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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio,

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Speaker 1: your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation,

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Speaker 1: and whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show.

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Speaker 1: Now here's your host. Hey, everybody, back to Fantasy Football Weekly.

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Speaker 1: I'm Paul charge In. Thank you for tuning in. My

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Speaker 1: co host today, Brian Johnson, Which means we've had three

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Speaker 1: different co hosts at three different weeks. It's good to

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Speaker 1: know those other guys are still on the show. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, it's good to have them back. Uh. Scott

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Speaker 1: Fish is on a tropical vacation right now. I think

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Speaker 1: Matt's on vacation too. Glad to have you here. We

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Speaker 1: continue to look at each NFL roster. We did this

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Speaker 1: before free agency. We went basically through every NFL roster

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Speaker 1: and talked about the fantasy relevant guys, reflections on last year,

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Speaker 1: the one thing you really need to know about each

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Speaker 1: person going forward, and um and now we had a

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Speaker 1: lot of new data points. Now we you know, we

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Speaker 1: The crazy offseason moves have pretty much died down at

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Speaker 1: this point. Did not expect a head coaching change. We'll

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Speaker 1: touch on that because we are breaking down the NFC

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Speaker 1: South today. That's going to be the Saints, the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: the Falcons, the Bucks, and um, this is honestly not

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Speaker 1: the most exciting division of all time for the phsy standpoint.

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Speaker 1: And but there's some especially your teams. You got the

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Speaker 1: good teams, I got the bad teams. But let me

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Speaker 1: mention this as well before we dive into and I

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Speaker 1: think we're gonna start with Atlanta. Before we dive into Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: and what is sure to be about seventy seven minutes

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Speaker 1: of just breaking down the tight end position. Um, the

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Speaker 1: first offseason episode of the Chop podcast probably available for

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Speaker 1: you right now. It's almost up in time. You know,

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Speaker 1: Chopping season is coming along as well. The Guillotine League

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Speaker 1: is uh, the guillotine blade is getting sharpened. Yeah, maybe

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Speaker 1: he's just a fresh one. Put on the whole new one.

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Speaker 1: Why not get it? Get a two blade for the

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Speaker 1: Guillotine League. Gotta do a lot of shopping so that

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Speaker 1: thing gets dull over time. Yeah, once the actual NFL

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Speaker 1: draft happens, it's pretty much time to start drafting some

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Speaker 1: Guillotine League teams. Shortly thereafter that, it's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun. Um. You'll get to hear some of

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Speaker 1: the winning tips from somebody who want at the highest

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Speaker 1: level of the Guillotine League. We now turned to the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. Look, Atlanta Falcons. Yeah, this is a very

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Speaker 1: different team from the one that we had at this

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Speaker 1: time last year, which was a Matt Ryan to Calvin

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Speaker 1: key components really have changed except for one player. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we won't start with that. Really well, set you up

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Speaker 1: so beautiful, but he's your I got my notes in

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Speaker 1: different orders, some being a little lazy. I thought we'd

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Speaker 1: have to start a quarter dial Pits, Come on, man,

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Speaker 1: all right, we'll start with Kyle Pitts. Why not one

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Speaker 1: of three tight ends to top one thousand yards last season,

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey Mark Andrews. The other two pits Pits average

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Speaker 1: Kelsey and Andrews were both under thirteen yards per catch,

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Speaker 1: still very good. But that's a significant delta considering Pitt's

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Speaker 1: serious numbers or Pits, well, we're already. We're already talking

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Speaker 1: for rookie tight ends. That is really a remarkable milestone achievement.

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Speaker 1: It was powered by Calvin Ridley not being on the

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Speaker 1: the first among all tight ends. So he needs some help,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Mariotta. Last time he was a starter was in

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Speaker 1: Cordarrelle Patterson's utility. Yeah, and briefly mentioned Mike Davis. We're

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Speaker 1: But I also think Atlanta does draft and impact rookie

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Speaker 1: New head coach Dennis Allen. Familiar face Pete Carmichael remains

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Speaker 1: a sign that Winston's you know, matured a little bit,

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Speaker 1: We gotta start with Tom Brady who as of this recording,

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Speaker 1: let's just say hypothetically he goes out and, uh does something,

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Speaker 1: you know. I don't want to say something criminal, Okay,

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Speaker 1: but let's say, Um, he's photographed legally in the state

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Speaker 1: of Nevada with twenty eight prostitutes. As he's not an

429
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Speaker 1: NFL player right now, he's not under contract, right, I mean,

430
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Speaker 1: these are all things that, you know, don't necessarily affect

431
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Speaker 1: him and or his standing with the Shield, so he

432
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Speaker 1: can kind of do what he wants right now. I

433
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Speaker 1: would take the over Oncess in Vegas, but finished his

434
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Speaker 1: tight end seven in PPR last season, display playing just

435
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Speaker 1: twelve games. He does turn thirty three in May, but

436
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Speaker 1: I think there's enough gas in the tank for one

437
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Speaker 1: last run with his boy Tom Brady. So yeah, yeah,

438
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Speaker 1: he doesn't miss time to do the injury. If he didn't,

439
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Speaker 1: he could have he could have finished top three, maybe

440
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Speaker 1: even top tight end one. I know Drew's head a

441
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Speaker 1: monster year, but Gronka very well could have as well.

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Speaker 1: And the last guy will talk about is Leonard four

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Speaker 1: net Um surging. Leonard and Ronald Jones got got you know,

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Speaker 1: they didn't when they didn't resigned Ronald Jones now with

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Speaker 1: the chiefs suddenly people are talking about Leonard four at

446
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Speaker 1: the first round. Well, it was quite the timeline because

447
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Speaker 1: at first Brady wasn't coming back in four. Net was

448
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Speaker 1: gonna go somewhere else. Everyone was assuming and he was

449
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Speaker 1: going like RB RB thirty. Brady resigns, every gets a

450
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Speaker 1: little more excited. He bumps up, and now Ronald Jones

451
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Speaker 1: is gone for net Now is his a DP is

452
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Speaker 1: RB seventeen. But I've seen him go second round some drafts,

453
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Speaker 1: some stile the fourth. This is the guy who I

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Speaker 1: think will be going first round by July August, lay first,

455
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Speaker 1: early second, maybe finish as RB five in PPR last year,

456
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Speaker 1: played only fourteen games true Bell Cow when he's healthy.

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Speaker 1: Only four running backs saw seventy five plus targets one

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Speaker 1: Naji Harris, Austin Ekeler, DeAndre Swift and Leonard four Nette.

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Speaker 1: I mean we're looking at three down work. I'm not

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Speaker 1: too worried about Shawn Vaughan. No, I'm not at all.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Tampa Bay drafts are running back, but they're not

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Speaker 1: gonna be drafting Briest Hall or that's probably true. They might.

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Speaker 1: They should be drafting quarterback unless Kyle Trask is a

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Speaker 1: lot better than we know. They should be trying to

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Speaker 1: figure out that quarterback position for the future because they

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Speaker 1: had a brief, frightening look at a life with no

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Speaker 1: quarterback and no team wants to be there. Maybe not

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Speaker 1: first round. I mean some people will take him. I won't,

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Speaker 1: but I mean he's going to move from RB seventeen

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Speaker 1: to at least it's the top twelve running backs, probably

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Speaker 1: top on top ten, top eight PPR for sure. That's

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Speaker 1: it for Tampa Carolina Panthers. Now don't just turn off

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Speaker 1: the podcast. There's a couple of exciting players on the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: one of them going in the first round. Christian McCaffrey

475
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Speaker 1: being mocked and not mocked because he's going average raft

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Speaker 1: position right now. It's late first Uh, he was a

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Speaker 1: gay team like assassin the last two years, putting thousands

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Speaker 1: of heads on the chopping block. Two years ago, in

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Speaker 1: the three games that he played in, he was great.

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Speaker 1: And then last year. Do you remember how any games

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Speaker 1: he played last year? Six? Nice job? It was seven.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was lass in my mind, it felt

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Speaker 1: like it was another three four game season, but he

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Speaker 1: played in seven. The problem was simply didn't score. And

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Speaker 1: his yardage numbers are way down. Not way down, they

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Speaker 1: were down. Next Gen stats get this. Next Gen stats

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Speaker 1: had Christian McCaffrey with negative rushing yards over expectation. No

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Speaker 1: that what did we ever say that about him? It

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Speaker 1: was a it was a very down season for him,

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't all because he was playing injured. Troubling

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Speaker 1: lye he only had the one rushing touchdown in the

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Speaker 1: one receiving touchdown in the seven games. Currently seeing the

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Speaker 1: late first round ADP, are you buying on the dip

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Speaker 1: here for Christian McCaffrey, the player who has been back

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Speaker 1: to back seasons, he was the number one player taken. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we uh kind of poo pood McCaffrey a month or

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Speaker 1: two ago, saying we did a way too early round one.

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Speaker 1: We didn't put him in the we didn't put him

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Speaker 1: in and I put him back inside that. But really,

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Speaker 1: just in best ball, I have bought in he's going

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Speaker 1: right after Taylor when when it comes to running back

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Speaker 1: to Jonathan Taylor. But best ball is different. You're just yeah,

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Speaker 1: pie in this guy. You got a bunch of you

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Speaker 1: have to in standard leagues, I won't go out of

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Speaker 1: my way. But if he falls far enough into the

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Speaker 1: late first round in a non super flex league, I

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Speaker 1: might take a stab and just hope he he stays

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Speaker 1: healthy because I don't want to your long. You could

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Speaker 1: get a nice handcuff and what appears to be downtay

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Speaker 1: for him and now later and that would be a

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Speaker 1: must draft for me if I if I put the

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Speaker 1: risk on you know what, I don't love that I

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Speaker 1: got that I'm gonna when I draft Christian McCaffrey or

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Speaker 1: any injury prone running back in the first round. That

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Speaker 1: he also cost me an eighth round pick nine. You

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Speaker 1: want the guy that's gonna be there there. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: how I don't like that, and the other problem I've

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Speaker 1: got with McCaffrey is just the rest of this offense

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Speaker 1: is so bad. There's gonna be games where they just

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Speaker 1: don't score points. And I think McCaffrey is potentially sitting

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Speaker 1: on another tricky touchdown season. They will should likely spend

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Speaker 1: most of their draft capital on offense and hopefully offensive line,

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Speaker 1: which would be a big help. But as it stands today,

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Speaker 1: pre draft Christian McAffrey. For me, I'm not drafted in

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Speaker 1: the first round. Let's go to the quarterback position. Sam

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Speaker 1: Donald current your current starting quarterback. Although most expect to

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Speaker 1: have some competition with a Day one or Day two

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Speaker 1: pick in the draft, many people think, uh, Panthers hold

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Speaker 1: I believe pick six of the NFL draft, and maybe

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Speaker 1: people believe that they will take a quarterback with that selection. Um,

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Speaker 1: and I would not be surprised if that's that's the case.

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Speaker 1: You may. I don't blame any listeners forgotten Sam donald season.

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Speaker 1: He started eight games, then he went on I Are

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Speaker 1: and then he came back, but was in a timeshare

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Speaker 1: with Cam Newton. What you probably don't remember p J

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Speaker 1: Walker and p J Walker who's still there? Um, Cam

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Speaker 1: Newton's a free agent. Through the first four games of

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Speaker 1: the season, Sam Donald was first month of the season

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Speaker 1: month fantasy quarterback three. It was all rushing though it

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Speaker 1: was it was correct. He had five rushing touchdowns in

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Speaker 1: the first four games, but he also had three three

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Speaker 1: hundred yard passing games. He looked like a at the time.

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Speaker 1: I remember it that after that first month, going, you

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Speaker 1: know what, the Jets screwed this up. The Jets could

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Speaker 1: have kept Sam Sam Donald, and you know, they may

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Speaker 1: have made a mistake here. But as it turned out,

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Speaker 1: Donald ultimately looked pretty darn wobbly, and you know, he's

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Speaker 1: basically gotten a vote from no confidence for the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: who chased other free agent quarterbacks weren't able to land

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Speaker 1: one um his receiving options, d J. Moore inexplicably decided

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Speaker 1: to resign a new long term contract with the team.

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Speaker 1: All about the Benjamin's It's the only reads, only possible reason.

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Speaker 1: He's had three straight years with almost twelve hundred yards.

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Speaker 1: But but d J. Moore has always got the same problem.

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Speaker 1: Brian four touchdowns, four touchdowns and four touchdowns. That's that's

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Speaker 1: his three seasons. Three of his four touchdowns last year

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Speaker 1: came in the first four games of the year when

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Speaker 1: Sam Donald was having these three yard games, d J

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Speaker 1: Moore got paid early, and then after the first month

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Speaker 1: of the season he scored one more time, and that's

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Speaker 1: an ongoing problem for him. Um and you can't figure

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Speaker 1: the prospects look any better for DJ Moore this year

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Speaker 1: because it's either Sam Donald throwing him the ball or

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Speaker 1: they're bringing in a rookie. He's got to learn on

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Speaker 1: the job. So I can't get I can't muster a

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Speaker 1: lot of enthusiasm for d J Moore, a very good

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Speaker 1: receiver in a pretty bad spot. Use all those talking

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Speaker 1: points in your Dinace league to try and acquire him, though,

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Speaker 1: because he's still incredibly young. I think he's under twenty

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Speaker 1: five years old, and things can go right. The quarterback

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Speaker 1: posian can only get better one way. He's got he's

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Speaker 1: got all the tools, but just not You're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to wait. Yeah, Robbie Anderson had a really borderline disastrous season.

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Speaker 1: To me, he's the worst kind of fantasy gamble. If

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Speaker 1: you didn't peg one of his five out of seventeen

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Speaker 1: games in which he scored a touchdown. Here were the

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Speaker 1: other twelve games he averaged two catches for twenty three

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Speaker 1: yards indo touchdowns because I'm only time about the games.

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Speaker 1: He didn't score these non scoring games. Two catches twenty

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Speaker 1: three yards and that's how you lose your week, which

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Speaker 1: would have happened twelve times. Um. Get this. Against the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: he managed an eleven target game for eleven yards. Think

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Speaker 1: about how hard it is to do that. Borderline impossible.

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Speaker 1: Borderline impossible. Robby Anderson another guy not my not the

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Speaker 1: kind of guy like Terrence Marshall. Maybe gets better and

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Speaker 1: you're two. They brought in Richard Higgins. Brandon Zilster returns

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Speaker 1: as well, but this offense does not have the firepower

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Speaker 1: to support third receivers. Terence Marshall was a game day

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Speaker 1: and active You so far from being relevant last year. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll see if he's able to crack the starting lineup

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Speaker 1: on a on a recurring basis here, hopefully better in

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Speaker 1: year two. What they got going for him in Carolina

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Speaker 1: from a fantasy perspective is lots of garbage time. Baby,

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Speaker 1: they'll be We'll be playing from the last year a

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Speaker 1: lot too. Although their defense was good enough to keep

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Speaker 1: them in a lot of games. Yeah, the defense wasn't bad.

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Speaker 1: He kind of fell off towards the end of the year,

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Speaker 1: but it was carrying the team. Uh, no tight end

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Speaker 1: on Carolina Worth mentioning Yeah, I means you think Tommy

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Speaker 1: Tremble is going to break out in year two. But

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Speaker 1: should have kept Dan Arnold. They should have kept Dan Arnold.

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Speaker 1: Who would ever give up on Dan? Oh? Wait, that's

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Speaker 1: every team he's ever stop It given up on Dan

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Speaker 1: and the Jaguars brought in another tight end. Who'd they

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Speaker 1: bring in? Evan Ingram? Yeah? Evan Ingram? Why would they

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Speaker 1: do that? You know where Dan Arnold could end up?

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Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings. What makes you say that? I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Don't they need to backup tight end and they back up,

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Speaker 1: but he's no backup and means to be a starter.

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Speaker 1: Well they they think or Smith is going to be good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I do too. I mean, but you gotta have a backup.

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Speaker 1: And uh, I don't know. I know they owe them

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Speaker 1: three and a half million. They trade them or if

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Speaker 1: they cut up, I think they're gonna end up trading them.

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Speaker 1: We're now we're hopping back into the a f C. Seuth.

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Speaker 1: People'll talk about Dan Arnold a whole lot more. Oh,

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Speaker 1: can't wait. That'll be I think we're doing that team

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Speaker 1: next week, our that division next week, AFC South. I

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Speaker 1: to go back and check. There's been so much free

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Speaker 1: Carolina segment. Very impressive dedication. In fact, if you made

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Speaker 1: to attack at the moment this is over. Thank you

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