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Speaker 1: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly

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Speaker 1: source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Flight

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Speaker 1: What's Stuff and Welcome into Fantasy Football Weekly, presented by

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Speaker 1: iHeartRadio to boy Corey Parson, the Fantasy executive Alone with

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Speaker 1: my man John Legeza. Special Playoff edition even special Division

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Speaker 1: Round edition of the Big Program. Want to get you

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Speaker 1: some information for any kind of playoff contest you could

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Speaker 1: be in, whatever you want to do, different styles. We'll

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Speaker 1: go ahead and break down the games, look at some

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Speaker 1: good stuff. You're my man, John Leguzza is very good

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Speaker 1: at that, and you know we'll get you the good information.

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Speaker 1: We'll keep it rolling. Happy to be chopping it up

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Speaker 1: with you as always, John and my man. What's going on, man,

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Speaker 1: great weekend. Gonna be tough to top that last one.

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Speaker 2: Every single game felt like it came down to the wire,

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Speaker 2: up and down, back and forth. Really great stuff. You know.

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Speaker 2: I always have my eyes and ears and all the

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Speaker 2: fantasy streets, and I did pretty well as far as

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Speaker 2: picking winners. But I wonder a lot of the listeners

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Speaker 2: out there might be sharing my frustration. Either you picked

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Speaker 2: the Jaguars, they lost, They didn't get through or those

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Speaker 2: teams did get through and now they're dead. Maybe you

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Speaker 2: picked the forty nine ers to win like I did,

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Speaker 2: but you probably included kindling those stacks. Now he's done.

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Speaker 2: Same for the Texans, right hard to put together a

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Speaker 2: Texan stack when out including our guy Nico Collins. Well

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Speaker 2: they won, but he's not gonna play. All this stuff

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Speaker 2: are gonna cover maybe how to bandage these teams and

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Speaker 2: attack even maybe some of the guillotine leagues that are

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Speaker 2: starting up again this weekend, looking forward to the four

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Speaker 1: Definitely good stuff in the guillotine leagues, the Guillotini, So

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Speaker 1: get involved with that, I John. Let's hop into the

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Speaker 1: first game of the weekend, our Saturday contest. The Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills travel to Denver to take on the Broncos and

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Speaker 1: rematch of a playoff matchup from last year. Denver is

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Speaker 1: the home team this time, Denver obviously the AFC's number

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Speaker 1: one seed. Denver is a one and a half point favorite,

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Speaker 1: totaling this one sitting at forty five and a half,

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Speaker 1: which seems a little high, but you know what I mean, Really,

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Speaker 1: the way Josh Allen is playing right now, he's clearly

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Speaker 1: the best player on the field and just about any

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Speaker 1: game that he can be in just missed to do

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Speaker 1: it himself. But give me some information. How you break

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Speaker 1: down this game right here between these two AFC rivals.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think right off the bat you mentioned the

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Speaker 2: one point spread. I don't think the books really know

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Speaker 2: what to do with that. Generally the home team coulda

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Speaker 2: start at three. You like Buffalo and Josh Allen having

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Speaker 2: the quarterback edges you're alluding to, but not enough surrounding him.

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Speaker 2: I think, well, let's get into the Bills first. I

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Speaker 2: got a twenty two and a half point team total.

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Speaker 2: I think the word of the day the operative world

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Speaker 2: last week at least was hero ball. Right, That's what

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Speaker 2: we got from Josh Allen. He basically played a perfect

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Speaker 2: game versus Jacks twenty eight to thirty five, when two

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Speaker 2: ground a plus plus game, got every first down he needed,

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Speaker 2: literally put them on his back to score that last TD.

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Speaker 2: He was under pressure two thirty nine percent of the time,

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Speaker 2: passer rating. I mentioned that because only Jordan Love was

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Speaker 2: over eighty seven. The entire Weekend. Josh Allen, the undisputed

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Speaker 2: QB one. I mean again, he's gonna have to do

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Speaker 2: it right. As much as you like having the best

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Speaker 2: James Cook great player. We loved them for Fantasy, but

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Speaker 2: we've seen kind of that ugly underbelly Corey where he

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Speaker 2: gives you these duds sometimes. Listen, the guy's an obvious start.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna draft him early in gatines, You're gonna start

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Speaker 2: him in your daily leagues. He's got ninety five percent

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Speaker 2: We're expecting a close game, but we get it's kind

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Speaker 2: of all the none the nuns this year where Tampa Bay,

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Speaker 2: They've been going to Brandon Cooks. I mean, you're one

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Speaker 2: show you the Bills just have nothing there. He had

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Speaker 2: if I've ever seen twelve targets go for twenty two

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Speaker 2: I think Buffalo's gonna need a more steady plan. I

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Speaker 2: gotta ask you. I can't believe, right of the Cooks,

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Speaker 2: you'd think we'd want James Cook over Brandon Cooks. I

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Speaker 2: think I like Brandon in this game. Am I crazy?

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Speaker 1: Bro? That's not crazy at all. That's very good stuff

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Speaker 1: was interesting. You mentioned twelve catches for twenty two air yards,

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Speaker 1: I agree with you one hundred percent on everything you're saying.

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Speaker 2: everything kind of clashing. It's hard to talk about anything

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Speaker 2: it's just been one after another after another, and then

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Speaker 2: He seems to be trending to play. He's got limited

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Speaker 2: they're not really encouraging. He's talking about not being able

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Speaker 2: think it really hurts San Frangowan Jennings so I thought

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Speaker 2: here to hear me complain, but I'm gonna try and

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Speaker 2: Believe it or not, everybody was Xavier Hutchinson. He ran

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Speaker 2: understanding more of the player, right not killing these guys

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00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,120
Speaker 2: for bad performance. We have a decent track run for Stroud.

429
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,080
Speaker 2: He showed us that he showed us what he can do.

430
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,439
Speaker 2: Do you think this season do you think he like

431
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,359
Speaker 2: If he's bad, people are already talking about replacing him.

432
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,760
Speaker 2: Do you think his future hinges on this one game.

433
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,600
Speaker 2: I tend to think he's a good leader of men.

434
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 2: I think he's a quality player. I think they failed

435
00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,680
Speaker 2: him not protecting him with the offensive line. I'd like

436
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 2: to see them keep him no matter what. What do

437
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,920
Speaker 2: you think about CJ. Stroud this weekend and then playing

438
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:18,600
Speaker 2: into the future.

439
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 1: I think Stroud has all the tools. I think his

440
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,120
Speaker 1: confidence is lacking right now. You can see that the

441
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,439
Speaker 1: punishment and the sacks have taken a toll on him

442
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 1: because he doesn't trust what he sees and he watches

443
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: the offensive line a lot. You can catch his eyes

444
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,119
Speaker 1: not looking up. Feel right now, he's just being asked

445
00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: to manage the games because the team is so good.

446
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: But like I talked about bow Knicks earlier, when you

447
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: get into postseason situations, especially on the road, the quarterback

448
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,359
Speaker 1: is going to have to make a play, and without

449
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 1: having Niko there, who's really the engine that that offense

450
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,760
Speaker 1: runs through, it's gonna be very difficult. So I think

451
00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,439
Speaker 1: Stroud is good enough for where he's at, but they

452
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,159
Speaker 1: gotta fix it offensive line, and they got to get

453
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,679
Speaker 1: his vision back up because he's taken such a beating

454
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:08,120
Speaker 1: early in his career that he is. You know, he's

455
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,200
Speaker 1: looking for this, he's looking for pressure before he gets there.

456
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,439
Speaker 1: He doesn't trust what he sees. Now, another thing with Stroud,

457
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,880
Speaker 1: like you mentioned, he's a quality human being, So that right,

458
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 1: love this kid, love him by the way, quality human being,

459
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,639
Speaker 1: So you want to root for him, you know what

460
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 1: I mean?

461
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,160
Speaker 2: On the other wait, Hope, I need to cut you off.

462
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 2: If not just that we'd like to roof him. From

463
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 2: a professional standpoint, I'd be more willing to put my

464
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,880
Speaker 2: eggs in the basket of a person that I believe in.

465
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,960
Speaker 1: One hundred percent. One hundred percent, you know what I'm saying,

466
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 1: hundred percent. You know that the personal aspect of it is.

467
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 1: It's also very interesting. And then you have Drake May

468
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 1: in the New England Patriots, you know what I'm saying.

469
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,479
Speaker 1: And the way that this kid has come on in

470
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,919
Speaker 1: his second season, the way he's brought this Patriots squad together,

471
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: it's like, do they have a franchise quarterback for another

472
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,160
Speaker 1: twenty years.

473
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:02,120
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to say triggering myself going

474
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 2: off on Jet stuff. Yeah right, you could see the

475
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,399
Speaker 2: radio listeners couldn't see my eyeballs rolling the back of

476
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 2: my hand. Animalst fell out of my office chair. Because

477
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 2: here I am like an old man and the Patriots

478
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,600
Speaker 2: are getting ready to engage on another dynasty. And you

479
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,960
Speaker 2: hate to see it as a Jet fan because even

480
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,639
Speaker 2: if you're patient, what you can't help and say, like

481
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 2: when is an hour turn? And I know it's a

482
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,199
Speaker 2: Jets fan. I'm speaking for a lot of franchises, and

483
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,719
Speaker 2: it goes speak for the importance of competent, rational coaching

484
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,920
Speaker 2: that can appeal to these young men, get the most

485
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 2: out of them, lead them. And then of course you

486
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 2: need a great quarterback, like that's the recipe. And until

487
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 2: you figure all that out, you're never really gonna be

488
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 2: able to succeed, at least in the long term. Let's

489
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,400
Speaker 2: spin into those Patriots with the nice set up there again,

490
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 2: what do I what's my note on Drake May He's goaded,

491
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,679
Speaker 2: he's goaded. He's incredible when you watch him start to

492
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 2: make these critical plays. And it's not just that he

493
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,480
Speaker 2: runs I think fantasy analysts two are too quick to

494
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,120
Speaker 2: lean on that as like a reason that a quarterback

495
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 2: is good. He's not good because he runs. He's good

496
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 2: because he understands when to run and then he gets

497
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 2: the first down and he doesn't take a beating and

498
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,359
Speaker 2: he keeps the chains moving. That's why he's so effective.

499
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 2: And you know he's fast and gets you wiggle and

500
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,640
Speaker 2: everything like that. But to me, it's more about how

501
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 2: you do Patrick Mahomes' is similar in that you don't

502
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 2: look at Mahomes and expect him to win one hundred

503
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,919
Speaker 2: yard dance. She's not beating anybody to the sideline. But

504
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 2: if you give him the crease, he knows what he's

505
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 2: looking at. He's looking for the marker, he's looking at

506
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,119
Speaker 2: a bounce, and he's looking to keep that efficiency stuff up. Plus,

507
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,679
Speaker 2: if you end up chasing me and he has the space,

508
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,320
Speaker 2: he throws the best deep ball in the game. So

509
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 2: he's just like another just fantastic young quarterback. Now here's

510
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:53,199
Speaker 2: the issue. Everyone has made a big deal about the

511
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 2: schedule for Patriots, and I think while that's fair, you

512
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,800
Speaker 2: can only beat the people on your you know that,

513
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 2: or up against you. But we mentioned before the matchups

514
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,359
Speaker 2: do matter, and this is gonna be the toughest task

515
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,400
Speaker 2: for him because I called it every week that I'm

516
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 2: on this show. The combination of Will Anderson and Daniel

517
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,399
Speaker 2: Hunter is absolutely insane. It's weird. I don't know if

518
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,400
Speaker 2: because Houston's not like a sexy offensive team or maybe

519
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 2: because they're not like on the coast. These two don't

520
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 2: get the love that they should. Hopefully they will. We're

521
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 2: talking about they can get pressure at Will without ever

522
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 2: having to send the blitz. You know what you're going

523
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,359
Speaker 2: up against, and they just win at all the point

524
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,600
Speaker 2: of contact. So New England's gonna have to go back

525
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,159
Speaker 2: to basics. Ramandre Stevenson is playing the best ball of

526
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 2: his career right now. Right he's splitting snaps with Trevion,

527
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 2: but he's dominating with efficiency and he's getting all of

528
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 2: the past game work, which is what us fantasy guys

529
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 2: are concerned with. So he's gonna be the clear first pick.

530
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,120
Speaker 2: Not saying you don't want anything to do with Henderson.

531
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 2: To me, Henson is just a stack piece in the guillotine.

532
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 2: He's a stat piece in battle royals and stuff. I'm

533
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:02,160
Speaker 2: not really interested in him as a feature piece. Whatsoever.

534
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 2: I mean since we that WEE sixteen game and including

535
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 2: the wildcard, Cory Ramandre Stevenson's averaging twenty four Fantasy points

536
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 2: a game, eight and a half yards per carry, fifty

537
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 2: eight percent success rate on the ground, eighteen percent explosive

538
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 2: rush rate, and twelve percent of the team target share.

539
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 2: Like the thing that we never really stressed in his game,

540
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: He's been great. Meanwhile, Henderson at three point six yards

541
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 2: per carry, forty six percent success rate and just two

542
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,920
Speaker 2: percent of the team's targets is not great. Man. They're

543
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 2: gonna have to do it on the ground, So Stevenson's

544
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 2: gonna be a big part of it. I'm not seem

545
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 2: necessarily RPO, but I think we're looking at, you know,

546
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 2: may to break down the defense, look for those deep shots,

547
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 2: run for that first that I mentioned to or dump

548
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 2: it off to Mandre and Hunter Henry. I think that's

549
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,080
Speaker 2: kind of the trunk of the team. I don't know

550
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 2: if anyone else I'm really interested in as far as

551
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,719
Speaker 2: fantasy goes. Last week for US the Chargers, eight different

552
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,120
Speaker 2: players were targeted. No one had more than five targets,

553
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 2: and again, this defense is not gonna allow you to

554
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 2: do what you want, you're gonna have to just take

555
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 2: what they give you. Top five overall, they're just everything.

556
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 2: And again it's just five dB two high zone, so

557
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,919
Speaker 2: it's very limiting. And if May's gonna be looking for

558
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 2: the deep ball, it's gonna be really hard to do it.

559
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 2: I think you'll see a lot of Stephan Diggs between

560
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 2: the twenty and Hunter Henry in the red zone. But

561
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 2: I don't know if anybody's be shoving this Texans defense.

562
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: Around forty and a half is a total in this

563
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 1: game right here. So and like you said, obviously, outdoor

564
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: weather up north in New England this time of year

565
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 1: is going to be very interesting. Now, let's get on

566
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: to the final game of the Divisional Round weekend Slate.

567
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: Like people call this the best weekend of football of

568
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 1: the year, and we've got a good one to close it.

569
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 1: We go to another cold weather location, Soldier Field, where

570
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears are four and a half point home

571
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 1: dog versus the Los Angeles Rams. Nice high fantasy friendly

572
00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: total in this one at forty eight and a half.

573
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 1: Now you get Matt Stafford outdoors versus Caleb Williams.

574
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 2: John Yeah, can't fool us with that. With that weather

575
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 2: stuff anymore. I wanted to just check to make sure

576
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 2: I had my numbers right, because unfortunately I stepped on

577
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 2: this exact rake last year. Our wonderful producer just hit

578
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 2: me up, it's the coldest game the Rams have played

579
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 2: this season. My pushback would be only because I have

580
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 2: the wealth on my you know, backside to prove it.

581
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 2: I faded the Rams in that game versus the Eagles

582
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 2: last year. It was freezing, it was sleeting, it was snowing,

583
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 2: and Stafford went off. I mean, he is just in

584
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 2: his bag. He is so brilliant and man, one day,

585
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 2: I hope, you know, I could spend my preseason in

586
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,719
Speaker 2: one of those airplane chambers that he slept in, because

587
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 2: we went from worried about the old man's back to

588
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 2: talking about an MVP run and a Super Bowl championship

589
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 2: coming up, which is just incredible stuff. All right, this one,

590
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,959
Speaker 2: I think my first note and the biggest note is

591
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 2: for anybody that's done a lot of analysis in this

592
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 2: game and buried in the spreadsheets watching the tape, don't

593
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 2: beat yourself up if you can't come through a conclusion.

594
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 2: This is the hardest game to handicap to analyze of

595
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 2: the season because of the brain trusts on both sides,

596
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 2: Right Ben Jhonnson versus McVeigh, it's gonna be all the

597
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 2: I love that you mentioned styles make fights Corey, because

598
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 2: I'm a boxing guy, that it's gonna be punched, the

599
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 2: counter punch, the counter of the counter punch. This is

600
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 2: like who can fake the fake and defend the fake

601
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 2: of the fake best. As far as fantasy goes for

602
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 2: the Rams man, it's gotten a little less clear than

603
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 2: it used to be. Kyrien used to be a foundational piece,

604
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 2: and I don't think you can go there anymore. You know. Yeah,

605
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: he's kind of got the snap lead, but it's a

606
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 2: touch split. Korms looked explosive. He was ripping off Yeah,

607
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 2: he was ripping off double digit runs. They actually got

608
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 2: away from it a little, but he was ripping off runs.

609
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 2: He looks really good. Both of those guys are very

610
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,320
Speaker 2: hard to invest in if you're doing again, if you're

611
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 2: drafting anything this weekend or playing any daily stuff. I'm

612
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 2: a little worried about Kyrin. It's very touchdown of the pendent.

613
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 2: He's one of the last running backs I'd be interested in.

614
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 2: Pooka and devanted right, that's the trunk of the tree

615
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:23,239
Speaker 2: of the redwood. They I couldn't believe that I had

616
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 2: this right, thirty one of forty two targets versus Carolina.

617
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 2: Then it goes to the tight ends. A lot of

618
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 2: has been made of the two and three tight end

619
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: alotment's alignments, I should say for the Rams, But those

620
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 2: guys Higgbe and Parkinson, they're really a three A and

621
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 2: three B option. No one else is getting targets. Which

622
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 2: of Higbee and Parkinson are gonna get it? I don't

623
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 2: really know Stafford. When you talk about high IQ quarterbacking,

624
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 2: He's gonna go to the guy that's open, So the

625
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 2: tight end. I was really hoping to get to an

626
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 2: answer for you today, Corey. I think you can almost

627
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 2: pair them like that might be the sneaky way. We've

628
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 2: seen games where they could both score touchdowns.

629
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: You know, very interesting stuff right there. Paring them could

630
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 1: be the right call. When you look at Matt Stafford,

631
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: his career started with all of those soldier injuries. You

632
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: would have never thought that he would turn himself into

633
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame player.

634
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I remember thinking he was injury prone back in

635
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 2: the lines days. I think he broke a hand. You

636
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 2: know what happens to hit the offensive lineman's helmet in

637
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 2: front of them, and I think he dislocated a finger

638
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 2: or broke a finger or something like that. And yeah,

639
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 2: I thought it might have been a rap for him.

640
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 2: And now look, Yeah, he just looks phenomenal. He looks

641
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 2: like a first ballot Hall of Famer. I think he's

642
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 2: gonna win the MVP. As far as the two coin

643
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 2: flips goes and is if you don't have an answer, Cory,

644
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 2: I think that's fine because that's how I let off

645
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 2: with not having the answer. Do you have a stand

646
00:32:55,240 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 2: on either of the Kiren versus Korum or Higbee verse Harkinson?

647
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,239
Speaker 2: I think all four of them are good players, and

648
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 2: I don't think anyone's really created separation.

649
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,480
Speaker 1: I can't really call the tight ends. That's kind of

650
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: up an ear. I think this is a good spot

651
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: to give Korum the shot right here, a little bit

652
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: fresher legs coming down the stretch. I think it could

653
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 1: be a breakout performance with him, So I would go

654
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: with Blake.

655
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 2: How about next season. I know, just we have some time,

656
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 2: and I know of the I think of it this way.

657
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,479
Speaker 2: The people listening to you and I chop up fantasy

658
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 2: stuff in the middle of January, probably have one Harry

659
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 2: Eyeball on next season to my dynasty players. For me,

660
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 2: Kyrien feels like a cellah and I think because of

661
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 2: the work and you know, the touchdowns and everything, He's

662
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: still gonna be drafted very highly. I'm kind of viewing

663
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 2: him as a split back for next year. It almost

664
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 2: feels like one of the spots Cory where I might

665
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 2: fade him and look at Korum as one of my

666
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 2: zero RB bills. What do you think about that?

667
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 1: It's not a bad idea right there. Yeah, Kyeren could

668
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: be a guy who could end up you know, I

669
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: don't want to say tanking a season, but he could

670
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 1: be a guy who he doesn't live up to his

671
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: expectation next year, especially with the way that Korum is

672
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: coming on. But we got to get through preseason, we

673
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 1: got the injuries and stuff like that, so you gotta

674
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: take that into consideration. But I'm a supporter of Blake Korum,

675
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: so I can kind of agree with you on that

676
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: one right there. I mean, you look at the other

677
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: side of the football. The Chicago Bears at home Soldier

678
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: Field four and a half point home Dogs kind of

679
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: been one of the cool stories of the season. Ben

680
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:31,240
Speaker 1: Johnson and Killer Williams becoming turning into QB one Soldier

681
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: Field is gonna be rocking for this one right here.

682
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: I just don't know if the Beers have enough.

683
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,760
Speaker 2: Man, Bears fans are just I'm not sure they've sat

684
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: down for a month. These people. I'll actually go and

685
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 2: search out some of the local radio the day after

686
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 2: it is. It is cinema, man, it is pure cinema.

687
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 2: But listen all for the Bears. You love to see

688
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 2: the cities kind of get their wins and stuff. I'm

689
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 2: a little worried. The one note, and I think this

690
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 2: ties into the offense for the Bears is he the

691
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 2: defense has been They got healthy towards the end of

692
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 2: the season, and I kept hoping that we'd see some

693
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,959
Speaker 2: of the Bears defense we saw the past year even two,

694
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 2: and we haven't. They're not creating pressure, they don't tackle.

695
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 2: Where I'm getting at is that's when Stafford thrives. I

696
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 2: think the Rams are going to score at will. The

697
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 2: Bears are going to have to do work on offense. Now,

698
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 2: anybody that's watching these Bears games could tell you it's happened,

699
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 2: but it's all backloaded. And my big note for the Bears,

700
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 2: I guess I could ask you, Corey, is how many

701
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 2: slow starts can a team maintain? You know, us US

702
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,359
Speaker 2: regression guys, right, you know us spreadsheet guys are just

703
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 2: chopping at a bit to see this happen. Because I'll

704
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 2: give you a good analogy the Jacoby Brissette garbage time production.

705
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,319
Speaker 2: Garbage time production is not sticky. All the tests have

706
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 2: been done. We knew it was eventually gonna run out.

707
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 2: It did. Do you think the shoe drops like? Does

708
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 2: the carriage turned into a pumpkin for the Bears? Because

709
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 2: I just don't think you can operate in this way.

710
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: It's very difficult to keep doing this. You know, obviously

711
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,240
Speaker 1: you get some love behind you, but it's very difficult

712
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,320
Speaker 1: to continue to operate this way here. But the problem

713
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: really lies in John. Now you're going up against the

714
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: Rams as this is the Matthew Stafford, this is Sean McVay,

715
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: this is the team that's been there and done that.

716
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 1: They are going you can't fall behind, and then you

717
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: can just play this game with the Rams, because the

718
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: Rams can blow your door is off.

719
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent. They push the pace. And it's

720
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 2: not like the defense is bad either, you know, So

721
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: it's gonna take four quarters of production. We have not

722
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 2: seen that. But mad fading the Bears is not being

723
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 2: very profitable for anybody lately. And if you're one of these,

724
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 2: like true Bear believers, you know, live betting into all

725
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: these massive odds, you're getting paid in the shade laid

726
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 2: like an egg. And I just don't know how long

727
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 2: it can happen. You know that that famous meme, right,

728
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 2: I don't know how how do you keep getting away

729
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 2: with this? So okay, let's start with the advance a

730
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 2: little bit. My notes for Caleb says QB one with

731
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 2: a question mark. Then it says QB one with an

732
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 2: exclamation point. Because winning in the NFL is hard, man,

733
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: and I think nail polish aside. We gotta give this

734
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 2: guy credit for the moxie. Man. It's just, you know,

735
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 2: at a certain point, they are who they show us

736
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 2: they are, and he's winning big games in big spots,

737
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 2: and he's not getting carried right, He's he made the

738
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,399
Speaker 2: walk off throw and did with guys hanging off him,

739
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 2: rolling to his left across his body twenty five yards

740
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 2: downfield on the money. Like yo, These are the same

741
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 2: throws that we have idolized Manning for Legit and idolized

742
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 2: Brady for Caleb wins Is making one point one throws,

743
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 2: legit eighty grade throws. He deserves all of the credit.

744
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 2: But my man, you gotta make some of that. It

745
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 2: was in the first three quarters. Hold on, I have

746
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 2: the number here, Corey. It's it was. It was crazy.

747
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 2: He went for two eighty three and two in the

748
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 2: second half alone. That's unsustainable. You just can't rely on

749
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 2: two hundred and eighty second half passing yards.

750
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: So that's crazy.

751
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is just crazy. Now my other my

752
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 2: note for the pass catchers, it says Bears wide receiver

753
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 2: one with a question mark. Now let's do a little Oh,

754
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,240
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do not only a little shameless self promotion,

755
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 2: but I'm gonna earn the company man tag here. Everybody

756
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 2: should be signed up to the Matthew Berry Fantasy Life

757
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 2: newsletter and hits her inbox. It's free at seven am

758
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 2: every single day. I've had the honor of writing some

759
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 2: of those. I wrote this morning's and I dive into

760
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 2: the Bears pass catching situation. Well, the wide receiver one

761
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 2: on the Bears is actually costed leveling by a mile

762
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 2: last three games. This is including the playoffs. Yeah, oh dude,

763
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 2: we got we finally got the full time RAP participation

764
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 2: and it's turned into elite production. Thirty three percent target

765
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: proute two point eight yards were out if fifty targets

766
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,919
Speaker 2: was the Packers was just outrageous. Now with the wide

767
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 2: receivers that I was more focused on because now odoonte

768
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:12,360
Speaker 2: Luthor burning everybody loves Dj Moore. I mean, it's so

769
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 2: impossible to nail down where it's gonna go on any

770
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 2: given day that my conclusion for the article was, these

771
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 2: guys are gonna burn all of us in fantasy next

772
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 2: year because we're all gonna want a piece of Ben Johnson.

773
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,879
Speaker 2: We're all gonna want a piece of Kayala Williams, and

774
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 2: all of these guys are just gonna have the most

775
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 2: vital outputs. Yeah, they each had six targets. Last week.

776
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 2: He dropped back fifty two times. You can't project that,

777
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 2: you can't expect that. And now against the Rams, they're

778
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 2: top five in pressure rate while bottom five in the blitz.

779
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 2: Very similar to Houston being able to create to win

780
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 2: at the point of attack. They use six DB's. I

781
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 2: don't know how Caleb is gonna respond to that. They're

782
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 2: very good at disguising the blitz. They use a lot

783
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 2: of drop zones. This is the highest IQ defense to

784
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 2: kind of break down. This is Caleb's biggest test and

785
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 2: Sammy Corey. I think the Bears are gonna fall short

786
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 2: in this one. I think the Rams are too complete,

787
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 2: but I don't want to write off Caleb. I'm really

788
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 2: high on him. Even if he comes out and looks terrible.

789
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 2: I think we should be highing the Bears going forward.

790
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,359
Speaker 2: I think Caleb is a top five QB next year.

791
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,439
Speaker 2: Colston Lovelin might be a top three tight end. But man,

792
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 2: just beware with those wide receivers because they're gonna be

793
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 2: very hard to nail down.

794
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: Yep, definitely hard to figure out which one is going

795
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 1: to be the go to guy if you're trying to

796
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,240
Speaker 1: make a couple of dollars in these contests. This weekend,

797
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: I John NFC Championship Game Los Angeles Rams versus Seattle Seahawks.

798
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game Denver Broncos versus New England Patriots.

799
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,239
Speaker 2: What do you got as much as I wanted the

800
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 2: Bills to stumble, I don't think they do. I think

801
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 2: they get it done. I'm a little worried about Nicks

802
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 2: in the big spot with the way the Bills pass

803
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 2: defense has played. Yeah, I think the Bills. I think

804
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 2: the Bills get it done, and I think the Patriots

805
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,959
Speaker 2: get it done. So I think we're getting Bill's Patriots again.

806
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 2: Then we'll have to talk about it next week and

807
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 2: then let's see. Yeah, I think I get the Rams

808
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 2: and the Seahawks, so we're setting up for just well.

809
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 2: I mean, it would be the man that extra rubber match,

810
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 2: just incredible stuff. All the visional matchups I got next weekend,

811
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 2: at least, it'd be interesting to see. I'm still focusing

812
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 2: before I look forward on these guillotinies. If we have

813
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 2: any fantasy people out there that feel like you know

814
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,479
Speaker 2: that meme where you're on the guy in the swing,

815
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 2: feeling all alone, you can hop into those drafts at

816
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 2: any time. They actually, because they're so small, you could

817
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 2: actually filled constantly, and you can even get a few

818
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 2: bucks down, or you can play for free if you

819
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 2: just want to sharpen your teeth. And that's where I

820
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 2: think the you know, I still like the strategy stuff

821
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 2: that's going on. Because Corey, people are very focused on

822
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 2: the winners in Guillotine, there are waivers. I just want

823
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 2: all the best points and I'll figure all the rest

824
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,240
Speaker 2: of it out lately. So there are gonna be players,

825
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 2: like I said, I mean, I mentioned Hutchinson. I love Hutchinson.

826
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 2: I find this not a lot of love for Tyler

827
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 2: Higbee this weekend. You know players that just maybe the

828
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 2: forgotten players are in their team that maybe could come

829
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 2: down with a touchdown and you know, if you get

830
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 2: into the paint, even Cooper cup I mentioned out of

831
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,720
Speaker 2: the slot. You know a couple of players that technically

832
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,479
Speaker 2: are not very popular but could get in the paint

833
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 2: and you know, be winning picks for a fantasy.

834
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff right there. As always want to

835
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: thank everybody for checking us out and rocking rolling with

836
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: us on this playoff edition Fantasy Football Weekly and iHeart

837
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: Radio presentation. Good luck everybody this weekend. My main man,

838
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: John Leguz is Corey Paulson Fantasy Executive. We'll see you

839
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: next weekend Championship Round