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Speaker 1: Who's taking Tony Gonzalez his targets in the A t

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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Fantasy Live, presented by Direct TV, the

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Speaker 1: way over there, Adam Ranked the People's Champ, Marcus Grant

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Speaker 1: It is Draft week here on NFL Fantasy Live, and

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Speaker 1: the big question is kids are back in school. Universities

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Speaker 1: still some issues to be sorted out. I have ten

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Speaker 1: We did have fantasy football last night, well not fantasy

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Speaker 1: we had actual football next night. There is Johnny Manzel,

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Live. Every day this month, we are breaking

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Speaker 1: year's Hard Knocks squad. So is there a Hard Knocks effect?

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Speaker 1: You say you're all good when it comes to the

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Speaker 1: at Dallas. I'm comfortable going to Marco Murray to Marius Thomas.

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Speaker 1: I might not have fifty points to start the week,

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Speaker 1: but I got maybe like it's not very solid, not bad.

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Speaker 1: This is the strategy you want to utilize. Now. With

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Speaker 1: Arian Foster, who is a real risk in the first round,

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Speaker 1: I'm going wide receiver. I'm going des Bryant. He's the

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Speaker 1: one guy think who could compete and get into that

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Speaker 1: top spot, ahead of a guy like Calvin Johnson, ahead

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Speaker 1: of a guy like da Marius Thomas. The Cowboys defense

436
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Speaker 1: is going to stink and I can't even use the

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Speaker 1: word that's stronger than that on air to describe how

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Speaker 1: bad the Cowboys defense is going to be, which means

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Speaker 1: they're gonna throw the ball a ton in the second

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Speaker 1: half of games. And Scott Landahan loves to throw the football.

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Speaker 1: Remember in Detroit, Calvin Johnson. In St. Louis, he had

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Speaker 1: Torry Holt. In Minnesota he had Brandy Moss. Now it's

443
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Speaker 1: all Beaz all the time in Big D. Yeah, and

444
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Speaker 1: that preseason game against the Ravens, that drive, I mean

445
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Speaker 1: it was. He's a force that just could not be awesome?

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Speaker 1: All right, rank, what do we do here with? You

447
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Speaker 1: got Eddie Lacey in the first round? Second round, I'm

448
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Speaker 1: gonna go receiver here. I'm gonna go with Brandon Marshall,

449
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Speaker 1: one of the most underrated top five receivers in the

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Speaker 1: NFL right now. And you look at the bromance he

451
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Speaker 1: has with Jay Cutler. He figures to have another strong year. Sow.

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Speaker 1: You got Eddie Lacy, got Brandon Marshall. Again, You're starting

453
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Speaker 1: off a pretty good one two combination there, all right.

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Speaker 1: With Marshawn Lynch that number five spot we talked about

455
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Speaker 1: a little bit earlier in the show. Some people now

456
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Speaker 1: thinking Calvin Johnson Jimmy Graham perhaps, but with Lynch, I'm

457
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Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and ensure myself a whole lot of points.

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Speaker 1: And um, I think I know who This is no surprise,

459
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Speaker 1: but here comes the here comes the red sticker. I

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Speaker 1: am going Drew Brees. I don't know what the situation

461
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Speaker 1: is with Marshawn Lynz. I don't know how many cares

462
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Speaker 1: he's gonna get. You have Kristin Michael. We saw Bob

463
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Speaker 1: Turbin just put up huge numbers in that last preseason game.

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Speaker 1: I have to make sure I'm getting, as we said,

465
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Speaker 1: twenty to twenty five points. Drew Brees ensures me of that.

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Speaker 1: I feel great knowing I've got twenty five points to

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Speaker 1: work with, no doubt about that. I'm not going to

468
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Speaker 1: utilize the strategy. But Gree's manning. They're going in the

469
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Speaker 1: second round at the latest in fantasy leagues. Now, I've

470
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Speaker 1: got math Forte at number four, great pick. I love

471
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Speaker 1: Forte this year. So I'm going wide receiver. This is

472
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Speaker 1: my strategy, guys. I always go running back wide receiver

473
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Speaker 1: in the first couple of rounds at least nine times

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Speaker 1: out of ten. So here I'm going with a J.

475
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Speaker 1: Green who honestly is he not one of the three

476
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Speaker 1: or four best wide receivers in the league and fantasy

477
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Speaker 1: football ever since he's coming in the league has been

478
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Speaker 1: a thousand yard guy, double digit touchdowns. He's slid there. Yeah,

479
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Speaker 1: and certainly people talk about the Hugh Jackson effect him

480
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Speaker 1: taking over the offense. He likes to take shots down

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Speaker 1: the fas gonna. He's too good not to get all

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Speaker 1: the targets that he needs in Andy Dalton eight for

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Speaker 1: eight and a perfect quarterback radio in the last preseason games.

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Speaker 1: So maybe pick up where he left off last year

485
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Speaker 1: as the top five quarterback. Ranky got Jamal Charles in

486
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Speaker 1: the first round. You know, I'm gonna go old school here.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Giovanni Bernard and go running back,

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Speaker 1: running back, real in those spangles, there's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: couple of receivers back. You figure the next four picks

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Speaker 1: could be receivers. Maybe another running back goes in the mix.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Geo Bernard here, and it's gonna be

492
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Speaker 1: like an old school roster. We have two running backs

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Speaker 1: you can kind on each and every week. Geo Bernard

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Speaker 1: ready to make that leaf the season. I look at

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Speaker 1: him to be a top five back by the end

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Speaker 1: of the year. I know people concerned as we get

497
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Speaker 1: to my second round pick, Lashawn McCoy number two overall,

498
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Speaker 1: concerned about the arrival of Darren Sprowls. I'm not shady McCoy.

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Speaker 1: I take him number one overall if I had the

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Speaker 1: number one pick. So now I feel great about my

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Speaker 1: running back, which means I'm coming back, and I feel

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Speaker 1: like I'm gonna get a wide receiver here. I don't

503
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Speaker 1: if it was Fabs, maybe I wouldn't do this, but

504
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Speaker 1: I don't trust someone getting their one receiver here and

505
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Speaker 1: then snatching Aaron Rodgers from me. I just feel like

506
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Speaker 1: with the snake here, this is my only spot to

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Speaker 1: get what I think are the three elite quarterbacks that

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Speaker 1: will separate themselves from the rest of the league. So

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Speaker 1: I want Aaron Rodgers here, especially at this particular slot

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Speaker 1: on the draft board where the guy behind me is

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Speaker 1: taking two picks in a row. My fear is he's

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Speaker 1: gonna take Rogers. Look, Rogers wasn't healthy last share. He

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Speaker 1: missed a chunk of time. Do you know what he

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Speaker 1: can do? I believe Jordy Nelson is a number one receiver.

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Speaker 1: I believe Randall Cobb is a two slash number one receiver.

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Speaker 1: They need to figure out a tight end situation there.

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Speaker 1: But I am all about Rogers being in the same

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Speaker 1: breath as Breeze and Manning. So I will take him

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Speaker 1: here with McCoy and feel very good about it. And

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Speaker 1: you're looking at Julio Jones or Alshon Jeffrey coming to

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Speaker 1: you in the third round, and that's pretty good threesome,

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Speaker 1: right well, Julio Jones, that's the pick after Adrian Peterson. Again,

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Speaker 1: my strategy running back, wide receiver, and then I would

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Speaker 1: likely take the best running back or a wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: Come on, stick it up there now, gosh, I did

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Speaker 1: so well. It figures the last stickers, the one that

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Speaker 1: gives me. Yeah, at that point end of the second round,

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Speaker 1: I will take him all day long. Alright, So pretty

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Speaker 1: good looking a second round. You a DP S in

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Speaker 1: the first round. I don't know. Maybe we'd shuffle a

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Speaker 1: little bit of those around. But quarterbacks, wide receivers, like

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Speaker 1: you said, Fabs, your ro philosophy is your number one back,

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Speaker 1: your number one receiver, and we think that quarterbacks are

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Speaker 1: gonna go in the second round this year. Those that

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Speaker 1: that dynamic certainly changing. All right, That was Draft Day

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Speaker 1: decisions presented by Draft Day and coming up is Jimmy

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Speaker 1: Graham a top five pick? Is mark Ingram a legit

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Speaker 1: running back? Are we heading to New Orleans? Yes, we

539
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Speaker 1: are to sort out which Saints can help you mark

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Speaker 1: straight to the fantasy playoffs. Plus, if you snooze, you loose.

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Speaker 1: We're going ail Mary Deep to bring you the top

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Speaker 1: late round sleepers that your friends and co workers haven't

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Speaker 1: even heard of yet. You will not want to miss it.

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Speaker 1: More NFL Fantasy Live after this, all right, welcome back

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Speaker 1: to Fantasy Draft Week on NFL Fantasy Live is presented

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Speaker 1: by Direct TV met Money Smith. Here, senior Fantasy analyst

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Speaker 1: and Hall of Famer Michael Fabiano does his annual preseason

548
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Speaker 1: Draft Week column concerning your man crushes, fabs, guys that

549
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,800
Speaker 1: you just gotta have on your team. These guys are

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Speaker 1: whether it's because I think they're gonna break out or

551
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 1: their draft value is going to be immense because of

552
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,879
Speaker 1: what their ADP is, these guys I absolutely love, you know, Money,

553
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,199
Speaker 1: I don't mind admitting that I have some love for

554
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 1: these fantasy players out there, because these guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: help you win a championship. Well, you got the four

556
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Speaker 1: running backs there. Start us off with Giovanni Bernard. You

557
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Speaker 1: love the player, you love the value. I love the

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Speaker 1: player here, and I know you're a big fan of Geo.

559
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Speaker 1: You were last year. Just an explosive runner who can

560
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Speaker 1: catch the ball out of the backfield. So far in

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Speaker 1: the preseason, not one Bengals running back not named Giovanni

562
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Speaker 1: Bernard has seen a first team stop. He is the

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Speaker 1: guy there. Now. Is he gonna lose some goal line

564
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Speaker 1: work to Jeremy Hill? Potentially, yes, But that's what happens

565
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Speaker 1: in this NFL, in this day and age, GEO is

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Speaker 1: still going to see touches in this office and uh

567
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Speaker 1: right there with you. So we're competing for their time.

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Speaker 1: That's right, That's right. We are well, we are on

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Speaker 1: the open market. And not only are we looking at GIOE. Bernard,

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Speaker 1: but I'm with you on Randall Cobb as well. Love

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Speaker 1: this guy's in the contract here, Aaron Rodgers throwing him

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Speaker 1: the football. And the thing that I really like about

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Speaker 1: Cobb is that the opportunities are going to be there

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Speaker 1: because remember James Jones is now in Oak and Jamichael

575
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Speaker 1: Philly is no longer in the mix. You've got Jordy Nelson,

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Speaker 1: You've got Randall Cobb. He has a thousand yards this

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Speaker 1: year at least, and I say he leads the packers

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Speaker 1: in your sections. All right, so far we're both swiping

579
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 1: the same direction on tinder there. That's horrible. All right,

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00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: let's get to your your next guy here? What about

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00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 1: this guy? You like this guy? Look at the running

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Speaker 1: back numbers in Peyton. Manning's offense is going back to

583
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Edgard and James Joseph and I even dominant Rhodes.

584
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Speaker 1: These guys average about scrimmin yards, double digit touchdowns, monte ball.

585
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Speaker 1: As long as he's okay from this appendeck to me,

586
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Speaker 1: which I think is gonna be fine. There's very little

587
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Speaker 1: competition for backfield touches there. The Broncos are confident in

588
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Speaker 1: this kid as their number one, and you should beat him.

589
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: Feel like he got beat up by No Shot Nal

590
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 1: last year to use the veterans. But now this is

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Speaker 1: this guy for Darrell Patterson. This is a very polarizing

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00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,879
Speaker 1: a lot of people are with you, Fabs, and some

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Speaker 1: people wondering how he's gonna put it together after just

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Speaker 1: some okay performances. We'll remember in the last four weeks

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00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: of two thousand thirteen is rookie year. No wide receivers

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00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: scored more Fantasy points. Not Calvin Johnson, not Josh Gordon, nobody.

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Speaker 1: And now he's got Norv Turner throwing him using using

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Speaker 1: Patterson as the guy in this offense. And remember last

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Speaker 1: year Gordon coached by Norv Turner, Patterson breaks out. This

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Speaker 1: year he's a second year wide receiver. Five of those

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Speaker 1: guys went for a thousand yards in two thousand and

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Speaker 1: a round, sixth round, sixth round, Cordell Patterson. That's where

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Speaker 1: the two of you meet, unless you're in a two

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00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: team league. That he's going in the fifth round. All right,

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00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: there we go those fabs mann as fantasy not mantessy. Well,

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Speaker 1: I guess we could do that crushes Now for more

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00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: guys we love. Let's send it over to Marcus Grant

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00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: and Adam Rank with some deep sleepers to target. Marcus,

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Speaker 1: Thank your money, we have some mantesy crush on on

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Speaker 1: those guys. Right of infatuation more like it? I think

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00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: that's a better word. Okay, all right, we're talking deep

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Speaker 1: sleepers here. These are guys that you're gonna be targeting

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Speaker 1: somewhere in the last few rounds of your draft. Guys

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Speaker 1: that you're not necessarily expecting to make an immediate impact,

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Speaker 1: but who could have some sort of play on your

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Speaker 1: roster down this stretch. You take a look at the list.

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Speaker 1: There you see a group of guys there, Donald Brown,

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Speaker 1: Kenny Britt, Roy Helu DeAndre Hopkins among the names that

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Speaker 1: you could take a chance on late in your draft

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Speaker 1: that could provide some dividends and rank. We'll start going

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Speaker 1: back toward the top of that list, a guy who's

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Speaker 1: looking for a fantasy resurrection and Kenny Britt. Kenny Britton,

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Speaker 1: because in St. Louis, somebody has to catch the ball.

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Speaker 1: That's my hashtag analysis right there. It's got to be somebody,

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00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: but Kenny Britt. There's been a lot of love for

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Speaker 1: him in the St. Louis camp this summer Ian Rapperboard said,

627
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher's love for him really is true, and he

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Speaker 1: looks to have the leg up on the competition to

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Speaker 1: be that ex receiver for the St. Louis Football Club.

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Speaker 1: And like we said, somebody has to be the guy

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Speaker 1: to step up there. Sam Bradford hopefully getting back in

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Speaker 1: the mix. He started his first preseason game in Week two.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully they will, they will make things happen there. Yeah,

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00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: definitely an opportunity in a very crowded wide receiver corps.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of crowded units, there are a lot of running

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Speaker 1: backs in San Diego who couldn't make an impact. I

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00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: think Donald Brown is a sneaky play late in draft.

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Speaker 1: He comes over from Indianapolis, joins Ryan matt using Danny

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Speaker 1: Woodhead in that backfield, and we saw Matthew struggle in

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Speaker 1: the preseason, still kind of having fumbling problems there if

641
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Speaker 1: he doesn't get it together, plus always those injury issues.

642
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: You could have Donald Brown sneaking and maybe get a

643
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Speaker 1: few touches here somewhere there down the season. And he

644
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Speaker 1: stepped up last year Indianapolis when Trent Richardson wasn't playing

645
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Speaker 1: very well. So he's he's a great candidate there in

646
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Speaker 1: uh San Diego. Maybe another name people aren't talking about

647
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: but should be Travis Kelsey. He's had a really good preseason. Yeah,

648
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: he's looked fantastic And the one thing about him that

649
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: stands out to me is when you watch him play

650
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: is that he starts to outrun the defensive secondary. You

651
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: see a lot of tight ends plotting along. They make

652
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: a few things. Here he is catches the ball inchweing. Okay,

653
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Speaker 1: that's not the one. Can you make a don't make

654
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: a liar out of me. Show me the ones where

655
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: he's out running the defense, where he's running past the secondary.

656
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: But he's looked very good in preseason, and again this

657
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: is going back to a situation where there it is,

658
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: you know, I just snapped my fingers and there it goes,

659
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: nicking nicking up some great gains against some good defenses.

660
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 1: I'll like this guy to step up again. It's not

661
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: somebody gonna draft is your tight end one? But is

662
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: a backup tight end? Take a chance on him. Taking

663
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: another pass catcher here and going with hockeym knicks. He

664
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: was a zero essentially for the Giants last year. In

665
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: fact called general touchdowns. There you go. Now he goes

666
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: over to Indianapolis good in the second preseason game. Maybe

667
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: it was playing against his old team, Maybe it's sent

668
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 1: Reggie Wayne and t Y Hilton weren't there. But the

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Speaker 1: way he played football over the weekend, if he can

670
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,959
Speaker 1: get those that rapport going with Andrew Luck a lot

671
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Speaker 1: of targets to go around in Indianapolis. I don't see

672
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Speaker 1: any reason why hockeym Knicks can't really bounce back from

673
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: last year. I see have rejuvenation for him coming up

674
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: should be really interesting. So some guys they want to

675
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: take a look at later on in your draft this season.

676
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: When we come back, we're heading to the big easy,

677
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: but easy about some of these Saints position battles, Ingram

678
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 1: versus Thomas, Books versus Colston or skills? Does that matter?

679
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: We break down the Saints coming up, and when you

680
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: have arguably the most explosive offense in the NFL over

681
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: the last half decade rennial Super Bowl contenders, a lot

682
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: of fantasy folks are going to pay attention will start

683
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: and finish at all begins and ends with Drew Brees

684
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,239
Speaker 1: and all of those targets that he's thrown the ball too.

685
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 1: But before we talk about where you should draft Drew Brees,

686
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: a couple of numbers to pay attention to, and that

687
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 1: is Drew Brees and the Superdome versus Drew Brees not

688
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: in the Superdome. And for the sake of this conversation,

689
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Speaker 1: of course, the most important numbers are the two on

690
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: the bottom Fantasy points per game in New Orleans almost

691
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: twenty nine to fifteen point eight, a dramatic difference. However,

692
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: that's why here is your playoff schedule and you see

693
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: two home games there the Panthers defense decimated in Carolina,

694
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: the Falcons again defensive issues, and the Bears. And while

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Speaker 1: that has at Soldier Field in the middle of December,

696
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: you're talking about two offenses that like to throw the

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Speaker 1: heck out of the ball, and you would assume that

698
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: you can continue to put up big numbers. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: look at two playoff games right there where you're assured

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get third points from your quarterback. I'll take that. Yeah,

701
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: So where do you draft him? Fabs, I'll start with you.

702
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: I want to know me. I'm never drafting a quarterback early,

703
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,959
Speaker 1: but if that's my strategy, I would probably take him

704
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: in the second round. Listen, he is consistent, he is durable,

705
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: he is reliable. Over the last six years, he's finished

706
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: in the top two and Fantasy points five times. He

707
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,160
Speaker 1: didn't do it was when he was on the cover

708
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 1: of the Matten Game. So he's fantastic, and you know

709
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: what you're getting with Drew Brees, Marcus. So, if your

710
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Speaker 1: strategy isn't to draft a quarterback high for the people

711
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: that do want to draft the quarterback is Drew Brees

712
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: number one, number two, number three? What is he for you?

713
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: I think right now he's probably number two for me.

714
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: I like Aaron Rodgers has the number one quarterback, but

715
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 1: Breeze is a close second. I think you gotta go

716
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: get him in the second round. You wait till the

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00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,719
Speaker 1: third He's not going to be there. Rank. You are

718
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Speaker 1: the only person in our experts league that I'm worried

719
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 1: about jumping, jumping me for Drew Brees. So my question is,

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Speaker 1: I'm not putting my cards on the table right here.

721
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Speaker 1: Why would I do? So? I have to take him

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00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: high in the second round, Dave, If I have the

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00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: number ten pick, do I have to go ten eleven

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00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: and get Drew Brees number It's it's you and me

725
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: that's here. You know, Well, how about this, we'll just

726
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: split it up. Let's just wait till the third round.

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00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: I'll take Manning, you take Bruzes. We're on the putting great,

728
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,320
Speaker 1: good good, yeah, good good. Jimmy Graham, we get to

729
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: we get to Jimmy Graham, And it seems as though

730
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,439
Speaker 1: everybody's acknowledging there is a dramatic difference between Jimmy Graham

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00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: and the number two tight and the question is where

732
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 1: does he fit in the top ten and is he

733
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: now in the top five. Everybody seems settled on the

734
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: top four running backs, Charles Orte, McCoy, and Peterson. Is

735
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: Graham now in that conversation at number five? I'm still

736
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,959
Speaker 1: taking Eddie Lacey and Marshawn Lynch ahead of Jimmy Graham.

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00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: I think he's more of a back end guy in

738
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,959
Speaker 1: round one, but you said it, he is so much

739
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: better than the second and third tight ends from a

740
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: fantasy perspective. Last year, Julius Thomas was great right guys

741
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: and phenomenal fantasy season, and Jimmy Graham still scored fifth

742
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: or sixty more points than you did. I like, right

743
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: now Marshawn Linch in that fifth spots, so I would

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00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: say Jimmy Graham possibly after that, but he was he

745
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: would have been the fourth scoring receiver had he been

746
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: a wide receiver last year. You can get him late

747
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: in the first round. Swing back around, maybe pick up

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00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: a Dez bra answer somebody like that and be really

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00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: solid with your passage. Can you get him late in

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00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: the first one. Because we did a draft last night,

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00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 1: I have the number seven spot. I'm sitting pretty thinking, great,

752
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get Jimmy Graham and I'm back him up

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00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: with a with a wide receiver. He went before he

754
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: went fifth, and it seemed like, you know, in in

755
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 1: seasons past, we would have running backs until you got

756
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: to Calvin Johnson, and he's safe to say that now

757
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 1: we're gonna have running backs until you get to Jimmy Graham.

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00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,760
Speaker 1: So Jimmy Graham or Calvin Johnson, fabbs, I'm going Calvin Johnson,

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00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: probably going to I'm trying to get both of them

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00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna go wide receiver and go tight end

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00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 1: because you're not gonna because they're both gonna go in

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00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: the first round. Yeah. And but the running backs that

763
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: you end up with, I got I got Joke Bell

764
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: as my RB two. I got h Andre Ellington is

765
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: my other guy. I feel pretty confident with that. You

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00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: have question marks that the running back position where they

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00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,919
Speaker 1: had Marshawn lynch, Arian Foster, any of those guys, I'll

768
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: take my chances with some of those guys later on.

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00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: But now I know I'm dominating with a great tight end,

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00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: with a great receiver. I feel here's why, here's why

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00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: I would go. Here's why I would go Jimmy Graham

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00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: over Megatron because you talked about it, the difference between

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00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: Megatron and Damarus Thomas or Brandon Marshall or des Brian

774
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,839
Speaker 1: It's not sixty points. So I'm comfortable taking Graham there

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00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 1: and then coming back and getting a j Green perhaps,

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00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: or getting Brandon Marshall because you're not going to have

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00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: that sixty point gap between Megatron and the next guy,

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00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: whereas with Graham you're going to. So that that's why

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00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: I think that you know it's shift. I mean it

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00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: is a paradigm shift, and I think that at the

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00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: tight end position, Graham might end up taking that spot

782
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: from Megatron and a lot of these drafts. Yeah with

783
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: me though, if I'm not getting Jimmy Graham in the

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Speaker 1: first round, I'm not taking a tight and probably the

785
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: fifth round. Yeah, alright, let's get to the running back

786
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 1: situation in New Orleans. It's been a hot mess. I mean,

787
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: just just to put it simply, for the last step

788
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: that we miss Deuce mcalis. Yeah, So now no Deuce McAlister.

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00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,680
Speaker 1: There's Pierre Thomas. What about mark Ingram? Looks like he's

790
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: going to be the number one, and he has looked

791
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: really good in the preseason. What is the markets will

792
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: start with you. What is mark Ingram for you? RB one,

793
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: r B two or reflex? He's a flex right now

794
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: because the Saints running backs generally people that will lead

795
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 1: back is hard pressed to get to eight hundred rushing yards.

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00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: He's not gonna catch a lot of passes. I think

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00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: that's still gonna be Pierre Thomas and or Brandon Cooks

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00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: is gonna take some of those there in scrolls targets.

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00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 1: I just don't know that I'm comfortable with mark Ingram,

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00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: even as good as he's looked in the preseason, is

801
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: anything more than a third option? What about Brandon Cooks?

802
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 1: This is another place in a normal draft with normal people.

803
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: I could probably wait till the tenth round, but you

804
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: they looking at him in the seventh defense. I'm taking Ingram.

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00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,359
Speaker 1: Where do you like Cooks? Fabs. Cooks right now is

806
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: really rising in terms of his a DP, but I'm

807
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: still not taking the until the tenth round. I think

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00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: the hype is getting a little too much. He's still

809
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: a rookie wide receiver. Rookie typically it doesn't matter. Keimer

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00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: Thomas had seventy seven catches last year, so I really

811
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 1: think the hype is getting a little too much on Cooks.

812
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: I drafted him as my fourth wide receiver, but he

813
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: had those seventy seven catches with dar and sprawls there,

814
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: somebody's still gotta take darn sprawls and production unless you

815
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: think that Pierre Thomas is gonna have a hundred and

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00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: forty receptions, which I'm gonna I'm gonna go down on

817
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 1: that one. Gonna take the under there. But Brandon Cooks

818
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: is gonna come in and get a lot of those

819
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 1: receptions because it's not gonna be Kenny Stills. I like

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00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks all right. To see more team previews and

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Speaker 1: it's a good fantasy defense, just as long as you

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Speaker 1: draft the right one. We are comparing some of the

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Speaker 1: league's best defenses in just a moment. Every season, two

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Speaker 1: teams make it to the Super Bowl. This season it

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Speaker 1: This week, we are taking a look at the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball to help you select the best

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Speaker 1: team's defense for two thousand fourteen. And the way we're

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Speaker 1: gonna do this is compare and contrast last year's best

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Speaker 1: defenses with two sleeper defenses this year. And we'll get

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00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: it started with the best defense last year, the Seahawks

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00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: and the worst defense last year, the Texans Fabs. Well,

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00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: the Seahawks were just unbelievable. They weren't the top scoring defense,

841
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: but they were very, very good. The Kansas City Chiefs

842
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,280
Speaker 1: were the best. They've lost some key players Brian Browner

843
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: now in New England, Walter Thurman, Chris Clemens as well.

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Speaker 1: But guys, I just don't like to take defenses too early.

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00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: People see the Seahawks or the Niners a few years ago,

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00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: the Bears a few years ago, and they get crazy.

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00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 1: Oh it's a round. I'm taking the defense. Listen, two

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Speaker 1: of the top five defenses last year weren't even drafted,

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00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, the Panthers. You can pick up defenses off

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Speaker 1: the way a wire. Unless the Seahawks are available in

851
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: around thirteen, round fourteen, I'm waiting on a defense. Yeah,

852
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: and I think you know the one concern for Seattle

853
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: is half their defensive line gone. You know both Jacksonville,

854
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: Big Red Bryant and Chris Clements. They're going down to Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: So let's get to the I guess counter argument, if

856
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: you will, the Houston Texans. It seems so weird to

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00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 1: say that the Houston Texans are a sleeper defense because

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00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:08,879
Speaker 1: for so many years they were one of the top

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00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 1: defenses in fantasy football, and they're gonna be back there again.

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00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: If you look at this team, J J. Watt is

861
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: still a member of the squad. Of course, they get

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Speaker 1: their linebacker back, Brian Cushing, and oh yeah, they drafted

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00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,320
Speaker 1: this guy named Ja Davean Clowney. The guy is unbelievable.

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00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,760
Speaker 1: Already in the preseason, you see him right there making

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00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: huge plays. And the biggest liability for this team is

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Speaker 1: in the secondary. But if you have guys like Clowney

867
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: and J. J. Watt who can get to the quarterback,

868
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: your secondary suddenly becomes very good. So that's why. And

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Speaker 1: you know what, you don't even have to draft the Texans.

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Speaker 1: You can hold on to some other guys if you're

871
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,760
Speaker 1: doing your drafts right now, pick up an extra receiver,

872
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: and then right before the season starts, you slide in

873
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,399
Speaker 1: the Texans. They'll be good to go for the entire year. Yeah,

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00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: and Fantasy said it last year to the top defenses

875
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: weren't even drafted. The Carolina Panthers end up finishing top five.

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00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: Can they do it again? Marcus Ray? I think they

877
00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: can do it again this year. I know they've had

878
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: some law says they they lost some guys in the secondary,

879
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 1: but it's not like they're just a complete bust. This

880
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: team still looks a lot like it did last year.

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00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: You see Captain Mannerlin, Mike Mitchell gone, but they bring

882
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: in Roman Harper, Antoine Cason, a couple of veteran guys

883
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: who can perform well in the secondary. And look, they

884
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: still have the book ends upfront with Charles Johnson and

885
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: Greg Hardy. They combined for twenty six sacks last season.

886
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: Luke Keikley is still there. He's a tackling machine in

887
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:23,879
Speaker 1: the middle, so a lot of the pieces are still there.

888
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: Plus wrong Rivera, he's a guy who knows defense. I

889
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 1: think this team can still be where they were last year.

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Speaker 1: I guess my My only concern with with Carolina is,

891
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: as you see, half of their secondary is gone, and

892
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,479
Speaker 1: I don't think Harper and Casson replaced what Munro line

893
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: and the super athlete Mike Mitchell were able to do

894
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: last year. And my other concern is how good is

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00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: that offense gonna be? You know, I'm worried about that

896
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: offensive line. I'm worried about the defense getting tired and

897
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 1: given up a lot of points. And that's how you

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00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: lose a lot of your production on NFL dot Com

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Speaker 1: fantasy leagues. That the one defense that's jumping out to

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00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: me is the Denver Broncos. And this kind of goes

901
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: back to the whole Peyton Manning in Indianapolis, where you

902
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: looked at the personnel, you know, the whole sum of

903
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: the parts versus the whole and what worth more. When

904
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,720
Speaker 1: you have a fourteen point lead and you've got pass

905
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,879
Speaker 1: rushers like DeMarcus where out there and vond Miller. They

906
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: can pin their ears back and attack and you're getting

907
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: a point for every sack. I love the addition of

908
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: a keep to leave and t J Ward in the secondary.

909
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: They're also going to get Raheem More back from what

910
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: was a very scary situation with his leg. So I

911
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: like that secondary. I love the pass rushers, and I

912
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,240
Speaker 1: feel like that team is gonna be up ten nothing

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00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: or fourteen nothing by the middle of the first quarter

914
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be having a sack attack and they

915
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: get the Raiders twice a year, and they get the

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Speaker 1: Raiders a year. So that clear choice is presented by

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Speaker 1: the makers of Claret and I would say rank just

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Speaker 1: going back to the Houston Texans conversation, if they're you know, commissioners,

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Speaker 1: fabs help me here, they can kind of make up

920
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,759
Speaker 1: any rules they were ont right, they can they can

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Speaker 1: insert what customizable on NFL dot Com. How about like

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Speaker 1: a Judavian clowney or or let's say a defensive lineman

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Speaker 1: knocks the helmet off of a player while making a

924
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,359
Speaker 1: tackle for a loss point, you get five points, right,

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Speaker 1: I would like I think I think that may the Texans.

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Speaker 1: Not sure that feature is available, so maybe not fully customized. Alright.

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Speaker 1: Join us again tomorrow as we wrap up our Fantasy

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Speaker 1: two days for the NFC South with the Box and Panthers.

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Lib returns at four p m. Eastern Tomorrow

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