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Speaker 1: Yea, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show, presented by Draft Kings. It's me

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Speaker 1: your man, M Gene Marcus Grand Masking and social distancing,

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Speaker 1: win and where necessary. And we have had football played.

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Speaker 1: We have football things to talk about. It is so exciting.

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Speaker 1: We are getting ready to dive headlong into Week one.

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Speaker 1: We got a great show for you. We will look

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Speaker 1: back at last night's season opener between the Texans and

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Will also look ahead to some of the

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Speaker 1: big running back questions that may be facing us in

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Speaker 1: Week one. Plus, we'll give you some of our best

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Speaker 1: values for daily fantasy plays. By the way, you can

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Speaker 1: It is not too late to draft your teams and

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Speaker 1: get your league started for season. Before we dive to

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Speaker 1: headlong go into what we're gonna do today, Let's talk

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Speaker 1: to our faithful producer, sen Edward L. Murphy. Esquire and Murphy.

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Speaker 1: I know the Giants are still a few days away.

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Speaker 1: They play on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But

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Speaker 1: I start to get your thoughts from just a regular

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Speaker 1: football perspective. What are your expectations for Big Blue this year?

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Speaker 1: They're safely in third place, UM eight and eight, nine

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Speaker 1: and seven around that range. Dallas Cully better, Philadelphia Cully better.

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Speaker 1: Giants are clearly better than the Washington football team. I

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Speaker 1: love the offense. The defense has a lot of question

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Speaker 1: marks though, but I do trust Jason Garrett with DJ

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Speaker 1: in a second year. I mean, the weapons they have

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Speaker 1: Ingram Barkley, the three receivers, big things for them with

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Speaker 1: the real big issue for them. So I think this

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Speaker 1: year is a growing year, solid first year ever. Joe

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Speaker 1: Judge around five hundred ball but um, but I think

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Speaker 1: count on them. I do think it's some point this

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Speaker 1: division is going to tighten up. But I think the

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Speaker 1: become a little bit more competitive than we've seen recently.

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Speaker 1: There's plenty of great young talent in the division. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if Dwayne Hassons takes that next step, they already have

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Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin stable running backs there. Their defense is great

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Speaker 1: to um, and yeah, there are young roster. The Giants

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Speaker 1: just that they're not at that level of of Dallas.

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Speaker 1: In Philadelphia. Yeah, no doubt. We will see the Giants

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Speaker 1: get into action on Monday, one of two Monday night

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Speaker 1: games that we get to start off Week one. All right,

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Speaker 1: Week one has kicked into gear. We had a game

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Speaker 1: last night on our television sets, and to help me

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Speaker 1: talk about that and plenty more today, it is our

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Speaker 1: normal Friday co host, the one and only Michael F.

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Speaker 1: Florio and Florio. How exciting was it to see real, live,

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Speaker 1: actual football the first time since since February? Really it

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Speaker 1: was awesome, man. I mean it wasn't the most competitive

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Speaker 1: I missed it so much. Yeah, it was. It was

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Speaker 1: news headlines about some things that could impact your fantasy

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Speaker 1: teams this weekend. We'll start down in Tampa. Mike Evans

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Speaker 1: But right now you should be checking your waiver wire

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Speaker 1: Let's just say though that he doesn't play. Is there

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Speaker 1: We've got some bad news good news out of Denver.

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Speaker 1: The bad news is that Courtland Sutton has a shoulder injury.

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Speaker 1: whether it be Corey Davis or maybe Jerry Judy didn't

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Speaker 1: I think this offseason we've talked so much about Judy

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Speaker 1: But I think that James Connor is one of those

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Speaker 1: I guarantee you that he is gonna stay healthy the

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Speaker 1: like I think James Connor could be in RB one

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Speaker 1: think it could have won any better for will Fuller

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Speaker 1: last night. Not to mention that they didn't hit on

435
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Speaker 1: him last night, they will hit on them at some

436
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Speaker 1: point over the course of the season. So it's week one,

437
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:06,239
Speaker 1: which means it's Sammy Watkins day. Uh. Seven catches for

438
00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,760
Speaker 1: eighty two yards and a touchdown for Sammy Watkins. Obviously,

439
00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,800
Speaker 1: the jokes were flying about him being great in week one.

440
00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,760
Speaker 1: I know I put one out there myself if anybody

441
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,719
Speaker 1: was watching, and suddenly they're thinking about really just buying

442
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Speaker 1: in on Sammy Watkins as part of this Chief's passing game.

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Speaker 1: What are you saying to them this morning? Don't buy in?

444
00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,960
Speaker 1: Like I almost made it the Marcus. I had a

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Speaker 1: tweet typed out last night. It was like, find someone

446
00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,040
Speaker 1: who loves you like Sammy Watkins loves scoring touchdowns in

447
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,000
Speaker 1: Week one and then they called him back and I

448
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,439
Speaker 1: already tweeted about the DeMarcus Robinson touched on the guy

449
00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,879
Speaker 1: called back, so I deleted it. But then he he

450
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,720
Speaker 1: ended up scoring again. He was the number one player

451
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,040
Speaker 1: in Week one last year, and and this is just

452
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,000
Speaker 1: what he does. He wasn't really consistent at any point

453
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Speaker 1: after that. I think he is a much better real

454
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Speaker 1: life player and much better weapon for the Chiefs than fantasy,

455
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Speaker 1: just because Tyreek Hill is always gonna be there, and

456
00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 1: he's there, he's the number one wide receiver target. We

457
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,160
Speaker 1: know Trevis Kelsey is gonna get a lot of targets

458
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Speaker 1: each week. And then there's Nicole Hardman, There's DeMarcus Robinson,

459
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Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins, and Clyde Edwards Lair. They're all competing to

460
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Speaker 1: be third in the peck and order in targets. So

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Speaker 1: I think Watkins is one of those players better in

462
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Speaker 1: Best Ball because he has a high ceiling each week

463
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Speaker 1: because of the offense he plays in. But there's just

464
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Speaker 1: no consistency there. You know. It's interesting too, because you

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Speaker 1: mentioned de Marcus Robinson and he was getting a lot

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Speaker 1: of looks early. He had that touchdown as you mentioned,

467
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Speaker 1: that was called back. He had another opportunity in the

468
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Speaker 1: end zone that he couldn't hang on to in the

469
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Speaker 1: first half of that game, so he was getting involved.

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Speaker 1: Nicole Hartman was fairly absent, but I do think there

471
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Speaker 1: will be weeks when when he pops as well. I mean,

472
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Speaker 1: just there's just so much that I joked without him

473
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Speaker 1: rank on Wednesday show that he said the problem with

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs is that there are too many options and

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Speaker 1: it's like it's hard to think who's gonna be uh

476
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Speaker 1: And so I don't know, beyond best ball, do you

477
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Speaker 1: have any confidence in those those three guys beyond Kelsey

478
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Speaker 1: and Kittle there, Kelsey and Hill, I should say, I

479
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 1: really don't. And and it stinks a little bit from

480
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,880
Speaker 1: Nicole Hardman because I think that he has so much

481
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 1: upside if he was ever to get a full chance there.

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Speaker 1: But when Tyreek Hill is playing kind of the role

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Speaker 1: that Nicole Harmon was drafted to play. There's just not

484
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Speaker 1: that need for him there, so I think it's hard

485
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Speaker 1: to justify holding him right now. But he is going

486
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Speaker 1: to have some big weeks. I think it's just going

487
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,120
Speaker 1: to be tough to predict when, unless, of course, something

488
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Speaker 1: happens to Tyreek Hill, then I think Nicole Harman could

489
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Speaker 1: just go off well. Either way, we know who's getting

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Speaker 1: the ball in Kansas City, and it was a great

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Speaker 1: start for them, and it was a great start for

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Speaker 1: us fantasy wise, if he had any Chiefs on your roster. Hey,

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Speaker 1: for details. Week one of the NFL season going for real,

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Speaker 1: for real, starting on Sunday. Thirteen games on Sunday. We

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Speaker 1: got two more on Monday, and there are plenty of

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Speaker 1: things that we could talk about, but let's focus on

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Speaker 1: some running backs, because that seems to be in the

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Speaker 1: focus of the off season. We talked about drafting running backs,

505
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Speaker 1: we talked about committees, but now it's trying to sort

506
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Speaker 1: of put some of this stuff into action. So we'll

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Speaker 1: dive in to some big questions I have for the

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Speaker 1: week about running backs. Let's start in Washington. The football

509
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Speaker 1: team is functionally going with a pair of rookies. Antonio

510
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Speaker 1: Gibson was the big hype bunny as we got into

511
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Speaker 1: late August, but Bryce Love was starting to gain steam

512
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Speaker 1: there after pretty much red shirting all of last year. So, Floria,

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Speaker 1: what do you predict in terms of usage out of

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Speaker 1: these two backs there in Washington? I think Week one

515
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Speaker 1: is going to be a little bit tough to predict.

516
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Speaker 1: These are two backs who are making their NFL debut.

517
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Speaker 1: I expect as the year goes on that these will

518
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Speaker 1: be their two primary running backs. But it wouldn't surprise

519
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Speaker 1: me if in week one we do see J. D. Mckisson,

520
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Speaker 1: who was listed as their starter on the TEP chart,

521
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Speaker 1: it wouldn't surprise as we see Peyton Barber sprinkled in

522
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Speaker 1: as well. Just as these you know, first game plays

523
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,360
Speaker 1: start to get a little bit more acclimated into the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and I think as the year goes on, they'll spell

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Speaker 1: those veterans. But fun fact about j D mckissic to

526
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Speaker 1: markets two years in a row, he has gone on

527
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Speaker 1: Twitter and found people tweeting that saying like, oh, Jade

528
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Speaker 1: mckissic is just a two hundred pounds scatback, and he'll

529
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Speaker 1: respond to them and be like, so, I don't think

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Speaker 1: in one pound running back is going to be able

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Speaker 1: to hold off Love and Gibson all year. Yeah, it's

532
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Speaker 1: funny too, because it's almost as though j D mckissic

533
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Speaker 1: and Peyton Barber just didn't exist in in regular time

534
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 1: space because nobody talked about them. For the last few weeks,

535
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Speaker 1: he has just basically been a battle between Gibson and Love.

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Speaker 1: And so you're right, I think those guys who have

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Speaker 1: a little bit more NFL experience are probably gonna get

538
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Speaker 1: some opportunities. I mean, look, we saw Peyton Barber last

539
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 1: year sort of muck up the works down there in

540
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Speaker 1: Tampa with him and Ronald Jones functionally splitting carries there,

541
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Speaker 1: and I guess it wouldn't be a surprise earlier in

542
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Speaker 1: the year to see him kind of work in there also,

543
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Speaker 1: I think throwing the fact that I expect the Eagles

544
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Speaker 1: to jump out to a pretty good lead. I think

545
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Speaker 1: they are, you know, significantly better than Washington, so I

546
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Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised to see them take a lead, uh

547
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Speaker 1: and effectively sort of render the running game useless in

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Speaker 1: the second half there for Washington. So I always say,

549
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,160
Speaker 1: sometimes the correct answer is no One, And at least

550
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Speaker 1: in week one, correct answer in Washington just just might

551
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Speaker 1: be no One. In Cleveland, Kevin Stefanski has taken over

552
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Speaker 1: there as the Browns reboot themselves for the time. But

553
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Speaker 1: how do you see Kevin Stefanski splitting the workload there

554
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Speaker 1: between Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. I think that Nick

555
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Speaker 1: Chubb will be used on early downs. I think Kareem

556
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Speaker 1: Hunt will be sprinkled in more than we saw him

557
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Speaker 1: last year because last year he was primarily primarily just

558
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Speaker 1: a pass catcher for this team. I think he is

559
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Speaker 1: going to be more used on the ground that the

560
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 1: game than that last year. They just went out and

561
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Speaker 1: paid this guy, that gave him a two year extension

562
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Speaker 1: and Nick Kareem Hunt had more catches and receiving arts

563
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Speaker 1: in eight games. The Nick Chubb had in sixteen. I

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Speaker 1: would be a little bit worried, though, if I had

565
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Speaker 1: Nick Chubb this week, especially last year he had his

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Speaker 1: best game and his worst game for fantasy against the Ravens,

567
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Speaker 1: and now you have to throw in a new coach,

568
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Speaker 1: and how is Kareem Hunt going to be used? Obviously,

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Speaker 1: if you drafted Nick Chubb, you're starting him, but I'd

570
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Speaker 1: be a little bit scared this week. I am with

571
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Speaker 1: you on Nick Chubb. I've been saying that all week.

572
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Speaker 1: I just don't love the matchup there. I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be tough. But at the same time, you might

574
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Speaker 1: not have any better options on your bench than Nick Chubb,

575
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Speaker 1: so you're going to be in a situation where you

576
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Speaker 1: have to play them. I am curious to see if

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Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt gets used more as a runner this year,

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Speaker 1: because you talked about him catching the football. He had

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Speaker 1: more receptions in eight games last year than Nick Chubb

580
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Speaker 1: did in sixteen games. But I do think that the

581
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Speaker 1: Browns want to use him more as a traditional running

582
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: back as well, which could further cut into Chubb's opportunities.

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Speaker 1: That was a reason why even back as far as

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Speaker 1: you know March I was saying I just didn't see

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Speaker 1: Nick Chubb at a top ten fantasy running back this year,

586
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Speaker 1: not because he's not a good player, just because I

587
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 1: don't think the situation is going to allow for that. UM.

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00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: I know Kevins the fantasy has been good for running backs.

589
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,879
Speaker 1: I just don't know if he's going to be good

590
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: for our purposes when it comes to fantasy in terms

591
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: of of how he uses his guys, especially if Nick

592
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 1: Chubb's not not catching the football there in Los Angeles.

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00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: The Rams situation has been cloudy all off season long.

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Speaker 1: I have said repeatedly that I sort of stayed away

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00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 1: in a lot of situations just because I didn't have

596
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 1: any clarity there. But for you, what do you think

597
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: their rotation looks like here in week one and what

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Speaker 1: do you think it will look like when we get

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Speaker 1: to week ten of the season. I do think we

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Speaker 1: see all three running backs used in week one. Are

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Speaker 1: not as confident that we will see all three used

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Speaker 1: by week ten. I think cam Akers going into week

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Speaker 1: one is, at least for me, is still the favorite

604
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: to leave that team and Touches they've been talking him

605
00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 1: up all off season, but they have been talking to

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Speaker 1: Brown and Henderson as well. I think there is a

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00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: role there for those guys, especially early on in his

608
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 1: cam Akers first game in the NFL, but I think

609
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: as the year goes on, he will continue to run

610
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Speaker 1: away with that job. I and I think by week ten,

611
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Speaker 1: I think we could see him and Henderson involved. I'm

612
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 1: thinking Malcolm Brown is probably gonna be the odd man

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00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: out by that time. I would agree with that on

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Speaker 1: Malcolm Brown. That's why Darryl Henderson was the guy. If

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Speaker 1: I was taking shots at this backfield, he was the

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00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,120
Speaker 1: guy I tended to draft because I think he's still

617
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: going to have a role late in the season, and

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00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: his a DP was a little bit more something I

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Speaker 1: could I could swallow, So that was sort of where

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Speaker 1: I went with it. My one concern, maybe not the

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00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 1: one concern, but one of the concerns I have with

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Speaker 1: this backfield is one the offensive line still looks like

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Speaker 1: it's going to be suspect there. In Los Angeles and

624
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 1: last year the Rams were very run heavy down near

625
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: the goal line, but that's because they still trusted Todd

626
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: Gurley to go out and be that guy to score touchdowns.

627
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: I mean, for all the hand rigging we did over

628
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: Todd gurl his role, he was still sort of a

629
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: touchdown monster, which kept his fantasy value afloat. I think

630
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: when you're rotating two or even three guys in there,

631
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: it's hard to think that you're going to see somebody

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00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: be that consistent goal line back, and that's sort of

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00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: what concerns me. I think this could be a pass

634
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 1: heavy offense and so that means fewer opportunities to run

635
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: the football. So that has sort of scared me about

636
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: the Rams backfield. But I'm with you. I do think

637
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: by the end, by the middle part of the year,

638
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,479
Speaker 1: we will have seen this thing streamline from you know,

639
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: three guys down to maybe two, which maybe makes us

640
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: feel better about both Cam Akers and UH and Darrell

641
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: Henderson when it's all said and done. In Denver, we've

642
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 1: sort of talked about this a little bit, and we

643
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: talked about Courtland Sutton what that might mean for this offense.

644
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: But I feel like as we got closer to September,

645
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: we started hearing more talk about closer to a fifty

646
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Speaker 1: fifty split there. I mean, what do you imagine for

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Speaker 1: this backfield split with the Broncos. I think it will

648
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Speaker 1: be a split. I would give the slight edge to

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. I mean they did already have Philip Lindsay

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Speaker 1: and Royce Freeman on the roster and went out and

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Speaker 1: still paid Melvin Gordon's So I don't think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be in anything less than fifty fifty split. I could

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Speaker 1: even see it being something like five or sixty forty.

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Speaker 1: The real wild card is how is Royce Freeman still

655
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Speaker 1: gonna be used at all? I think, because if he is,

656
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Speaker 1: then it just becomes a fantasy nightmare. But to it,

657
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Speaker 1: like to your point that you said earlier, I think

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Speaker 1: with Sutton being banged up, there are going to rely,

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Speaker 1: at least in my opinion, more on the running backs.

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Speaker 1: I think they'll try to control the clock, maybe dump

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Speaker 1: it off a little bit more to them. I feel

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Speaker 1: a little bit better about those backs of Sutton six

663
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Speaker 1: than if he does it and then if he plays.

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Speaker 1: But I think it's going to be a split between

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Speaker 1: those two backs, with Melvin Gordon seeing the slightly heavier side. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I kept believing that there was no way Philip Lindsay

667
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Speaker 1: was going to completely go away, just because of how

668
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Speaker 1: good he had been his first couple of years in

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Speaker 1: this league. So I do think he still has a role.

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Speaker 1: But again, this is another situation sort of like with

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Speaker 1: the Rams, where I was going after the guy that

672
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Speaker 1: was available a little bit later in draft because I

673
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Speaker 1: thought he was going to have more of an opportunity.

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Speaker 1: So I was more prone to probably draft Philip Lindsay

675
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Speaker 1: than I was Melvin Gordon. I do have Gordon in

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Speaker 1: a couple of spots, but I think I might have

677
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Speaker 1: more spots with Philip Lindsay. So I think that both

678
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Speaker 1: of these guys are gonna get work. My fear is

679
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Speaker 1: that it becomes a hot handback field and we all

680
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Speaker 1: get frustrated when it's all said and done. Last running

681
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Speaker 1: back question, I have Adrian Peterson now lands in Detroit.

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Speaker 1: How much should we be paying attention to that when

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Speaker 1: we know that DeAndre Swift and carry On Johnson are

684
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Speaker 1: also there. I don't think Adrian Peterson is fantasy relevant,

685
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Speaker 1: like I wouldn't be picking him up or definitely would

686
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Speaker 1: not be starting him. But I do think he's a

687
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Speaker 1: fantasy relevant in the sense of the impact he has

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Speaker 1: on the other two running backs. Like right now, I

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Speaker 1: I think it's possible that this is just a three

690
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Speaker 1: headed monster to start the year. With Swift and carry On,

691
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Speaker 1: I think getting the larger share of the three, but

692
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Speaker 1: if AP is still getting touches there, it is just

693
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Speaker 1: going to be a nightmare early on. I like DeAndre

694
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Speaker 1: Swift the most of all of those backs. I think

695
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Speaker 1: he has the highest upside, especially as a pass catcher,

696
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Speaker 1: But until we really see him start to really take

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Speaker 1: over that backfield, I'm taking a weight and see approach.

698
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Speaker 1: And if I had to start any of the three

699
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Speaker 1: this week, I would go with Kerry on Johnson. But

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Speaker 1: I do not feel great about that. Yeah, I know.

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Speaker 1: Matt Patricia said, Hey, Adrian Peterson, he looked good. He

702
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Speaker 1: looked explosive and practice. People asked if he would play,

703
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,479
Speaker 1: and they're like, ah, we'll see about that right now.

704
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Speaker 1: Right now, he could just be sort of a depth

705
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Speaker 1: ad in Detroit, and as you mentioned, maybe not something

706
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: we should put a whole lot of interst And for Fantasy,

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Speaker 1: it's time for best value presented by Draft Kings, And

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Speaker 1: of our value picks if you are playing daily fantasy

710
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Speaker 1: this weekend. Let's just start at the quarterback spot that

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Speaker 1: Michael Florio, who is your best value this week and

712
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Speaker 1: Week one, I'm going with the Bill Belichick protege, Jimmy Garoppolo.

713
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: He faces the Cardinals, who last year allowed the most

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Speaker 1: fantasy points per game two quarterbacks, and a big reason

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Speaker 1: why it was because of Jimmy Garoppolo. He had his

716
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Speaker 1: two best fantasy games both against this Cardinals defense. I

717
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Speaker 1: like it to continue this week, and Jimmy Garoppolo is

718
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Speaker 1: someone that I would be looking to get into my

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings lineup. I'm wanna go with Ben Roethlisberger. I

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Speaker 1: think the as I've been calling it, the Steelers offensive

721
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Speaker 1: revenge Tour begins this week. They've got a good matchup

722
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Speaker 1: against a giant secondary that still has some issues in it. Plus,

723
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Speaker 1: let's not forget the last time we saw Ben Roethlisberger

724
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Speaker 1: playing NFL football, he was a top three fantasy quarterback.

725
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Speaker 1: I think they come out. I think they throw the

726
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Speaker 1: football early and often to kind of get him back

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Speaker 1: in a rhythm of things. And I do think that

728
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Speaker 1: Roethlisberger will be among your scoring leaders when the week

729
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Speaker 1: is all said and done. Order the running backs. I

730
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Speaker 1: know that you like that guy there in silver and

731
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Speaker 1: black making his season debut. Yeah, I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. And I know people might be thinking he

733
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Speaker 1: calls six eight hundred on Jeff Kings, how is he

734
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Speaker 1: a value? But I have a lot of confidence that

735
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Speaker 1: he is going to be a top five running back

736
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Speaker 1: this week. It would not surprise me if he is

737
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Speaker 1: the number one overall running back and you get a

738
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Speaker 1: big discount on him compared to Christian McCaffrey and Dalvin

739
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Speaker 1: Cook and the other high end back. So I will

740
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Speaker 1: take that discount and get someone that I still think

741
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Speaker 1: can be a top five player at his position. I'm

742
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Speaker 1: gonna go with where he most there. The forty nine

743
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Speaker 1: is taking on the Arizona Cardinals, who last year had

744
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Speaker 1: a pretty leaky run defense. Most is projected to be

745
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Speaker 1: the starter and the lead back there in that San

746
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Speaker 1: Francisco backfield, and we have talked about the issues they're

747
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Speaker 1: having injury wise at the wide receiver positions. I think

748
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Speaker 1: they may have to lean on the run a little

749
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Speaker 1: bit more. And if you take stock into some of

750
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Speaker 1: these preseason stories, there's talk that he Moster has worked

751
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Speaker 1: on his past catching abilities, So maybe there's a chance

752
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 1: he even gets a target or two coming up this weekend.

753
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Speaker 1: All Right, the wide receivers. You got a veteran here

754
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Speaker 1: that I didn't expect to see a little bit of

755
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,240
Speaker 1: a surprise to me. I am going with the Shawn

756
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: Jackson against the Washington football team. He's only forty undred

757
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,320
Speaker 1: on DraftKings, and I know everyone is getting excited about

758
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor. He's back at practice. He looks like he's

759
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Speaker 1: gonna be good to go in Week one, but he

760
00:34:57,960 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: is still a rookie who missed a lot of prior

761
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Speaker 1: this time leading into the season. In a preseason where

762
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Speaker 1: rookies are already starting behind the eight ball, I think

763
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: the Sean Jackson and his veteran presence there, Carson Wentz

764
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: may rely on him. And Marcus d Jacks played one.

765
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Speaker 1: He was healthy for one game last year. It was

766
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Speaker 1: Week one against this Washington football team, and he scored

767
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: over thirty five fantasy points, was the wide receiver one.

768
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Speaker 1: I think he has a repeat performance in him, and

769
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Speaker 1: I know you love that it is a revenge game

770
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: at this point. I feel like d Jacks has a

771
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 1: lot of revenge games because he's sort of been around

772
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Speaker 1: the league the whole NMCY East. Yeah, pretty much, I

773
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Speaker 1: am gonna go with a guy on the other side

774
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: of that game, scary Terry McLaurin, who had a fantastic

775
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: rookie year and I think is set up for an

776
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: even bigger sophomore season. Uh, he's there you see on

777
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Speaker 1: draft kings. And just because as I mentioned earlier, I

778
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Speaker 1: think this is a game where the football team the

779
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,439
Speaker 1: ft is going to be forced to pass the ball,

780
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Speaker 1: especially in the second half. I think they will be

781
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 1: playing from behind, and McLaurin right now is the only

782
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: consistent pass catching weapon that they have there in that offense.

783
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,919
Speaker 1: So I see a situation where him, Look, garbage points

784
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: still count. I think he may pick up quite a

785
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 1: few of them in Week one. Tight End, Uh, you've

786
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Speaker 1: got everybody's favorite door to door Encyclopedia salesman as as

787
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: your tight end pick that that is a great nickname

788
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Speaker 1: for him to go with Jack Doyle against the Jaguars.

789
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: The Jaguars defense did not scare me at all. I

790
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 1: think the Colts will put up a lot of points

791
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,320
Speaker 1: this week. Plus, Like I'm excited for the Colts weapons

792
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: throughout the year, like Michael Pittman Jr. Paris Campbell, But

793
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: that's a rookie and another player with not a whole

794
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: lot of NFL experience with a quarterback making his debut

795
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: on this team. It would not surprise me at all

796
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: that Philip Rivers this week relies a little bit heavy

797
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: on his two veterans in that passaging t Y Hilton

798
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 1: and Jack Doyle. Well, I'm sure people are sick of

799
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: me talking about Hayden Hurst because I've talked about him

800
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: a lot in the last couple of weeks, but I'm

801
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: gonna do it at least one more time. Maybe I'll

802
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: do it on Fantasy Live too. We'll have to stay

803
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: tuned for that one. But I do think that the

804
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: Seattle at in the game is going to be one

805
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,919
Speaker 1: of the higher scoring ones of the weekend. And sure,

806
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: maybe Hearst is a little bit more than Jack Doyle

807
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: at but I do think that the Falcons are gonna

808
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: spread the football around. We know that Matt Ryan certainly

809
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: likes throwing to his tight ends, especially when they get

810
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: down near the goal line. So I can see the

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Speaker 1: situation where you see Herst maybe get a touchdown, maybe

812
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: two if things get the get a little high scoring there.

813
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: But I do like hayden Hurst a lot this week. Finally,

814
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 1: look at the defenses, because you know, defense wins fantasy

815
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Speaker 1: championships occasionally. Which defensive unit are you looking at this is?

816
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Speaker 1: I believe they are the cheapest defense in the Week

817
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Speaker 1: one slate, But I'll go with the Miami Dolphins against

818
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Speaker 1: the Patriots. They're they're the lowest because last year you

819
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 1: could score endless amounts of fantasy points against them. But

820
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: they added a lot of pieces to that secondary. And

821
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Speaker 1: even more so, this is Cam Newton's first game in

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Speaker 1: nearly a year. He has to shake off some rust.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't really looked like the old Cam Newton since

824
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Speaker 1: the end of so I'm not expecting him to come

825
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: out Week one and just be his old self. I

826
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Speaker 1: think he might have to shake off a little bit

827
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Speaker 1: of rust, which may just lead to some more opportunity

828
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Speaker 1: for the Dolphins defense. Well, I'm gonna go with the

829
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Speaker 1: Patriots defense going against the Dolphins there. And I know

830
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Speaker 1: this defense isn't exactly what it was last year. They

831
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Speaker 1: had a number of opt outs because of COVID nineteen,

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00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 1: they had some losses because of free agency and what

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Speaker 1: have you. But this is still going to be a

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Speaker 1: very good team and they still get the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: face Ryan Fitzpatrick, who we know look for for all

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Speaker 1: the highs that we get from Fits, we get some

837
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:30,320
Speaker 1: lows two and he will throw the ball to the

838
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: wrong jersey on occasion. So I still think the Patriots

839
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Speaker 1: have enough defensively to to go out and make some

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Speaker 1: starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. Of course, Wentz and

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00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 1: is one of the highest of all quarterbacks this week.

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Speaker 1: My only real concern with wins is if the Eagles

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Speaker 1: get out to such a lead, are they gonna stop

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Speaker 1: Scott to kind of grind out the clock in the

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Speaker 1: He's he's like a borderline top five quarterback for me

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Speaker 1: this week, and I think the upside in a great

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00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: matchup is really really high. Yeah, I agree. I think

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Speaker 1: he's got a top five ceiling this week. And I

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Speaker 1: think he made a good point. People always say, well,

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00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: they're gonna score a lot and they're gonna stop throwing

863
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: the football. But in order for them to get to

864
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: the point where they stopped throwing the football, they've got

865
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: to go out and score a lot. So I think

866
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 1: there's some upside there for Carson Wentz where as well.

867
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: I I am hoping he has a huge season, and

868
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: I think it starts in Week one. All right, next up,

869
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: but I go through this. We got a running back.

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00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:05,200
Speaker 1: It is Joe Mixing with the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals

871
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: taken on the Los Angeles Chargers. I think potentially a

872
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 1: good season is coming for Joe Mixon. What do you

873
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: see for him in Week one? I think a good

874
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: season is coming for Joe Mixon as well, and I

875
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 1: think it starts with a good Week one. We saw

876
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,280
Speaker 1: in the second half of last year they really started

877
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: to give mix In more volume, and I'm expecting that

878
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: in Week one. Again, this is a rookie quarterback making

879
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 1: his NFL debut against a pretty strong secondary in in

880
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 1: the Chargers, So I think they, especially early in this game,

881
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: are gonna rely on Mixing to kind of just let

882
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow settle in and feel comfortable. I don't think

883
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: they're gonna ask Joe Barrow just to start slinging the

884
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 1: ball around and in quarter one of game one of

885
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: his NFL career. So I think Joe Mixon top ten

886
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: running back. I feel very confident about it. Last year,

887
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: the Charger run defense had some issues at times. I

888
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,240
Speaker 1: think they they're hoping they fixed it when they drafted

889
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: Kenneth Murray. But I do think there's some opportunities for

890
00:40:58,160 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: Joe Mixing to make some plays. And I'm with you.

891
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: One of the ways to take pressure off a young

892
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: quarterback is to make sure he has a solid outlet

893
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: in a running back, and that is what Joe Mixon

894
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: can be. Alright, one more here in the pack, and

895
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,840
Speaker 1: got another running back here. It is Chris Carson with

896
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. I already said I think this is

897
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,919
Speaker 1: gonna be a high scoring game. But Chris Carson always

898
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 1: seems to be overlooked and he still produces. What kind

899
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: of workload do you anticipate for him this season? I'm

900
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: expecting a heavy workload for Chris Carson for exactly the

901
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 1: reason you said, Like Chris Carson when he's on the

902
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: field is always productive. He gives you RB one numbers,

903
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 1: but you never have to draft him as an RB one.

904
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: He always goes as an RB two. I think he

905
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: gets overlooked um and I don't really know why. And

906
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 1: this year, the only concern is has health. So if

907
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: he's a heavy workload, it's because that hip probably isn't right,

908
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 1: and then you have a lot more to worry about

909
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,439
Speaker 1: than just the workload. So I think it all comes

910
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: down to, you know, how healthy him in that hit bar.

911
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: But if he's healthy, I expect a very large workload

912
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 1: for Chris Carson this year. I think the biggest knock

913
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: on him is that he just doesn't catch the football,

914
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: and that's the thing that we seem to shy away

915
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 1: from when we talk about fantasy running backs. But everything

916
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: else about Chris Carson is fantastic, especially when you talk

917
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: about your broken tackles and the way he gets to

918
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: the end zone. There's a lot to like about Chris Carson.

919
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: Time for a new segment on the NFL Fantasy Football

920
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: Show is called Ask a Nerd. Each and every week

921
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: we will have a question for one of our fantasy researchers.

922
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: In well, the nerd will give us some answers. So

923
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: in Week one, we wanted to know from our nerd,

924
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: who are the top scorers when it comes to Week

925
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 1: one in fantasy football? Thanks Marcus. Counting down the top

926
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: Week one fantasy scorers of the last five seasons, we

927
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:43,760
Speaker 1: begin at number three, wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins with six

928
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:47,400
Speaker 1: Week one touchdowns in the last five seasons. Hopkins is

929
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 1: as hot in season openers as his new home of Arizona.

930
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,319
Speaker 1: Coming in at number two in the list is Mr

931
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: Records himself. Saints quarterback Drew Brees. Breese has averaged twenty

932
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: three point to fantasy points and a want three hundred

933
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 1: and seventy six passing yards per game on opening weekends,

934
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: making him the top quarterback on the list and finally

935
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: the number one Week one fantasy star of the last

936
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: five seasons, it's Alvin Kamara, the twenty five year old

937
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,720
Speaker 1: running back has racked up seventy five Week one fantasy

938
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: points in his first three seasons as the robin to

939
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: breathe is Batman. That's the top three fantasy players over

940
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: the last five opening weeks. Thanks for asking a nerd

941
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 1: and I'll catch you again soon. Thank you very much.

942
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: Looking forward to look man, It's perfect right, the glasses,

943
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: the mustaches killer. I look forward to seeing a lot

944
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,120
Speaker 1: from Matt Okada and are asking herd segment coming up

945
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,040
Speaker 1: this week. And if you got any of those three guys,

946
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about your chances in Week one

947
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: in fantasy. But so at leads to this question, Michael

948
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: f Florio, who do you think will be the top

949
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: fantasy score in Week one this year? He was my

950
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,880
Speaker 1: value running back on draft Kings, But I'm gonna go

951
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: with Josh Jacobs. Last year, the Panthers allowed by far

952
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: the most fantasy points per game to running backs. They

953
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: allowed thirty touchdowns to running backs. The next closest team

954
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: was twenty two, So I think Jacobs can easily go

955
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:13,839
Speaker 1: over a hundred yards. I would not be surprised if

956
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 1: he found the end zone, and if he did so

957
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: multiple times. I think his ceiling is really high in

958
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: what is just a great matchup. Well, I'm gonna go

959
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 1: with one of my value picks as well, and that's

960
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 1: gonna be Ben Roethlisberger going against the New York Football Giants.

961
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:29,439
Speaker 1: I mean, I do think Ben wants to come back

962
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: and announce his presence with authority after missing essentially all

963
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: of last year. The Giants secondary struggled against wide receivers,

964
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:39,239
Speaker 1: given up about forty one points per game to the position,

965
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,879
Speaker 1: and so for that to happen, generally, your quarterback has

966
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 1: to have a pretty good game as well. So I

967
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,920
Speaker 1: think Big Ben steps in and returns and reminds us

968
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: of who he once was. All Right, as we get

969
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:53,319
Speaker 1: ready to wrap up this show, one last thing, So

970
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:54,920
Speaker 1: when I ask you, as we get ready for a

971
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 1: full slate of games on Sunday, what is the one

972
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: thing you are most looking forward to seeing here in

973
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: Week one? I will, outside of just being able to

974
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:06,319
Speaker 1: watch football again, I'm most looking forward to getting some

975
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 1: answers to a lot of these questions that we had

976
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: all off season, especially the usage when it comes to rookies,

977
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,840
Speaker 1: like two guys that I'm gonna have a very close

978
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 1: eye on this week or Jonathan Taylor and Ceedee Lamb.

979
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: I just want to see the usage of these young

980
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: players that I am super excited about in fantasy this

981
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: year and really start to get more than just like

982
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:28,799
Speaker 1: Beat reporters telling us what they're seeing at France, well

983
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: in a similar vein, I want to see what happens

984
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: with a lot of these new head coaches and play

985
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,520
Speaker 1: callers in different situations. And we sort of touched on

986
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 1: that early in the show, what this means with new

987
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: coaches and new places and what sort of ramp up

988
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: time they've had. I want to see how they're distributing

989
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 1: the football, what sort of snap distribution we're seeing, and

990
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: just kind of kind of an overall feel of how

991
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: some of these new play callers are getting used to

992
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 1: the players that they have. But on top of it,

993
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: I'm just excited, like you said, to have football back

994
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 1: and to kind of get something that we're sort of

995
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,359
Speaker 1: used to. I mean, it's our body clocks to go

996
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 1: by the sports calendar as well, and uh, I love baseball.

997
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:07,760
Speaker 1: It's a weird season. Having basketball in September is throwing

998
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: me off, but football right after Labor Day, that's normal.

999
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 1: So I'm excited about that and we're looking forward to

1000
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 1: that as well. So we hope all of you are

1001
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: ready for football also. In the meantime, that is it.

1002
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging with the NFL

1003
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:26,279
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1004
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: Tell two friends to tell two friends, rate review, and

1005
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:32,280
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1006
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,320
Speaker 1: punctuated by committee meetings. Be safe, to take care of yourselves,

1007
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 1: wear a mask, and we will see you on Monday.

1008
00:46:38,520 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 1: Enjoying Week one. Everybody, Wow, I'm coming to at all

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Speaker 1: the while