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Speaker 1: Frank Stamfle, He's Uy Eric Young, and I am Greg Sauce.
Speaker 1: What's happening, Frankie, Greg? Happy Tuesday to you. I hope
Speaker 1: it's a happy Tuesday. If you haven't heard by now,
Speaker 1: last night was our holiday party, and while it was
Speaker 1: very fun, Greg, a lot of us are suffering from
Speaker 1: a rough morning. I just sleep buddy, Oh boy, Frank,
Speaker 1: he was a rong one. It was a rough one.
Speaker 1: Last night. Our Sports Cride holiday party was last a really,
Speaker 1: really time mostly everyone was here, which was awesome. Um.
Speaker 1: And we had a great time Frank it it was
Speaker 1: really really fun. Um. We both made it home which
Speaker 1: was great. UM. And going to sleep was not pleasant.
Speaker 1: Waking up was less pleasant. Um. But I feel at
Speaker 1: this moment I feel the best is I felt all day.
Speaker 1: I ate lunch, which was great. I had a salad,
Speaker 1: but I had a lot of the bread that I
Speaker 1: had last night that Interurn day and Interurn Day and
Speaker 1: pact for us. You say lunch, but it's just a salad.
Speaker 1: It was a good salad. It was a good salad.
Speaker 1: I feel good to check a lot of water. I'll
Speaker 1: probably get more water during the break. U. And I'm
Speaker 1: feeling bad. How are you feeling? I'm all right. I'm
Speaker 1: slowly coming along as as the day goes here, Greg,
Speaker 1: But I share a lot of the same sentiments as you.
Speaker 1: Very rough getting out of bed this morning. But a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. Game last night was great between the
Speaker 1: Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks. Obviously you got to talk
Speaker 1: about that. A lot of fantasy implications coming out of
Speaker 1: that game as well. Uh. And of course we're joined
Speaker 1: by our good buddy e Y the Lucky One. How's
Speaker 1: it going, e y, Yeah, it's it's going good boys.
Speaker 1: It's good to be me. Uh, Monday night Raw in
Speaker 1: the hometown last night, So uh that was enjoyable. Uh,
Speaker 1: made in appearance on the actual show, fairly exciting. Um.
Speaker 1: I had a lot of friends and family in the
Speaker 1: crowd last night. Enjoyed a pretty good show. Um. Had
Speaker 1: a bunch of the Good Brothers back to my place.
Speaker 1: And I was also up very very late four thirty
Speaker 1: am that time for me, And looks like he was
Speaker 1: a little uh there. We're all trying to recover together,
Speaker 1: and Ey like was sladling that a few times last
Speaker 1: We wouldn't even do that part, right, We just drank.
Speaker 1: He did the slamming part and then drank with the
Speaker 1: Good Brothers. So it's like, what a knight for us?
Speaker 1: You when you say that, you know you you had
Speaker 1: raw last night in your hometown. Um, you mean parts unknown,
Speaker 1: parts unknown? Yeah, well I was. I think I was
Speaker 1: actually announced from Nashville last night. I thought, get the
Speaker 1: hometown pop. I suppose you could say that. Yeah. Never,
Speaker 1: we'd come through here. My last time wrestling here was
Speaker 1: with n x T and we were at the heat
Speaker 1: of our You know, the very top of our kind
Speaker 1: of bad guy. He'll run a sanity. And we wrestled
Speaker 1: a heavy machinery and those guys got booed out of
Speaker 1: the building and they basically chaired chaired for me the
Speaker 1: whole time. And Matt Bloom and uh Scott, one of
Speaker 1: the agents from from n x T, made me take
Speaker 1: the mic and cut a promo. This is definitely my home. Um,
Speaker 1: this is my my place. I can live anywhere in
Speaker 1: the world, literally anywhere, um, and I choose Nashville, Tennessee.
Speaker 1: It's my home. You go, how aesome? How awesome is that? Man?
Speaker 1: And hopefully next inter Nashville you get a microphone to
Speaker 1: say that again, but this time on row. Yeah. One
Speaker 1: step at a time, boys, one step at a time.
Speaker 1: You're on TV. That's the that's the story. We're all
Speaker 1: on TV, Greg, how about that. We're all on t
Speaker 1: V channel five seventeen here on Pluto seven nine of
Speaker 1: course on Zoomo. So, Frank, I noticed when you introduced
Speaker 1: you why you called him the lucky one? Yeah? Why
Speaker 1: is this? And I'm allowed to say that because what
Speaker 1: I'm about to say is, uh are you Irish? E y?
Speaker 1: Because UH got lucky this week going up against your BFFs.
Speaker 1: We're battling out in the pit League. Winner gets a
Speaker 1: bye week and you just so happened to squeak by
Speaker 1: e y? How does it feel funny? Having a really good,
Speaker 1: good time, really good year in the pit League. My
Speaker 1: team is loaded. I'm really set up well for the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I wish I was playing again this week. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: super happy with my team. Uh. Look, anytime I can
Speaker 1: beat you guys with nick Foles that the control is
Speaker 1: playing a half and giving negative points, it's a good day.
Speaker 1: It's it's not just a good day. I would say
Speaker 1: it's a great day for you. E y. Of course
Speaker 1: we got Devantay Parkerd, greg Uh, I feel like that, yeah,
Speaker 1: set forever doubting Devanta Parker. Of course when we go
Speaker 1: up against him, e wise favorite, I feel like your
Speaker 1: favorite player in the NFL. We gotta get to a
Speaker 1: DeVante Parker Jersey man, because you are prob you know,
Speaker 1: I know we have to pay for him to come
Speaker 1: stay with us. Yeah, we could swap that and we'll
Speaker 1: get you a Davante partner Jersey instead of paying for
Speaker 1: your trip here. Ey, it's been a painful It's been
Speaker 1: a painful, painful relationship, very abusive for me. Early on, uh,
Speaker 1: I felt like the love was only going one way,
Speaker 1: but now it is. We're not even even kill me
Speaker 1: and DeVante. I mean, like all kidding aside. I mean,
Speaker 1: this guy is actually showing up and and is the
Speaker 1: guy that everyone thought he was going to be in
Speaker 1: a lot of people abandoned him. I can tell you
Speaker 1: I traded him. I can't remember who it was, but
Speaker 1: it was something someone very valuable in UH in a
Speaker 1: serious dynasty league that I'm in that I'm absolutely smashing
Speaker 1: in UH full I DP, defensive ends, all that stuff.
Speaker 1: But I traded for him, and uh I got him.
Speaker 1: Most people would consider it a one side of trade
Speaker 1: for the other guy, but they're not saying that. Now
Speaker 1: he's my number one receiver. He's been really good it
Speaker 1: all year. Yeah, finally showing up. We spoke about Devontae
Speaker 1: Parker yesterday, Greg, and how you know, if you started
Speaker 1: him this week, he likely got you to the Fantasy
Speaker 1: playoffs single handedly if you needed that win to get in.
Speaker 1: So huge season for Devontae Parker, and you know, sometimes
Speaker 1: it takes a couple of years for these guys not
Speaker 1: everyone comes into the league right away and there you
Speaker 1: know Julio Jones or Odell Beckham. It took a couple
Speaker 1: of years for him, but the athleticism is there. He
Speaker 1: struggled with drops in the past. That hasn't been an
Speaker 1: issue for him this year. Greg making contested catches. We
Speaker 1: all saw that throw on fourth down this week where
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick just lofted the ball up there Devanta Parker
Speaker 1: doing his best Randy moss impersonation. So it took a
Speaker 1: couple of years, but he has really really developed into
Speaker 1: a wide receiver one for the Miami Dolphins moving forward.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll take a break here. When we come back,
Speaker 1: let's not chat about Devonte Parker with the Dolphins for
Speaker 1: short as our waiver Wire show like gott him Inda
Speaker 1: Night Football, not because the Seahawks. One because Domin Cook
Speaker 1: got hurt, and we'll talk about the extent of that
Speaker 1: injury what that means for your fantasy playoffs and those
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Speaker 1: So I mentioned last night, well, Ey was battling on
Speaker 1: raw and we were, you know, drinking heavily, um dom
Speaker 1: and Cook. I watched him as somebody trading for domind Cook.
Speaker 1: Last week. I watched Tim score touchdown and like yeah,
Speaker 1: and then I watched him walks in the locker room
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my god. Now Sunday morning,
Speaker 1: literally half hour before the games begin, I come from
Speaker 1: a trade where I traded away Golden Tate for Alexander
Speaker 1: Madison a half hour before maybe twenty minutes your Lucky Stars.
Speaker 1: And now it's interesting because I don't want Dalmond Cook
Speaker 1: to play, because Dowalin Cook is gonna be limited and
Speaker 1: Dalmond Cook is not gonna play his normal amount of snaps.
Speaker 1: And now I'm screwed. I think you want Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: to play. I do not you really don't. I want
Speaker 1: one guy the worst thing that possibly happened. So there's
Speaker 1: multiple guys involved and that's what's going to happen now.
Speaker 1: It's Alvin Cook. So he wound up injuring his shoulder
Speaker 1: and Dr David David Chad the fantastic job breaking this down.
Speaker 1: He heard his shoulder Um two weeks back, guy in
Speaker 1: the Vikings game before they're by, and you could see
Speaker 1: he like you can see him grimace and hold on
Speaker 1: his show a little bit. And he wound up um
Speaker 1: playing through it and then having good bye. But he
Speaker 1: what he did to his shoulder was I don't know
Speaker 1: if he separated sc joint or he strained it heavily.
Speaker 1: He basically had or has what Tyree Hill had that
Speaker 1: kept him out for a month earlier this season, but
Speaker 1: less severe. It's just like it's a pain tolerance issue
Speaker 1: for Dalvin Cook. So last night when he got hit
Speaker 1: on it. You actually saw it two weeks ago and
Speaker 1: Chap was the video of it that he when he
Speaker 1: fell into the tackle, he landed on the other shoulders
Speaker 1: because he don't want to hurt himself. So last night
Speaker 1: after he fumbled, he got hitting the shoulder and there's
Speaker 1: nothing you could do besides probably going back to lock
Speaker 1: him get a shot to numb the pain. But it's
Speaker 1: all pain tolerance when it comes to that shoulder. So
Speaker 1: could you come back in the game last night? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he could have. That's why he was on the benches
Speaker 1: away in pads, but the game script didn't call for
Speaker 1: him too obviously that I was in a Madison he
Speaker 1: was playing well, so they didn't. But now next week
Speaker 1: he'll be good to go. The problem is either he
Speaker 1: gets hit in the shoulder or lands wrong, you're in trouble.
Speaker 1: And that's why I'm really nervous when it comes to
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. And I think the reason why they might
Speaker 1: be able to sit him out in that game grade
Speaker 1: while it is a divisional matchup against the Detroit Lions,
Speaker 1: probably no Matthew Stafford. As of now, the Vikings are
Speaker 1: thirteen point favorites, so they're big favorites in that game. Yes,
Speaker 1: it's a divisional divisional game, but they're expected to be
Speaker 1: winning for a large majority of that or just you know,
Speaker 1: just win in general. So I don't know that they're
Speaker 1: going to need the services of Dalvin Cook, which sounds
Speaker 1: crazy because obviously you can always use Dalvin Cook. But
Speaker 1: Greg I mentioned this a few weeks ago, and what
Speaker 1: are people doing? Why does it take so long to
Speaker 1: pick up your handcuffs? Alexander Madison is thirty two percent
Speaker 1: owned on Yahoo. Let me get this straight. Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: is owned in a hundred percent of leagues. That means
Speaker 1: there is sixty eight percent of leagues where the Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook owner does not own Alexander Madison. What are people doing?
Speaker 1: We spoke about this weeks ago, a month ago, where
Speaker 1: you need to own your handcuffs, especially a player like
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook where he has been injury prone in the past.
Speaker 1: So I don't really understand it. We've been telling people
Speaker 1: for a while now. This happens every single year where
Speaker 1: a handcuff ends up emerging and winning people fantasy football
Speaker 1: championships alas c J Anderson from last season. But Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook needs to be owned by the Dalvin Cook. Uh,
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Dalvin Cook is radio. Alexander Madison needs
Speaker 1: to be owned by the Dalvin Cook owner. And I
Speaker 1: put out the poll before the show, who is your
Speaker 1: top wave of wire D No surprise, Alexander Madison is
Speaker 1: winning the poll with fifty of the vote. It's no Rader.
Speaker 1: We've said that a guy like Tony Pollard, a guy
Speaker 1: like Alexander Madison, it's a league winner if anything happens
Speaker 1: to the guy in front of him. This is the
Speaker 1: type of guy that can win you a league. And
Speaker 1: there's other guys out there on the waiver wire that
Speaker 1: potentially have that um ability, but none so um like
Speaker 1: Alexander Madison. You you've obviously battled through a lot of
Speaker 1: injuries in your own profession. You saw Dalvin Cook last night,
Speaker 1: you saw him hurt his shoulder. He's gonna try to
Speaker 1: play through it. He has no doubts. He says, are
Speaker 1: ready to go this Sunday. What do you think of
Speaker 1: Dalvin cook shoulder injury? I mean it is It's awesome
Speaker 1: because the reality is is like what Frank said is,
Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to need Dalvin Cook um
Speaker 1: And that's gonna depend on on on that. I think
Speaker 1: what the big thing will be is how much does
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook want to play? I feel your start running back.
Speaker 1: He's been their number one player all year. He's their
Speaker 1: best offensive weapon. And if he says I'm good to
Speaker 1: play and tells the coach I want to play. He's
Speaker 1: gonna play. I mean, that's just the reality of it.
Speaker 1: Whether they need it or not. If he wants to play,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to talk to someone, especially a
Speaker 1: guy that's been injury prone, hasn't. I mean, this is
Speaker 1: his year to prove that he can can play, can
Speaker 1: play a full season, and can be effective. So I mean,
Speaker 1: to me, it's a fifty fifty Literally at this point,
Speaker 1: it's he says he's gonna be He's gonna play, and
Speaker 1: he's gonna be fine. How much do they try to
Speaker 1: talk him out of playing though that? It's going to
Speaker 1: be the interesting part. This is a really weird going
Speaker 1: into this week. Right to e wise point, this is
Speaker 1: almost like a Kevin Durant situation from the playoffs the
Speaker 1: championship last year for the Golden State Warriors, Right, don't
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings almost have to protect Dalvin Cook from himself, Like,
Speaker 1: of course he has a star running back for the team,
Speaker 1: He's going to want to play, obviously, but you have
Speaker 1: to think big picture here. I mean, they're trying to
Speaker 1: make a run deep into the postseason, and I think
Speaker 1: that they have a good enough team to compete in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Don't you need Dalvin Cook for later in
Speaker 1: the year in games where you're not a thirteen point
Speaker 1: favorite in the postseason where you want them to be healthy.
Speaker 1: It almost feels like the Minnesota Vikings have to protect
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook from himself heading into Week fourteen. It's possible,
Speaker 1: and they have the ability to do that, right. They
Speaker 1: obviously could rule him out. I think that they have
Speaker 1: a good backup in Madison. He's perfectly fine. The most
Speaker 1: important game on the making schedule is on December, right,
Speaker 1: that is Monday Night Football at Holding As the backers
Speaker 1: like that is the most important game left. That's probably
Speaker 1: what Week six teams Week sixteen, they either don't want
Speaker 1: him right for that game. You do, but you do
Speaker 1: have to win the next couple to continue to put
Speaker 1: yourself in the right position. You don't want to take
Speaker 1: it for granted, but thirteen point favorites against David Blow
Speaker 1: and the Detroit Lions totally probably don't need Dalvin Cooks
Speaker 1: totally understand, and I agree, And it's at home the
Speaker 1: whole deal. Um, we'll see you know, if again is
Speaker 1: a pain tolerance issue, he tells you he's fine, He's fine,
Speaker 1: And the problem is, you know what, practice he's not
Speaker 1: gonna get hit right, So everything he doesn't practice is
Speaker 1: gonna be normal. He's going to do everything that he
Speaker 1: always would do. Can he survive the entire game sixty
Speaker 1: minutes on Sunday or are they gonna be cautious with him?
Speaker 1: And when their cautious with him, what do fantasy owners do?
Speaker 1: That's the conundrum that we find ourselves in because there's
Speaker 1: nothing that we can do. This could be a David
Speaker 1: Johnson situation all over again, like earlier in the season
Speaker 1: where and doesn't play at one play doesn't feel right. Dude,
Speaker 1: I can see it now. I wish and I don't.
Speaker 1: Admittedly I wish I had the ball is just to start.
Speaker 1: I was in a Madison to my ladup this week
Speaker 1: over Domin Cook. If they're both active, yeah, and that
Speaker 1: might be a decision you have to make. But ultimately,
Speaker 1: let's just cross our fingers hope that the Minnesota Vikings
Speaker 1: protect Alvin Cook from himself again. I don't think that
Speaker 1: they're going to meet him against the Detroit Lions, but
Speaker 1: ultimately they need him right for later on in the
Speaker 1: season against the Packers in Week sixteen, and beyond that
Speaker 1: going into the playoffs. Yeah, absolutely absolutely. I think that
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook one of the bigger question marks now answering
Speaker 1: the fantasy players. A lot of other question marks guys
Speaker 1: um and specifically in two situations with running backs that
Speaker 1: we saw emerge this past week San Francisco in Kansas City,
Speaker 1: two spots where you want the running back right, like
Speaker 1: you want to get this right. Let me start in
Speaker 1: San Francisco. Ei wherever he most there dominated snaps, dominated carries.
Speaker 1: He was fantastic for San Francisco. It's a good Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens team. Now, I've always been on record saying I
Speaker 1: want the Kyle Shanahan running back. Problem this year has
Speaker 1: been which one. We don't know which running back that is.
Speaker 1: I followed the money last year with Jerry McKinnon. Obviously
Speaker 1: he got hurt. I followed the money this year. It's
Speaker 1: Havin Coleman, and he was great when he had those
Speaker 1: four touchdowns. Now, I don't know that Brita could be
Speaker 1: back this week. Colman still around obviously, Most it was
Speaker 1: amazing last week and Jeff Wison Juniors there to steal
Speaker 1: some touchdowns. E y. Most it's out there on most
Speaker 1: waiver wires. What do we do? I feel like you
Speaker 1: gotta go get him. I mean, the rest of the
Speaker 1: reality is the Shanahan running back has been effect of,
Speaker 1: always has been, and probably always will be. For the
Speaker 1: truth is is this dart throat. You never know week
Speaker 1: the week who's going to get the bulk of the carries.
Speaker 1: I don't think there was a single person that thought
Speaker 1: Most would get more than Coleman this year or than
Speaker 1: this week. And he did, and when he got the carries,
Speaker 1: he looked amazing. Good luck figuring that one out. We'll
Speaker 1: have more on Raheem Most and we'll get to the
Speaker 1: Kansas Chiefs and a whole lot of Miami Dolphins talk.
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Speaker 1: millionaires are all right. Before were to the Break, Frank
Speaker 1: I was talking to Eric about Rhee Moster in the
Speaker 1: San Francis before Niners and and e y suggestion was
Speaker 1: you gotta go out and get him, go out and
Speaker 1: do it, because he looked awesome and maybe he is
Speaker 1: an next man up. Maybe he has taken control on
Speaker 1: this backfield. Are you buying that? Yeah, we spoke about
Speaker 1: this a little bit yesterday and it's hard to argue
Speaker 1: with it. Right Whenever Raheem Mostart has been given an opportunity,
Speaker 1: he has looked pretty damn good. He's a very explosive
Speaker 1: running back. The yards per carry have been high in
Speaker 1: his career, albeit on a small sample size, but he
Speaker 1: has that breakaway ability. I was just looking at some
Speaker 1: PFF numbers throughout the break Gregon Rahemost ranked very highly
Speaker 1: in elusive rating this week. He ranked very highly in
Speaker 1: yards after contact per attempt and avoided tackles. So all
Speaker 1: the underlying metrics from a running back that you want
Speaker 1: to see. Raheem Most ranks very highly on a lot
Speaker 1: of those uh in Week thirteen, so he dominated snaps here,
Speaker 1: played seventy four percent of the snaps. Keevin Coleman plays
Speaker 1: a season low seventeen point five per cent of the snaps.
Speaker 1: And we also mentioned this yesterday that yes, while it's
Speaker 1: a muddled situation, Matt Burrito looks like he's gonna be
Speaker 1: back in the mix heading into Week fourteen against the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. All of these guys may have jumped
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman on the depth chart. Now they probably go
Speaker 1: with a hot hand approach. But I think as long
Speaker 1: as a running back is performing this well in a
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan offense and one of the best offenses in
Speaker 1: the league in the San Francisco forty Niners, I think
Speaker 1: you have to have interest. Is he the top running
Speaker 1: back at this week? Probably not. There's a few other
Speaker 1: names that I like ahead of him, but I do
Speaker 1: think he is worth, you know, being up there as
Speaker 1: one of your higher priority ads heading into week four teen.
Speaker 1: He's in there, and so is Dorwin Thompson. Over the
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. We saw Darry Williams going out with
Speaker 1: a non contact injury. Haven't seen any more on that,
Speaker 1: but he went down the non contact injury on Sunday.
Speaker 1: We don't out looking good. They're saying hamstring, but I
Speaker 1: think there's something new related as well. Like UM. We
Speaker 1: also know that Damian Williams was not close to playing
Speaker 1: last week. He missed UM. He got hurt the week
Speaker 1: before the boy with a rib injury I believe it was,
Speaker 1: then didn't even practice the week out of the by
Speaker 1: Now he could be back and he could practice tomorrow.
Speaker 1: We we know that. But now the Chiefs, who had
Speaker 1: four running macks are down to two. We know las
Speaker 1: shown McCoy's reps want to be manage. Darwin Thompson ey
Speaker 1: and spoke about this a little bit yesterday. Was somebody
Speaker 1: that was drafted before the season again and thought about
Speaker 1: as a league winner. That's somebody that can get hot
Speaker 1: down the stretch and actually when you your when you're
Speaker 1: your playoffs, when you your league, you're buying Darwin Thompson.
Speaker 1: Who would you rather have between him or he Muster?
Speaker 1: I mean, in a weird twist of fate, I mean
Speaker 1: that that could be the truth is I think, uh,
Speaker 1: the Kansas City running back to the same San Francisco
Speaker 1: is like whoever's running the ball, even if it's the
Speaker 1: number two in Kansas City. I want, I want that guy.
Speaker 1: But the number one reason is Pat Mahomes. You have
Speaker 1: to respect him. You cannot bring eight guys down in
Speaker 1: the box. Nine guys down in the box. It's a
Speaker 1: light forward front front of attack every time. And that's
Speaker 1: because Mahomes can can whip it. And I think Tyriko
Speaker 1: is probably the fastest, if not top five fastest guys
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So that's leaves plenty of room, plenty
Speaker 1: of lanes. And like you said, Thompson was a darling,
Speaker 1: was drafted really high in a lot of drafts. Um.
Speaker 1: I guess I know. He's a guy that I had
Speaker 1: on a ton of best ball leagues and has done
Speaker 1: basically nothing all year. Um, But I don't imagine you
Speaker 1: held onto him because he hasn't been involved, but this
Speaker 1: is a guy that this week could show up big time.
Speaker 1: Um McCoy is going to play, He's probably going to
Speaker 1: start over him, but that doesn't mean that Thompson is
Speaker 1: not going to get his opportunities. Electric player with the
Speaker 1: ball in his hands. I think it's a really good
Speaker 1: point that e Y brings up about, you know, opposing
Speaker 1: defense is not being able to stack the box against
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. Whatever running back you have seen play with
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes thus far has been very efficient in terms
Speaker 1: of their yards per carry, whether it was Kareem Hunt
Speaker 1: while he was with the team, or even Darryl Williams,
Speaker 1: who is not known for his explosiveness, but he's been
Speaker 1: able to run effectively. Lashawn McCoy has shown flashes this
Speaker 1: year where he doesn't look washed up. So it's a
Speaker 1: good point that you bring up, e Y that you
Speaker 1: can't stack the box against his Kansas City Chiefs offense,
Speaker 1: which opens up a lot of running lanes for Kansas
Speaker 1: City Chiefs running backs and a lot of people like
Speaker 1: Darwin Thompson coming into the year. Greg as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: the explosive player ranked ninety percentile in burst score coming
Speaker 1: out of college and I do think that there's some
Speaker 1: upside here. Obviously, playing in the Chiefs offense, the third
Speaker 1: highest scoring offense in the NFL right now, posted season highs,
Speaker 1: career highs. Obviously for Darwin Thompson this past week, eleven
Speaker 1: carries forty four yards a rushing touchdown. As well, he
Speaker 1: can catch the ball out of the backfield. So if
Speaker 1: you're asking me between Darwin Thompson and Raheem Mostert, I'm
Speaker 1: likely leaning with Darwin Thompson because as of now, it
Speaker 1: looks like he is part of a two headed backfield
Speaker 1: with the Kansas City Chiefs, whereas Raheem most is part
Speaker 1: of a three headed backfield. And we've seen so many,
Speaker 1: so much turnover between both of these running back by
Speaker 1: committees so far this season. But I would say that
Speaker 1: the Chief's offense ranks a little bit higher than the
Speaker 1: forty niners for me, and because of that, I would
Speaker 1: I would rather have Darwin Thompson den Raheem Mostert, all right,
Speaker 1: Darwin Thompson over Raheem most or any other Forget the
Speaker 1: handcuffs for a second, because you know, we hope a
Speaker 1: lot of those tackcos our own if they're not go
Speaker 1: out and get them. But other than the handcuffs, Frankie,
Speaker 1: any other running macks that you like that's in that
Speaker 1: tier with him? Yes, I'll mentioned two names. Patrick Laird,
Speaker 1: who I notice has been a DFS darling in the industry.
Speaker 1: Greg where, one of our own Davis Maddick on Road
Speaker 1: to Experts dot Com, has been touting Patrick Laird for
Speaker 1: weeks now, the Dominator, the Dominator, actually we learned yesterday
Speaker 1: the intern. The intern is his nickname. But now he
Speaker 1: has a full time job, as they said on the
Speaker 1: broadcast as well. But let's be honest, Callen Bellage very
Speaker 1: bad running back, and now he is hurt and there
Speaker 1: is an opportunity here for Patrick Laird. He did not
Speaker 1: run efficiently. No one's gonna run efficiently behind that Dolphins
Speaker 1: offensive line. He had ten carries for five rushing yards.
Speaker 1: But he did score a touchdown on the goal line.
Speaker 1: The reason why you want Patrick Laird on your team
Speaker 1: is because he can catch passes out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: He just had four catches for forty one yards this
Speaker 1: past week on five targets. He had nineties six total
Speaker 1: receptions over his final two years at Cal, he played
Speaker 1: a season high and snaps. This past week, he played
Speaker 1: forty two snaps. He played he had five snaps as
Speaker 1: a wide receiver lined up out out wide for the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. So I think in PPR leagues, yes, they're
Speaker 1: going up against the Jets this week. The Jets have
Speaker 1: been good against the run, but I think that they're
Speaker 1: going to use him as an extension of the run
Speaker 1: game by throwing him short passes. So I think he
Speaker 1: does have some upside in PPR leagues. And we've got
Speaker 1: to mention Greg it's all over for Ronald Jones. Hashtag
Speaker 1: free Peyton Barber once again. I don't seriously like Peyton
Speaker 1: Barber that much, but I think you can run against
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts and he is being used in the
Speaker 1: red zone. It seems like Ronald Jones is once again
Speaker 1: in the doghouse for Bruce Arians. So I'll just throw
Speaker 1: the name out there. Peyton Barber. Yes it's gross, but
Speaker 1: he's scoring touchdowns. I think he has seven total touchdowns
Speaker 1: on the season, and I think you actually can run
Speaker 1: against the Indianapolis Coast defense. You can run against the
Speaker 1: Colds defense. Will say like the Colst defense this week
Speaker 1: as a stream as you know, um. You also were
Speaker 1: mentioning to me that we gotta go over the shot
Speaker 1: of Penny Chris Carson thing Chris Carson up pull us
Speaker 1: about the game at one point last night, the goal
Speaker 1: lines shot pennycause touchdown. UM. So I'm selfish, so unselfish,
Speaker 1: but e y. Despite what Brian Showton Haivers said earlier
Speaker 1: in the week, this is basically at fifty split last
Speaker 1: night between Penny and Carson. UM. If you are a
Speaker 1: Carson owner, obviously you continue to start him. He's been
Speaker 1: money for you all season long. But if you're a
Speaker 1: ro shot Penny owner, um, or you own both of them,
Speaker 1: can you start either Penny or both on Sunday during
Speaker 1: your playoffs. I don't feel like that's something that you're
Speaker 1: going to want to do or feel good about. But
Speaker 1: the reality is is this is still a team that
Speaker 1: wants to run the ball a whole bunch, even though
Speaker 1: they have one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll has showing us this uh and in the
Speaker 1: off season everyone thought like, oh, Penny, you know he's
Speaker 1: going to start to overtake Carson. Carson's a jag, He's
Speaker 1: just a guy. But in the end, Chris Carson has
Speaker 1: proven that he is a starting running back in the
Speaker 1: NFL and worthy of starter reps, and he's been, other
Speaker 1: than the fumbles this year, has been a very very
Speaker 1: effective running back. But when Penny has been given a chance,
Speaker 1: he's also looked very good. He's had two or three
Speaker 1: really good weeks statistically and fantasy wise. So I feel
Speaker 1: like maybe as a you know, if you're a Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook corner and you don't have Madison and Pennies out
Speaker 1: there or or something like that, and you can go
Speaker 1: get him, that's a guy that you could play this
Speaker 1: week and hope he scores a touchdown and get some
Speaker 1: because it looks like they're they're including Penny in the
Speaker 1: game plan no matter which way you slice it. Greg,
Speaker 1: if we go back to the Fantasy football draft season,
Speaker 1: you'll remember me saying that I didn't really want Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson on my team because I thought that the Seattle
Speaker 1: Seahawks were just going to run, run, run, and then
Speaker 1: run some more. Well, over the past couple of weeks
Speaker 1: they've gotten back to that. We're not seeing, you know,
Speaker 1: huge volume games out of Russell Wilson in terms of
Speaker 1: his past attempts even last night in a game where
Speaker 1: they score thirty seven points and there's some back and forth,
Speaker 1: only drows the ball thirty one times, two in forty
Speaker 1: yards two touchdowns. They ran the boll forty three times.
Speaker 1: That is what the Seattle Seahawks want to do. And
Speaker 1: you mentioned that this was a split, right, you're not kidding.
Speaker 1: Chris Carson of the Snaps twenty three carries for a
Speaker 1: hundred and two yards. He was great. He was still
Speaker 1: really good for fantasy who targets or red zone rushing attempts,
Speaker 1: two carries inside the five. Well shot. Penny cent of
Speaker 1: the Snaps fifteen carries for seventy four yards, actually rent
Speaker 1: more efficiently than Chris Carson. He had five targets, three
Speaker 1: more than Chris Carson. They both had four red zone
Speaker 1: rushing attempts. They both had two carries inside the five.
Speaker 1: They both scored goal line touchdowns, So you're not kidding
Speaker 1: this was a split. I don't know that they're gonna
Speaker 1: be able to run the ball forty three times every
Speaker 1: single week, but heading into a divisional game in Week
Speaker 1: fourteen against the Los Angeles Rams, I think that their
Speaker 1: game plan once again is going to be run the football.
Speaker 1: It was a tough matchup last night against the Vikings,
Speaker 1: so you didn't really feel great about either Carson or Penny.
Speaker 1: You likely still ended up using Chris Carson. But I
Speaker 1: think heading into Week four teen, Penny has proven himself
Speaker 1: and I think that he's gonna be in the says
Speaker 1: a high end flex low n RB two. I don't
Speaker 1: think that's crazy to say, would you rather start Penny
Speaker 1: or would you rather start the guys that were mentioning
Speaker 1: right the the Raheemo starts, the Patrick Lards, the Darwin Thompson's,
Speaker 1: the Peyton Barber's dress up Penny of those guys, I
Speaker 1: would start Penny over those guys, just because you know,
Speaker 1: I know that the forty Niners want to run the football.
Speaker 1: But again, this is a situation with two running backs
Speaker 1: instead of three in San Francisco. UM really good offense
Speaker 1: with the Seattle Seahawks as well. But Rashad Penny now
Speaker 1: has proven himself. He has earned a role and he
Speaker 1: has come through. And I always say that about you know,
Speaker 1: players in general, but specifically running backs. When you're given
Speaker 1: an opportunity and you come through on that, I don't
Speaker 1: think that they're just going to go away from you.
Speaker 1: I think that they're going to continue to use both
Speaker 1: of the guys in this offense. So my answer is
Speaker 1: Rashad Penny over the rest of those guys, we have
Speaker 1: unfortunately seen it before. They do go away right now.
Speaker 1: The what theos are doing our work is working with
Speaker 1: that split. I think you continue to see it for
Speaker 1: a team that wants to run the football, and that's
Speaker 1: the key. And some of the differences that you see
Speaker 1: between those guys and the other players are out there
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Speaker 1: with you here on the b f f S. Frank
Speaker 1: stamp well E, y Eric, y'all hanging out. Greg Sauce
Speaker 1: been here too. Now. We went through the running backs
Speaker 1: and wanting to the wide receivers next. I want to
Speaker 1: make sure people have all the inviation they can when
Speaker 1: going to the waiver wire. Um. When it comes to
Speaker 1: these wide receivers, I think all of them are good.
Speaker 1: I don't think any of them blow me away. But
Speaker 1: I don't know any wide receiver at this point will
Speaker 1: blow me away, uh this part of the season. But
Speaker 1: all these guys the options, Frank e y, it's you
Speaker 1: got Anthony Miller out there, you got Jack Pascal out there.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Washington's got this connection clearly with Duck Hodges. Um,
Speaker 1: it went duck hunting together, Greg, did you see that
Speaker 1: last week? Apparently that strengthened their bond both off the
Speaker 1: field and on the field. Jays Washington and Duck Hodges. Yes,
Speaker 1: they went duck hunting together on their day off. And
Speaker 1: the lizards back, the lizards back, the lizard King Alan Lazard.
Speaker 1: It took it only took what thirteen twelve weeks here,
Speaker 1: e y, But your boy Anthony Miller is finally coming through.
Speaker 1: And I'm pretty excited about Anthony Miller Man because you
Speaker 1: look at the targets the past couple of weeks, three
Speaker 1: weeks in a row with at least nine targets during
Speaker 1: that span. He leads the team in targets share, leads
Speaker 1: them in receptions, leads them in receiving yards. And I
Speaker 1: think that you can actually have some success against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys in the slot. They have really strong outside corners,
Speaker 1: so it could be a tougher matchup for Allen Robinson.
Speaker 1: But look at the past two games against the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Last week, we saw Cole Beasley in the revenge game
Speaker 1: go off six catches a hundred and ten yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown out of the slot. That before that, Julian
Speaker 1: Edelman eight receptions for ninety three yards in the slot
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. Anthony Miller, where does he play? Of
Speaker 1: his snap so far this season have come in the
Speaker 1: slot based on his target share, his usage. I'm hoping
Speaker 1: and praying that Taylor Gabriel does not play again this
Speaker 1: week so that we can see an increased role for
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller. But e y, I am really really liking
Speaker 1: this matchup for Anthony Miller on Thursday night against the Cowboys. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it does look like the Chicago offense has kind of
Speaker 1: turned the corner. Trabiski has has looked at least serviceable.
Speaker 1: And the truth is is an Anthony Miller is a
Speaker 1: guy that I was super high on. Absolutely my number
Speaker 1: one disappointment this year and and my worst call. I
Speaker 1: had him on on all of my teams. I bet
Speaker 1: you I had him on absolutely every single best ball.
Speaker 1: I probably had him higher ranked than anybody. That's a
Speaker 1: guy that scored a ton of touchdowns last year with
Speaker 1: one arm he had that repaired, was fully healthy coming
Speaker 1: into the season, got banged up just before the season,
Speaker 1: but wasn't super serious. Uh. But I think this is
Speaker 1: the Anthony Miller that we're going to see going forward.
Speaker 1: I didn't lose belief in him, but you just can't
Speaker 1: hold on a player that isn't being used, and it
Speaker 1: is on a team that offensively isn't getting anything done.
Speaker 1: In the quarterback was wratchet just an absolutely rotten performance.
Speaker 1: Uh to Risky has turned that around. UH at least
Speaker 1: his look service ball and is getting the ball into
Speaker 1: the hands of his playmars. And that's Robinson and Miller
Speaker 1: right now. Robinson has been good all season long. You're
Speaker 1: on him every Miller somebody that I drafted, it was
Speaker 1: I was hoping for a bit of a breakout that
Speaker 1: didn't happen either. Um, and yeah, I don't want to
Speaker 1: say that there is office is firing on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: I don't think knows how to do that. But Anthony
Speaker 1: Miller ass Taylor Gabriel's out and we gotta see if
Speaker 1: he was back in this concussion. And thankfully for for us,
Speaker 1: not really for him. That the games in two days
Speaker 1: from now, right, so it's even less time than normal. Um,
Speaker 1: so we'll see. Do I want to pick up Anthony
Speaker 1: Miller and play him this week? Really, it's a normal
Speaker 1: thing where two teams that play on Thanksgiving usually play
Speaker 1: the next Thursday to do it? Is it is normal.
Speaker 1: It is a normal thing. Um, that happens now when
Speaker 1: I have been up Anthony Miller. If I don't need him,
Speaker 1: only not, I don't know I would. Man. I really
Speaker 1: like the usage, the target share that he's seen the
Speaker 1: past couple of weeks, and the fact that, like you,
Speaker 1: I pointed out, it's look, you're never gonna feel great
Speaker 1: about Mitchell Trobiski, but he has been playing better as
Speaker 1: of late. He's had some good matchups, but he's playing
Speaker 1: better and he's getting the ball in the hands of
Speaker 1: his best receivers and right now, Anthony Miller is one
Speaker 1: of those, so I'm actually pretty excited about it. All right.
Speaker 1: So other than Anthony Miller, I mentioned Jack Pascoe. We
Speaker 1: talked a lot about him yesterday. T Y Hilton quote
Speaker 1: hopes to play again sometime this year, So I'm like,
Speaker 1: whatever that means, thanks, uh do? I I hope you'll
Speaker 1: play this year as well well this week. Go back
Speaker 1: to your man, Zach Pascal, And I think that you
Speaker 1: can kind of marry Zach Pascal and James Washington together
Speaker 1: because their roles are dependent dependent on, you know, other
Speaker 1: players being out. So t Y Hilton potentially not playing
Speaker 1: this week, and it already sounds like jujuice. Timith Schuster
Speaker 1: is not going to play in Week fourteen, and both
Speaker 1: Zach Pascal and James Washington have phenomenal matchups this week.
Speaker 1: Pascal going up against Tampa Bay, Washington going up against
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. Patrick Peterson is not the corner that
Speaker 1: he once was, and we just saw this past week
Speaker 1: Jared Golf Jared Golf through for over four hundred yards
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns against this Cardinals defense. We just saw
Speaker 1: their wide receivers. Greig just their wide receivers, not even
Speaker 1: counting Tyler Higbee combined for twenty five receptions, three hundred
Speaker 1: yards and one touchdown against the Cardinals. So you can
Speaker 1: throw on them. You can target them obviously with tight ends,
Speaker 1: but wide receivers have been really good against the Cardinals
Speaker 1: all season long. Washington has a rapport with Duck Hodges.
Speaker 1: They're going out there duck hunting together, but it is
Speaker 1: translating onto the field. Two long touchdowns two weeks in
Speaker 1: a row for James Washington. I think I would rank
Speaker 1: Zack Pascal a little bit higher, just because I trust
Speaker 1: Jacoby Bricett more and going up against the Tampa Bay Bucks.
Speaker 1: Look their secondary has played better the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: They they did well against Nick Foles last week and
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan the week before. I'm still not necessarily buying it.
Speaker 1: And Zack Pascal is on the field a lot, just
Speaker 1: played a season high seventy snaps, led the team with
Speaker 1: seven receptions over a hundred yards. I think there's something
Speaker 1: there for Zack Pascal, So I would I would rank
Speaker 1: him a little bit higher than James Washington, assuming both
Speaker 1: Hilton we were talking before the show started, Frank if
Speaker 1: I just targeting number one wide receivers on teams before
Speaker 1: those season starts, and hope absolutely. Right now, Zack Pascal
Speaker 1: is the number one wide receiver on his team. Without
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton, there's no Chester Rodgers, there is no
Speaker 1: Eric Eron. Yeah, Jack Doyle is great. I love Jack,
Speaker 1: Jack thyl you know that tech to see if he
Speaker 1: is available. Absolutely with Zach Pascal ten targets last week
Speaker 1: without any of these guys there, he had ten targets.
Speaker 1: Jay's Washington the three nine, eight, three, whatever it was,
Speaker 1: was great. Four targets right before he had seven. So
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not saying that he's not viable, a
Speaker 1: viable ad. But the ten targets a lot for Zack Paskell.
Speaker 1: Earlier in the year when t why Hilton missing time
Speaker 1: seven targets twice over the pastable before the game in Huston,
Speaker 1: and Um, that's why Hilton played. Remember that three days
Speaker 1: before that six targets, seven ars, six targets. Now he
Speaker 1: only had seventy six yards, twenty six yards and seventeen yards.
Speaker 1: But wait, wait, wait, Noes isn't coming back. They said, Okay,
Speaker 1: thanks Dan Um spitting speeds a lot speeds just giving
Speaker 1: me false in failure. But anyway, Zach Pascal, he's the man.
Speaker 1: He is the man. Uh And I think you're right.
Speaker 1: Look targeting number one wide receivers on teams right now,
Speaker 1: Pascal and James Washington are just that. How about you
Speaker 1: when it comes to those two guys already spoke about
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller. Would you go with Pascal at the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. I was about to say Tampa Bay Rays,
Speaker 1: I know e Y doesn't know who those are. Or
Speaker 1: James Washington at the Arizona Cardinals. Both really good matchups.
Speaker 1: I go Pascal, I mean, in the reality has just
Speaker 1: got one. Hilton says, I hope I played football again
Speaker 1: this year, which I mean is a pretty good guest.
Speaker 1: He's probably not gonna play this week, and that means
Speaker 1: Pascal will remain the number one receiver. And look, he's
Speaker 1: not t Y Hilton, but he has been getting it
Speaker 1: done while filling in. And Brissette is just a better quarterback.
Speaker 1: And I believe that they're they're going to throw the ball, No,
Speaker 1: Marlon mack is, They're going to put the ball in
Speaker 1: Brissette's hands and let him go after the wine. And
Speaker 1: look the Colts want to run the football. We know
Speaker 1: that they have the fourth highest rush percentage in the
Speaker 1: NFL this season, but going up against the bucks Man
Speaker 1: that is a strong run defense. They are number one
Speaker 1: and run defense DV way just seeing some cracks recently,
Speaker 1: some running backs performing better against them, but they do
Speaker 1: still think that they are very strong against the run.
Speaker 1: They're gonna try and eliminate you know, Marlon McAfee's back
Speaker 1: or whoever else they're using, Jordan Wilkins, Jonathan Williams, Niheim Hines,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna try and make Jacoby Brissette beat them
Speaker 1: through the air, which is gonna lead to more targets
Speaker 1: for our boy, Jack Doyle and Zach Pascal. There. Alan Wizard, look,
Speaker 1: he only had three targets last week, but he is
Speaker 1: seeing some deeper targets and he caught that long touchdown
Speaker 1: against the New York Giants. He has another really good
Speaker 1: matchup against Washington this week. So I think in deeper leagues,
Speaker 1: you know, if you're desperate, fourteen team leagues are deeper.
Speaker 1: Alan Wizard. You know a lot of people picked him
Speaker 1: up when you know he emerged with Davante Adams out.
Speaker 1: He hasn't had the same role obviously over the past
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, but good match up against Washington. They
Speaker 1: just allowed a touchdown to Curtis Samuel and d Jay
Speaker 1: More in week thirteen. I think you can do worse
Speaker 1: than that matchup for Alan Lazard, but more of a
Speaker 1: deeper league play for me. Greg. Alright, so let's move
Speaker 1: on from the wide receivers. Let's move on to what
Speaker 1: to the tight ends? Greg? Would you would you like
Speaker 1: to grab that Miami Dolphins helmet over there once again
Speaker 1: and slam that back on your head? An issue? An
Speaker 1: apology to both e Y and myself. Day a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago, you said, quote, Mike Gasecki stinks, he
Speaker 1: does not he does not yesterday, Frank, only if you
Speaker 1: apologize to me over the Ryan Tannehill thing with Matt Ryan,
Speaker 1: would you apologize for thank you? Okay, now, so we
Speaker 1: are amicably apologizing. I have told people yesterday on the
Speaker 1: Hurry Out. I told people yesterday on the BFFs. Micasecki
Speaker 1: is someone that you can start right now. Yeah, Micasecki
Speaker 1: is a tight end that you could pick up and listen.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go over his metrics and how amazing
Speaker 1: he was at the combine, all that nonsense, very good.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter to him. It matters to me what
Speaker 1: he does on the field, and over the last two
Speaker 1: weeks he has produced like a tight end, one like
Speaker 1: somebody that you can start, and Mike Kasecki belongs to
Speaker 1: storing line ups this week. A wise man once said, Greg,
Speaker 1: talent plus opportunity equals fantasy production. And that's exactly what
Speaker 1: we have with Mikeasecki. Five straight games with at least
Speaker 1: six targets. If you remember when did this all start, Greg,
Speaker 1: it was against the New York Jets where he caught
Speaker 1: all six of his targets for ninety five yards. Who
Speaker 1: does he play this week? The New York Jets. They
Speaker 1: just allowed c j Ya Zama to have fifty yards
Speaker 1: and he should have had a touchdown if he didn't stink.
Speaker 1: But cit Yazama does stink, uh, something that Micasecki does not.
Speaker 1: So we are going back to the well with Micasecki,
Speaker 1: and I will throw Jason Witten's name out there again.
Speaker 1: The Bears secondary is strong against wide receivers and it's
Speaker 1: actually been a good matchup against tight ends all season long.
Speaker 1: Going up against Chicago Bears. They allowed the seventh most
Speaker 1: fantasy points to opposing tight ends. They allow the fourth
Speaker 1: most receptions to tight ends. You know, Jason Winn, He's
Speaker 1: gonna see some targets. Scored a touchdown last week against
Speaker 1: the Bills, who are a really good defense. E Y.
Speaker 1: When it comes to these two guys, Mike Kasecki Jason Witten,
Speaker 1: You've been trying to figure out your tight end position
Speaker 1: all season long. Who are you gonna go with between
Speaker 1: these two guys? For me, I go Gasecki. I mean
Speaker 1: just the reality is is like a look at Jaden
Speaker 1: Jason Witten has proven um will likely be in the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame Becauseecky is a freak. I mean, like
Speaker 1: if you look at his scores from the combine this
Speaker 1: I mean height, weight, uh, jumping, catch radius, decent hands.
Speaker 1: He just doesn't, you know, hasn't really performed up to
Speaker 1: who he is athletically, and I think he's starting to
Speaker 1: figure that out now. Tight Ends usually developed much slower
Speaker 1: than running backs and wide receivers. It's usually year three,
Speaker 1: year fours when we see a real jump in production
Speaker 1: where they finally start to understand the nuances of the
Speaker 1: position of the NFL level, But I feel like we're
Speaker 1: seeing it happened with Kasecki and the reality is is
Speaker 1: he has never played with a quarterback that's willing to
Speaker 1: throw him the ball. Fitzpatrick is not afraid, He's not
Speaker 1: afraid of anything. So for maybe snakes, uh and and
Speaker 1: other than that, I mean because that g is a
Speaker 1: guy that I have believed in, a guy that I
Speaker 1: have streamed several times this year. It has burned me,
Speaker 1: but I believe he is a top twelve tight end
Speaker 1: going forward for the rest of the year. Greg maybe
Speaker 1: we should just start a Miami Dolphins podcast between all
Speaker 1: the DeVante Parker talk from Eric Young and then we're
Speaker 1: talking to Patrick Laird. I love Ryan Fitzpatrick this week
Speaker 1: as a stream against the New York Jets. You like
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick, You gotta like all their pass catchers. One
Speaker 1: of them is Mike Kasecky Dolphins podcast coming soon, Ran
Speaker 1: It's Patrick certainly a quarterback that you can stream this
Speaker 1: week off the waiver wire against New York Jets. Other
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that we've spoken about today include Douck Hodges like
Speaker 1: he's out there, Gardner Minshew's back. These are more like
Speaker 1: super flex quarterbacks because you know Devlin Hodges. You know,
Speaker 1: people might have not wanted to pick him up because
Speaker 1: he's Devlin Hodges. But going up against the Cardinals, Drew
Speaker 1: Lock now starting for the Denver Broncos, again, this is
Speaker 1: a This is more super flex and Gardner Minshew probably
Speaker 1: wasn't owned in super flex leagues before last week because
Speaker 1: he wasn't starting, But he is now starting for the
Speaker 1: rest of the season for the Jaguars, and he's shown
Speaker 1: that he can be fantasy relevant. He makes place with
Speaker 1: his legs as well. I think that Gardner Minshew has
Speaker 1: shown us something. All right, let me going on to
Speaker 1: the defenses that you could stream. I told you I
Speaker 1: liked Indie against Tampa. Uh, simply put Jimmy. You know,
Speaker 1: Javis wins is gonna throw the interceptions. I don't necessarily
Speaker 1: care about points that they're gonna allow because the score
Speaker 1: points too, but I'll take the turnovers and sacks that
Speaker 1: um Tampa Bay gives up on a regular basis. Other
Speaker 1: defenses that you like, Frank include Tennessee against Oakland, Houston
Speaker 1: potentially against Denver, and the Packers against Washington. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Packers going up against Dwayne Haskins. I liked the Carolina
Speaker 1: Panthers defense going up against Dwayne Haskins in Washington last week,
Speaker 1: but uh, they got Darius Guist last week. Unfortunately, the
Speaker 1: Texans going up against Drew Locket. Seems like that Texans
Speaker 1: secondary has kind of turned a corner. They're playing a
Speaker 1: little bit better as of late. Uh and then e
Speaker 1: wise Tennessee Titans a very opportunistic defense. The Oakland Raiders
Speaker 1: offense has just like terror over the past three weeks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the offense has been in aft over the past few weeks.
Speaker 1: Was great having you back on the show. I'm excited
Speaker 1: to be tomorrow. You'll we'll do it again. So very
Speaker 1: young and Frank stand well. I am grand Salves. We
Speaker 1: thank you so much for watching listening to the Fantasy
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Speaker 1: Here's what you missed on the BFPS. Last night was
Speaker 1: our holiday party, and while it was very fun, Greg,
Speaker 1: a lot of us are suffering from a rough morning.
Speaker 1: I just sleep, buddy, Oh boy, Frank, he was it
Speaker 1: was rough from last night. Our sports grade holiday party
Speaker 1: was a last a really really good time. Mostly everyone
Speaker 1: was here, which was awesome. Um. I we had a
Speaker 1: great time, Frank, it it was really really fun. Um.
Speaker 1: We both made it home, which was great. Um. And
Speaker 1: going to sleep was not pleasant. Waking up was less pleasant. Um.
Speaker 1: But I feel at this moment, I feel the best
Speaker 1: as I felt all day. I ate lunch, which was great.
Speaker 1: I had a salad, but I had a lot of
Speaker 1: the bread that I had last night. That was intern
Speaker 1: da that intern day pack for us. You say lunch,
Speaker 1: but it's just a salad. It was a good salad.
Speaker 1: It's a good salad. I feel good to jake a
Speaker 1: lot of water. I'll probably get more water during the break. Uh.
Speaker 1: And I'm feeling batter. How are you feeling? I'm alright.
Speaker 1: I'm slowly coming along as as the day goes here, Greg,
Speaker 1: But I share a lot of the same sentiments as you.
Speaker 1: Very rough getting out of bed this morning, but a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. Game last night was great between the
Speaker 1: Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks. Obviously you got to talk
Speaker 1: about that. A lot of fantasy implications coming out of
Speaker 1: that game as well. Uh, And of course we're joined
Speaker 1: by our good buddy e Y but lucky one. How's
Speaker 1: it going? Yeah, it's it's going, good boys. It's good
Speaker 1: to be me. Uh, Monday night raw in the hometown
Speaker 1: last night, so uh, that was enjoyable. Uh. Made an
Speaker 1: appearance on the actual show, fairly exciting. Um. I had
Speaker 1: a lot of friends and family in the crowd last night.
Speaker 1: Enjoyed a pretty good show. Um had a bunch of
Speaker 1: the Good Brothers back to my place. And I was
Speaker 1: also up very very late four thirty am that time
Speaker 1: for me. And looks like he was a little uh ye,
Speaker 1: we're all trying to recover together, right, and Ey like
Speaker 1: was slat on the mat a few times last We
Speaker 1: wouldn't even do that part, right, we just drank. He
Speaker 1: did the slamming part and then drank with the Good Brothers.
Speaker 1: So it's like, what a night for us? You when
Speaker 1: you say that, you know you you had raw last night?
Speaker 1: In your hometown. Um, you mean parts unknown, Parts Unknown? Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I I think I was actually announced from Nashville last night.
Speaker 1: I thought the hometown pop. I suppose you could say
Speaker 1: yeah whenever we come through here. My last time wrestling
Speaker 1: here was with n XT and we were at the
Speaker 1: heat of our you know, the very top of our
Speaker 1: kind of bad guy he'll run a sanity and we
Speaker 1: wrestled a heavy machinery and those guys got booed out
Speaker 1: of the building and they basically chaired chaired for me
Speaker 1: the whole time. And Matt Bloom and uh Scott, one
Speaker 1: of the agents from from n x T, made me
Speaker 1: take the mic and cut a promo. This is definitely
Speaker 1: my home. Um, this is my my place. I can
Speaker 1: live anywhere in the world, literally anywhere, um, and I
Speaker 1: choose Nashville, Tennessee. It's my home. You go, how awesome?
Speaker 1: How awesome is that? Man? And hopefully next inter Nashville
Speaker 1: you get a microphone to say that again, but this
Speaker 1: time on row. Yeah. One step at a time, boys,
Speaker 1: One step at a time.