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Speaker 1: Wow, Wow, everybody, It's Wednesday, December twentieth, twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your Man, MG,

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Speaker 2: Marcus Grant, joined by Michael f.

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Speaker 3: Florio.

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Speaker 2: We are previewing Thursday Night Football, the Saturday doubleheader, and

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Speaker 2: the early Sunday games from Week sixteen. We've made it

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Speaker 2: through one week of the playoffs. You guy said you

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Speaker 2: have like six teams that got through or something this week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, humble brag, humble brag. There three of them

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Speaker 3: were a buy. So if they did not have a bye,

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Speaker 3: I would have lost because they all had Tyreek.

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Speaker 2: Killanm Oh, there you go. So Tyreek kil I know,

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Speaker 2: sunk a lot of people's fantasy teams. Look, it's what happens.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately this time of year. Injuries happen and sometimes you

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Speaker 2: end up missing your best player at a key situation.

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Speaker 3: So that's sort of what happened there.

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Speaker 2: Of course, we're gonna look into Week sixteen. We'll preview

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Speaker 2: the entire slate. We'll get you are fantasy heroes for

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Speaker 2: the week as well. Plenty to do because we have

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Speaker 2: all thirty two teams playing. But first let's start as

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Speaker 2: we always do about this time With some fantasy headlines,

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Speaker 2: the biggest one for the week in Cincinnati, Jamar Chase

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Speaker 2: is expected to miss Week sixteen very well could miss

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Speaker 2: week seventeen, so it looks like Jamar Chase might be

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Speaker 2: done for the fantasy playoffs. Te Higgins moves up. We

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Speaker 2: saw him have a really good game last week, so

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Speaker 2: I think it's sort of a no brainer that you're

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Speaker 2: starting him. What about Tyler Boyd? Would you take the

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Speaker 2: chance on Boyd with no Jamar Chase? To me, it

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Speaker 2: depends on your circumstance. Like in one of my leagues,

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Speaker 2: where I have Tyreek Hill, I also have Nico Collins.

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Speaker 2: My bench backup option was DeMarcus Robinson, who plays on Thursday.

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Speaker 3: So I want to give my injured studs as much

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Speaker 3: time as possible, so I'm not gonna play Robinson. I

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Speaker 3: ended up dropping him to pick up Tyler Boyd, and

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Speaker 3: now he is my backup option there. I think it's

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Speaker 3: like that, like you're not starting him over your studs,

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Speaker 3: but if you're in need of a flex or a

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Speaker 3: wide receiver, he's gonna get a volume boost.

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Speaker 2: And Jake Browning has been playing out of his mind

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Speaker 2: goodly Browning has been playing out of his mind. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I don't know that I'm confident enough yet in Tyler

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Speaker 2: Boyd in this situation. Again, we talked about this a

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, right, if this were Week seven,

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Speaker 2: Week eight, sure, I'll throw Tyler Boyd in the lineup

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Speaker 2: and I'll see what happens. This is a winner, go

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Speaker 2: home situation. I guess winter stay home because you're not

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Speaker 2: going anywhere. It's fantasy football. If this is a win

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Speaker 2: or else situation for you, I don't know that I

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Speaker 2: can throw Tyler Boyd in there on a hope and

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Speaker 2: a wish that he gets a whole bunch of.

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Speaker 3: Targets from Jake Browning.

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Speaker 2: Meanwhile, in Atlanta, we have another change at quarterback, Desmond

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Speaker 2: Ritter back to the bench for a second time. Taylor

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Speaker 2: Heineke is going to get the start in by all reports,

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Speaker 2: it's Heinike's job for the remainder of the season. Last

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Speaker 2: time we saw Taylor Heinegee wasn't great. Last week with

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Speaker 2: Desmond Ritter wasn't great. What are we doing with Jon Robinson,

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Speaker 2: Drake London, Kyle Pitts. Now that it's it's t Heinicky

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Speaker 3: I know earlier in the year I was calling for

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Speaker 3: up yolo balls to those guys. It didn't really trans

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Speaker 3: like it was better, I would say, but it didn't

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Speaker 3: really translate to a whole bunch of fantasy success. I

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Speaker 3: think you get away from Kyle Pitts one game with

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Speaker 3: double digits since Week seven. I know Drake London had

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Speaker 3: that huge game a couple of weeks ago, comes right

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Speaker 3: to trust these pass catchers here. That being said, though,

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Speaker 3: I still think you gotta go with Bijon. The last

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Speaker 3: time Arthur Smith had to answer for questions why you

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Speaker 3: didn't use Bijan more him twenty one opportunities the next week.

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Speaker 3: He knows his job is potentially on the line, and

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Speaker 3: the Colts have really struggled against running backs both on

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Speaker 2: So Bijeon is the only Falcons player I feel comfortable

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Speaker 2: Comfortable might even be a stretch that I'm willing to

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Speaker 2: I can't with Pits for the things you mentioned. Heineke

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Speaker 2: just looked bad the last time around. And there's no

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Speaker 2: I just I can't get behind any of the pass catchers,

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Speaker 2: the start of Week sixteen. We'll geta kicked off as

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Speaker 2: always with Thursday Night Football, the Saints and the Rams.

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Speaker 2: Just right or past that window to my right here

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Speaker 2: at SOFI Stadium, eight fifteen Eastern. You can see that

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Speaker 2: on Prime Video. The Saints offense kind of coming around.

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Speaker 2: I mean, Derek Carr had three touchdown passes last week.

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Speaker 2: They got a big win, did New Orleans. Alvin Kamara

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Speaker 2: playing very well this season. Let's put it more or less,

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Speaker 3: You go more EO less. I'm gonna choose to believe

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Speaker 3: three of the last four weeks he has topped one

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Speaker 3: hundred scrimmage yards. And that's the thing. If this was rushing,

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Speaker 3: passes to Alvin Kamara. So the opportunity, the volume, I

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say less, but not by a lot, you know.

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure where else they really try to go

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Speaker 2: So it's a decent day. I just don't know that

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Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford's been red hot. The Saints have been very

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Speaker 3: More my hands are off the screen more. He has

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Speaker 3: two fantasy points per game, his low game eighteen point five.

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Speaker 3: I know those Saints on paper are a hard matchup

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Speaker 3: for quarterbacks. I don't care. He is Cooper Cup, Puka Nakoua,

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Speaker 3: Kien Williams, and Sean McVay calling the plays. This this

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Speaker 2: They really do look good offensively, and I'm going more

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Speaker 2: as well because Stafford has been red hot. Pokaakua, Cooper

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Speaker 2: but I think right now, with the way the Rams

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Speaker 2: looks like a tough matchup on paper, so I'm going

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Speaker 3: So there it is.

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Speaker 2: There's a night football. Of course, as I mentioned eight

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Speaker 2: fifteen Eastern, you can see that on Prime Video. Do

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Speaker 2: you have a couple of Saturday games for the week,

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Speaker 2: The first one Bingals at Steelers. You can see that

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Speaker 2: at four thirty pm Eastern time on the National Broadcasting Company. Look,

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Speaker 2: the Steelers have been a mess offensively. We talked about

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Speaker 2: no Jamar Chase likely what happens there?

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Speaker 3: Which past cast catchers? Are you comfortable starting in this game?

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Speaker 3: Stee Higgins, I think should be started because the volume

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Speaker 3: boost that he will get with no Jamar Chase there.

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Speaker 3: And I think Deontay Johnson, and that's kind of it.

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Speaker 3: Deontay Johnson has played with Mason Rudolph, so there's chemistry there.

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Speaker 3: He's clearly the receiver that the Steelers trust most in

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Speaker 3: points in three straight. George Pickens, I think is far

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Speaker 3: Friar muth I have is like a streaming tight end

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Speaker 3: option this week. But ideally I wouldn't want to be

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Speaker 3: playing him. That's how I feel with Tanner Hudson as well,

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Speaker 3: So Higgins, Deontay Johnson, and again maybe if you're going

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Speaker 2: I'm not even one hundred percent sure I feel okay

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Speaker 2: with Deontay Johnson. Just the quarterback situation is still sort

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Speaker 2: you know, I guess leaving the door open for Kenny

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Speaker 2: to be Mason Rudolph. I just I do not want,

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Speaker 2: I do not want any part of the Steeler passing

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Speaker 2: To Higgins, I'm fine with. We talked about Tyler Boyd.

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Speaker 2: I probably wouldn't so I would generally stay away from

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Speaker 2: the past catchers in this game.

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Speaker 3: I'm very, very nervous.

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Speaker 2: I don't feel that way about the second Saturday game,

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Speaker 3: Again.

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Speaker 2: Over at so far Bus the weekend at so FI

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Speaker 2: see that one on Peacock things were not good for

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Speaker 2: the Chargers last week. That's a bit of an understatement.

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Speaker 2: Which chargers can we play in this one?

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Speaker 3: If Keenan Allen suits up, I think you could play Keenan.

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Speaker 3: And the one that I know a lot of people

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Speaker 3: have questions about is Austin Eckler. I still think in

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Speaker 3: most instances you have to start Austin Eckler. You'd have

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Speaker 3: to have probably two, at least two, probably three really

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Speaker 3: good options to get away because the volume is still

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Speaker 3: going to go his way and the Bills have struggled

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Speaker 3: this year against pass catching running backs. I know they

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Speaker 3: haven't allowed a ton of volume on the ground, but

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Speaker 3: still almost five yards per carry. I still think just

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Speaker 3: volume alone probably keeps Asten Eckler I play.

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Speaker 2: That's it. I mean, it's just those two guys. It's Eckler,

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Speaker 2: and again it is a volume situation there. It's not

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Speaker 2: been a great year for Austin Eckler, but he is

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Speaker 2: still their lead running back. He's going to get the

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Speaker 2: majority of the touches, and with new coaches there, I

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Speaker 2: think they're gonna want to feature their best players he

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Speaker 2: and Allen. That's Austin Eckler, So you don't have to

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Speaker 2: be excited about it. You don't have to love what

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Speaker 2: the potential outcome is, but I think you are hard

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Speaker 2: pressed to get away from it because you're not going

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Speaker 2: to find a lot of other players who get that

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Speaker 2: sort of volume. In a game where the Chargers are

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Speaker 2: probably going to have to points. Their defense is bad,

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Speaker 2: the Bills are gonna score, the Chargers will have to

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Speaker 2: try and keep up as best as possible. Yep, get

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Speaker 2: the ball to your playmakers. It's just that simple.

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Speaker 3: You hear that, Arthur Smith.

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Speaker 2: Get the ball of your playmakers. Sometimes football doesn't have

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Speaker 2: to be hard, doesn't always have to be hard. Sometimes

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Speaker 3: But that's kind of all I'm doing in this game.

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Speaker 3: Look, he's not gonna give you the near thirty fantasy

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Speaker 2: I'm not the only person who's mentioned This has been

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Speaker 3: It looked terrible, it looked awful.

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Speaker 3: That second touchdown pass to Jordan Addison in particular, what

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Speaker 2: I want to shake your hand because you're a braver

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Speaker 3: I have Scary Terry as a sit this week, with

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Speaker 2: I'm with you. I think you stay away from Terry McLaurin.

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Speaker 2: I think you know, fantasy season for him is done.

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Speaker 2: That wasn't the case last week. He had twenty touches,

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Speaker 2: for you. That'll do it for this edition of the

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Speaker 2: NFL Fantasy Football Show. Stay happy, safe and healthy, do good,

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Speaker 2: and live well. I'll be back tomorrow to preview the

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