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It is the holiday season, kind of officially. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.880 I'm seeing holiday parties here at Rock and Riley's. It 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.800 is the month has turned to December. And here's the 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:44.360 other thing. A lot of people are no longer playing 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.240 fantasy anymore. It is time for only to put on 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:50.200 your big boy or big girl pants because it is 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.160 the playoffs, So we will be getting you ready. We'll 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.880 be talking about the trends from week thirteen, how to 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.840 spin it forward for the first week of the playoffs 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.240 in weeks fourteen. You know who won't be there in 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:05.080 week fourteen? Rob Gronkowski. You know who won't be there 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:08.760 in week fourteen, Bob McAdoo. You know who else won't 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.560 be there in week fourteen? Jerry Reis for the New 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:15.960 York Football Giants, and apparently Eli Manning maybe back in 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.560 the saddle, though I actually don't think that is a 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:21.959 good football decision for the New York Football Giants. You 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:25.280 know who else will be around likely for week fourteen. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.560 It is Josh Gordon. We'll talk about that. If I 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:30.839 believe I got that right or wrong, You just heard 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.600 the promo saying I thought he was gonna catch four balls. Well, 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.639 guess what, Bovona, he caught four balls against the Los 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:40.560 Angeles Chargers yesterday. We'll talk about that. Will also preview 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.680 a big Monday night football matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.640 and the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm gonna tell you right now, 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.080 I think Andy Dalton is gonna do what Andy Dalton 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:55.200 does in prime time. Will also let you know who 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.120 I feel the worst for out of any player in 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:01.120 the NFL as a result of what took place in 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.080 Week thirteen. It is a name that is familiar to 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.280 the show. I really do, in fact feel bad for him. 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:11.040 We will also tip our cap to two future Hall 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.240 of Famers who moved up the all time list. And 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.080 there's also a guy out there that I think surprisingly 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.880 is losing sense of his team and his locker room 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.640 and his still quasi competitive team that out there in 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.320 the a f C West. We also, as always have 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.480 poll questions for you in Week thirteen, where some people 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.320 needed to win to get into the playoffs and join 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:37.280 a guy like Spitting Speeds in his playoffs. Who is 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.800 your Week thirteen diamond in the rough? Blake Bortle service, 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.920 Josh McCown, Steven Anderson, someone else who's a fugazi for you? 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:49.080 Julio Jones only twenty five yards, Brandon Cooks twenty two, 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.440 Mike Gevins thirty three, let me know, spitting speeds. You know, 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.880 the Twitter hand will come all back. It's Fantasy Freestyle. 0:03:54.960 --> 0:04:02.000 Let's go pay. I'm Frank Standfeld and here is Greg 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.080 Sussman of the Fantasy Football Best Friends Forever. 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Welcome back to 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.960 the Fantasy Freestyle right here at the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.240 Dane Martin spees, that's been statistician holding you down as 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:50.920 we look back at what was hopefully a lucky Week 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.560 thirteen for you. A lot of people needed to get 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.680 w's in order to get into the playoffs. Hey, Bovona, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.280 I am very interested to see what happen and to 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:04.039 my hashtag stats over beat Cipher in the next couple 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.360 of weeks, because, to be quite honest, if you're not 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.400 still in the playoffs, you're not calling the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.080 So hopefully this will be the true testament. We'll see 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.880 who's still hitting me up on Twitter at spitting Speeds, 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.440 who is still calling into the show because they still 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.440 need to, you know, work the waiver wire and figure 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:23.200 out who they need to sit and start for them 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:27.520 to continue to actually win their leagues and win that cash. 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.400 A lot of news coming out of Week thirteen, and 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:33.960 let's start at the top. Today, the New York Football 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.760 Giants have fired head coach Ben McAdoo. They have fired 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.880 their general manager, Jerry Reese. I think this was the 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:44.240 right decision, and to be quite honest, the decision they 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:47.279 needed to make. Okay, we knew it went south for 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:51.440 this organization a long time ago. Jerry Reese can be 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.840 held up on the ideas of signing Brandon Marshall instead 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.720 of an offensive lineman, drafting Evan Ingram. I know the 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.799 kid has had a good year instead of an offensive lineman. 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:02.760 You knew, And I tell you why you knew. You 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.719 could have listened to Speeds because I told you a 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:08.080 long time ago that the window with Eli Manning was closing. 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.039 And what you need to do is protect him for 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.840 as long as you possibly can. They did not. They 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:17.080 went elsewhere. Ben McAdoo then tries to assert his authority 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:21.720 by doing things like suspending Genera's Jenkins, suspending d r C, 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:26.760 doing other weird things, including publishedly talking about and then 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:31.520 benching Eli Manning a hallmark and an icon for that franchise. 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:33.800 I gotta tell you, though I think it's the right move. 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:35.919 They're gonna have a second or third over you know, 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.760 number draft pick, and they need to figure out what 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.200 that pick. Do they need to draft a quarterback, Do 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:42.880 they need to draft an all or can they draft 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.839 an offensive lineman? Could they may be drafted guy like 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.839 Sae Kwon Barkley that would be could be there for 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.919 them in the top five. Here's the other thing. I 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.520 thought it was interesting. Eli said after the game yesterday 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:56.080 that he plans to play in two thousand and eight teens. 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.760 So you can now add Eli Manning to the list. 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.159 This is gonna be a crazy easy merry go round 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.000 this year. Okay. A lot of teams will be looking 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.720 for quarterbacks in New York, in Jacksonville, in Denver, in Arizona, 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.440 in Buffalo. There's a lot of options for them. Whether 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:14.040 it is Alex Smith, Tyrod Taylor, who will talk about 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.640 in a second. You can Kirk Cousins, all three Minnesota 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:21.640 Vikings quarterbacks. It is a great draft class supposedly with 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:25.080 Josh Rose and Sam Donald, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Baker 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.680 Mayfield and others that will probably pop. I find it 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:31.480 very very interesting. I actually think what the Giants did 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.360 was smart because now that they move on from Ben 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.160 McAdoo and they move on from Jerry Reese, they can 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:41.120 put the Eli Manning decision blood on their hands and 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:44.640 move forward as an organization. With in raim coach Bagnola. 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:46.680 You can say, oh, well, you know, I have directives, 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:48.720 we gotta see the kids, and blah blah blah, Davis 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.040 Webb will play, and so will some of the other 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.360 young kids. The other thing I gotta let you know 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:58.800 about Tyrod Taylor was carted off yesterday and he is 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:00.400 the guy I mentioned at the top of show. I 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.200 really feel the worst for I feel so bad for 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.200 Tyrod Taylor. He got a raw deal in Buffalo for 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.800 years now. They didn't want to extend this fifth year option. 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.120 They wanted to play Nathan Peterman. They didn't want to, 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.280 you know, they wanted to force Tyrod into a scheme 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.880 that he is not a natural fit for. They traded away, 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:20.320 you know, some of his weapons in the off season 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.000 and kwon bold and flirted with them that he had 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.600 nothing but shady McCoy. And now when he's about to 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:29.720 hit the open market, he's gonna be dealing with what 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:31.960 looked like a pretty bad knee injury. He is telling 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.600 people that he avoid catastrophic injury, but still he's now 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.640 a question mark in the open market. Let me tell 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:42.640 you something about tie Rod Taylor. I feel really bad 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.960 from him. He is still QB sixteen right now, even 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.280 though he hasn't played, you know, a game, and played 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:51.079 a game less than other people. You know, his four 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:55.520 interceptions are tied for the best in the NFL among 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:57.640 anybody that's played more than eight games. He's tied with 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:01.160 Alex Smith, the game manager. He's tied with Tom Brady, 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:05.280 the best quarterback of all time, and yet still Tyrod 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.679 does not get the love that he appreciates. Tyrod, also 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.880 with the rushing potential, is is someone that I think, 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:16.360 in fantasy and in real football should be considered a 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.800 lot better than the way he is. Let me tell 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.880 you something, I'm a Jets fan. I would love it 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:25.640 if Tyrod Taylor wound up in the Green and white. 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.120 I think Tyrod Taylor is a playoff caliber quarterback, some 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.560 someone that you can win with. And I think he 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.400 got a raw deal and now his status will be 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:38.480 uncertain because of the injury he sustained for a team 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:42.199 that wanted no part of him. On the Buffalo side 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.959 of things, though, I think they are s o l 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.439 because they're gonna be in this quarterback merry go round. 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.560 But let me tell you something, they're gonna get the 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:55.520 dregs of this. If I was Eli Manning, Alex Smith, 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.719 Tyrod Taylor high draft pick, you know a guy like oh, 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:02.200 I don't no, Teddy Bridgewater who hits the open market, 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:06.119 Kirk Cousins, Jimmy Garoppolo, any of these guys that have options. 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.480 And if my options were Denver with a Super Bowl 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:12.640 caliber defense and weapons like DT and Manny Sanders on 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.600 the outside, or if my other option was Jacksonville with 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:20.559 a contending defense and maybe a returning Alan Robbinson and 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:25.080 a Leonard four Nette behind me, or I wanted to 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.600 maybe instead go to Oh, I don't know, Arizona, where 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:33.839 I'd have a returning David Johnson, where I'd have Larry Fitzgerald. Well, 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.240 I don't know, even the Jets with a top draft 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.360 pick and an improving defense. I would rather be in 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.800 all these places instead of Buffalo. So you know what 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.080 Buffalo is gonna wind up with. I'm gonna tell you 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.680 right now what Buffalo is gonna wind up with. Buffalo 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:52.480 is gonna wind up with Sam Bradford and Trevor Simeon 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.080 as their options. That's what they're gonna wind up with. 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:57.840 And I think it's good for them because of the 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:04.240 way they handled Tie Rodd Taylor. Also, Rob Gronkowski is 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:08.040 gonna get a one game suspension. He will appeal. But 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.240 this hit onto devious White well after the play in 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.720 fact sent White to the concussion protocol. He's gonna miss time. 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.320 I think Gronk should be suspended for as long as 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:20.760 Davis White is in the concussion protocol. I am glad 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.560 that they did in fact come down quickly, because a 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:25.959 lot of people would have been, like, you know, hashtag 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:29.640 all suspensions matter if he got a lighter thing than say, 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.840 Mike Evans earlier in the year, A J. Green, who 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:36.040 was ejected from that game. Other guys you know that 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:37.800 you keep to leave the Michael crabtree. If all of 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.560 a sudden, you know, lovable Gronk got some other kind 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.760 of sentence, I would have been very upset about that, 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:46.840 and you would have been hearing me talk about that 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:50.560 in light of hashtag all suspensions matter. He did, however, 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.760 get one game for what was absolutely ridiculous. All right, 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:55.559 let's continue to do a little bit of an autopsy 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:59.040 here on Week thirteen. Matthew Stafford with that hand bruise, 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:00.520 he's gonna be day to day. But this guy has 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.320 played with a broken hand, so I think he's gonna 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:05.640 be okay. He's gotta taste the matchup next week versus 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.720 Tampa and he's gotta right the ship for his lines 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.000 if they want to stay in contention. Zach Ertz left 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.400 Sunday Night Football with a concussion, they said, so waiting 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.920 for some official word if he's in the protocol and 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:19.000 what he will be then in a race against time 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:22.240 to be ready for Week fourteen. The Denver Broncos, who 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.000 I just talked about with Trevor Simeon, They're gonna be 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:25.840 in the market. They're gonna get an upgrade. Maybe they 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.440 wind up with Eli Manning, but for the time being, 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:32.080 Trevor Simeon will still be their quarterback in week fourteen. 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.800 The Raiders are hopeful that a Maori Cooper can return 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:38.040 in Week fourteen, thus bringing back their full compliment of 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.840 wide receivers. They're actually saying that concussion is not the 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.640 main issue. It is that ankle that he was dealing 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:47.240 with that is the issue. Um Also, Greg Olsen was 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.480 held out of this game against the Saints yesterday because 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:53.319 of fears about the astro turf. They said that playing 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.240 on turf was a concern from him, and they cite 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:57.400 some of the turf at MetLife Field up in New 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.599 York and week what was that week twelve against the 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.320 Jets as part of the reason why he reaggravated that 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:07.000 foot injury. The Baltimore Ravens are worried now about migrains 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:10.840 for their new stud running back Alex Collins, the River Dancer. Remember, 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:14.400 migraines were serious enough to keep Sterling Shepherd out of 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:16.640 a game or two this year, serious enough to end 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.720 Percy Harvin's career. So keep an eye on that the 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:23.320 River Dancer Alex Collins in Baltimore having migrains that could 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.440 be more for you know, Buck Allen, Danny Woodhead and 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:30.600 the rest. The Texans here have gotten um Brian Cushing 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:34.640 back from his pe D related suspension. He is back 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:38.000 for the Houston Texans, and al Shan Jeffrey signed a 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.679 four year, fifty two million dollar extension with the Philadelphia 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.280 Eagles over the weekend. Hey, next time you're going out 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:48.360 with al Shan, drinks are on him. All right, let's 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:50.720 talk a little bit more about the headlines here of 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.199 week thirteen. I talked about the Giants, and Ben McAdoo 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.800 talked about Rob Gronkowski and how I'm excited and glad 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.840 to be honest that it is fair that he got 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:02.160 his suspension. He didn't that suspended ejected from that game? 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.000 Why did he not get ejected from that game? I 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:08.600 will never understand. And then, like I said, I definitely 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:13.000 feel for Tyrod Taylor. It is a shame that he 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.360 will have his contract status up in the air when 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.160 he is coming back from injury and this is brand new. 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.720 Like for example, Alan Robinson, remember a R fifteen for Jacksonville. 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.920 He's in the same situation. He's a free agent at 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:25.960 the end of the year. He tore his A c L. 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:27.920 But I was at the beginning of the year. When 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.400 he hits, you know, when he's looking to visit teams 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.360 and sign a contract in March, he's gonna be able 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.560 to prove what he can do. We only can hope 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:41.080 that Tyrod Taylor is in the same situation. Check it 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:42.840 out when we come back. Here's what we're gonna do. 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.840 I'm gonna talk to you about other things that I 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.000 saw in Week thirteen. I hold myself accountable here on 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.000 the Fantasy Freestyle. What we're gonna do is I'm gonna 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:52.480 tell you what I got right, and boy were there 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.440 are a lot of things I got right. By fading 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.360 any running back named Murray. And also we'll tell you 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.160 what I got wrong. There's a couple of people who 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.320 put it in my I Some might say, Josh Gordon, 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.600 did I beg to disagree? I'll tell you who did 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.440 put it in my eye in the Cleveland Browns when 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.040 we come back. And then also we're gonna have to 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.680 tip our cap here at the fantasy freestyle of some 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.680 guys that are moving up the all time lists. Will 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.080 do that when we come back. It is the fantasy 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.920 Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network with 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:26.640 your boys feeds, the spitting Statistician, Come on back Hunter, 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:33.240 Henry Sterling, Shepherd, Michael Thomas. These three NFL softwares are 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.600 not due to slump. They're due to break out. Just 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:41.120 like the Fantasy Sports Radio Network in year two, things 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:44.640 are only getting better. Make sure lists live and dell 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.120 o the app f A T S y R Radio. 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:51.440 It's free and it's twenty four seven. The best Fantasy 0:15:51.600 --> 0:16:08.360 sports on ten's on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Stand up, y'all, 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.600 it's a fantasy freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:14.240 Radio Network. Game Martinez Speeds, the spending statistician holding you 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.320 down on a Monday, as we look back at Week thirteen. 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.880 I'll also give you my preview for the conclusion of 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.760 Week thirteen as the Pittsburgh Steelers go to Cincinnati to 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:24.520 take up on Bengals. I think that is a very 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.280 interesting game. I'll give you my preview for that a 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:30.000 little bit later on. But as you know here on Mondays, 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.920 I always hold myself accountable here on the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:34.920 There are some things that Speeds got right. There are 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.640 some things that Speeds got wrong. It's time to go 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.800 through them. Okay. The first thing is I've been talking 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:43.760 about this for a while in Minnesota. I said that 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:48.240 I actually like Jack McKinnon over Latavious Murray this week, 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.920 and I said the reason would be because it would 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.600 be a closer game, and in closer games they would 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.200 go with McKinnon, and that Latin Murray is just the 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.440 guy who grinds out the clock when the Vikings are up, 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.280 and they have been up big in recent games. That 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:06.480 is exactly what happened. Okay, it was Jerrick McKinnon that 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.320 got into the end zone via the passing game, and 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:14.119 it was Jerick McKinnon who did in fact outscore Litavious Murray. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.240 So if you listen to Speed, you went with McKinnon 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.160 over Murray, despite the fact that Murray had been a 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:21.399 beast in the last couple of weeks. I will say this, 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:25.080 on that last drive after the game and the outcome 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.840 was said and done, lat Murray got three touches. They're 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.320 even starting to pad the stats or as it would 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.439 have even looked better for Jerick McKinnon. I told you 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:35.760 about that. But as it relates to these Vikings, man, 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:39.679 they were impressive. I said going into this game, if 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.560 they went on the road and shut down an improving 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.520 Atlanta team, I would take them seriously. Well, here I 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.000 am to officially take them seriously. They are now the 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.880 number one seed in the NFC. They held, like I said, 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:58.200 in improving Falcons team to no touchdowns. Um, it could 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.440 very well be a home game for the Minnesota Vikings 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.280 that game up there in Minnesota in early February, with 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:05.520 Justin timber Lake doing it. I told you I was 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:07.679 fading all of the backs named Murray. If you go 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.920 down to Tennessee an exotic smash mouth. I was also 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.640 telling you about that. I heard that, you know, oh, 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.480 Malarkey says that we have two starters. Will check out 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:20.400 what happened. They both got eleven carries, but the guy 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:23.320 I liked better, Derrick Henry, had a hundred nine yards 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:27.119 and a touchdown. DeMarco Murray only at sixties six yards. 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.480 I told you about this and how the variance was there. 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.960 We've been talking about this a lot. How Murray has 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.000 been kind of saving himself in this competition with Derrick 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.679 Henry because he has gotten into the end zone on 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:41.280 multiple occasions, saving his day scoring via touchdowns. But Derrick 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:43.760 Henry is the better back. Yes, I know he had 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:46.160 a big touchdown to ice the game, one of those 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:48.560 long runs at the end, but let me tell you something. 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.160 They are going to Derrick Henry and if you had 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.919 that one, you had it like Speeds the spitting statistician 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.959 in this game. I also told you guys that I 0:18:57.040 --> 0:19:00.399 was officially off the Corey Davis band bag, and I 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.240 told you I cannot go back to Corey Davis. I 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.119 saw him in a better matchup last week without Richard Matthews, 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:08.439 and he didn't do it against the Indianapolis Colts. I 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.399 didn't think he would do it this week, and I 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:12.600 told you you would not get the benefits of Corey 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.639 Davis until two thousand and eighteen. And what did he 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.240 do in another matchup where he could have gone off 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:20.439 because there was no Richard Matthews and it was a 0:19:20.480 --> 0:19:24.320 close game. He only has two catches for twelve yards. 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.240 I'm telling you Corey Davis is not going to see 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:30.280 his blow up until two thousand and eighteen. I also 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.520 told you in DFS that I love DeAndre Hopkins. What 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:37.000 I told you is I didn't care who was throwing 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.760 him the quarterback because even if he catches only just fifty, 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.000 it was still a good floor for de hop against 0:19:43.000 --> 0:19:45.719 Tennessee in this matchup, and that is exactly what happened. 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:49.399 He caught eight out of fourteen targets. He got fourteen 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:53.280 targets from Tom Savage. Okay, he got eight for eighty yards. 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:57.639 He's still just slightly overt catch, right, but he still 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.679 leads the NFL and targets. He is still tied for 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:03.399 third in receptions, he is still second in yards, and 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:07.040 he has nine touchdowns on the season, making him wide 0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:12.200 receiver to Tom Savage. Has turned into a volume thrower. Okay, 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:16.240 He's one of those volume throwers, which makes DeAndre Hopkins 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:18.520 one of the top wide receivers. Remember how I talk 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:22.040 about the fantasy heard, DeAndre Hopkins is the embodiment of 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:24.680 the opposite. And think about this. I mean, we know 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:27.480 Antonio Brown, that's a special case, right. De Hopp is 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:29.960 number two wide out two right now in PPR leagues, 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:32.720 you know all wide out three is it's Keenan Allen. 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:35.480 Same kind of thing. Now a true number one. As 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:37.600 I told you how the charges are moving away from 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:40.359 the fantasy heard, you know who number four is. Oh, 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.640 it's Larry Fitzgerald. Same kind of thing. No herd at 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:47.000 play there. Okay, remember the inverses a guy like Mike 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:50.359 Evans who's losing potential because of the other options, and 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:53.600 in versus a guy like Michael Thomas losing his production 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:56.160 because of the other offense. My theory on the fantasy 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:59.879 heard maintains. And also listen, I told you guys, you 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:03.719 now start both Alvin Kamara and mark Ingram. They are 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:07.600 now in PPR settings RBS two and four in the 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.160 entire league. I must have been though. For all those 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.119 things that I get right, some people put it in 0:21:12.200 --> 0:21:13.639 my eye. The first person that put it in my 0:21:13.720 --> 0:21:16.800 eye was Marky's Goodwin and Jimmy Garoppolo. I thought it 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:19.400 would take time for them to build the chemistry, build 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:21.639