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Speaker 1: I got five dollars.

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Speaker 2: Hoppy trackle Ship one man play.

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Speaker 1: You're saying that humans need fantasy to make life bearable.

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Speaker 1: Humans need fantasy to be human. My goodness, that was good.

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Speaker 3: I suppose the best, relentless refusing to give up.

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Speaker 1: Once of everybody. Welcome to the Fantasy Flex Podcast.

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Speaker 3: This is your Sunday NFL Divisional Slate review. On today's show,

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Speaker 3: Sean Kerner and I Chris Raybon are going to break

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Speaker 3: down our top DFS plays for the Sunday Slate feature

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Speaker 3: in the Bengals Bills game and the Cowboys Niners game

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Speaker 3: should be a good one. Sean, what's going on failing

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Speaker 3: about this? This is the to day. This is the

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Speaker 4: I think I was about to say, like you went

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Speaker 4: like that, a little bit more free time obviously, but

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Speaker 4: so like, I love their last pod. We can go

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Speaker 3: Who is the quarterback in the for the Dwight cart

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Speaker 1: Was it? That was? That was post styleback?

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Speaker 1: That was like? That was that Mike not Mike White?

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Speaker 3: All right, If you heard Sean and I talking player

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Speaker 3: props this week on the Action Network podcast Welcome Back.

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Speaker 1: For even more good stuff. Hopefully we get some more money.

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Speaker 4: I'm going with our boy Gave Davis, and the main

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Speaker 1: I'm more of a you know, a corn hoole man myself.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I'm trying to sort through this mess behind

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Speaker 4: Looks like Isaiah McKenzie's going to return this week, but

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Speaker 4: I think John Brown could be sneaky if he's active.

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Speaker 4: Of course, we don't know who they're going to elevate

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Speaker 4: Sefon Diggs needs a breather. So I think either way

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Speaker 4: And last last week he ran route on thirty three

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Speaker 2: That's all we would need from him.

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Speaker 4: So he'd be interesting again if he's active, but we

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it looks like crowd is trending toward not playing.

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Speaker 3: So I think that Beasley is already signed to the

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Speaker 4: Obviously everybody will know he'll he'll probably be the starter,

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Speaker 2: So he's more of that Cumro role. So that's why

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Speaker 3: So now the only other guy that you have that

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Speaker 1: It is so Stefan Diggs.

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Speaker 3: You know, I know a lot of people don't look

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Speaker 3: Two weeks ago, Stefon Diggs a route on eighty nine

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Speaker 3: I know he'll blitz a lot. He's not purely a

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Speaker 4: Funny some of these digs get There was a game

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Speaker 2: But yeah, no, I like it.

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Speaker 4: And again, it's just one of those things where we'll

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Speaker 4: and you know, up theater projections, but definitely, you know,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we don't even need the enactors. We just will know.

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Speaker 3: It would be Saturday, I think, but either way we'll know.

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Speaker 3: We should get some like a twenty four hour buffer. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, so I hate going with this guy, but

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Speaker 4: we said, it'll probably regress probably more even this time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I mean we joke on him, but I

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Speaker 3: This year, like last year, it was like you saw

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Speaker 1: This year, he looks. He looks pretty good.

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Speaker 3: So you know, they they've stuck with him, and you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I remember seeing us people on Twitter wonder

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Speaker 4: to three game stretch for Mixing was out. P Ryan

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Speaker 4: Oklahoma Mixing was p Ryan's backup. So the script is

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Speaker 4: But yeah, Peerin has been playing a lot better this year,

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Speaker 4: but still I will never forgive him for ruining that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I blame I blame Zach Taylor that Actually, no,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess everybody but p Ryan was to blame.

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Speaker 1: Technically, I mean that offensive line to Nope, which could

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Speaker 2: It's an issue again.

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Speaker 3: seven two weeks ago, twelve to ten last week, and

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Speaker 3: in that first Bengals match, but we also got the

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Speaker 3: first carry. Singletary got the first carried, Cook got the

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Speaker 3: next two and scored a touchdown. So it's been about

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Speaker 3: three games now where it looks like they've kind of

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Speaker 3: transitioned to Cook as their lead running back. So if

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Speaker 3: you're making a lineup where you're saying Okay, I think

444
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Speaker 3: Buffalo wins. Maybe they cover the spread of five and

445
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Speaker 3: a half. I think Cook is a guy that you

446
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Speaker 3: want in your lineup because you know he could get one.

447
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Speaker 3: He might he could even get two rushing touchdowns if

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Speaker 3: things really break his way.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, if it's a trailing game script, then I think

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Speaker 3: you would pivot to Singletary or even Hines as a

452
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Speaker 3: dart throw because it looks like you're kind of relegating

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Speaker 3: Cook to about twenty percent or so of the pass naps,

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Speaker 3: which is not ideal. I mean, he still can catch

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Speaker 3: passes and be explosive, but it looks like they don't

456
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Speaker 3: trust him as much as a blocker and they're more

457
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Speaker 3: comfortable with Singletary. So he's a very specific games type

458
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Speaker 3: of play. But anytime you're the lead back, especially, you know,

459
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Speaker 3: the Bengals will see how they play it. You know,

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Speaker 3: maybe they kind of dare the Bills to run in

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Speaker 3: this spot. I think you have some upside with a

462
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Speaker 3: pretty talented rookie year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, his receiving usage is bizarre considering he was the

464
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Speaker 4: top rookie and like top pass catching back from this class.

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Speaker 4: So it's been frustrating. But maybe next year he gets better,

466
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Speaker 4: you know, pass blocking, we see him use more. But

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Speaker 4: I mean I've been hammering his the overs rushing prop

468
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Speaker 4: like a lot in the past six six weeks because

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Speaker 4: he has been out playing Devin Singletary almost every week.

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Speaker 4: I think the only reason Singletary gets carries is sort

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Speaker 4: of like Jamal Well, Jamal Williams is really good, but

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Speaker 4: like you said, leader carries.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they love them, love a guy in the locker room,

474
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Speaker 1: and he's very true exactly.

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Speaker 4: He's motor so that's why he's getting But Cook has

476
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Speaker 4: been out playing him, So that's why I wasn't two

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Speaker 4: shocks to see him, you know, out rush Singletary in

478
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Speaker 4: the first round. But yeah, either way, he's definitely been

479
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Speaker 4: the best back in his backfield.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's Cook is just showing superior vision because they

481
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Speaker 3: both they both average about the same about three yards

482
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Speaker 3: after contact, which is about leak average, but before contact

483
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Speaker 3: Cook two and a half yards per carry, Singletary just

484
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Speaker 3: over one and a half. So big big discrepancy there

485
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Speaker 3: in terms of you know, just hitting that hole.

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Speaker 1: What do we got? Four is the look Louck be

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Speaker 1: Lady Tune night.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so another close one Bengals are seventh, Bills are fifth.

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Speaker 4: You know, although last week was interesting because the Bills

490
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Speaker 4: only beat the Dolphins by three, but our expected score

491
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Speaker 4: had them winning by thirteen.

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Speaker 1: So you know that wow, great, yah, Yeah, the spread was.

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Speaker 4: Good, I guess, but you know, Allen was very aggressive

494
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Speaker 4: and as a result, he threw two picks and had

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Speaker 4: that fumble that was returned for a touchdown. So this

496
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Speaker 4: is an example where the variants could go the other way,

497
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Speaker 4: where he has a monster game without all the turnovers.

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Speaker 4: So you know, the Bills might be a good Bilo team,

499
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Speaker 4: whereas the Bengals, they won by seven, but are expected

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Speaker 4: score had them losing by ten. If you look, you know,

501
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Speaker 4: the Ravens out gained them by one hundred and thirty yards.

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Speaker 4: And then the Bengals benefited from arguably the luckiest play

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Speaker 4: of the year when Tyler Huntley fumbled the ball on

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Speaker 4: the what inch line and then Hubbard returned it for

505
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Speaker 4: an eighty yard fumble returned for a touchdown. So that

506
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Speaker 4: was a huge turn evench huge swing, very lucky play.

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Speaker 4: So I guess you could say, you know, maybe the

508
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Speaker 4: public is a little bit too high in Sincy and

509
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Speaker 4: too low on Buffalo heading this week just based on

510
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Speaker 4: last week's results anyway, and plus, you know, the Bengals

511
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Speaker 4: are dealing with some significant offensive line issues here, so

512
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 4: we'll have to see if Jonah Williams can play. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: this is definitely a spot where it seems like the

514
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Speaker 4: sharpman sharp money initially has been on the Bills. But

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Speaker 4: I mean initially I thought, you know, the Bengals getting

516
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Speaker 4: three and a half or more was a good play.

517
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Speaker 4: But just you know, diving diving into the results last

518
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Speaker 4: week and injury report, it seems like the Bills might

519
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Speaker 4: be the sharp play here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's one of those things where I

521
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Speaker 3: don't I feel like people might be overthinking it. Like

522
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Speaker 3: sixty eight percent of the public is actually on Cincinnati,

523
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Speaker 3: but sixty one percent as we record this of the

524
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Speaker 3: money is on the Bills. So the Bills are definitely

525
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Speaker 3: getting the big money. They are getting sharp action according

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Speaker 3: to our tracking in the app.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, like you do your power ratings every week,

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Speaker 1: you do you really would you make this game six?

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Speaker 1: Because I wouldn't. No, I think the thinking this one.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, now from the I should always separate the two

531
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Speaker 4: when I when I discussed the luck rankings. I'm trying

532
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Speaker 4: to discuss from those specifically, and okay, my bias out

533
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Speaker 4: of it. Sean Kerner absolutely loves the Bengals here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, that's what it was like. And I'm not

535
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Speaker 1: saying like it's kind of a dead number. I don't,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I doubt I'll be on either side of it.

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Speaker 3: But I'm just saying, if I had to go one way,

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Speaker 3: I'm still taking the point at this At this point,

539
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Speaker 3: I mean, the Bengals could win this game. You know,

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Speaker 3: it's not Yeah, anytime you look at a dog, you know, yeah,

541
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Speaker 3: it could win this game. And they're getting you know, yeah,

542
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Speaker 3: more than a field goal. You got to stop yourself

543
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Speaker 3: and say, okay, let me just reevaluate everything and just okay,

544
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Speaker 3: take a breath.

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Speaker 1: Yeah it's the dog. The dog's a point. Oh.

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Speaker 4: I'm just saying from like the human put like the

547
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Speaker 4: motivational standpoint. I'm assuming I'm hoping DeMar Hamlin will be

548
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Speaker 4: there in person, So it's gonna be a very emotional

549
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Speaker 4: game forever for everybody obviously, but especially for the Bills

550
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Speaker 4: at home potentially have him there, so like things like that,

551
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Speaker 4: you know, it can really be powerful. So that's one

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Speaker 4: reason why, you know, I'm not interested in fading the

553
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Speaker 4: Bills right now, but at least in terms of my

554
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Speaker 4: power ratings, I've about two points off of this.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean five and a half. What an ugly number.

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Speaker 1: I mean, right, it's like you're essentially, you know, if

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Speaker 1: you're essentially.

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Speaker 3: Better than on the Bills to win by a touchdown,

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Speaker 3: which I mean we've seen them do that a lot

560
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Speaker 3: in the past, but usually against bad teams or average teams.

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Speaker 1: This is a pretty good Bengals team, even with the

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Speaker 1: line issues.

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Speaker 3: But I think if you do want to create like

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Speaker 3: Bills positive game script, you know, and it is not

565
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Speaker 3: just like obviously a Josh Allen centric one, I think

566
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Speaker 3: it's interesting to go Cook maybe even in the captain

567
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Speaker 3: spot maybe, but Cook and the Bills defense because as

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Speaker 3: you mentioned, you made a good point, like the Bengals

569
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Speaker 3: defense got super lucky and the Bills, you know, the

570
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Speaker 3: opposing defense to the Bills got super lucky in the

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Speaker 3: last game, so.

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Speaker 1: We could see that flip.

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Speaker 3: And you know, last time there was like all this

574
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Speaker 3: DeMar Hamlin motivation, Naim Hines returned two kicks for touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: So I do like the Bills defense special team.

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Speaker 3: In the right spots, and one of those would be

577
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Speaker 3: stacked with with James Cook, who we expect to get

578
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Speaker 3: the most carries if it's a positive games skit for Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's jump to Dallas San Francisco, the final

580
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Speaker 3: game of the Divisional round weekend. San Francisco favored by

581
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 3: looks like it's up to four again and the total

582
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Speaker 3: is forty six. So this one is one where again

583
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Speaker 3: Dog getting more more than a field goal here, but

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Speaker 3: still probably expect a reasonably close game.

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Speaker 1: What are you doing with the captain spot?

586
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Speaker 2: I'm going with Deebo Samuel here.

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Speaker 4: It's the playoffs, so you know I immediately look at

588
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Speaker 4: Gabe Davis Deebo Samuel in these spots. But last week

589
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Speaker 4: it was interesting because you know, we both had Christian

590
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Speaker 4: McCaffrey's over on his rushing prop. It was Debo who

591
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Speaker 4: actually saw the first two rush the teps of the game.

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Speaker 4: Obviously that was just planned well in advance. He only

593
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Speaker 4: saw one more the rest of the way.

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Speaker 1: But you know, they did really need him.

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Speaker 4: That much against the Seahawks. They ended up winning that

596
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 4: pretty easily. You know, he had a monster game through

597
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Speaker 4: the air six catches one hundred and thirty three yards

598
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 4: at touchdown a huge part, large part due to his

599
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 4: seventy four yard catch and run. But you know, this

600
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 4: is a spot we could see max usage here in

601
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Speaker 4: what should be a much closer game. So both games

602
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 4: last year where he had ten or more rush attempts

603
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Speaker 4: were in the playoffs. I'm not saying he's going to

604
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Speaker 4: top ten rush attempts here. They have Kurtian McCaffrey now,

605
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Speaker 4: so they don't need.

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Speaker 2: Him that much.

607
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Speaker 4: But I would not be shocked if he gets you know,

608
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Speaker 4: four to six direct handoffs here. You know, I could

609
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 4: just see them using him very heavily here. So this

610
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Speaker 4: is a spot where I want to load up on

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Speaker 4: Deebo in the captain stock because I think he has

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Speaker 4: the clearest path to a ceiling game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, Deebo always been very good against

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Speaker 3: zone coverage. Both of these teams in the top of

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Speaker 3: the league in zone. So yeah, I like Debo a

616
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Speaker 3: lot here. They're always five ways to get him the ball,

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Speaker 3: and he's always a threat to turn a short pass into.

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Speaker 1: A long game or a run into a long game.

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Speaker 1: I'm going with Ceede Lamb here.

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Speaker 3: You know, kind of playing up that the Cowboys are

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Speaker 3: the dog in this spot, and Lamb is tenth among

622
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Speaker 3: ninety three qualified wide receivers in yards per route run

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Speaker 3: versus zone coverage just under two point three.

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Speaker 1: He also is tied for first in the league.

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Speaker 3: He's one of three players that has five touchdown receptions

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Speaker 3: against zone coverage, So I think Lamb is a good

627
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 3: bet to get in the end zone for Dallas. And

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Speaker 3: his last eight games, he's had at least sixteen DraftKings

629
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 3: points and at least thirteen FanDuel points in seven of

630
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Speaker 3: his last eight games. The only one he failed to

631
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Speaker 3: produce and was against the Houston Texans, who actually are

632
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Speaker 3: we're very good against wide receivers this year, they limited

633
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Speaker 3: the production of wide receivers with that zone teams ended

634
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 3: up throwing a tight end a lot more in the back.

635
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 3: So not really knocking CD for that, But he's just

636
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 3: been so consistent and I think, you know, with a

637
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Speaker 3: potential negative game script here, unlike last week, I think

638
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Speaker 3: you could really see him have to produce a high.

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Speaker 1: Volume of catches.

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Speaker 3: You know, he had a ten catch game and in

641
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Speaker 3: Week sixteen he had an eleven catch game. In Week seventeen,

642
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Speaker 3: and I think you could see him kind of get

643
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Speaker 3: back to that level of volume in this one. If

644
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Speaker 3: San Francisco keeps doing what they do, which is put

645
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 3: up points. We're brock Purdy at the helm here, So

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Speaker 3: love me some seed lamb in a caf spot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I like him.

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Speaker 4: The Niners secondary has been pretty beatable lately. You know,

649
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Speaker 4: Metcalf had his way with them. Aj Green had his

650
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 4: way with them in week eighteen. Oh yeah, DeVante Adams

651
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 4: had a massive game and then all three commanders receivers

652
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 4: all exceeded expectations that game as well. So while there

653
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 4: are still a good defense, just the secondary specifically has

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00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 4: been beatable, especially lately.

655
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been kind of surprising because that you know,

656
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 3: see like they're they're overall metrics and I know that.

657
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: You know, they they've been good. They don't allow many

658
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 1: touchdowns and they're doing what they're supposed to do.

659
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 3: But just does the raw pass defense metrics Uh, not

660
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 3: great in all aspects, Like they are giving up some

661
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 3: yardage here to opposing past games. Who do you like

662
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 3: for dart throws or just guys that you you know,

663
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 3: I think represent good value for this nine years Cowboys game.

664
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, take your darts over here pretty seriously.

665
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 2: Huh yeah.

666
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 4: So on the Niner side, there aren't many dart froze

667
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 4: so I'm going with your guy, probably the greatest convinced

668
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 4: me that of all time to kick off our studio.

669
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 2: Of course when zero catches last week.

670
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 4: But you know, Juwan Jennings banged up this week, even

671
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 4: if he does play, I think McLeod could see an

672
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 4: uptick in snaps and he doesn't need that much playing

673
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 4: time to make a huge play. He has a seventy

674
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 4: one yard run and a forty two yard catch into

675
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 4: the last four games, so he could you know, he

676
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 4: get hit value with a single touch. So he's just

677
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 4: sort of an injury upside play with Juwan Jennings banged up.

678
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 4: Plus he's you know, their kick returner, so if you

679
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 4: want to stack him with the Niners defense, that's an

680
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 4: option as well. On the showdown site, So I think

681
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 4: ray Ari mccoud could be sneaky. But you know, the

682
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 4: the Niners offense is so top heavy it's really hard

683
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 4: to find value outside of the main players. So I

684
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 4: think this not week, not last week obviously, but this

685
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 4: week McLeod might actually get a catch, and then on

686
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 4: Dallas's side, I have to go Jake Ferguson just because

687
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 4: last week, you know, the Cowboys used more two tight

688
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 4: end sets, and you know they've been kind of split

689
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 4: in time between Peyton hender Shot and Ferguson, but last

690
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 4: week it was Ferguson getting all those two tight ends snaps.

691
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,800
Speaker 4: So he had a twenty four percent routes run rate,

692
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 4: made a really nice thirty four yard catch.

693
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 2: And run last week.

694
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 4: Always a vultra touchdown threat and Dak loves throwing to

695
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 4: his tight ends in the red zone this season, so

696
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 4: you know he's a sneaky bet for a touchdown here.

697
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 4: But overall he's a solid play if you're looking for

698
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 4: a cheaper option on Dallas's side.

699
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, you look at Ferguson.

700
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 3: I mean he's had He's had a game where he

701
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 3: went three for fifty seven four forty and one that

702
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 3: the thirty four yard chtch. He had a game where

703
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 3: he had a twenty four yard catch, So he definitely

704
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 3: has some some upside in terms of being able to

705
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 3: pop a big play.

706
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: And yeah, he'll get a red zone target here and

707
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: there as well.

708
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 3: So yeah, I like Ferguson and I think I think

709
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 3: he's a good play in a Dallas leading game script actually,

710
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 3: because again I think that's when you're gonna you know,

711
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 3: look at the Bucks game.

712
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: You know they the Cowys are blowing him out most

713
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: of the game.

714
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 3: So you saw up ticking that two tight end usage,

715
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 3: and I think that would would continue if.

716
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: They were able to get a leader early on San Francisco.

717
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, and just as always, like we say, with rookie

718
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 4: tight ends, you know that typically takes them some time

719
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 4: to adjust an NFL. So later in the season, he's

720
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 4: getting better. He was a fourth round you know, rookie

721
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 4: tight end, like he was a legit prospect heading in

722
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 4: the season, so it looks like he slowly kind of

723
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,479
Speaker 4: breaking out. So he's he's all those rookie tight ends

724
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 4: I like investing in later in the season.

725
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, I'm going with For the nine side, I'll

726
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 3: go with Elijah Mitchell here. He had nine carries for

727
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 3: two yards last week, so not ideal, but he also

728
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 3: caught two or three targets for twenty five yards and

729
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 3: he touchdown. Now, he played fourteen offensive snaps. He got

730
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 3: a rush attempt or a target on twelve of those

731
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 3: fourteen offensive snaps, So that kind of tells you what

732
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 3: the plan is with him, to try to maximize him

733
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 3: while still not really taking too much away from McCaffrey.

734
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 3: Is you know, when Mitchell gets in the game, you

735
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,959
Speaker 3: know they're gonna use him and the defense knows it's coming.

736
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 3: Last week that mattered, but we saw you know, prior

737
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 3: to this. You know, he's still average. He averaged six

738
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 3: point two yards in attempt in the regular season, So

739
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 3: you know, I don't think that you know, just because

740
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 3: he had a point two yards per carry last week,

741
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 3: that that's gonna be every week.

742
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: I think he rebounds he year against this Dallas defense.

743
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 3: So I think he has some upside because we don't

744
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 3: know exactly how much San Francisco is gonna run the ball.

745
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,880
Speaker 3: You know, they they are known. We've seen them in

746
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 3: past playoff games come out super run heavy. Now they

747
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 3: haven't had to do that yet, but you know, at

748
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 3: any different time that could that could happen, especially if

749
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 3: they you know, look at what this Dallas offense did

750
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 3: last week to a pretty solid Bucks defense when healthy. Uh,

751
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 3: maybe San Francisco this is the week San Francisco says, hey,

752
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 3: you know we have to to kind of play keep

753
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 3: away and run the ball and hit that outside zone.

754
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 3: And so you know, Mitchell has like double digit carry upside.

755
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 3: Uh he even has outside shot a getting one hundred

756
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 3: rushing yards if he's super efficient. So I love him,

757
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 3: and I think he'll be have a little overlooked because

758
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 3: you know, no one's really expecting them to repeat the

759
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 3: receivered touchdown.

760
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's just a good BILO option, just because I

761
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 4: was super high on him going into last week's game.

762
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 4: And you know, he busted with the nine cares for

763
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,879
Speaker 4: two yards, but he could easily bounce back this week,

764
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 4: so you might catch him at like a lower roster ship.

765
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 2: So he's sneaky leverage player.

766
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:02,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's still pretty cheap.

767
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 3: And yeah, if you know, God forbid anything that happens

768
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 3: to McCaffrey, you get a big dose of Elijah Mitchell.

769
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: I mean, nine characters ain't bad.

770
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 3: Eleven eleven touches ain't bad for your first player, well

771
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 3: not his first play first playoff game of the year

772
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 3: for the team. And then on the other side, got

773
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 3: to go to t Y Hilton last week. You know

774
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 3: said hey, we're gonna go pivots and Noah Brown. It

775
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 3: turned out like it didn't really matter. Both of them

776
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 3: didn't really do much, but Hilton did overtake Brown in

777
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 3: terms of route participation. Hilton ran a route on fifty

778
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 3: one percent of the drop backs. Brown dropped to thirty

779
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 3: five percent. So that seems like it's kind of been

780
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 3: on the cusp of happening for for a while now.

781
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,280
Speaker 3: So I think there's a good chance that Hilton operates

782
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 3: as the number three receiver yet again, and that could

783
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 3: be a lot more valuable if we're talking about a

784
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 3: trailing game script, which the Cowboys did not have last week.

785
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 3: So Hilton also has been great again at zone coverage,

786
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 3: which I mentioned the Niners have done at the third

787
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 3: highest rate. Hilton weads the Cowboys with about four point

788
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 3: nine yards per route against zone and against man zero

789
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 3: point six, So massive, massive difference between the schemes here,

790
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 3: and I think he'll see more of that coverage and

791
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 3: he can still run so like him, especially where I

792
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 3: think he's only he's four hundred more than Brown on DK,

793
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 3: so you're not really you don't really have to pay

794
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:33,280
Speaker 3: up to get the guy that is running more routes.

795
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, his routes run rate have shot up in each

796
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 4: of his four games this season, but they really shot

797
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 4: up last week. And then going back to just how

798
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 4: the Cowboys ran more two tight end sets last week,

799
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 4: probably due to the leading game script, but that that

800
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 4: led to fewer routes available for Noah Brown and t

801
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 4: Y Hilton. So if that goes up, we could see

802
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 4: t Y run over what sixty percent routes run rate

803
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 4: pretty easily here if they go back to their normal uh,

804
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 4: you know, three wide sets.

805
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 2: So yeah, he has massive upside.

806
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 4: Plus a guy like him, he only needs one or

807
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 4: two catches to potentially break the slave.

808
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, they combined for only about an eighty six percent

809
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:15,800
Speaker 3: share of the routes. Uh and uh usually you'd expect

810
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,320
Speaker 3: that around ninety five percent combined for that you know

811
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 3: that shared what number three receiver role. So yeah, there's

812
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 3: some there's some I mean, there's even some upside with

813
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 3: Brown to run more routes. But I think Hilton has

814
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 3: the better matchup and is obviously uh the you know,

815
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 3: it looks like the more productive player. But I mean,

816
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 3: if you're creating like one hundred and fifty lineups, I

817
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 3: think you kind of build the same lineup and swap

818
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,879
Speaker 3: in both of them, just because I think Brown will

819
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 3: probably be even more overwooked, obviously be more overwooked than

820
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 3: than Hilton. So kind of the same thing applies as

821
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 3: last week. Still it's like no one's gonna touch him.

822
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 3: He's still gonna be out there a decent amount.

823
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: All right, what do we got for luck rankings for

824
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:53,439
Speaker 1: this one game?

825
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 2: The game.

826
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 3: Game?

827
00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: We finally have a luck ranking game.

828
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 4: So the Cowboys ranked first, so the luckiest team, while

829
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 4: the Niners are twelve.

830
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 2: So that's a luck differential of eleven.

831
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 4: So we're typically looking for a game to have at

832
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 4: least ten in luck differential to start considering it. But

833
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 4: when you look at luck rankings two point zero, we're

834
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 4: trying to sharpen up the expected score a bit. This

835
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 4: game actually jumps out to a luck differential of twenty two.

836
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 4: And last week the Niners Seahawks game was a pretty

837
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,959
Speaker 4: big luck differential with luck two point zero, so someone

838
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 4: to consider there. But you know, when it comes to

839
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,440
Speaker 4: last week's game, Dallas actually got pretty lucky. They were

840
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 4: the second luckiest team last week. I think a lot

841
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,320
Speaker 4: of that had to do with Tom Brady's interception in

842
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 4: the end zone. Those kind of plays are considered lucky.

843
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 4: But like you said, he's sixty seven years old in

844
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 4: that game. I think at one point he was eighty

845
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 4: years old. Regulations the century mark real quick, real So

846
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 4: maybe they just got lucky with their opponent in the

847
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 4: first round of the playoffs. But either way, luck rankings

848
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 4: does like the forty nine ers here.

849
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's interesting because I you know, I think the

850
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 3: sharps are on Dallas. I think the the line did drop,

851
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 3: but then it went back up to four as we're

852
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 3: recording this, so kind of been some movement with some

853
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 3: of these numbers. But yeah, I think that that kind

854
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 3: of goes into a guy like Elijah Mitchell. You know,

855
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 3: if you want to look at like a forty nine

856
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 3: ers winning games club, obviously McCaffrey, but a guy like

857
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 3: Elijah Mitchell, they could have two running backs that hit

858
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 3: value if they're they're ahead in the game and they're

859
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 3: trying to keep the Cowboys off the field and they're

860
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 3: having some success on the ground, so and then you know,

861
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 3: as a dart throw, I mean we saw last week

862
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 3: Jordan Mason got some carries at the end. So if

863
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 3: the Niners do get up, you know, maybe out to

864
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,439
Speaker 3: more than a one score lead. You might even see

865
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 3: some Jordan Mason start to mix in at that number

866
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 3: three back. So that's that's what you got to kind

867
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 3: of consider here. Uh if if you agree with the

868
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 3: luck ranks, and yeah, it's it's definitely, definitely interesting because

869
00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 3: I noticed that.

870
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: I was like, that interception's got it be andy.

871
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 3: Granted, Dallas played a great game after that and just

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