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Speaker 1: deepest condolences to the victims, their families, and the first

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Speaker 1: responders involved in last night's tragic event in Thousand Oaks.

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Speaker 1: I also want to read a statement from the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: We are deeply saddened by the terrible news coming out

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Speaker 1: of Thousand Oaks this morning. Our hearts are with the

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Speaker 1: victims and their loved ones during this horrific tragedy, and

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Speaker 1: we honor the brave and heroic actions of first responders

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Speaker 1: who rushed to the scene to help. Hey, everybody, Chris

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Speaker 1: Harry with you on a Week ten edition of Chargers Weekly.

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Speaker 1: We got a great episode ahead. A bit later, NFL

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Speaker 1: Networks Omar Ruiz joins me to discuss the Chargers as

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Speaker 1: they enter the back half of the season. Radio analy

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah gives you his key to a sixth straight

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Speaker 1: win for the Bolts in Oakland. Yeah, who sports is?

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Speaker 1: Matt Harman closes the show with some Week ten fantasy advice,

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Speaker 1: but first senior analysts Steve Palozzolo of Pro Football Focus

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers that you may not know all right now

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Speaker 1: on the line is PF senior analysts Steve Palozzolo here

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Speaker 1: on Chargers Weekly, and Steve, it's been a while, man,

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you joining us here at the halfway point.

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Speaker 1: Hard to believe. I know, the season's flying, and hey,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers are looking pretty good. So looking forward to

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Speaker 1: discussing and breaking them down. Yeah, man, six and two,

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Speaker 1: they've won their last five, and I think the obvious

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Speaker 1: starting point is Philip Rivers, who PF has is the

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Speaker 1: highest graded charger I believe at the halfway point, nineteen touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: he is. Actually Our QB guru Zach Robinson just at

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Speaker 1: this Philip Rivers best year? And I think it's, you know,

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Speaker 1: gaudy stats one hundred and sixteen point five passer rating,

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Speaker 1: That's a legitimate interception number, only three nine point one

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Speaker 1: So a couple of those numbers that really stand out

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Speaker 1: I think he's been fantastic, running the ball about three

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Speaker 1: Steve Palazzolo Pro Football Focus Steve, awesome stuff. We eat

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Speaker 1: it's good to be around this team. And I always

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Speaker 1: appreciate a trip to Costa Mesa, no doubt about that. Well,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers winners of five straight, hoping to make it

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Speaker 1: six against the Raiders. Would you learn about this team

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Speaker 1: in the short few hours you were here. Well, it's

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Speaker 1: a team full of confidence, you know, but they remain humbled.

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Speaker 1: And I think that the interesting observation I made is

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Speaker 1: is in the off season, Anthony Lynn and the players

435
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Speaker 1: did something that was very rare. I thought in the

436
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Speaker 1: NFL they talked about a season having carryover from one

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Speaker 1: to the next. And this is a team that started

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Speaker 1: off owen four, as you know last year, but they

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Speaker 1: hung tough, didn't use the move as an excuse. They

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Speaker 1: fought back to become contenders toward the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: Last year obviously came up short and getting to the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but they talked all offseason about maybe using that momentum

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Speaker 1: and maintaining it going into this season. I think, in

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Speaker 1: talking to the players and coaches today, is that the

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Speaker 1: experiences of battling through adversity that they had last year,

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Speaker 1: the culture that they set with that identity they've been

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Speaker 1: able to use on this crazy road trip, you know,

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Speaker 1: forty something games between between home dates and something that

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Speaker 1: will continue this weekend in Oakland, obviously, but the fact

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Speaker 1: that they've gone undefeated in this tough stretch and being

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Speaker 1: on the road so much, I think says a lot

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Speaker 1: about their team. Obviously, they're talented, but you know that

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Speaker 1: chemistry and cohesion and being able to battle throughout adversity

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Speaker 1: are all the necessities that you have to have come January.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's a team that has those big

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Speaker 1: games for their long season aspirations and the thing that

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Speaker 1: I think they've proven that they're capable of. You know, Lamar,

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Speaker 1: it does take a while when you have a new

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Speaker 1: coach come in. It takes a while to build that culture.

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Speaker 1: And you mentioned the only four starts since then fifteen

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Speaker 1: and five, and the confidence I think has carried over.

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Speaker 1: And you always like to look at a season independent,

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Speaker 1: you know, you don't there's usually no carry over from

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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen to twenty eighteen, but a lot of the

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Speaker 1: same guys and it starts with Philip Rivers nineteen touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: just three interceptions, taking care of the football. What can

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Speaker 1: you say about this offense through the first eight weeks.

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Speaker 1: That's incredible And I think you know, whenever you have

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Speaker 1: an offense, whether it's scheme, whether it's personnel, and you

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Speaker 1: can argue that with this team, it's both that you

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Speaker 1: have to defend every portion of the field because they

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Speaker 1: can stretch it on both sides. You know, you have

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Speaker 1: three big time playmakers at receiver that are capable of

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Speaker 1: going the distance. Keenan obviously has the ability to catch

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Speaker 1: and run, and then the Williams both can you get

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Speaker 1: down and complete those forty something yarders when necessary? And

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Speaker 1: that's not even to start talking about Melvin Gordon, Aston Eckler.

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Speaker 1: So when you factor in all the different weapons they

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Speaker 1: have and potentially getting Hunter Henry Back I mentioned Hunter

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Speaker 1: Henriello and Antonio Gates, is still there a security blanket

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Speaker 1: for Philip Rivers when needed. It's a dangerous offense, a

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Speaker 1: scary offense if you're a defensive coordinator, and one that

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Speaker 1: I think is just barely now because of the offensive

484
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Speaker 1: line coming together as well as it has just now

485
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Speaker 1: being able to see how good it can actually be.

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Speaker 1: You know more, they're winning in a variety of ways too.

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Speaker 1: I go back to that game in London where they

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Speaker 1: didn't have Melvin Gordon, that quick strike ability. We talked

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Speaker 1: about Tyrell Williams and Mike Williams. Tyroll Williams seventy five

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Speaker 1: yard touchdown in that game, Bike Williams a fifty five

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Speaker 1: yard touchdown. They're so efficient with their touches. But when

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon's in there, you can control the clock. You

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Speaker 1: can milk the clock with big leads. And you know,

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Speaker 1: next to Todd Gurley, I don't know who's playing better

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Speaker 1: ball than Melvin not only catching the ball out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield, but rushing the ball. Yeah, I mean, as

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Speaker 1: a conversation I had with him a little earlier was that,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's getting untouched. And this is one of

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Speaker 1: the one of the bigger, stronger backs in the league

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Speaker 1: that if he's getting seven yards before he makes first contact,

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Speaker 1: with all that momentum and speed and power that he

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Speaker 1: runs with, he's hard enough to tackle. It's hard enough

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Speaker 1: to tackle, I mean, and he's not afraid of tough yards.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's he's not afraid of getting in there

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Speaker 1: and mixing it up and getting dirty. But but when

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Speaker 1: the offensive line is giving him those kind of holes,

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Speaker 1: I mean, his face just lit up when talking about

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Speaker 1: those opportunities, and then he's able to pick pick those

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Speaker 1: gears up a couple and really stretch his legs and

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Speaker 1: show how fast and powerful he can be. So it's

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Speaker 1: really exciting to see Melvin Gordon perhaps playing some of

512
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Speaker 1: the best ball that he's played in his NFL career,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's a reflection of the offense and

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Speaker 1: how well it's playing together as a unit. The running

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Speaker 1: backs too. You look around the league and you know,

516
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Speaker 1: sometimes you got like a three down back. The fact

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Speaker 1: that you have Austin Ekeler two, I mean, these are

518
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Speaker 1: two guys who are threats in the passing game. I

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Speaker 1: think that's that puts a lot of pressure on a defense,

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Speaker 1: especially when you got those those six foot four Williams

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Speaker 1: brothers and then Keenan Allen, who you know may not

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Speaker 1: have the touchdown production this year, but I think he

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Speaker 1: really made everything go in Seattle last week, starting with

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Speaker 1: that twenty eight yard rush, that jet sweep, but also

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Speaker 1: having one hundred yard receiving day. You know, Keenan Allen

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Speaker 1: continually one of the best route runners in this league. Well,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to pick your poison. And with Keenan

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Speaker 1: Allen producing at the high level that he has over

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Speaker 1: the years, he's going to draw attention. And it's up

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Speaker 1: to the Williams. It's up to the running backs to

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Speaker 1: continue to produce the way that they have and they've

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Speaker 1: been able to take advantage of some of those double

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Speaker 1: teams and even triple teams that Keenan Allen has faced.

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Speaker 1: And I think as as you see maybe some of

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Speaker 1: the attention slide toward the backfield or maybe slide to

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Speaker 1: the Williams on the outside. More opportunities down the stretch

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Speaker 1: will present themselves for Keenan Allen, and he's obviously proven

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Speaker 1: that he's capable of delivering when when he's been needed.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, the fact that you have those three receivers

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Speaker 1: who all can do a little bit different but also

541
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Speaker 1: can also do some of the similar things that you

542
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Speaker 1: can then slide them up in different locations field kind

543
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Speaker 1: of stresses the defense even more. And then and then

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Speaker 1: the one two punch at running back I think as

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Speaker 1: a reflection of how they were able to go to London,

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Speaker 1: not have Melvin Gordon in the lineup and still beat

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Speaker 1: a very physical, physically demanding team like the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 1: Spinks volumes for what Eckler's provided for this team. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you're just saying the Titans, they went in the

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Speaker 1: Dallas one and I come off the buy and took

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Speaker 1: care of the Cowboys, and it's hard to believe them

552
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Speaker 1: or that we are at the halfway point. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I really do feel like the Charges were just playing

554
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Speaker 1: in the Chiefs in Week one. Through the midway point,

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Speaker 1: You've been to a lot of NFL cities. What stood

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Speaker 1: out to you in terms of how this league has

557
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Speaker 1: gone through the first eight nine games, Well, it's it's

558
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Speaker 1: the offense. I mean, we've seen, you know, these records

559
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Speaker 1: scoring touchdowns, record record number of points here in the

560
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Speaker 1: first half, and all the rules that we've seen kind

561
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Speaker 1: of come into favor for the offenses the last few

562
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Speaker 1: years have really showed themselves this year. And then and

563
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Speaker 1: then I think it for the teams that have struggled offensively,

564
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Speaker 1: it's even more glaring that they haven't been able to

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Speaker 1: produce when you know everybody else is producing off the

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Speaker 1: charts and you have a team that that struggles to

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Speaker 1: put points on the board, it kind of stands out

568
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Speaker 1: even more so. I think that's the sort of big takeaway,

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Speaker 1: just how hurting some of these teams are, and how

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Speaker 1: you know, jubilant some of these guys that are putting up,

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Speaker 1: you know, thirty plus points a game. You know, an

572
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Speaker 1: offense like the Chargers. Is how explosive they've been. You

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Speaker 1: know what it stood out to me too, just piggybacking

574
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Speaker 1: off of that, you got guys like Rivers in Breeze.

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Speaker 1: I mean, those are two guys who were in the

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Speaker 1: same quarterbacks room with two thousand and four probably top

577
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Speaker 1: five and MVP candidates right now, Tom Brady, of course,

578
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, and then you see some of these rookies.

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Speaker 1: What surprised me, Omar is that some of the rookies

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Speaker 1: have struggled a little bit more than I was expecting

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Speaker 1: that they were going to struggle. When you talk about

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Speaker 1: Darnold and Mayfield and Rosen and alan Um. Not to

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Speaker 1: say that they're not going to be outstanding players in

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Speaker 1: this league, but with the way that this league is trending,

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Speaker 1: it has surprised me a little bit that the rookie

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks haven't kind of lit it up a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think that also goes to

588
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Speaker 1: show you how smart Kansas City was to sit Pat

589
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Speaker 1: Mahomes for a year to be able to learn the

590
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Speaker 1: NFL game and learn how to be a professional. And

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Speaker 1: it's not something that those rookie quarterbacks aren't learning on

592
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Speaker 1: the job right now. But that's sure is a whole

593
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Speaker 1: lot tougher when you actually have to produce and lead

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Speaker 1: grown men while you're learning lessons yourself. So I think, oh,

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping anyway for the for the future of the game,

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Speaker 1: for the development of quarterbacks, that people, you know, start

597
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Speaker 1: to take a page from Kansas City's book where they're

598
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Speaker 1: able to sit him for a year. They had that

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Speaker 1: discipline because you remember, you know, as good as Alex

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Speaker 1: Smith was, you know, they had that frustration that, Okay,

601
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Speaker 1: maybe Smith can't throw downfield, and he did last year.

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Speaker 1: He did. They started to change this offense knowing that

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Speaker 1: it's going to be Patrick Mahomes a year from now

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Speaker 1: and Smith was able to deliver last year, and not

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Speaker 1: every team has that luxury to have an Alex Smith

606
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Speaker 1: kind of be a placeholder for a rookie point and

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Speaker 1: we're seeing that this year with you know, as as

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Speaker 1: I think Buffalo Cleveland, I think New York it was

609
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Speaker 1: an open competition, and Arizona wanted Sam Bradford to play.

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Speaker 1: I think there are places that wanted the veteran incumbent

611
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Speaker 1: to hold that position down and and make sure that

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Speaker 1: the rookie can sit on the sideline and learn. But

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Speaker 1: it just doesn't work out that way a lot of

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Speaker 1: the times. And so we've seen that, and so I'm

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Speaker 1: with you, I am surprised that they all have struggled.

616
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Speaker 1: But but like we've always seen, playing the quarterback is

617
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Speaker 1: one of the most difficult positions to have in any sport,

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Speaker 1: and it's certainly showing itself in the first half of

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Speaker 1: the year. Yeah, it's not an indictment on those rookies.

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Speaker 1: I just think it further proves the point that you

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Speaker 1: got to be so mentally sharpened to play quarterback in

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Speaker 1: this league. And it's it's no secret that you know,

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Speaker 1: a thirty eight year old Drew Brees, a thirty six

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Speaker 1: year od Philip Rivers, Rogers approaching his thirties. Those guys

625
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Speaker 1: have been there, done that, They've seen everything they know everything, um,

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Speaker 1: and it's just gonna take younger quarterbacks a little bit

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Speaker 1: more time. And you know, having Alex Smith in your

628
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Speaker 1: back pocket for if you're Patrick Mahomes for an entire year,

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Speaker 1: that speaks volumes. And that's not even to mention the

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Speaker 1: forty one year old Brett doing it. I'm rotius of

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Speaker 1: all time. Yeah, I got to mention him, so you know,

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Speaker 1: I I need I think. You know, the more these

633
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Speaker 1: guys hang around, the more um they make plays, you know,

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Speaker 1: the better we'll see them talking about these rookies, you know,

635
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Speaker 1: can they but can they last ten years? You know?

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Speaker 1: Can they weather these initial storms to be able to

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Speaker 1: be in a position like a Philip Rivers is you

638
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Speaker 1: know here, you know, some thirteen fourteen years later and

639
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Speaker 1: be able to produce I mean obviously, have they have

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Speaker 1: the physical gifts is why they're picked in the first round.

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Speaker 1: But can they hang tough and show that mental four

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Speaker 1: to two that a lot of these guys have, um,

643
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Speaker 1: you know, the greats that you mentioned earlier in their

644
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Speaker 1: careers to be able to you know, remember Aaron Rodgers

645
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Speaker 1: the first year he played for Brett Farve was Yeah,

646
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Speaker 1: they were like six and ten he had a lot

647
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Speaker 1: of learning curves, but boy did he learn and then

648
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Speaker 1: apply those lessons starting year two and he's never looked back.

649
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Speaker 1: So you hope that these rookie qbs learned the same

650
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Speaker 1: sort of lessons and then continue to produce later in

651
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Speaker 1: their careers like these guys have. And I don't know

652
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: if it's if it's twenty eighteen or social media, but

653
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: like how quickly we forget about Troy Aitmas first year,

654
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: Peyton Mannings first year, three, thirteen, one, und fifteen throwing

655
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: all those interceptions. If that happens today, you're like, oh,

656
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: this guy can't play, you know. I think a lot

657
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: of people were quick to write off Jared golf in

658
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Speaker 1: year one. Year two, Sean McVeigh comes in and that's

659
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Speaker 1: a totally different guy. So yeah, that will be interesting

660
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Speaker 1: to see how those quarterbacks developed. We'll end on the AFC.

661
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Speaker 1: Just the overall landscape. We talked about Kansas City. They're

662
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Speaker 1: rolling right now. They got weapons all over the place.

663
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Speaker 1: On offense, New England is New England. Pittsburgh's in the mix. Obviously.

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Speaker 1: The Chargers win or five straight, hoping to get to

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Speaker 1: six if they could beat the Raiders on Sunday, What

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Speaker 1: do you see out of this AFC. I don't even

667
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Speaker 1: mentioned the Texans, who have won six or a row. Oh.

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Speaker 1: I love the AFC, and I tweeted something earlier in

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Speaker 1: the week that I can't wait for the AFC playoffs

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Speaker 1: because I think it's realistic to have the Patriots, Chiefs, Chargers, Texans,

671
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Speaker 1: and Steelers all capable of representing the AFC in the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I think it wouldn't be a surprise if

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Speaker 1: any one of those, given that there's still eight games

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Speaker 1: remaining and there's still a lot of football left to

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Speaker 1: be played, that would account for a lot of improving

676
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Speaker 1: for some of these teams to continue to make But

677
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Speaker 1: both all five of those teams have such tremendous talent,

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Speaker 1: And you're not even talking about a team that has

679
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Speaker 1: talent like the Ravens or the Bengals that maybe haven't

680
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Speaker 1: put it together yet and could get hot down the stretch.

681
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Speaker 1: But certainly the five that we just mentioned are going

682
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Speaker 1: to be in that conversation, and obviously, going to Arrowhead

683
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Speaker 1: in January, going to Foxboro in January is a tough

684
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Speaker 1: proposition for a team like the Chargers taking care of

685
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Speaker 1: their own business, especially when you have the Raiders, the

686
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: Broncos and the Cardinals coming up, it combines six wins.

687
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Speaker 1: If they can get to nine and two and put

688
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Speaker 1: themselves to be able to get a home game in January,

689
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: not have to go to those imposing places would be helpful.

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Speaker 1: But I think you know, when it's all said and done,

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Speaker 1: it's going to be such a fascinating and competitive AFC

692
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Speaker 1: where any one of those teams can catch fire and

693
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Speaker 1: make a Super Bowl run. And the thing is with

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Speaker 1: the Chargers too. You look back winning on the road,

695
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Speaker 1: you know, going to London, going to Cleveland, and you

696
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Speaker 1: look back and that may be beneficial going into January

697
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Speaker 1: having to go potentially to a Foxborough, Kansas city if

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Speaker 1: you're fortunate enough to get in the playoffs. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's that's another feather in the cap of these

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Speaker 1: contenders in the AFC. You have the Chargers that started

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Speaker 1: off one and two and battled off and had this

702
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: adverse situation, you know, forty something days in between home games.

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Speaker 1: You have the Steelers dealing with the Levion Bell situation.

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Speaker 1: You have the Texans start off oz and three. I

705
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Speaker 1: think New England's doubled out the gate if they were

706
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: one in two if I'm not mistaken. And so all

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Speaker 1: these teams not only are tremendously talented, but they also dealt,

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Speaker 1: you know, with something that they had to develop, some

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Speaker 1: sort of mental toughness that will show itself in January.

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Speaker 1: And and and I think that's another reason why I

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Speaker 1: think it's going to be so exciting with the amount

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Speaker 1: of talent that these teams have put together, but also

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Speaker 1: they have those intangibles, and I think it's going to

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Speaker 1: lead to a high level football play I don't think

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Speaker 1: we're gonna see any of these you know, six three,

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Speaker 1: you know, the January playoff games. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: high quality football, a lot of plays being made, and

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Speaker 1: I just can't wait for it, you know, coming down

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Speaker 1: All right, everyone's looking for fantasy advice, and my next

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Speaker 1: guest is one of the best edishing it out. Joining

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Speaker 1: me on the line right now. Is Matt Harmon of

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Speaker 1: Yahoo's Sports. Harmon. We're in Week ten fantasy playoffs right

747
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Speaker 1: around the corner. How are you doing, man? I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm good, Chris. It's always good to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, week ten, the fantasy season is pretty much

750
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: halfway over, more than halfway over at this point, Like

751
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: we're really reaching into crunch time, and I mean it's

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Speaker 1: it's great to see so many awesome games and everything.

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Speaker 1: I'm really having fun to season. Well, we got four

754
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: teams on a bye this week. Let's see Houston, Baltimore,

755
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: Denver in Minnesota, so some big time fantasy players in this.

756
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Speaker 1: Let's get into some streaming options. Let's start a quarterback

757
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson Kirk Cousins, probably the two you need a

758
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 1: replacement for Sunday. Where are you looking? I mean, let's

759
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: set off with like the story of Week nine, it

760
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: always thinks when these Thursday night games happen, and I

761
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,280
Speaker 1: feel like we just lose so much, so much in between.

762
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 1: But like Vick Mullins, I think if he's gonna start

763
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers, I think he's in contention

764
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: as a player that you can play once again here

765
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: in Week ten, Obviously he got the Cakewalk Raiders match

766
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: up last week, but he gets another one here against

767
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: the Giants at home. The Giants or bottom three along

768
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: with those Oakland Raiders in ZAC rate this year. You

769
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 1: know they're not putting much pressure on the quarterback. And

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00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: I think Nick Mullins like just the ability to the

771
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 1: way he was used in Kyle Shanahan's offense. He had

772
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Speaker 1: one forty one passer rating on play action for those

773
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: last week. I think that continues to be a big

774
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Speaker 1: staple of what they do in San Francisco. I think

775
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: he's a player that he's available obviously pretty much everywhere

776
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: at this point. I think he could play him right

777
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: away and then like kind of a bigger named guy

778
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: who I think people are obviously for good reason, pretty

779
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: down on for most of his season, Marcus Mariota. He's

780
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: available in almost thirty percent over thirty ex season, He's

781
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: available in over seventy percent of Yahoo leagues right now.

782
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: He's someone I think he can turn to once again

783
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,400
Speaker 1: this week. The two common themes of his big games

784
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: in fantasy this year, not only did he play in

785
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: against an NFC East opponent in the Eagles and Cowboys,

786
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Speaker 1: but both of those work games, he saw ten rush

787
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: attempts and scored a rushing touchdown. I think he is

788
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: going to have to take off and scramble a little

789
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: bit against the Patriots who have a slow man coverage defense,

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Speaker 1: and anything we can see him get a little bit

791
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 1: of good rushing work there. So those are two guys,

792
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: you know, more on the high runs Gale than the

793
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:06,839
Speaker 1: lesser runs the other. He could get turn through here

794
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Speaker 1: in week ten. It's funny, I had Nick Mullins written down.

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Speaker 1: I think it's fun Why not putting Nick Mullins in

796
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: on Monday night game against the Giants? Right, Yeah, exactly.

797
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Speaker 1: It was an awesome story to see him play last

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Speaker 1: Thursday night. It was really great. I mean, he's got

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Speaker 1: a lot of different players involved. You know, Pierre Garson

800
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 1: had done pretty much nothing this year. It was pretty

801
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Speaker 1: quiet even in the games he played back in twenty seventeen.

802
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 1: But he got Pierre Garson involved obviously. I mean, George

803
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: Kail is like a stud at this point. He clearly

804
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 1: got him going as well. All the playmakers showed up,

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00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: and I think that's going to happen again against the

806
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Speaker 1: Giants defense. Really, you know, this is a team. Obviously

807
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 1: I'm not impressed with overall, but defensively they just have

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00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: a ton of holes too. So I really like the

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00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: way Nick Mullins played last week. And I just mean

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Speaker 1: Nkyle Shanahan system is proven to really turn off these

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Speaker 1: productive quarterbacks. All right, a couple of the names, Andy

812
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: Dalton against the Saints and Ryan Fitzpatrick against the Red Skins.

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Speaker 1: Do you like any of those matchups? Yeah? I mean

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. The biggest concern is that he's going to

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Speaker 1: be missing AJ Green, and you know that is an issue.

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Speaker 1: So while I think that Dalton is conceivably a quarterback streamer,

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Speaker 1: I would set my expectations somewhere around THEE like back

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Speaker 1: half a QB one ranges. You know, if Green was

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Speaker 1: playing in this matchup, I think it clears the fifty four,

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Speaker 1: the fifty four projected total. I think it would go

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Speaker 1: over that. I think Andy Dalton would be in a

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Speaker 1: much better spot. But here as he as we have

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Speaker 1: him right now without Green, Dalton has consistently proven to

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Speaker 1: be a guy who needs good players around him to produce,

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Speaker 1: and like it's going to be a ragtag receiving corps,

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Speaker 1: you know, with C J. Uzama at tight end, Tyler

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Speaker 1: Boyd will be the lead receiver. He's a good player,

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Speaker 1: but I don't know that he needs to be the

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Speaker 1: guy carrying the passing attack alongside you know, John Ross

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Speaker 1: who's still unproven, and Josh Malone and with Ryan Fitzpatrick

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, like, look, I don't even know that

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Speaker 1: I consider Ryan Fitzpatrick a streamer at this point. If

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Speaker 1: he's starting, you're starting him him because not only is

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Speaker 1: this passing offense such a good environment, to the point

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Speaker 1: that I mean, he had a good Fantasy game last

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Speaker 1: week and he didn't even play all that well, that's

837
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Speaker 1: just how talented the steel position group is. Oh and

838
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: not to mention he plays alongside objectively the worst defense

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Speaker 1: in the NFL in passing situation. It's Patrick is a

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Speaker 1: guy that if he is starting, I'm gonna be starting him.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, he's he's an obvious guy to all right,

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00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,439
Speaker 1: let's move the running back and if you have guys

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Speaker 1: on a buy it's it's not the worst thing in

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Speaker 1: the world. I guess Phili B. Lindsay got Collins Dalvin

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Speaker 1: Cook who really hasn't played that much anyway, But you

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Speaker 1: may need a flex who's out there that you're kind

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Speaker 1: of filming for Week ten. Yeah, I mean, obviously this

848
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Speaker 1: is a guy that I'm gonna go back to the

849
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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans here, which I keep like touching the hot

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Speaker 1: stove with this one, because I was really in on

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Speaker 1: the Titans offense coming into this year that didn't start

852
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 1: out so well. I was really interested in that once

853
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: they had that big game against the Eagles and it

854
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 1: still hasn't picked up. But Dion Lewis, I say to me,

855
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: is really starting to establish himself as Tennessee's clear lead back.

856
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,919
Speaker 1: We've seen him push one hundred total yards and back

857
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: to back games. Obviously it's a revenge game here against

858
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 1: New England. We do love you know, you know, you

859
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: and I Chris working together back in NFL. We would

860
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: love to yak about the revenge games. Whether it's whether

861
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 1: it's really true or not, it is fun to talk about. Yeah,

862
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 1: But he's a guy. He's a guy that's on rosters

863
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: you know, throughout leagues. Like he's not somebody you're picking

864
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 1: up and starting off the waiver wire, but he has

865
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: somebody that I think people probably started to bench as

866
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: the year went on. But I think he's somebody you

867
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: play here in Week ten, just because I really like this.

868
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 1: You know, he's become a real passing game asset too,

869
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: which is which is right in line with his skill set,

870
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: right in line with most fantasy owners projected. And I

871
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: think in a game where Tennessee's probably gonna be a

872
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 1: negative game script as six and a half point home

873
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: underdogs to New England, I think he's gonna catch a

874
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: few passes here. So he's somebody I would look to

875
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: start week done. Yeah, the Charger saw Dion Lewis up

876
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,879
Speaker 1: close him personal in London. He had a really good

877
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: game against the Chargers, and he looks to be a

878
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 1: guy that you can count on in the in the

879
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 1: coming weeks, and it could start against the Patriots's former team.

880
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: A couple other names, listen, Duke Johnson. Can we expect

881
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: that production from Duke Johnson moving forward? You know I

882
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: started him last week just with the thinking of Okay,

883
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: no Hugh Jackson, no Todd Haley. Maybe Freddie Kitchens has

884
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: something up as sleeve, and he certainly did with Duke

885
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: Johnson last week. Yeah, it's definitely Duke Johnson week on

886
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 1: Fantasy Twitter. I feel like every analyst that I follow

887
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: some sort of routes, run or target stat with the

888
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 1: with Duke Johnson. Duke Johnson Week. I love it. Yeah,

889
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: it is man And I haven't said this anywhere yet,

890
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: so but I've been thinking, like, what if it was

891
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 1: just a coincidence? You know? I think sometimes we because

892
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: football is so heavily influenced by these small sample sizes,

893
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: And in this case, it's just one game. You know,

894
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson has a good game in the first Hugh

895
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: Jackson List Todd Hailey List game for the Cleveland Browns.

896
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: He has nine targets, leads the team. But what if

897
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: that's just a coincidence, you know that I think that's

898
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 1: certainly within the range of outcomes. If you look at

899
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 1: his snaps, he played forty six point seven percent of

900
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: the snaps, which was kind of right in line with

901
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:19,879
Speaker 1: where we've seen him be throughout the season. In fact,

902
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: they're two games this year where he probably three games

903
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,280
Speaker 1: this year where he's played a higher percent of the snaps.

904
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: So it's the usage in terms of when he's on

905
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 1: the field didn't change all that much. It's just the

906
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,359
Speaker 1: fact that he got target when he was out there,

907
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 1: which again that could just be a coincidence, or it

908
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: could be a signal in the change of the game plan.

909
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: The good news is, and why I don't think I've

910
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 1: gone hard on this, you know, maybe it's just a coincidence.

911
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 1: Take is that the Browns do get the Falcons, who

912
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: lead the NFL for I think the fourth straight year

913
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 1: and catches a load of the running back position. So

914
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: I think the good things with Duke Johnson is that

915
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: you can play him again this week and then maybe

916
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: you know, as trade deadlines come, he sell him to

917
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: somebody who's really believing that this is the new normal

918
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: for him. Because this match up is so good that

919
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 1: I think you could chase it one more week. In

920
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: Harmon flipping around Edo Smith playing the Browns this week,

921
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 1: is Edo somebody you want to throw in at that

922
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 1: flex position? Yeah? That This was really the best run

923
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:20,200
Speaker 1: game performance by far that Atlanta had this year against

924
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: a pretty good run defense in Washington. You know, they

925
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 1: have a lot of really talented players in that front seven.

926
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: They had been allowing under four yards per carried to

927
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: the running back position going into this game, but it

928
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: was pretty exciting to see the Falcons you know, rushing

929
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,879
Speaker 1: attack really break out Edo is a guy that I've

930
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: been playing in One Dynasty League all year since he's

931
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 1: sort of kind of emerging now. And that's not that's

932
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: not so much dispute to oh Wow, look at how

933
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 1: smart Island. It's more like, oh wow, look at how

934
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: desperate I want running back position in this one Dynasty league.

935
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: But just because this offense is so good and this

936
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: game does have a reasonably high total at fifty and

937
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: a half points, um, I think that you probably want

938
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 1: to play a guy like Edo Smith if you have

939
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,840
Speaker 1: bye week troubles, because you're really looking at him a

940
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: guy that's got red zone uses in a high scoring

941
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 1: offense in a potentially high scoring game in Cleveland. So

942
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: I think he's in consideration alongside with a guy like

943
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: Mike Davis too. Is Chris Carson's going to miss this

944
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:20,359
Speaker 1: upcoming game against the LA Rams, even though we see

945
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 1: we probably will see Seattle be trailing most of this

946
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,800
Speaker 1: game in LA to the LA Rams. But you know

947
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:28,439
Speaker 1: there's ten and a half ten and a half point

948
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 1: underdogs in this contest. But we saw Mike Davis get

949
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,839
Speaker 1: some passing game work last week. For whatever reason, they

950
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 1: seem in system. I'm just not playing Rashad Penny at all,

951
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: So I think that you can play Mike Davis and

952
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,479
Speaker 1: maybe even still get him off waiver wires across the league.

953
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,879
Speaker 1: All Right, while we're on the subject of running back,

954
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: a couple of questions from some listeners. Nigel wants to

955
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: know about your confidence level in David Johnson Cardinals coming

956
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 1: off to buy going to Kansas City. I mean, the

957
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 1: good the good news is David Johnson is that you know,

958
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: the volume is going to be there for the most

959
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 1: par He's been a guy who's pushed, you know, fifteen

960
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: eighteen twenty carries every single week. I think that he

961
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: has enough usage right now that you can feel confident

962
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: in him being that RB two type of player. We

963
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 1: saw him go out and a push one hundred total

964
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 1: yards once again in Week eight, and that was in

965
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: the game that was low scoring. It was close. It

966
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: was the cardinal second win of the season. But you know,

967
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,240
Speaker 1: he's a guy that right now is just a floor play.

968
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 1: I think with this Eric Arizona Cardinals offense, again, the

969
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: good news is that the matchup is right here. In

970
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: Week ten, I mentioned the Falcons allow a ton of

971
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 1: production to pass catching running backs, So did the Kansas

972
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: City Chief. They're right up there among the league leaders

973
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: in that department. And also they allow a high yards

974
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: per carry as well. So overall, I think you're looking

975
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 1: at this as a good spot for David Johnson. You're

976
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,279
Speaker 1: playing him as a floor play every single week. But

977
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: I think you can maybe expect a bit of a

978
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 1: ceiling here. Maybe he even actually rushes for over eighty yards,

979
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 1: which he's yet to do once this year. But let's

980
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 1: not get too pick either. That's amazing that he has

981
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: not done that, and a lot of people, I mean,

982
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 1: this is your number one, number two, number three overall

983
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,879
Speaker 1: pick and he hasn't even tracked eighty yet. I mean,

984
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,360
Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. Chris I wrote in Creuseeason that I thought

985
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,319
Speaker 1: he could he should be in the conversation for the

986
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: number one pick overall because of the volume and the

987
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 1: receiving usage. But it's the receiving usage that's been the

988
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 1: most puzzling. I mean, he's had more than four catches

989
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 1: just once all year. That was back in Week one.

990
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 1: We know his average depth of target is way down

991
00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: from what it was where Bruce arians was coaching the team. Now,

992
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 1: we did see him go from four catches forty one

993
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,879
Speaker 1: receiving yards on four targets in the first game. Again

994
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: talk about maybe coaching coincidences, but it was the first

995
00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: game of Byron left which is tender. By the way,

996
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 1: it isn't it wild that we're talking about like Byron

997
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 1: left which is not only an offensive coordinator, but like

998
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator that we actually might be excited about, Like, yeah,

999
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 1: what universe, let's at the universe that we live. I

1000
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,360
Speaker 1: remember I remember him at Mark Schell and then him

1001
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: getting carried across the field after throwing a bomb. Remember

1002
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: that play, Dude. I think I think Byron Leftwich was

1003
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: like my backup quarterback in all of my fantasy Madden teams,

1004
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 1: you know, and he took like redrafted the entire league

1005
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:18,279
Speaker 1: because because he wasn't accurate, but he could swing it

1006
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 1: and like kind of run a little bit, which is

1007
00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: basically all you wanted out of like your backup quarterback

1008
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: and Madden back in like you know, the two thousand

1009
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: and eight, two thousand and nine type season. So yeah, man,

1010
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,720
Speaker 1: and now I'm like, man, I can now this guy's

1011
00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:33,760
Speaker 1: like a coordinated that we're talking about, and like Bruce

1012
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,719
Speaker 1: arians since he's like the next great head coach in

1013
00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 1: the NFL. So it's wild. But getting back to David Johnson,

1014
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:42,359
Speaker 1: hopefully we see some more positive receiving usage from him.

1015
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 1: You know, he's averaged over ten yards protest the last

1016
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: two weeks. I think against the Chiefs, you you given

1017
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 1: him and maybe hope for a bit more of a

1018
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 1: ceiling than you've been getting so far. All Right, I

1019
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 1: got another running back question. Nelson's got a quite the

1020
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:58,319
Speaker 1: predicament here a GM Peterson or Leonard Fournette this week?

1021
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette, of course he's not played in a while.

1022
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson doesn't have an offensive line right now? What

1023
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,840
Speaker 1: are we doing here? Yeah, this is a rough spot.

1024
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: And not to mention like I think Washington is kind

1025
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 1: of on upset alert, actually wouldn't even be an upset.

1026
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,040
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay is actually a three point home favorite over

1027
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: Washington right now, which is pretty surprising considering where these

1028
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: these teams were just two to three weeks ago. Yeah,

1029
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 1: that is a really interesting line. But I think you

1030
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: played Peterson only with the hope that you know what

1031
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 1: he's going to a look like and be what type

1032
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: of volume who's gonna get with Leonard Fournette. There's just

1033
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: so many unknowns. I mean, it's very realistic that this

1034
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: backfield could just be split three ways. Jacksonville is getting

1035
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: three points in India offlints this week. Another thing probably

1036
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't thought we'd be saying four or five weeks ago,

1037
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: but Jacksonville is just not playing all that well right now.

1038
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 1: The offensive is at firing on all cylinders and and

1039
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:57,799
Speaker 1: rib right now. Fournette is just a guy that I

1040
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 1: would much rather you think I comfortable sitting and him

1041
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: going off on my bench and then me being like, okay,

1042
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:05,959
Speaker 1: great now, I know I can play him the rest

1043
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,919
Speaker 1: of the way, But this week I'd advise a little

1044
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: bit of casting him all right, quickly, we'll move the

1045
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 1: wide receiver. And this one's a big one because we're

1046
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,440
Speaker 1: talking about new Copkins, We're talking about Adam Feeling, Digs,

1047
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders, all those guys are out this week. Who

1048
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 1: do you like? You know, I've heard Josh Dockson Because

1049
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:26,840
Speaker 1: of Richardson, he's not there in Washington. They may have

1050
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: to put up some points. Any other options you're liking there, Yeah,

1051
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 1: I mean Josh Dockson's a little bit that's that's quite aggressive.

1052
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,920
Speaker 1: It's pretty rich, right, It's pretty rich. Yeah, Dockson is

1053
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 1: just not He's put so poorly all year that would

1054
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:43,719
Speaker 1: make me a little hesitant. I think guys like on

1055
00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:48,240
Speaker 1: the Bears, Anthony Miller, Taylor Gabriel are players to consider

1056
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 1: Alan Robinson's back to practice, which, of course I think

1057
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,279
Speaker 1: would dig into the floor of those two players. But

1058
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: they've been getting deep targets, they've been getting looks down

1059
00:49:56,640 --> 00:49:58,720
Speaker 1: the field from Mitchell Trabisky. I think he could probably

1060
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,319
Speaker 1: use those type of guys as as bye week solos. Heater.

1061
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:05,279
Speaker 1: I think that game is pretty interesting. Uh, you know,

1062
00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:08,399
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears are welcoming the Detroit Lions. The sort

1063
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Speaker 1: of Lions are giving up a seven point two touchdown

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Speaker 1: rate to wide receivers. They just haven't been giving up

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Speaker 1: very many yards because of course they get gashed on

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Speaker 1: the ground. And then maybe it is a Torty Cohen

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Speaker 1: Jordan Howard type game. But I think those players are

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Speaker 1: ones you could throw out there, you know. And I

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Speaker 1: really like Marquez Valdez Scantlin. You know, he's a player

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Speaker 1: that right now I think is locked into a top

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Speaker 1: three role in an Aaron Rodgers offense. And this is

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Speaker 1: another offense that is am firing on all selons. As

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Speaker 1: you know, you're a great player when people are upset

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Speaker 1: that you're only completing sixty percent of your passes if

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Speaker 1: you're Aaron Rodgers. But I like them against the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: defense that's very, very up and down. So he's certainly

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Speaker 1: someone you can use. And lastly I'll just point to well,

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Speaker 1: I'll just point to Jordy Nelson too. Book. It didn't

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Speaker 1: really come to fruition in Amari Cooper's first game gone. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: the Raiders got smoked against the forty nine ers, but

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Speaker 1: this game has a high total against the Chargers fifty points.

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Speaker 1: Raiders are ten point underdogs in Oakland. That is, you know,

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Speaker 1: a situation where there might be a lot of passing.

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Speaker 1: It hasn't really come together for Nelson since Smart Cooper

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Speaker 1: has been out. But at the same time, I think

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Speaker 1: he's a guy that you could maybe realistically throw into

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Speaker 1: as a as a hail Mary type play and we

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Speaker 1: could stay on the Chargers here real quick too, Harmon,

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Speaker 1: because obviously you're starting Philip Rivers, you're starting Melvin Gordon,

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Speaker 1: you're starting Keenan Allen. This week. My question is with

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Speaker 1: Tyrrell and Mike Williams. Because listen, combined, they have forty

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Speaker 1: receptions ten touchdowns. It's pretty good. The efficiency is there.

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Speaker 1: Is it worth putting them in your lineups this week?

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Speaker 1: Is a wide receiver three? Granted that they may not

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Speaker 1: be getting a ton of receptions, but when they do

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Speaker 1: get them, they're pretty effective with them. Yeah. Well, look,

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Speaker 1: I mean number one, it's you're gonna want to play

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Speaker 1: these guys because the Raiders are so bad ad you know,

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Speaker 1: they they give up a high yards per attempt. They're

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Speaker 1: really bad at defending e passes because they have a

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Speaker 1: slow secondary on they don't have any pass rush to

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Speaker 1: speak of. I mean, who could have seen that coming

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Speaker 1: when we've led away your best pass rusher in the

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Speaker 1: middle of the preseason. Both these guys are and Mike

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Speaker 1: Williams and Tyroll Williams are big play specialists. Eighteen point

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Speaker 1: eight yards per cash for Mike Williams, Tyroll Williams twenty

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Speaker 1: points five yards per catch. I mean that he's mentioned

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Speaker 1: this splitting five touchdowns to piece, and these two guys,

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Speaker 1: especially Tyroll Williams, have been big recipients on these play

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Speaker 1: action plays from Philip Rivers Chris Philip Rivers has a

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Speaker 1: perfect pass rating on play action passes this year, one

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Speaker 1: fifty eight point three unbelievable obviously leads the league. Number

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Speaker 1: two obviously with fewer games played, is of course Nick Bullens,

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Speaker 1: the other Hall of Famer. But was sticking on Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 1: We've seen, Yeah, we've seen so many these big plays

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Speaker 1: come off of play action stakes and a lot of

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Speaker 1: them have been to Tyro Williams down the field. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think that if you are in need of a

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Speaker 1: streaming wide receiver this week, I think you can certainly

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Speaker 1: look at a player like Tyroll Williams and Mike Williams.

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Speaker 1: I prefer Tyroll just just a little bit. But both

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Speaker 1: of these guys are super volatile because there's just not

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Speaker 1: a ton of volume there all right, Harmon Finally, tight

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Speaker 1: end in defense, tight end, listen, unless you have Kelsey

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Speaker 1: and maybe a couple others, you may be streaming this

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Speaker 1: position every single week. Who do you like this week?

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Speaker 1: Who are some matchups you like not only a tight

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Speaker 1: end but also maybe a streaming defense. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: defenses are a little bit easier this week. There's there's

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Speaker 1: not a ton of great options, but I think you

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Speaker 1: can look at the Packers, who have a really high

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Speaker 1: back rate. They're obviously going to be welcoming, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Brock Lobster here in Green Bay. I'm obviously not

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Speaker 1: a believer in that situation. They can certainly force Brock

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Speaker 1: into a fair bit of mistakes. But one target I

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Speaker 1: think for everybody is of course going to be the

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Speaker 1: New York Jets welcoming the Buffalo Bills. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: don't remember an offense since I've been playing fantasy football,

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Speaker 1: certainly not much less, you know, just analyzing the game

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Speaker 1: where you're just hammering the opposed this opposing offense like

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Speaker 1: you are with the Buffalo Bills every single week. Every

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Speaker 1: single week, You're you're you're playing whoever is going up

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Speaker 1: defensively against this team, And obviously I think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: be the pie in the sky. Two super deep sleepers

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Speaker 1: at defense I think are the Eagles on Sunday Night

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Speaker 1: Football against the Dallas Cowboys. Because the Eagles do personnel

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Speaker 1: wise have a pretty good pass rush. I think this

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Speaker 1: will be a low scoring game. I think that they

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00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 1: could force Dak Prescott into a few mistakes, and they've

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Speaker 1: been at disappointing fantasy defense, so that they might have

1151
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 1: been dropped at a few spots. And also Tampa Bay

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00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: we mentioned Washington has all of these offensive line injuries.

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Speaker 1: You know, if you're playing DFS and you're looking to

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Speaker 1: like go super cheap at the position, you know there's

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Speaker 1: somebody that you could there's somebody that is going to

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Speaker 1: be super cheap and might be able to just get

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Speaker 1: a few sacks forced Alex Smith into a fumble or

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Speaker 1: an interception or something. We know this Washington offense is

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Speaker 1: not gonna put a ton of points on the board,

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Speaker 1: So there are some deep sleeper options at defense. At

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Speaker 1: tight end. I mean, it really is hold your nose

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00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,800
Speaker 1: and just dive in sort of position. Right now. J

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Speaker 1: Uzama has been a guy who's been very disappointing. Of course,

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Speaker 1: you know he at one point put up a zero

1165
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:27,680
Speaker 1: like that's not what you're looking for at the position.

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Speaker 1: But he's running a lot of routes. He's playing a

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Speaker 1: high snap right and of course we know that aj

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Speaker 1: Green is now out of the offense. That's going to

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Speaker 1: open up a ton of targets here. It's going to

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Speaker 1: open up a ton of air yards. I think some

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Speaker 1: of that could go to cj Uzana in a good

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Speaker 1: matchup against the New Orleans Saints. So he's somebody that

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Speaker 1: has a streaming tight end. He's not lived up to

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Speaker 1: the hype, but you might be able to grab him

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Speaker 1: here and throw him out and then otherwise, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the tight end market does get pretty rough, but Nick

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Speaker 1: Manette might be a super deep sleeper at the position.

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Speaker 1: You know, he caught a garbage time touchdown last week,

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Speaker 1: but with Will Disley out, Nick Venette is the clear

1180
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Speaker 1: top tight end in Seattle. And the Rams have just

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00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 1: been giving up a ton of points and production in

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Speaker 1: the secondary, and with this being a high scoring game,

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Speaker 1: I think you can face of another potential score here

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Speaker 1: with Nick Venette. There you go. Matt Harmon, Yeah, Who's sports?

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Speaker 1: If you needed advice, you just got it. Harmon, Where

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Speaker 1: can people listen to you? Read you? Yeah? Please? You

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Speaker 1: know you follow me on Twitter at Matt Harmon Underscore

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00:56:26,719 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 1: by b all my written work. Will go there and

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Speaker 1: check out the halftime show Halftime with Harmon. If you

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Speaker 1: use the hashtag on Twitter on Sundays you'll be able

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Speaker 1: to find it. It's at two thirty pm Eastern and

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Speaker 1: six pm Eastern time right in the middle of your half.

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Speaker 1: It's a better alternative halftime programming than just, you know,

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Speaker 1: watching some guys in suits blaborret you on the TV.

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Speaker 1: Because we're gonna interact, we're gonna talk, you're gonna take

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Speaker 1: your questions on Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, Twitch, YouTube, whatever. We're

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Speaker 1: actually gonna be on the road. Two Sundays from now eleven.

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Speaker 1: We will be in New Orleans casting live from there.

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Speaker 1: So that's a lot of fun. For whatever reason you're listening,

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Speaker 1: come check us out. Matt Harmon in New Orleans into

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Speaker 1: Big Easy. I love it. Man. Well, hey, I'll be

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Speaker 1: watching halftime with Harmon. Come back, Chris. Let's just let's

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Speaker 1: just hope I come back. Just be careful down there,

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Speaker 1: be careful on Bourbon Street. I always appreciate your time, Bud.

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Speaker 1: All right, man, and that'll do it. A big thanks

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Speaker 1: to Matt Harmon, Omar Ruiz, Daniel Jeremiah, and Steve Palazzolo

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Speaker 1: for joining me, and as always, thanks to you all

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Speaker 1: for listening. You can find Chargers Weekly in our new

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Speaker 1: Backstage Chargers podcast on Apple Podcasts. While you're there, please

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Speaker 1: leave a review, helps spread the word. Enjoy the game.

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Speaker 1: This Sunday, as the Chargers look to go seven and

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Speaker 1: two in Oakland. Until next time, I'm Chris Harry