, whatever whatever, whatever them.

915
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: And to be quite honest with you, um and I

916
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:31,360
Speaker 1: get it too, like he could be on the field

917
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: and he's so good, you know, one play boom and

918
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 1: he gives you double digit points on that one play.

919
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:37,719
Speaker 1: But I do think this is gonna be a low

920
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:39,439
Speaker 1: scoring game. I do think the Steelers have a pretty

921
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 1: good defensive backfield when you're talking about Joe Hayden and

922
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: Morgan Burnett. I just I don't have a lot of

923
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:46,359
Speaker 1: faith that there's gonna be a lot of points scored

924
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: in this count then, because it is a low scoring game.

925
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 1: How do you feel about, say, you know, Carlos Hyde

926
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: versus Duke Johnson. I don't right now. I'm sort of

927
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 1: fading Nick Chubb altogether. I mean, I'm I don't want

928
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 1: anything to do with this backfield. I don't know who's

929
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: going to see more touches. And to be quite honest

930
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 1: with you, I don't know if the coaching staff does.

931
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,720
Speaker 1: Because if Hide comes out and starts and he stinks,

932
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,759
Speaker 1: and then they bring in Chubb, who looks good, they

933
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,400
Speaker 1: maybe ride him. And Duke Johnson is gonna be utilized

934
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,880
Speaker 1: as a pass catcher. Out of the backfield, You're gonna

935
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: be You're gonna be pulling your hair out every week

936
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: trying to figure out which one of these guys to play.

937
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,879
Speaker 1: And I have no shares of any Brown Brown's running backs,

938
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: and I don't want any because I didn't want to

939
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 1: deal with the headache and Hide look good in the preseason,

940
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 1: but so Nick Chubb. And if you talk to people

941
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: around Cleveland. Duke Johnson is really a big component to

942
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,360
Speaker 1: this offense. So instead of having the headache because I

943
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,799
Speaker 1: already have a headache because I have Levian Bell, I'm

944
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: gonna avoid that situation. Maybe Carlos Hide emerges, we'll see,

945
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: Maybe Chubb emerges, We'll see. Until then, I'm fading this

946
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: backfield alright, Well, we will see what happens with that.

947
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: When we meantime, we're getting close to the start of

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00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,279
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968
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: one games and kind of trying to sort through this

969
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 1: little bit as we start the NFL season. Chiefs at Chargers.

970
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 1: It's uh a a f C West matchup. This you know,

971
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:55,400
Speaker 1: for me growing up on the West Coast, this is

972
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: that you know that one o'clock Sunday afternoon kick off

973
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 1: with like Don Criky and Bob Trumpy on Hi. You

974
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,600
Speaker 1: know it's you know, it's it's like, I don't know,

975
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: I can't give any Steve Bono against you know whatever

976
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: you like, maryon Buttson's those guys, Barry Word running wild

977
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: the chief The Chiefs defensively are not going to be good. No,

978
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 1: those secondary is a mess. Eric Berry may or may

979
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: not play. It's not looking good for him right now?

980
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: Is he nurses a heel injury. And as much as

981
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,200
Speaker 1: we love Kareem Hunt, and as much as you know,

982
00:47:29,280 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: I was certainly his champion last year, any fear that

983
00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: the game script, that this game gets away and that

984
00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt sort of gets phased out of this one

985
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: in the second half this week, yep, I mean I'm

986
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: still playing him, um if I had him on my teams.

987
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: But he's a guy that was great last year, and

988
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:47,680
Speaker 1: I don't know that he's gonna be able to duplicate

989
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: that level of production again. So I didn't draft him

990
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 1: in any of my leagues, but I am all over

991
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,319
Speaker 1: the Charges this week, all over him. Um, Matt money

992
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 1: Smith is going to be calling Philip River touchdown passes

993
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: left and right, left and right. And if you look

994
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: at the backfield, the defensive backfield, Marcus you said it,

995
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,800
Speaker 1: I mean Eric Berry has banged up. They just traded

996
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: last week for an undrafted free agent um and at

997
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 1: the cornerback position like they're hurting badly right now, so

998
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,799
Speaker 1: Rivers could carve them up. And that's why obviously you're

999
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:21,879
Speaker 1: starting Melvin Gore and obviously starting Keenan Allen I don't

1000
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: know if you're gonna start Antonio Gates. He's touchdown dependent.

1001
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 1: But Mike Williams is a guy who kind of pops

1002
00:48:26,520 --> 00:48:28,239
Speaker 1: at me a little bit, thinking maybe in the red

1003
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: zone potentially he gets an opportunity. He's a guy that

1004
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: a lot of us have been talking about in the preseason.

1005
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:36,319
Speaker 1: He's a potential deep sleeper there for the Chargers. I

1006
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,320
Speaker 1: like the Chargers defense this week too, because Patrick Mahomes

1007
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,759
Speaker 1: is going to throw picks. As much as we love

1008
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,120
Speaker 1: his arm, and he has got a hand cannon, and

1009
00:48:44,120 --> 00:48:47,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna be really good, uh for fantasy fans at

1010
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,480
Speaker 1: some point, maybe this season, uh and certainly in the

1011
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: long term. But he's gonna throw picks, and that Chargers

1012
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: defense is nasty. Yeah. I mean, look, this is keep

1013
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,360
Speaker 1: in mind, this is the second career start for Patrick Mahomes.

1014
00:48:58,640 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 1: You know, he made a start at the end of

1015
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: last season. He wowed us that got us all excited

1016
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:05,120
Speaker 1: for this year. Does his second career start. He's facing

1017
00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:06,799
Speaker 1: one of the best defenses in the league. By the way,

1018
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:10,280
Speaker 1: if you want just eight clues to how much trouble

1019
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:13,120
Speaker 1: this chief secondary is in. They have ten defensive backs,

1020
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 1: four of them arrived in the last month. Three of

1021
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: them arrived in the last week, and how many of

1022
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: them were working for ups a week ago. I would

1023
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: guess one. I don't know. It's just it's just a

1024
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,920
Speaker 1: bad situation for Kanstey. This is a defense that was

1025
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: one of the best in the league not all that

1026
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 1: long ago. It's amazing time Father, time comes at your fast. Yeah,

1027
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: something like that. Life comes at your fast. That's what

1028
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:37,800
Speaker 1: it is. Life to life, life and time. Um, Seahawks

1029
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,320
Speaker 1: and Broncos. Uh. This used to be an old a

1030
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 1: f C West matchup months upon right, Like this used

1031
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 1: to be like you know, dude, it's like you know,

1032
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:50,560
Speaker 1: Jim Zorn back in the day with the big John Elway.

1033
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,240
Speaker 1: Matchups like this used to be great with those awful

1034
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 1: Seahawk uniforms. People are like in the King Dave Craig,

1035
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: the Kingdome, which literally might have been one of the

1036
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: ugliest buildings ever constructed. Um, it's obviously a different time now,

1037
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,680
Speaker 1: the Seahawks going on the road to Denver. I have

1038
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:07,880
Speaker 1: been I have been big on Russell Wilson. I had

1039
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: him as my number two quarterback for pretty much most

1040
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 1: of the preseason. But I will tell you that I

1041
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,840
Speaker 1: am worried about him coming into this game. The offensive

1042
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,400
Speaker 1: line is bad. He's gonna get chased around by Von Miller.

1043
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:21,640
Speaker 1: Doug Baldwin is not a und I'm starting him, if

1044
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:24,440
Speaker 1: you know, in places where I kept But man, I

1045
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,360
Speaker 1: am I'm scared of what might happen. I have to

1046
00:50:26,360 --> 00:50:28,320
Speaker 1: play him. I mean, Russell had some of the same

1047
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,160
Speaker 1: issues last year and he thrived. So he's a guy

1048
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 1: who have confidence in another guy have confidence in now. Now.

1049
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 1: If there was a meme of me right now, it

1050
00:50:36,719 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: would be the Homer Simpson drooling as he puts a

1051
00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:45,120
Speaker 1: doughnut into his mouth. Royce Freeman, Oh my Goodhiman. Hey,

1052
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 1: it was great in the preseason, Okay, average five point

1053
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: six yards per carry, And I get it. It's Seattle.

1054
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 1: Seattle's defense on the road not the same as Seattle's

1055
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 1: defense at home, and Seattle's defense anywhere is not the

1056
00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: same as it was in the past. And we've talked

1057
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: about that. And Royce Freeman is going to see a

1058
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: full workload. You could potentially argue that he's going to

1059
00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:09,239
Speaker 1: be the best player in this offense. When we're done

1060
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,839
Speaker 1: with the two thousand and eighteen Fantasy football season head

1061
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:14,320
Speaker 1: off the Marus Thomas, ahead of Emmanuel Sanders, and clearly

1062
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,319
Speaker 1: ahead of Case Kingdom. Freeman is a guy despite the

1063
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:22,279
Speaker 1: fact that he's playing the Seahawks Quo Seahawks. Um, I

1064
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:25,239
Speaker 1: am starting him, and I'm starting with confidence. All right, Um,

1065
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:27,399
Speaker 1: I know you're against that, but we'll see you. Look,

1066
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,640
Speaker 1: I look, I I've been. I think I've just been.

1067
00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: I've been. I really have, like I've just been. Like,

1068
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, there plenty of other people who have been

1069
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: big on Royce Freeman, so I think I've just been

1070
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:38,839
Speaker 1: kind of worn down by it. I don't have him

1071
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:41,680
Speaker 1: on any teams because either I just you know, I

1072
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: didn't like him in the spot that he was available,

1073
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,920
Speaker 1: or somebody got to them before I could. So you know,

1074
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:47,400
Speaker 1: I can sit back and kind of watch this as

1075
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 1: a newtral disturber and see what happens. The Broncos last year, defensively,

1076
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,439
Speaker 1: they were not a great fantasy defense. Partially, I feel

1077
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: like because their offense turned the ball over a lot

1078
00:51:57,120 --> 00:51:58,640
Speaker 1: last year and they faced a lot of short fields.

1079
00:51:58,640 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: They didn't give up au tony rds. I think they

1080
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 1: loud just the third fewest yards defensively, in the league,

1081
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,000
Speaker 1: but they gave up a lot of points because again,

1082
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:09,799
Speaker 1: short fields. If case keenum protects the football, if they

1083
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: aren't sloppy with the ball like they were last year.

1084
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 1: Is this potentially a top ten fantasy defense again? Why not?

1085
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 1: I Mean, the Broncos have talent, There's no question about that.

1086
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,040
Speaker 1: So at this point I believe I actually had them

1087
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 1: ranks in my top ten uh for for season long

1088
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 1: leagues and at this point you see big bad Seahawks again.

1089
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 1: But I still wouldn't be adverse to starting the Broncos

1090
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,080
Speaker 1: at home uh in a game that maybe could be

1091
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: a low scoring affair. Um, there's not much to say

1092
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 1: about this one other than that I think we've kind

1093
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,879
Speaker 1: of covered that when Cowboys at Panther just I mean

1094
00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:45,319
Speaker 1: bring out the tissues Cowboys in Panthers. So, I mean,

1095
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: like Zeke, the whole offense is sort of Zeke, right,

1096
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: That's it. That's it, dude, I mean it's Zeke. And

1097
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 1: earlier today on NFL Fantasy Live, one of our are

1098
00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 1: awesome researchers, Matt or Michael. I'm not or which one

1099
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:05,759
Speaker 1: of them gave me a stat about Yes, uh, Matt,

1100
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: Fred that's a common a set of initials. I guess

1101
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 1: around here too, But I mean Zeke Elliott in his

1102
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,920
Speaker 1: career has scored fewer than ten PPR points in the

1103
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:19,800
Speaker 1: game once once. And he has scored twenty two touchdowns

1104
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 1: on the ground during his career. And remember he missed

1105
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 1: six games last year because of that damn suspension. Um.

1106
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 1: But no matter who's in front of him, he's gonna eat.

1107
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,759
Speaker 1: He's a volume play, he's a talent play, regardless of

1108
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: the matchup. I get it. I get that Travis Federick

1109
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,200
Speaker 1: not being there, it's gonna hurt. I get it. Believe me,

1110
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: I do. I'm a Cowboys fan. Uh you know, we've

1111
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:43,120
Speaker 1: got Joe Looney now there so. But but Zeke is

1112
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,400
Speaker 1: still a guy you're gonna play, and he might be

1113
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,800
Speaker 1: the only Cowboy that you play. People like Michael Gallup.

1114
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:51,800
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup, I think he's got upside Alan Hearns potentially.

1115
00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:54,440
Speaker 1: But in Week one, Marcus in a road game against

1116
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 1: the Panthers, are you really going to start a Cowboys

1117
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 1: wide receiver? Maybe you will, I wouldn't do it. Yeah,

1118
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 1: I mean I I've got Gallup, but I don't have

1119
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: him started anywhere, mostly because you know, I look, I

1120
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: drafted Michael Gallup as a late round option, as a guy,

1121
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: you know, sort of his depth a position and waiting

1122
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,800
Speaker 1: to see if he develops. I like him, I like

1123
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,080
Speaker 1: his potential me too, but I don't. I don't have

1124
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,360
Speaker 1: any situations where I felt the need to to actually

1125
00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: start him. Um. I feel like the Panthers are sort

1126
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: of the same thing though, right. Christian McCaffrey is a start.

1127
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 1: Cam Newton is a start beyond that. Like, I don't.

1128
00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:29,200
Speaker 1: Maybe I can talk myself into Greg Olsen at the

1129
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 1: tight end spot, you know. I I looked at Dj Moore.

1130
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:34,719
Speaker 1: I like he's sort of like Michael Gallup, a guy

1131
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:36,680
Speaker 1: that I like long term, that I like to develop,

1132
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:38,400
Speaker 1: but a guy that I don't have the confidence to

1133
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:41,359
Speaker 1: start in week one. Yeah. I mean the guys you're

1134
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:43,319
Speaker 1: starting this week for the Panthers are the guys you're

1135
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,280
Speaker 1: always starting, right CMC, Cam Newton, you're gonna start griggleson

1136
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:51,160
Speaker 1: as well? Uh no, uh funchious love here in this one? No?

1137
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 1: I mean I don't love him either, but he would

1138
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,800
Speaker 1: be the only guy who potentially could find himself in

1139
00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 1: starting lineups based on what he did in the second half.

1140
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:03,920
Speaker 1: Of last and even though his numbers were good comparatively,

1141
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:07,520
Speaker 1: he still was pretty inconsistent. So the Cowboys defense has

1142
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:10,280
Speaker 1: got a lot of upside, and it's young and potentially

1143
00:55:10,360 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 1: could be better than we're projecting. Uh. And I think

1144
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:14,479
Speaker 1: that's part of the reason why I would fade Funch

1145
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:17,799
Speaker 1: just this week. But um, uh, long term, and I've

1146
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:20,360
Speaker 1: said this before, I don't I don't really believe in

1147
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: him and I would not be surprised if d J.

1148
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:25,200
Speaker 1: Moore led all Carolina wide receivers and targets this season. Yeah,

1149
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: that that really wouldn't surprise me either. Uh. Washington and

1150
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,120
Speaker 1: Arizona Redskins at Cardinals, we talked a little bit about

1151
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,680
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson and neither one of us are are on

1152
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: that train right there. Um. I have been big on

1153
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. I've drafted him on a lot of places

1154
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:40,759
Speaker 1: because you can get him late and I like his

1155
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: potential upside the wide receivers. I mean, we we know

1156
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,560
Speaker 1: Jordan Read if he's healthy, is is potentially going to

1157
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:50,640
Speaker 1: eat in this offense. Jamison Crowder should get quite a

1158
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: few opportunities, especially as long as he stays healthy and

1159
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:56,080
Speaker 1: on the field. I have really taken a lot of

1160
00:55:56,280 --> 00:56:00,120
Speaker 1: dart throws in the fifteenth round at Josh Dockson And

1161
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:05,560
Speaker 1: am I crazy? I mean, is there there's something there right? Potentially? Maybe? Potentially? Yeah,

1162
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 1: I mean he was so good in college red zone guy,

1163
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,600
Speaker 1: and the Redskins don't have that true number one, so

1164
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:14,839
Speaker 1: he was absolutely worth a dart throw in the late rounds.

1165
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,080
Speaker 1: And that's probably where you're gonna get him. Uh, if

1166
00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:19,640
Speaker 1: you're still drafting here, And if you're still drafting, you

1167
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:22,520
Speaker 1: better hurry up because there's football coming here soon. But

1168
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,880
Speaker 1: he's not a startable asset for me right now, especially

1169
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 1: not against the Arizona Cardinals. And this is sort of

1170
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,960
Speaker 1: a this is a litmus test game for me too,

1171
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:34,760
Speaker 1: for not only the Cardinals, but the Redskins more because

1172
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:37,280
Speaker 1: we want to see what Alex Smith is in this offense.

1173
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 1: Jay Gurdon has produced some good fantasy quarterbacks during his career.

1174
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:42,359
Speaker 1: We already know that. Um, is he gonna be as

1175
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:43,880
Speaker 1: good as it was last year? I kind of think

1176
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:45,759
Speaker 1: that was the magical season. I don't think he can

1177
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:48,799
Speaker 1: duplicate those kind of numbers. Is it going to be? Uh?

1178
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:52,160
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson twenty carries and Chris Thompson gonna be slotting

1179
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: in there as the the past catching change of pace

1180
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: running back or is it going to be more of

1181
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:59,000
Speaker 1: an even split. I believe, and I've been told this

1182
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 1: by people in the know, that that passing game is

1183
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: going to run through Jordan Read. And as long as

1184
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:06,080
Speaker 1: Jordan Read is healthy, which typically is not that long,

1185
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:09,880
Speaker 1: But as long as he is healthy, he's a starter. Okay,

1186
00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 1: there's no question in my mind. As long as he's

1187
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: out there on the gridiron, he is no worse than

1188
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:18,640
Speaker 1: the top ten tight end every single week. And the

1189
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:22,480
Speaker 1: same thing goes with Tyler Reifford. He's healthy, Now play

1190
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:24,720
Speaker 1: him while you can. Yeah. I mean the thing about

1191
00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 1: Jordan Read is that the the risk for getting him

1192
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: in the draft was pretty low because yeah, exactly, it

1193
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 1: was like a tenth round pick because folks were scared

1194
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: of him getting hurt, so they kind of stayed away

1195
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:39,920
Speaker 1: from him. Um. So if he produces, then you've got

1196
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,000
Speaker 1: yourself quite as steel. So we'll see what happens there Arizona.

1197
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 1: I mean, David Johnson is is gonna get plenty of work. Uh,

1198
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: you know, we know Larry Fitzgerald is gonna get targets.

1199
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 1: The question is do you believe in Sam Bradford this

1200
00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: week going forward, I mean, I feel like it's just

1201
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: a matter of time before Josh Rosen takes this job. Yeah,

1202
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:59,080
Speaker 1: that's what I would think too. Whether it's uh poor

1203
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:01,600
Speaker 1: play or in Dree, I think Rosen will end up

1204
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: being the guy sooner rather than later. And Bradford, you know,

1205
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 1: he's had his moments where he's been a usable fantasy option.

1206
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:09,560
Speaker 1: He's really never been a guy you're starting weekend in

1207
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: week out, and I would think that's the case right now.

1208
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,680
Speaker 1: I love Larry fit showed no matter who the quarterback is,

1209
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 1: and he proved it again last year when Blaine Gabert

1210
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:18,520
Speaker 1: was slinging him the rock, he was still putting up

1211
00:58:18,520 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 1: big numbers. I think the player to watch her is

1212
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,720
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. Okay, Christian Kirk was like the second wide

1213
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,840
Speaker 1: receiver from a fantasy perspective in terms of the depth chart,

1214
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:29,560
Speaker 1: and if he can start getting some targets and get

1215
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: a rapport with whether it's Bradford or Rosen, then he

1216
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:35,720
Speaker 1: could be a sneaky play moving forward. So keep your

1217
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 1: eyes on the rookie there. Yeah, that's another rookie that

1218
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:39,360
Speaker 1: we haven't talked a lot about I think we talked

1219
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 1: I felt like we talked about him more right after

1220
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 1: the draft, and he's sort of faded out of the conversation. Yes,

1221
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 1: we talked about Gallop and more and those guys. We

1222
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:49,000
Speaker 1: just haven't talked much about Christian Kirk, but he is

1223
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:50,400
Speaker 1: a guy to kind of keep an eye on there

1224
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:54,200
Speaker 1: Bears at Packers. The biggest news for the Bears obviously

1225
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:55,960
Speaker 1: they got Khuil Mac. I would just say, it was

1226
00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: a Saturday morning and it's like seven o'clock and I

1227
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:01,240
Speaker 1: hear my phone sing and I'm like, what on earth

1228
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,160
Speaker 1: is going on? And it's all my friends from the

1229
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:05,840
Speaker 1: West Coast who are Raiders fans who were just up

1230
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:10,560
Speaker 1: early and fuming, like blowing up my phone about what

1231
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:12,840
Speaker 1: the Raiders are doing. And I'm like, wow, this is

1232
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: this is a hell of a way to wake up.

1233
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,680
Speaker 1: First of all, but now Khalil Mac joins this defense.

1234
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:20,680
Speaker 1: We've kind of been optimistic about what the offense can

1235
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,320
Speaker 1: be with Matt Nage, but now that there's a real

1236
00:59:23,440 --> 00:59:27,240
Speaker 1: legitimate pass rusher, there is this kind of a sleeper defense.

1237
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:28,880
Speaker 1: Maybe not this week there and Rodgers, but this is

1238
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,240
Speaker 1: kind of a sleeper defense. Dude, yeah. I mean, I

1239
00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: don't even know if they're a sleeper anymore. After you

1240
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 1: get a guy the caliber of Khalil Mac, they could

1241
00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 1: potentially be a top ten fantasy defense. But see that's

1242
00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:42,040
Speaker 1: the problem, right, so Mac gets traded. If you're drafting late,

1243
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,120
Speaker 1: you wanted to take the Bears defense, but you can't

1244
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,200
Speaker 1: even play him in Week one. I'm not playing the

1245
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:48,960
Speaker 1: Bears at lambeau Field against Aaron Rodgers, who who typically

1246
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:52,440
Speaker 1: destroys them. No chance. If that defense goes out and

1247
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:56,440
Speaker 1: holds Rodgers down to modest numbers and the Bears defense

1248
00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:58,840
Speaker 1: is available anywhere, you're going to see that unit picked

1249
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:02,640
Speaker 1: up across the board. Right now, I can't play him,

1250
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:05,160
Speaker 1: and I don't like holding two defenses, So the Bears

1251
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:07,560
Speaker 1: are probably gonna be available on the waiver wire. Keep

1252
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,800
Speaker 1: tabs on that unit if they are um. On the

1253
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:13,640
Speaker 1: other side, you know, Jamal Williams is the starting running back.

1254
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:15,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones is suspended for the first couple of games.

1255
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:21,640
Speaker 1: Would you would you consider flexing time Montgomery? No chance,

1256
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:24,200
Speaker 1: because I really think that Jamal Williams is going to

1257
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,320
Speaker 1: be the guy until Aaron Jones comes back, and then

1258
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:29,360
Speaker 1: Jones would be the threat. Montgomery will see his touches,

1259
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 1: no question about that, but it's not gonna be enough

1260
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:34,600
Speaker 1: to put a huge dent into Jamal Williams's totals. In fact,

1261
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:38,280
Speaker 1: Marcus Jamal Williams, he's a volume play this week, but

1262
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 1: the matchup is bad. I just have a match get

1263
01:00:41,400 --> 01:00:43,560
Speaker 1: behind Jamals. I mean his yards per carry. Yeah, I

1264
01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:46,880
Speaker 1: mean the Bears defense is good or potentially very good.

1265
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: So like I have to start Jamal Williams in a

1266
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:53,040
Speaker 1: couple of leagues. I don't particularly like it because again

1267
01:00:53,080 --> 01:00:55,400
Speaker 1: I think that Bears defense and I don't think this

1268
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 1: is this is an outrageous statement. This Bears defense could

1269
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:00,160
Speaker 1: be top five at the end of the season. So

1270
01:01:00,480 --> 01:01:03,160
Speaker 1: I'd be where Jamal Williams this week. The volume is there,

1271
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:05,439
Speaker 1: and if you're playing him, you're playing him strictly because

1272
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:07,200
Speaker 1: the volume will be there, at least we think it

1273
01:01:07,240 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 1: will be there. All Right, A couple more games, the

1274
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:10,720
Speaker 1: two Monday night games because it's week one, you know,

1275
01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 1: we have the back to back Monday Night games, the

1276
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:16,840
Speaker 1: doubleheader first one Jets and Lions that went in Detroit.

1277
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,560
Speaker 1: Isaiah Crowell or blal Pole like I want to call

1278
01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:24,080
Speaker 1: them like Crowell and Powell, Prowl and Powell something like that.

1279
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:27,800
Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at this both either none one.

1280
01:01:28,080 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 1: I mean, how do you how do you how do

1281
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:30,960
Speaker 1: you come down on the Jets back. I kind of

1282
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:34,120
Speaker 1: like Pale Pole this week, like, don't don't come at

1283
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:36,080
Speaker 1: me and say that you benched. You know, a stud

1284
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:38,720
Speaker 1: running back for bull BA. I don't want to hear it. Okay,

1285
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:40,720
Speaker 1: but if you're hurting for a running back or you

1286
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:42,800
Speaker 1: need a flex starter if you're in the PPR league.

1287
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:47,760
Speaker 1: He started ahead of Crowell the entire preseason, and I

1288
01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:49,800
Speaker 1: get it. Last year he was in his appointment. Trust me,

1289
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:51,720
Speaker 1: I know I had shares of him. We didn't really

1290
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:53,800
Speaker 1: talk about him that much until the end of preseason

1291
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,560
Speaker 1: because we're seeing that he was being utilized more than Crowell.

1292
01:01:56,840 --> 01:02:00,720
Speaker 1: So flex starter PPR league, I'm on board if you

1293
01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:03,920
Speaker 1: need that help, but I don't have a lot of

1294
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:06,439
Speaker 1: faith in many Jets. Roddy Anderson is a guy would

1295
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:09,360
Speaker 1: start this week, no question about that. But the big

1296
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:14,200
Speaker 1: play to me in terms of streaming is the Lions defense.

1297
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:16,280
Speaker 1: And I get it. Don't get mad. I know you

1298
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 1: love Sam Donald. You're a USA a guy first game,

1299
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: but a rookie quarterback in the spotlight of Monday night

1300
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 1: football on the road that spells turnovers and fantasy points

1301
01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:30,400
Speaker 1: for the Lions defense. I would tell you that, you know,

1302
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:33,440
Speaker 1: if you're playing any potential best ball league, maybe I

1303
01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:35,919
Speaker 1: throw it darted Sam Donald, just because you know who knows.

1304
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:37,400
Speaker 1: Like if this thing, you know, they forced him to

1305
01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:40,480
Speaker 1: throw the football, maybe he puts up some garbage time points. Um.

1306
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:46,880
Speaker 1: But week one on the road, Monday night, one years old. Yes, uh,

1307
01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: carrying the weight of an entire metropolis on his shoulders, dude,

1308
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,800
Speaker 1: I mean seriously, Like, I have a lot of friends

1309
01:02:53,840 --> 01:02:56,080
Speaker 1: who are Jets fans and they are over the moon.

1310
01:02:56,320 --> 01:03:00,320
Speaker 1: To quote Dave damnishek about Sam Donald over the moon,

1311
01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:03,440
Speaker 1: Like this guy is the second Coming. I mean he

1312
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:07,720
Speaker 1: he is. He better not be Mark Sanchez. I'll tell

1313
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 1: you that right now, because Jets fans are gonna be

1314
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:13,440
Speaker 1: burning their jerseys all over the world if that happens.

1315
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:16,680
Speaker 1: He he is. He is their guy. It was fun.

1316
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:19,120
Speaker 1: He is their guy. It was fun to watch in

1317
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:22,280
Speaker 1: the off season every time Donald did something and just

1318
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:25,360
Speaker 1: watch Jets fans on my Twitter timeline just go nuts.

1319
01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:28,280
Speaker 1: It was hilarious. I mean even even you know minisch Meza,

1320
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:30,400
Speaker 1: who's the beat rider out there calling this and covers

1321
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:33,360
Speaker 1: then like his gifts were. I mean, it just made miney.

1322
01:03:33,360 --> 01:03:35,800
Speaker 1: I hope he does well, man, I hope Donald does well.

1323
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,800
Speaker 1: He's a smart guy. Uh from the people I talked to,

1324
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:41,640
Speaker 1: he he doesn't make the same mistake twice, but he's

1325
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:44,560
Speaker 1: going to endure some growing pains just gonna happen. Yeah,

1326
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:47,200
Speaker 1: I mean I think I think that's sort of inevitable. Um,

1327
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:51,000
Speaker 1: are there any Lions running backs you have any confidence?

1328
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 1: I'm afraid of all of them. I don't know, Like

1329
01:03:53,720 --> 01:03:56,280
Speaker 1: carry on Johnson is the long term play. Clearly that's

1330
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:58,560
Speaker 1: not uh you know that that's not something that's uh

1331
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:03,280
Speaker 1: uh not who obvious. But Garrett Pluts gonna get goal

1332
01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:05,120
Speaker 1: line work, and Theo Riddick is gonna be catching ball

1333
01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:08,040
Speaker 1: in the backfield, and you know, we know maper Tricia

1334
01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:10,440
Speaker 1: has got got a history with with with the Garrett.

1335
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:13,320
Speaker 1: So this week I would sort of fade my Lions

1336
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: running backs and sit back and see what happens. And

1337
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:17,440
Speaker 1: if I had to start one of them, if I'm

1338
01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:21,400
Speaker 1: in a PPR league markets and actually might be theoretic interesting, Yeah,

1339
01:04:21,400 --> 01:04:23,880
Speaker 1: I mean, might be. I'm still amazed that I'm mere

1340
01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:25,800
Speaker 1: Bull is still on this roster. I don't get that either.

1341
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:28,160
Speaker 1: That that surprised me. I figured for sure they were

1342
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:29,800
Speaker 1: gonna try to trade him or at least let him

1343
01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:32,160
Speaker 1: go and see if you could catch on somewhere else.

1344
01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:33,960
Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, I didn't. I didn't see that coming.

1345
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:37,960
Speaker 1: Last game of the week, Rams at Raiders from Oakland. Look,

1346
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:40,040
Speaker 1: it's simple, Are there any Rams you're sitting? Are there

1347
01:04:40,040 --> 01:04:43,120
Speaker 1: any Raiders you're starting? That's all I want to know. Yeah, dude,

1348
01:04:43,160 --> 01:04:46,840
Speaker 1: I mean, in terms of Oakland's offense, you're probably gonna

1349
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:49,800
Speaker 1: play Marshawn if you need a flex starter. But don't

1350
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:51,760
Speaker 1: look at the status from last year. You know, in

1351
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:53,280
Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks of this season. That's what

1352
01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:55,560
Speaker 1: we have to do. That's all we really have is

1353
01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:57,320
Speaker 1: to look at the stats room last season. But that

1354
01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:59,520
Speaker 1: Rams defense in the interior, I mean, you add in

1355
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:01,880
Speaker 1: Dominica and Sue, you're adding a lot of beef in

1356
01:05:01,880 --> 01:05:03,600
Speaker 1: the middle of that defense. And they were bad against

1357
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:05,480
Speaker 1: the run last year, so I don't think they'll be

1358
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 1: that bad with with Sue uh stuffing up the middle.

1359
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:11,480
Speaker 1: So Marshawn to me is a fade, but he's he's

1360
01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: a flex starter if you need it. Amari Cooper, I

1361
01:05:14,080 --> 01:05:15,920
Speaker 1: want nothing to do with him this week. Not against

1362
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:19,240
Speaker 1: that defensive backfield Jared Cook, good luck with that one.

1363
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:22,760
Speaker 1: And on the Rams side, you could make an argument

1364
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:27,360
Speaker 1: for starting every one of their wide receivers in the

1365
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:30,880
Speaker 1: top three. Like how many times, uh this season will

1366
01:05:30,920 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 1: we be touting three wide receivers from the same team

1367
01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:37,560
Speaker 1: as potential starts. That's not gonna happen very often. The

1368
01:05:37,640 --> 01:05:43,600
Speaker 1: Raiders have sixteen games Like yeah, no, that there's between

1369
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:46,919
Speaker 1: you know, Cook's Woods Cup. All three of those guys

1370
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:49,520
Speaker 1: are are legitimate starts. Yeah, and Jared Goff is a sleeper.

1371
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,960
Speaker 1: He's a streamer if you need a quarterback. Maybe I

1372
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,400
Speaker 1: shouldn't say sleeper, but um, he's at least a streamable option.

1373
01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 1: And the Rams defense is a tremendous play, just a

1374
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:02,520
Speaker 1: tremendous to play. I just feel like after they traded

1375
01:06:02,680 --> 01:06:06,120
Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, like, I don't know, it seems like everything

1376
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,160
Speaker 1: is sort of in disarray in Oakland. You know, with

1377
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:10,600
Speaker 1: Jon Gruden, the locker room has got to be wondering,

1378
01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:12,520
Speaker 1: you know, what the heck is going on? I just

1379
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:15,320
Speaker 1: traded our best defensive player and one of the best

1380
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:19,919
Speaker 1: defensive players in the entire league. So I don't really

1381
01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:22,600
Speaker 1: expect much out of the Raiders at all this week.

1382
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:25,240
Speaker 1: And that's why we like the Rams and that's why

1383
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:28,240
Speaker 1: we we liked the Rams defense to to put up

1384
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:31,120
Speaker 1: a good stat line as well. So Greg Zerline, I mean,

1385
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:33,360
Speaker 1: get them all in your lineup, man, anyone wearing a

1386
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:36,520
Speaker 1: Rams jersey that's got fantasy value is going to be relevant.

1387
01:06:36,560 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 1: This week, they were a bad defense and then they

1388
01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:40,960
Speaker 1: traded their one pass rusher that I just don't get it.

1389
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:42,880
Speaker 1: Just I don't get it, man. I mean, Okay, you

1390
01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:44,720
Speaker 1: got two first round picks. You know how many first

1391
01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:48,320
Speaker 1: round picks bust? You know? I mean, and the Raiders

1392
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:51,440
Speaker 1: don't have the best track record of drafting guys. They

1393
01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:53,080
Speaker 1: spent the first round pick on Khalil Mack and that

1394
01:06:53,160 --> 01:06:55,680
Speaker 1: kind of worked out. That was it. Like, I don't know,

1395
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:58,200
Speaker 1: maybe you think, maybe you think you can hit on

1396
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:01,760
Speaker 1: that again, but chances are due. Probably I'd rather keep

1397
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:04,480
Speaker 1: the guy that I know he's gonna make an impact

1398
01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 1: rather than trade for two young guys eventually who may

1399
01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:11,080
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1420
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Speaker 1: games going on this weekend. Before we get out of here, though,

1421
01:08:17,360 --> 01:08:19,280
Speaker 1: we're gonna dip in our mail bag. So Eddie, I

1422
01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:22,160
Speaker 1: know you went to Twitter. You found some questions, hit

1423
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:24,240
Speaker 1: us with a few before we before we sign off

1424
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,360
Speaker 1: on this one. Sounds good to me. Um, you guys

1425
01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,439
Speaker 1: did hit a lot on the Levy on Bell James

1426
01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:31,439
Speaker 1: Conner situation in Pittsburgh, and that was the bulk of

1427
01:08:31,600 --> 01:08:34,880
Speaker 1: the tweets we received, of course. Um, but the one

1428
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:36,800
Speaker 1: I will bring up, not to keep rehashing that it

1429
01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:41,720
Speaker 1: was an interesting question. Was it's from at mix Salmon beer. Uh,

1430
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:44,120
Speaker 1: if you're a Bell owner, do you trade and try

1431
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:46,599
Speaker 1: to get maximum value right now or hauld on throughout

1432
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:49,920
Speaker 1: this season? I still would hold on. And wait, I mean,

1433
01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:51,680
Speaker 1: you're talking about a guy who has the potential to

1434
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:55,400
Speaker 1: be the best running back in fantasy football, and you

1435
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:58,519
Speaker 1: know it's it's a delicate dance because if he comes

1436
01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:00,600
Speaker 1: out and says suddenly like I'm I gonna show up

1437
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,439
Speaker 1: till Week ten, being you're you're kind of screwed. But

1438
01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:06,400
Speaker 1: right now I still want to believe that he's gonna

1439
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:08,479
Speaker 1: be there. Soon, and I just you know, whatever you

1440
01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:10,960
Speaker 1: trade away or what have you trade four is not

1441
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:12,960
Speaker 1: going to be able to replace Levian Bell. Dude, I

1442
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:16,479
Speaker 1: mean not much money he's gonna drop if he continues

1443
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:19,120
Speaker 1: to hold out, And we've heard reports that he could

1444
01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:22,559
Speaker 1: potentially hold out through week ten and then he still

1445
01:09:22,880 --> 01:09:26,559
Speaker 1: retains his free agent status and then you hear other reports, Well,

1446
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:30,040
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to play based on the contract that

1447
01:09:30,120 --> 01:09:33,480
Speaker 1: he's currently under because he doesn't feel like that contract

1448
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,160
Speaker 1: mirrors a guy who's going to get four hundred touches.

1449
01:09:36,520 --> 01:09:38,439
Speaker 1: So he's going to force his way into not seeing

1450
01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:41,800
Speaker 1: four hundred touches by not showing up. I wouldn't trade him.

1451
01:09:41,880 --> 01:09:44,800
Speaker 1: And to be honest with you, what would you get

1452
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:47,799
Speaker 1: for him right now? Like? Are you gonna get maximum?

1453
01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:51,599
Speaker 1: Like if you're trading Levian Bell? Okay, this dude is awesome. Okay,

1454
01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:54,040
Speaker 1: he is one of the best running backs in fantasy football.

1455
01:09:54,520 --> 01:09:56,920
Speaker 1: You should be getting one of the best wide receivers

1456
01:09:57,040 --> 01:10:00,120
Speaker 1: or running backs in fantasy football in return, and right now, Oh,

1457
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: you're not gonna get it. You're gonna get a bunch

1458
01:10:02,120 --> 01:10:05,040
Speaker 1: of Todd Mossburg offers that could be listening to this

1459
01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:07,240
Speaker 1: podcast is gonna be really mad at me. I love you.

1460
01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:09,519
Speaker 1: Mossy is one of our producers an NFL Fantasy Live,

1461
01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:12,880
Speaker 1: but he does make some very sketchy trade offers. Although Marcus,

1462
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:15,880
Speaker 1: I've been told I do that too. Um, But I

1463
01:10:16,479 --> 01:10:18,479
Speaker 1: just I wouldn't trade him because I don't think you

1464
01:10:18,520 --> 01:10:21,960
Speaker 1: could get maximum value for him at this point. Him,

1465
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:23,559
Speaker 1: you're sort of stuck with him. They're gonna get low

1466
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 1: bald at this point if you're trying to trade Levian Bell.

1467
01:10:26,439 --> 01:10:29,760
Speaker 1: So I'd hold onto him for the time being. Alright, Well,

1468
01:10:29,800 --> 01:10:32,160
Speaker 1: if you're a person like me who streams defense, you

1469
01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:33,880
Speaker 1: have to pick up one right before the season starts.

1470
01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:36,880
Speaker 1: Me and you gotta drop somebody. So at h J

1471
01:10:37,080 --> 01:10:40,560
Speaker 1: O one four oh three s this? Um, who do

1472
01:10:40,640 --> 01:10:43,479
Speaker 1: I drop for a defense cheen, Isaiah Crowel, Corey Davis

1473
01:10:43,640 --> 01:10:47,439
Speaker 1: or Sammy Watkins. Sammy Watkins for me, I just I can't.

1474
01:10:47,479 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 1: I'm done. I'm out, you know, with people keep talking

1475
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:52,360
Speaker 1: about his potential and like waiting for like, look, man,

1476
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:54,680
Speaker 1: we're in year five and it hasn't happened yet and

1477
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:57,679
Speaker 1: he's on his fifth offensive coordinator in five seasons. I'm done.

1478
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:00,040
Speaker 1: I'm done with Sammy Watkins experience. Yeah, I mean, you

1479
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:03,040
Speaker 1: don't get bounced around like that if you're a valuable asset,

1480
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:05,360
Speaker 1: which is kind of why I'm a little down on

1481
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:08,000
Speaker 1: Brandon Cookes too, because he keeps getting bounced around. But

1482
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:10,640
Speaker 1: to me, it really depends on where you're deep and

1483
01:11:10,680 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 1: where you're not. I mean, if you've got four wide

1484
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:15,400
Speaker 1: receivers and Watkins is your fourth, and you've got five

1485
01:11:15,479 --> 01:11:17,559
Speaker 1: running backs and Morris is your fifth, then maybe you're

1486
01:11:17,640 --> 01:11:20,760
Speaker 1: drop dropping Morris. So, um, I would agree with with

1487
01:11:20,920 --> 01:11:24,240
Speaker 1: Marcus point in that I'm not a buyer into Sammy Watkins. Um.

1488
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:26,599
Speaker 1: One of my leagues, I actually just had this exact

1489
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:30,920
Speaker 1: scenario and I ended up dropping Alfred Morris because I

1490
01:11:31,040 --> 01:11:32,960
Speaker 1: had a little more depth the running back position than

1491
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:37,040
Speaker 1: I did a wide receiver. Uh one more. Alright, let's

1492
01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:39,680
Speaker 1: do a little trade scenario for you guys at big

1493
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:42,639
Speaker 1: money three to three. Ask this and in his half

1494
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:46,160
Speaker 1: PPR league would uh should he trade Kevin Coleman for

1495
01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 1: Rex Burkhead If I'm getting Rex Burkhead. Yeah, I think

1496
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:53,360
Speaker 1: I would rather have Rex Burkhead than than Tevin Coleman.

1497
01:11:53,400 --> 01:11:55,519
Speaker 1: I think I have more faith in the Patriots offense

1498
01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:57,559
Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna get a bigger workload than

1499
01:11:57,600 --> 01:12:00,120
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman will this year. I would agree, Um, I

1500
01:12:00,160 --> 01:12:02,799
Speaker 1: would agree. Now question, I get it. The Patriots backfield

1501
01:12:02,840 --> 01:12:05,560
Speaker 1: can be confusing at times, but Burkehead did show some

1502
01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:08,360
Speaker 1: flashes of being a really solid fantasy player when he

1503
01:12:08,479 --> 01:12:10,160
Speaker 1: was out there on the field for the p Man

1504
01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:12,880
Speaker 1: last season. So I would side with Burkehead. I sided

1505
01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:16,760
Speaker 1: with Marcus here. So that's it. That's Week one. We are,

1506
01:12:16,880 --> 01:12:18,479
Speaker 1: We're done with us. When we are, we will come

1507
01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:21,360
Speaker 1: back on Monday. We will recap what we saw. We will,

1508
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:23,640
Speaker 1: you know, do some overreaction theater because I'm sure we'll panic. Oh,

1509
01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:25,519
Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of it. There's gonna be

1510
01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:27,679
Speaker 1: a lot of it. You watched dude like Sam Bradford

1511
01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:32,960
Speaker 1: is gonna throw for four and three touchdowns, seez Alex Smith.

1512
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:36,920
Speaker 1: Don't get samfort in your line ups. That's that's part

1513
01:12:36,960 --> 01:12:39,720
Speaker 1: of the fun of fantasy football. Absolutely, So enjoy Week one.

1514
01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:42,160
Speaker 1: We'll be back with you on Monday. And uh, I

1515
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:44,120
Speaker 1: always remember, Look, it's week one. We gotta get all

1516
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:45,680
Speaker 1: the way through this. We've got a long way to

1517
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:48,400
Speaker 1: go in a short time to get there. Rest in peace, Burt,

1518
01:12:48,479 --> 01:13:07,919
Speaker 1: we'll see you on Monday. Wow yea A Coco who

1519
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:16,280
Speaker 1: Coco All