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Speaker 1: Wow, it's Wednesday, September six, twenty twenty three. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me and your man,

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Speaker 1: MG Marcus Grant, joined.

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Speaker 2: By Michael F. Floria.

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Speaker 1: We got specialists over there. Everybody, give yourselves a round

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Speaker 1: of applause. Welcome to a brand new season. One more

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Speaker 1: sleep until we have actual NFL football. It'll be the

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Speaker 1: Lions and the Chiefs to kick things off. We got

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Speaker 1: plenty to talk about on this one, but Floria, we

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Speaker 1: have made it through the long dark night of the offseason.

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Speaker 2: It feels nice.

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Speaker 3: It does. We have actual football that we're gonna be

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Speaker 3: able to watch and break down and obviously fantasy scorers

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Speaker 3: to pay attention to. I'm very excited.

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Speaker 2: Coming up on the show today.

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Speaker 1: We are previewing TNF and the early Sunday games and

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Speaker 1: giving you some last minute waiver wire options for Week one.

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Speaker 1: But let's get started with a little bit of news,

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Speaker 1: because there is some that we have to get. The

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Speaker 1: biggest news item from the last couple of days, Travis

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Speaker 1: Kelce suffers a hyper extended knee during practice.

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Speaker 2: His status right now for the kickoff game is.

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Speaker 1: Up in the air. Doesn't look good at least four

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Speaker 1: week one and maybe a couple of weeks out. But

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Speaker 1: long term, I mean, look, a lot of people have

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Speaker 1: already done their drafts, maybe some people are still drafting.

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Speaker 1: How worried are you long term about this Travis Kelce situation.

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Speaker 3: It's definitely concerning. I would say I think he is still,

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Speaker 3: when healthy, the clear cut best tight end in all

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Speaker 3: of football. But a knee injury is right before the

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Speaker 3: season is never good for anyone. But he's about to

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Speaker 3: be thirty four in a month. I think that maybe

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Speaker 3: gets overlooked a little bit. But if he is healthy

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Speaker 3: and out there again, there's no other tight end I

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Speaker 3: would one more.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing, and I think for people who are

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Speaker 1: still drafting, he will probably fall to the end of

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Speaker 1: the first round, maybe early second round. I'm still comfortable

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Speaker 1: drafting him there. He averaged eighteen point six fantasy points

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Speaker 1: per game last year. The next closest was George Kittle

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Speaker 1: at thirteen point four. You're talking about him, Yeah, a

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Speaker 1: five point per game difference between the two of them.

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Speaker 2: That is significant.

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Speaker 1: So it's still worth the early second round pick even

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Speaker 1: if he misses the first couple weeks of the season.

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Speaker 2: Meanwhile, in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: We know Jonathan Taylor is not going to be available

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Speaker 1: for at least the first four games of the season

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Speaker 1: as he is still on the pup list.

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Speaker 2: The Colts have said.

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Speaker 1: They are going to use running back by committee in

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Speaker 1: his absence. Everybody's talked about whether it's Zach Moss or

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Speaker 1: Evan Hall. I think no one's really talked about Dion Jackson.

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Speaker 1: He's been the forgotten man there. But if you are

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Speaker 1: picking who is the Indianapolis running back that you want

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Speaker 3: I think it's Zach Moss. But I say that and

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Speaker 3: my approach is kind of like, I'll take any of

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Speaker 3: the three, but I just want one of the three.

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Speaker 3: I don't want multiple of them. I'm not trying to

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Speaker 3: play that game, Mike. I'm really concerned though, about this

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Speaker 3: just being a situation where none of them are fantasy

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Speaker 3: relevant because a hot hand makes it hard to predict

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Speaker 3: week to week. Evan Hall, I know is right now,

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Speaker 3: but he looks really good in the spring. But we're

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Speaker 3: gonna see Dion and Evan Hall week one, and we're

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Speaker 3: gonna be like, Okay, whoever's the lead. There's the guy,

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Speaker 3: and then Zack Moss is gonna come and mrk it

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Speaker 3: Jonathan Taylor might be back.

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Speaker 1: I know that last year when Taylor was hurt near

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Speaker 1: the end of the season, it was Zach Moss that

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Speaker 1: this whole situation. I do love that everybody got fired

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Speaker 2: I'm like, that's great. It gets me zero fantasy points. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And the worst possible thing ever was the cults saying

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Speaker 1: But I think I'm gonna roll with Zach Moss because

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Speaker 1: and more running back talk here, Robert Sala, the head

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Speaker 1: gonna be smart with reps for Breese Hall and Dalvin

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Speaker 1: the worst case scenario if you're a breeze or if

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Speaker 1: you're a Breeze Hall fantasy manager, how do you see

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Speaker 3: My thinking is still what it was from the moment

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Speaker 3: think Dalvin Cook will be the lead back early on,

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Speaker 3: and then as Breshall gets more comfortable and more confident

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Speaker 3: just a situation that goes back and forth. Because I

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Speaker 3: know everyone wants to write off Dalvin Cook. I'm not

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Speaker 3: lot of good football left in him.

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Speaker 1: Of all of the big time free agent running backs

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Speaker 1: I think at the start of the year this may

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Speaker 1: be close to a fifty to fifty split between Breeze

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Speaker 1: and I think by the time we get to the

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Speaker 1: maybe a sixty five to thirty five advantage for Breeze Hall.

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Speaker 1: But right now, I think you're gonna see a fairly

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a high scoring game, so

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Speaker 1: maybe we don't see either of those guys get the

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Speaker 3: Are you starting either of them this week?

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Speaker 1: I could be talked into starting Breeze Hall, but even

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Speaker 3: They're more like low end RB twos.

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Speaker 2: I would say, right much more upside if I could

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Speaker 2: flex them. I think that's what I would do.

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Speaker 1: That would be the best option for me if I

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Speaker 1: had that available to me. Let's get into what we're

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Speaker 1: the season chickoff game. It's the Detroit Lions at the

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Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. That gets going Thursday, eight to fifteen Eastern.

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Speaker 1: You can see that game on the National Broadcasting Company. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey the big story here is he's dealing with

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Speaker 1: very doubtful that he's going to play. Of course, we'll

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Speaker 1: wait and see for sure. But if Travis Kelsey can't go,

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Speaker 1: which Chiefs pass catcher benefits the most? As if I

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Speaker 3: I mean, if anyone has followed me for more than

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Speaker 3: twelve hours, they know the answer for this. It is

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Speaker 3: Kadarius Tony. I like your pick a lot as well,

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Speaker 3: and I actually wrote about your pick as a start,

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Speaker 3: But I think Kadarius Tony brings a lot of upside

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Speaker 3: in this game. I know he might be on a

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Speaker 3: he could still flirt with ten targets. And there's a

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Speaker 3: history of good things happening when you let Kadarius Tony

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Speaker 3: touch the football. The only thing that could stop Kadarius Tony,

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Speaker 1: Kadarius Tony has been the thing holding back Kadarius Tony

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Speaker 1: so far, the fact that he can't stay healthy, and

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Speaker 1: that is the reason why I'm leaning with sky Moore.

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Speaker 1: And I will admit that I was sort of unsure

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Speaker 1: I've started to buy in. I think when it comes

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Speaker 1: be very creative and where they line them up and

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Speaker 1: the things they can do for them, and the thought

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Speaker 1: like last year and Mahomes Warren does last year. He's

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Speaker 1: weeks where it's Tony, could be some weeks where it's more.

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Speaker 1: We could see mvs, we could see Rashi Rice. I mean,

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Speaker 1: rookie for Detroit, the running back. There more or less

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say more he could do that on one play.

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Speaker 3: He is that explosive. I don't think he's going to

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Speaker 3: like a sixty forty split, let's say, in the backfield

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Speaker 3: the mindset that Jamiir Gibbs is going to be heavily

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Speaker 3: involved as a pass catcher as well, whether that's out

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Speaker 3: of the backfield or maybe lining up in the slot

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Speaker 3: moving around the field while Montgomery is in the backfield.

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Speaker 3: So to me, the lines keep saying all this stuff

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Speaker 3: I think it leads to a big day, and I'm

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Speaker 3: hopeful that maybe he gets used near the goal line

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Speaker 2: That would certainly be nice.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little bit more skeptical in Week one, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to say less, and the reason is it has

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Speaker 1: nothing to do with his ability.

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Speaker 2: It has to do with pass protection.

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Speaker 1: I know I sort of mocked Evan Hall for the

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Speaker 1: pass protection video that we saw during the preseason, But

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Speaker 1: in a game where I think the Lions are going

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Speaker 1: to have to throw the football a lot, I'm curious

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Speaker 1: how much they trust him to protect Jared Goff when

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Speaker 1: this pass rush is coming after him. I think that's

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Speaker 1: what's going to keep Montgomery on the field, and I

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Speaker 1: think just the fewer snaps, the fewer opportunities, means that

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Speaker 1: Gibbs is going to have a harder time getting to

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Speaker 1: that number. I think over the long term, I think

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Speaker 1: that's very doable for him on a week to week basis.

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Speaker 1: I think in Week one it might be a little

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Speaker 1: bit more difficult. So gonna be a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: to watch. I expect this is going to be one

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Speaker 1: of the higher scoring games of the week.

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Speaker 2: I'm thinking a lot of fireworks.

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Speaker 3: Same fun way to start the season.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely a fun way to start the season. We'll see

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Speaker 1: if the Chiefs can back up their Super Bowl title

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Speaker 1: or if.

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Speaker 2: They're going to finally restore the roar in Detroit. We

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Speaker 3: I am starting Anthony Richardson in numerous leagues. Now, I'm

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Speaker 1: But I will be watching very closely because I get it.

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Speaker 1: some of the top waiver wire targets, yes, even for

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Speaker 3: Hyatt is a breakout Canadate. I like Poka Nakua, especially

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Speaker 3: if Cooper cup is out. That's why I like Van

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Speaker 3: Jefferson as well. Jonathan Mingo might be the Panthers wide

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Speaker 3: receiver one. Rashid Shaheed Jayden Reed also brings some upside

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Speaker 3: and then some tight ends. Sam Laporta needs to be

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Speaker 3: rostered in more leagues. Please pick him up. Same thing

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Speaker 3: with Juwan Johnson and chig A Konkuo. I think is

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Speaker 3: a good waiver wire option. Maybe if you lost Travis Kelcher.

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Speaker 1: That was shot at how low rostered Sam laport was.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we've talked about him so much.

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Speaker 2: I thought everybody was on him.

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Speaker 1: By the way, if you want more waiver wired talking

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Speaker 1: and go, check out Matt o'cotta's weekly column at NFL

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Speaker 1: dot com Slash Waiver Wire. O'catta with some great picks

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Speaker 1: and a lot of insight into why he made those choices.

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Speaker 1: Let's get back to some more of the Week one slate.

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Speaker 1: The Titans at the Saints. A lot of changes in

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Speaker 1: New Orleans with the offense. Maybe the biggest one the

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Speaker 1: return of Michael Thomas. Are we starting or sitting? Can't

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Speaker 1: guard Mike this week?

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Speaker 3: This might be dirty because like it might be the

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Speaker 3: only week all year you could start him. Who knows,

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Speaker 3: but I think I'm gonna sit Michael Thomas. I want

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Speaker 3: to see this Saints offense play out a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I'm all in on a lave this week. Thomas is

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Speaker 3: in play as a flex guy. But if I don't know,

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Speaker 3: I think I would go the opposite direction.

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Speaker 1: A little bit of a sneak peek into my weekly

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Speaker 1: Sleeper's column. I think he's a sleeper. I think you

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Speaker 1: can start him as a flex option. He's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be the Michael Thomas that catches one hundred and fifty passes.

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Speaker 2: This is not gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: But against a secondary that really struggled last year, in

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Speaker 1: an offense that looks like it's going to be a

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Speaker 1: little bit more efficient throwing the ball, I think this

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Speaker 1: is a week that you can give him a shot.

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Speaker 1: Maybe not every week, but I think you can do

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Speaker 1: it this week over to the forty nine Ers and

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Niners obviously with Super Bowl aspirations,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers trying to compete for a division title in

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Speaker 1: the AFC North. Nazi Harris has been sort of a

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Speaker 1: lightning rod in fantasy drafts this offseason. Do you start

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Speaker 1: him against a good Niner defense or do you go

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Speaker 1: somewhere on the bench.

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Speaker 3: Possibly if you have a good option on your bench,

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Speaker 3: like maybe Raheem Mostert, I would go in the other

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Speaker 3: direction there, And look, I'm the Naji Harris fan. That's

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Speaker 3: not a surprise. But this is all about the matchup.

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Speaker 2: For me.

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Speaker 3: The Niners last year allowed the fewest fantasy points, yards,

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Speaker 3: and touchdowns to running backs. But when you look at

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Speaker 3: the numbers in seventeen games, running backs did not total

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Speaker 3: one thousand yards against them, and they scored just six touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: So to me, especially with Harris potentially losing some snaps,

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Speaker 3: I would get.

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Speaker 2: Away I'm worried about him.

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Speaker 1: I would say that it's hard to find somebody in

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Speaker 1: Week one that you could start over him. That's the problem.

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Speaker 1: It's just because of where you drafted him, you're sort

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Speaker 1: of expecting to start him this week.

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Speaker 2: But I'm with you. The matchup scares me.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Warren makes me a little bit nervous because I

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Speaker 1: think he's going to start to eat into Harris's opportunities there.

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Speaker 1: We just keep saying it. He hasn't been efficient and

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Speaker 1: the targets aren't going to be there. So I'm really

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Speaker 1: really worried about Najie Harris this week. The Arizona Cardinals

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Speaker 1: at the Washington Commanders, two teams that are probably going

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Speaker 1: in different directions. The Cardinals have very low expectations this year,

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Speaker 1: the Commander's new owner, new offensive coordinator, new starting quarterback.

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Speaker 1: People thinking that maybe they start to turn things around.

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Speaker 1: Got a couple of guys in the backfield though, with

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Speaker 1: Antonio Gibson and Brian Robinson. Which guy do you trust more?

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Speaker 1: And are you starting any Cardinal not named James Connor?

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Speaker 3: No to the Cardinals, H I think it is James

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Speaker 3: Connor or complete bust right now, And it looks like

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Speaker 3: Josh Jobbs is going to be the starting quarterback there

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Speaker 3: for the running I'm gonna go with Antonio Gibson. Maybe

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Speaker 3: Brian Robinson I think is slight safer floor. But if

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Speaker 3: I'm going with one of these backs, I wanna go

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Speaker 3: with the upside play there, and I think Gibson could

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Speaker 3: be a better pass catcher. But in the preseason, these

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Speaker 3: guys split everything almost down the middle, which makes it

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Speaker 3: even tougher to predict.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's gonna be tough to predict them.

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Speaker 1: I like Gibson a little bit more, but I do

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Speaker 1: think Robinson has a good week this week, just because

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Speaker 1: I think against that Cardinal front, they can run the

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Speaker 1: football and I think they're gonna try to grind that

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Speaker 1: out pretty effectively. So I do think that Brian Robinson

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Speaker 1: has some opportunity. But because Gibson brings that pass catching element,

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Speaker 1: he's the guy that I think has a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a higher ceiling. And no, I am not starting

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Speaker 1: any other cards besides James Robbins or besides James Connor.

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe you could tuck me into Marquise Brown as

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Speaker 1: a third wide receiver or a flex in a deeper league,

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Speaker 1: especially because it's Josh Dobbs. If it was Clayton Tune,

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Speaker 1: I definitely don't think I'm starting a wide receiver. Maybe

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Speaker 1: with Josh Dop I could make that happen today. It's rough,

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Speaker 1: It's rough, absolutely rough. We also have the Tampa Bay

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers at the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings were a playoff

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Speaker 1: team last year, even if it ended badly for them

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. The Buccaneers are starting over after Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady's second and presumably final retirement. Baker Mayfield the starting

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Speaker 1: quarterback in Week one. Do we trust the Bucks offense

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Speaker 1: in a post Brady era?

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Speaker 3: I'm trusting the big two Bucks there and Chris Godwin

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Speaker 3: and Mike Evans because last year the Vikings gave up

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Speaker 3: a bunch of production two wide receivers. I actually believe

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Speaker 3: it was the most fantasy points in the league, or

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Speaker 3: second most behind the Titans, but they allowed the most

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Speaker 3: yards to receivers out wide. They were in the top

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Speaker 3: five in the slot, which means good thing for Evans

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Speaker 3: and for Godwin. I think I'm avoiding the red even

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Speaker 3: Rashad White. I have it as a sit this week

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Speaker 3: because I think the Bucks are going to be in

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Speaker 3: ketchup mode against the Vikings.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's gonna be the case.

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Speaker 1: I do believe that Evans and Godwin can sort of

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Speaker 1: win on I will say that I also think that

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Speaker 1: potentially you could get some sleeper, deep sleeper value out

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Speaker 1: of say a guy like cade Aughten at tight end again,

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Speaker 1: because I think the Bucks are gonna have to throw

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Speaker 1: the football a lot.

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Speaker 2: To stay in this game. I don't.

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Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be a lot of points scored

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Speaker 1: between these two teams. The Vikings defense isn't particularly very good.

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Speaker 1: The Buccaneers are going to have to throw to keep up.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that's gonna be the case. But

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not excited about anybody in that Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay backfield at all this week.

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Speaker 2: We're probably this year as well.

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Speaker 3: Same.

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Speaker 1: That'll do it for this edition of the NFL Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Football Show. Stay happy, safe and healthy, do good and

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Speaker 1: live well, and we'll talk to you again real soon

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Speaker 3: At Altor