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Speaker 1: I'm your host, Bobby Silvester. I've been really looking forward

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Speaker 1: to today's rankings episode because for the first time this year,

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Speaker 1: Sean Corner of stats dot Com is going to be

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Speaker 1: our guest. For those of you who don't know, we

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Speaker 1: run an expert accuracy competition where we compare the rankings

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Speaker 1: of over one hundred and forty experts to determine who's

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Speaker 1: actually the most accurate. Not only is Sean just completely

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Speaker 1: dominating this season with top ten finishes near every week

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Speaker 1: and a huge lead over the other one hundred and

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Speaker 1: forty experts for the season, but Sean finished number one

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Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen and number two two years ago. It's

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Speaker 1: safe to say we have the most accurate football expert

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Speaker 1: on the planet here with us today. Sean, thanks for

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Speaker 1: coming on the show. Yeah, thanks for having me. What

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Speaker 1: a great intro. I'm honored to be on. Finally, so

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Speaker 1: I set my Week twelve rankings for the first time

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Speaker 1: have some agreements, but there's also some players that you're

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Speaker 1: of have me puzzled. I've got to say, though, I'm

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Speaker 1: fully prepared to be changing my mind as you shed

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Speaker 1: some light on what you were thinking for this week,

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Speaker 1: So you're ready to begin, Yeah, of course, so, Sean.

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Speaker 1: Usually at this point we just jump right into the rankings.

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Speaker 1: But because this is kind of a special show with

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Speaker 1: Obviously you're going to be changing it through the week.

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Speaker 1: We're going to be getting more clarity on all these

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Speaker 1: Where can they find your rankings? So we actually offer

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Speaker 1: high end professional services. So what what I like to

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Speaker 1: do is also I've been posting every Wednesday or so

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Speaker 1: at the Oddsmaker on Twitter. But yeah, I've been trying

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Speaker 1: there's been a lot of people asking how to find them.

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Speaker 1: But right now we mostly offer professional services, so it's

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Speaker 1: more of a high end service So when you start

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not being too scared away from that.

428
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Speaker 1: But you know, I don't love him, but he's He's

429
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Speaker 1: definitely in the RB two discussion, at least for me. Now,

430
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Speaker 1: I've been waiting for Jerk McKinnon to have this breakout

431
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,240
Speaker 1: game all season. He's got the ability obviously, but this

432
00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,679
Speaker 1: offensive line is terrible, So why are you a believer

433
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Speaker 1: in McKinnon maybe starting him in twelve fourteen team leagues

434
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,520
Speaker 1: with flexes this week? Yeah, I think last week you

435
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,360
Speaker 1: saw with the sixteen carries, they they're trying to make

436
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,240
Speaker 1: him more of the workhorse, and you know they dropped

437
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,320
Speaker 1: Ronnie Hillman, so that's over with. You don't need to

438
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Speaker 1: worry about him anymore. With him, you still have to

439
00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 1: worry about Matt Assiota vulturing any remote goal line carry.

440
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Speaker 1: So that's that's why I'm not a little bit higher

441
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Speaker 1: on him. But I think we see him, you know,

442
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:09,280
Speaker 1: get fifty rushing yards and ten receiving yards this week,

443
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Speaker 1: which which has him at a pretty high end RB

444
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,080
Speaker 1: three flex for me. But I just love the boost

445
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,080
Speaker 1: in you know, his rush attempts. Again, it was against

446
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:23,280
Speaker 1: a very tough defense in the Cardinals. You know, they're

447
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 1: great all the way around. So you know this week

448
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,240
Speaker 1: at Detroit, I just like his volume and to carry

449
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,360
Speaker 1: over from that. And Asiota is not the guy. They

450
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,919
Speaker 1: can't be giving him ten plus carries the game, so

451
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Speaker 1: that they're going to have to start relying on mccannon

452
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Speaker 1: a little bit more. So. Yeah, I like him a

453
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Speaker 1: little bit this week. I don't like his touchdown prospects

454
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Speaker 1: because of Askeiota, but with him and being God, I'm

455
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,840
Speaker 1: hoping they incorporate him a little bit more in the

456
00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:53,160
Speaker 1: passing game. So I think he's looking up right now.

457
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Speaker 1: I sure hope you're right. I've been stashing him on

458
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Speaker 1: my bench just because I know he has so much upside,

459
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: and I refuse to start him in he proves that

460
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,879
Speaker 1: he can actually, like get in the end zone and

461
00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 1: get over sixty yards. But I'm in love with the upside.

462
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what he can do next year,

463
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 1: when I think Ape is going to be gone, and

464
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,880
Speaker 1: when they address their offensive line issues and they get

465
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Speaker 1: healthy there, I think he can be a real stud.

466
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Speaker 1: So I'm hoping you're right. I hope it starts this

467
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 1: week and I'll be watching that one. I'm real curious

468
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Speaker 1: about it. So now I want to talk about like

469
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Speaker 1: Garrett Blunt. Now, I see you've got him all the

470
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Speaker 1: way down at twenty five, so kind of a fringe

471
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Speaker 1: start in standard ten team leagues. Why are you lowan Blint?

472
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,720
Speaker 1: Is it with Dean Lewis coming back or what is it? Yeah?

473
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,480
Speaker 1: I mean the Jets is another defense for that's a puss,

474
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 1: that's a pass funnel situation. They're pretty decent stopping the runs,

475
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Speaker 1: so I think, you know, they just let Brady go

476
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Speaker 1: to town. I still like Blunt's chances of any goal

477
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 1: line work, so he's always in play, you know, picking

478
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Speaker 1: up a touchdown or two. But yeah, I mean, he's

479
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: never involved in the past the game, so that kind

480
00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,880
Speaker 1: of hurts him. If if the game flow is set

481
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Speaker 1: up to be more of a past friendly, you know,

482
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Speaker 1: matchup like it is versa Jets, I'm a little more

483
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: bullish on the the pass catchers in this game as

484
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Speaker 1: opposed to Blunt. Last week was definitely a Blunt game.

485
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,640
Speaker 1: I stayed away a little bit with the Brady narrative.

486
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,200
Speaker 1: I was actually at that game, so I was happy

487
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 1: to see Blunt get held out of the end zone

488
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,720
Speaker 1: the game. But I think again, this, this, this matchup

489
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Speaker 1: this week sets up better for Brady and the pass catchers.

490
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Speaker 1: I've got to ask you, Sean, do you do you

491
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Speaker 1: put any stock into the weather. I mean, I saw

492
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Speaker 1: the wind was blowing twenty five thirty miles per hour

493
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Speaker 1: last week, and I changed my rankings accordingly. And Kurt

494
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: Cousins still threw for all those touchdowns. It didn't matter

495
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Speaker 1: with all the wind. But I would think it's near

496
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,639
Speaker 1: impossible to complete a longer pass in the wind, right, Yeah.

497
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 1: I mean we have to remember these guys are professionals.

498
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 1: So even with the high altitude, I think I overestimated

499
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Speaker 1: someone like Lamar Miller being able to handle twenty plus carries.

500
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Speaker 1: So I had him at about minus ninety ECR. So

501
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,480
Speaker 1: I messed up there. So you know, he's a little

502
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Speaker 1: more in shape than me. So I definitely overrated the

503
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Speaker 1: seven thousand, five hundred feet above sea level, but I

504
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: think people do that. You know, there are certain situations.

505
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Speaker 1: I think this week there definitely was enough inclement weather

506
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Speaker 1: to really affect certain teams, like we saw that a

507
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 1: bit with the Steelers, of course, But you know, I

508
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Speaker 1: just think there isn't so much evidence behind the weather

509
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Speaker 1: affecting it. It's more about the game plan. If the

510
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Speaker 1: coaching staff, you know, they're going to run the ball

511
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Speaker 1: a bit more in the rain, it has a little

512
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Speaker 1: bit more with a game planning itself, as opposed to,

513
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Speaker 1: you know, the win really messing up a deep ball

514
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,280
Speaker 1: like like you said, Cousins did fine. Because there's certain

515
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Speaker 1: times during the game where the wind might let up

516
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Speaker 1: a little bit, or it's coming from a direction that

517
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: favors the quarterbacks. So I think you have to take

518
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Speaker 1: out the grand assault when you're you know, adjusting projections

519
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: too much based on the weather. You know, Sean, even

520
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: with the mistake with Lamar Miller, you'll be happy to hear.

521
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: I just got the accuracy results from this week. I'm

522
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Speaker 1: gonna be writing the article pretty much right after this show.

523
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Speaker 1: And you finished number six for running backs this week,

524
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Speaker 1: even with the Lamar Miller issue. Now you were a

525
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Speaker 1: number thirty one overall, which out of one forty is great,

526
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Speaker 1: but it's probably your worst week at the season. And

527
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,400
Speaker 1: Jake Sealey was up at number four, so he's making

528
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Speaker 1: up a little bit of ground on you. He's still

529
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Speaker 1: a long way to go. But even with the Lamar

530
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Speaker 1: Miller number six and now for the season, you're in

531
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Speaker 1: the top ten for running backs, top ten for wide receivers,

532
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 1: top ten for tight ends, number fourteen for quarterbacks. So

533
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Speaker 1: you're doing it at every position. Congratulations, man, That is awesome. Yeah,

534
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: and I'm usually very pessimistic, as like, at my prospects

535
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Speaker 1: going into the accuracy results. I'm just noticing guys I

536
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: missed on, but I guess I did have Robert Kelly

537
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,840
Speaker 1: pretty high, so you know, I ten to I tend

538
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: to overlook my my gains. I'm usually just focusing on

539
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: the guys I missed on. But I know Lamar Miller

540
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:11,199
Speaker 1: I definitely overrated the elevation factors that that really stinks.

541
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Speaker 1: Now Latavius Murray for this week, ECR has him number

542
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: twenty two, so you know, just inside startable, he's a

543
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,640
Speaker 1: solid flex play. You seem to disagree at this point

544
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 1: in the week. You haven't at number twenty six. What's

545
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: your opinion on Murray this week? Yeah, like I like

546
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: I said, I think this is more a passing situation

547
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,159
Speaker 1: for the Raiders that you know, the Panthers are pretty

548
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: good stopping the run. I don't know if Keith Lee

549
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: being out if I'm going to be changing that at all,

550
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 1: But you know, we saw Monday night. This is a

551
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: true running It's a it's a fourheaded running back monster

552
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,160
Speaker 1: that the Raiders have. It's it's one of the most

553
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:51,920
Speaker 1: frustrating teams to project week to week. I can never

554
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: really bank on his volume. So you know, since I'm

555
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,400
Speaker 1: relying on my models. He can never get too high

556
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 1: up there. Like we mentioned earlier on the podcast, he

557
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 1: depends a little bit more on touchdowns than your average

558
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: running back, and he's not necessarily the guy that will

559
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,960
Speaker 1: be guaranteed going carries every week. They you know, they

560
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,959
Speaker 1: tend to mix it up all the time. The Raiders

561
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 1: are pretty frustrating on who they passed touchdowns around. They're

562
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: just a headache. So I'm usually pretty low on Murray

563
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: and if he has those huge weeks, so be it. Yeah,

564
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 1: there's one more player that I just can't make up

565
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 1: my mind on. So I'm hoping you can talk me

566
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Speaker 1: into it one way or the other. Tevin Coleman's back

567
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 1: now he's been now he started practicing. He says he

568
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: feels one hundred percent. But he gets Arizona this week.

569
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Speaker 1: He was getting less carries the final two weeks before

570
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: he was injured, so I'm wondering, what do you make

571
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: of him this week. It's just a tough spot to

572
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: be coming back. You know, Arizona is really good stopping

573
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Speaker 1: the run and the pass, so it's not the greatest

574
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Speaker 1: matchup for him. I'll be looking for reports on you know,

575
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Speaker 1: how much they're going to ease him in. I don't

576
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Speaker 1: think he's going to return to his role of, you know,

577
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: having six to eight carries and three to four receptions

578
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 1: right now. I kind of have him more in the

579
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 1: five to six carries with two catches. So you know,

580
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: I may need to hear a little better news coming

581
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: up to make sure that you know they're not going

582
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: to just slide to Vantae for him and have another

583
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: week of being a true workhorse. So yeah, I'm a

584
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: little down on Coleman right now. All right, moving over

585
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: to the wide receiver position, I want to start with

586
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Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd. He's a player that everyone's talking about this week,

587
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 1: obviously with aj Green out and Andy Dalton's throwing the

588
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: ball to Tyler Boyd so much. He goes up against Baltimore.

589
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: Baltimore has been a very good defense again this season.

590
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: What's gonna happen is Jimmy Smith gonna come back and

591
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: shut down Tyler Boyd. He plays a really physical game,

592
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: which would be tough to be a rookie, a slender

593
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: rookie like Tyler Boyd? Or is Boyd gonna really excel here?

594
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 1: ECR has him at thirty nine how high do you

595
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: have him? Actually, I have him down at fifty two

596
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: right now. I do not like the Bengals this week.

597
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: I think people will kind of flock to the people

598
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: that should benefit from this, but this is not the

599
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: best matchup for the Bengals. You know, with aj Green

600
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: and Bernard out, a lot of people are gonna be

601
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: all over Jeremy Hill and Effort. But you know, the

602
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: Ravens shut down the run end tight ends, so I

603
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 1: think they're kind of a you know, a perimeter wide

604
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,959
Speaker 1: receiver pass funnel type defense. And you know, boy, he

605
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 1: does run a lot of his routs on the inside.

606
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if Smith is going to be shadowing him.

607
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to find out. He could be on

608
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: LaFell I really this is one of the toughest weeks

609
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: to be protecting the Bengals. I was looking at James Wright.

610
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 1: He is a guy that I wouldn't start in season long,

611
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,840
Speaker 1: but something like you know, a DFS dart throw, he

612
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: could be an interesting guy. I think he's gonna play

613
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: pretty much every snap lining outside. You know, they could

614
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 1: you know, key in on Effort trying to you know,

615
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: contain the middle of the field. Wettal and leaving James

616
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: Wright or brown Leafell with some huge ADR touchdown. So

617
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be kind of keying in on the perimeter

618
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: wide receivers that people might be overlooking. I just think

619
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: the Ravens defense is pretty much set up to stop

620
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,640
Speaker 1: what the Bengals traditionally like to do. So they're a

621
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 1: situation I'm just trying to avoid all together. I think

622
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: if you have effort, you play them. But the you

623
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: know the Ravens, they're they're one of the best tight

624
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: end defenses out there. So I think they're gonna read

625
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 1: Cincinnati pretty easy this week. And you know, I'm just

626
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: downgrading Dalton and all of the pass catchers all the

627
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,240
Speaker 1: way around. Now this Green Bay game, You've got three

628
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 1: of their wide receivers quite a bit lower than ECR.

629
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Speaker 1: If you got Jordy Nelson four spots lower, Davante Adams

630
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: sixteen spots lower. ECR has them at twenty seven. You

631
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: have him at forty three, so well out of the

632
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: starting starting range. And then finally Randall Cobb, you bumped

633
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: him down nine spots to number forty. Why are you

634
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: lauwan the Packers pass attack this week? Yeah, They're interesting.

635
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: It feels like I'm like extreme one way or the

636
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 1: other with them. Just a couple of weeks ago, I

637
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: had four of their wide receivers in the top ten

638
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 1: and I was way above on everybody, and now this

639
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: week I'm way below. I just think this week the

640
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: Eagles kind of what I mentioned before, They're going to

641
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: try to control the time possession at home, which they

642
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: do really well. Again, they kind of need Ryan Matthews

643
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: healthy to do that, but I think they can. They

644
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: can seriously cut into the Packers play volume this week.

645
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: So I think when it comes to my projections, I'm

646
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: just downgrading the Packers play volume all the way around,

647
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: and it's it's cutting into the passing attack. They're They're

648
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: kind of a tough group to really you know, highlight

649
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: one guy to like I kind of just you know,

650
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: lump them all together somewhat. So it's something to look

651
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: out for. An I don't know, maybe I'm I'm higher

652
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: on Cook this week or people didn't adjust up for him,

653
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 1: but he took a more prominent role in the passing

654
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: attack against the Redskins. You know, with Christine Michael being

655
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: active this week, I think they might try to be

656
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: more of a balance attack as opposed to having just

657
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: Rogers fling it around fifty times a game. So I

658
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,600
Speaker 1: just think that their approach this week is going to

659
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: change a little bit. That doesn't you know, feed every

660
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,719
Speaker 1: single mouth on that passing attack. How many touches are

661
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: you thinking Michael's going to get this week? Oh? Man,

662
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: I think they can have enough plays package for him

663
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 1: to get him around, yeah, sixty eight carries. I don't

664
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: really see him being evolved in the you know, passing

665
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: game at all, but you know, for someone like him

666
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 1: that they can package together some some pretty simple design

667
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: run plays, which I think they're pretty desperate to do

668
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: at this point. I don't think Starks is the answer.

669
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: I could see them having Starks sort of be their

670
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 1: third down back, kind of replacing what Pim Mountgomery was doing,

671
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: and just try to get this offense to be more

672
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: of a balance attack because they they personally have to

673
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: kind of keep their defense off the field too, so

674
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: they should probably start taking more of the approach the

675
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 1: Cowboys or the Eagles try to have you know, sort

676
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: of work on the clock and keep the chains moving

677
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: because they have to get the defense, you know, keep

678
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: the defense on the sideline. So I think this could

679
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: be an interesting matchup where both teams sort of, you know,

680
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: trade you at the clock and it's it's a little

681
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: bit less of a shootout than people are anticipating. Now.

682
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: The one player, the wide receiver that we're disagreeing on

683
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: the most at this point. Now you're probably going to

684
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: change my mind, dear, in just a second. Is Jamison

685
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,759
Speaker 1: Crowder over one hundred yards three out of the last

686
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: four games, three touchdowns in the last three games, and

687
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 1: you've got him lower than ECR. I've got him higher

688
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 1: than ECR. You've got him down at number thirty six

689
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: and I'm at twenty five. So tell me what I'm

690
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 1: missing here. Yeah, again, this is more of tied backs

691
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: in my game flow and projected plays. If the Cowboys

692
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: are going right, which they should this week, I think

693
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: they'll lead most of the game. If they're going right,

694
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: they're going to try to kill the clock and they

695
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: really limit the number of plays opposing team has. So

696
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 1: a team like the Redskins that has so many pass

697
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: catchers and this isn't going to knock against their passing

698
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 1: game at all. But you know they have Crowder, DeShawn

699
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: Jackson seems to be healthy now, Pierre garsone and Jordan Reed,

700
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 1: that's just a lot of mouths of feeds. So yeah,

701
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: Vernon Davis with the two catches for sixty yards is

702
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: coming up once again. Um yeah, So you know, they

703
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: do have enough passing yards and attempts and they're competent

704
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: enough to feed all these mouths. But a matchup like

705
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,959
Speaker 1: this really scares me. Where you know, the Cowboys could

706
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: eat away enough clock that really limits them to one

707
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 1: to two less drives than they normally would on a

708
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 1: given week. So some of them as subtle as that

709
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: can lower them quite a bit, as you'll find in

710
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: my rankings. But I do like Crowder long term. He's

711
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 1: definitely grown into the wide receiver I thought he could be,

712
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: And you know, I do like the matchup, it's just

713
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 1: the projected amount of plays is definitely impacting my projection

714
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,800
Speaker 1: this week. Now, on the opposite side of the spectrum,

715
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: some wide receivers that you're higher on than the expert consensus.

716
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: This week, we've got Mike Wallace that you bumped up

717
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: ten spots from thirty five to twenty five, Cameron Meredith

718
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 1: fourteen spots from forty five to thirty one, so you

719
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: think he's startable. Everyone else thinks he's you know, kind

720
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: of on the outside, even in deeper leagues. And then

721
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: Will Fuller he bumped up twenty four spots, which I'm

722
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,840
Speaker 1: really fond of because I've got him bumped up thirteen

723
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: spots and I'm hoping you'll validate me here. So what

724
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: does it you see in these three this week? Yeah? So,

725
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: I mean I think the most interesting one is Meredith.

726
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,959
Speaker 1: I mean, with Barkley being quarterback this week, I really

727
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: have that point. I have them projected for two hundred

728
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: passing yards this week, so I don't like the Bears

729
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,439
Speaker 1: offense so much. So I had Meredith how many spots higher?

730
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: Fourteen spots higher? Wow? Yeah, I mean there, and Zach

731
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 1: Miller's out, so you know, I'm not really projecting Meredith

732
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: for much like four catches fifty five yards, you know,

733
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: pretty dicey touchdown odds. But someone the ball is gonna

734
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: have to go somewhere, and I think I could see

735
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: Barkley keying and I Meredith. It's really anyone's guest. But

736
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,240
Speaker 1: that's a pretty volable guy to have. But he should

737
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: get enough targets to warrant grabbing four catches and I

738
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: think he's squarely in play as a wide receiver three

739
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:50,439
Speaker 1: still against his Tennessee Titans defense that's been getting shredded lately.

740
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: I just don't think they're set up to attack with

741
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:58,959
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley, but I'm still giving him enough volume that

742
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 1: I don't know where else it can go. He was

743
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: getting so many targets until Jay Ketler came back, and

744
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: he's got three receptions since Week seven. It's just absolutely nuts.

745
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: But yeah, with Barkley in and Zach Miller out, I

746
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 1: can definitely see that one. Now. Tell us a little

747
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,399
Speaker 1: bit about Will Fuller. Yeah, Will Fuller. He came away

748
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: from the game unscathed. They say he's pretty much healthy now,

749
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: so his leg injury seems to be a thing of

750
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: the past. Again, relying on Ousweiler to give him a

751
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: ball is not something you want to rely on. But

752
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:35,439
Speaker 1: you know his skill sets there, and I don't think

753
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: they want Braxon Miller to be the guy out there

754
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: running most of snaps. So I think they get Fuller

755
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: the component of STAPs this week. And you know he

756
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: has the talent to just put up a massive game.

757
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: We just haven't seen that lately. It's a spot that

758
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to trust him too much, but

759
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 1: you could do worse. As your wire's siver three. I

760
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: still think the talent's there, and I'm I'm just going

761
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 1: down with the ship with Osweiler. I you know, I

762
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: don't know what it is. He's obvious his confidence is shot,

763
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: but I think he had some spark last night. He's

764
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 1: a guy that could surprise as the season goes, and

765
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: you know Will Fuller is going to be a huge

766
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: part of that. He really needs Fuller to um, you know,

767
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,360
Speaker 1: catch the ball. That's Fuller's problem is, you know, he

768
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 1: just drops it so much. But as he gets better

769
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: as the season goes, I think he could be a

770
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 1: sneaky start starting this week. Bill O'Brien has worked with

771
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: some really good quarterbacks in his career and now he

772
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 1: has Brock Osweiler, who's got all the physical skills and

773
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,839
Speaker 1: he's just not putting it together. So I'm sure there's

774
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure going on there with O'Brien just

775
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: saying like, what in the world are you doing doing, Brock?

776
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: But you know, if Brock puts it together, he can

777
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: be He can be more than a mediocre quarterback. He's

778
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: got some serious talent. He's got DeAndre Hopkins. I think

779
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: Will Fuller's gonna have a nice NFL career if he

780
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 1: can stay healthy. I'm curious to see if he can

781
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: turn it around here in the in the second part

782
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah, And I mean technically, he threw

783
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: that sixty seventy or touchdown to Hopkins last night, um

784
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 1: that they couldn't challenge. So you know, he's he's just

785
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 1: been getting bad luck too, combined with a lack of confidence.

786
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,879
Speaker 1: But you know, if you watch him, he does look

787
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 1: decent out there, and he has he has the right

788
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: pass catchers around him to be good. It just it

789
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: has to come together at some point. I definitely agree.

790
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,240
Speaker 1: And you're the first person I've talked to who's who's

791
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 1: believed that about Oswaldler. I'm just waiting for it to happen.

792
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: Every week in DFS I say he's a contrarian play

793
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 1: it could happen, and it hasn't happened yet, but it's

794
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: coming right. And I'm not talking QB one here, I'm

795
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: talking just startable in like a two QB league. That's yeah,

796
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 1: we we're just going with that that's what that's fair

797
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: to say, or at least making him Will Fuller and

798
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: Deandrew Hoppin is more relevant than they are exactly. Kind

799
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: of like with Simeon, with you know, DT and Sanders,

800
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,799
Speaker 1: you know, he's got some good pass catchers. Just you know,

801
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,839
Speaker 1: help us out here. I bet Denver still wishes they

802
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 1: had Oswiler over Simeon because it is it's ugly over there. Yeah, yeah, seriously,

803
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 1: it's a shame. And you know it seems like every

804
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:15,239
Speaker 1: week I have you know, Sanders and DT in the

805
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,439
Speaker 1: top fifteen, but Simeon ranked twenty eighth, and I get

806
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: called out on it all the time, and I just explain, it's,

807
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: you know, they just they just get so much of

808
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: the passing pie that it creates his lopsided ranking, you know,

809
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: between the quarterback and the two stud receivers that people

810
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: don't really understand just they're getting most of the receiving pie.

811
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: The America's Thomas was great with Tim Tebow, so it

812
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter who's throwing a ball. I can play

813
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,759
Speaker 1: some football. That's my go to with him too. Hey,

814
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: he made Tim Tebow look good, so you know that's

815
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 1: how great he is. All right. Moving over to tight ends,

816
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 1: You've got Jason Witten in your top ten. You're one

817
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: of only a handful of experts who believe in Jason

818
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: Witten as a top ten tight end this weekend. I'm

819
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: moving that direction. ECR hasn't at thirteen. I've got him

820
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,760
Speaker 1: at eleven. But why are you still high on Witten

821
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: this week? Yeah, it's it's hard to say, like I'm

822
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: high on Witten. I mean the guy. The guy is

823
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: one of the most unathletic plotting guys there is. He

824
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:16,240
Speaker 1: is ridiculous, just like watching a dad out there playing.

825
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 1: I just see them. Like I said, they're gonna try

826
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:23,839
Speaker 1: to cut down on the Redskins um offense production, so

827
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 1: they really want to use Zeke and Witten. I think

828
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:31,840
Speaker 1: they're gonna use Witten to do his standard eight catches

829
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: for seven yards type game with maybe a touchdown. Just

830
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: trot down, the trot down the field, turnaround and box

831
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 1: catch the ball. It looks so easy when he doesn't

832
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: protect the football and fall down. You know, I'm not

833
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: I'm not really projecting much. And I think this week

834
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:51,400
Speaker 1: just tight ends in general, it's so close. There's just

835
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: such a tight tight end one, uh, this week, and

836
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: you know, a lot remains to be seen on Gronkowski.

837
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,839
Speaker 1: So I think Witten's a pretty safe play this week.

838
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,919
Speaker 1: It's just this game sets up to be a Witten game,

839
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: and I'm not expecting too much from him. I wouldn't

840
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 1: necessarily play him in a standard league. He's a little

841
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: bit dicier, but you know, a PPR, I think he's

842
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 1: going to be a monster this week. Now, everyone's really

843
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,800
Speaker 1: low on Lanz Kendricks after he killed everybody on DFS

844
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: that week against the Jets. Maybe it's just that Jeff

845
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 1: Fisher decided like, hey, it's working, so I'm gonna stop

846
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: throwing the ball. But you're high on Lanz Kendricks this

847
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 1: week after we're all really low on him. He's ECRs

848
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: number twenty three. Now you're not telling people to start

849
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: him unless it's like a really deep league. But why

850
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:45,040
Speaker 1: do you like Kendricks? Yeah again, I can't use the

851
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: word like and Kendricks in the same sentence, but I think,

852
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 1: you know, with Goff, we got one game under our

853
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: belt with you know, seeing what he likes to do,

854
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,800
Speaker 1: and he you know, he targeted Kendricks a bit. Kendricks

855
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: got you know, four catches for thirty eight yards. He's

856
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: a guy that I could see a rookie quarterback leaning on.

857
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 1: You know, he's a safety valve and they're playing a

858
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: Saints defense that you can pick apart. I don't see

859
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: Golf just chucking it up and making this, you know,

860
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 1: a shootout. So again, I could see him just you know,

861
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: giving Kendricks some easy out pattern, just keep the chains moving.

862
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: But again, I don't like Kendricks to put up a

863
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: huge game. But if you know, if Goff's, if he

864
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: starts keying on him, you know, he could put up

865
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: those receiving numbers that we expected the other week against

866
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: the Jets. So I'm a little bit hesitant to really

867
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: promoting him, but you could you could do a lot

868
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,399
Speaker 1: worse than him, and I think PPR again, he could

869
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: be a real sneaky play if if Golf key's in

870
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,960
Speaker 1: on him. Rookie quarterbacks love their tight ends, especially when

871
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: their offensive line as bad as the right you know,

872
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,759
Speaker 1: it's interesting just it's the easy out route, just dump

873
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 1: it off, and he seems to be good at you know,

874
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 1: the more short intermediate passes, So I could see Golf

875
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 1: gravitating to him, and you know, We don't really have

876
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: a big enough sample to really know what golf likes

877
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: to do yet, but I'm just seeing a rookie quarterback

878
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 1: source settling on tight end routes. Now, for the tight

879
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 1: ends that you're bearish on, I'm right there with you.

880
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:23,399
Speaker 1: Gary Barnage, Kobe Fleaner, Julius Thomas. We both have all

881
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: three of them the twenty to thirty range, and everyone

882
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:29,839
Speaker 1: else has him sixteen, seventeen, nineteen. So can you tell

883
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 1: our listeners why they should give up on these three guys? Yeah?

884
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: I feel like Julius Thomas. Every week I'm like minus

885
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 1: fifteen ECR and it usually bites me with his you know,

886
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 1: one yard touchdown reception. So this week I finally got

887
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,280
Speaker 1: it right. He had you know, three catches for twelve

888
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,440
Speaker 1: yards and didn't get his touchdown, so I look like

889
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 1: a genius. He hasn't been above thirty yards since week two,

890
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 1: it's insane. So you know, he is the definition of

891
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: a touchdown the dependent tight end, which you know, if

892
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 1: there were a position to kind of rely on, that

893
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,399
Speaker 1: tight ends the position. But you know, I can never

894
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:12,360
Speaker 1: justify having him even remotely close to the top fifteen

895
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: just the way I have my projection set up, so

896
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: you know, once again, I have him two to three

897
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:21,360
Speaker 1: catches for twenty five yards and you know what a

898
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 1: thirty percent chance of a touchdown. So he usually settles

899
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 1: in into the you know, outside of the top twenty

900
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:33,240
Speaker 1: for me. And you know, with Barnage, I think Barnage

901
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: is going to get a lot of the well McCown's quarterbacks,

902
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 1: so you gotta play Barnage narrative. But you know, he

903
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: just hasn't been. He hasn't been the presence I had

904
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: hoped in the red zone this year. So you know,

905
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,479
Speaker 1: when it comes to Barnage, my touchdown projection for him week,

906
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: you know, each week has kind of gone down, so

907
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 1: you're you're going to have to bank on you know,

908
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 1: catches and yards for him, and he hasn't on that either.

909
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: This week he finally got his first touchdown. But you know,

910
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 1: in the long run, I tend to not look at

911
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,879
Speaker 1: just you know, what they did last week. I try

912
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: to piece together the puzzle that you know, I carry

913
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 1: over week to week, and I just don't like Barners

914
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, I mean Kobe Fleaner, I just I

915
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,320
Speaker 1: can't justify ever having that guy in the top twenty.

916
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: He's just another guy where if he does good, so

917
00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:26,760
Speaker 1: be it. But you can never you can never count

918
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: or bank on Kobe Fleaner anymore. Now, for someone needing

919
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: to pick up a tight end, one of they own

920
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,359
Speaker 1: one of these guys, and he's there only tied end

921
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,359
Speaker 1: and the tight end waiver wire is pretty bare. There's

922
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: just not much talent at the position. Could you justify

923
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: telling them to pick up Austin Hooper who we know

924
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: has a lot of talent but hasn't really been utilized

925
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: quite yet. Timmy's out for the season. Yeah, no, I

926
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 1: love Hooper. I feel like I got burned the other week.

927
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: I was pretty high on him. I was pretty bold

928
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,439
Speaker 1: and had him like, I want to say, top ten,

929
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,640
Speaker 1: and he really burned me. I agree with you. I

930
00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: think the talents there, he could see the volume. It's

931
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:10,439
Speaker 1: just this week the Cardinals are in town and they Yeah,

932
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,239
Speaker 1: they're the number one ranked defense against tight ends as

933
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 1: far as fancy points allowed. So I just don't like

934
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: the spot for him. But in the future, maybe, you know,

935
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, if you're super desperate at tight end,

936
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 1: I could definitely see that. I just don't like him.

937
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:27,879
Speaker 1: This week. Yeah, I'm not doing it this week either.

938
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 1: He's he's not in my top twenty this week at

939
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 1: the tight end position, but next week I want to

940
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 1: be shocked if he's right there around twelve thirteen, fourteen,

941
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 1: because if you watch the guy play, he is really

942
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: efficient when the ball's thrown his way, and I think

943
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna keep throwing him the ball more and more

944
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,319
Speaker 1: as he progresses. Oh, I definitely agree. I am all

945
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:49,279
Speaker 1: aboard the Hooper trains starting week thirteen. All right, let's

946
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 1: talk streaming defense this here before I let you go,

947
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 1: And there's some interesting ones this week. We've got Tennessee

948
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 1: at Matt Barkley, which is that is really exciting. I

949
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: know Tennessee has been getting shredded lately, but I'm all

950
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,879
Speaker 1: over that one. Oh yeah, I know there are top

951
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: ten defense for me this week. That that's a great

952
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: spot and they should be available. Like like you said,

953
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: they've been getting shredded, so I can't imagine anyone has

954
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,319
Speaker 1: been holding onto the Titans defense. So that's that's just

955
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 1: a great spot and there's no secret. And you know

956
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,000
Speaker 1: what the Bears are gonna do. They're gonna try to

957
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:26,920
Speaker 1: pound it with Howard. But you know, once the game

958
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,960
Speaker 1: gets out of hand, you know you're gonna have Barkley

959
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: throwing it around. That's that's when your team defense can

960
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:35,720
Speaker 1: rack up some points. So yeah, I love the Titans

961
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:38,880
Speaker 1: this week. Now, of all your picks, this is the

962
00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:42,320
Speaker 1: one that that I am most excited to hear about.

963
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 1: The Cincinnati Bengals. Expert consensus rankings have them at number twenty.

964
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: You're by far the highest expert on him. You have

965
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:52,800
Speaker 1: them at number six at Baltimore. What are you seeing?

966
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:57,680
Speaker 1: That's a great question. I mean I base everything off

967
00:49:57,719 --> 00:50:00,720
Speaker 1: of um, you know, my analects when it comes to defense,

968
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 1: So I'm not really interjecting personal feelings in there. But

969
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,000
Speaker 1: I could see them picking Flacco off this week couple

970
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:09,839
Speaker 1: of times. You know, the defense is going to have

971
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: to step up with the offense, you know ailing right now.

972
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: And Flacco is a guy I tend to key on.

973
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,400
Speaker 1: It seems like with team defenses he is, He's a

974
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: guy to key on, and I just have their interceptions

975
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,759
Speaker 1: pretty high. But when it comes to defense, I do

976
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: focus on the points allowed, sacks and interceptions. I think

977
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,680
Speaker 1: those are the most stable ones that you can actually project.

978
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: So when you know, when it comes to things like

979
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: defensive touchdowns, those are really hard to project. So I

980
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 1: tend to be pretty balanced when it comes to those.

981
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:46,480
Speaker 1: So this week I'm I'm keying on Flacco throwing a

982
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:50,560
Speaker 1: pick or two. Now, likewise, you really low on Seattle

983
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 1: expert consensus as him number four against Jamis Winston. You've

984
00:50:54,680 --> 00:51:00,440
Speaker 1: got him down at number fourteen. Yeah, you know, instant,

985
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: he's pretty decent at controlling the ball, and I have

986
00:51:07,239 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: him He's really improved, isn't he. Yeah? Yeah, I just

987
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: don't think they're the kind of offense you would think

988
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 1: where you could just key on and assume a bunch

989
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 1: of bone headed plays. You know, they're pretty good at

990
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:20,280
Speaker 1: keeping the ball, and we'll need to see if Bennett's

991
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,040
Speaker 1: out again this week, but you know, on the road,

992
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,840
Speaker 1: the cl defense, they're just a little bit you know,

993
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: average in my book. So I just don't have them

994
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: being you know, a defensive one for this week. I

995
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,680
Speaker 1: just don't like the matchup for them, and they probably

996
00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:41,479
Speaker 1: won't sack Winston more than say, two times. They're they're

997
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 1: a defense that you know, they're going to have to

998
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: rely on getting more turnover based points, and I don't

999
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 1: like relying on those. Jimmis Winston's kind of gone under

1000
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:54,480
Speaker 1: the radar this season. I don't think people realize just

1001
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: how good he's been. If you look at his game

1002
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: log him and he's had two rough games at Arizona

1003
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:04,520
Speaker 1: and against Denver. And besides that, he's been incredibly consistent.

1004
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,040
Speaker 1: He's been running the ball, so he's got a nice

1005
00:52:07,080 --> 00:52:10,800
Speaker 1: little floor there. He's piling up the yards three hundred,

1006
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:13,839
Speaker 1: three hundred, two sixty nine, four or five. I mean,

1007
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: it's it's all over the place. He's getting plenty of

1008
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: touchdown passes in there. So I think Jameis Winston is

1009
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: a tough matchup, and especially now that you had Doug

1010
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,479
Speaker 1: Martin into the mix, where they can't just sit back

1011
00:52:24,520 --> 00:52:28,840
Speaker 1: and uh in nickel and dime coverage and it's a

1012
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: it's a different kind of matchup than people are thinking

1013
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: it is, and I think Seattle's gonna have a hard

1014
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:35,799
Speaker 1: time now. I still have him in my top ten,

1015
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,279
Speaker 1: but I do not fault you at all for having

1016
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:41,040
Speaker 1: at number fourteen. It's it's a bold call and I

1017
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 1: like it. Yeah, Like I said, it's it's all about

1018
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:49,680
Speaker 1: I'm pretty much a Winston believer. So um, that's what

1019
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,280
Speaker 1: it stems to. And I agree that the rushing stats

1020
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,919
Speaker 1: that he's been putting up have been improving. If there's

1021
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:57,040
Speaker 1: one thing I can get on him a little bit

1022
00:52:57,080 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 1: about is the rushing touchdowns aren't there as much as

1023
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:03,040
Speaker 1: last here. But I guess when when you lose. I

1024
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:06,040
Speaker 1: think he lost what ten pounds in the off season.

1025
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of sacrificing it to you know,

1026
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:10,719
Speaker 1: be a little more mobile, but it kind of took

1027
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:13,160
Speaker 1: away from his goal line carries, which sucks a little bit.

1028
00:53:13,160 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: But yeah, overall, fantastic season. I think he's constantly overlooked.

1029
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:19,640
Speaker 1: So when it comes to, you know, just streaming the

1030
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:22,920
Speaker 1: Seahawks defense, i'd be careful about that this week. And

1031
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 1: remember about Jamis. He gets the New Orleans Saints twice

1032
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:29,560
Speaker 1: in the fantasy playoffs, so make sure you can get

1033
00:53:29,600 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 1: him on your team if you have a chance. Right now, yes,

1034
00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 1: Evans as well, before I let you go, there's four

1035
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: good young quarterbacks in the NFL. Jamis is one of them.

1036
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota, who's been tearing it up lately against kind

1037
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:45,240
Speaker 1: of a cupcake schedule. Dak Prescott, who who we mentioned

1038
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,919
Speaker 1: is very consistent. And then you've got Derek Carr. If

1039
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:51,839
Speaker 1: you're starting your NFL franchise today, which of these four

1040
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,399
Speaker 1: quarterbacks do you want the most? Oh? Boy, I would

1041
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:59,000
Speaker 1: say Derek Carr just his leadership alone. Obviously, his play

1042
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,160
Speaker 1: on the field is great. I just think he embodies

1043
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:05,280
Speaker 1: what I want in a quarterback and being a leader,

1044
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,840
Speaker 1: a team leader. Obviously. The other guys are just athletic

1045
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:12,920
Speaker 1: freaks and really talented. I just think I would want

1046
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 1: Derek Carr leading my team with two minutes left. I

1047
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,560
Speaker 1: think Deak Prescott's kind of a project of the offensive line.

1048
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:23,760
Speaker 1: So for me, it comes down to it's Derek Carr

1049
00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:26,239
Speaker 1: or it's Marcus Mariota. And I like Mariota just a

1050
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: little bit more, but man, it is close. We have

1051
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,640
Speaker 1: some exciting young quarterbacks in the NFL. Yeah, no, it's

1052
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: great to see. I've just Mariota has just blown me

1053
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:39,120
Speaker 1: away this year. He is just absolutely incredible. He's keeps

1054
00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:41,640
Speaker 1: doing it. Yeah. I mean I loved him coming in,

1055
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:45,080
Speaker 1: and I thought I was pretty high on my expectations

1056
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:47,800
Speaker 1: for him, and he's blown those away. And his wide

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Speaker 1: receivers are are not impressive. Oh no, exactly. So you know,

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Speaker 1: he's doing it with this supporting cast, so it's pretty incredible.

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Speaker 1: I'll see. All right. Well that's all the questions we

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Speaker 1: have for you this week. Sean really appreciate you coming on. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks for having me, And for those of you listening,

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Speaker 1: we've got one more show coming up. It's with Jared

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Speaker 1: Cord of Fantasy Crunchers dot Com to talk about DFS tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: so make sure to listen and please subscribe on iTunes

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Speaker 1: if you haven't already. Thanks for listening and enjoy your football.

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Speaker 1: I just wanted you to watch me deserved. I don't

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Speaker 1: even know how against the streams.