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Speaker 1: He's a great following Twitter at ben voland Ben. What's up, buddy?

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Speaker 1: How you doing doing well? Just a little bit of

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Speaker 1: these hits he's taking might might say something about it.

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Speaker 1: He's gotten flattened a few times, especially last week against

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Speaker 1: the Falcons, Devandre Campbell, their linebacker had an unblocked kill

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Speaker 1: shot basically on Brady, So I'm sure he's feeling pretty

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Speaker 1: sore from that one. But you know, mentally he's mastered

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Speaker 1: the NFL. There's not a defensive alignment that he hasn't

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Speaker 1: seen and doesn't know how to beat at this point.

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Speaker 1: And he really a lot of his yards are completed

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Speaker 1: before the ball's even snapped. He knows exactly where to

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Speaker 1: move his guys and how to get them in position.

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Speaker 1: You know, usually at this age your quarterback is mentally

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Speaker 1: on top of his game, but physically he starts to

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Speaker 1: break down. But physically he's looking better than he did

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Speaker 1: ten years ago. So as long as he can avoid

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Speaker 1: the you know, the big crippling hits and any sort

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Speaker 1: of major injury, and is willing to stick to this

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Speaker 1: regiment that he's got himself on you know, he's still

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal player, leading the league in many important passing

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Speaker 1: stats and certainly not looking like a forty year old quarterback.

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Speaker 1: And I think the biggest frustration been for opposing defenses

447
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Speaker 1: is just the way that Brady spreads the ball around.

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Speaker 1: You don't know who's going to get the ball. How

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Speaker 1: have the paths adjusted to life without Julian Edelin, because

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Speaker 1: it seems like there's there's not a dominant touch leader

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Speaker 1: on this team. No there's not. And that's definitely a

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Speaker 1: hallmark of Tom Brady and Josh McDaniels is they don't

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Speaker 1: necessarily just force it to one guy. The Edelman injury

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Speaker 1: was tough, no question. You know, that's brady security blanket.

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Speaker 1: He was a huge weapon on third down just in

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Speaker 1: moving the chains and he really helped open up the

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Speaker 1: field for a lot of other guys. So they haven't

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Speaker 1: really been able to replace him one for one, but

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Speaker 1: several guys have stepped up. Chris Hogan already has five

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Speaker 1: touchdowns this year. He's playing more of the Edelman role

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Speaker 1: in the slot. Danny Amendola is a similar type player

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Speaker 1: and he's had several huge, you know, third down catch

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Speaker 1: has been a very clutch player for them this year.

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Speaker 1: Gronk has played over ninety percent of the snaps, which

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Speaker 1: is a great sign for a guy who's banged up.

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Speaker 1: And lately, the running backs have been the focal point

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Speaker 1: of the offense, and not just running the ball obviously,

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Speaker 1: but in the passing game big time. They have four

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Speaker 1: pretty solid running backs. Mike gillis Lee is generally the

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Speaker 1: first down guy, replacing la Garrett Blunt. He's more of

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Speaker 1: your traditional runner, and then James White, Dion Lewis, and

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Speaker 1: Rex Burkehead have all been involved in the passing game

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Speaker 1: and have all been very productive, especially White. Everyone remembers

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Speaker 1: him the Super Bowl Hero. He's really developed into a

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Speaker 1: nice piece who can catch the ball out of the

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Speaker 1: backfield or lineup in the slot and do some of

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Speaker 1: the Edelman things. And Dean Lewis is the guy the

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Speaker 1: past couple of weeks has really emerged as the number

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Speaker 1: one back for a guy who's only five foot ten

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Speaker 1: and one hundred ninety five pounds. He runs with surprising

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Speaker 1: power up between the tackles and it's done a great

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Speaker 1: job on all three downs and he's really been a

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Speaker 1: nice weapon for them. So he continues to get more

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Speaker 1: play in the offense, and if he can continue some

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Speaker 1: of these dynamic runs, it's really going to help the offense.

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Speaker 1: So right now they're kind of based around the tight

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Speaker 1: ends and then the wide receivers are more of the

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Speaker 1: complimentary piece. And then Brandon Cooks the new guy from

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Speaker 1: the Saints this year. He's been a great deep threat

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Speaker 1: for them. I think he's second in the league in

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Speaker 1: yards per catch, has several big catches over the top

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Speaker 1: for them this year. So it's a different looking offense

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Speaker 1: without Edelman and with Cooks in there. But they've got

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Speaker 1: a pretty deep stable of skill guys at all the

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Speaker 1: different positions that I've been able to overcome it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned those running backs. I think that's going to

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Speaker 1: be a big key to Sunday's game and try to

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Speaker 1: neutralize that Chargers pass rush. So we'll see what happens there.

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Speaker 1: I want to get you out of here on this bend,

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Speaker 1: knowing this Patriots team like you do, what's going to

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Speaker 1: decide Sunday's game when the Chargers come to town winners

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Speaker 1: of three straight and obviously the paths or as how

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Speaker 1: does anybody right now? Yeah, it's you know it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be If the Patriots are able to protect the ball,

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Speaker 1: then it's going to be tough for the Chargers to

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Speaker 1: be able to come into Gillette. And when you need

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Speaker 1: to force a turnover to maybe even a defensive score

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Speaker 1: or a special team score, you need some some crazy

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Speaker 1: things to happen. And the Chargers are going to need

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Speaker 1: to hit some big plays too. They need that fifty

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Speaker 1: or sixty yard touchdown. They need to try to create

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Speaker 1: a communication breakdown or just hit Travis Benjamin over the top. Otherwise,

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Speaker 1: I love the Chargers defense, but I think the offense

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Speaker 1: is going to have a little bit of a tough

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Speaker 1: go at it coming all the way out here to

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Speaker 1: Gilette and facing an improved Patriots defense. So it's gonna

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Speaker 1: take a little bit of some razzle dazzle and some

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Speaker 1: special plays and a little bit of luck maybe on defense.

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Speaker 1: But the Patriots aren't invincible at home either. They have

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Speaker 1: lost twice this year the loss of the Chiefs and

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Speaker 1: the Panthers already, so it's not impossible. But it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be top going for Philip Rivers in the offense this Sunday.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. Man ben voland you follow him

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Speaker 1: on Twitter at ben voland tremendous insight. Can't thank you

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Speaker 1: enough for your time, Bud, all right, thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: dot com. The managing editor of Chargers dot Com, Ricky Henny,

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Speaker 1: joins me and Ricky before we get into the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: A couple of other quick items. In the first is

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Speaker 1: Matt Slawson. Unfortunately, he's out for the season with a

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Speaker 1: biceps injury. Ricky he started the last twenty three games

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Speaker 1: for the Chargers. It's a big blow when you talk

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Speaker 1: about depth and veteran leadership, but coach Lynn said there's

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Speaker 1: no drop off with the rookie dan feeny in there. No,

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Speaker 1: there's not m But what you miss with Matt Slawson

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Speaker 1: is toughness and leadership. And Philip Rivers said on Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: how you know Matt Slawson somebody who has really loved

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Speaker 1: the role he's had with these you know, he brought

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Speaker 1: these two new guys, these young draft picks. Obviously Farwick

548
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Speaker 1: hasn't played this year, but he saw the roddy on

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Speaker 1: the wall, you know, like these are the guys that

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Speaker 1: are going to replace you eventually. But he took them

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Speaker 1: under their wing and under his wing. And you know,

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Speaker 1: Philip said, Slawson somebody who he has to be really

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Speaker 1: danged Depp not to get out there. So they really

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Speaker 1: miss his president in the locker room. But Dan Feenie

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Speaker 1: has come a long way. He's been good in the

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Speaker 1: run game, He's come a long way in the past

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00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 1: protection aspect of it, Coachlin said. And it's kind of

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Speaker 1: ironic that he's going up to make his first start

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Speaker 1: against the Patriots when right after the draft happened, all

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Speaker 1: of these reports came out that the Patriots were actually

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Speaker 1: ready to take Speedie with the next pick right before

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Speaker 1: the Bolt snatched him up. How about that he can

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Speaker 1: show him what they could have potentially had. But the

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Speaker 1: second item, Ricky don chrell Inman was traded today we're

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Speaker 1: tabling us on a Wednesday. Was traded to the Bears

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Speaker 1: for a conditional pick, and he had just two catches

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Speaker 1: for nine yards this year. But you connect the dots.

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00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,840
Speaker 1: Mike Williams is back, he's healthy, and this was an

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Speaker 1: opportunity for the Chargers to get a pick and for

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Speaker 1: in Men to get some playing time elsewhere. Absolutely, and

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Speaker 1: don't forget the Chargers traded away a conditional pick for

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Speaker 1: Cardial Jones, so basically they're getting that pick back. And

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Speaker 1: dontrelle is someone who came in here with a little

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Speaker 1: fanfare from the CFL four years ago and he carved

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Speaker 1: out a niche in the NFL. He had just over

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Speaker 1: eight hundred yards last year and sixteen starts. But then

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Speaker 1: you get Keenan Allen back this year, you draft Mike Williams,

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Speaker 1: you have Tyrell Williams who emerged last year, was over

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Speaker 1: one thousand yards and was still doing well, and Travis

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Speaker 1: Benjamin simply put, there were four guys ahead of him.

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Speaker 1: So this is a win win for both teams. The

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Speaker 1: Chargers get some draft capital back, and the Bears gets

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Speaker 1: somebody who has proven in this league. He could he's

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Speaker 1: a reliable target from Mitchell Trubisky. And you know, it's

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Speaker 1: kind of funny. He may have been fifth on the

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Speaker 1: Charger's depth chart, but there's quite a good chance that

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Speaker 1: Dontrell will be the number one, or at the very worst,

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Speaker 1: number two receiver for the Bears going forward. So a

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Speaker 1: good deal for both teams, especially when you consider I

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Speaker 1: think the Bears through the ball was it four times

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Speaker 1: last week against the Carolina Panthers. That's unbelievable, and their

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Speaker 1: leading receiver has twenty catches on the year, So there's

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Speaker 1: definitely some playing time there for mister Van. Yeah, all

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Speaker 1: the best of don Trell in Chicago, Ricky. Let's get

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Speaker 1: into the Pats. Bill Belichick held in a conference call

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Speaker 1: with the media today. What were some of the highlights

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Speaker 1: from that. He can't stop raving about the Chargers. You know,

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, he always think of someone who doesn't say much,

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Speaker 1: but you know he's he's really a big fan of

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Speaker 1: the way this offense is and kind of the message

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Speaker 1: from the whole team is they're catching a Chargers team

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Speaker 1: who is read hot right now, see a lot of

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Speaker 1: good things to say about Hunter, Henry, a lot of

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Speaker 1: good things to say about obviously Boza and Ingram, who

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Speaker 1: says the best to pass rush tandem that the Patriots

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Speaker 1: have seen this year. And Tom Brady's is gonna need

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Speaker 1: to get that ball out real quick because you give

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Speaker 1: them any time, they'll pin their ears back and they'll

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Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. So he says, this team cannot

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Speaker 1: afford to get behind and he cannot afford to let

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Speaker 1: those two ruin the game. You look at the other side,

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Speaker 1: Ricky with coach Lynn, he has faced this team the

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Speaker 1: last eight seasons as an assistant with the Jets and

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Speaker 1: the Bills. He knows all about the Patriots. What do

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Speaker 1: you say about those guys? Basically what everyone else knows, Like,

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Speaker 1: this is a well coached team and like phil Philip

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Speaker 1: rivers also the same thing. They are teams that they

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Speaker 1: study you well and they will know exactly what they're

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Speaker 1: gonna You're gonna get some wrinkles. Philip said, this team

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Speaker 1: is very good at deception and they will attack you

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Speaker 1: where they think you're weakness is. And Philip admitted, right now,

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Speaker 1: you have a guard making his first a rookie guard

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Speaker 1: making his first start. Spencer Pulley, who was an undrafted

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Speaker 1: guy in the second year, who's done really well. I

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Speaker 1: can't say enough but the job Spencer's done. But this

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Speaker 1: is only his a start in the NFL. And now

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Speaker 1: you have Kenny Wiggins who this is his first year starting.

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Speaker 1: So though that's some pretty that's an inexperience there along

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Speaker 1: the interior of the offensive line. So they expect the

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Speaker 1: Patriots to do kind of what they did three or

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Speaker 1: four years ago against the Chargers when they had some

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Speaker 1: inexperience up into the same spots with Chris wad at

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Speaker 1: the time and whatnot, in which they brought interior pressure.

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Speaker 1: So that's Philip says, that's what Belichick does. That that's

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Speaker 1: what Lynds said. Belichick and the Patriots will fine what

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Speaker 1: days think your weaknesses and attack it. So the Chargers

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Speaker 1: really need to show up that area and be prepared.

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Speaker 1: And Philip hasn't been. I think he's only been sacked

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Speaker 1: ten times this year. Ricky the line has done a

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Speaker 1: really good job keeping him clean, and I think Philip

641
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: over the last three games has made some really good

642
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: decisions with the football six touchdowns, just one interception, and

643
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,400
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a coincidence that the Chargers have

644
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: won three in a row and at the same time

645
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: they've taken care of the football. You're absolutely correct. I

646
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: think over the last three games they have a seven

647
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: or two advantage in the takeaway department. So the only

648
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Speaker 1: pick was one that Phillips was a bone hadn't one

649
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: against the Guions. Tyroll Williams had that fumble against the Raiders.

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00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: But besides that, they've made really good choices, and they've

651
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: also run the ball a whole lot more in these

652
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: last three wins. You know, they're pounding it with Melvin

653
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: Gordon and that just opens things up, and they'd be

654
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: good choices, especially when you have a defense playing the

655
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: way they're doing. You don't have to force things down steel,

656
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: they don't have to take risk. When you know that

657
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: the defense and special teams are performing the way they are,

658
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: it allows you to take what the team's given and

659
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: then you know what, a plun's not a bad thing.

660
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: Sometimes you put you back them up, let the defense

661
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: do the other thing, and then you get the ball

662
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: back to the better field position. So the way the

663
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 1: Charges are playing complimentary football in all three phases. I mean, look,

664
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Speaker 1: they started the first quarter of the season owing four,

665
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Speaker 1: but they have a chance to end this second quarter

666
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Speaker 1: of the season and heading to the buy four and

667
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: ow and to do that against a Patriots team that

668
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: would be a major statement to set them up for

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00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: the second half of the season, no, no doubt. And Ricky,

670
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: you have such a unique perspective. I go back to

671
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: last year and the Chargers had lost nine in a

672
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: row and then all of a sudden, they rule off

673
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: three in a row. What's that locker room like? What

674
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 1: was that locker room like on Sunday after beating the

675
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: Broncos twenty one nothing, shoving them out for the first

676
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: time since nineteen ninety two and having a lot of

677
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: confidence entering this game Edgelett Stadium. Yeah, it's funny, but

678
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: it's exactly the type of locker room you would want.

679
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: This confidence building. They're excited, but at the same time

680
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: they're saying, look, we're still three and four. You know,

681
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: we can't get too higher. So I was all we

682
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: have to do is put the tape off in the

683
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: first four weeks. You know, we can't get complacent. Then

684
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: they've also they haven't been perfect. You know, these wins,

685
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: they're winning without playing their best ball, but they are

686
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: getting better and better. All you have to do is

687
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: look at the postgame press conference from coach Lin set

688
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 1: some good things, but he got angry. He was he's

689
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: mad at that goal, the first offensive drive of the year,

690
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: of the game. Excuse me last week when you're at

691
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: the one yard line, you give the ball four times,

692
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: you're Pro Bowl running back and he doesn't get in.

693
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: He was upset at the offerit in the line, but

694
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: he put it on the running back. So they're not

695
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: just saying, oh, these are great, yeah, you know Ladi Da.

696
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: It's like, look, we need to get better. But you

697
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: know what, look at us. We're a tough team. We're

698
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: physical that were playing lights out on defense. You're doing

699
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: great job on special teams, and the offense is doing

700
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: their thing also when they need to make plays. So

701
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 1: it's a kind of mix of you know, you know,

702
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:11,359
Speaker 1: getting a little bit of swagger, but at the same

703
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,919
Speaker 1: time realizing, you know, we haven't done nothing yet. Ricky

704
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,439
Speaker 1: almost feel like those four consecutive runs at the one.

705
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: It was almost a statement that coach Lyn was trying

706
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: to make to this offensive line to be tougher against

707
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: that stout defensive line with the Broncos, and just that

708
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 1: identity of being a tough, physical minded football team. Although

709
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: they didn't get it in, I think it was a

710
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: lesson for future games. We're not afraid to run the

711
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: football when we need to. Oh. I love how he

712
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: I won't say he called him out, but he wasn't

713
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: scared to say. I put this on Melvin Gordon. You know,

714
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Speaker 1: when you have a running back, he was considered an

715
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Speaker 1: elite running back. I don't care what the fullback does

716
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: or the offensive line does. You have to win. You're

717
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 1: one on one and if I gave it to you

718
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: four times, you've got to get him there. And that's

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00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: what this team loves. They love that Coach Lynn. The

720
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,919
Speaker 1: whole players accountaball and he's not afraid to speak his mind.

721
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: He also done a great job, you know, keeping this

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00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: team motivated. But you can start our own four It's

723
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: very easy to just give in, but it's it's a

724
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: different He wouldn't allow it, and the players appreciated that.

725
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: And the other thing I just want to mention it

726
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: with Coach Lynn that I appreciate is he's not stubborn,

727
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 1: he's flexible. He for instance, he loves to get the

728
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: ball start the games. You can make a statement, but

729
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 1: you know what this he has some slow start. So

730
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: he said, let me mix it up, let me change it.

731
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: It's not working, He's you know, he says, if it's

732
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 1: not working, the dumbest sea you could do is to

733
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: keep doing it over and over again. So what to do?

734
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: He defers, defense gets to turn over return touchdown. They

735
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 1: got off to a fast start because he wasn't going

736
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: to keep banging his head against the wall, because that's

737
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 1: what he prefers. No, that's a great point. And I guess, Ricky,

738
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: I'll get you out here on this Sunday. What do

739
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: you think the key to this game is going to be? Obviously,

740
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: and I talked to Dan Fouts about this earlier. On

741
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 1: the surface, it seems like such a daunting task to

742
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: go to Gillette Stadium and try to get a win.

743
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: But the Patriots have lost twice up there already. They

744
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: almost lost a third game to the Texans. When you

745
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: look at this football team, what do they have to

746
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: do on Sunday? Pressure Brady? I mean, I believe it's

747
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: as simple as that, because you look at this Patriots offense,

748
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: number one right offense to the NFL, number one passing

749
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: offense to the NFL. The Chargers defense, I think they're

750
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: the only team in the NFL to not allow more

751
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 1: than two hundred and fifty passing yards in a single game.

752
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 1: This is strength against strength when it comes down to it.

753
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: They have so many weapons, right, I mean, I believe

754
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: four or five players have at least twenty eight catches.

755
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:29,760
Speaker 1: We look at James Whitt, Goronkowski, Brandon Brandon Cooks. Oh yeah.

756
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,839
Speaker 1: So in order to eliminate their weapons, you just gotta,

757
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: you know, rush Brady. You gotta make them speakings up.

758
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: We have to make them uncomfortable. I truly believe that

759
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: the Chargers are able to knock Brady off his spot

760
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: and kind of like the blueprint for the New York

761
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: Giants and their Super Bowl wins. But they got to

762
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 1: Brady so fast that he wasn't able to hit his weapons.

763
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: I think that's how the Chargers get this win. I'm

764
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: expecting a really exciting game. I'm really looking forward to

765
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 1: this a whole lot. I think it's going to be

766
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: a great game for fans to watch it. And I

767
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: just can't wait to you know, I just can't wait

768
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: to see it. I mean, this is probably be the

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00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: game that I am most amped up about all year

770
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: so far. It's gonna be something where if you can

771
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: get four in a row going to the bye week,

772
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: you look at that second half of the schedule. I

773
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:09,720
Speaker 1: think these guys are gonna have a lot of confidence

774
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: regardless of what happens on Sunday. But really looking forward

775
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: to it. Great stuff, Ricky. You can follow him on

776
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: Twitter at Chargers r Heney. He does great work for

777
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: Chargers dot com. Ricky, I will see you on Friday. Buddy, absolutely, man,

778
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,879
Speaker 1: you can have this stuff too. This podcast are awesome.

779
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: You're doing a great job. Thanks, Budd. I appreciate it.

780
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: All right. We have six teams on a buy in

781
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: week gate, which means your fantasy team probably needs a

782
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: little help this weekend. And luckily my guy Matt Harman

783
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 1: from NFL dot com very gracious enough to join us. Matt,

784
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: how are you, sir? Oh Chris, it's good to be

785
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,320
Speaker 1: here here in the conference room. We're here in this

786
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: conference room. We don't know what's gonna happen to we

787
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 1: have someone could barge in at a moment's notice, literally

788
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 1: at any moment. I mean I wouldn't I wouldn't be

789
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: surprised if I was doing actual work here and then

790
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 1: I had to hear my voice blaring around, I would

791
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: probably be upset too. We'll see if we get kicked

792
00:37:55,120 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: out or not. So Matt, six teams on a buy, Packers, Titans, Rams, Giants, Cardinals,

793
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: and Jags. Some pretty important teams there. There are some

794
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: important teams, so I want to go through just like

795
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: position by position quarterback. You're probably not starting any quarterbacks

796
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: from those rosters, but if you did have Aaron Rodgers,

797
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: you're probably still reeling from the fallout of that. From

798
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: a streaming perspective, who are some guys that you could

799
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: kind of plug in and weak eate and feel good about. Yeah,

800
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: I think the ideal candidate, but he's not He's not

801
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: as highly available as maybe some of these other guys

802
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: as Andy Dalton against the Colts, you know the cult

803
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: right hour, just bleeding deep passing production. Yeah, really good

804
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: spot for Andy Dalton and some of the weapons that

805
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: he has there. I mean, Tyler Croft is a guy

806
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: that's been actually playing pretty well. I mean, for from

807
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: a fantasy perspective, He's out there for all the snaps

808
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: and I think he'll he'll get some good looks against

809
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: that Colts defense had just lost Molie Cooker too, So

810
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: Dalton's kind of the ideal candidate, but again not as

811
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 1: not as widely available as some of these other guys.

812
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: Josh McCown right now is legit. How about that? I know,

813
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: right who would have thought? I mean, the Jets really

814
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 1: have been like one of the biggest surprises in the NFL,

815
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 1: that they've just been competent enough. But I like McCown

816
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: at home against the Falcons team that you know, they've

817
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: probably been one of the most disappointing teams there on

818
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,719
Speaker 1: the film, I want to talk about them a little bit.

819
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: We definitely should, but you know, I think that that

820
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: that game still could be pretty reasonably high scoring with

821
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: two offenses that have some players that are I mean again,

822
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: I think he's probably the guy that if Dalton's not

823
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 1: out there, he's my top option. Kind Of going a

824
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: little farther down the list, I mean, Tyrod Taylor is

825
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: normally pretty well owned, but I think he's a nice

826
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 1: safe option. And after that, I mean it gets real.

827
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: Harry Matt Moore on Thursday Night. I think is an

828
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:42,760
Speaker 1: option simply because look that that Dolphins offense has weapons,

829
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: you know, even without Devontae Parker out there. Jarget Still,

830
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: I love Kenny Stills, I mean, and and he to

831
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: be fair, Matt Moore like with this, essentially the same

832
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: cast of characters really came in and played well last year.

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00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: I think he's the best quarterback on their roster, even

834
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 1: when Ryan Tannehill is healthy. I mean, I've a long

835
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: time been a big Matt Moore fan, and so I

836
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: think kind of the desperation guys, he's my favorite. But

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00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: also case Keenam is another one. Like lower options, He's

838
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,479
Speaker 1: had some he's had some games where he's at least

839
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: like he's had one blow up game against the Bucks,

840
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: but playing the Browns in London, obviously from a defensive perspective,

841
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 1: you know, that's like your pure desperation option. Obviously, this

842
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:20,880
Speaker 1: podcast comes out on a Thursday morning, so if you

843
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 1: listen to this before the Thursday night game, Matt Moore

844
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 1: could be an option running back. Matt. I mean, there's

845
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 1: some big time running backs that are not here this week,

846
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:33,320
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette, Todd Gurley, even like Aaron Jones, Adrian Peterson,

847
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: we can get him a little bit too. But from

848
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 1: a running back perspective, who are you plugging in there with?

849
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: With some of these big names out well? I mean

850
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: I think the two everybody's gonna be asking this week,

851
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 1: you know, with the Raiders running backs with Marshawn Lynch suspended,

852
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: which one of these guys do I go after? I

853
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: sent out a tweet last night sort of ingest but

854
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 1: sort of not. I think on my fantasy teams, on

855
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: half of them, I'll be picking up DeAndre Washington and

856
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: the other half I'll pick up Jalen Richard, so that

857
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: come Sunday night, I only hate myself fifty percent, which is,

858
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: you know, pretty good. No. But but for real, I

859
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: really of the two, you know, I think Richard is

860
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 1: the better player. Uh that doesn't always matter for fantasy,

861
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: especially with DeAndre Washington was the guy they drafted. You know,

862
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: you'd think he'd have the pedigree. Uh he got more

863
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: touches with with Lynch out got the touchdown. Um, I

864
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 1: think either of those guys, you know, is a fine

865
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 1: bet for volume. Like I said, I like Richard a

866
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: little bit more because because he's their pass catching back

867
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: and that should give you a pretty reasonable floor that

868
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: could be the tiebreaker. Yeah, that's kind of what I

869
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: normally default too. Basically, So I like Richard is a pickup,

870
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,720
Speaker 1: you know, not a great spot going across the country

871
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: to play a Bill's defense that has looked really good

872
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: this year. So but I think that he's probably my

873
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: favorite guy that you can grab off the waiver wire

874
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 1: and drop right in. Yeah. I think it may just

875
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: be like a hot hand situation there, which is always

876
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: a little dicey. But no, I think Richard would be

877
00:41:56,000 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: my pick over Washington there by. Basically, that's a guy

878
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: that just looks good every time he touches the ball.

879
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,799
Speaker 1: I actually tweeted out this morning. You know, I do

880
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: a lot of work with our next Gen stats, and

881
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: I was looking at the Raiders running backs. You know,

882
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: they're run blocking, by the way, hasn't been all that

883
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: good this year. I know they're they're outside the top

884
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: fifteen in Football Outsiders adjusted line yards. They're one of

885
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: the worst teams in our next Gen stats yards gained

886
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 1: before defenders closed within a yard of them, But in

887
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: terms of yards gained after defenders closed within a yard

888
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 1: of them, they rank Jaylen Richard ninth in the NFL,

889
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 1: Marshawn Lynch twenty eighth, and DeAndre Washington sixtieth. So I

890
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: think of the guys that can create the most on

891
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: their own, I think Richard is that player wide receiver,

892
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson, DeVante Adams, Larry Fitzgerald, a few other guys

893
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,759
Speaker 1: not you're not gonna have this week streamers. There. Yeah,

894
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that you would think, you know,

895
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: we're in good positions about three weeks ago. Yeah, you're

896
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: rethinking a lot right now, no kidding. I think one

897
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 1: guy that really stands out that people are gonna be

898
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: chasing is Josh Doxton. I kind of go back and forth,

899
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: had a lot of people ask me questions about him.

900
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: I think he's worth a pickup, no doubt about it.

901
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: But you know, for fantasy, it always comes down to volume,

902
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: and that was the biggest problem with Terrelle Pryor. Like,

903
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: obviously it looks like Dockson has ascended past Prior in

904
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,240
Speaker 1: the pecking order, but with Washington, it is a spread

905
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: it around offense. You know. Kirk Cousins even he literally

906
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: said as much during a postgame interview. He said, look,

907
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: we spread it around. We always have, we always will,

908
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: so there's never gonna be a funnel target. But I

909
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: think this week Dockson is worth grabbing and playing simply

910
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: because he's one of the best receivers in tight coverage.

911
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: We've seen him make multiple big plays when every he's

912
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: gotten the chance. I think Dallas and Washington engage in

913
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of a shootout there at that four

914
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: twenty five game. So I like, Doson is the guy

915
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: that you can pick up and throw in. But I

916
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 1: wouldn't get too carried away. Maybe you actually try to

917
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 1: sell him if he has a big game after this one,

918
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: because I don't think that he's going to be a

919
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: player that you can rely on for volume week in

920
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 1: and week out. Yeah, we thought it was gonna be

921
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder at being in the year with I was

922
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 1: gonna be Jordan Reid, And like I think you talked

923
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: about a couple of weeks, I feel like Vernon Davis

924
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:55,919
Speaker 1: and Jordan Reid have just switched bodies right, like they're

925
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: the like different guys. Now. Finally looked like Reid was

926
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: getting going last night, but but or Monday night, Excuse me,

927
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: I don't know what day it is anymore. It's middle

928
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:07,399
Speaker 1: of its middle season. Chris, everybody, Kate, but I think

929
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,919
Speaker 1: that just yeah, the lesson with Washington's offenses, don't chase.

930
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 1: Don't chase the guys. Chase the guy who's throwing them

931
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 1: the ball, which is Kirk Cousins, who's smashing weekend and

932
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 1: week out at this point. Dall's weapons. Yeah, old Jay

933
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 1: Gruden doesn't mess around. We saw with Matt Jones last

934
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: year and then I don't know what terrelle pryor did

935
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: you have such a such a huge drop off and

936
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: it snaps, But it looks like Dockson. They've they've been

937
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 1: waiting for a long time to get him in the

938
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,759
Speaker 1: lineup on a more consistent basis. And for other wide

939
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:33,960
Speaker 1: receivers too, I mean, coming back to the McCown thing.

940
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,239
Speaker 1: The Jets wide receivers are producing in fantasy, whether you

941
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: think they're good or not. With Jermaine Curse and Robbie Anderson,

942
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 1: those guys are getting the looks. And I mean especially

943
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,640
Speaker 1: Anderson can hit a big play at any time going

944
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 1: against the Falcons. I like that option tight ends in defense.

945
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 1: Tight end's been a crapshoot all year long. If you

946
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: don't have Kelsey or Cronk or you know a couple

947
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 1: other guys who's worth scooping up this week. Tight end

948
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: is is a train wreck every single week. As you mentioned,

949
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: I talked about Tyler Croft, who I think it's kind

950
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: of the ideal streaming candidate. He is out there for

951
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: like I said, over ninety percent of the snaps every week.

952
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 1: With Tyler Reifford out of there, he's been getting red

953
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,720
Speaker 1: zone targets. You know, made a big game against the Browns,

954
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: who give up production to tight ends. But he also

955
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,439
Speaker 1: has gone He's got a great matchup, like I said,

956
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:20,799
Speaker 1: against the Colts, who were already bad against you know,

957
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: defending the past in general, but now they've lost their

958
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: stud safety rookie Malik Hooker, so they'll be in a

959
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,479
Speaker 1: pretty tough spot. Looking across the rest of the guys,

960
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: I mean, Nico Leary, kind of Nico Leary man. Nico

961
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: Leary saw Florida is at Florida, states Nico Leary, It

962
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: is Florida states, Nico Leary. He was, he was out

963
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 1: there for more snaps. But Logan converted quarterback Logan Thomas

964
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 1: was the one who caught the touchdown for I was.

965
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 1: I was like, I could. I was so blown away.

966
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 1: I mean, Thomas went to this Thomas went to this saint.

967
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 1: He's born in the same town that I went to school,

968
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 1: and so I was like, wow, that's pretty crazy to see.

969
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 1: But with Nico Leary, he's another guy that's like, I mean,

970
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,719
Speaker 1: he's not like an athlete at all. You know, he's

971
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 1: got like no definition on his arms, pasty white looking

972
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 1: arms or whatever. I remember I was tall. I just

973
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: co managing a fantasy team with somebody, and uh, you know,

974
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: I was telling he or whatever about Nicolee. I was like, no,

975
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:14,720
Speaker 1: we need to tight end this week. De Laney Walker's

976
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:16,759
Speaker 1: on buy, like, we might have to think about Nickeolear's like,

977
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 1: all right, well, tell me a little bit about him.

978
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 1: And I started describing him, and she's like, so, what

979
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: are we playing him on his personality? But I'm like, no,

980
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 1: he's he's got a pretty good opportunity with Charles Clay

981
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: out there and they're playing the Raiders, and I mean

982
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 1: there's just not a lot of pass catchers in Buffalo

983
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 1: right now. So if you're desperate for tight end help,

984
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,359
Speaker 1: I think you can roll out O'Leary with moderate expectations.

985
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: I wouldn't move to this this Patriots Chargers matchup on Sunday,

986
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: and Hunter Henry was a guy that was a little

987
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: puzzling the first four weeks. He was not targeted in

988
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:46,240
Speaker 1: half of those games. You're starting to see them feature

989
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: Henry a lot more the last four games. I think

990
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: he's two hundred twenty one yards and two touchdowns of

991
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:52,279
Speaker 1: the last four games. He's got to be a tight

992
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: end one I imagine moving forward here. Oh yeah, I

993
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 1: think he's in that group of guys that you count

994
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: on every single week because he's out there for a

995
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,280
Speaker 1: lot of snap apps. He's running a lot of routes,

996
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: which is key for the tight end position when you're

997
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: not obviously when you're not out there blocking. So he's

998
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 1: somebody that I think you play every single week. And

999
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,239
Speaker 1: I mean he only I believe he just crossed the

1000
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 1: seventy yard threshold last last game out but I think

1001
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 1: there should be a good spot for him against the

1002
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: Patriot team that's given obviously given up a lot of

1003
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:19,799
Speaker 1: production to passing attacks. But he's definitely somebody. I mean,

1004
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 1: it's a limited group of guys that you can count

1005
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:23,319
Speaker 1: on week to week and I think somebody with that

1006
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: usage profile. He and Keenan Allen are kind of the

1007
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:30,359
Speaker 1: guys you can depend on in this passing game. Yeah,

1008
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: so Keenan Allen, Hunter, Henry, and Melvin Gordon. I think

1009
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,720
Speaker 1: I talked about this with franchise last week in Melvin Gordon.

1010
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,319
Speaker 1: I feel like he's he's in your lineup every week,

1011
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 1: but I think you have to taper expectations based on

1012
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 1: just like the yards per carry. Sometimes he just he

1013
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,640
Speaker 1: just gets put in some spots where he's not able

1014
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 1: to generate a lot of yards. Yeah, I don't think

1015
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:51,879
Speaker 1: he's that type of back that's ever going to be

1016
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 1: a high yards per carry guy. I mean we have all,

1017
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: you know, just over two year sample now of him

1018
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and he's always been a low yards

1019
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: per cary. I mean even last year during his big

1020
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: breakout year, he was under four, which is you know,

1021
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:05,560
Speaker 1: it's fine, it's it's yards per Carrey I think is

1022
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 1: kind of like a little bit of an overrated stat anyways. Sure,

1023
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,440
Speaker 1: so it's not a big deal, but yeah, he's definitely

1024
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,440
Speaker 1: not someone that you're just going to be expecting that

1025
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:18,400
Speaker 1: from the Patriots. Brady Gronk and then I think the

1026
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 1: most frustrating thing about playing them in general, you take

1027
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 1: fantasy out of but it's just how they spread the

1028
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 1: ball around. Yeah, Dion Lewis is a guy that we've

1029
00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: seen get a little uptick the last three weeks. What

1030
00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 1: do you look at this week for the Patriots offense

1031
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: against the Chargers. Well, I think that we are like

1032
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: you said, talking about the frustrating part of them, the

1033
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: most frustrating part is the backfield. But but look, you've

1034
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 1: got to take shots at it because, like we said,

1035
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,400
Speaker 1: running backs are are a tough proposition right now, there's

1036
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that are on buy. There's always

1037
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,200
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries at the position. So you got

1038
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: to take shots at that Patriots backfield because it's a

1039
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: high scoring offense and this should be a pretty high

1040
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,000
Speaker 1: scoring game. I don't know if you agree, but that's

1041
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 1: what I would I would think. No, I agree, And

1042
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: the Chargers right now give up the second most yards

1043
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: per carry to running backs in the NFL, or at

1044
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: least they're top five in that statistic. And I like

1045
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: guys like Dion Lewis because of that. I like guys

1046
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,920
Speaker 1: like Rex Burkhead because of that. I mean to me,

1047
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:10,359
Speaker 1: the Patriots backfield needs to be more of those two

1048
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 1: guys and less of Mike Gillisli, who just doesn't offer

1049
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 1: any versatility to this offense. Like when teams see gillisly

1050
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:18,839
Speaker 1: in the backfield, they know it's going to be a run.

1051
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,920
Speaker 1: He has zero targets on the year. I think you

1052
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,720
Speaker 1: even saw that last week against the Falcons, and Lewis

1053
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 1: and Burkehead are just as good, if in my opinion,

1054
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: not better runners than Gillislie. So I think those two

1055
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:33,359
Speaker 1: guys are definitely worth playing. Lewis the preferred option because

1056
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:35,320
Speaker 1: I think he's the better player. He's getting more snaps,

1057
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 1: more touches in Burkehead right now. But I think you

1058
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 1: can throw Burkehead out there if you're a real tough

1059
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:42,080
Speaker 1: spot with running backs. We talked about Atlanta at the beginning.

1060
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: Let's get to them because they're they're head scratching. Matt

1061
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: Ryan has been a big disappointment this year from a

1062
00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:51,200
Speaker 1: fantasy perspective. How do you view this offense moving forward?

1063
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 1: They had the Jets on the road in Week eight,

1064
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:56,040
Speaker 1: right Well, I think I said this on Twitter and

1065
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: I might have said it on the Fantasy Live podcast. Too.

1066
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 1: The twenty seventeent coins have given us no reason to

1067
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 1: think they're a good team and given us less than

1068
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,040
Speaker 1: that to think that they're a good offense. I mean,

1069
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 1: the play calling is disjointed right now. They seem to

1070
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,800
Speaker 1: be struggling to just get the ball to their good players.

1071
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:15,799
Speaker 1: I don't know what you do with I mean, if

1072
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,880
Speaker 1: you have a if you're like a Matt Ryan owner

1073
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: in fantasy football, you have to at this point, I

1074
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:22,400
Speaker 1: would hope have moved on from the fact that you

1075
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:24,399
Speaker 1: have like an every week starter. I think you are

1076
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:28,160
Speaker 1: in the streaming quarterback market. DeVonta Freeman and Julio Jones

1077
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:29,719
Speaker 1: are guys that you definitely want to hold on too.

1078
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 1: If not, maybe make some like exploratory Bilow offers if

1079
00:50:33,960 --> 00:50:37,440
Speaker 1: you don't own them, and then these ancillary pieces. Mohammed

1080
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,920
Speaker 1: Sanu has actually been quietly good. He has more than

1081
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 1: six targets in every game except the one where he

1082
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: got injured mid game against the Bills. Oddly enough, he's

1083
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 1: been kind of consistent in fantasy, so that's fine. But

1084
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: the rest of these guys, like I mean, Tevin Coleman

1085
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: has no like predictable usage. He's not getting the passing

1086
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:55,799
Speaker 1: volume that you would have thought. You know, guys like

1087
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper have not come through. So this is the

1088
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,920
Speaker 1: type of offense like the twenty teen Falcons. You're interested

1089
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: in those little ancillary pieces like the Taylor Gabriels, you know,

1090
00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:06,680
Speaker 1: even the Jacob Tammy's or whatever, because you're just scoring

1091
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,920
Speaker 1: so many points. But when this offense is mediocre to pour,

1092
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 1: you start cutting ties with those sort of players. So

1093
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:14,000
Speaker 1: what do you do with Ryan this week? I mean,

1094
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:18,760
Speaker 1: seemingly he has a bounced back performance in him, potentially

1095
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:22,720
Speaker 1: against the Jets, for instance, Harmon DeShawn Watson in Seattle

1096
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:24,840
Speaker 1: or Matt Ryan in New York? Like who would you

1097
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,960
Speaker 1: who would you start? I mean, I gotta go with Watson.

1098
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: I think that that that matchup with the Seahawks and

1099
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: the Texans is one that's real fascinating to me. I

1100
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,239
Speaker 1: mean even just those It's funny we don't have like

1101
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:36,799
Speaker 1: two afternoon games and that's it, but both of them

1102
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 1: awesome games. I am really looking forward to tracking both

1103
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,879
Speaker 1: of those closely, you know, to me, I do think

1104
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: that game could get pretty high scoring. I mean, the

1105
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: Seahawks are always always a threat to put up points

1106
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: at home, and I know the Seahawks defense is like

1107
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:54,439
Speaker 1: one that we're intimidated by on paper, but they haven't.

1108
00:51:54,480 --> 00:51:57,319
Speaker 1: They have let up some passing yardage. You obviously more

1109
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:58,880
Speaker 1: so I want to attack him on the ground. But

1110
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,759
Speaker 1: I think Watson's so hot right now. He's got a

1111
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: great set of weapons. You know, he has some rushing

1112
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:05,720
Speaker 1: ability to give you a little bit of a floor.

1113
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:07,879
Speaker 1: I mean, I just don't know that you have any

1114
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,799
Speaker 1: sort of predictable floor or ceiling with Ryan. I mean,

1115
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 1: if you're in a tough spot, like we've mentioned, there's

1116
00:52:12,960 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 1: not a lot of great quarterback streamers, I guess you

1117
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 1: play him. But in that debate Watson verse Ryan, I'm

1118
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:20,440
Speaker 1: gonna just I'm gonna default to the player that's cooking

1119
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,239
Speaker 1: right now, and that's Watson and not so much the

1120
00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 1: guy who struggled all year. I want to get back

1121
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:27,359
Speaker 1: to the quarterbacks really quickly. Philip Rivers didn't. I didn't

1122
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:29,959
Speaker 1: ask about him this week streaming against the Patriots. Yeah,

1123
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,800
Speaker 1: I think he got to. I mean, Ryan, keep talking

1124
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,840
Speaker 1: about struggling. He is the first player to not go

1125
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:38,879
Speaker 1: over three hundred passing yards against the Patriots this year.

1126
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:40,799
Speaker 1: So I think you can look for Philip Rivers to

1127
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: restart that streak. At least this game should be high scoring.

1128
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:47,840
Speaker 1: I think the individual matchups on the Chargers go really

1129
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,959
Speaker 1: well against the Patriots. You know, they've used a little

1130
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:54,400
Speaker 1: bit of a combination of Travis Benjamin and Keenan Allen

1131
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:56,239
Speaker 1: in the slot this year. You've seen both those guys

1132
00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 1: take some of those reps and the Patriots have given

1133
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:00,560
Speaker 1: up some of the one of the teams allowing the

1134
00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 1: most yards to slot receivers this year. So I think

1135
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: what the Chargers do well on offense matches up really

1136
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: well with what the Patriots don't do so well on defense.

1137
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 1: Saying quarterback Cam Newton in this Carolina offense, they're up

1138
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,480
Speaker 1: and down man. Yeah, Christian McCaffrey, what do we make

1139
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:17,000
Speaker 1: of him? And what do we make it? Cam? I

1140
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 1: did he just walked out of a press confidences like

1141
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:21,880
Speaker 1: camp seems to have a lot going on. Yeah, Cam's

1142
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: got an awful lot going on, you know. And I

1143
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 1: think it also there's a little bit of a fan

1144
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:26,440
Speaker 1: theory going around on Twitter that it all started with

1145
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: the little blonde goatee. Everything seems to have been going off,

1146
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:30,880
Speaker 1: going wrong for him ever since he grew that out.

1147
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe he needs to reconsider that. Look. But anyways,

1148
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 1: back to football for a second. With the I mean,

1149
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 1: let's start with the run game with Christian McCaffrey. I mean,

1150
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: the Panthers have been a total and complete nightmare running

1151
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:45,360
Speaker 1: the ball. I mean McCaffrey has saved his fantasy utility

1152
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,760
Speaker 1: because he's been He's been nice in getting some yards

1153
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:52,400
Speaker 1: through the through the air, but Carolina is ranked thirty

1154
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 1: first in our yards before close stat for next Gen stats,

1155
00:53:55,600 --> 00:53:58,440
Speaker 1: which I think helps evaluate some run blocking. They've been

1156
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 1: miserable in games when Ryan hasn't played. I just think

1157
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: that we need to see something from this running game

1158
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,880
Speaker 1: before believing that they have anything. And honestly, I don't know.

1159
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going to change. They've actually lost

1160
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:13,440
Speaker 1: more linement to injury lately anyway, So McCaffrey, I think,

1161
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,839
Speaker 1: is purely like a he's almost purely a receiver now

1162
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:18,800
Speaker 1: at this point. I mean, and also too, it's a

1163
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:20,480
Speaker 1: little bit on him as well too. I don't think

1164
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 1: he's played that well. I mean, as he hardly breaks

1165
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,759
Speaker 1: any tackles, doesn't really create yards on his own like

1166
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,200
Speaker 1: we thought he would. Basically like seven carries for ten

1167
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 1: yards last week. It's disgusting, I mean, and Stuart's not

1168
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:34,640
Speaker 1: that much better either. I mean, so I'm pretty much

1169
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:37,399
Speaker 1: out on any hope for this Panthers run game, which

1170
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:39,719
Speaker 1: is a big problem because that's what their offensive identity

1171
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:41,799
Speaker 1: should be. I mean, they really miss Greg Olson, they

1172
00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:44,840
Speaker 1: really do. They really miss Greg Olson as a reliable presence.

1173
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 1: And again it's just the lack of the lack of

1174
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,160
Speaker 1: good offensive line play I think really takes this team down.

1175
00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 1: I mean, Cam Newton when he had his twenty fifteen

1176
00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:56,280
Speaker 1: MVP season, that was their best by far. Run blocking

1177
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 1: and pass blocking line that they had was that team

1178
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:01,479
Speaker 1: was really firing on all cylinders, and that's what really

1179
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:04,239
Speaker 1: makes that offense so much better. We've seen now over

1180
00:55:04,239 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 1: the last two years. When that falls apart, so does

1181
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:10,320
Speaker 1: Cam Newton, so does their deep pass game, etc. Etc. However,

1182
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 1: this is a nice spot against the Bucks defense, who

1183
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:14,839
Speaker 1: just had to put no ofspense on ir and we're

1184
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: already dead last in sacks in the NFL. It's a

1185
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:20,680
Speaker 1: little bit of and their rush defense has been ripped

1186
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,359
Speaker 1: apart by Adrian Peterson and then Lashawn McCoy last week.

1187
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,719
Speaker 1: So it's a little bit of that movable object verse,

1188
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,200
Speaker 1: you know, versus the stop, the stoppable force or whatever.

1189
00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:34,520
Speaker 1: So I don't know. I think that you can play

1190
00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:36,839
Speaker 1: your Panthers this week and if they don't do it

1191
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:39,400
Speaker 1: this week, then it's it's it's bad because this is,

1192
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:41,680
Speaker 1: like I said, a dream spot against the Bucks defense.

1193
00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: Matt I get you out of you on this, Amari Cooper,

1194
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:47,799
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson. I feel like fantasy owners, we all do it.

1195
00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:51,920
Speaker 1: We all fall into this trap of overreacting to like

1196
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,600
Speaker 1: the previous week and Amari Cooper there was more of

1197
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:59,000
Speaker 1: a sample size there. But how do we just have

1198
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:03,400
Speaker 1: people relax and not overreact to every single week because

1199
00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:05,000
Speaker 1: Adrian Peters and then all of a sudden was at

1200
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:09,400
Speaker 1: RB one and then he puts up the performance that Yeah.

1201
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:11,440
Speaker 1: I mean this is more of like a philosophical like

1202
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,759
Speaker 1: general thinking question needs some philosophy, I think podcast. I

1203
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: think what it is is just you have to be

1204
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: forward thinking with fantasy football. You cannot like always look

1205
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 1: back and think that the past is going to just

1206
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:26,359
Speaker 1: keep repeating itself. I mean football is such a small

1207
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,440
Speaker 1: sample size game. I mean, even sixteen games of a

1208
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:32,280
Speaker 1: season is real small sample size compared to like sports

1209
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:35,200
Speaker 1: like basketball or baseball, where they're hundreds and hundreds of

1210
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:40,000
Speaker 1: needless games in my opinion. But anyways, like you're dealing

1211
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:41,680
Speaker 1: with real small sample size and you kind of have

1212
00:56:41,719 --> 00:56:44,360
Speaker 1: to deal with the seasons as like fractions of a season,

1213
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:47,840
Speaker 1: Like there is the you know, the Adrian they like

1214
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,840
Speaker 1: what I could paint the picture of with Amari Cooper

1215
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:53,640
Speaker 1: is like there's the fraction of the season where Amari

1216
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 1: Cooper struggles, and now there's going to be the fraction

1217
00:56:56,239 --> 00:56:58,239
Speaker 1: of the season where he starts cooking, and you have

1218
00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:00,359
Speaker 1: to kind of balance things and like what we've seen

1219
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,800
Speaker 1: in years past, what do you teams typically do? There's

1220
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:05,399
Speaker 1: no exact equation for it or otherwise you know, we'd

1221
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:09,319
Speaker 1: actually be experts instead of just them pretending that we are. Like,

1222
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:13,160
Speaker 1: you've just got to try to be forward thinking and

1223
00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:15,359
Speaker 1: take things on a case by case basis. Like I said,

1224
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 1: there's really there's really no rules to this, and I

1225
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:19,920
Speaker 1: think the most important thing for me is being able

1226
00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:23,240
Speaker 1: to tell yourself a story with how this works out

1227
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:25,680
Speaker 1: in certain different ways and then letting that help you

1228
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 1: imagine the range of outcomes every player from a week

1229
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: to week basis, and from a season to season perspective

1230
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: has a range of outcomes and finding those like the

1231
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:37,800
Speaker 1: different points in that range, and then convincing yourself like,

1232
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,520
Speaker 1: this is the one I think could happen, you know,

1233
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 1: I think that's what it's done in Adrian Peterson's a

1234
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:45,400
Speaker 1: good example because obviously Carson Palmer being out changes things.

1235
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:47,760
Speaker 1: But let's for a second just go back to what

1236
00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:51,640
Speaker 1: he did in Week six, or his first game with

1237
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:53,920
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. I think there was coming off that game

1238
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:55,960
Speaker 1: there was still a real wide range of outcomes. I

1239
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 1: think we saw that when, yeah, when the Cardinals win games,

1240
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:01,120
Speaker 1: when they blow teams out, he could smash and do

1241
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:04,200
Speaker 1: real well. But then there's also the range of outcomes that,

1242
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,160
Speaker 1: you know, if they fall behind because they're not a

1243
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:09,120
Speaker 1: real good defense, their past protection struggles and their offense

1244
00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:12,280
Speaker 1: in general isn't is a real high variance one. Then

1245
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: there are those games when he's gonna get eleven carries

1246
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,200
Speaker 1: for thirty yards, Like all of that is possible on

1247
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:18,320
Speaker 1: a week tweek perspective with Adrian Peterson, and you have

1248
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,240
Speaker 1: to just remember that, Yeah, don't fly off the handle,

1249
00:58:21,480 --> 00:58:24,400
Speaker 1: Yeah you spitch on Twitter, don't don't blow up mentions.

1250
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,480
Speaker 1: Things happen. That's fine. It's like I said, it is

1251
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:32,040
Speaker 1: a highly variance game, super small sample sizes, and you

1252
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:34,880
Speaker 1: can my one of my good mentors in the business,

1253
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:37,240
Speaker 1: Sigmund Bloom from Football Guys, always puts it this way,

1254
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,720
Speaker 1: like you can be right and wrong about a player

1255
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:43,000
Speaker 1: prediction from the preseason all in one year. Yeah, you know, sure,

1256
00:58:43,560 --> 00:58:45,680
Speaker 1: like that happens all the time. Like if you thought

1257
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper was going to be a bust, You've looked

1258
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,680
Speaker 1: right so far, but you know, come week sixteen, he

1259
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:52,320
Speaker 1: might start smashing again, and then you look wrong, and

1260
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:54,320
Speaker 1: but you're right and wrong all in the case of

1261
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:56,360
Speaker 1: one year. Matt Harman, what do you got going on?

1262
00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 1: I had the franchise on last week. We talked about

1263
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 1: fantasy hipsters promote everything yet going on NFL dot Com,

1264
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:03,920
Speaker 1: Twitter or everything? Sure? Yeah, I mean on Twitter at

1265
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:08,160
Speaker 1: Matt Harman underscore byb doing a lot of stuff with

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Speaker 1: the next gen stats right now. If you use a

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Speaker 1: the stuff that's such good stuff. Yeah, it's fun. It's

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Speaker 1: it's cool because it's all new data that we're all

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Speaker 1: working with and trying to learn together. You know, a

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Speaker 1: lot of people ask me, so what does this mean?

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Speaker 1: I'm like, well, what do you think it means? You know,

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Speaker 1: does this mean that a receiver is bad or good? Well?

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Speaker 1: What do you think? Like? That's that's the fun about

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Speaker 1: football analytics. It's that there's no objective truth. Yeah, we're

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Speaker 1: all trying to just dig through together, and so I

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Speaker 1: really appreciate anybody that checks out that content. Awesome, man,

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Speaker 1: Well we appreciate it, and we'll definitely have you back

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Speaker 1: here hopefully down the stretch playoff time. Absolutely, anytime, Chris.

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Speaker 1: All right, buddy, and that's gonna do it for Chargers Weekly.

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Speaker 1: My thanks to Matt Harmon, Ricky, Henny ben Voland, and

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Speaker 1: the great Dan Fouts for joining me. If you enjoy

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Speaker 1: gonna take a buye along with the team next week.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back at it in week ten. Enjoy the

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