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Speaker 1: Wow ye. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented

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Speaker 1: by Draft Kings. Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show

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Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings. It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grant.

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Speaker 1: Still masking and socially distancing when and where necessary. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: you all had a wonderful and more importantly, healthy and

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Speaker 1: safe Thanksgiving wherever you were. So we got some post

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving stuff to clean up, a couple of games that

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Speaker 1: we'll talk about. Michael f. Floria will join us to

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Speaker 1: talk about that. Will also go over our best value picks,

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Speaker 1: as always, will have our big questions for the week

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Speaker 1: as we hit wait week twelve. We are fully into

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Speaker 1: week twelve, so I know for a lot of leagues,

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Speaker 1: just two more weeks of the regular season, there's this Sunday,

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Speaker 1: and then there's Week thirteen, and then we are into

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Speaker 1: the fantasy playoffs. We got a whole lot to talk

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Speaker 1: about before were we do any of that though, We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to our faithful producer. Seen're Edward L. Murphy. Esquire

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Speaker 1: and Murphy We talked on Wednesday. You were trying your

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Speaker 1: hand at sweet potato pies, and I'm curious how they

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Speaker 1: came out. Yep, well, I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving,

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Speaker 1: and thanks for resting with the pie so excited to say,

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Speaker 1: I think I think I did a pretty decent job.

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Speaker 1: So no, I did learn a little bit about baking.

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Speaker 1: With the brown sugar, it's more moist. So with the

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Speaker 1: concoction and the pie, it probably was a little too mushy,

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Speaker 1: so I have to add maybe uh some more flour.

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Speaker 1: But in terms of the flavor, I mean it's it's

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Speaker 1: a lot better than my original recipe. And now I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna start doing a little bit of additions on top.

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Speaker 1: Like what you said about the peak has maybe some

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Speaker 1: like caramel drizzle. I think that's that's probably the winner

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Speaker 1: right there. Um, But yeah, I'm I'm pretty proud of it.

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Speaker 1: I may I may just continue baking. You know, we're

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Speaker 1: heading into winter. I'm just doing like cookies and stuff

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Speaker 1: now too. Why not, right? Absolutely? You know, if there's

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Speaker 1: one thing that I picked up, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: this pandemic has changed all of us in a lot

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Speaker 1: worth it. It's it's at least fun. I will say

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Speaker 1: this baking versus you know, just cooking other dishes, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't require for you to be a little bit more precise. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you're just cooking other things, you can

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Speaker 1: just sort of feel go by feel or by taste

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Speaker 1: or what have you. Baking does require a little bit

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Speaker 1: more precision. But I'm glad otherwise, good Thanksgiving. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was, you know, as good as it could be

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Speaker 1: this year, obviously, but it was. It was good. But

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Speaker 1: you are a d percent correct about that. I almost

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Speaker 1: I may start bothering you now about your exact recipe

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Speaker 1: the eyes, because because I did notice, like me just

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Speaker 1: kind of like my my cooking brain, like I'll just

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Speaker 1: It doesn't it doesn't work when you're baking. Baking is

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Speaker 1: literally just following instructions. Um, you know, you live and

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Speaker 1: you learn. So my trial running was not so bad.

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Speaker 1: But I will improve. Yeah, absolutely, that's that's you know,

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Speaker 1: everybody needs reps, just need reps to get better. That's

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Speaker 1: all all right, Well, appreciate that. I'm glad everything worked

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Speaker 1: out for you. Let's now bring in our pal Michael

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Speaker 1: f Floria who joins every week on Fridays, and Mike,

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Speaker 1: I I trust you had a good Thanksgiving as well.

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Speaker 1: I did. My fiance is a great cook. She I

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Speaker 1: helped her, but she was she. I was a Sioux shift.

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Speaker 1: She was the lead and turkey and him and a

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Speaker 1: whole bunch of sides and desserts. I want to try

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Speaker 1: Eddie's baking. That sounds awesome. But it was a good Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: How was yours? Marcus? It was great? Uh? You know,

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Speaker 1: cooked a lot of things I did. Instead of a

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Speaker 1: I did one where I roasted it. I did one

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Speaker 1: to Brian your turkey. And our pal Matt Money Smith

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Speaker 1: has a recipe that he uses to Brian his turkey

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Speaker 1: and came out great. So, uh, shout out to Money

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Speaker 1: things have been evolving, and there was a big thing

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Speaker 1: So as of now, as of when we are recording

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Speaker 1: We're just still sort of waiting for reports. The Steelers

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Speaker 1: Other news, there's a little bit of interesting quarterback news

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Speaker 1: the circle of life in NFL quarterbacks. Mike Glennon, who

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Speaker 1: And Allen Robinson has averaged over seventeen fantasy points per

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Speaker 1: The Bears in Trubisky start this year have averaged sixteen

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Speaker 1: them out of your starting lineup, Like, don't just go

428
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Speaker 1: from starting lineup to dropping these guys. But my issue

429
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:56,439
Speaker 1: with Boyd, I'm worried with Higgins, with James Bradberry, but

430
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Speaker 1: with Boyd. What I'm worried about is Brandon Allen last

431
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,960
Speaker 1: year only through to the slot of his throws, and

432
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,480
Speaker 1: we know Boyd is a primary slot receiver. That's where

433
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,440
Speaker 1: he runs seventy eight percent of his routes. So I'm

434
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,680
Speaker 1: just worried if the connection and the volume that we've

435
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,400
Speaker 1: seen for Boyd with Burrow is going to be there

436
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,960
Speaker 1: with Alan that is sort of a concern. What I

437
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 1: hold onto is the Bengals are still going to be

438
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,320
Speaker 1: a high volume passing offense because their defense is going

439
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:23,840
Speaker 1: to give up points and they're gonna have to stay

440
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,760
Speaker 1: in games. So that's a plus. And Boyd is still

441
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,399
Speaker 1: the number one target in the offense with that is

442
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,119
Speaker 1: a plus. I know everybody looks at this, well, he's

443
00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,520
Speaker 1: still gonna get targeted a lot, and and I think

444
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,320
Speaker 1: sometimes we have to look at you know, there there

445
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,080
Speaker 1: are targets and then there are quality targets. Because we

446
00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:41,960
Speaker 1: have seen I mean, look at last year, say in

447
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,719
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh when Roethlisberger went down, and they were they were

448
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 1: shuffling through Mason Rudolph and Duck Hodges, and yeah, you

449
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,840
Speaker 1: had guys getting targets, they weren't necessarily necessarily quality targets.

450
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think you can say that last year

451
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,040
Speaker 1: in Carolina too. I mean you look at d J.

452
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,480
Speaker 1: Moore and and he had a good season. He got

453
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,800
Speaker 1: targeted a lot, but he there are a lot of

454
00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,040
Speaker 1: balls that just weren't catchable. So I do have that concern.

455
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Speaker 1: If there is one thing that sort of brings me back,

456
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,200
Speaker 1: it's that I went back and looked at least that

457
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,520
Speaker 1: the numbers of Brandon Allen's starts last year in Denver,

458
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,520
Speaker 1: and he made three starts last year. In two of

459
00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,040
Speaker 1: them he did have a hundred yard receiver. One week

460
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,680
Speaker 1: it was Courtland Sutton, one week it was no offense.

461
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,320
Speaker 1: So that at least gives me a little bit of

462
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 1: faith that, you know, if he can find a guy

463
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 1: to lock in on, and and presumably that guy is

464
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: going to be Tyler Boyd, that he will pepper that guy,

465
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Speaker 1: hopefully with catchable targets. H and at least boy boy

466
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,080
Speaker 1: his target, his his value a little bit. But I'm

467
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 1: with you. Also, don't drop Tyler Boyd and Tee Higgins yet. Like,

468
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,120
Speaker 1: let's relax, folks, Like, let's yeah, at least if nothing else,

469
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,840
Speaker 1: if you're if you don't want to start him, fine,

470
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 1: I get it, But at least take a weight and

471
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 1: see and and figure out how this Bengal's offense is

472
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,359
Speaker 1: going to go before you just completely punked on them

473
00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 1: or just punt on them. And if you do it

474
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,040
Speaker 1: in when my legs, I will gladly add Tyler Boyd

475
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: to my roster for the stretch run and and see

476
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,360
Speaker 1: what happens. But patients, folks, don't, don't freak out just yet.

477
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,080
Speaker 1: More wide receiver talk. A J. Brown, who I sort

478
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Speaker 1: of learned the hard way a couple of weeks ago,

479
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: should probably always be in your lineup. Um, he does

480
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,600
Speaker 1: not have a very favorable matchup against the Colts. In fact,

481
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Speaker 1: I'm very much of the opinion that you can fade

482
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,680
Speaker 1: Bryan Tannehill very easily this week, but Brown is sort

483
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: of a different prospect. I mean, how much faith do

484
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 1: you have in Brown against a good Colts defense? So

485
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: I know I should be worried, and I'm definitely lower

486
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: on Brown this week than I normally am, but I

487
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,719
Speaker 1: still have him ranked pretty high, and I like I

488
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,720
Speaker 1: have him in a couple of leagues. I'm not even

489
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Speaker 1: thinking about sitting him. I understand tough matchup, and I'm

490
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,680
Speaker 1: with you, Marcus. I think this is a week you

491
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 1: can get away from all of your Titans that aren't

492
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Speaker 1: named A. J. Brown or Derrick Henry because it is

493
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:03,160
Speaker 1: a really tough matchup against the Colts. And I understand.

494
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,920
Speaker 1: A couple of weeks ago, the Colts held A. J.

495
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: Brown to just three point one fantasy points, his worst

496
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 1: game of the year. But let's not forget too that

497
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 1: he had a touchdown a long tuck could have been

498
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 1: touchdown down the sideline that he dropped like three different times.

499
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 1: He was bobbling it, he had space and he just

500
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,960
Speaker 1: dropped it. He had another drop down the sideline that

501
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 1: he would have had more yardage on. So it was

502
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,640
Speaker 1: just he played poorly. It wasn't all about the defense.

503
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 1: But he's just one of these players that it just

504
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 1: takes one play, Like you could throw him a short pass.

505
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,919
Speaker 1: He could just break a tackle and take it. The distance,

506
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: because he's so dangerous that I think he is a

507
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,919
Speaker 1: must play option every week, regardless of the matchup. That

508
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: I think is a big point to that, the fact

509
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Speaker 1: that he is a guy that doesn't necessarily need a

510
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: lot of targets. I mean, last year, part of what

511
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 1: made him so amazing was that relative to other wide

512
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: receivers that scored about where he did in Fantasy, he

513
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,719
Speaker 1: got a significantly lower number of targets. Some of that

514
00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 1: is just by design of the Titans offense. They turned

515
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 1: very heavily to Derrick Henry. They had a quarterback in

516
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill last year that was incredibly efficient on a

517
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,920
Speaker 1: relatively low number of throws, and so Brown didn't see

518
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,640
Speaker 1: as many targets. But he can figure out a way

519
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 1: to produce big numbers without seeing the ball a lot

520
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: yards after the catcher a huge part of his game.

521
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,560
Speaker 1: We saw just that that monstrous touchdown where he's breaking

522
00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,160
Speaker 1: tackles and dragging guys along with him. So, uh, that

523
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Speaker 1: alone is reason too that makes it hard to sit

524
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: a J. Brown. But you know, I think this is

525
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Speaker 1: a week where you just sort of temper the expectations

526
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Speaker 1: of what the production is. If he gives you a

527
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,120
Speaker 1: huge number, then you know, hey, that's that's just gravy.

528
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 1: But but like I said, I learned the hard way

529
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Speaker 1: to not sit a J. Brown even when you think

530
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:47,200
Speaker 1: the matchup isn't particularly a good one. Alvin Camara another

531
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: guy that you're never going to sit because the ceiling

532
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 1: is so high for him. But last week with Taysom

533
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: Hill sort of stealing the spotlight, uh, Camara didn't do much.

534
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: There are a number of lesser running backs that bested

535
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: him in fantasy points, and some of it is because

536
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 1: Tayson wants to run the ball himself. He scored those

537
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,160
Speaker 1: two rushing touchdowns. Should we be a little bit concerned

538
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,119
Speaker 1: about Camara's production as long as Taysom is the quarterback?

539
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 1: I think definitely. Like I lowered him, he is still

540
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 1: my RV five this week, that I think is the

541
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: lowest I've ranked him all year. That just shows you

542
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: how good he has been um and the touchdowns are

543
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 1: definitely concerning because Taysom Hill vulture two of those and

544
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,280
Speaker 1: with Drew Brees, we know that those are going to

545
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: to Camara. But I think what's not getting enough attention

546
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,120
Speaker 1: is the fact that Alvin Camara, in his first start

547
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 1: with Taysom Hill. It was his first career game without

548
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: a reception. Fifty four straight games he had at least

549
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: one reception. We know he gets double digit targets routinely

550
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 1: with Drew Brees. He didn't even have a single catch

551
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: with Taysom Hill. That to me is really concerning because

552
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 1: those catches gave him such a safe floor each week,

553
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 1: and they raised his ceiling. So I think if we're seeing,

554
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 1: even not saying he's not gonna have it catch this week,

555
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 1: but even if it's like two or three catches compared

556
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: to you know, the normal six seven, eight that we

557
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,359
Speaker 1: get out of him, that is a significant decrease to

558
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: his fantasy production. Absolutely. I remember one target that he dropped.

559
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: It was supposed to be a screen pass and he'll

560
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,080
Speaker 1: kind of throw a rifle shot from just a couple

561
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: of yards away, and he dropped it. That's the only

562
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,159
Speaker 1: target I remember for him in that game, and that

563
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 1: is definitely a huge part of what makes Camara dangerous

564
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: and what makes him successful. You would think that the

565
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: Saints will try to work that in this week against

566
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: the Broncos. I don't. I just don't think that they

567
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 1: can go with the exact same game plan after Denver

568
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 1: has had a week to sort of study that tape

569
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 1: and try to figure out where to shut down Taysom Hill.

570
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,640
Speaker 1: So I do think you're gonna see Camara and get

571
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 1: more involved. But I worry about what happens down near

572
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,440
Speaker 1: the goal line because we have seen that that Sean

573
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: Payton and the Saints aren't afraid to let Taysom Hill

574
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 1: run the football pretty much in any situation. But you're

575
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: talking about a big, sturdy guy. Uh, And if if

576
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: they get down near the goal line, I wouldn't be

577
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,479
Speaker 1: shocked to see some Taysom Hill keepers. And part of

578
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: what makes Camara so valuable, it's not just a reception,

579
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 1: but it is his nose for the end zone. So

580
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: if that goes away, I think he definitely takes a

581
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: hit there. Last one is Taysom Hill gonna make Camara

582
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: a rich man's Devin Singletary, Oh he might. You know what,

583
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: It's funny, I hadn't thought about that, But now that

584
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 1: you said that, now that you've planted that seed, I

585
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: am I have concerns. Uh, let's hope, not let's hope,

586
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 1: Let's hope. Let's hope. Last week was just kind of

587
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: a speed bump that they were trying some things out,

588
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: And let's hope that the State's offense gets back closer

589
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: to what we're used to seeing, because man, that would

590
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: be it would be frustrating for us to go into

591
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: the fantasy playoffs, was suddenly that change on your roster.

592
00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: So uh, let's let's let's hope not all right. Last one,

593
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel is one of a number of Niners that's

594
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: expected to be back this week. He's supposed to be

595
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: back where he mostarred. I believe Jeff Wilson may also

596
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: be back. But let's talk about debo because the Niner

597
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: passing games certainly could use some help. Uh, it's not

598
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: a great matchup against the Rams, who have done a

599
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 1: good job clamping down on opposing receivers. But let's say

600
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: you were you know you're hurting for for white outs,

601
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 1: you're hurting at the flex spot. Would you consider starting

602
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel this week? Deebo is someone that I've grabbed

603
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: if he's out there on the waiver wire, because we

604
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: know what his upside is. But I'm not I'm trying

605
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: really hard not to have to start him anywhere, and

606
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: I don't have him in any of my starting lineups

607
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: this week. It's his first game back from a hamstring injury.

608
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: That right there is a little bit concerning to me

609
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: because we've seen him struggle to stay on the field

610
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 1: this year, so I want to kind of see that

611
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 1: he is healthy and can handle a full workload. Plus,

612
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: it's Nick Mullins as his quarterback and Marcus you've you've

613
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: seen a lot of moments firsthand. I don't only trust

614
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: him to get the most out of my fantasy players.

615
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: And then, like you said, it's a really tough matchup.

616
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: The Rams have allowed the fewest fantasy points and yards

617
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: to wide receivers this year, and he could have a

618
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: healthy dose of Jalen Ramsey on him. So all of

619
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: that is enough for me to say, take a wait

620
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: and see approach with Deebill Samuel. I think that's fair.

621
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Speaker 1: I I think if there's any upside, it's that they

622
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: do try to get the ball in his hands in

623
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: a number of different ways. I part of what I

624
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: lean on, I think a part of what a lot

625
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: of forty Niner fans lean on just from a football standpoint,

626
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: is the creativity of Kyle Shanahan but you're right, that

627
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,240
Speaker 1: may not be enough when you have a quarterback in

628
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: Nickmullins that you're sort of trying to to to lead

629
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: along and kind of give him some safe throws. You've

630
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 1: got that Rams defense, You've got Jalen Ramsey sitting there

631
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: on the other side, So uh, it might be best

632
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: to sort of avoid this one real quick. Would you

633
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: start where he Moster if he is back? Probably? Yeah,

634
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: Like running back is is pretty rough right now, even

635
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: though we're starting to get like Mostard and Eckler and

636
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: pieces are coming back, which is great. But I think

637
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: if you've been waiting on most of this long, I'm

638
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: probably starting. Yeah, I would probably start him as well.

639
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Speaker 1: All right. Hey, for more analysis like that, you can

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Speaker 1: On that one. It's time for best Value presented by

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings. Every week we try to give you the

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Speaker 1: most bang four your daily Fantasy bucks. So Michael F.

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Speaker 1: Floria and I go through and pick out some guys

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Speaker 1: that can help give you a little bit more lineup

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Speaker 1: flexibility for the week. We'll start at quarterback. Which signal

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Speaker 1: caller are you looking at for the best value? I

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Speaker 1: think I went with this guy last week to him

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Speaker 1: sticking with him, I'm going with Derek Carr. Uh. It's

656
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Speaker 1: just such a great matchup going up against the Falcons,

657
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Speaker 1: who have allowed the most fantasy points per game two

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks this year. They've giving up just a ton of

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Speaker 1: points on a weekly basis. And Derek Carr he's just

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Speaker 1: playing well. Like last week and a bad matchup against

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, he went out through UH for two seventy

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Speaker 1: five yards and three touchdowns, So he's just playing good football.

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Speaker 1: Now he's adding a little bit more points with his

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Speaker 1: legs as of late, running a little bit more UH,

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Speaker 1: and he's cheap. I like Derek Carr on in DFS

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Speaker 1: and just as the top twelve quarterback this week. Very

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Speaker 1: much like Derek Carr, and he is very quietly, I

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Speaker 1: think having one of the best seasons of his career.

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Speaker 1: I know it hasn't always translated to fantasy points, but

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Speaker 1: I do think this is a week where you're gonna

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Speaker 1: see that fantasy production increase. I'm going with Cam Newton here,

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Speaker 1: and it might not be quite as much of a

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Speaker 1: value Newton right now at on draft kings, but I

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Speaker 1: do think the production possibility is there. The Cardinals have

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Speaker 1: been pretty lax when it comes to slowing down fantasy quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: and on top of that, they've given up the third

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Speaker 1: most rushing yards. Cam this year hasn't run the way

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Speaker 1: we've seen in past seasons, but he is still the

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Speaker 1: second leading rusher on that New England squad behind Damien Harris.

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Speaker 1: So this feels like a situation where camp can kind

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Speaker 1: of get right and Plus, look if the Cardinal offense

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Speaker 1: is clicking, which they kind of got shut down last week.

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Speaker 1: But when they are clicking, we know they can score

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Speaker 1: a lot of points, which means the Patriots may have

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Speaker 1: to score a lot of points to try and stay

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Speaker 1: in the ball game. Okay, running back, who's your value

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Speaker 1: this week? I'm one with Wayne Gallman, and I know,

688
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Speaker 1: like we never would have though this a couple of

689
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Speaker 1: weeks ago. But Wayne Goldman has been playing pretty well.

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Speaker 1: He has scored a touchdown in four straight games, and

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Speaker 1: I think he has five in that four game span.

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Speaker 1: And he's only five thousand dollars on draft Kings against

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Speaker 1: the Bengals, who allow the third most rushing yards per

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Speaker 1: game two running back. So I think with the being

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Speaker 1: a good matchup, with his work being safe, especially near

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Speaker 1: the goal line, that he's a cheap, safe play. But

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Speaker 1: his upside is even higher, definitely like in Goalman, And

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Speaker 1: you're right, I don't think we ever would have imagined.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, let's remember when se Kawan went down.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if anybody was excited about Wayne Gallman.

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Speaker 1: The the thought was where they're gonna sign somebody. Then

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Speaker 1: they brought in Devonte Freeman, and you know, but Gallman

703
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Speaker 1: has persisted and and and succeeded. I'm gonna go Todd Gurley,

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Speaker 1: and this I think sort of speaks to how far

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Speaker 1: Todd Gurley has fallen in just a couple of years.

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Speaker 1: Uh to to think two years ago we never would

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Speaker 1: have imagined Todd Gurley as a value pick, but here

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Speaker 1: he is sitting at hundred and a good matchup against

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Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Raiders, who have struggled against fantasy running

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Speaker 1: backs this year. And I know Gurley hasn't necessarily been

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Speaker 1: a yardage monster, but more often than that, he is

712
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Speaker 1: finding his way into the end zone and that has

713
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Speaker 1: been helping his fantasy value. Um, you know it's I

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Speaker 1: can't believe. I can't remember who it was, but someone

715
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Speaker 1: joked on Twitter that nobody gets top fifteen value out

716
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Speaker 1: of sixty yards a game like Todd Gurley, and that

717
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Speaker 1: really is the case because he does find his way

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Speaker 1: into the end zone more often than not. The Raiders

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Speaker 1: have allowed a lot of fantasy running backs into the

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Speaker 1: end zone, so Todd Gurley could be an option. It's

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Speaker 1: just it's just wild. I mean, we're talking about a

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Speaker 1: guy who was the consensus number one overall pick and

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Speaker 1: Fantasy not that long ago. Uh, and now he's a

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Speaker 1: Fantasy daily value pick here wide receivers, Uh, I feel

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Speaker 1: like you're you're stacking up here at your wide receiver spot.

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Speaker 1: I'm stacking up. I'm going with Nelson swaggle Ar going

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Speaker 1: up against the menus of the Atlanta Falcons and the

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Speaker 1: Falcons matchup is just part of it, like there are

729
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Speaker 1: a great matchup. They give up the third most Fantasy

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Speaker 1: points to receivers the second most yards this year. But

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Speaker 1: what's even better, I think is the consistent production that

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Speaker 1: we've kind of been getting out of Nelson Aguilar. He

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Speaker 1: has scored over thirteen Fantasy points in five of his

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Speaker 1: last seven games, including over twenty and two of them.

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Speaker 1: But he has two duds in that span, one of

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Speaker 1: which was just a bad game, but one of which

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Speaker 1: then was if you remember Marcus, it was really bad

738
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Speaker 1: weather in Cleveland a couple of weeks ago, terrible wins.

739
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Speaker 1: That that one hurt him as well. But last week

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Speaker 1: he had nine targets, which tied a season high. He

741
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Speaker 1: had three targets of twenty plus eight yards and three

742
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Speaker 1: red zone targets. So they're targeting him deep down the

743
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Speaker 1: field and near pay dirt. That isn't very easy way

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Speaker 1: to rack up fantasy points in bunches. We we we

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Speaker 1: got we need to come together as as a community

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Speaker 1: and come up with a new meme for Agalore. Uh,

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Speaker 1: we need something new. I'm going to keep it in

748
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Speaker 1: my Homersk Trojan family and go with Michael Pittman Jr.

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Speaker 1: Going against the Tennessee Titans this week. The last couple

750
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Speaker 1: of weeks, Pittman has been a top twelve fantasy receiver.

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Speaker 1: He's led the Colts in receiving yards in three straight games,

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Speaker 1: scored his first NFL touchdown last week, and has a

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Speaker 1: great match up against the Titans, who actually allowed the

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Speaker 1: second most catches too wide receivers this year. They've given

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Speaker 1: up the fourth most fantasy points per game. So this

756
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Speaker 1: is a situation where the Colts seem to have kind

757
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Speaker 1: of found something in their passing game the last couple

758
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Speaker 1: of weeks, and a lot of it revolved around the

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Speaker 1: rookie who was stepped up. Uh and at five thousand,

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Speaker 1: I think he's a nice value pick the throw in

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Speaker 1: to your lineup. Okay, over to the tight ends. Who

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Speaker 1: are you looking at this week? I'm going with Evan

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Speaker 1: Ingram here. I know the last time we saw him

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00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: on the field he disappointed against the Eagles. He had

765
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: his by last week, but don't forget about what he

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Speaker 1: was doing before that Eagles game, seeing nine targets in

767
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: ten and tend scoring double digit fantasy points in all

768
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: of those games. I think that he is Daniel jones

769
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: favorite receiver. In this offense, and that's gonna come into

770
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: play this week against the Bengals team who is in

771
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Speaker 1: the top three, and fantasy points allowed to tight ends

772
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: and yards and touchdowns allowed to tight end. So great

773
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: matchup and opportunity going his way, and you get him

774
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: for dred. You don't have to pay up for him

775
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: or anything like that. Evan Ingram a couple of weeks

776
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Speaker 1: ago before the trade deadline, he was one of those

777
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Speaker 1: guys I suggested trying to add just because, uh, the

778
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Speaker 1: schedule worked out and it looked like the Giants were

779
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,280
Speaker 1: starting to get him more involved again. So I definitely

780
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Speaker 1: like that pick. I'm gonna go Hunter Henry because I

781
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Speaker 1: like the matchup. I think this is gonna be a

782
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: high scoring game between the Chargers and the Bills this week.

783
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Speaker 1: I I expect a lot of the fantasy relevant guys

784
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: to have good games that both quarterbacks I think are

785
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Speaker 1: gonna put up some big numbers. But I think you

786
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: can sort of count on the receivers and I think

787
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Speaker 1: you can count on Hunter Henry as well. We're starting

788
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: to see him get a little bit more involved in

789
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Speaker 1: the passing game. I would say that on big picture,

790
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Speaker 1: I was a huge hunter. Henry Finn still am, but

791
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Speaker 1: I just don't think he's gonna end up being the

792
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: kind of fantasy tight end that I hoped he would be.

793
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: I thought he was gonna be a nice, seamless transition

794
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: from Antonio Gates, but but I don't know if that's

795
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: gonna happen. But this week, at least at hundred, I

796
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: think he's a nice guy to get into your lineup,

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Speaker 1: all right, So we round this out with defenses. Which

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Speaker 1: one are you looking at? I'm not streaming against the

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Speaker 1: New York team and the Eagles on Monday, so I

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Speaker 1: can't stream against them, so I went in a different direction.

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00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: It's kind of low hanging fruitom going with the Browns

802
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 1: against Mike Lennon. We know the Browns can get after

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Speaker 1: the quarterback and get pressure on him, but so much

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Speaker 1: more of this is it's against Mike Lennon and the

805
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: Jack scene that are missing some key pieces this week.

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Speaker 1: So I think it is if you're you know, it's

807
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: just a good time to get the Browns defense. And

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Speaker 1: sometimes these matchups are just kind of there for the taking,

809
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Speaker 1: and I think this is one of them. I love

810
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Speaker 1: the Browns and and uh and somebody asked recently, you

811
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 1: know about defenses they can sort of pick up to

812
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 1: get them through the rest of the season. The Browns

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Speaker 1: with the first one that popped to mind because of

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Speaker 1: the way the schedule breaks down. I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: the Giants here because they're the first ones that get

816
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Speaker 1: a crack at the Joe burrowless Cincinnati Bengals. And you know,

817
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: while we still believe that maybe Tyler Boyd can have

818
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Speaker 1: some production, I also think that they can get after

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Speaker 1: Brandon Allen, they can force some turnovers, they can they

820
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: can do some things, uh to kind of generate some

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Speaker 1: fantasy points here. So I think this is an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to get the Giants in your lineup to hope that

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Speaker 1: they can make some plays. Um. You know, maybe the

824
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Speaker 1: Bengals score some points, but but I don't know that

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Speaker 1: it's going to be enough to completely wreck your day.

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Speaker 1: So I would give them a swing, give them a shout.

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Speaker 1: So weirdly, none of us went after the New York

828
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Speaker 1: teams this week or went after the Eagles this week,

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Speaker 1: So this is a this is a great moment in

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Speaker 1: uh best value history. All right, that was Best Value

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Speaker 1: pack of cards, we pick out three of the best ones,

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Speaker 1: and we talk about so. Uh. This week we will

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Speaker 1: start at the quarterback spot. Patrick Mahomes. I mean, there's

836
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Speaker 1: not too much bad that you can say about Patrick Mahomes.

837
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Speaker 1: The guy has been lights out for the last few

838
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 1: years now. He has had a pretty safe floor. Uh.

839
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Speaker 1: He does have one game under twenty points this year,

840
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Speaker 1: and that is it. The matchup not a great one

841
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: on paper. I mean we're not benching Mahomes. I mean

842
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: that would be crazy talk. But uh, and he keep

843
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: his twenty point uh you know floor intact against the

844
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Speaker 1: Buccaneers this week. Yeah, I definitely think he can. I

845
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: know this is a on paper, it's not a great matchup.

846
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: I felt that way when he was playing the Ravens

847
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: earlier this year and he threw He put up a

848
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: forty burger on them in fantasy, put up like four

849
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Speaker 1: touchdowns and a whole bunch of more numbers, Like you said,

850
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: Marcus over twenty and all but one game. I think

851
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: he's safe bet to get there again. And one thing though,

852
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: that that I don't think he's getting enough credit for

853
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: because remember in eighteen when he set the record for

854
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: most Fantasy points and and won the m v P

855
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: and all that, Like he was the talk of Fantasy

856
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,400
Speaker 1: that year and how good he was. He is averaging

857
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: just point oh six less Fantasy points per game this

858
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,440
Speaker 1: year then, in so he's basically giving you exactly what

859
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: he was two years ago. It's funny because you talk

860
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: about guys who become victims of their own success, and

861
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes is definitely one of them. I mean you

862
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:59,800
Speaker 1: talk about the production and what he's doing on the field,

863
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: and the fact that we don't just look at him

864
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 1: and automatically like, yeah, he's the m v P Like

865
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: of course, uh speaks to like, you know, because he

866
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: has done so many incredible things and his relatively short

867
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: NFL career that now he does Patrick Mahomes, things were

868
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: kind of like, uh yeah, but I mean look at

869
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 1: Kyler and look at you know this guy, look at

870
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: that guy, so um, you know, he's still amazing, He's

871
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: still phenomenal. He's the guy that that has if you

872
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: drafted him early, uh, he becomes the counterpoint to the

873
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,520
Speaker 1: weight on a quarterback argument. It's like, yeah, you can

874
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: wait on a quarterback or you can draft Patrick Mahomes.

875
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: So so he he's a start every single week, and

876
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 1: I think you could feel pretty good about twenty points

877
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 1: even against the Buccaneers. All right. Next up is Stefon

878
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: Diggs from your Buffalo Bills, and I feel like this

879
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,319
Speaker 1: is a guy who maybe isn't getting quite the love

880
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,839
Speaker 1: he should be as we sit here and talk now.

881
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:01,200
Speaker 1: He is the wide receiver six this week. I believe

882
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: he is second in the NFL in receptions, he is

883
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 1: third in receiving yards. He's been just phenomenal since he's

884
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: gotten to Buffalo. Where do you have him ranked this

885
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: week against the Chargers? I have him ranked as my

886
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver six because I agree with everything you said there, Marcus.

887
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 1: I don't think he's getting enough recognition. And it's not

888
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: just like last year. He he was able to salvage

889
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,680
Speaker 1: his fantasy years by having some really big days, and

890
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: it was just very up and down, like he'd either

891
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 1: catch you a long touchdown or he'd give you single

892
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: digit fantasy points. This year, though, he it's the opposite

893
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,959
Speaker 1: of that. He's just been so consistent week to week

894
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: to week and I will hold the steffon Diggs l

895
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: hard because I was baiting him coming into this year.

896
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: I was high on Josh Allen, but I thought that

897
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: it was gonna be one of those offenses where you

898
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: want the quarterback but not so much the all the

899
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 1: different pieces around him, because I thought like it could

900
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: be a Diggs week than a John Brown week. But

901
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: Diggs has just been consistently all some each week. And

902
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,840
Speaker 1: I know you said earlier you expect big things in

903
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 1: this game, markets I'm with you. I think this could

904
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 1: be a really high scoring game and one of the

905
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 1: better ones to the weekend this This should be a

906
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 1: lot of fun to watch. I'm definitely gonna I'm gonna

907
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,799
Speaker 1: tune in and check this thing out. And and yes,

908
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: Stefan Diggs has been just lights out all year long.

909
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: I you know, I thought he'd be okay. I did

910
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: think he's getting more targets moving from Minnesota to Buffalo,

911
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: but I did not expect the level of consistency week

912
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: to week because, as you mentioned, he had been sort

913
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: of a roller coaster guy with the Vikings. Some weeks

914
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,239
Speaker 1: were huge, some weeks not so much. But he has

915
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: been a set it and forget a guy every single

916
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: week you can count on double digits. I think he

917
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: had one game with ten points and that was his

918
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: low for the year. Everything else has been pretty pretty

919
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,359
Speaker 1: lights out with Stefon Diggs, and I think you know

920
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 1: that's going to continue, and I think we're talking about

921
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 1: him as maybe a second round pick next year. All right,

922
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: last one, it is Mike Gasicki from the Miami Dolphins. Uh.

923
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 1: This is the guy that I had big expectations for

924
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,279
Speaker 1: this year. He has not really lived up to them.

925
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:03,720
Speaker 1: He had a couple of big games early in the season.

926
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,879
Speaker 1: I don't think he has a touchdown since Week three.

927
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 1: But this week, at least on paper, it's a pretty

928
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: decent matchup for him. Would you consider giving him a

929
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: start in your fantasy lineups? Hard pass? I am completely

930
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: washing my hands free of Mike Kasecki. Maybe it's because

931
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 1: I drafted him in a few leagues, and you know,

932
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,600
Speaker 1: I benched him in that big Week three blow up

933
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: he had Marcus and then I got him back in

934
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: my lineup for the Zeros, and like the two's that

935
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: he's been putting up. I dropped him everywhere I had him.

936
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: It just hasn't happened. With toa there. The passing game

937
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: is a hole here, Like Touah hasn't thrown two yards

938
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: in a game this year, so I think it's clearly

939
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 1: for fantasy taking a hit moving from Fitzpatrick to Tah

940
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,319
Speaker 1: and Gasecki is at best the third target there. I

941
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: just I want nothing to do with him. I'm washing

942
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 1: my hands, clean up him. Someone else could start him.

943
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: He will not be in any of my lineups. You

944
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:58,920
Speaker 1: talked about that big blow up game early in the season.

945
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: He had twenty seven into that one. He has eighty

946
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: one plus for the season, so almost a third of

947
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:08,359
Speaker 1: his fantasy points have come in one game. I think

948
00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 1: he has one other game with like ten points and

949
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,759
Speaker 1: that's it. So this one I will I will take

950
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,759
Speaker 1: an l on this one. I really thought good things

951
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: you're coming from Mike Gisicky based on the way he

952
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:21,359
Speaker 1: finished last season. Um that has not been the case.

953
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: And honestly, not having Preston Williams hasn't done anything to

954
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 1: help him. You would think that maybe with no Preston Williams,

955
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: that maybe this opens up some targets for Gasicky, but no,

956
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 1: I mean we have seen jackem Grant step in and

957
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 1: be more fantasy relevant the last couple of weeks than Gassicky,

958
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 1: So I get it if you decided to pass on him.

959
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,320
Speaker 1: There there has been nothing to suggest that maybe the

960
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,280
Speaker 1: blow up, maybe there's a big blow up game coming

961
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: this week, who knows, but there's been nothing over the

962
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:48,520
Speaker 1: last six seven weeks to suggest that you know, you

963
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 1: can really reliably count on this guy at all in

964
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 1: your lineups. So you might have heard. The NFL is

965
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 1: a passing league, and because of that, we have seen

966
00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: the rise of a number of good wide receivers and

967
00:46:59,160 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: sometimes get a couple of guys on the same team

968
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,439
Speaker 1: that ball out at the same time. So it made

969
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 1: us wonder about some of the top wide receiver duos

970
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:10,399
Speaker 1: that fantasy has seen something with and decided to Ask

971
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: a Nerd. Went to our pal matt Okata and asked

972
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:14,960
Speaker 1: me about some of the top wide receiver pairs in

973
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 1: fantasy football. Thanks Marcus, Happy Friday, and welcome to Ask

974
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: a Nerd. Without further ado, here is our carefully curated

975
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: list of the top fantasy seasons by a wide receiver

976
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 1: duo in NFL history. Number five. We start with one

977
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,000
Speaker 1: of the greatest NFL duos of all time, Chris Carter

978
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: and Randy Moss in despite a mid season QB switched

979
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 1: by the Vikings, Carter and Moss each posted at least

980
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: twelve hundred yards and twelve total touchdowns, finished four and

981
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,719
Speaker 1: a half fantasy points apart and combined for five d

982
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: eighty eight point eight fantasy points in total. And number

983
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,480
Speaker 1: four is a pair we all remember Antonio Brown and

984
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,080
Speaker 1: Juju Smith Schuster in eighteen. Juju had over fourteen hundred

985
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: yards in his second year breakout, and a B scored

986
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: a league leading fifteen receiving touchdowns in route to a

987
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,720
Speaker 1: combined total of six hundred and twenty point six fantasy points.

988
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: Number three is one of many famous Packers duos, Jordy

989
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: Nelson and Randall Cobb in captain by that year's QB

990
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: one Aaron Rodgers. Both guys tally twelve plus receiving touchdowns

991
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: for a total of twenty five, most on our list,

992
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,400
Speaker 1: and had a combined six hundred and twenty one point

993
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 1: three Fantasy points overall. Number two duo actually comes from

994
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: the same season. It's the Marius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders.

995
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: Sanders was a new guy in Denver, replacing Eric Decker

996
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,440
Speaker 1: and he stepped up big. He and Thomas combined for

997
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:39,400
Speaker 1: over three thousand yards, scored twenty touchdowns, and finished with

998
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 1: six hundred and forty two point seven Fantasy points combined.

999
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: And the top spot on our list goes to a

1000
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 1: somewhat surprising duo Herman Moore and Brett Perryman for the

1001
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, led by QB Scott Mitchell and complimented by

1002
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders. The Lions duo

1003
00:48:56,760 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: combined for two D one receptions, over thirty one hund

1004
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,880
Speaker 1: receiving yards, and six hundred and eighties seven point to

1005
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: fantasy points, all good for best on our list. This

1006
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 1: has been asked a NERD Duo's edition. I'm at okata,

1007
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 1: I'll see you next Friday, and may the fantasy points

1008
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: be with you. Thank you, Matt, always good information. And

1009
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 1: uh the duo of Brett Perriman and Herman Moore, that

1010
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 1: that was a surprise. That's also I think the season

1011
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: that Scott Mitchell basically turned into and uh and Horn

1012
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 1: swoggled d Miami Dolphins into giving him a big contract

1013
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:34,439
Speaker 1: where he didn't do much after that, but it did

1014
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:36,919
Speaker 1: lead me to the thought of all the duos we've

1015
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:38,719
Speaker 1: seen this year, Florio, I mean, there are a lot

1016
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: of a lot of good pairings out there across the NFL.

1017
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: Who do you think currently is the top wide receiver

1018
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 1: duo in the league. So I'm a fantasy guy because

1019
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:50,120
Speaker 1: I think you could make the argument that for talent wise,

1020
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 1: maybe there's one ahead of these two. I don't think

1021
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:54,880
Speaker 1: there's a whole lot. But for fantasy this year, I

1022
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,879
Speaker 1: don't think there's any debating who the best duo has been.

1023
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:01,399
Speaker 1: It's DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett on the year right now,

1024
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett is the wide receiver. Four. DK Metcalf is

1025
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: the wide receiver six. D K has just been consistently great,

1026
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,839
Speaker 1: he said, two bad games. I know, Locke, it's been

1027
00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: a little bit up and down, but I have both

1028
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,360
Speaker 1: in a couple of different leagues, and I'm plenty happy

1029
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,279
Speaker 1: with the production I'm getting out of these guys pretty

1030
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,799
Speaker 1: much every single week. So I think, uh I was

1031
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,359
Speaker 1: debating between them and Julio and Ridley, but I think

1032
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,240
Speaker 1: for fantasy this year, these two have been the superior options.

1033
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: I think it's probably right. I am actually gonna go

1034
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:29,680
Speaker 1: maybe outside the box, but I'm staying in the division.

1035
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Robert Woods and Cooper Cup And

1036
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: some of it I think is is their talent. Some

1037
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:36,880
Speaker 1: of it is I think scheme, because even in a

1038
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: year where the Rams have not been super efficient throwing

1039
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 1: the football, these guys have both found ways to produce.

1040
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: I think give give some credit to Sean McVeigh for

1041
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 1: being creative and getting the ball in their hands and

1042
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,959
Speaker 1: finding ways to get them out in space. We saw

1043
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: last week against the Buccaneers. They just excelled when it

1044
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: came to yards after the catch, did some big things.

1045
00:50:57,719 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 1: And part of it is that both these guys have

1046
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:02,080
Speaker 1: stayed healthy most of the year. I think that for me,

1047
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,560
Speaker 1: at least for uh sort of is a knock on

1048
00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley. Uh. They just they've had

1049
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 1: some health issues that have kept them off the field

1050
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:14,879
Speaker 1: or at least had them underperform in certain situations. So

1051
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,879
Speaker 1: I think the Lockett Metcalf call is an excellent one.

1052
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna I'm gonna go and pivot and go

1053
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 1: a little bit differently, uh and go go to Woods

1054
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 1: and Cup. Um. I can look at but feeling justin

1055
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,359
Speaker 1: Jefferson get an honorable mention at least for this thing.

1056
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 1: I was gonna say. I think in a year though,

1057
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: we may be talking about the Vikings guys. Is the

1058
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,480
Speaker 1: top top dude. There's a lot of good ones though,

1059
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:36,799
Speaker 1: Like I was thinking about it, There's there's them, There's

1060
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,399
Speaker 1: Keenan Outen and Mike Williams not nearly as good. But

1061
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: if Davante Adams can never get a consistent they're like,

1062
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:45,839
Speaker 1: there's some really good duos in the NFL right now.

1063
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,879
Speaker 1: I think you know, I think you know, if Joe

1064
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,799
Speaker 1: Burrow can come back healthy, I think we might be

1065
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Speaker 1: talking about Tyler Boyd and te Higgins in the very

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Speaker 1: near future. Um, yeah, there are there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of really solid duos. When it comes to to Fantasy

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Speaker 1: wide receivers production. He's not a receiver, but Hill and

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Speaker 1: Kelsey are are definitely up there for Tom doos. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean Travis Kelsey almost functions like a wide receiver. Boy.

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Speaker 1: I mean he really does. I mean I think if

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Speaker 1: you effect, if you look at his production, uh, he's

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Speaker 1: just under two hundred Fantasy points. I think he would

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Speaker 1: be looking ahead. He would be the wide receiver for

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Speaker 1: right now. Tyrenek Hill is currently the wide receiver to

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey would be the wide receiver for so that

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Speaker 1: would actually make them better than Metcat Blockett at this point.

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Speaker 1: Don't sleep on on Kelsey is a first round pick.

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Speaker 1: Next you right, like we we can agree on that

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Speaker 1: markets right, He's gonna be a first round pick just

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Speaker 1: because I don't think you know. Look, if you can

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Speaker 1: have that peace of mind at tight end um, you

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Speaker 1: you do it. And so I think if you if

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Speaker 1: you have Travis Kelsey late first round, I don't think

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Speaker 1: anybody's gonna gonna make fun of you for that one.

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Speaker 1: This is where we are, and again we're gonna come

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Speaker 1: to August. We're gonna be like tight Ends deep, and

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Speaker 1: when you get October, we're like, you should have drafted

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey in the first round, because what is wrong?

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Speaker 1: If you think tight ends deep, you're gonna end up

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Speaker 1: asking yourself in week twelve if you could start Mica

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Speaker 1: sk or not. So you don't want to be in

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Speaker 1: exactly that. This is the ultimate how it started, how

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Speaker 1: it's going sort of situation with Mica sick. All right,

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Speaker 1: On that note, I think it is time for us

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