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Speaker 2: Humans need fantasy to be human. My goodness, that was good.

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Speaker 2: You guys are prose best, relentless, refusing to give up.

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Speaker 2: again to another edition of the Fantasy Flex Podcast. Dame

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Speaker 2: Martinez and Samantha Praviti kind of taking the autopsy of

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Speaker 2: last week and think of what we need to do

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Speaker 2: moving forward on the wave of wire to get you

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Speaker 2: and you know, it's almost I don't know how I

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Speaker 2: All right, fair enough. I'm gonna be very interesting to

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Speaker 2: I think to great effect. We call it patience or panic.

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Speaker 2: And I gotta tell you, Samantha, Austin Eckler was probably

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Speaker 2: I'm only gonna say this one more time, sir, calm down, come.

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Speaker 2: We will start Samantha with the wide receiver out of Carolina,

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Speaker 2: DJ Moore. Now you he may have seen on social

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Speaker 1: It's very frustrating because I have been a DJ Moore

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Speaker 1: like Baker ranks thirty third in adjustin facerrating according to

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Speaker 1: It's because I didn't have the whole like Kyle Pitt's

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Speaker 2: This is a perfect panic. Yeah, that's fair. I will

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Speaker 2: Should all of the Aaron Rodgers owners also calm down?

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Speaker 2: I mean Bailey ZAPPI almost beat him completely kneecapping survivor

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Speaker 2: Are you panicking on the two time MVP? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: The Packers should have won this game by like two

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Speaker 3: About thirteen of them.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's going to continue, but his

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Speaker 2: week five. Okay, like Bill Belichick would say, we're onto Cincinnati,

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Speaker 3: So it's Ryan Tannhill might not be the worst option.

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Speaker 2: Can I ask you about one other quarterback who going

437
00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,639
Speaker 2: into the season kind of like I thought Atlanta was

438
00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,960
Speaker 2: gonna be laughable, There's another quarterback another team I thought

439
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,240
Speaker 2: was gonna be laughable, and he just keeps on getting

440
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:21,399
Speaker 2: it done. I'm talking about up in the Pacific Northwest,

441
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,760
Speaker 2: Samantha Gino Smith and the Seattle offense. I saw them

442
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,480
Speaker 2: put up forty some odd points. I see him statistically

443
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,760
Speaker 2: better than Russell Wilson in most categories so far. And

444
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,520
Speaker 2: I also believe that Seattle, despite what they've done, they're

445
00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,359
Speaker 2: gonna be in these kind of explosive games, sort of

446
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:44,520
Speaker 2: back and forth, maybe backdoor covers that do profile for

447
00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,119
Speaker 2: quarterback getting production. We know he's got good wide receivers

448
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 2: in Lockin and DK Metcalf. Do you believe in Geno Smith?

449
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,240
Speaker 3: I sort of believe now.

450
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,440
Speaker 1: I will say, I think anyone playing this Lion's defense

451
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 1: is going to look good and vice versa, Eddie. When

452
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,480
Speaker 1: I'm playing the Seashawks defense is going to look pretty

453
00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: good as well. So I don't know if I want

454
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 1: to put too too much stock in that score A

455
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,800
Speaker 1: got me game that happened. But the only reason that

456
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,560
Speaker 1: I would really shy away from him next week is

457
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 1: he does have the Saints on deck, who have looked

458
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,480
Speaker 1: pretty solid on defense, so I would not necessarily go

459
00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,640
Speaker 1: to him for a streamer for this week. But I mean,

460
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 1: if he actually like turns out looks good against the Saints,

461
00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got definitely a number of exploitable matchups

462
00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,880
Speaker 1: on deck, So I think that he's definitely a name

463
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on, and if you want to

464
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Speaker 1: add him, I don't hate it at.

465
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Speaker 2: All all right, And let me what I'm saying is,

466
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,200
Speaker 2: in certain two quarterback leagues, you can do worse than

467
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,439
Speaker 2: Geno Smith. You're super flex, you know, So I know

468
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 2: a lot of people kind of thought that he didn't

469
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Speaker 2: belong as a starter, that he was just kind of

470
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,919
Speaker 2: keeping the seat warm for whoever Seattle would draft like

471
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 2: number one overall next year. But he's actually performed well,

472
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Speaker 2: he's outperformed. Is a predecessor Russell Wilson. Let's go to

473
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 2: the running back position. We did talk a lot of

474
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 2: injuries at the running back position, so there's a few

475
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 2: different quote unquote next men up here. We talked about

476
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 2: Mike Boone and others. Who are you prioritizing on the

477
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 2: waiver wire this week at the running back position?

478
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Speaker 3: Sure, so we mentioned all the injuries. You're running backs.

479
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Speaker 1: Tyler Aljeer is probably my top guy. He's a guy

480
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,679
Speaker 1: that I actually liked as a sleeper going into the season,

481
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Speaker 1: just because the Falcons don't have a lot of running

482
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Speaker 1: back depth. He's a rookie, he is sixteen percent rostered,

483
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,159
Speaker 1: and he saw ten carries for eighty four yards. Caleb

484
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 1: Puntley saw ten carries for fifty six yards in a touchdown.

485
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Speaker 1: So I actually think that that might be end up

486
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Speaker 1: being a committee type situation, especially if their passing is

487
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Speaker 1: going to be that bad. So I'm going to look

488
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Speaker 1: at Algaer probably first Boone. I just I'm having trouble

489
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: really getting excited about Boone right now, just because I

490
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 1: just don't know there's there's such a small sample size.

491
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Speaker 3: Now.

492
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Speaker 1: They did utilize him heavily in this game once Youonte

493
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Speaker 1: Williams went down because of Melvin Gordon's fumbling issues, and

494
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: I think that that was a little bit of like

495
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,879
Speaker 1: a punishment type thing. I don't know if that's signs

496
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,119
Speaker 1: of things to come, but Boone was used more like

497
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 1: snapwise and touchwise after that point, So I mean, he

498
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 1: he's definitely worth a bid. I'm just not sure that

499
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,520
Speaker 1: I'm going to say, oh yeah, he's an RB three

500
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: moving forward.

501
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,880
Speaker 3: I'm not ready to go there with him yet.

502
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,400
Speaker 1: But other guys that I'm also looking at Isaiah Pacheco

503
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 1: back on the radar, because the Chiefs are in such

504
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,679
Speaker 1: a positive game script, and I think that if you

505
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 1: can pretty much pick the games that you think they'll

506
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,239
Speaker 1: be in a positive game script, it will probably work out.

507
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that there will be a lot

508
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: of those Clyde Edwards Elaer was absolutely on fire with

509
00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:43,640
Speaker 1: the first couple of touchdowns on back to back drives,

510
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,679
Speaker 1: but then Pacheco was pretty heavily involved eleven carries for

511
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 1: sixty three yards, looked pretty good too in the process.

512
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Speaker 1: So I think that he's going to carve out a

513
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: role in this offense for himself, but at very minimum,

514
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: he's a good insurance policy to have if you have

515
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Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Deeler.

516
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Speaker 2: Yeah, fair enough. This, Samantha is where this week I

517
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 2: break out the good old saying I'd rather have a

518
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 2: sliver of a watermelon than half of a grape. I

519
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,679
Speaker 2: don't care about the B side running back and the

520
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 2: Denver Broncos offense. I don't care about the next man

521
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 2: up in the Atlanta Falcons offense. Right, Pacheco is a

522
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 2: guy that does intrigue me, kind of as like the Hammer.

523
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,680
Speaker 2: He could have some kind of aj Dillon qualities about him,

524
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Speaker 2: as they are uplading games bringing him in. Remember, Ceh

525
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 2: is injury prone as well. Although Ceh I believe, is

526
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 2: now RB four in PPR leagues going in after his

527
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 2: great performance. Yo, mahomes t hell air for all your

528
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 2: fresh Prince fans out there. And here's the other offense

529
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Speaker 2: that I'd be interested in getting a share of at

530
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Speaker 2: the running back position. Samantha, gim me Kenneth Gainwell over

531
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Speaker 2: in Philly. I mean, like I see him being utilized

532
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 2: along in the backfield with Jalen Hurts. Miles Sanders is

533
00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 2: also someone who's injury prone. And if you know, we

534
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,320
Speaker 2: fast forward for five weeks and I have the starting

535
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 2: running back for the Eagles or I have the starting

536
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 2: running back for the Chiefs, I'd rather have that than

537
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,719
Speaker 2: have the kind of next man up in Atlanta or

538
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 2: in Denver. I think Pacheco is a great call for you,

539
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 2: and I would say keep your eyes on Kenneth Gainwell.

540
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,199
Speaker 2: A lot of people thought it was going to be

541
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Speaker 2: Boston Scott going into the season, and Kenneth Gainwell has

542
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 2: gotten that kind of opportunity. And I like this Philadelphia offense,

543
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 2: which going into this week was number one in the

544
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Speaker 2: NFL in terms of yards gain. So you kind of

545
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,200
Speaker 2: want to get down with the good offenses. Let's talk

546
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 2: about the wide receiver position, Samantha, where are we going.

547
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 2: We had some injuries, we had some underperformances, and in

548
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 2: your column we have some guys that are coming back

549
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 2: from injury potentially that you may want to snap up. Now.

550
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Speaker 1: Sure, So one guy that I think is a standout

551
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,320
Speaker 1: in this column is Isaiah Mackenzie.

552
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Speaker 3: Loved our Isaiah's in this but they're not spelled the same.

553
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 3: That's what's annoying.

554
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Speaker 1: I can never spell Isaiah correctly because there's like eight

555
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,719
Speaker 1: million different spellings anyway. He was also on the look

556
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Speaker 1: Ahead Labor Wire column. Had another nice day for the Bills,

557
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: you know, in spite of weather challenges. He caught four

558
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: or six targets for twenty one yards at a touchdown.

559
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 1: That was his third touchdown of the season. He's the

560
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: wide receiver twenty five and a half KEPR with one

561
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 1: game left to play.

562
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,920
Speaker 3: Now, his role could have been a little.

563
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,199
Speaker 1: Augmented because I think Gabe Davis was a little bit

564
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: of a decoy in this game given how little he

565
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: was targeted. But I think that Mackenzie should be rostered

566
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,919
Speaker 1: in more leagues because that wide receiver two spot still

567
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,679
Speaker 1: feels up for grabs and Jamison Crowder did suffer a

568
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: broken ankle will be out indefinitely, so I think that

569
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 1: Mackenzie will definitely see some work now. Do note he

570
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,080
Speaker 1: left the game in the concussion protocol. If he doesn't

571
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: clear it, he may not play this week. So just

572
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,240
Speaker 1: something worth mentioning. But I really like him as a

573
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,679
Speaker 1: long term value, like a type of guy that could evolve.

574
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: And to your point about the offenses, I mean it's

575
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: a great offense. I would love to have more pieces

576
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: of a Josh Allen led offense. Another guy that is

577
00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: really exciting is George Pickens. So he is someone that

578
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 1: I had on my radar after he had that crazy

579
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: acrobatic catch on Thursday night, the Odell Beckham esque catch.

580
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 1: Now he hadn't put up a lot of production, but

581
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: he actually did have a kind of breakout day with

582
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 1: Pickett taken over. He had six catches for a team

583
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Speaker 1: high one hundred and two yards currently the wide receiver

584
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 1: eighteen heading into Monday night. I think that he was

585
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,120
Speaker 1: a great pickup for the Steelers. I mean they do

586
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: have depth, but not a ton of depths like Chase

587
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 1: Claypool doesn't feel like the answer to like their wide

588
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: receiver to situation. So I feel like Pickens is just

589
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: like a guy that they got at a really good

590
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 1: value just given how banged up he was in college.

591
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: But you know, we talked about the Steelers schedule, so

592
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: Pickens is more of like a longer term type guy,

593
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: and then a couple other guys that Well mentioned from

594
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: the Lions, Josh Reynolds and Jamison Williams.

595
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 3: So TJ. Hopkinson completely blew us all all the way.

596
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: He was a guy that we were worried about too.

597
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,479
Speaker 2: Oh DeAndre Swift, no ser guy on the roster, right,

598
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 2: So targets had to go somewhere in a game where

599
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 2: both teams got in the forties.

600
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, So if it looks like I'm on Ross,

601
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: Saint Brown might be in jeopardy of missing or time.

602
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 3: I mean, Josh Reynolds could definitely be on the radar,

603
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 3: even if Amon Raw comes back on me. They're so shallow.

604
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: They had some guy named Tom Kennedy catching passes in

605
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: this receiving course, so it's it's pretty shallow out there.

606
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: Williams is a totally separate story. He's now eligible to

607
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: come off the NFL list. I don't know if that

608
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 1: will happen immediately, but he's a guy with four three

609
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: speed that just like may have gone a little bit

610
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: unnoticed because of just how stacked this wide receiver class

611
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 1: has been. We've had crazy performances from Chris Olave and

612
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson and Drake London, but don't sleep on Jamison

613
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: Williams because I think that he's the type of guy

614
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 1: that could come out and make a really big impact,

615
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: especially with the Lions likely trailing in a lot of games.

616
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, remember, I mean Detroit still used the first round

617
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 2: draft big on a wide receiver out of Alabama, and

618
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 2: those wide receivers out of Alabama se to be doing

619
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 2: pretty well here in the big leagues. I also love

620
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 2: the George Pickens call. And one other note on that, Samantha,

621
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 2: if they go to Picket, that could mean more for

622
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 2: Pickens if you and the reason is this, they have

623
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 2: actually more chemistry because they've been running with the twos

624
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 2: the entire time in training camp, right in practices. You know,

625
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 2: if anything, Kenny Pickett is not getting reps with Claypool

626
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 2: and Deontay Johnson, like you mentioned, he's getting more reps

627
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 2: with Pickens. He's already probably got that back shoulder fade

628
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 2: or kind of knows what routes he likes to run.

629
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 2: So as Pittsburgh does kind of move over to Kenny Pickett,

630
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Speaker 2: I would not be surprised if the target share for

631
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 2: George Pickens grows as well. The only other wide out

632
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Speaker 2: I would include here you did have it in your column.

633
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 2: I believe as well. Is Over in Dallas, we saw

634
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 2: the return of Michael Gallup, and I know you have

635
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 2: been talking about Noah Brown for a little while, but

636
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 2: I actually think that Gallup coming back and Dak Prescott

637
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 2: on the horizon coming back could resume Gallup being like

638
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 2: the normal number two option in this passing offense. And

639
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 2: I think that's something I would want some shares of.

640
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 2: I know you've talked about Noah Brown in the past.

641
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: What do you think about it now that Gallup is

642
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 2: also back in the fold.

643
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: Sure, so Gallup would definitely be my preferred one of

644
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: him and Brown. He's forty one percent rostered, so he's

645
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: a little bit less available than Brown is, which makes

646
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: sense now. I just think it's great that they have

647
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 1: receivers that are talented that are on the field right now.

648
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,479
Speaker 1: I mean, like this is taking some pressure off of

649
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: CD Lamb, which is really helping him.

650
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 3: I think.

651
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Speaker 1: And Gallup is a guy that we've seen do it

652
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Speaker 1: in the past, like he has been productive. He has

653
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: a chemistry with Dak Prescott. So I went into the

654
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: season thinking that Gallup was gonna be the wide receiver two.

655
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: He ended up being banged up, not ready for week one,

656
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: but with him coming back, I mean, he immediately made

657
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: an impact, caught a touchdown, So I certainly think that

658
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 1: he could easily take over that wide receiver two position.

659
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Speaker 1: Noah Brown ends up being more of the boom or

660
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Speaker 1: bust I got, but I still think that there will

661
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: be targets to go around, especially if Dalton Schulter means

662
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: kind of like a little banged up.

663
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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I remember. Maybe the biggest piece of all

664
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Speaker 2: of that is that Dak Prescott could be targeting next

665
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Speaker 2: week for a return as well. Although they are all

666
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Speaker 2: in one with Dak and undefeated, I think with Cooper

667
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 2: rus so Forth, I know.

668
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Speaker 3: And I was.

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Speaker 1: I was just on San Antonio radio and they were

670
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: asking me if I thought.

671
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 3: That, you know, it was going to be a key Yeah. Yeah,

672
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 3: they're asking me if I thought.

673
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: It was gonna be a QB competition, And I was like,

674
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: are you for real? And I actually saw a couple

675
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 1: of things on Twitter from Cowboys fans.

676
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 2: Like already already.

677
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: Giving up on Dak and saying he can't hit the

678
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: broadside of barn or whatever like, and I'm like guys. Guys, guys,

679
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 1: that was one game against a really good defense. So

680
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: I don't I'm certainly not you know, fading Dak Prescott

681
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: quite yet.

682
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:57,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll put that in our patients or panic segment

683
00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 2: made later on in the season. But I'm with you.

684
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 2: There's a reason that Dak is QB one in Dallas

685
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 2: and he probably will assume that role again as soon

686
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 2: as he is healthy to do. So what about the

687
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 2: tight end position, Samantha, You know you're talking about Kyle

688
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 2: Pitts was on parole, got back, you know, shoved into

689
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Speaker 2: the slammer for bad behavior, whatever it was. We're some

690
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,560
Speaker 2: tight ends out there that are, you know, kind of

691
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 2: on your radar. I know you talked about Tyler Conklin

692
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 2: last week and he's still out there in over half

693
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Speaker 2: of leagues.

694
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Speaker 1: Yes, so I did like Tyler Konklin last week. The

695
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: Jets really were frustrating in this game. I said, I'm

696
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 1: convinced me that I thought that Zach Wilson was at

697
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: best neutral for this passing game just because of how

698
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: much Flacco had been throwing the ball. And I was like,

699
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,479
Speaker 1: that's not sustainable for the Jets. I don't think that

700
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: that's how Wilson is going.

701
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Speaker 3: To operate now.

702
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: And Garrett Wilson, as a result, was a complete dud

703
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: in this game. So it was very frustrating. Tyler Conklin

704
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 1: I was encouraged by it because even though he didn't

705
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: have his best game now, this was actually his worst game.

706
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,240
Speaker 1: He caught three of five targets for fifty two yards wards.

707
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 3: I mean, that's certainly not terrible.

708
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Speaker 2: His worst game exactly, Lomark Bark, you know that's not

709
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 2: bad in this kind of wasteland of tight end.

710
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 3: Absolutely.

711
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Speaker 1: I mean, like Pitts managers got one catch for twenty

712
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: five yards, so it's not a great landscape for tight end.

713
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: That being said, I do like Conkland that he's still

714
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,399
Speaker 1: getting the looks. We talked about it as him being

715
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:27,359
Speaker 1: a potential sort of security blanket, so I like him

716
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: still moving forward. He's forty two percent rostered, so go

717
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 1: pick him up if you are leaning at tight end.

718
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: Hayden Hurst, he looked pretty good on Thursday Night Football.

719
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 1: I've been seeing his praises for a while. I've just

720
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: been high on him because he's a former first rounder

721
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: that lost his job to Mark Andrews. Like I think

722
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:47,919
Speaker 1: that he's still highly talented. He's got the Ravens on deck,

723
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: who have been giving up a lot of points. I

724
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: don't think last week was necessarily indicative, just because there

725
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,800
Speaker 1: was so much weather going on there, but the Ravens

726
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 1: have definitely been exploitable against the past.

727
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 3: Could definitely be addable. Uh Will Disley.

728
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: He just keeps scoring touchdowns and I don't know if

729
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: this is a sustainable thing that he's found the und

730
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,879
Speaker 1: zonned three times this season is three percent rostered. I mean,

731
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,760
Speaker 1: like he's the tight end seven for the week, tightend

732
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: nine for the season, currently outscoring Kyle Pitts, George Kittle, Dawson,

733
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 1: Knocked Mikesicky, Darren Waller, Dalton Schulton, Kolekmit on a per

734
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: game basis. Like those all those guys were actually drafted.

735
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 3: This is a guy.

736
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: That's like way out there on the waivers in the

737
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: deepest leagues right now.

738
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 3: So you can definitely pick him up.

739
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's not getting a ton of targets,

740
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 1: but he's being very productive with them. He's caught all

741
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: twelve of his targets this year for one hundred and

742
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: sixteen yards and three touchdowns. So with the Seahawks offense

743
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: looking a little feist year than I thought they would.

744
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,440
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's certainly possible that Disney ends up

745
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 1: being a top twelve tight end at the end of

746
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 1: the season.

747
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, which is absolutely crazy. I think that's also kind

748
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 2: of dovetails what I was talking about with Gino Smith

749
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 2: a little bit earlier on in the show. A couple

750
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 2: of other tight ends. You've been talking about Hayden Hurst

751
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 2: all season long. I've been talking about Robert Choppin Tunyans

752
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 2: in Green Bay all season long, and he caught a

753
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 2: touchdown pass on Sunday as well. As you even begin

754
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 2: to not have confidence in these guys on the outside

755
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: on Green Bay, the one familiar target that Rogers can trust,

756
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 2: especially in the red zone, is Robert Tunyan. He got

757
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 2: into the end zone and then, of course, big shout

758
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 2: out to our producer David. I mean, he obviously knew

759
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 2: to start Taysom Hill this week as soon as he

760
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 2: heard that it was Andy Dalton and no Kamara. I

761
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 2: guarrant darn tee you that you know, top of the

762
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 2: morning the London game, he inserted Taysom Hill. And let

763
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 2: me ask you if there's no Camara if there's no Jamis.

764
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 2: I mean, any game that the Red Rifle is starting

765
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 2: for New Orleans, we're going to see some snaps of

766
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 2: Taysom Hill. Are you back on the Taysom Hill train, Samantha.

767
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he is a little bit more than

768
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: just a novelty, especially when Jamis is out. So if

769
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 1: we have another perfect storm of that where James misses

770
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: out and Kamara misses the game, then he's definitely a

771
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: viable tight end one. He gets a little riskier if

772
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,760
Speaker 1: Kamara is back on the field because he takes snaps

773
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: out of the running back position, so he's out there

774
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 1: in more than like two thirds of leagues, So you

775
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: can definitely grab him if you're leaning.

776
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 3: At the position.

777
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 1: There's just like a lot of guys, Like there's like

778
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: maybe a couple of guys that you trust, like Travis

779
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: Kelcey is looking like the best draft pick that you

780
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: could have made all season, but after a certain you

781
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 1: know point, it's it's pretty lean. So it's basically you

782
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: get to go off of you like the offense, you

783
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: like the opportunities, et cetera.

784
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, We've been talking about this for a

785
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 2: while that outside of the top tier at tight end.

786
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 2: You know, getting consistent targets consistent receptions is very hard.

787
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 2: I really think that outside once you get past like

788
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 2: say tight end six, they're almost touchdown dependent and on

789
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 2: any given week if they get into the end zone.

790
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 2: Is anybody's guests? Well, remember here on Fantasy Flex, you

791
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 2: could also give your questions to some Smantha and her mailbag.

792
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 2: Just hit us up mailbag at actionnetwork dot com. If

793
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 2: we have some great ones, we'll get them in here

794
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 2: on the show. Samantha will certainly answer some of those

795
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 2: on social media as well. And and Samantha, honestly, we're

796
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,919
Speaker 2: like a third of the regular season through right most

797
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 2: most fantasy leagues. I'm talking like twelve thirteen weeks, and

798
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 2: then we're onto the playoffs and four of them are

799
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 2: now done. Like, what are your words for someone who's

800
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 2: like still one in three but maybe has like the

801
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,720
Speaker 2: fifth highest points in their league. We're not panicking just yet, right, Oh, hang.

802
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 1: In there for sure. I mean I have not even

803
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: given up on some of my leagues that are terrible

804
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: quite yet, even if your own where I've started seasons

805
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 1: zero to five in the past.

806
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,720
Speaker 3: And like still won the league.

807
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 1: So all you have to think about is getting into

808
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 1: the playoffs and then it's aen and given Sunday at

809
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 1: that point.

810
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 3: To me, so really like there's there's just bad luck.

811
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: Sometimes some leagues have like some built in things to

812
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,200
Speaker 1: mitigate the luck factor. I know that you should be

813
00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 1: your league where like you get too sort of two massals. Yeah, yeah,

814
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: where you go against like is it the league median

815
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: or something like that.

816
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: I've seen this a few different ways, and I really

817
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 2: do think this is smart. You know, great, thanks for

818
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 2: bringing it up, Smantha. Where you could play against your

819
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 2: opponent and you could play against the league average or

820
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 2: the league median. I also like and this I've done

821
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 2: a lot of leagues ever since the NFL changed to

822
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 2: the seventeen game schedule. Okay, is I like all play weeks?

823
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 2: Write your commissioner a letter here, Okay. I think the

824
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,240
Speaker 2: best possible format is when you play every other team

825
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 2: once and exactly once, so you don't have that kind

826
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 2: of schedule imbalance and you're playing two or three teams

827
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,479
Speaker 2: multiple times that really skews it. I like an all

828
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 2: play week where if you're in a twelve team league,

829
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 2: the top six scorers get a win and the bottom

830
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 2: six scorers get a loss. If you're in a fourteen

831
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Speaker 2: team league, kudos to you because you maybe will have

832
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 2: to listen to us and be on the waiver wire

833
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 2: a little bit more. But then the top seven get

834
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,759
Speaker 2: a win. It kind of mitigates that thing that some

835
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 2: people say every week, Oh, I put up the third

836
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,240
Speaker 2: highest point total in my league, and I get a loss.

837
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 2: You know, we want to actually have the cream rise

838
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 2: to the top, and there's a lot of different formats

839
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 2: for that, to be quite honest. If you want to

840
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 2: know more about that, hit us up on the mail

841
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 2: bag and we will be sure to answer those questions

842
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,839
Speaker 2: or at least advocate to your league commissioner for sure.

843
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,880
Speaker 2: But that's another episode of the Fantasy Flex. And like

844
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 2: Samantha says, don't give up on your teams because if anything,

845
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 2: that'll be us losing listenership and we don't want that.

846
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 2: We want you to stay with the Fantasy Flex because

847
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 2: we will give you the diamonds in the rough off

848
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 2: the waiver wire to improve your standing. So for Samantha

849
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Speaker 2: PAVIDI I am Dane Martinez. This is another episode of

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Speaker 2: Fantasy Flex. Go out and get those winners on the

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