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Speaker 1: alongside Frankie Stample. I am Greg Sausman. Bragga, go on, man,
Speaker 1: Greggy football is back, my man, are you ready? I'm ready? Man,
Speaker 1: I'm I said, are you ready? Yea ready, I'm ready
Speaker 1: to rock. Things are good. It's awesome, man, it's I
Speaker 1: can't believe it. I kind of did. I kind of
Speaker 1: can't because we've been working really hard on it. Um.
Speaker 1: It's been a grueling off season. It's been a grueling
Speaker 1: last season in particular, in particularly a grueling week for sure. Um,
Speaker 1: I just feel like we're just not stop doing stuff,
Speaker 1: which is awesome. And what's even cool about that is
Speaker 1: just just NonStop news breaking. That's the crazy part to me.
Speaker 1: There's NonStop news breaking all week long. And and really
Speaker 1: it starts and kind of ends with Lavi on Bell.
Speaker 1: I read the tweet on the air yesterday. We we
Speaker 1: weren't sure if it was real, but people are believing
Speaker 1: that he's not coming back in the next ten games.
Speaker 1: His offensive line called him out and said, listen, you
Speaker 1: run behind us. We do your job before you and
Speaker 1: ultimately a lot of shock waves next can the shock
Speaker 1: wave is be resolved that he shows up today? For instance,
Speaker 1: I happen to think, so you've been our record, and
Speaker 1: and on Twitter certainly saying, hey, I think he's played
Speaker 1: his last game in his Steelers uniform. You don't know
Speaker 1: that he can come back from this is Levy on
Speaker 1: Bell situations on the crazier ones. We've never seen advantage coupall. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and it's two years in a row now right where
Speaker 1: there's a polarizing situation involving a big name running back.
Speaker 1: Last year it was Ezekiel Elliott really threw us for
Speaker 1: a loop. We didn't know where to draft him because
Speaker 1: of that. Was he gonna get suspended six games? Was
Speaker 1: it going to be the start of the season. Was
Speaker 1: it going to be the end of the season. It
Speaker 1: ended up being the middle of the year for Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaker 1: And and now we have this Levian Bell situation, And
Speaker 1: you're right, I tweeted it out yesterday. I don't think
Speaker 1: he plays another game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I just
Speaker 1: think this has gone completely awry. I mean, his offensive
Speaker 1: line calling him out now. I mean, maybe I'm just
Speaker 1: reading too much into it, maybe maybe I'm a sensitive Greg,
Speaker 1: But if these guys can find a way to just
Speaker 1: sweep it under the rug and Levian Bell comes back,
Speaker 1: I mean, if this team gets off to a slow
Speaker 1: start and they're like, look, we take back what we said.
Speaker 1: We need Levian Bell, and maybe they make amends rather quickly.
Speaker 1: But I just think it's gone. It's gone so south.
Speaker 1: From the front office, the gm uh, Mike tomlin Um,
Speaker 1: the offensive lineman even calling him out Big Bend, it
Speaker 1: just seems like everyone has turned their back on Levy
Speaker 1: on bell Um, It's it's it's just crazy to say,
Speaker 1: like the verbage right, Like the way it sounds like
Speaker 1: they're turning their back on him, It's like taking sides.
Speaker 1: Did Levyan Bell turn his back on them. Uh, it's
Speaker 1: it's tough. It's a tough situation. And it's like if
Speaker 1: if there were stillse drafts happening, which there are, there's
Speaker 1: some like big high stakes drafts that were going on.
Speaker 1: Like what do you do, Yeah, drafting tonighttand I we
Speaker 1: have auctions tonight going on. There's snake drafts still going on.
Speaker 1: I don't know what to do. Like you were mentioning before,
Speaker 1: both on the air and off the air about James
Speaker 1: Conner and like how we've gone to the other side
Speaker 1: with James Conner treating in like Levy on Bell seeing
Speaker 1: this crazy crazy offers of of Aaron Rodgers for James
Speaker 1: Conner and the like, I mean, one of the craziest
Speaker 1: offers you've seen. I've seen a Green involved in some
Speaker 1: trades for James Conner. I think yesterday someone in the
Speaker 1: chat asses they were all for Tyreek Hill. I've seen
Speaker 1: Dog Baldwin thrown out there. So this guy is James
Speaker 1: Conner is being valued as a near second third round
Speaker 1: value right now, especially for the Levian Bell owner. It's
Speaker 1: it's crazy. So you know it's interesting because like I
Speaker 1: get it right, Like we've seen it with the Steelers.
Speaker 1: That's really the difference in that we have seen it
Speaker 1: with the Steelers in that they are a workhorse running
Speaker 1: back team. When levy On Bell has been hurt or suspended,
Speaker 1: they give the ball to D'Angelo Williams five hundred times.
Speaker 1: Like we've seen that, and I think people have that
Speaker 1: in their minds of James Connor. What I can't tell you,
Speaker 1: and I read you the stat this morning, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: do it again. If you're an Antonio Brown owner, you
Speaker 1: should feel pretty awesome right now because in the last
Speaker 1: sixteen games without Levan Bell, Antonio Brown has played has
Speaker 1: posted a re line of it is the sixteen games,
Speaker 1: so basically a full season one hundred six receptions, two
Speaker 1: hundred targets, thousand and eighty yards, or thirteen touchdowns. That
Speaker 1: is good for four hundred and thirty five p p
Speaker 1: R points. This comes from Anthony Stags on Twitter. Brown
Speaker 1: has also played in thirteen games over the last three
Speaker 1: seasons without levy On Bell. If you want to extrapolate
Speaker 1: that to the sixteen games only, you know, three games extrapolation,
Speaker 1: it would lead to a hundred and fifty five receptions
Speaker 1: on nineteen targets over yards, fourteen touchdowns, and fifty five
Speaker 1: PPR points. In theory, whenever Levian medals in play, Antonio
Speaker 1: Brown goes off. Yeah, while James Conner or whoever fills
Speaker 1: in for Levion Bell, we assume it's James Conner, He's
Speaker 1: going to be the workhorse for this team. I don't
Speaker 1: know that he's going to catch the ball as much
Speaker 1: as Levian Bell would have. Right, like Levian Bell sees
Speaker 1: at least, you know, six seven targets a game. He's
Speaker 1: around that, you know, five receptions of game pace, um,
Speaker 1: you know, consistently seventy receptions plus per year. I'm not
Speaker 1: like James Conner is going to be the workhorse for
Speaker 1: this team, But I'm with you, especially with Antonio Brown stats.
Speaker 1: I mean, there are numbers to back it up. James
Speaker 1: Connor will catch the ball still, Yes, probably not as
Speaker 1: much as Levian Bell would have. And for that reason,
Speaker 1: those extra targets that are left behind are gonna go
Speaker 1: to Antonio Brown, They're gonna go to Jujus Smith schuster Um.
Speaker 1: And ultimately, like James Connor isn't probably isn't going to
Speaker 1: be as dynamic as Levian Bell. So it just opens
Speaker 1: up the more more opportunity for Antonio Brown. So I
Speaker 1: agree with you on that front. Remember last time in
Speaker 1: two thousand and fifteen, Levion Bell played from week three
Speaker 1: through eight week nine on D'Angelo Williams. This is carries
Speaker 1: total week nine seven, Week ten, seventeen, Week eleven, by
Speaker 1: week twelve eight carries, Week thirteen, twenty six, Week fourteen,
Speaker 1: twenty three, Week fifteen, fourteen, Week sixteen, seventeen carries. So
Speaker 1: I mean there were three games in that stretch where
Speaker 1: he had twenty three plus carries. That was D'Angelo Williams,
Speaker 1: and at that point he was general thirty three years old.
Speaker 1: Three James Connor is much younger than that, and he
Speaker 1: has looked very sprite in the preseason. So I look,
Speaker 1: I just hope that if you are a Levan Bell owner,
Speaker 1: you have James Conner. Um. You know there's a league
Speaker 1: that I that I have Greg where I lost Jack
Speaker 1: McKinnon and now I lost Levian Bell and I don't
Speaker 1: have James Conner. So this will be the ultimate test
Speaker 1: to see if I can in my fourth picks. Right
Speaker 1: after me, I took Girly, he took Bell, you took
Speaker 1: McKinnon and I took Royce Spreeman and things are going well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're welcome, Greg. Things are things going very very well. Um,
Speaker 1: it's crazy, this Levy on Bell thing. Like we knew
Speaker 1: the for instance, last year, the Ezekiel Elliott suspense, it
Speaker 1: was hanging over us. When players are suspended, it's hanging
Speaker 1: over Guys are always going to be injured. It happens
Speaker 1: every year. But this is the one year where we
Speaker 1: kind of ignored Leavian Bell being holding out. We saw
Speaker 1: it last year. We figured he'd just show up and
Speaker 1: maybe he will. Like that's the craziest thing. Do you
Speaker 1: have a draft to night you see Levy on Bell
Speaker 1: just dropping and you're like, all right, at what point
Speaker 1: do I just do this? And you have it in
Speaker 1: your hand, I'll just take James Connor early. And in
Speaker 1: my league, Levyan Bell went to Overall. This this draft
Speaker 1: is on Tuesday night before the report broke yesterday, he
Speaker 1: went to Overall and they took James Conner in the
Speaker 1: eighth round. And it ultimately it doesn't matter when you
Speaker 1: have to take James Connor. You just have to make
Speaker 1: sure you do it. And I was seeing Chris McCarroll
Speaker 1: tweet like I have a he has the tenth pick
Speaker 1: tonight because I don't. I don't. I don't know what
Speaker 1: to do. If Levian Mills staring at me at fick ten,
Speaker 1: what do I do? And I don't know the answer.
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody can. If you were drafting tonight, Greg,
Speaker 1: at what points you're like, what name do you need
Speaker 1: to see next to Levian Bell in the running back tab?
Speaker 1: And be like, this is the time that I take
Speaker 1: Levia right at the time take Well, that's that's that's
Speaker 1: the question I is um from my draft rank purposes,
Speaker 1: I've moved him behind Christian McCaffrey, and obviously is he
Speaker 1: behind Leonard? For that? For you, yes, okay, so he's
Speaker 1: behind in front of Davante Freeman and Jordan Howard. That
Speaker 1: means that's exactly where I've pushed them to. I think
Speaker 1: at that point, yeah, you you can take that risk,
Speaker 1: and then you get the next question you ask yourself
Speaker 1: is when do I take James Conner, which you know
Speaker 1: people were asking me yesterday. I know Truck tweeted at
Speaker 1: me and said he saw him go in the sixth
Speaker 1: round of a draft. So you pull the trigger in
Speaker 1: the fifth the sixth round. You have to dedicate your
Speaker 1: maybe your late first early second round pick on Levian
Speaker 1: Bell and then your fifth or your sixth round pick
Speaker 1: on James Connor. Brutal. And you have to because if
Speaker 1: you into week one without your first second round pick
Speaker 1: and you know everybody and you know everybody in that
Speaker 1: draft is gonna be ten today jameson Connor throughout the draft. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you might go in the fourth round. You might go
Speaker 1: earlier than that, probably, I don't know how many. We
Speaker 1: have a lot to get to today. Obviously, great, we're
Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna talk to h inside injuries about week
Speaker 1: one injury updates. We're gonna give you a prediction for
Speaker 1: tonight um start and sit for tonight's game. The Eagles first,
Speaker 1: the Falcons obviously, and we're gonna go through predictions as well.
Speaker 1: But if you have any crazy James con I want
Speaker 1: to hear it trades or Levy on Bell, trades or
Speaker 1: situations that you need to call in a four four eight, four, three,
Speaker 1: six eight seven nine. I want to hear what some
Speaker 1: crazy stuff that's going on out there right now. I
Speaker 1: just don't I just don't know what to do. I
Speaker 1: it's crazy it's absolutely crazy. Oh my goodness, leaving on
Speaker 1: Bell News is just wild. Um. I don't blame I
Speaker 1: don't blame him at all. He could afford this is
Speaker 1: my opinion on it. He could afford to lose the
Speaker 1: money he's need a lot of money. Is a hip
Speaker 1: hop career as well, He's going to make a lot
Speaker 1: of money wherever he signs. I always take the side
Speaker 1: of the player, and this is no different. Like I
Speaker 1: get your teammates are a peo to you, and this
Speaker 1: is this is the weird thing, right Whenever you have
Speaker 1: these players disputes, normally the players all back to you
Speaker 1: every single time. This is what's weird. Do you wonder
Speaker 1: if he like lied to them, if he's just like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll be back after labor dad. That's probably what it
Speaker 1: is though, because all along his agent was saying Levian
Speaker 1: Bell is bound for the best season of his career.
Speaker 1: And there was a tweet that resurfaced yesterday that Levian
Speaker 1: Bell tweeted out back and I think it was May
Speaker 1: and he put the date like nine slash nine slash eighteen,
Speaker 1: like that's week one date or whatever, saying pretty much
Speaker 1: indicating like I'm gonna be there right, so you that
Speaker 1: that's what I think they're met there. They take that
Speaker 1: they take most to heart is that he misled them.
Speaker 1: If he would have came out during May and he's like,
Speaker 1: look holding out, I'm not playing until week ten, and
Speaker 1: I think or if he said I'm not paying until
Speaker 1: I get paid, whatever, it's different. I think it's different.
Speaker 1: I think that's fair. I think that's fair. Man crazy,
Speaker 1: And maybe it was not even playing tonight. We have
Speaker 1: another couple of days. That's great. Tonight Eagles and Falcons
Speaker 1: kick us off. No Carson went which we speculated it
Speaker 1: on back in November, right when this team went started
Speaker 1: this run. When he gets hurt tears z cl in
Speaker 1: that game against the Rams, and we speculated on it
Speaker 1: when he won the Super Bowl and I sat here,
Speaker 1: Frank talking to you, and I'm like, when Nick Foles
Speaker 1: starts week one and there's no by the way, guarantee
Speaker 1: or indication Carson Wentz is back in week two, that
Speaker 1: like he hasn't started practicing with contact yet, so there's
Speaker 1: no guarantee he's back next week. If Foles goes on
Speaker 1: this run again, it's gonna be our dimension. It's going
Speaker 1: to be our dimension. I said it back in November.
Speaker 1: Y'all laughed at me, And I get how Nick Foles
Speaker 1: look in the preseason, like he looked terrible, But what
Speaker 1: did you say to me before we came up here?
Speaker 1: People are writing off the Eagles tonight. People are writing
Speaker 1: off Nick Foles like they always do. You see all
Speaker 1: the money going towards It was a trap game when
Speaker 1: they played Atlanta in the Divisional round last year. I
Speaker 1: think I think had opened at like four and a half.
Speaker 1: It was a trap game when they played Minnesota at
Speaker 1: home last year. It was a trap game in the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl last year, and once again they're at home.
Speaker 1: It would not surprise me if all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: this is pick him in this in the Super Contest,
Speaker 1: it's a pick him game. It not surprised me if
Speaker 1: it gets there later. Tonight is game. It's down to
Speaker 1: one point. It opened at four and a half grade.
Speaker 1: This is a trap, written all, and I understand Frank
Speaker 1: Reik's not there, and I understand that this is the
Speaker 1: guy that won the Super Bowl, But I'm telling you,
Speaker 1: this is such a trap. How about this Greg the
Speaker 1: Falcons money line or now it's now minus one time
Speaker 1: let's pick on that. Let's pick them. It's it's crazy, yeah,
Speaker 1: but it does have trap game written all over it. Um, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm worried. I don't think. I don't think there's a
Speaker 1: lot of points scored in this game either. If I'm
Speaker 1: looking at the over under at forty four and a half.
Speaker 1: Actually looked at this last night a week one. The
Speaker 1: past three Thursday night games in Week one, three out
Speaker 1: of four of them have gone over barely. Last year,
Speaker 1: it was crazy how high scoring it was, and that
Speaker 1: was a huge shot Kansas City beating New England last year.
Speaker 1: But even even following that trend, I think I think
Speaker 1: we see more defense tonight than anything. I don't think
Speaker 1: that is very good. Michael Benn will play um that
Speaker 1: no idea. The Falcon's defense has improved too, so maybe
Speaker 1: a little low, so maybe we are going lower in there. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm taking the under. Interesting, crazy, absolutely crazy. What's going
Speaker 1: on in the NFL right now? Eight four four eight
Speaker 1: four three six eight seven nine eight four four eight
Speaker 1: four three six eight seven nine that's the number to
Speaker 1: join in? Um tonight, Frankie, Uh, I know j G
Speaker 1: I is not your guy, but do you think he's
Speaker 1: a major workhorse tonight without Carson Wentz, given that he
Speaker 1: does seem to be healthy, do you think he's a
Speaker 1: major workhorse or do we get a glimpse of what
Speaker 1: you were shared about all season, all off season long,
Speaker 1: with a GI with a mix of Corpy, Cummand and
Speaker 1: went will smaller and so on and so forth. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's exactly it. I still have a GI
Speaker 1: ranked as a low end RB two right now, just
Speaker 1: based on the rest of the matchups. I don't think
Speaker 1: this is great for him. Yes, the Falcons give up
Speaker 1: a lot of receptions and receiving yards two opposing running backs,
Speaker 1: but they only allowed six rushing touchdowns two running backs
Speaker 1: last year, so they actually don't allow out running backs
Speaker 1: to score all that much on the ground. I actually
Speaker 1: think this is a better game, a better matchup for
Speaker 1: guys like Corey Clement and Darren Sprowls. So I could
Speaker 1: see see all three of these guys getting mixed in. Again,
Speaker 1: he's a low end RB two. I don't really want
Speaker 1: to have to trust him um and and plus he
Speaker 1: was nursing a foot injury which he just got cleared
Speaker 1: to play, so I'm not sure that he's on a
Speaker 1: full snap count either, He's probably in that twelve to
Speaker 1: fifteen touch range, so I think that makes him like
Speaker 1: a low n RB two, high end RB three. But
Speaker 1: I will say in a full PPR, I would start
Speaker 1: Darren Sprowls and Corey Coleman over to Tevin Colton tonight.
Speaker 1: Why don't you tonight? Just how potent the Eagles rushing
Speaker 1: defense was last year. They were either number one or
Speaker 1: number two in the least amount of points allowed against
Speaker 1: running backs last year. I know the Vikings were up
Speaker 1: there as well, and all they did was make that
Speaker 1: defensive line better. They go out and get Michael Bennett,
Speaker 1: So I do think that it's gonna be hard to
Speaker 1: come by. I don't even love DeVonta Freeman. I still
Speaker 1: have him as like a solid to high end RB two.
Speaker 1: He's not a top twelve running back from me this week, um,
Speaker 1: And I don't want to start Tevin Coleman if I
Speaker 1: could get away from him, if I could start one
Speaker 1: of those other guys instead, I could give you a
Speaker 1: couple of other names that I have ranked just ahead
Speaker 1: of him in a standard league. How about this, Greg,
Speaker 1: I would startle Garrett Blunt over Tevin Coleman. I think
Speaker 1: he has a chance to score against the Jets this week.
Speaker 1: Would you start Theorytic over Tevin Colan in the PPR League,
Speaker 1: I would? Would you start Mike Gillisly over Tann Coleman.
Speaker 1: That's where That's where it becomes Harriet, I'd probably start
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman, started Jordan Wilkins over Tarren Coleman. I would,
Speaker 1: I would start Jordan Wilkins. I think he I think
Speaker 1: Jordan Wilkins he's the starter in that game. I think
Speaker 1: he probably gives you untill Christian Michael's starting. Probably, but
Speaker 1: I think we get like twelve plus touches out of
Speaker 1: Jordan Wilkinson that game, and at the touches tonight for
Speaker 1: Tevin Coleman, and just overall terrible Terraman over under three
Speaker 1: and a half catches with Calvin Ridley tonight and his
Speaker 1: debut over over nice can't kid for Calver Realley. Then
Speaker 1: I have him as a of like low end wide
Speaker 1: sea of four. It's like right around eight for me.
Speaker 1: So okay, enough, let's take a break. When we come back,
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Speaker 1: directed waiting dr A for inside injuries and is normal
Speaker 1: Thursday spot for us. We have a ton of injuries
Speaker 1: we obviously want to get to today, and not just
Speaker 1: skill position players We've been talking a lot about Um,
Speaker 1: but also some of these offensive linement and defensive linemen
Speaker 1: that could affect who you were starting in sitting tomorrow,
Speaker 1: no doubt all your calls start to sit on the
Speaker 1: show straight out on a Friday. Obviously that comes your
Speaker 1: way tomorrow. But as we wait Dr A, we will
Speaker 1: work to get him on. I want to go over
Speaker 1: some of the headlines and players that are practicing that
Speaker 1: we're not gonna get a chance to ask Dr A
Speaker 1: about Frank Um, and I want to start in Seattle
Speaker 1: with Doug Baldin, who is practicing in full. It's been
Speaker 1: an up and down ride For those that have drafted
Speaker 1: Doug Balbin this summer where you drafted him early. Great,
Speaker 1: you have this borderline wide receiver one. Then he gets hurt,
Speaker 1: so you drop him a little bit. As all the
Speaker 1: optimism starts to rise for Doug Baldwin, he jumps back up.
Speaker 1: All right, cool, He comes out and has press conferences
Speaker 1: like listen, I'm not going to be a hundred percent
Speaker 1: all season long. I'm gonna be like eight. And back
Speaker 1: down he goes, And then things kind of settled where
Speaker 1: he rose again. Doug bald is practicing in full. We're
Speaker 1: gonna get a glimpse of what Doug Baldwin is this week. However,
Speaker 1: very tough matchup against Detroit. I'm sorry. He gets Denver
Speaker 1: and a very good cornerback and Chris Harris who will
Speaker 1: be all over the field with Doug Baldwin. How do
Speaker 1: you feel about starting him this week? First of all,
Speaker 1: I'm encouraged that he's practicing in full, so that's a
Speaker 1: good sign for a week one of the season. But
Speaker 1: going up against Denver, like you mentioned, it is a
Speaker 1: tougher matchup, but you know they do move Doug Ballwin
Speaker 1: around a lot. He doesn't just play on the outside.
Speaker 1: He doesn't just play on the inside. You know, they
Speaker 1: get pretty creative with him and they find ways to
Speaker 1: move him all over the field. I'm not sure that
Speaker 1: Chris Harris necessarily follows him inside the slot or whether
Speaker 1: it's Bradley Roby. They still do have talented corners there.
Speaker 1: Don't just think that because they lost a keep to
Speaker 1: leave that the secondary really, you know, they take a
Speaker 1: huge step back. I still think that this could be
Speaker 1: a very very strong defense. I think he's a solid
Speaker 1: wide receiver too. I'm encouraged that he's practicing in full
Speaker 1: for week one. Great. Yeah, I think it's obviously a
Speaker 1: very encouraging cybery Doug Baldwin that he's a normal, normal
Speaker 1: work week for him, even if he gets these maintenance
Speaker 1: days on Wednesday. Going forward, all good, Let's see what
Speaker 1: he can do obviously on Sunday against Denver. Right, for
Speaker 1: what it's worth, um, they have they have the Atto
Speaker 1: coverage matrix on the Pro Football Focus. It's that they
Speaker 1: have right and they show you every single week that
Speaker 1: a cornerback shadowed a player of an opposing team. Denver
Speaker 1: did not use one of their top corners as a
Speaker 1: shadow cover corner in any single game last year. Now,
Speaker 1: that might be because they had to keep Steve and
Speaker 1: they had Chris Harris, so they just figured, all right,
Speaker 1: no matter who you put on the outside of wide receiver,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have strong corners to play against you. They
Speaker 1: probably still feel that way though, because Bradley Roby is
Speaker 1: very talented as well. Definitely, I'm not sure that they
Speaker 1: just put Chris Harris on Doug Baldwin in this game.
Speaker 1: I still kind of like him. I think he's a
Speaker 1: sneaky play, all right, Speaking of a wide receivers that
Speaker 1: were hurt all offseason. Then you get to Richard Matthews,
Speaker 1: who very mysterious injury which kind of lead to I
Speaker 1: believe it's r meniscus is what what the injury was for.
Speaker 1: Richard Matthews gets a one year contract extension, like not really,
Speaker 1: there's nothing guaranteed, and he negotiated it. Not an agent.
Speaker 1: You shouldn't do that because it's a it's a lose money.
Speaker 1: But ultimately Richard Matthews practicing UH in full this week,
Speaker 1: which is great, but says may be on a snap
Speaker 1: count because like the rookies have looked good, the young guys.
Speaker 1: The Corey Davis is the Taiwan Taylor's of the world,
Speaker 1: and you know Delaney Walker is going to play and
Speaker 1: he'll get his compliment of snaps before we get the
Speaker 1: dr Ray Frank, would you be hesitant start Richard Matthews
Speaker 1: this week? Yeah, there's no chance to have him in
Speaker 1: my starting lineup. I do think he's a sneaky stash
Speaker 1: right now because we know the report that he has
Speaker 1: with Marcus Mariotta. But I think we can see a very,
Speaker 1: very big Week one out of Corey Davis and Delaney Walker.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins struggled mightily against the tight end last year,
Speaker 1: so with Richard Matthews on a pitch count, whether they're
Speaker 1: rolling Taiwan Taylor out there or throwing more to Dion Lewis,
Speaker 1: whatever it might be, I think we see a lot
Speaker 1: of Corey Davis and Delaney Walker in Week one, right there?
Speaker 1: You going with that? We have a lot more injured
Speaker 1: guys to talk about, so we're gonna do it with
Speaker 1: a good doctor here on a Thursday before the first
Speaker 1: NFL game of the season. It's dr Ay from Inside Injuries.
Speaker 1: Good morning doctor, Good morning guys. How are you guys
Speaker 1: doing today. We're doing great. Thank you so much for
Speaker 1: joining us. And the big story over the weekend was
Speaker 1: Jered McKinnon tearing his e c L. I know we've
Speaker 1: talked a lot about the forty Niners throughout the off
Speaker 1: season when it comes to McKinnon and Brita and George Kittle,
Speaker 1: including last week with Virginia, but it takes a bigger
Speaker 1: precedence now without Jack McKinnon on the field all season long,
Speaker 1: people are going to rely on Matt Breeda. He battled
Speaker 1: his own shoulder injury this summer. How much is he
Speaker 1: ready to go this weekend? So? Um, it's a Grade
Speaker 1: two shoulder sprain, which is you know, very very good
Speaker 1: in regards to uh not escalating to a grade three.
Speaker 1: So it looks like it's just a sprain, probably a
Speaker 1: rotator cuff sprain. Um, the optimal covery time for that
Speaker 1: was two weeks, so he should that should have been
Speaker 1: set for August twenty one. He should have healed from that.
Speaker 1: There's no structural damage, which means translation, there's no actual tear.
Speaker 1: So our our prediction on grade two was likely correct.
Speaker 1: Right now, he's at low injury risk and peak health
Speaker 1: and so he should be ready to go to start
Speaker 1: the injury standpoint. Very good news from Matt Breed. He's
Speaker 1: ready to rock in Week one San Francisco. Top matchup
Speaker 1: though against Minnesota. Would you start breeding this week? I
Speaker 1: have him ranked. Him and Alfred Moore is both ranked
Speaker 1: outside of my top thirty six, so they're not even
Speaker 1: in the flex discussion For me, I want to take
Speaker 1: a wait and see approach. Plus, it's just an absolute
Speaker 1: brutal matchup for the reasons I mentioned. I didn't like
Speaker 1: Keevin Coleman against the Eagles. Again, if Brita and Alfred
Speaker 1: Morris are taking away from each other, plus they're going
Speaker 1: up against the Vikings defense, I really don't like that.
Speaker 1: What's going on? Doc? I wanted to ask you about
Speaker 1: Austin Sinfari and Jenkins, a very popular streaming tight end
Speaker 1: for Week one because he's going up against the New
Speaker 1: York Giants. We've consistently said, Greg, if you would have
Speaker 1: just played every tight end one against the Giants last year,
Speaker 1: you would have ended up with the number five overall
Speaker 1: tight end one year ago. So we like a s
Speaker 1: J as a Week one stream but now he's dealing
Speaker 1: with a core muscle injury. He miss practiced yesterday, and
Speaker 1: Doug Marron said, quote, we're just going to be smart
Speaker 1: about it. I feel like he'll play, but you never know.
Speaker 1: That doesn't sound too good. What do you have about
Speaker 1: Austin's Farrian Jenkins this week? Yeah, that's translation for uh,
Speaker 1: it's a grade one core muscle injury, which is the
Speaker 1: lowest grade other than just a minimal superficial tweak. And
Speaker 1: so uh, you know, the optimal recovery time is two
Speaker 1: weeks for that. And so even though the coach says that, um,
Speaker 1: what we're seeing, any core muscle injury in any football player,
Speaker 1: it definitely at a grade one level needs at least
Speaker 1: a week and a half to two weeks to heal completely.
Speaker 1: So we're looking at week three, September eighteen at the
Speaker 1: time where he should come back. If he does play
Speaker 1: in this game, he will be an elevated injury risk
Speaker 1: of that's pretty high, meaning it's not it's not but
Speaker 1: it's not nine percent, and so is uh is a
Speaker 1: little bit too high. I don't think he should play
Speaker 1: in this game. If he does, he's you know, he's
Speaker 1: out that injury watch basically because um, and he may
Speaker 1: play significantly limited slash snaps because you know, if he
Speaker 1: doesn't look good in that first couple of snaps, they
Speaker 1: may not then they may not keep him in for
Speaker 1: the rest of the game, which kills any fantasy roster anyway.
Speaker 1: So not a great report they ever as Farren Jenkins,
Speaker 1: especially in a fantastic matchup against the Giants. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: other streaming tight ends who are kind of right in
Speaker 1: that range that you know I'll boost ahead of him now,
Speaker 1: Tyler Eifer for sure, Ricky Steals Jones, where the Washington
Speaker 1: Redskins struggled mightily against the tight end one year ago.
Speaker 1: And then I think Ben Watson and the Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: Buccaneers are also, you know, right ahead of him. Now.
Speaker 1: We love the matchup for a s J but based
Speaker 1: on that report, um, you know, it sounds like he
Speaker 1: can easily re injure himself where he's not gonna be
Speaker 1: on a full snap count. I wouldn't trust it all.
Speaker 1: Since the Farion Jenkins a week one, Greg, let me
Speaker 1: stick with the tight ends here, Doc from a moment
Speaker 1: and ask you about a couple of more and in
Speaker 1: particular to two tight ends that are simply always injured,
Speaker 1: Tyler Eiffert and Jordan Reid. Both are not even on
Speaker 1: the injury report this week, which is shocking because they're
Speaker 1: always on injury report. We talked about them from a
Speaker 1: draft perspective, and you almost laughed at us when we
Speaker 1: said we would consider drafting Tyler Eiffert and or Jordan Reid.
Speaker 1: I have now drafted Jordan Reid, Frank has drafted Jordan
Speaker 1: reading the league, um, and we're hoping that you just
Speaker 1: stay healthy at least for the going What do you think,
Speaker 1: doc this week about Judian Reid and Tyler Eiffort. Well,
Speaker 1: so here's the good news. I seem you want the
Speaker 1: good news, but before the bad news first, right, kind
Speaker 1: of bad news first? Well, the bad news is these
Speaker 1: uh tyler efforts at elevate injury risks, he's not going
Speaker 1: to get any better than that. That is his best
Speaker 1: number that he's gonna get. But his HPF is at peak.
Speaker 1: So what that tells us is that he's recovered from
Speaker 1: his injuries. So no existing injury is going to impact
Speaker 1: his play. But he has a one in five chance
Speaker 1: of getting injured right now. And uh so that means
Speaker 1: he's got when you multiply that by sixteen games, you
Speaker 1: know a fifth of the season right now, he's gonna
Speaker 1: miss no matter. I can tell you right now that
Speaker 1: the likelihood of him missing a fifth of the season
Speaker 1: is very high. So um Jordan Read varies these two
Speaker 1: percentage points better than Tyler Effort at elevated injury risk
Speaker 1: and again he's at peak health. He's at the same
Speaker 1: exact number eight two percent. So these are elevated high
Speaker 1: reward type guys. You cannot rely on them as like
Speaker 1: the one or two. You gotta go down to three,
Speaker 1: four five for these guys. Look, these guys are healthy
Speaker 1: if they're dominant. But the issue again is that they've
Speaker 1: been you know, they they've they've been very cautionary with
Speaker 1: them in the in the off season precincts. You haven't
Speaker 1: heard about any injuries in that cent But once that
Speaker 1: first game hits, do not be surprised if one or
Speaker 1: both of these guys are coming off the field due
Speaker 1: to an injury. And that's why I'm saying take them because, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, from that peak in peak HPF. But they're
Speaker 1: high risk, high reward type guys. And this is the
Speaker 1: fact that we all know this about Tyler Eiffort and
Speaker 1: Jordan Reads that when they're healthy, they're dominant. Dr A
Speaker 1: just said, especially in the reserve with Tyler Eiffort, and
Speaker 1: really all across the board with Jordan read Um. Alex
Speaker 1: Smith has always utilized his head end from Burning Davis
Speaker 1: backing in San Francisco, certainly to Travis Kelsey in Kansas City.
Speaker 1: Jordan Reid is good to go. Jake Gruden said yesterday
Speaker 1: that yeah, that works some other guys in but Jordan
Speaker 1: reads healthy. And he said both guys, of course, saying
Speaker 1: this as healthy as they felt in years. We'll see
Speaker 1: if they can they can be managed. I took your advice, Frank.
Speaker 1: I picked up Vernon Davis, John Alex Smith Um, and
Speaker 1: I'm handcuffing him. I'm crazy. I'm handcuffing my tight end
Speaker 1: and my wide receiver in Jonimo Allison Um and Vernon Davis. Now,
Speaker 1: I don't know if I have a I don't think
Speaker 1: I have a choice, um, but I'm banking on Tyler,
Speaker 1: on Tyler Eifert and Jordan read here this Sunday. Yeah.
Speaker 1: The one thing I liked about Jordan Reid and Tyler
Speaker 1: Effort this draft season is that you finally got them
Speaker 1: at that discounted price. Right, Jordan read the customer. I
Speaker 1: mean the past couple of years, four fifth, sixth round pick.
Speaker 1: Now you're getting him in the nine round. Sometimes Tyler
Speaker 1: Eiffort even later than that. I mean, you could have
Speaker 1: got him with one of your last picks of the draft.
Speaker 1: So I'm going to talk to three. I think you
Speaker 1: you play these guys while they're healthy. I think undoubtedly
Speaker 1: they're going to misstime at some point, but especially early
Speaker 1: on in the year, while these guys are healthy, not
Speaker 1: on the injury report, I go ahead and get them
Speaker 1: in my lineup. I think there's a lot of similarities
Speaker 1: between and cuffing their backup too, because Andy Dalton likes
Speaker 1: to throw the tight end a lot. Absolutely, something happens
Speaker 1: to effort. I think Tyler Craft steps in and he
Speaker 1: will be Fantasy viable as well. Yeah, what one thing
Speaker 1: to look out Jordan read five plus concussions first game out.
Speaker 1: You know he's on concussion Watch. So just that's a
Speaker 1: tidbit there. Yeah. Absolutely, anytime you know he takes a
Speaker 1: big hit, you're gonna be holding your breath. Is he
Speaker 1: gonna leave that game? I mean, that is what you
Speaker 1: have to worry about. Being a Jordan read owner. Frankly,
Speaker 1: I've never owned him before because he never had that
Speaker 1: discount baked into his price, but this year he did,
Speaker 1: so that's why I was willing to take that risk. Doctor,
Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you about a defensive player actually,
Speaker 1: which is something we don't normally do, but he has
Speaker 1: that much of an impact for fantasy. That's Xavier Rhodes.
Speaker 1: You've heard of Rhodes closed. He's dealing with a hamstring injury.
Speaker 1: He was limited and practice yesterday. He's questionable for Week one.
Speaker 1: The reason why we need to know about this is
Speaker 1: because if he plays, it seems more than likely he's
Speaker 1: going to shadow Mark. He's goodwin in their matchup against
Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty niners, and we know that that's
Speaker 1: not a good thing. So what do you have on
Speaker 1: Xavier Roads and his availability for Week one? So the
Speaker 1: compliment to wide receiver for hamstring injuries is a cornerback
Speaker 1: for hamstring injuries. It is their achilles heel. And when
Speaker 1: I saw this, I said, oh, this is not good.
Speaker 1: Um grade one hamstring injury even though it's grade one
Speaker 1: for cornerback. That that is uh. You know, you'll see
Speaker 1: when we talk about our big offensive tackle. But you know,
Speaker 1: for for cornerbacks and wide receivers, this is an impactful injury,
Speaker 1: even at grade one. Right now, I'm telling you, right now,
Speaker 1: he shouldn't play until week three. He does play. If
Speaker 1: he does play in this game, um, look out because
Speaker 1: right now he's at thirty one percention injury risk to
Speaker 1: to tweak it, to worsen it um if it's truly
Speaker 1: a Grade one hamstring, which is what we're showing. So
Speaker 1: right now, September eighteen is when he should he should
Speaker 1: rest that because then he can be good to go
Speaker 1: for the rest of the season if he reactivates it,
Speaker 1: I mean re injuries it this game and maybe he
Speaker 1: may be out for half a year. And this is serious.
Speaker 1: This is serious, guys. This is hamstring injuries for wide
Speaker 1: receivers and corner backs. Is the most important thing from
Speaker 1: an injury perspective, especially for a team that has Super
Speaker 1: Bowl aspirations in the Minnesota Vikings. Doctor, I just wanted
Speaker 1: to ask you if they risk Xavier Rhods playing this
Speaker 1: week based on the health the health risk factors that
Speaker 1: you have there, what percentage do you think he would
Speaker 1: be at if he's playing this week? Is it is
Speaker 1: like six sevent what would you say, thirty nine percent
Speaker 1: right now? Um, probably at game time if he has
Speaker 1: in the next uh three days to uh probably Hell,
Speaker 1: maybe it'll go up to forty six seven percent. I
Speaker 1: don't think even he won't get to feel better about
Speaker 1: playing Mark. He's good. I was gonna say, because the
Speaker 1: player that he's going to guard is a burner, right
Speaker 1: like he's going to make him test that over and
Speaker 1: over and over again. Definitely feel a little bit better
Speaker 1: about starting Mark. He's good Win this weekend. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo for that matter, and Jimmy Garoppolo, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. Although with quarterbacks is you probably have better option?
Speaker 1: I would think, Yeah, any Dalton that stream Murphy's available,
Speaker 1: I think you're still starting him over Jimmy g I'm
Speaker 1: gonna actually stick at the tight end where I was
Speaker 1: before because in Arizona we we've seen he will take
Speaker 1: shots on Ricky Seals Jones with the with the thought
Speaker 1: process being he's going to improve in in year two
Speaker 1: as a recognizable name. All that thought process was if
Speaker 1: Jermaine Gresham remained hurt. Gresham came off the publist at
Speaker 1: the end of training camp because the team didn't think
Speaker 1: that he would miss six games. Well that was practicing
Speaker 1: this week. Is Jermaine Gresham ready to go? And could
Speaker 1: he play on Sunday? No, and he shouldn't play on
Speaker 1: Sunday right now. Our HTR shows in October fifteenth, which
Speaker 1: is week six basically, so I think he's off the
Speaker 1: publist because he will be utilizing all of that time.
Speaker 1: But I think week six is the one where he
Speaker 1: should optimally come back. If he does come back before
Speaker 1: you know, again, you're taking a risk. He's that's still
Speaker 1: he's still high and he's at the borderline of elevated
Speaker 1: and high injury risk. And he's had a below average
Speaker 1: poor designation right now mainly because he's still US five
Speaker 1: to six weeks left to recover completely torn achilles on
Speaker 1: a tight end or any football player, I mean, so
Speaker 1: it's like a forty week recovery basically. Okay, So nothing
Speaker 1: to worry about essentially, if you have Ricky Seels Jones,
Speaker 1: like you get a good matchup this week, play him
Speaker 1: over all since Verian Jane clearly now you're debating between
Speaker 1: those two. Yeah, and so in regards to another injury
Speaker 1: with that has to do other players as well. Sonny
Speaker 1: Michelle is back practicing for New England and we've heard
Speaker 1: Rex Brokehead could be eased in the action for New England,
Speaker 1: and the same goes to Sonny Michelle. Is he going
Speaker 1: to play UF Sunday? He shouldn't. Um his HTR is
Speaker 1: in the middle of week two somewhere, so he should
Speaker 1: not play in this first game. He shouldn't, even though
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people want want to see him, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just he's he's been injured a lot
Speaker 1: of Georgia and you know, I know a lot about
Speaker 1: him because he's in my hometown basically. But uh but yeah, no,
Speaker 1: a week two is kind of what we're looking at.
Speaker 1: His His numbers have improved as he's been rehabbing to
Speaker 1: sixteen percent injury risk. It was at eight percent only
Speaker 1: two weeks ago, so he's improved to sixteen percent and
Speaker 1: he's gone from port or below average, so now he's
Speaker 1: escalating up to above average. So you know, just give
Speaker 1: it time. Week two he should be very close to
Speaker 1: low injury risk and back up to above average peak health.
Speaker 1: And I wouldn't be surprised one bit if they sit
Speaker 1: him this week. They have enough other options out there
Speaker 1: between Rex Burkhead, Jeremy hill Um, and James White, So
Speaker 1: I think they have options. I think it would be
Speaker 1: smart for them to sit him as well. Doct Just
Speaker 1: one more question here. I asked you about Xavier Rhodes.
Speaker 1: I also wanted to ask you about Anthony Costanzo, left
Speaker 1: tackle for the Indianapolis Colt, who's covering the blindside for
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck who you know is recovering from the shoulder.
Speaker 1: He needs all the protection he can get. We only
Speaker 1: have one minute left, uh Cassanto dealing with the hamstring injury?
Speaker 1: Does he play this week? And if not, how does
Speaker 1: that affect Andrew? Look So hamstring injuries to cornerbacks and
Speaker 1: wide receivers I told you are algorithms, uh point on
Speaker 1: that offensive tackles not so much so, you know, great
Speaker 1: to hamstring injury. He had it, then it then it reaggravated.
Speaker 1: Um and right now though he's still at low injury
Speaker 1: risk at nine percent peak help at this is not
Speaker 1: going to affect him too much. It's not a significant
Speaker 1: stabilis and muscle, his quadri steps and all these other
Speaker 1: muscles and hips, loteral rotations, those are. These are the
Speaker 1: things that are will stabilize an offensive tackle. So he
Speaker 1: should be good to go. He I mean, he will
Speaker 1: experience some pain probably in it, but he's not at
Speaker 1: super high injury risk. You know, he should be good
Speaker 1: to go. That good news for Andrew Luck. There you go,
Speaker 1: Doc inside Injuries the Expert. It's Dr A rid of
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Speaker 1: That's it? Yes, all right? What a be doing first? Gregor,
Speaker 1: were preview in the Thursday night game? Are we doing
Speaker 1: our season long previews? We'll take some calls. I feel
Speaker 1: like we got to do a little bit of rapid
Speaker 1: fire everything. We'll take some calls. Eight four four eight
Speaker 1: four three six seven nine's get to Pete in Florida
Speaker 1: started us off. What's up? Pete? Hey, what's up? Guys?
Speaker 1: Love the show? Awesome, appreciate it man, thank you for
Speaker 1: sticking with it. What's going on? Yeah? I got a
Speaker 1: question a lot with this Bell drama trade question. He
Speaker 1: wants he wants Rex Rex burkehead from me and he'll
Speaker 1: be given me. I got leave Bell and he'll be
Speaker 1: given me. Connor and Duke Johnson and can I tell
Speaker 1: you my line up quick? Yes? My all my running backs,
Speaker 1: I'm a little thin. I got leave Bell, Birkhead, Marshawn Lynch, Penny,
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, and Latavious Murray. But my wide receivers are stacked.
Speaker 1: I got a j Adams and Baldwin stack. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: know what Greg actually think. I don't. I don't think
Speaker 1: the running back situation is all that bad, honest. Same uh,
Speaker 1: And I would do this trade. I would do this trade.
Speaker 1: I think I would do it as well. I think
Speaker 1: you're actually a really good position to do it. I
Speaker 1: make the move. Yeah, you get James Connor, your parent
Speaker 1: with Levian Bell. You played Connor until presumably Levian Bell returned.
Speaker 1: You have him in Marshall Lynches your RB one and two,
Speaker 1: and then you have a few stats candidates, guys that
Speaker 1: could pop off later on in the year, in Rashad
Speaker 1: Penny and Aaron Jones. So I actually don't mind this.
Speaker 1: I agree. Let's go back to the phones at eight
Speaker 1: four four, eight four or three six seven nine to
Speaker 1: Joshua in Colorado. What's up, Joshua, what's so grad? How
Speaker 1: you guys doing? We're doing great? Man, what's happening? Great? So, um,
Speaker 1: I have a three part question here. I have Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard and Carlos Hide. But I guess my guru on
Speaker 1: UM NFL Fantasy, what I play Jordan Howard over Carlos Hide.
Speaker 1: What are you guys thinking there? I think it makes
Speaker 1: sense to me. I'm going Jordan Howard over Carlos Hide.
Speaker 1: I like Carlos Hide a lot this week, but I'm
Speaker 1: still gonna keep Jordan Jordan Howard in the lineup Bears
Speaker 1: offensive line. Um. I think he's gonna have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to I think he's gonna get more touches overall in
Speaker 1: this game. But it's tough because they do look like
Speaker 1: all those hide a lot as well. Alrighty. In my
Speaker 1: second book question I would say here it would be
Speaker 1: so I have take In and Rashown Matthews. There's saying
Speaker 1: to star roshown Matthews they had to take in, but
Speaker 1: the take In has a higher more projection. What do
Speaker 1: you guys stay there? Do you have anybody else he's
Speaker 1: from between those two guys, Well, let's see here John
Speaker 1: Ross Um, John Ross, Jeronimo Allison Um. But the rest
Speaker 1: of my two I have Antonio and Brandon Marque is
Speaker 1: good when already already starting, as well as Chris Hogan.
Speaker 1: It's interesting because I like I think I like Ross
Speaker 1: and Alison both better than the two choices that you have.
Speaker 1: I would take the shot on John Ross. Match up
Speaker 1: against the Cold Sect doesn't get any better. Yea, with
Speaker 1: those the wide receivers he already has in his lineup.
Speaker 1: I agree, we'll we'll both take the shot on John
Speaker 1: Ross there. Before we get to our season long picks, Frank,
Speaker 1: I want to pick tonight's game Atlanta and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: The line is at one? Is that correct line is
Speaker 1: at one? Philly is a one point favorite the defending
Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions at all move the Falcons are minus one?
Speaker 1: What the Falcons are minus one in this game? You
Speaker 1: know what I'm looking at? That's unbelievable. Yeah, I want
Speaker 1: to check the We're Gonna Fandue sports book here because
Speaker 1: that's what I'm looking at. Oh, do chan our graphic
Speaker 1: now that we made? Probably? Okay, actually we can't because
Speaker 1: we already talked about what the line was previously in
Speaker 1: the video, so we will not be changing the graphic.
Speaker 1: Um wow, Okay, So the updated line is the Falcons
Speaker 1: are a one point favorite in this one against Eagles.
Speaker 1: Absolutely unbelievable. I'm taking the Eagles. Screw it, man, I
Speaker 1: think the Falcons win. But now I'm getting a point
Speaker 1: to not that you can I can push, so like that,
Speaker 1: I'm taking the Eagles. It's gone too far. This seems
Speaker 1: like a trap game. I'm gonna continue to choose the Falcons,
Speaker 1: but the more and more it goes the other way again,
Speaker 1: I feel like I feel like it could be a
Speaker 1: trap break. So if if I'm taking a bet tonight,
Speaker 1: I'm taking the under at forty four and a half.
Speaker 1: I could see this game seventeen twenty. The question is
Speaker 1: do you think it gets to because that's the cut
Speaker 1: off that is right there at forty five forty four
Speaker 1: and a half. I think this game goes under. They
Speaker 1: know it's crazy. Man. Nick Foles looks so bad, Like
Speaker 1: remember in practice last year, before we started in practice,
Speaker 1: he looks so terrible. There were rumors are gonna starting
Speaker 1: Ate Sudfeld, like we're gonna stick with Nick Foles. Anyone
Speaker 1: I would win a Super Bowl? Yeah, I want to
Speaker 1: go to the Eagles. Look, this game was fifteen to
Speaker 1: ten last year in the playoffs. You could argue both
Speaker 1: defensive got better. Totally, so totally if I'm taking a bet,
Speaker 1: tough conditions though in Philly that day, very very cold out.
Speaker 1: Obviously it will be beautiful today, very very hot actually
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. I think I need agrees today. If I
Speaker 1: have to choose a winner, I'll take the Falcon, but
Speaker 1: I'm taking the other, all right, I'll take the Eagles
Speaker 1: as my pick in this one. Speaking of picks, let's
Speaker 1: go through our picks, Frankie, all season long. Um, we're
Speaker 1: not all season long, all year long. We want to
Speaker 1: give you. We need picks every Friday. Of course, our
Speaker 1: our top five plays of the day. But we want
Speaker 1: to make our season long picks. Divisions, wild Cards, playoffs, champions,
Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah. Let's start off in the
Speaker 1: Eagles division. Let's start off in the FC East. I
Speaker 1: will take the Eagles. But you know, I actually struggled
Speaker 1: with this a little bit last night. They were thirteen
Speaker 1: and three. Last year. I think they I think they
Speaker 1: bounce back. I think they fall come back to earth
Speaker 1: a little bit more so this year. I could see
Speaker 1: them at about ten and six, but it wouldn't be
Speaker 1: surprised that the Giants or Cowboys make a run here.
Speaker 1: I could see the either the Giants at nine wins
Speaker 1: or the Cowboys surprising some people at eight or nine wins.
Speaker 1: Um So, I think that the one of those teams
Speaker 1: are going to be right on the Eagles this year,
Speaker 1: with Nick Foles and the uncertainty of Carson Wentz health
Speaker 1: and the Super Bowl hangover, I see the team at
Speaker 1: ten and six. They still win a division, but it's
Speaker 1: a lot closer than last year. I'll see the Giants.
Speaker 1: I'm a homer, really, yeah, you know what the Giants
Speaker 1: can time I talked to your like, the Giants are
Speaker 1: last eight games this year, Now you're picking them to
Speaker 1: win the division. Well, let's remember when I did the
Speaker 1: rookie when I knew the pace picks previously, I picked
Speaker 1: Luis Savarino. I picked Labor torres. Um. You know, actually
Speaker 1: the world actually chose Jacob Degram to win. You did,
Speaker 1: It's right, you guys laughed at me, Yeah, because you
Speaker 1: know my LMP. But didn't you wait? Did you do
Speaker 1: you like to grow more than because we were doing
Speaker 1: the fantasy rankings, you didn't have to grow. Did you
Speaker 1: have the ground that next. Okay, I had him like
Speaker 1: the highest of that. I chose, I chose, I chose
Speaker 1: Arnados n l Freddy Freeman. Who's your almv P? Rry Sanxious?
Speaker 1: There's an l v P and actually is Garry Absolutely,
Speaker 1: who's my m v P. Oh, it was Aaron Josh,
Speaker 1: which could have been based on the way that the
Speaker 1: Yankees are playing right now. He might be the most
Speaker 1: notable player. You should win, all right? NFC North, Uh, Frankie,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the Green Bay Packers here. I
Speaker 1: think Aaron Rodgers will stay healthy and I think this
Speaker 1: team will be I think the Vikings regressed just a
Speaker 1: little bit, so I'll say the Packers win the NFC North.
Speaker 1: I will also say the Packers. I think it's very
Speaker 1: close between them and the Vikings. Um, but all the
Speaker 1: Packers really needed that offensive line to stay healthy. They've
Speaker 1: made a ton of additions to that secondary to try
Speaker 1: and show it up. In the off season. They bring
Speaker 1: back Tormon William who had a fine season in Arizona
Speaker 1: last year, and then they draft arguably two of the
Speaker 1: top three cornerbacks in the draft and Jaire Alexander and
Speaker 1: Josh Jackson. So I can actually see the Green Bay
Speaker 1: Packers defense taking a New Orleans Saints kind of um,
Speaker 1: you know, transition from last year where we've never seen
Speaker 1: the Saints defense be good or adequate. I can see
Speaker 1: the Packers doing that this year. In the NFC West,
Speaker 1: the Rams are your defending champions, had a fantastic year,
Speaker 1: but this could be a very very competitive division with
Speaker 1: the Rams and the Niners obviously looking up. I think
Speaker 1: the Cardinals will be a lot better, um, and we'll
Speaker 1: see what the Seahawks bring to me out of it.
Speaker 1: The Rams here, I just I just don't know if
Speaker 1: everybody else has enough off. As I said, I think
Speaker 1: the fort Nighters can be good. I like the Cardinals too,
Speaker 1: you know, I love the Cardinals over We spoke about
Speaker 1: that on our Under show like a week's back. So
Speaker 1: I like the Rams to win this division. Like I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of parody in this division outside
Speaker 1: of the Los Angeles Rams. I think the Rams dominate
Speaker 1: in this division. I can see them at eleven or
Speaker 1: twelve wins. They do have a very very tough scheduled,
Speaker 1: very but in terms of balance, I don't know that
Speaker 1: there's a more well balanced team in the NFL. Right
Speaker 1: now from the elite players that they added to their defense. Again,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of personalities on that defense, so Sean
Speaker 1: McVeigh is gonna have his hands full. But just in
Speaker 1: terms of their offensive line, the running back, the improving
Speaker 1: quarterback play, and and their overall coaching. I like the
Speaker 1: Rams a lot this year. I take them to win
Speaker 1: the division. I do think that the Cardinals, Seahawks, and
Speaker 1: forty Niners are all kind of close within like seven
Speaker 1: to nine wins. NFC South traditionally one of the toughest
Speaker 1: divisions to pick, with all four teams usually being pretty good.
Speaker 1: This year, the books look to be the worst, but
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see how it obviously turns out when
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston gets back from suspension. Saints were the wild
Speaker 1: card team last year despite winning eleven games. Carolina won
Speaker 1: this division and Atlanta just two years ago when the
Speaker 1: NFC representatives in the Super Bowl, Who do you got
Speaker 1: in this one? Yeah? So I have the New Orleans Saints.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna they're gonna come out hot this
Speaker 1: year after what happened in the miracle in Minneapolis last season,
Speaker 1: where you know they you know, what's what's left to
Speaker 1: be said about that. Um so yeah, I think the
Speaker 1: Saints win this division. But again, I think there's there's
Speaker 1: a lot of parody. I think it's close between them
Speaker 1: and the Falcons. Before we sign off, YouTube will give
Speaker 1: you give me your wild cards in the NFC. I
Speaker 1: will take the Vikings, almost taking the Saints, by the ways,
Speaker 1: when I didn't, I didn't go further. I'm thinking the
Speaker 1: Saints as well. I'm taking the Vikings and the Falcons
Speaker 1: and the wild cards. Vikings and the Falcons. In the
Speaker 1: wild card, I am taking the Vikings as one of
Speaker 1: my wild cards. The second wild card. It's tough, man.
Speaker 1: Um my second wild card. You took the Giants. I know,
Speaker 1: I'm looking. I'm looking at that. The Eagles are still
Speaker 1: out there. They are the Eagles are Eagles are are
Speaker 1: still out there. For my second wild card, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go with the Arizona Cardinals. I like the Cardinals this year.
Speaker 1: I think there's probably all right, let's go over the board.
Speaker 1: You know some of these teams expressed alright, Oh man,
Speaker 1: I like the Panthers too. Where are the Cardinals? Went on?
Speaker 1: Who You're second wild card? Would you say it wasn't
Speaker 1: get Falcons. Okay to alright, Uh, we'll sign off YouTube now.
Speaker 1: We'll get the a f C picks on radio and
Speaker 1: podcast only. We'll make our Super Bowl predictions there as well,
Speaker 1: So if you want those, you gotta listen to our
Speaker 1: podcast or turn on the f T s Y radio
Speaker 1: app right now my heart. Of course that will work
Speaker 1: as well. We appreciate you watching the fantasy football frenzy
Speaker 1: comes your way. Next, it's gonna be a f C
Speaker 1: East here, Frankie. Um in the a f C East, well,
Speaker 1: we'll take the Patriots. We'll take I don't want to
Speaker 1: waste I don't want to waste time doing it. Um
Speaker 1: Ac North, the a f C North, it lose LEVI
Speaker 1: on Bell, but I still think this is the Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: Steler's division to lose. I agree. You also will take
Speaker 1: the Steelers there in the a f C West, Who
Speaker 1: do you got there? I think this will be our
Speaker 1: first differing choice, and I will take the Los Angeles Chargers.
Speaker 1: Is very, very bullish on the Charges. It wasn't the first.
Speaker 1: I took the Giants. You do the Eagles. Yes, you're
Speaker 1: taking the Chargers. You're bullish on him. Everybody's bullish on
Speaker 1: the Chargers this year, and I'm gonna tell you what,
Speaker 1: Charges let you down every year. He's just not here.
Speaker 1: Give me Andy Reid. Give me the Chiefs. I know
Speaker 1: everyone who thinks their defense about letting you down every year,
Speaker 1: but in the playoffs, but that offense is going to
Speaker 1: be fun. Give me the Chiefs. Yeah, I think they
Speaker 1: get washed in Week one by the Chargers. We'll see
Speaker 1: a FC South the Jaguars, the defending champions. They made
Speaker 1: it all the way to the ANFC Championship game. Do
Speaker 1: you like him to repeat? Do not have the It's
Speaker 1: a very risky It's a high risk, high reward play here.
Speaker 1: But if their defense stays healthy, if the Shawn Watson
Speaker 1: stays healthy, Houston Texans will win this division. Greg, I
Speaker 1: love Houston Texans, but I have them as a wild
Speaker 1: card in the a f C. I think Texans can
Speaker 1: really do damage. I think they can make the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl in all honest day. But I think the Jaguars
Speaker 1: defense and their offense is improving. Also, we talked about
Speaker 1: well balanced team, um I think that the Rams are
Speaker 1: definitely the most balanced team potentially in the NFC. I
Speaker 1: think you can make a case the Jaguars are the
Speaker 1: most balanced team in the a f C. So I'm
Speaker 1: gonna make the Jaguars my division winner, with the Texans
Speaker 1: being one of my wild card teams. The other wild
Speaker 1: card team is the team that's just They're always there.
Speaker 1: They always find a way to fight and get very
Speaker 1: very close under the Ravens was my second wild card team, Ravens.
Speaker 1: That's interesting. So I actually have three teams making the
Speaker 1: playoffs of the a f C South. I have the
Speaker 1: Texans winning the division, and then I have the Titans
Speaker 1: and the Jacksonville Jaguars. I could see all three teams
Speaker 1: at nine and seven, or maybe the Texans at ten
Speaker 1: and six, but the other two there nine and ten.
Speaker 1: I think one of these. Um. It's interesting because the
Speaker 1: Colts are another competitive team that Andrew lux so I
Speaker 1: think this would be a very competitive division in the
Speaker 1: a f C South. Give me your super Bowl please.
Speaker 1: So you would have thought Michael Florio made these predictions
Speaker 1: after moving to l A. But I have the Rams
Speaker 1: over the Chargers. I have the Battle of l A,
Speaker 1: and I not always tossing and turning in last night,
Speaker 1: I was actually thinking about this. I think the NFC
Speaker 1: is wide open I think there's a good chance that
Speaker 1: the Patriots get knocked off this year in the a
Speaker 1: f C. And if it does happen, it's from the Chargers.
Speaker 1: Love that defense, love that pass rush. They made improvements
Speaker 1: to the offensive line, they have Philip Rivers, they have
Speaker 1: a great running back in Melvin Gordon. I just think
Speaker 1: there's a lot of balance on that Chargers team. And
Speaker 1: then for the Rams, once again, what it said balance
Speaker 1: that they have a ton of stars in that defense.
Speaker 1: I struggled between them and the Saints. I really it
Speaker 1: was the Rams of the Saints for me. But I'll
Speaker 1: do the battle of l A. The Rams winning all
Speaker 1: this year. It's amazing because I also have the Rams
Speaker 1: of my Super Bowl champion, because they are so well balanced.
Speaker 1: As to me, um, I'm between two teams of who
Speaker 1: I think will win it, but you know what, the
Speaker 1: best team also, I'll go with the Rams over the
Speaker 1: Chiefs in the Super Bowl, all right, I'll go to
Speaker 1: the Rams are the Chiefs. I was really considering putting
Speaker 1: the Texans in there because I think they're balanced as well,
Speaker 1: but like the Jaguars too, and I think they'll cancel
Speaker 1: each other out. I'm gonna go with the Rams over
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Who is your NFL
Speaker 1: m v P this year, Frank, the NFL m v P.
Speaker 1: If I had to choose one, who probably like a
Speaker 1: Tom Brady or whatever. You have to choose one. If
Speaker 1: if I was thrown down, bets, I would throw it
Speaker 1: down on either Philip Rivers or Todd Gurley. What's your pick?
Speaker 1: I gotta put it in here. I'll say Philip Rivers.
Speaker 1: Say Philip Rivers, that's a mistake. He'll never win the MVP. Okay,
Speaker 1: I mean, if the Charges go twelve and four and
Speaker 1: he throws thirty touchdowns, he'll be the m v P. Rick, No,
Speaker 1: he won't be. You're good, Okay, that's Philips. Trading him
Speaker 1: away was the best thing that your franchise are. He's
Speaker 1: a loser. You eat your words this here, Greg, we'll
Speaker 1: find out my my NFL m v P. Um to
Speaker 1: me Aaron Rodgers. Come on, he's the favorite of plus
Speaker 1: four hundred. It's so boring, Greg, Yeah, I understand. Who
Speaker 1: is your NFL rookie over the year. My take, Barkley,
Speaker 1: there's an offensive been a defensive offensive. I have sa Kwan,
Speaker 1: but I think a sneaky bet if some kind of
Speaker 1: injury injury were to strike the say Kwan, my Homer
Speaker 1: picked Sam Darden. Oh, you just need to get the
Speaker 1: jets in there somewhere. You have a defensive over giy
Speaker 1: in the year, you don't. I think Bradley Chubb. I
Speaker 1: think Bradley Chubb has a good chance of when a
Speaker 1: defensive Rookie of the Year playing opposite of von Miller.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be lots of opportunities from this year. I
Speaker 1: don't really know any defensive rookies, So Ben's award, Bradley Chubb,
Speaker 1: either of the Peckers, neither of those guys. Now, I
Speaker 1: haven't I'll let you know what right now. I'll let
Speaker 1: you know right now the Rookie of the Year I haven't, haven't.
Speaker 1: I haven't found him yet. Anything else you want to
Speaker 1: pick um, No, that's pretty much it. I think you
Speaker 1: know Philip Rivers and Todd Girl. If you're just throwing
Speaker 1: down a little bit for the MVP, plus the Rams
Speaker 1: and Chargers I believe are both plus twenty two hundreds,
Speaker 1: So you just throw it down a little bit on
Speaker 1: either one of those the chiefs that I can pull
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