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Speaker 1: some fantasy football talk, hijake. Hey, how's it going. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's that's a really nice tool. I used it towards

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Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear that you like it, Jake. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of like, uh, just having your older brother

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Speaker 1: who's really good at fantasy baseball kind of managing your

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Speaker 1: team for you. You You know what I mean. All you

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Speaker 1: he's given you. And I know that's not as fun

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Speaker 1: obviously you don't have to follow all the advice, but

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Speaker 1: using it, then everybody else should be using it. That's

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Speaker 1: all I need to know. So, Jake, I'm looking at

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Speaker 1: the remaining undefeated teams in the NFL, and this list

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Speaker 1: is just crazy. You've got Carson Wentz Eagles, Jimmy Garoppolo

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Speaker 1: and Jacobe Brissad's Patriots, Sean Hill and Sam Bradford's Vikings,

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Speaker 1: Trevor Simeons Broncos, and then Joe Flacco's Ravens. Which of

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Speaker 1: these surprises you the most? Ah wow? Of all those,

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Speaker 1: I have to say it's the Eagles. I really look.

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Speaker 1: I think that's surprised everybody. The Eagles were supposed to

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Speaker 1: be the bottom of the NFC East. They're like, all right,

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Speaker 1: they're not playing for this year. You might as well

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Speaker 1: get a jump on with the Bradford trade, you might

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Speaker 1: as well get a jump on and a figure out

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Speaker 1: what's Carson Wentz is going to do? Get him a

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Speaker 1: year of experience. It just looks tell next year. And

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Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews hasn't been healthy, surprise, surprise, and yet everything's

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Speaker 1: just working out from the defense looks ten times better

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Speaker 1: one of the weaker defense. I thought their second there

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Speaker 1: and it just it doesn't even make sense. It really

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Speaker 1: does not make sense. Also, this in our project, our

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Speaker 1: I'm really proud of that. But wow, it was before

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Speaker 1: To me, the biggest surprise has been the Vikings, though,

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Speaker 1: the Sam Bradford trade. I thought this. I thought they'd

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Speaker 1: be better with him, just have been in the case

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Speaker 1: on Twitter self backpat time, I said, grab Kyle Rudolph

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Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater as good as he is, he's a gay manager.

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Speaker 1: A team ran through Adrian Peterson, so I actually I

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Speaker 1: the Panthers. So I think that I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: It is definitely a surprise. But I think the division

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals, which I hope to turn things around because

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Speaker 1: they were my super Bowl pick. Yeah for real, right

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Speaker 1: mine too. I thought that they were easily the best choice.

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Speaker 1: that's not looking too good right now, at least the

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Speaker 1: And you know, it's funny that we're agreeing on this

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Speaker 1: reviews on iTunes and and somebody wrote it and said,

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Speaker 1: you guys are just too agreeable on this show. And

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Speaker 1: you know what, that's a fair criticism because I do

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Speaker 1: tend to agree with people. But you know what, when

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Speaker 1: don't know, we'll have to find something to disagree about today,

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Speaker 1: looks pretty clear that the Patriots, once they get Tom

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Speaker 1: in the NFC? Now, I'm not going to jump off

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Speaker 1: the airs. They're in a bandwagon just yet. But if

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Speaker 1: I'm still going to go with the Packers. I really

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Speaker 1: don't believe in the Eagles full season. Again, I know

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Speaker 1: the defense is better than than we realize. But it's

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Speaker 1: hard for me. And I'm a Carson Wentz fan. I

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Speaker 1: liked him the best of all the quarterbacks coming out

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Speaker 1: this year. I just don't have a lot of faith

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Speaker 1: already said. You know, you have two people injured with

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Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews and Zach Ertz, who are supposed to be

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Speaker 1: everybody up for the first two weeks. That's what you

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Speaker 1: get for panicking about Aaron Rodgers and the Hackers is

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Speaker 1: pissed off. Aaron Rodgers is the worst kind of Basically,

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Speaker 1: if you're the other team, that's the worst Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: on my Survivor Pool asked me because like, I just

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Speaker 1: can't trust Ryan Tannehill in the Dolphins. But if there's

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Speaker 1: I'll say I'm still gonna stick with my Cardinals. I

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Speaker 1: but if I didn't pick them, I'll go with the Packers,

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Speaker 1: even though the Vikings look very formidable. I just guess

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Speaker 1: I'm coming down to the two offenses. And I really

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Speaker 1: You know Jerk McKinnon, I thought he looked really good.

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Speaker 1: an angry Aaron Rodgers and an angry Tom Brady, who

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Speaker 1: Yeah it's very close, but reluctantly. Look, Tom Brady and

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers are two of the better quarterbacks of all time.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm backing off my Cardinals projection for the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl just weeks. Yeah, I know, but I'm looking

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Speaker 1: at what Carson Palmer did at the end of the

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Speaker 1: stumbled down the stretch and he looked, what is he

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Speaker 1: thirty six years old? Now, he hasn't looked very good

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Speaker 1: but I'm starting to think this passing offense is not

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Speaker 1: And I like what I'm seeing out of the Packers.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've been playing through a lot of injuries too,

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Speaker 1: and they've still looked very good. I know they've they've

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Speaker 1: already lost the one game, but if you're asking me

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Speaker 1: Packers against the Cardinals right now, I'm taking the Packers.

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Speaker 1: It comes down to the fact that I expected more

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Speaker 1: from the Cardinals defense. I think that's the biggest issue.

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Speaker 1: They weren't supposed to give up that to the Bills

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Speaker 1: with no Sammy Watkins and Tyrod Taylor is still not

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Speaker 1: playing that good quarterback. I think that's the bigger surprise.

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Speaker 1: management put up a zero, what gives you know? It's

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Speaker 1: funny you're talking about your Draft Kings lineup and I

433
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Speaker 1: add a few guys that help. But I also had

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Speaker 1: Tyer Lockett who put up a zero, same thing. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: that that definitely hurt there too. Kelvin Benjaman. Look the Vikings,

436
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Speaker 1: as we talked about earlier with their defense and what

437
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Speaker 1: their team did, they went out and they said, you

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Speaker 1: know what we're gonna do. We're gonna stop Kelvin Benjaman,

439
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Speaker 1: and they did. That's really all it comes down to

440
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Speaker 1: is you can look at that offense. I think everybody

441
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Speaker 1: expected a little bit more at Devin FUNCHI actually, I

442
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Speaker 1: know everybody did, because he was probably one of the

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Speaker 1: more hype players right before the season started. I wasn't

444
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Speaker 1: bind about that. Why because you liked it or you didn't.

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Speaker 1: I was huge Unfundchies. I told everyone to go out

446
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Speaker 1: and get him. I missed. It's all right, No, okay,

447
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Speaker 1: Well there's one we disagreed on too, because I wasn't.

448
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Speaker 1: I wasn't a big fan of Devin Funches, mostly because

449
00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,399
Speaker 1: I say he's all too similar to Kevin Benjaman, but

450
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Speaker 1: not quite as talented at Kelvin Benjamin. I still, don't

451
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Speaker 1: get me wrong. I still said he was draftable, and

452
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Speaker 1: for the first two weeks I was saying, don't drop

453
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Speaker 1: him yet. But after looking at what he's done so far,

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Speaker 1: it's just he's basically a duplicate. It's a less talented

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Speaker 1: version of Benjamin, and he still hasn't really done much

456
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Speaker 1: in a game that you know, again, Kelvin Benjamin did nothing.

457
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Speaker 1: Ted Getton has really done much. It's it's actually, if

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Speaker 1: you look at it, you throw the names out, just

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Speaker 1: take the names off the back of the jersey. We've

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Speaker 1: turned into Kelvin Benjamin's rookie season all over again. It's

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Speaker 1: Kelvin Benjamin. Greg Olsen did a bunch of guys that

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Speaker 1: nobody else gets involved with. If Kelvin Benjamin does nothing,

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Speaker 1: the other people still do nothing. But they really went

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Speaker 1: out with a perfect game plan. Nobody expected Cam Newton

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Speaker 1: to play like that. If everybody would have put money

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Speaker 1: on that going before I'll go play the lottery, nobody

467
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Speaker 1: would have guessed Cam Newton would have those stats coming

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Speaker 1: out of that game. So I think there was just

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Speaker 1: the Vikings had the perfect game plan for it. And

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Speaker 1: if anybody's panicking over Kelvin Benjamin, he's still high end

471
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Speaker 1: wide receiver too. But I'm not putting in the wide

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Speaker 1: receiver one conversation has still wasn't after the first two

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Speaker 1: weeks because there's the offense being Cam Newton. He doesn't

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Speaker 1: necessarily have that consistency. And I'm not saying that just

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Speaker 1: because of what happened yesterday. I still would have expected better,

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Speaker 1: but he's just he's not quite in that conversation. But

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Speaker 1: he deserves to be in your lineup every single high

478
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Speaker 1: end wide receiver too. It's starting for you every single week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've got him number fifteen in my rest of shame.

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Speaker 1: That's fair, that's a pretty good ranking. And Jake. Ryan

481
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Speaker 1: Matthews was taken out of the game after two carries

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Speaker 1: with a quote unquote stiff ankle. We all know how

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Speaker 1: that kind of thing tends to go. You know, they

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Speaker 1: say he just had a stiff ankle, and then all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden he's out a month, like what happened

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Speaker 1: with Thomas Rawls. Is this just coach speak or can

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Speaker 1: we expect and return next week? No? I think we can,

488
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Speaker 1: especially with the buy coming up. Look, this is Ryan Matthews.

489
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Speaker 1: He's one of the most fragile running backs in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and I, you know, I don't want to hopefully listen

491
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Speaker 1: to something like here's me saying it, but I think

492
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Speaker 1: that would be a surprise to himself either. That's the

493
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Speaker 1: thing is like he knows that he's injured all the time,

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Speaker 1: so it's one sixteen game season to his career. Last week,

495
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Speaker 1: they didn't push him too hard because of the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Started off slow, kind of sounded like he wasn't one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent actually had negative yards, so they said, hey,

498
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Speaker 1: you know, forget this, everything else is working fine. Darren

499
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Speaker 1: Sprowles is going crazy Wendell small Ones, like everybody else

500
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Speaker 1: is doing fine, Why waste our time, Let's just get

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Speaker 1: you healthy. It basically gives you kind of two weeks

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Speaker 1: to get healthy, or actually three if you consider the

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Speaker 1: fact that he didn't really play much. So I think

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Speaker 1: it's that and he'll be back on the field. That

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Speaker 1: being said, I don't think he's somebody that you're looking

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Speaker 1: at to get twenty touches in a game anymore, even

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Speaker 1: being one hundred percent, because you remember, and this is

508
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Speaker 1: what a lot of people don't always pay attention to,

509
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Speaker 1: is when you have coaching changes. When Peterson came over,

510
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Speaker 1: and the reason that I wasn't a big zach Ertz

511
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Speaker 1: fan for this year is because I always kept saying,

512
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Speaker 1: do you not remember what Kansas City does to Travis

513
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Speaker 1: Kelcey every single year? Why do you expect Doug Peterson

514
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Speaker 1: not to do the exact same thing when he's bringing

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Speaker 1: over his offense to zack Ertz. So, but if you

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Speaker 1: look at the running back situation, he brought that over too,

517
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Speaker 1: And if you remember Kansas City, even Jamal Charles of

518
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Speaker 1: the best years, was never a twenty plus carry guy

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Speaker 1: per game. Not saying that he's the same running back

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Speaker 1: style as Ryan Matthews, but they incorporate a lot of

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Speaker 1: running backs and they always have. Nile Davis was involved,

522
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Speaker 1: he could go back every single year. Somebody else is involved.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think Darren Sprowles is going away by

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Speaker 1: andy Like no matter who the starting running back is,

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Speaker 1: the one I trust the most. Actually from this backfield

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Speaker 1: is Darren Sprowles. Very interesting. I was about to ask you,

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Speaker 1: you know, if they come back from the buy and

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Speaker 1: we find out that for whatever reason, Ryan Matthews is

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Speaker 1: shut down for two or three weeks, who are you

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Speaker 1: picking up Sprowls, Barner or Smallwood? Am I correct that

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Speaker 1: it's Sprowls or who else? Would you even consider? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: It Sprowls needs to be own period, especially in PPR,

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Speaker 1: But overall you probably in standard he'd get some flex

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Speaker 1: value out of them because you still get some of

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Speaker 1: those yards, which I was the thing I was saying

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Speaker 1: about Theodore Ritic for this year too. It's even in standard.

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Speaker 1: You put theo Ritic at wire a series wide receiver

538
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Speaker 1: thirty five last year, So just think of it in

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Speaker 1: those terms, is that you probably have flex value mostly

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Speaker 1: during the bye weeks. But I would absolutely own Darren Sproles,

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Speaker 1: and then if Ryan Matthews is at I probably lean

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Speaker 1: to Smallwood just because of his explosiveness. Although I don't

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Speaker 1: think this is going to be just a small Wood

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Speaker 1: and Sprowls or just Barner and Sprowls. I think it

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Speaker 1: would actually be a committee of all three. So again,

546
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Speaker 1: coming right back down to the only role that I

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Speaker 1: trust is Sproles. Smallwood did get the carries out. I

548
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Speaker 1: think Barners looked better, but yeah, it's kind of like

549
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Speaker 1: that Miami Dolphins situation. They split it up between four

550
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Speaker 1: guys and it looks like Aaron Foster is going to

551
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Speaker 1: be out again this week. Are you standing away from

552
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Speaker 1: that backfield? Absolutely, if I had to pick one, I'd

553
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Speaker 1: probably still lean Drake. He did get the start, he

554
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: would look pretty good. And honestly, if you watched the game,

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Speaker 1: if you saw the overtime, Cleveland knew they lost that game.

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Speaker 1: It looked like they didn't even try to like really

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Speaker 1: tackle a Gie on that touchdown, So there's you know,

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Speaker 1: people who look at the box score see that he

559
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Speaker 1: got the touchdown on a decent run at the end

560
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Speaker 1: of the game, but they kind of was just like

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Speaker 1: we already lost their inside the twenty, they're going to

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Speaker 1: kick a field goal whatever, let him have the touchdown.

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Speaker 1: It really they look so defeated, and it's understandable that

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Speaker 1: the entire city of Cleveland wasn't it very It's very understandable,

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Speaker 1: especially with Cody Parkey and what happened in that game.

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Speaker 1: So you know, I understand, but I would definitely if

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Speaker 1: I had to pick Kenyan Drake. But if I could

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Speaker 1: make an option of whatever I can do, it's going

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Speaker 1: to be avoid that backfield. Now. Apparently Pete Carroll lied

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Speaker 1: to us all last week. Like I said, he said,

571
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Speaker 1: Thomas Rowl's contusion, it's not a big deal, will be fine.

572
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Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden he's doubtful and now he's

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Speaker 1: gonna miss a month. So when he comes back, is

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Speaker 1: Christine Michael gonna hold on to this job? Is he

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Speaker 1: gonna have it all season? The way he's been running,

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Speaker 1: I think he'll add the lead job. I don't think

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Speaker 1: Rawles is going to completely go away, though, I think

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Speaker 1: that he'll be mixed back in. The One thing is

579
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Speaker 1: funny is, as you said, he lied to us the

580
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Speaker 1: straight things. Like Pete Carroll used to be the one

581
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Speaker 1: coach who just straight out told us what he was

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Speaker 1: gonna do. He was just like, hey, this is what

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Speaker 1: I'm doing Sunday, trying to stop it. And that's what

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Speaker 1: he would do, would go out there and good luck

585
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Speaker 1: stopping what he's trying to do. So I think losing

586
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Speaker 1: to the Rams must have just really defeated his psyche.

587
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Speaker 1: It opened up the Bill Belichick part of his brain,

588
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Speaker 1: like that started working. Okay, I do again, I think

589
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Speaker 1: that Roles is going to be involved. You can't ignore

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Speaker 1: what he did last year. At the same time, this

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Speaker 1: is why I didn't own Thomas Rawles on a single

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Speaker 1: one of my teams. This is why I didn't have

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Speaker 1: him ranked inside the top twenty running backs going into

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Speaker 1: this season, not because I expect him to get hurt again,

595
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Speaker 1: but when you had Kristen Michael in the backfield, when

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Speaker 1: you had c J. Prosis and even Alex Collins, who

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Speaker 1: I still don't think a lot of but he you know,

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Speaker 1: saw a little bit of the next last week. The

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Speaker 1: point is they don't need Thomas Rawls to carry the

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Speaker 1: ball twenty times a game, even if he was healthy,

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Speaker 1: Even if it's healthy week one, ready to go and

602
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Speaker 1: didn't get hurt again. It's just you had so many

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Speaker 1: options here was it. Why drive him into the ground

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Speaker 1: and potentially get him hurt again. Well, now he is

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Speaker 1: hurt again. Christa Michael looks great, looks like the guy

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Speaker 1: that you know people were clamoring four for years on end.

607
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Speaker 1: I think so happy. I think it was like sobody,

608
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Speaker 1: like somebody was like tweety meetings like on Sunday, or like,

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Speaker 1: I bet Jake's running around his living room like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: me and the million other people who were waiting for

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Speaker 1: this to happen. I'm not the only christ and Michael

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Speaker 1: supporter out there. So I think that the way that

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Speaker 1: he's performed so far, unless he just completely bombs the

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Speaker 1: next three weeks or falls off the last two, I

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Speaker 1: think that he'll be the lead option. But I think

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Speaker 1: it'll be a sixty forty type of split. Rawles isn't

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Speaker 1: going to go completely away. Yeah, I was. I was

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Speaker 1: pretty pumped about Christine Michael do him real well. But

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Speaker 1: you know, all of yesterday I was just so bummed

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Speaker 1: about the Jose Fernandez news. I know you're a big

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Speaker 1: baseball guy too, but I'm a real big baseball guy.

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Speaker 1: And I was watching a Cam Newton commercial today and

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Speaker 1: it just made me think like this was the Cam

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Speaker 1: Newton of baseball. He had such a contagious smile, he

625
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 1: was really good for the community. All his teammates loved him,

626
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,680
Speaker 1: and just a dynamic talent. He was so young, and

627
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: a lot of football people don't seem to understand how

628
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: much this means. The baseball fans like, imagine losing Cam Newton.

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Speaker 1: It's just terrible. Yeah, I agree. I talked about this

630
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Speaker 1: on the Fantasy radio show this morning that we had,

631
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,919
Speaker 1: and I said, you know, one of my favorite gifts

632
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Speaker 1: I do gifts in all of my articles, one of

633
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,919
Speaker 1: my favorite ones was with him when Troy Tula Whiskey

634
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 1: hit that liner right back at him, and the gift

635
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 1: that you actually see till a Whiskey mouth. You caught that,

636
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: and like Jose Fernandez just like laughs at him and says,

637
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Speaker 1: yep as he's walking off the field. This is back

638
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: when Tula Whiskey was with the Rockies. It was in

639
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: a game in Miami. And what I said on the

640
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: radio show this morning is I'll echo it again, is like,

641
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: you know, life doesn't make sense, and you know there's

642
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: there's no reason for things like this to happen, But

643
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: the one thing that I've always says, you can always

644
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: find there is always good can come out of things.

645
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 1: I'm not saying this is a good thing, but the

646
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 1: reason I'm saying this is I say, if you look

647
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: at Jose Fernandez, if every person could just love something

648
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: in life as much as he loved baseball, you'll be

649
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,439
Speaker 1: better for it. Like everybody always says, if you love

650
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: your job, you'll never work a day in your life.

651
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 1: You know, I always have to love your job, but

652
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: it's just something in a life. The way that he

653
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: had the passion for baseball, and your life will be

654
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: so much better. And I think that's the good people

655
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: can take out of this is maybe, as you said,

656
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: the football fans out there that don't know about Jose Fernandez.

657
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: Are multiple sports that people don't follow baseball, and they

658
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,399
Speaker 1: can find out about Jose Fernandez and maybe, you know,

659
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: be able to apply that to their lives. Yeah. I

660
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,160
Speaker 1: know this isn't a baseball show, but if you're not

661
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: a baseball fan, please just go read about this guy's life.

662
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 1: He led a great life. In twenty four years, he

663
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: saved his mother's life fleeing from Cuba. He was so

664
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: active in his community and the way people talked about him.

665
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 1: There's a lot to learn from this situation. And it's

666
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: not just about being reckless. It's about having such a

667
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: joy for life. And you know, that's what fantasy balls for.

668
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: That's why I love fantasy football so much. Is you know,

669
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: it's one of those things in life that just makes

670
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: it so great. There's so much joy in fantasy football

671
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: and being able to share it with others. And you know,

672
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: I'm glad that we could get some perspective out of

673
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: this because it was it was just terrible thing. Yeah,

674
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: I completely agree with you. So back to fantasy football.

675
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,800
Speaker 1: Jeremy Langford sprained his ankle. Even before the injury, I mean,

676
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 1: he was splitting carries with Jordan Howard. Do you think

677
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: he's the top pickup of the week. Oh, there's no

678
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,720
Speaker 1: question in my mind. And if if this is why

679
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 1: you stash these guys before this happens though, Like this

680
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 1: is my warning. This is what I say every single year,

681
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: is when you're looking at your bench, boss, the best

682
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: way to utilize your bench is for people with upside. Yes,

683
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: by weeks are coming up, so you need a few

684
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: guys that you can trust. But instead of having wide

685
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: receiver sixes and RB fives on your team that who

686
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: are never going to have a good week and you're

687
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: never going to end up in your lineup. Even on

688
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: bye weeks. You're probably not putting them in your lineup.

689
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: You're probably reluctantly putting them in your lineup. You stash

690
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: people like him, like right now, everybody needs to be

691
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: stashing Kenneth Dixon because the Ravens backfields a mess, and

692
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: he's the most talented running back on that team. He's

693
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: probably going to come back in and sees that job.

694
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: Whether it's one, two, three weeks after he's finally healthy,

695
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: it's going to happen. That was the same reason I

696
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 1: said Jordan Howard should be on everybody's teams heading in

697
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: the season is because if you look at Jeremy Lankford

698
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: last year, and I said very early on last year,

699
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: it's like Jeremy Lankford is just not very good on

700
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 1: a ProTouch basis. He's a very volume heavy guy. And

701
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: everybody's who's gonna listen to us, is gonna know what

702
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,479
Speaker 1: I'm about to say. Mike Clay went scorched earth on him.

703
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 1: He wrote an article about him. He just torpedo. This

704
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 1: guy's entire fantasy profile, and it's like become known as

705
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: like the guy who hates Jeremy Lankford. But there's a

706
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: lot of people who aren't fans, myself included, and Jordan

707
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 1: Howard's the better option. He's the better between the tackle

708
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: runner and with Lankford out. Now, this is a person

709
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: who isn't going to have his job when he comes back.

710
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: He can be a very nice compliment and a change

711
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: of places, as in like maybe a Giovanni Bernard, but

712
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: this Lee job again, unless Howard just completely blows his

713
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: opportunity to hear, this job isn't his. You know, at

714
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, I thought Howard was a

715
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: good handcuff, but then Candem Carrey was getting the carries

716
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: and Howard wasn't really in the picture, so I didn't

717
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: have him on any of my teams. I'm really disappointed.

718
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: I carry so many handcuff running backs. I carry like

719
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: four wide receivers and like nine running backs. For whatever reason,

720
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: I didn't have Howard, So I'm bummed about that one.

721
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 1: But fortunately I had you know, Christine Michael, and I

722
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: had Spencer Wear and Jerk McKinnon all these guys, so

723
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: it's paying dividends. That strategy. It works. It does. Actually,

724
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: I have a roster I don't have where, but I

725
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: have McKinnon, Dwayne Washington, Howard Dickson, and I had Charles

726
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: Sims before this all. Now you can trade some of

727
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 1: those guys exact Charles Sims. Yeah. So my quarterback me

728
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: and Marcus Mariota. No, I can hopefully upgrade that position.

729
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: I made the mistake of listening to Chris Harris. He

730
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: talked me into Adrian Peterson. I got, I got Ap

731
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: in my Big League, and uh, you know he's hurt now.

732
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 1: So I'm really fortunate to have these back up running backs.

733
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: And next year, you guys better do it. Because you

734
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: guys are sitting there with two quarterbacks on your team,

735
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: two tight ends and two defenses or whatever. It doesn't

736
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: make sense. It's it's not too late to change your

737
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: entire bench. Just go out and get a bunch of

738
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 1: handcuff running backs. It is going to work. Or unless

739
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: you play on one of those idiotic leagues that makes

740
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: you draft two tight ends two defenses to kick just oh,

741
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: that's that's the worst thing ever. Quit that league. Quit

742
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: it in the middle of the season as it's not

743
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: your time. Like people are like, well, what would you

744
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: do if you're in the league. I said, I'm not

745
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: going to tell you because I don't join me idiotic leagues.

746
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: It's a great answer. I wish I could do those answers,

747
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: but I don't have it in me. Another pickup we

748
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: have to talk about Terrelle pryor Man. He was brilliant

749
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: in the receiving game. He had a handful of carries,

750
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: he threw a few passes. He even lined up at safety.

751
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: Was this just one dynamic week or is this the

752
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 1: start of something really exciting. Part of it was the matchup.

753
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: The Dolphins defense has actually been very exploitable over the

754
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: first couple of games, especially in the second theory I

755
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: would have I was really curious. I wanted him to

756
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: get a tackle because I want to see what happened

757
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: in IDP leagues if he got points for that too,

758
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: because I know it carries over from the quarterback. But

759
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: I was really interested to see if he got the

760
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: IDP too. But that being said, he didn't get the

761
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: tackle done. But I think he's similar to Howard. These

762
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: are gonna be the two highest picked up people most

763
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 1: expensive when it comes to FOB, they're gonna blow your

764
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: number one waiver spot if you have them on both

765
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: of them, I really think you need to. Obviously, the

766
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: concern is, well, Josh Gordon is now just a week away,

767
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 1: so he's still the number two. Yeah, he's still the

768
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: number two. And you can see. That's the thing is

769
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: you can make counter arguments to it and say, well,

770
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon's gonna demand defensive attention, so that'll help Terrell prior.

771
00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: But then I come full circle. I say, well, Cody

772
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: Kessler is still a quarterback and they're gonna be behind

773
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: a ton of points, so they're gonna have to basketball, right. See,

774
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: there's there's always that counter argument. But if I had

775
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: to tell you, like I actually said this, I have

776
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: my waiver article I was writing while right before we

777
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 1: started doing this show, is I said, I just can't

778
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,959
Speaker 1: see Cody Kessler being a two seventy five and two

779
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: touchdown guy per game, which is what you kind of

780
00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: need to have two wide receivers of value. I'm not

781
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 1: eliminating him completely, like right now, he needs to be

782
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: in every single starting lineup next week, the week after that.

783
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: When Josh Gordon's back, He's probably still worth being a

784
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: wide receiver three or four, unless he obviously doesn't show

785
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: up this next week when he still has the job

786
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,919
Speaker 1: all to himself. I think he'll still have value. I'm

787
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: just I'm hesitant, and it's probably why, like Jordan Howard,

788
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 1: if you need running back help, I could see spending

789
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: thirty five forty percent of your fob. Terrelle Pryor he's

790
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: still in that twenty twenty five percent range, just because

791
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 1: there's a question mark of him going for If Josh

792
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: McColl was back at quarterback, I would say, go blow

793
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,719
Speaker 1: thirty five percent of your budget. If de Terrelle Pryor

794
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: is sitting out there another thing to consider. I mean,

795
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: sure Kessler is not going to be putting up two

796
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 1: fifty a game, but maybe that's because Terrelle Pryor's taking

797
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,359
Speaker 1: five ten snaps at quarterback and getting fifty passing yards

798
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: and maybe a touchdown here and there. Is that possible

799
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: or are they going to keep doing this? I conceive

800
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: him keep doing it because the thing is is, not

801
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: only did they not want Cody Kessler, he's really just

802
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: not ready at Cody Kessler. I said this when I

803
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: did my quarterbacks for this season, because I do rookies

804
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,280
Speaker 1: every single year. It's Cody Kessler's ceiling is Alex Smith

805
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: in my opinion, And you know, man, it's a serviceable career,

806
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: but fantasy wise, that's not good for us fantasy wise.

807
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: As you can see, it supports one receiver and at

808
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,359
Speaker 1: tight end sometimes, so really you're looking at the fact

809
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 1: of how much Duke Johnson was back to being involved

810
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,879
Speaker 1: and that kind of Now you're just trying to say,

811
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: can Cody Kessler in this offense and again just replace it,

812
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,720
Speaker 1: just call it Alex Smith's offense. Can Alex Smith's offense

813
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: support two wide receivers, a tight end and Gary Barnes

814
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 1: and a pass catching running back and a running back

815
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: who is like it's basically Cincinnati. You got Jeremy Hill

816
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 1: and Giovanni Banor just with different names in that backfield.

817
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: Can it really support all of that? And I just

818
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: don't see it. I think you're even giving Kessler too

819
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: much credit. I don't see Yeah, I guess you're right

820
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: that stuff like that. All right, Um, Dwayne Washington still

821
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: owning just twenty three percent of leagues despite a mirab

822
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: dula being on the i R. I was telling people

823
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: to pick up Washington last week. I mean, he's clearly

824
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: going to get the bulk of the carries. Tell us

825
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: how you feel about him, Jake, Yeah, there's no way

826
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: that this is one of those ones where you play

827
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: armchair quarterback and you're saying, what the heck was this

828
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,399
Speaker 1: team thinking we all knew it, we all knew theo

829
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 1: Ridic couldn't be the lead running back, and yet ten

830
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: carries for nine yards. Hopefully they came out of that

831
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: game and said, all right, let's start giving Dwayne Washington

832
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: some more touches. And they did the further into that game.

833
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: But I said last week, and I'm sure a lot

834
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: of people echo the setment as I said that he

835
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: could be a Mirrorbdulah is somebody that he's a little

836
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 1: he's taller and leaner, which was the concern when he

837
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: was coming out of college of whether he would only

838
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 1: be a pass catching option, because that's actually a strength

839
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: is in the passing game, is whether he could be

840
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: a lead for us because he didn't have the power.

841
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,799
Speaker 1: He's a little upright, could get tackled easily. But he's

842
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: made some improvements in the NFL he's put on a

843
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: little bit of muscle. So again, go back to that

844
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: is I think he can be a mirror of dula

845
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: And I think if they start giving those opportunities, a

846
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: mirror of Dulah is a flex running back for you,

847
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: you would hope for a little bit better. I think

848
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: everybody always hoped for better for Abdullah. But if you're

849
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,479
Speaker 1: getting that, obviously he's a must pickup because a flex

850
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: running back could actually be an RB two for a

851
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: lot of teams, for teams that you know did the

852
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: zero RB theory or you know, try to wait or

853
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: suffered some injuries. I mean there's teams out there that

854
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: lost Dog Martin Adrian Peterson and that's didn't wait on

855
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,919
Speaker 1: running back, So it could have happened to anybody where

856
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: he could end up being your RB two. Yeah. There

857
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: is a Washington, another Washington in the league that I

858
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 1: like more though, and it's DeAndre Washington over in Oakland.

859
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: I think Latavias Murray's losing his job. I mean, I

860
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: know they're splitting carries three ways there, but when I

861
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,760
Speaker 1: watched those games, DeAndre Washington looks like he can really

862
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,000
Speaker 1: be something good. I think so, But this is a little.

863
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to lose his job Latavius

864
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,760
Speaker 1: unless he gets hurt. I still think that he's involved

865
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: enough and does well enough with his touches. He's actually

866
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,919
Speaker 1: been pretty productive on his per touch basis that they're

867
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,919
Speaker 1: not going to go away from him completely. The only

868
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: concern that I have, and this is what I said

869
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: going into the season and why I you know, I

870
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: rank Latavius Murray a little bit lower than some of

871
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: the more optimistic people on him, was that Jack del

872
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: Rio has no ties to Latavius Murray. He didn't draft them.

873
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: He drafted DeAndre Washington. And so if anything's going wrong,

874
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,840
Speaker 1: and let's Tavia starts to have two bad games in

875
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: a row where he's averaging you know, two points something

876
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: yards carry or he fumbles or can't get him as

877
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 1: his own way, he has no ties where he just

878
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: turned to DeAndre Washington. And for all the comparisons that

879
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: we heard in the preseason, people are like, oh, he's

880
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,320
Speaker 1: his new Maurice Jones drew, and that was like, Okay,

881
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: chill out a little bit. Let's not go there, Like

882
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: that's a little overboard similar skill set, but like, let's

883
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,480
Speaker 1: take a step back here before we go start and

884
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 1: call him somebody Maurice Jones Drew over here. But that

885
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,320
Speaker 1: being said, I'm with you. I'm a big fan of

886
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 1: DeAndre Washington. I just don't see him taking the job

887
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,800
Speaker 1: away from Davis Murray unless the Pavias Murray gives it

888
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,840
Speaker 1: up or gets hurt. So I definitely want DeAndre Washington

889
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: because if Murray ever does get hurt, his value is

890
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:47,840
Speaker 1: gonna skyrocket, just like Jordan Howard and all these other

891
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: guys were talking about. But I don't think he's just

892
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: gonna take it from him by just by outperforming him

893
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: at this point, Jake. One of my favorite YouTube videos

894
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: is that highlight of Maurice Jones Drew, who's just a

895
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 1: tiny guy. He really, I mean, if we saw him

896
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: in real life, we would tremble. He would be so scary.

897
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: But because there's are like the size of our torso yeah,

898
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 1: but you know, he took out Sean Merriman when when

899
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: he was in the height of his steroid, just crushed him.

900
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: If you guys haven't seen that video, even if you

901
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: have seen it, go to YouTube right now and watch it.

902
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 1: It's awesome. Maurice Jones Drew taking out Sean Merriman. I

903
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: love that one. Yeah, that was a great one. They

904
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: put the lights out on Merriman that that was a

905
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,840
Speaker 1: good one. I know exactly what you're talking about. So

906
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson, at first they retained he might come back.

907
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: Then he was gonna miss four to six weeks. Now

908
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,720
Speaker 1: they're seeing three to four months. He might not return

909
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:39,720
Speaker 1: during the season. Hopefully he'll come back during the playoffs.

910
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: But he's eligible to return week eleven. We know how

911
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 1: hard he works to come back. He says he wants

912
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: to come back real quick. Is there any chance we

913
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 1: see that? Do you think he's worth a roster spot

914
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: at this point? If you don't have an ir spot,

915
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: I don't buy the week eleven. Look, I know the

916
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: guys like a cyborg. I mean, if he came back

917
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: from the other injury and posted one of his best

918
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: seasons ever right after, for that, I know he's just

919
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: a freaking nature. Similar to why I didn't discount Steve Smith,

920
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,800
Speaker 1: because Steve Smith is the same mold. He's the Adrian

921
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: Peterson of wide receivers. And if you saw what he

922
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: did in the offseason training wise, if you saw any

923
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:12,840
Speaker 1: of those videos, which that's like something you guys can

924
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:16,080
Speaker 1: always go watch too, is Steve Smith trained his tailoff

925
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: to come back, and I think Adrian Peterson's gonna do

926
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: the same thing. But even though most optimistic reports is

927
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: a week eleven's aggressive. So let's just say he gets

928
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: back on field a week eleven, I'd say you need

929
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: at least a week or two even an aggressive nature

930
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 1: to be valuable. Now you're already hitting the playoffs, so

931
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: you know, maybe mustash him, but you got to get

932
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, so it would have to be a

933
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: deep roster where there's not somebody of value that you're

934
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: foregoing in order to roster Adrian Peterson. Obviously, ideally you

935
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: should have an IR spot. All leagues should have IR spots,

936
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: multiple IR spots. Stop. You know, fantasy football is already

937
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 1: luck driven enough. Don't further complicate the issue by not

938
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: having IR spots. That being said, if you can possibly

939
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,320
Speaker 1: but if there's somebody out there, like right now, Adrian

940
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: Peterson's absorbing my last spot and I can go get

941
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard or Terrell Prior or even you know stashed

942
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 1: on me like Dwayne Washington or Canadad Dixon, I'm gonna

943
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:09,880
Speaker 1: do it. Because you got to get to the playoffs

944
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: before you can start worrying about somebody helping you in

945
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Who would be a better at at this point,

946
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson, Dean Lewis or Tony Romo or is there

947
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: any sense in having one of those three? Uh, there's

948
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: not a lot of sense outside of what I just outlined.

949
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: But if I had to pick one of them, only

950
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: because you can find quarterbacks anywhere and Dean Lewis is

951
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: basically PPR driven and out trust. The one thing is

952
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: we trusted Dean Lewis because of what he was doing.

953
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 1: But it's the same thing I said going into this

954
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 1: season is I don't trust Dean Lewis even head even

955
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: before you got the re I don't know what exactly

956
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: happened the aggravation of his injury or was worse than

957
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: people expected, or whatever happened in that case before that happened.

958
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:51,719
Speaker 1: Was what I was trying to say is I was

959
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: even not as high on a lot of people on

960
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: Dean Lewis because I didn't trust that this was going

961
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: to be the same backfield, Like there were so many

962
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: games after Dean Lewis plane that this wasn't necessarily the

963
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: same backfield where Bilichick was just gonna look years on

964
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 1: the end, we said, don't trust the running back for

965
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, and then all of a sudden we throw

966
00:42:09,239 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: that out the window after half of a good season

967
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: from Deon Lowis was right with you. There was no

968
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 1: way I was drafting Lewis. And the only running back

969
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,799
Speaker 1: I trust right now is like Garrett Blunt, and that's

970
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: because he's their lead rusher and goal line option. If

971
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: Dean Lewis came back, he would still be their goal

972
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: line option, so I just don't trust him. So of

973
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 1: those three, Adrian Peterson, but I think you can probably

974
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: make better decisions for your bench right now. At least

975
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 1: you know it's six four to six weeks from now.

976
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: When we start getting close, I start thinking about it.

977
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,839
Speaker 1: Maybe all right, So you need a wide receiver, Jake

978
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,439
Speaker 1: and these are the three best on your waiver wire,

979
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, Cole Beasley, Jamison Crowder. Which one you picking up?

980
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: We're talking standard or PPR PPR. It's got to be Beasley.

981
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,760
Speaker 1: I'm I'm thinking right, but let's go standard standard, all right? Yeah, PPR.

982
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 1: Definitely be Beasley, although Crowder would be right behind them.

983
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: I think that until Josh and finally takes over, that

984
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 1: is my dude. I love Jamison Crowder. I actually I'm

985
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: really happy at a big game because I was calling

986
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 1: for it last week just because that's the area that

987
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: the Giants struggle so poorly. I guess is over the

988
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 1: middle of the field. That's really why I expected it

989
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 1: more from really sneak two weeks ago. But app being said, standard,

990
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: you know, I might still go Beasley. If I need

991
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 1: just a contributor and somebody to step in, I'll go Beasley.

992
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: But if I want to just shoot for the moon

993
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 1: and it's gonna beat DeVante Adams, although I just I

994
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: still can't buy into him. I honestly, I would not

995
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: be surprised that time Montgomery takes over that number three

996
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 1: role by the time mid season rolls around, because he's

997
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: finally healthy. Now tell me why I'm wrong. All three

998
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:43,760
Speaker 1: of these are available in one of my big leagues,

999
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: and I have Marquis leave for the Jacksonville Jaguars. I

1000
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 1: think of him as like a real nice handcuffs. The

1001
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,879
Speaker 1: Jags are gonna keep throwing the ball, and this guy

1002
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 1: is just so talented and he's just sitting there behind Herns,

1003
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 1: and he's better than Herns. I think he's better than Hearns.

1004
00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 1: And if one of these guys goes down, I could

1005
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,760
Speaker 1: see him vaulting up into the top thirty wide receivers.

1006
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: No problem if somebody goes down. And then if the

1007
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: other problem is yes, he's talented, but he hasn't put it.

1008
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: Here's the thing, and this is what Mark he's. My

1009
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: problem with Mark Heasley coming out of USC was he

1010
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: relies on his talent instead of trying to Actually we've

1011
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 1: seen a lot of receivers do this. Relies on talent

1012
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: versus trying to get I guess the knowledge of the

1013
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: playbook would be a good way to put it. And

1014
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:29,319
Speaker 1: then also running quality routes, like if you actually watched him,

1015
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,600
Speaker 1: especially early with Jacksonville, he rounds off his routes because

1016
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:37,320
Speaker 1: in college your athletic ability, you don't need to perform

1017
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: exceptionally in route running because you're so better than the

1018
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 1: competition that it doesn't matter. And he tried to do

1019
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 1: that coming to the NFL, which we've seen a lot

1020
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: of receivers. DeVante Parker was doing that so early in

1021
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 1: his he's finally starting to catch on, it looks like

1022
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: somebody's finally gotten in his head. Hopefully maybe that's Adam

1023
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 1: Gayson what he's bringing to this team, But he was

1024
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,320
Speaker 1: doing the same thing as part of the reason. You know,

1025
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,560
Speaker 1: he was in competition and Kenny Stills in the preseason,

1026
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 1: so look at him and hopefully he's going to haven't

1027
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 1: watched enough Jaguars taped to know if that's been the case,

1028
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 1: and he's improved in that area. But that's the biggest

1029
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: issue I have with Markisley. So I understand that, yes,

1030
00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: he'll have a ton of value if Alan Hurds were

1031
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 1: to get hurt, because he'd he's starting in an all offense.

1032
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,280
Speaker 1: This is going to pass plenty because Blake Bortles almost

1033
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 1: forces them to by throwing interceptions early and getting down.

1034
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: He's like he's his own savior recently. Basically is like

1035
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: he creates the problem which ends and it's being good

1036
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 1: for him fantasy wise. So it works out if you

1037
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: like him for fantasy purposes. So I see your appeal,

1038
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 1: but I guess if you just don't need any wide

1039
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,320
Speaker 1: receiver help, you can do that. But I'd still probably

1040
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: pick up any of the three over Marquisley. I definitely

1041
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 1: understand that sentiment. He's got back to back games with

1042
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 1: five receptions seventy five yards and forty four He hasn't

1043
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 1: found the end zone yet. But I'm watching this guy

1044
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 1: and I'm watching him close because I think he has

1045
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 1: a good future. He had him im. He's still a

1046
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: third year wide receiver, and we've seen those guys explode,

1047
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 1: so we'll see what happened. I'm still going to hang

1048
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 1: on him, and when he does explode, I'm going to

1049
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: have you back on the show, and I'm gonna say

1050
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 1: I actually got one right. If he doesn't, I'm just

1051
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 1: gonna keep quiet. Fair enough, all right, let's look at

1052
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: running back. Which of these three are you taking? You

1053
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:16,960
Speaker 1: already mentioned Kenneth Dixon, Cameronardis Payne, who I guess is

1054
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: the starter in Carolina until Stewart comes back. And then

1055
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson, who's getting his fair share of touches there

1056
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,359
Speaker 1: in Washington. In fact, he leads the team in touches. Yeah,

1057
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: and that's mostly because to crap on Matt Jones real quick,

1058
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 1: I'm not a Matt Jones supporter. I wasn't going into

1059
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: like I kept trying to tell everybody don't draft Matt

1060
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: Jones actually kind of tongue in cheek. But my bold

1061
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 1: prediction for the Reskins, because I did one for every team,

1062
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 1: I said Kirk Cousins gonna lead this team and rushing

1063
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 1: touchdowns again this year, just because Matt Jones and the

1064
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: three weeks. This is the one I keep throwing out

1065
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:52,799
Speaker 1: there as the number. The three weeks where he had

1066
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:56,760
Speaker 1: the opportunity to lead the backfield last year was weeks thirteen, fourteen,

1067
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: fifteen average three yards per carry, and he fumbles the

1068
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: ball with much I just need fumbled it again this week. Yes,

1069
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: and so I understand about the peel of Chris Thompson,

1070
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,480
Speaker 1: but I don't think they're going to completely go away

1071
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 1: from Matt Jones where and also this is a past

1072
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,400
Speaker 1: heavy team where I don't see a ton of value

1073
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson alike in PPR. But given the three options,

1074
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 1: I'm a huge Kenneth Dixon fan. He was my number

1075
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,279
Speaker 1: two rated running back in this draft class, only behind

1076
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott. And granted there's a huge drop off from

1077
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: Ezekiel La to everybody else that was in this draft class,

1078
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,239
Speaker 1: but I'm a big I'm a big Dixon fan, and

1079
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 1: I think that once he's back that this whole mess

1080
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:33,800
Speaker 1: is going to be cleared up. I want to be

1081
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:37,359
Speaker 1: surprised if, obviously, between West and buck Allen, buck Allen

1082
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:39,400
Speaker 1: might get cut because he's not even been active on

1083
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,640
Speaker 1: some game days, and I just think he takes over

1084
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:43,839
Speaker 1: with the other two sprinkled in. So he's definitely tops

1085
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,320
Speaker 1: on the list. But if you need some help immediately,

1086
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,359
Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind Chris Thompson and PPR. But hopefully if

1087
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: you're just shooting for the highest upside, it's definitely Dixon

1088
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,359
Speaker 1: in my opinion. Everyone who listens to the show knows,

1089
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,759
Speaker 1: I really like Chris Thompson, but it's Dixon. I think

1090
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: it's definitely Dixon. I really like his upside when he

1091
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 1: comes back, and if not, you drop and you get

1092
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: someone else with upside. So I'm watching Dixon. I've got

1093
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 1: him on my team if he's available in my league.

1094
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: Let's look at tight ends and then we'll finish up

1095
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,320
Speaker 1: with streaming defenses. For tight ends, you've got Zach Miller,

1096
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 1: who was great, Jack Doyle who is coming out of

1097
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 1: nowhere and being a great asset for Andrew Luck, and

1098
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: then Cameron Brad, who's the starting tight end in what

1099
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: was a mess in Tampa Bay. But now the as

1100
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 1: j's gone. He was actually just picked up by the Jets,

1101
00:48:27,080 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: by the way, and Cameron Braid, who are you taking

1102
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 1: out of those three who That's a tough one between

1103
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: Zach Miller and Cameron Brad. For me, the thing was,

1104
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: is Hoyer quarterback. I thought might be better for Jeffrey

1105
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:41,320
Speaker 1: and Miller, just because again you don't know the chemistry,

1106
00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,560
Speaker 1: you don't know who he's going to target versus the

1107
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 1: player that Jack Jay Cutler had, and Cutler hadn't looked

1108
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 1: good to start this year. And for all the flat

1109
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 1: that people gave Brian Hoyer, look, he made DeAndre Hopkins

1110
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: really good. No, I should say DeAndre Hopkins was really good.

1111
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:58,120
Speaker 1: He let him stay really good. Like he definitely didn't

1112
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:00,440
Speaker 1: make him very good. He would not have stayed really

1113
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: good with Alex Smith. Let's just say that. Yeah, yeah,

1114
00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: that's that's a really good way of putting it. So,

1115
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: but I gotta tell you, I'm probably gonna lean towards

1116
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 1: Cameron Bright just because Jay Cutler it will be back soon,

1117
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,760
Speaker 1: and there didn't seem to be of the good connection

1118
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: between Zach Miller and Cutler at least to start the year,

1119
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: and I don't know that he's gonna get the same

1120
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: type of Cutler was going to Jeffrey a lot, far

1121
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:22,359
Speaker 1: less than I thought he was going to I thought

1122
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,239
Speaker 1: he was going to see ten targets a game this year,

1123
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 1: but he was incorporating a royal And obviously Kevin White's

1124
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,279
Speaker 1: taking a step forward. So I think that if you

1125
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,879
Speaker 1: look at the Bucks offense, where Adam Humphreys is still

1126
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:34,759
Speaker 1: getting overlooked by the way, if you're in a deeper league,

1127
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: I would definitely be picking him off because Vincent Jackson's

1128
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 1: going the way of Ruddy White where he's done. But

1129
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,560
Speaker 1: Cameron Bright, now that the tight end situations more clear,

1130
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 1: I think he definitely has the higher upside of the two,

1131
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 1: and that's why i'll lean that. I'll lean him slightly,

1132
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,759
Speaker 1: though I like them both. You mentioned Kevin White, I

1133
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,319
Speaker 1: think he's a perfect by loocan. At this point, did

1134
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: you know he's fifteenth and targets in the NFL. Nobody's

1135
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:00,640
Speaker 1: talking about him. I know he hasn't done a time

1136
00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: with it and he's still learning a lot of that offense,

1137
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: but he's an elite athlete and he's getting throwing the

1138
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: ball a lot. You gotta remember too, And that's the

1139
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,120
Speaker 1: thing is he's kind of still a rookie. He missed

1140
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:15,200
Speaker 1: the entire rookie season. He basically the biggest knock out

1141
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,759
Speaker 1: of him coming out of West Virginias. He basically had

1142
00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: one good year to his college name. I love his talent.

1143
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,800
Speaker 1: He was my number one wide receiver last year just

1144
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 1: based on pure talent and upside and the potential that

1145
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 1: he brings. So just remember he's still a developing wide

1146
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: receiver for the fact that a lot of people want

1147
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:35,319
Speaker 1: to just like crucifying for not being excellent so far.

1148
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:38,440
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm with you, is that if somebody is

1149
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:40,759
Speaker 1: looking at that, you want the production to be a

1150
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: lot higher on that per target basis. But even if

1151
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: it doesn't, there's still volume that will help carry his value. Now,

1152
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 1: we talked about those tight ends Millard, Doyle, Bray and

1153
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:53,960
Speaker 1: A SJ. If those are your options and you don't

1154
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,160
Speaker 1: have a tight end, I would just say don't pick

1155
00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 1: up any of them. None of them have the upside

1156
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: I want from my tight end. Go make it right.

1157
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,839
Speaker 1: Go by low On Kobe Fleaner. I think you can

1158
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,480
Speaker 1: get him pretty cheap, and I would so much rather

1159
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 1: have him in his upside than any of those guys.

1160
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 1: I mean, if you need to pick someone up like

1161
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 1: like that, you might as well just stream every week.

1162
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 1: None of them is going to be the best option

1163
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: from week to week. In fact, the best waiver wire pickup,

1164
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:19,239
Speaker 1: depending on matchups, is almost always going to be better

1165
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: than those guys. Well yeah, unless you like should have

1166
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,320
Speaker 1: listened and picked up Kyle Rudolph by now, that should

1167
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:28,719
Speaker 1: have been the obvious one. Finally, let's talk about streaming defenses.

1168
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 1: Who do you like this week? Jake? We've got Washington

1169
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:35,760
Speaker 1: face Cleveland, the Detroit Lions at Chicago and Brian Hoyer

1170
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 1: and then the New York Giants defense, which has been

1171
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 1: really surprising at Minnesota. You're not gonna give me the

1172
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 1: Thursday night game, go for it, yeah, if you want

1173
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:46,239
Speaker 1: to bring it out. Those are the three that I

1174
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:50,000
Speaker 1: was looking at, though. Bengals at home against Ryan Tannehill,

1175
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 1: I'm all over. That's that's by far my favorite. I

1176
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 1: think like Ryan Tannehill was luky to come out of that. Well, okay,

1177
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,560
Speaker 1: that's a Dolphins win. That's not actually you know what

1178
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 1: that's a Cody Parkey loss that gave you a win.

1179
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 1: I was so rooting for the Browns to knock out

1180
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: all the Survivor picks that picked the Dolphins and tried

1181
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 1: to get cute, and this is I was like, I

1182
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,360
Speaker 1: don't trust the Dolphins a Ryan Tannehill, and it was

1183
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: almost right. And it's gonna be looking so pretty for

1184
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,719
Speaker 1: Survivor pools where you didn't take them. Cincinnati at home

1185
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:18,879
Speaker 1: with their defense, I know hasn't been playing as good

1186
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: as everybody expected, but with Tannehill coming in on a

1187
00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 1: short week of preparation, I love that defense option. Washington's

1188
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 1: probably a decent pick in my opinion for a streaming defense. Actually,

1189
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 1: if nobody has the Patriots, I kind of liked them

1190
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:36,920
Speaker 1: at home against Buffalo with the fact that Sammy Watkins

1191
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,720
Speaker 1: still probably is out again. But the Bengals are probably

1192
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: the top of my list. Yeah, I agree. If the

1193
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: Bengals are there, they're owned in sixty three percent of leagues.

1194
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 1: But if the Bengals are there, that's why i'd pick

1195
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,120
Speaker 1: up above them. I also have Washington is my number

1196
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 1: two in that list. Now, if you're looking to do

1197
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:54,600
Speaker 1: the double streamer strategy, that I use where you pick

1198
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:58,080
Speaker 1: up one defense for this week, you've already picked them

1199
00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,759
Speaker 1: up last week, but and then you're picking up a

1200
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,000
Speaker 1: des for next week before you have to spend any

1201
00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:05,919
Speaker 1: if you're fab on it. I'm looking at Tennessee. They're

1202
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 1: going to Miami. Tannehill has been a mess. Tennessee has

1203
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,040
Speaker 1: a pretty good defense. I really like what they have,

1204
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:14,719
Speaker 1: which we're all casey. They're under the defensive line, and

1205
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: Miami's not gonna be able to run the ball at all,

1206
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:21,080
Speaker 1: especially with um You know that that fourheaded backfield that

1207
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:23,200
Speaker 1: they have. Airon Foster, I don't think he's going to

1208
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:24,840
Speaker 1: be back for that game. If he is, he's not

1209
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:26,879
Speaker 1: going to be one hundred percent of himself. So they're

1210
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 1: just gonna be sitting back in nickel and dime coverages.

1211
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:32,080
Speaker 1: And it gets Ryan Tannehill. That is golden. That's where

1212
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:34,840
Speaker 1: you're going to get your multiple turnovers, maybe have a

1213
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:38,520
Speaker 1: chance at a return touchdown. And I really like Tennessee.

1214
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,520
Speaker 1: They're only owned in two percent of league, so you

1215
00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: can definitely snatch him up at this time next week,

1216
00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: a lot of people are going to be scrambled to

1217
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 1: pick him up. So I'm grabbing them now before it's

1218
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: too late. I'm actually playing the trifecta in one of

1219
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 1: my leagues the three week, which is rare to do

1220
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: for a trick. Because I picked up the Patriots last

1221
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: week to play the Texans, I wasn't expecting that good

1222
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:59,320
Speaker 1: of a game. But as I mentioned, they get the

1223
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 1: Bills at home. The next week they get Cleveland. Yeah,

1224
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 1: so if they happen to be out there, I'm not

1225
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: sure they're owner ownership percentage. But if the Patriots defense

1226
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 1: is sitting out there. Oh and by the way, I

1227
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 1: guess her returns next week for the Patriots, You're right. Yeah,

1228
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:14,799
Speaker 1: they're gonna be playing playing from way up and people

1229
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,719
Speaker 1: are gonna be throwing the ball. I love to have

1230
00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:19,879
Speaker 1: a defense for a team that has a good game script. Yes,

1231
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:23,279
Speaker 1: all right, Jake, Well that's all the questions we have

1232
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,799
Speaker 1: for you this time. Thanks for joining us again. I'm

1233
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,960
Speaker 1: sure we'll chat again later this season. Yeah, absolutely appreciate it.

1234
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: For those of you listening, We've got our Thursday morning

1235
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:34,560
Speaker 1: show coming out with James Coo of NFL dot Com

1236
00:54:34,719 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 1: later this week, where we're gonna be diving into Week

1237
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 1: four matchups. Then on the Friday morning show, Doug Norri's

1238
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,440
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1239
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:46,399
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1240
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1242
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 1: Fantasypros dot com. Thanks for listening and enjoy your football.

1243
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:05,120
Speaker 1: I just want to starting got a blue full go.

1244
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:14,160
Speaker 1: I don't even know how the canemistry barks like dogs

1245
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: like get intege and sayings of trouble