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Speaker 3: He loves football.

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Speaker 1: Down in the one yard line.

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Speaker 4: That is the ultimate kabash.

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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Action

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Speaker 1: Network NFL podcast. I'm Matthew Freeman, the editor in chief

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Speaker 1: of Fantasy Labs. We are back with another episode on

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Speaker 1: the Alliance of American Football. The AAF is week three

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Speaker 1: and we have some action to cover. Per usual, I'm

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Speaker 1: joined by our resident Alliance expert, Ian Hart. It's the

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Speaker 1: director of the Fantasy Labs NFL platform and an Action

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Speaker 1: Network analyst. And we were also very happy to be

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Speaker 1: joined by the godfather, Evan Silva, the senior football editor

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Speaker 1: at roadal World. I would say a guy who's passion

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Speaker 1: for and knowledge of football are outweighed only by the

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Speaker 1: generosity with which he promotes upcoming talent in the industry. Evan,

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Speaker 1: I really cannot say enough good things about you, so

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Speaker 1: I'm just going to stop trying. Evan, how are you doing?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great, man.

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Speaker 3: It's been really fun to watch you guys pour yourselves

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Speaker 2: I just jumped into it, like over.

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Speaker 3: The last week so I'm trying to play catch up

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Speaker 1: Felts Well, the guy who has really been doing almost

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Speaker 1: has definitely been Ian and Ian. You were on the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Peace Pod earlier this week with Evan and Ross

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Speaker 1: another AAF conversation with Evan here?

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Speaker 5: It's a good time, guys. You know, had a good

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Speaker 5: time on the Feast for sure, But yeah, I don't know.

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Speaker 5: So it's talking about football in February again. Boys, can't

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Speaker 1: Guys, let's get into it. One thing that really was

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Speaker 1: interesting that happened this week. The NHL Hurricanes owner Tom

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Speaker 1: Dundan invested two hundred and fifty million into the Alliance

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Speaker 1: It's kind of hard to know exactly what this means,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I read a bunch of articles about

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Speaker 3: He's not you know, he didn't like inherit the team

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it just seemed like this came out of nowhere,

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Speaker 1: You know, one thing that's interesting and so part of

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Speaker 4: So I love it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and totally agree with that. The pace of play,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so remembering back that Week one game, Arizona one

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Speaker 4: I think the edge here is on the defense.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that makes sense, Evan. Anything that you

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Speaker 2: Same hot Shots defense.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like that. And one thing I've noticed, this

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Speaker 5: Yeah, big thing to remember I think is, like Evan said,

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Speaker 1: All right, So Evan, you are on you're on this

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Speaker 4: I like the under more than anything.

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Speaker 5: The first total I saw was forty six, which is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's an interesting point. Yeah, and kind of going

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Speaker 1: Let's go to that second game on Saturday. We have

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I was thinking maybe we could make another week

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Speaker 5: it just seems like more of a fluid backfield. I'm

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Speaker 5: more inclined to maybe go to his backup, Terrence McGee.

439
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Speaker 5: But we can talk about that a little bit later,

440
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Speaker 5: and yeah, on the other side of the ball, Orlando

441
00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,960
Speaker 5: looked like the only team that can really challenge Arizona

442
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:35,280
Speaker 5: with that big win against San Antonio, and their offenses

443
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,960
Speaker 5: easily looked like the best kind of passing unit in

444
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Speaker 5: the league behind Garrett, Gilbert and Evan was bringing up

445
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Speaker 5: some good play action rates earlier. But the one thing

446
00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,399
Speaker 5: I really noticed with Orlando Gilbert thirty percent of his

447
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 5: passes have been attempted at least twenty yards downfield this season.

448
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Speaker 5: No NFL quarterback has even cleared twenty percent in the

449
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Speaker 5: last five years. So, I mean, this Sun and Gun

450
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Speaker 5: offense in Orlando is really chucking the ball downfield.

451
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Speaker 4: It's been fun to watch.

452
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Speaker 1: And then what do you think of these two teams here?

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Speaker 3: I mean, this is you know, the best team in

454
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Speaker 3: the league facing you know, arguably the worst team in

455
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Speaker 3: the league. I think that Memphis is probably a little

456
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Speaker 3: bit better than Atlanta, but I mean it looks like,

457
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Speaker 3: I mean, it looks like Memphis might get shut out here.

458
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Speaker 3: You know, this could be like like a forty to

459
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Speaker 3: nothing sort of blowout. I mean, the teams just, you know,

460
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Speaker 3: based on their performance to this point, just you know,

461
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Speaker 3: at opposite ends of the spectrum. Ian did mention how

462
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Speaker 3: Zach Stacy kind of got going last week, and that's

463
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Speaker 3: really the only way that Memphis has the ability to

464
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Speaker 3: generate any kind of offense.

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Speaker 2: He also mentioned how Silbers was warming up. What the

466
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Speaker 2: heck is Zach.

467
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Speaker 3: Mettenberger doing on the on the sideline. He's not warming up,

468
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Speaker 3: He's over there smoking cigarettes. I mean, what is what?

469
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Speaker 3: Why can Mettenberger not get in any of these games?

470
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Speaker 3: He's not even a consideration from like a daily fantasy standpoint.

471
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Speaker 3: You know, I think that we've got Garrett Gilbert and

472
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Speaker 3: Charles Johnson the clear number one quarterback in the clear

473
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Speaker 3: number one receiver play in this game. The Express have

474
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Speaker 3: already been lit up for six completions of thirty plus

475
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Speaker 3: yards in two games. Quentin Patten went over one hundred

476
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Speaker 3: yards against them in Week one. Last week, Josh huff

477
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Speaker 3: at eighty four yards. Rashad Ross had four catches for

478
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Speaker 3: sixty seven yards in a touchdown. So, I mean, I

479
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,000
Speaker 3: don't think that there's anybody in the Memphis secondary that

480
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,760
Speaker 3: can hang with Charles Johnson. The Apollos really go four

481
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Speaker 3: deep at receiver. They have a lot of receiver actually

482
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Speaker 3: five deep. Their number two is Jalen Marshall formerly of

483
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Speaker 3: the Jets, Chris Thompson who's played for the Texans, speedster

484
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Speaker 3: Renelle Hall who's been in the NFL a little bit,

485
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,119
Speaker 3: and then Ishmiel Hyman so. And they're not throwing the

486
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Speaker 3: ball to running backs very much. They're ignoring their tight

487
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,439
Speaker 3: ends in the passing game, and they go really go

488
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Speaker 3: five deep at wide receiver. I just I don't think

489
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Speaker 3: that Memphis is going to be able to deal with

490
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Speaker 3: them very well from a DFS standpoint. My biggest conundrum

491
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Speaker 3: here is trying to figure out the running back to

492
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Speaker 3: capitalize on this seat situation. Because it looks like the

493
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 3: Orlando Apollo should be in really good run friendly game scripts.

494
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Speaker 2: But which backer are we going to be looking at?

495
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Speaker 3: It is going to be a Keen Hunt who was

496
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Speaker 3: really good in the first game, total non factor in

497
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:16,359
Speaker 3: the second game. Ernest Johnson who looked really good last

498
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 3: week and he was the.

499
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,400
Speaker 2: Back of choice for years, back of choice in crunch time.

500
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Speaker 3: And then Daveon Smith who he's big ran four eight

501
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 3: five coming out of Michigan, but he led the running

502
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,479
Speaker 3: backs and snaps and targets last week. He's already got

503
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Speaker 3: two touchdowns to two point conversions. He's getting the ball

504
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Speaker 3: in scoring positions, So you know, I think that the

505
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,960
Speaker 3: apollo should roll, and then how do we fit that

506
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Speaker 3: toward the.

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Speaker 2: Decisions that we make in Daily Fantasy? Ian?

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Speaker 1: Do you have any thoughts on that?

509
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm riding with debian Smith out of that backfield

510
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 5: because it does look like, like Evan says, he's getting

511
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,199
Speaker 5: those kind of goal line two point conversion opportunities one

512
00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,480
Speaker 5: day are available. I mean, I know it hunts the

513
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 5: biggest name there, but that dude cannot get going in

514
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 5: the passing game. He might legit be kind of the

515
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 5: third worst back in that backfield, but still seems like

516
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Speaker 5: a fluid situation. I mean overall, I mean, right now,

517
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 5: Orlando and San Diego have the two highest pass play

518
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,880
Speaker 5: rates in the league. So I definitely do think they're

519
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 5: out there to throw the ball. You know, we saw

520
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,679
Speaker 5: that last week, but they didn't even really commit to

521
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Speaker 5: the run till the game's final possession. So yeah, I

522
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Speaker 5: think also in DFS, keep in mind that this is

523
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Speaker 5: pretty much you know, four or five, it's mostly four

524
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Speaker 5: wide receiver deep. I thought Hymen was a little more

525
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Speaker 5: involved last week. He only had like two snaps. So

526
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Speaker 5: if you want to go down a little bit off

527
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Speaker 5: of a Marshall and Charles Johnson, save some money. Chris

528
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Speaker 5: Thompson definitely a guy to keep an eye on, as

529
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Speaker 5: well as I'm sorry the other guy who's name escapes soon.

530
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Speaker 5: Because all four of these receivers are in PFF's top

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Speaker 5: nine yards per out run. When you're in an offense

532
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Speaker 5: that's throwing the ball downfield this much, it's going to

533
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 5: be great for any anyone involved in the passing game.

534
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Speaker 5: And I mean Memphis I think has played better on defense,

535
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Speaker 5: and some people give them credit for at least in

536
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Speaker 5: the first three quarters of these games, but they have wilted.

537
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Speaker 5: It's tough to see, you know, Hackenburg really stopping keeping

538
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 5: the ball enough to stop that from happening. If you're

539
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,399
Speaker 5: gonna wrote against Orlando, get ready for some big plays.

540
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Speaker 5: So it's tough for me to get away from Orlando.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

542
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Speaker 1: The one thing that's interesting to me is that last week,

543
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Speaker 1: I mean, I wanted to stay away from the Memphis

544
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Speaker 1: Express as much as I could, and then when I

545
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Speaker 1: saw the line, so I believe it opened at thirteen

546
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Speaker 1: or thirteen and a half and then it ultimately moved

547
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Speaker 1: to sixteen, and when I saw it get to sixteen,

548
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 1: I had to bet it. But I don't know if

549
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:32,280
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in a situation like that this week.

550
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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, my head is going to think, Okay,

551
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: this line is going to move. As we're recording this,

552
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Speaker 1: it's already moved to fourteen and a half, and like

553
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 1: I think, it will probably continue to move. It could

554
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Speaker 1: get to sixteen again. I just don't know even then

555
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: if I'm going really to one to back Hackenberg two

556
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 1: weeks in a row this week on the road against

557
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Speaker 1: an Apollo's team that I think is really really good.

558
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Speaker 1: At the same time, I don't know if I want

559
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Speaker 1: to be laying fourteen fourteen and a half points either. Evan,

560
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Speaker 1: do you have any any lean on this game?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd probably go under and Apollos to cover. Yeah,

562
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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, And one thing also to note

563
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Speaker 3: about the Apollos is that their secondary is just absolutely

564
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Speaker 3: lights out. You know, They've got a ton of NFL players.

565
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,920
Speaker 3: Will Hill was like a top five safety and at

566
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Speaker 3: Pro Football Focus a couple of years ago.

567
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Speaker 2: Keith Reezer has been one of the league shutdown corners.

568
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Speaker 3: So far Marquez White was a member of that Florida

569
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 3: State national championship team. Ladarius Gunter was out here covering

570
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,920
Speaker 3: Dez Bryant in a playoff game not too long ago,

571
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Speaker 3: getting beat. But you know, I mean he has like

572
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,120
Speaker 3: NFL playoff game starting experience, and you know, so far

573
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 3: they have held opposing quarterbacks to forty two percent completions,

574
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 3: five yards per attempt, one touchdown, four interceptions. You know,

575
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 3: we're not gonna It's gonna come down to like the

576
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 3: running game for Memphis and Zach Stacy. You know, he's

577
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Speaker 3: one of the best backs in the league, no question,

578
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Speaker 3: But I mean it's the offense is so one dimensional

579
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 3: in Memphis. I don't think the Brandon Silvers is the answer.

580
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 3: You know, even if he comes in and replaces Hacking

581
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 3: and you.

582
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Speaker 1: Haven't lean on this game, yeah, I'm not.

583
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 5: The over unders is tough for me to tell because

584
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 5: it's pretty much like, can Orlando score forty six points?

585
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 5: They might be able to, and you know, because I'm

586
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 5: not expecting anything from Memphis, but I think I'm riding

587
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 5: with the heavy favorite this week, taking Orlando, and even

588
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 5: if that does get up to sixteen, I mean, I

589
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 5: won't be pounding it. But yeah, I'm more inclined to

590
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 5: take those points this week. So I think Orlando, even

591
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 5: if they might not be convincingly better than Arizona, I

592
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 5: think they do definitely have the more explosive offense.

593
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Speaker 1: The Birmingham Iron six point favorites at the Atlanta Llegend.

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Speaker 1: The over under is forty points. I'm just gonna say,

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638
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Speaker 1: under for them. For me, that is just like the

639
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Speaker 1: thing I'm like automatically going to under bet for the

640
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Speaker 1: about it. Ian give us some takeaways from week two.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, don't.

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Speaker 5: I don't hate your decision making there with Atlanta. I

644
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 5: thought you were about to throw some shade on on

645
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 5: my guy, Luis Perez, I would have stopped you there.

646
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 5: I do think Birmingham is a little better on offense

647
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 5: than they showed last week. I mean, really wasn't good

648
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Speaker 5: Salt Lake should have won that game. We talked about

649
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 5: all the kind of field goals they weren't able to make,

650
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 5: but Birmingham basically won because they're awesome. Cornerback Jamars Summers,

651
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Speaker 5: who should be in any Defensive Player of the Year conversation,

652
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Speaker 5: forced to fumble that end up intercover for a touchdown

653
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 5: on a part return, and then Perez was able to

654
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 5: go get points with a short tout I run by

655
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 5: Richard sam with about five minutes left to win the game.

656
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 5: So definitely a competitive game against Salt Lake. But hey,

657
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 5: Birmingham was pretty much the consensus league worst team in

658
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 5: terms of the preseason odds. Now they're sitting here at

659
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 5: two and l with you know, only six point favorites

660
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 5: versus well, I think is easily the worst team in

661
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 5: the league. So chance for Birmingham to kind of be

662
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 5: probably the league's easily most unlikely three and zero team.

663
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 5: On the other side of the ball, Atlanta's offense finally

664
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 5: looked like I got something that wasn't quite as terrible

665
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 5: last week. Matt sim started off like thirteen or fifteen still,

666
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 5: just you know, they're not pushing the ball downfield. He

667
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 5: had twenty five pass attempts for one hundred and sixty yards.

668
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 5: Not like they're getting anything explosive. I thought the kind

669
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 5: of big note to come out of the backfield is

670
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 5: Terry On Fulson is definitely not the guy there, and

671
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 5: it seemed like the fantasy relevant dude is now Akram Wildly.

672
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 5: Excuse me if I'm messing his name up, but the

673
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 5: guy came away caught eight of eight targets for seventy yards.

674
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 5: My question is is this legit or is this kind

675
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 5: of like a Ludarius Perkins thing where he just got

676
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 5: a bunch of checkdowns one week Because I'm kind of

677
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 5: leaning towards the ladder there.

678
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's interesting and I'd like to hear your thoughts

679
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: on it. I mean, Watley at Iowa was the guy

680
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: who was a very good pass catching back like that

681
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: is a key part of his skill set, So that

682
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 1: could be something that he continues to do moving forward.

683
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: But I think a lot of it was also kind

684
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: of game script. He was just in a situation where

685
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: he was going to get targets out of the backfield.

686
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: But yeah, Evan, what are your thoughts on maybe the

687
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: backfield there, but then also this matchup in general.

688
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, The big thing that I'm looking for in this

689
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 3: game is, you know, is Birmingham gonna show up?

690
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 2: Like I just don't know how good they are right now.

691
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 3: I thought they were good after the first game, but

692
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 3: they should have lost the second game. As we mentioned

693
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 3: to a team quarterback by Austin Allen, the quarterbacks that

694
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 3: they've faced, and they've already gotten this nickname the Birmingham

695
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 3: Iron Curtain. The facts that they faced through two weeks

696
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 3: are Austin Allen and Christian Hackenberg. Okay, so they have

697
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 3: not really been tested on defense. We can say that

698
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 3: they put up a pretty good offensive performance in Week one.

699
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 3: They did wind up stalling a bunch in the red

700
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 3: zone settle for a bunch of field goals. The running

701
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 3: game has been super inefficient. Luis Paris I thought was

702
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 3: going to be in that conversation with Walford and Gilbert

703
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,080
Speaker 3: as you know, a top three quarterback in this league.

704
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: But man, this dude is slow.

705
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 3: Like you know, as the sample size grows, sometimes these

706
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 3: guys get exposed and Louce Perez has really slow feet.

707
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 3: Get you get him under pressure and it's going to

708
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 3: be problematic.

709
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: You know.

710
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 3: He ran five two seven forty coming out of Texas

711
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 3: A and M Commerce. I think that he is a

712
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 3: decent passer, and I think that Quentin Patton is a

713
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 3: pretty good number one receiver relative to this league. But

714
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 3: you know, they've they've had very favorable circumstances in terms

715
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 3: of their opponents so far.

716
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 2: They've also played for both of their first two.

717
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 3: Games at home, and now they're going on the road

718
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,719
Speaker 3: to face this like dead Atlanta team that no one respects.

719
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 3: And this dead Atlanta team open the season with both

720
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 3: of their games on the road.

721
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 2: So it's a really interesting game.

722
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 3: Like you know, from from all those kind of like

723
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 3: sports betting standpoints, you know, will they will those sports

724
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 3: betting old school theories apply.

725
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 2: In this league.

726
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 3: I don't know, you know, but I am with you

727
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 3: guys on the under at this point. Trent Richardson, like

728
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 3: the inefficiency that he has shown so far is so

729
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 3: reminiscent of him in the NFL. But the Atlanta Legends

730
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 3: have been the worst team against the run so far,

731
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 3: five point six yards per carry to opposing running backs.

732
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 3: This needs to be the game where Trent Richardson really

733
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 3: shows us that he can run the ball in this league.

734
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love that from a matchup perspective, this is

735
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 1: the Trent Richardson. He has like one hundred and fifty

736
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,479
Speaker 1: yard game and people are like, that's Trent Richardson. Yeah,

737
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,439
Speaker 1: people are they're going to go crazy for it. Ian.

738
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: What are you seeing in terms of the matchup between

739
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,280
Speaker 1: these two teams.

740
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, everyone's mentioning how Perez is a pretty slow guy,

741
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 5: and he's also being slow just getting rid of the ball.

742
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 5: I mean just looking at release times, which I think

743
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 5: is part on the quarterback and also part on this scheme.

744
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 4: And when we see John Walford.

745
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 5: With the quickest release time, I think that's both him

746
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 5: doing a good job getting the ball out quick and

747
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 5: also Arizona put him in favorable situations to get the

748
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 5: ball out quick, so ce Perez have the slowest release time. Though,

749
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,360
Speaker 5: I think kind of backs up what you watch on

750
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 5: film when you look at Birmingham, it's this offense definitely

751
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 5: does not seem like one of the better you know,

752
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 5: on Arizona or on Orlando's level, in terms of kind

753
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 5: of the schemes are running on what.

754
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 4: They're able to do.

755
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 5: A whole bunch of first and ten runs of Trent

756
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 5: regards and it seems like I mean, anytime you give

757
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,359
Speaker 5: a running back forty two carries and he has ninety

758
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,800
Speaker 5: nine rushing yards and there seems to be no concern

759
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 5: in the organization about, hey, maybe we should consider changing

760
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 5: this up a little bit. I mean, I'm worried about that.

761
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 5: But with that said, I mean, I know they haven't

762
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 5: been tested, but they're not about to be tested this week,

763
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 5: I don't think either. So this is one more week

764
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 5: for Birmingham. I think to kind of skip by as

765
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 5: the potential pretender disguised as a contender, because if Atlanta,

766
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 5: which happened to stop a run game all season, can't

767
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 5: stop the one thing that everyone kind of knows Birmingham

768
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 5: wants to do, it's.

769
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 4: Gonna be tough for Atlanta to stand up at all.

770
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,759
Speaker 1: All right, So Ian, you are on Birmingham. It's a

771
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:58,240
Speaker 1: six point favorite, Evan and I are. We're taking the under. Okay,

772
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,800
Speaker 1: the finale for the weekend, we have the San Antonio

773
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: Commanders at the San Diego Fleet. The Fleet favored by

774
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: one and a half a forty three point five over under.

775
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:13,479
Speaker 1: And this is a rematch again of a week one game. Ian,

776
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts in terms of the rematch.

777
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 5: So Week one, san Antonio wins fifteen to six. It

778
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 5: was a six to sixth game going the fourth quarter,

779
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 5: so it definitely wasn't a blowout or anything like that.

780
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 5: But I think Santano did look like the better team

781
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 5: for most of that game, and Santonio looked like they

782
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 5: were better. I mean, they're playing better than in Orlando

783
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 5: for at least forty five minutes last week before they

784
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 5: gave up seventeen on the answer in the fourth quarter.

785
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 4: So a lot of good things.

786
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 5: From San Antonio, but you, I mean, their situation under

787
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 5: center now.

788
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 4: Is getting weird.

789
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 5: We gotta remember this is an NFL developmental league, so

790
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 5: I think these coaches are going to have different opinions

791
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 5: of what that means. Sometimes seems like Mike Riley at

792
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 5: least is under the impression that he's going to play

793
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,720
Speaker 5: the guys that are performing the best in practice, which

794
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 5: makes sense in most positions, obviously not so much a quarterback.

795
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 5: But so during the broadcast we heard nothing about this

796
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 5: situation during the lead up, But apparently Riley decided that

797
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 5: Logan Woodside, their starter, would play two series, then Markus Williams,

798
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 5: the backup, will come in for one. They do that

799
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 5: in the first half, and then Riley would pick a

800
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 5: quarterback to finish out the game. Well, in reality, William's

801
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 5: coming in for one series look good, ran for over

802
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 5: thirty yards, and then didn't play the rest of the game.

803
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 5: They asked Riley about it after the game, and specifically,

804
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 5: Riley said, I do think Logan is our starter. But

805
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 5: then he turns around and says, Marquis made some plays.

806
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,800
Speaker 5: I should have put him back in during the second half.

807
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 5: I just lost track of what was going on. Will

808
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 5: continue to do that with him, So it's going to

809
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 5: be a quarterback rotation. With that said, I kind of

810
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 5: like both these quarterbacks. I haven't seen enough of Williams

811
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 5: to have a full impression, but I do think woodsides

812
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 5: in the top four or five. So I'm more concerned

813
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 5: about that rotation, I think for fantasy than I am

814
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 5: for the overall.

815
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 4: I guess health of the San Antonio offense.

816
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, Evan, what do you think about this matchup?

817
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 2: Yeah?

818
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 3: San Antonio is another team that I think that there's

819
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 3: reason to have some skepticism about. Another team that began

820
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,759
Speaker 3: the season open the season with back to back home games,

821
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 3: drew the highest attendance in the league in both of

822
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 3: the weeks. Now we have this quarterback shuffling that Ian

823
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 3: was talking about. Marcus Williams is interesting and like he

824
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 3: started over Mitchell Trubisky, who was the number two overall

825
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 3: pick in the NFL draft for two seasons at North Carolina.

826
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 3: When he came in the game, I thought he like

827
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 3: injected some explosiveness into the offense. Woodside was good for

828
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 3: like the first quarter last week, and then really wasn't

829
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 3: good the rest of the way. He's just been a

830
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:36,320
Speaker 3: roller coaster. I think through two weeks. San Diego looked

831
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 3: like they might be down there with Memphis in Atlanta

832
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 3: after Week one, but they clearly didn't have like a

833
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 3: passing game threat and their pass protection was terrible. In

834
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 3: the first game with Mike Bercovici, they benched him. They

835
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,440
Speaker 3: come back with Philip Nelson. Philip Nelson isn't good, but

836
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 3: they acknowledged their strength. And their strength there's their running game.

837
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 3: They've got Ja Kwon Garden, who to me, I think

838
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 3: is the best running back in the league, and Terrell Watson,

839
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 3: who you know, might be one of the most talented

840
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 3: running backs in the league. And he's their number two

841
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 3: and he actually kind of poses a threat to Jakwon

842
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 3: Gardner from a daily fantasy standpoint, but he out snapped

843
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,240
Speaker 3: Jaquon Gardner last week. He had fourteen carries for forty

844
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 3: nine yards. And they kind of narrowed their backfield to

845
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 3: two after playing a bunch of more guys than that,

846
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 3: And they committed to the run last week, and that

847
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 3: seems to clearly be their strength because their quarterbacks are

848
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,840
Speaker 3: just liabilities. You know, They've already started two different guys

849
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 3: in the first two games.

850
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 2: And San Antonio's run defense hasn't been great.

851
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 3: I mean, in the first two games, they've allowed four

852
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 3: point nine yards per carry to the Fleet. In the

853
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 3: Apollos backs these teams played in Week one, Mike Marsh

854
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 3: abandoned the run. Even though Jakwan Gardner was really effective

855
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 3: on a per play basis, He's averaging seven yards per carry.

856
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 2: I think that this game kind of could could go

857
00:39:59,120 --> 00:39:59,760
Speaker 2: either way.

858
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 3: I think that this San Antonio is seen by a

859
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 3: lot of people as being maybe even like a top

860
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 3: two or three team in the league, and to me,

861
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 3: like I think that they still need to prove themselves,

862
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 3: especially with their quarterback situation, Like it really wouldn't surprise

863
00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 3: me if you know, we see a lot more Marquise.

864
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 2: Williams this week, As coach Mike Riley alluded to.

865
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: Ian, which way are you leaning in this game?

866
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,319
Speaker 5: It is tough because in their first matchup, I mean

867
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,360
Speaker 5: San Diego, they would run the ball really well in

868
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 5: Santonio and they have kind of had the best you know,

869
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 5: I'm not I'm not quite ready to say Jawon Gardner

870
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 5: is the best running back in the league, but they

871
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 5: have had the best rushing offense in the league.

872
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 2: And he's who's the best running back in the league? Then,

873
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 2: and just tell us.

874
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: He's gonna say, Aaron Green is Durell Presley.

875
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 4: Let's get this one week sample south of them.

876
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 2: Now Justin Stockton is about to take Durell Presley's job.

877
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 4: Oh my gosh.

878
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 5: But if we really want to talk pure talent, Aaron

879
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 5: Green and you guys know I'm right there. So anyway, yeah,

880
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 5: San Diego gets back to run the ball week two.

881
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 4: What makes sense that they keep going back to that.

882
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 5: I don't know why they would all of a sudden

883
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 5: start trying to air it out with Hope Nelson again.

884
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 5: So I get that, But at the end of the day,

885
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 5: I do think San Antonio is the better overall team here,

886
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 5: even if San Diego isn't Atlanta Memphis level BA. I

887
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 5: do think they're kind of the third worst team, and

888
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 5: I think Santano's not top five, so plus points, i'll

889
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 5: take San Antonio. But yeah, a whole lot of questions

890
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 5: about them going on the road and all that. So

891
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 5: I like the under here as well, and also in

892
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 5: conjunction with you know, rematch taking me under.

893
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'll probably be the donkey and take the

894
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: Commanders as underdogs there. But yeah, I don't know. In

895
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: the end, I might just kind of stay away from

896
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,800
Speaker 1: this this game in general. I don't know if I

897
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: have a really strong feel for it either way. Let's

898
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 1: talk a little fantasy here. Fanball. I mean, hats off

899
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: to fanball for creating contest for the daily Fantasy format

900
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 1: that they have quarterback, running back, wide receiver, three flex spots,

901
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 1: and I believe that there is a contest this week

902
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,240
Speaker 1: hosted by Fanball that pays one thousand dollars to the winner.

903
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 1: I might be wrong on that though, but you know,

904
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: some good stuff going on there from the daily fantasy perspective. Evan,

905
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 1: do you have any kind of big picture thoughts for

906
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: what you might be doing.

907
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 3: Definitely trying to build around Garret Gilbert, Charles, Johnson, Stacks,

908
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 3: John Wolford.

909
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:23,759
Speaker 2: We shot Ross Stacks.

910
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 3: I think that John wolferd to Richard Mullaney, assuming that

911
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 3: Richard Mullaney is healthy. You mentioned that he I was

912
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 3: limited early in the week with I believe in knee injury,

913
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 3: but they've used him a ton of around the red zone.

914
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 3: He has gotten a two point conversion target in each

915
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 3: of the first two games. Last week, he tied for

916
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 3: the team lead and targets. In the first game he

917
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 3: had I think five for fifty seven, five catches for

918
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 3: fifty seven yards. He's not like an appealing like you

919
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 3: plug him into like you know, player profiler, and you know,

920
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,760
Speaker 3: it's like he's so slow, I mean for seven to six,

921
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 3: you know, coming out of.

922
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 2: Coming out of Stanford.

923
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 3: But a lot of slow guys have have you know,

924
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 3: shown something so far in this league. So and his

925
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:12,800
Speaker 3: usage or in scoring position I think makes him really

926
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 3: intriguing in his price drop as well.

927
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 2: So I think that he's interesting, you know.

928
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 3: And I want to talk about Justin Stockton because this dude, like,

929
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 3: first of all, he's leading the league in yards per carrey.

930
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 3: He had an unbelievable run in crunch time to help

931
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:32,800
Speaker 3: propel the hot Shots to a comeback win last week.

932
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,760
Speaker 3: And I think he's a legit threat to Durell Presley.

933
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,239
Speaker 2: And am I am I crazy here? Like I kind

934
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 2: of like his profile too.

935
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,919
Speaker 3: Ran four four five coming out of Texas Tech, eighty

936
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 3: two catches at Texas Tech, getting those snaps in crunch time,

937
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 3: and they really.

938
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 2: Scaled back Presley last week.

939
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 3: I don't know if I'm ready to play Justin Stockton

940
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 3: in daily fantasy, but to me, like he's like a

941
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 3: legitimate threat to Drell Presley.

942
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, Evan, I'm actually kind of with you right there

943
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: on on Stockton. I liked him a lot in college

944
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: football DFS back in the day in twenty fifteen. He

945
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 1: had eleven touchdowns that season was and as you mentioned,

946
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: like he is a legitimate receiver, Like he has that

947
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: capability and he does have a lot of shiftiness. So

948
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: even if he doesn't end up taking the job, I

949
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:21,279
Speaker 1: think he's enough of a threat as a kind of

950
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: change of pace guy who maybe gets occasional carries to

951
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 1: limit the upside of the back that you would really

952
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: actually want to start and hope could could be a

953
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: kind of quote unquote workhorse. So yeah, I think Stockton

954
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: is someone who is definitely intriguing Ian. What are your

955
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 1: thoughts on that? And then also you know the rest

956
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 1: of the Daily Fantasy landscape there.

957
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 4: Yeah, Stockton looks good.

958
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,360
Speaker 5: I'd love if they just kind of turned the backfield

959
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 5: over the Presley and Stockton. But they got missed their

960
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,879
Speaker 5: two hundred and forty pound Tim Cook butting his head

961
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,320
Speaker 5: into everything. I mean he came in and yeah, I

962
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 5: mean Presley didn't play well last week. It seemed like

963
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:55,839
Speaker 5: after I believe he got stuffed on like a third

964
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:57,440
Speaker 5: and one and then on a fourth and one, and

965
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:00,359
Speaker 5: after that it did seem like a cooking cooking. Those

966
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 5: other guys were getting a bunch more run. It just

967
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 5: seemed like Presley was really was locked in as that

968
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 5: number one back in week one. I mean I thought

969
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 5: he was gonna be the only other bellcow behind Richardson. So,

970
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 5: I mean, maybe we'll see a whole new dynamic this week.

971
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 5: It's definitely not a situation I'm super confident in. But

972
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,600
Speaker 5: now Presley's a the way down at fifty four hundred.

973
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 5: I mean, he's not even being treated as back in

974
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,799
Speaker 5: this top tier anymore. So I'm willing to take one

975
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 5: more shot on it this week. But yeah, I'm certainly

976
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 5: not moving in the perfect direction for I think it's

977
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 5: called Durell cow Truthers, which I am a part of.

978
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: Nice.

979
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, And then so at quarterback, I'm at interested in

980
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,760
Speaker 5: spending down this week. I think we got some opportunities here.

981
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 5: It's tough to find a stacking partner. So you know,

982
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 5: Josh Woodrown fifty two hundred, he's got a little running ability,

983
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,399
Speaker 5: so wouldn't hate going there. And I just think Matt

984
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 5: Simms at fifty nine hundred to be priced over Luis

985
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 5: Perez is a complete slap in the face. And I mean,

986
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 5: I'm not saying Perez is a top two quarterback, but

987
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:56,600
Speaker 5: I am saying he's much better than Matt Simms, who

988
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,919
Speaker 5: really hasn't been good in anything his life earned having

989
00:45:58,920 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 5: a good last name.

990
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 4: So I don't know.

991
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 5: I mean, I'm down to spend down at a quarterback,

992
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 5: and I think the Luis Perez Quentin Pattenstack could go

993
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:08,960
Speaker 5: a little bit underground with how well Charles Johnson and

994
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 5: Sean Ross and those guys have been so looking forward

995
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 5: to it.

996
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,240
Speaker 1: All right, So one final question here from the Daily

997
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:18,880
Speaker 1: Fantasy perspective. Trent Richardson? Is he a must roster this week?

998
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 2: I mean, like.

999
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:23,239
Speaker 1: Cash versus GPPs? Are you fading him in GPPs to

1000
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 1: try to sort of distinguish what you're doing, but you're

1001
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: rostering him in cash? Like, are what are you doing

1002
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: with Trent Richardson? Because he's kind of like the one

1003
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,160
Speaker 1: person that I think people are going to be looking

1004
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 1: at this week, and then what are you doing with him?

1005
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 3: I mean it's just it doesn't feel right to say,

1006
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 3: but I think he's a must play.

1007
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, lock in Trent Richardson.

1008
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, He's awfully close.

1009
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 3: And hey, you know, if you think this, this Birmingham

1010
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 3: team can roll up on this Atlanta team. And the

1011
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:54,279
Speaker 3: Birmingham's performance against Salt Lake and two was kind of

1012
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 3: flukey because again, they did.

1013
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 2: Really look good in week one.

1014
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,399
Speaker 3: They've got a quarterback who, you know, we sing might

1015
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 3: be good, but he also could be bad.

1016
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 2: They've got a receiver in Quenton Patten who you.

1017
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 3: Know, had two thirty plus reception seasons in the NFL

1018
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 3: with the forty nine ers. They've got Trent Richardson, who

1019
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 3: we know we can count on for big time volume.

1020
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 3: I mean, I think that they're they're an intriguing like

1021
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 3: team stack against Atlanta. And then you could bring it

1022
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 3: back with Wadley, who talked about Akro wildly. He had

1023
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 3: like eight targets or something last week, and he played

1024
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:30,360
Speaker 3: sixty percent of the Legends offensive snaps, which is really

1025
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 3: really rare to get a back playing sixty percent of

1026
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 3: the snaps. So I think that that would be an

1027
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 3: interesting like game stack. Who knows what's gonna happen in

1028
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 3: these games. I mean, as we've seen, you know, surprises

1029
00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 3: from week to week. We're still learning, still very much

1030
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 3: in the learning phase with this league.

1031
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: All right, Ian roster construction perspective, What are you doing

1032
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: with Trent Richardson?

1033
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think he got a lot button him. He's

1034
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,400
Speaker 5: got a good receiving floor. That's the thing. I mean,

1035
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,879
Speaker 5: we're not just relying on these rush attempts. He has

1036
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:01,160
Speaker 5: converted ten targets in the sixty four yards. I mean,

1037
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 5: I wish they'd kind of use the more as a receiver.

1038
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 5: It's almost you know, I don't know if there's still

1039
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 5: has a ceiling for Richardson that he's capable of reaching,

1040
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 5: but it does seem to me a little bit like

1041
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:14,360
Speaker 5: the kind of Todd Gurley twenty sixteen esque where not

1042
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 5: able to really get much going on the ground, but

1043
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,480
Speaker 5: if you get him a little involved as a receiver,

1044
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 5: it can kind of help open up those other areas

1045
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 5: of the game and open up other areas of the offense.

1046
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 4: So I'd love to.

1047
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 5: See Birmingham try to do more things with him as

1048
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:28,800
Speaker 5: a receiver. But kind of going back to some concerns

1049
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,240
Speaker 5: about you know, Perez playing slow and things of that nature,

1050
00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 5: I'm not totally convinced Birmingham has a good enough kind

1051
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:35,440
Speaker 5: of scheme to really do that.

1052
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 4: But this week, yeah, I'm locking in Trent.

1053
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,680
Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, one thing with Trent Richardson, people forget

1054
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: as a rookie he did have fifty receptions. That was

1055
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,480
Speaker 1: a significant part of the value that he added as

1056
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: someone in the NFL. So, okay, Evan, what alliance pieces

1057
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 1: are you planning on doing this week? I'm assuming the

1058
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 1: alliance matchups.

1059
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna do a full matchups come I'm almost

1060
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,360
Speaker 3: done with it. But I also kind of want to

1061
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,080
Speaker 3: get some injury information because you know, yesterday, like we

1062
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 3: had some you know, fairly significant injury information. Dress Anderson

1063
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 3: went on injured reserve, and we're just trying to you know,

1064
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:16,799
Speaker 3: pinpoint like Larry Rose also got cut, which narrow his

1065
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 3: backfield from from four to three. That Tim Cook, Justin Stockton,

1066
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,200
Speaker 3: Jarrelle Presley. You just feel a little bit more comfortable

1067
00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 3: with those guys now that Larry Rose is out of

1068
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 3: the picture. But yeah, I mean we're just trying to

1069
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,280
Speaker 3: figure out, like, who are some guys that can benefit

1070
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,400
Speaker 3: from guys being out, Who are guys that you know

1071
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 3: might potentially step up. You know, we could talk about

1072
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 3: you know, matchups and you know how these defenses and

1073
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 3: offenses have performed. But it's also important to try to

1074
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:47,360
Speaker 3: figure out, based on you know, based on the injury reports,

1075
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 3: what guys might get a little bit of extra volume

1076
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:53,879
Speaker 3: this week, and you know we can we can capitalize

1077
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 3: on that with our daily fantasy rosters.

1078
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 1: All Right, and Ian, you published the Offense of Scouting

1079
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: report on Monday. Our Week three Alliance rankings are out

1080
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 1: at the site you contributed. I contributed Sean Corner. Of course,

1081
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: what other pieces do you have coming out this week

1082
00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 1: at the Action Network and Fantasy Labs.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Week three Ultimate Betting Guys should be out sometime

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Speaker 5: tomorrow morning afternoon. Then I'll have a fanball specific Fantasy

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Speaker 5: guide out later Thursday, early Friday at the latest.

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Speaker 4: Make sure.

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Speaker 5: It's tough to find injury injury information in this league,

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Speaker 5: especially early in the week, but I have seen easily

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Speaker 5: by Thursday Friday. You know, we are able to kind

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Speaker 5: of get the practice support. So make sure to check

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Speaker 5: out the Ultimate Betting guid and I'll update that up

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Speaker 5: to the weekend with the most up to date injury

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Speaker 5: information we have.

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Speaker 1: All Right, that is going to do it. For this

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