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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up,

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Speaker 1: straight Fire fan, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Thursday,

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Speaker 1: September two. Got a great interview today. I know a

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Speaker 1: lot of fantasy football drafts for this weekend. This is

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Speaker 1: we got a great guest today. Evans Silva used to

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Speaker 1: I had him on the radio shows. Um, he's great.

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Speaker 1: He started a website called Established the Run. This guy

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Speaker 1: and see what's going on. It's great stuff. All most

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Speaker 1: of your fantasy football questions will be answered. But first listen,

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Speaker 1: I just have a brief intro. And I'm getting really

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Speaker 1: sick of talking about the COVID situation in sports. Like

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Speaker 1: if you if you're if you're that strong on it,

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Speaker 1: go for it. Eight more power to you, Mr Bob Boone,

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Speaker 1: being vaccinated. Ballard said, Do I think everybody should be vaccinated? Absolutely?

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Speaker 1: Rogan's getting? Are you getting that? Wake up? Come on?

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Speaker 1: To each his own. If you don't want to get it, fine.

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Speaker 1: you know, a dude and Zack Wilson who absolutely is

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Speaker 1: willing to sling it. He's a good athlete. They've got

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Speaker 1: Corey Davis and Elijah Moore and Jamison Crowder. You know

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Speaker 1: they've and they've got Q and Cole If. They they've

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Speaker 1: got four legit receiver. I think that you're right. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna be given up thirty, but they're gonna be scoring

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Speaker 1: twenty four and so I'm gonna I'm gonna like them

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Speaker 1: as a as an over team. And that kind of

433
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Speaker 1: extends to you know, Corey Davis, well, his his ADP

434
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Speaker 1: has really started to pick up after he had that

435
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Speaker 1: monster preseason game. But Elijah Moore now looks like the

436
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Speaker 1: value in the Jets receiver corps. Is there anybody that

437
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Speaker 1: you've drafted yet? First of all, and I forgot to

438
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Speaker 1: ask the most important question, how many leagues are you in?

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Speaker 1: And be how many of those are money leagues that

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Speaker 1: you actually care about? Because like everybody doesn't go away

441
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Speaker 1: fantasy league just to practice drafting, but um, how how

442
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Speaker 1: many leagues are you in that you really care about. Well,

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Speaker 1: I I've really doubt I used to be in like

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Speaker 1: over a hundred you know, sid, Yeah, I've really really

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Speaker 1: downsized it to like five really high stakes leagues and

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Speaker 1: then and then you know, a couple more like quote

447
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Speaker 1: unquote expert leagues, and uh and and my and my

448
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Speaker 1: my home league, which is like with college buddies. So

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Speaker 1: I've really really downgraded the volume because it just got

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Speaker 1: too ridiculous levels. And I, you know, I used to

451
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Speaker 1: just never say no to a fantasy league, but I'm

452
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Speaker 1: getting too old for that. So I have five leagues

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Speaker 1: that are nineteen hundred entries, and those are the ones

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Speaker 1: that I'm going to be really focused on entry. And

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Speaker 1: then there's a waiver cost money too. No, No, it's like, um,

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Speaker 1: it's like uh like uh no, no, it doesn't cost money.

457
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Speaker 1: You get out, you get a thousand bucks in FAB

458
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Speaker 1: but it's fake money to play with. Uh those sound

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Speaker 1: build though those are pretty high high stakes leagues. Have

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Speaker 1: you have you seen a player drafted by someone you

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Speaker 1: respect in one of your leagues yet early that you

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Speaker 1: were like, WHOA, what does this guy see that I

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Speaker 1: don't see? Well, Mike Clay is one of the best

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Speaker 1: fantasy analysts, he's also yes, but he's also one of

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Speaker 1: the best players. And I think because he works at ESPN,

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Speaker 1: he can't do these big time, high stakes leagues as much.

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Speaker 1: Well he probably does them undercover. But but but he

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Speaker 1: but every every league that I'm in with him, and

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Speaker 1: I'm in like three leagues with him, every year he

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Speaker 1: finishes at or near the top. He's one. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he has a crazy win percentage. So I always pay

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Speaker 1: attention to the draft picks that he makes. And he

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Speaker 1: has been willing to take sa Kwan Barkley ahead of

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Speaker 1: where anybody else has been willing to take Kim And

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Speaker 1: I mean Chakewon Barkley is a guy who's been falling

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Speaker 1: to the second round like pretty consistently. But I've seen

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Speaker 1: Mike play take him as high as like number five overall.

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Speaker 1: And you know Mike Clay, I mean he, you know,

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Speaker 1: he knows Adam Schefter, like he works with these guys,

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Speaker 1: you know, like he he and he you know, he

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Speaker 1: does a podcast with Stefaniel Bell, you know, which pertains

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Speaker 1: to say Kwan Berkeley's injury and rehab, and so you know,

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Speaker 1: I I think he's you know, what he does in

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Speaker 1: drafts like people should pay attention to that. I certainly do.

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Speaker 1: And you know that that just kind of raises raises

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Speaker 1: your eyebrows when you see a guy that has been

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Speaker 1: falling in drafts and Mike plays like effort. I'm taking

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Speaker 1: him top five. Okay, So so let's talk through this. Okay.

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Speaker 1: This week alone, I believe the Giants made two trades

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Speaker 1: to fortify their offensive line or get some depth right.

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Speaker 1: Their offensive lines a mess. Probably it's not as bad

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Speaker 1: as the Bears, but it's pretty ugly. And they Kenny

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Speaker 1: Golladay in the off season. Who, uh, you know, can

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Speaker 1: is it stretch the field receiver? I don't know. There's

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Speaker 1: so many mouths to feed on that offense. Um, what

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Speaker 1: what do you think he could be seeing on se

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Speaker 1: Kwan Barkley, who I think just started taking first red

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Speaker 1: with the first team in the last like ten days. Right. Well,

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Speaker 1: like I said, he works with Adam Schefter, he goes

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Speaker 1: the podcast with Stan Stefaniel Bell. I don't know exactly

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Speaker 1: what he's seeing. Um, And I'm I'm worried about Sae

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Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley. I haven't been drafting very much sa Kwon Barkley. Um,

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Speaker 1: but you know again, you asked me a trusted guy,

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Speaker 1: and you know that I would say that Mike Clay

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Speaker 1: is a trustworthy drafter and he's been taking Sae Kwon

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Speaker 1: Barkley a lot. Wow. Uh, let's go to receiver's real quick.

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Speaker 1: I just I have a question about Golliday. Um. You know,

508
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Speaker 1: Jason Garrett last year was really bad as an offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: Danny Dimes doesn't have time to throw it down field.

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Speaker 1: I just I don't know this Golladay overpay. I love

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Speaker 1: the move getting him. I'm just I haven't seen anything

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Speaker 1: from Danny Dimes in the last two years that says,

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Speaker 1: oh wow, can Gallady is really gonna help him? Um,

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Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay played four games last year, missed all, like

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Speaker 1: almost all of training camp with a hamstring injury. Was

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Speaker 1: not able to build any sort of chemistry or rapport

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Speaker 1: during the preseason in training camp with a quarterback that

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Speaker 1: has been you know, in regressing. So I'm not real

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Speaker 1: big on Kenny Golladay right now. He's on my bus list.

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Speaker 1: The thing is that he started to fall into like

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Speaker 1: the eighth and ninth round, like everybody's kind of you

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Speaker 1: know anti Kenny Galladay right now. So if he look,

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Speaker 1: if he makes it to uh, if he makes it

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Speaker 1: to a spot in the draft where you know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it just becomes ridiculous to not take him because he's

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Speaker 1: still he's still likely to lead the Giants in targets

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Speaker 1: and air yards. And Evan Ingram now looks like he

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Speaker 1: might start the season on I r U with a

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Speaker 1: calf injury. So I mean, Kenny Alda is now starting

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Speaker 1: to look like a potential value. M interesting. Uh and

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Speaker 1: anyone the uel you really like the jumps out that

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Speaker 1: maybe other people aren't on as much, um any position.

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Speaker 1: I mean I think that, uh, I think I've started

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Speaker 1: to uh warm up to Johnny Smith. Well just the Patriots, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, moving on from Cam Newton, that's actually good

536
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: news for pretty much everyone in their offense. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: especially like James White, like Mac Jones. There's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a lot more willing to check down to James White.

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Speaker 1: James White, you know, it's back in the mix to

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Speaker 1: catch like fifty or sixty passes and and be a

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Speaker 1: big time factor in ppr UM. Cam Newton getting out

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00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: of the way is good for Damian Harris because, uh,

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00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: you know, Cam Newton was a major goal line vulture. Um,

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Speaker 1: and it's good news for the passing game. When when

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Speaker 1: they had Cam Newton in there, they played really liberally

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Speaker 1: and slow on offense, and and during the preseason when

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Speaker 1: Mac Jones was in there, they played fast, they played

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Speaker 1: with tempo. I think they're gonna run more plays. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna be more willing to let Mac Jones drop back

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Speaker 1: to pass thirty five times, you know in a game.

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Speaker 1: You know they wanted to always limit Cam Newton's past

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Speaker 1: attempts because he really wasn't an efficient passer. So I

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Speaker 1: think that that's good And and John new Smith is

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00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: a guy that can absolutely benefit from that. He just

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00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: needs targets because he's a run after catch machine. Um.

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Speaker 1: This is a tough one. Evident, maybe we'll end on it.

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00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 1: But the COVID situation, I don't think it's going to

558
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: be as prevalent as it was last year. However, there

559
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: are some quarterbacks who either have said they're not vaccinated

560
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: or have kind of refused to talk about it. And

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Speaker 1: you have to wonder does that impact at all your strategy?

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Speaker 1: And now what I guess have to be Kirk Cousins,

563
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:58,520
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Carson Wentz, and we're already seeing Wentz close contact. Um,

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Speaker 1: he may not start the open. It's uh, it's it's

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00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 1: absolutely concern. Um. I don't know exactly how it's gonna

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Speaker 1: go down. But you know, I was on Vikings overs

567
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Speaker 1: when they were when they're total, when the win total

568
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: was at eight and a half and and and I'm

569
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Speaker 1: a little worried about the overs now. I mean, kelln minds.

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00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: You know, their backup has looked just atrocious during the preseason.

571
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure what anybody really ever saw and him

572
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 1: I saw him play in college. I was very unimpressed. Um,

573
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Speaker 1: but you know, if they have to go to Kellen

574
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: Mond like that, dude is not ready to play. So um,

575
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: I'm I'm it's a concern. I don't know, you know

576
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,719
Speaker 1: what the future holds, but I'm concerned about it. Yeah,

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00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: all right, and we could wrap up on this one.

578
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 1: But every time I look at this NFC picture, like

579
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Speaker 1: every there seems to be regression coming for the Packers.

580
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: I'm just curious with your you know fantasy, like are

581
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 1: people just gobbling up Aaron Jones and Davante Adams and

582
00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: Rogers when you see something done that schedule and you

583
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,479
Speaker 1: kind of wonder, like, yeah, I don't know, man, are

584
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: they regressing? Along with of course the Saints, who I

585
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: think are criminally overrated. But I think you're a jamis

586
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: get memory serves. No, I'm really, I'm really here. Um,

587
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: but I have their unders. But but with Green Bay,

588
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: I'm just worried about their offensive line right now. Like

589
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: it looks like David Back he's gonna miss the first

590
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: six games on pup. They're starting a rookie center. You know,

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00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: Billy Turner at right tackle is not great. Um, They're

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00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: their guards were already not great, and so I'm a

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00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: little worried about their offensive line. Now. Aaron Rodgers com

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00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: mitigate a lot that because it gets rid of the

595
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: ball quickly. But that's that's the big concern I think

596
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: right now is the O sign. Um. But I don't know.

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00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're they're they're gonna be good.

598
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: I think that they you know, Aaron Rodgers not gonna

599
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: have a nine point one percent touchdown rate again, you

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00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: know his touchdown his touchdown rate is going to go down. Um,

601
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: But I I still think they'll be pretty good. I mean,

602
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: they're you know, they're in a division with the Bears

603
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: don't look very good, the Lions look awful, and uh,

604
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: you know the Vikings have this issue with with Kirk

605
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 1: Cousins that that could come back to bite them, so uh,

606
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,320
Speaker 1: I think the backers will be alright. Alright he is.

607
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: Evan Silva established the run. Give him a follow on

608
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: social media if you want to win your fantasy league. Evan,

609
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 1: thanks a lot man