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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 2: Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from iHeartRadio, your weekly

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Speaker 2: source for the nation's best fantasy football advice, speculation, and

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Speaker 2: whatever stupid stuff they decided to drop into the show.

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Speaker 2: Now here's your host, Paul Chargian.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly. I am Paul Charchian. Co

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Speaker 1: host today Matt Harrison, Welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 3: Matt, Hey, Charge, what's going on?

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Speaker 1: Great to have you back. Well for a hot minute.

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Speaker 1: In Minnesota, we thought that we were going to have

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Speaker 1: the NFL Draft coming because there had been we had

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Speaker 1: there had been a leak, you know, it was in

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Speaker 1: Green Bay this last April. But they're due to announce

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight and twenty nine soon, and there had

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Speaker 1: been a leak that there was a major event coming

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Speaker 1: to us Spank Stadium. And I'm like, oh, okay, an

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Speaker 1: event that's coming to you a spank stadium, but not elsewhere.

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Speaker 1: Paul Allen, the voice of the Vikings, was involved with

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Speaker 1: the announcement. I'm like, oh, here it is the NFL

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Speaker 1: drafts coming to Minnesota. And it turned out it's Paul McCartney.

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Speaker 3: Which, well, there you go.

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Speaker 1: Not, I mean not exactly a consolation prize, right, So

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Speaker 1: you know, McCartney is obviously iconic. He's been to Minnesota

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Speaker 1: in particular eight times, and I'll assume that's about the

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Speaker 1: case for most cities where you know, and this is

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Speaker 1: post Beatles. He's been to Minnesota eight times. So for

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Speaker 1: you and listeners, feel free to play along. Stadium tour

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Speaker 1: Paul McCartney age eighty three. How much would you pay

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Speaker 1: to see Paul McCartney?

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Speaker 3: I thought I was when he was sixty four, right.

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Speaker 1: But I'm sixty four right years ago? Yes, exactly twenty

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Speaker 1: years ago. Yeah, last time he toured, by all accounts,

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Speaker 1: he was. He was very good.

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Speaker 4: As the uh son of George Harrison, which yes, is true.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people don't a lot of people don't

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Speaker 1: know that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but that's your dad's name. Yeah, I know.

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Speaker 1: I did not know that, and we've known you.

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Speaker 4: It's funny because my my grandpa also named George, so

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Speaker 4: George Harrison and my dad was the junior and he

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Speaker 4: grew up he was born in nineteen fifty and he

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Speaker 4: grew up right during Beatlemania, and he was so sick

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Speaker 4: of having that name that he was like there's no

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Speaker 4: chance I'm carrying on the legacy of the Georgie. I'm

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Speaker 4: not late, right, George Harrison the third right, So that

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Speaker 4: would that would have been fun. Uh, you know, I

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Speaker 4: I've I've never you know, I've never considered myself like

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Speaker 4: a huge Beatles fan.

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Speaker 3: I do. I do enjoy them, I do, uh, you.

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Speaker 4: Know, kind of honor their work and what they done

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Speaker 4: for pop music in general. But you know, I think

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Speaker 4: I'm kind of past the point of stadium tours in

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Speaker 4: my life right now, so I don't know if I

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Speaker 3: Uh so you're at zero dollar a large amount to

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Speaker 4: If I if I was given tickets and they were

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Speaker 1: In that scenario, I need to be on the floor

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Speaker 1: going to be in section three twelve. Sure, you know,

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Speaker 1: watching Paul McCartney, who's a quarter mile away from.

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Speaker 4: Me, have you been to a US Bank Stadium concert yet?

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Speaker 1: Not my jam, I just know I'm indie band. I'm

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Speaker 1: interest in seeing Metallica, they came to US Bank Stadium recently,

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Speaker 4: I went to the Taylor Swift concert when she was

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Speaker 3: Yes, spoiler alert.

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Speaker 4: My daughter is like an absolute crazy Taylor Swift fan.

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Speaker 4: My wife got into it too, and they were like,

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Speaker 4: And I'm not the hugest Taylor Swift fan in the world,

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Speaker 4: a big production. You felt we were like the second

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Speaker 4: like maybe you're right above that. Yeah, and we were

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Speaker 1: That was you have to throw at Taylor Swift.

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Speaker 4: they had problems with us Bank Stadium in their first

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Speaker 3: So well, I'm Kim mccartneil put on a great show.

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Speaker 1: Well, and maybe there's ways you can make the stadium

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Speaker 1: sound better over time, but I think you got what

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Speaker 1: you got for the most part. Yeah, all right, a

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Speaker 1: diversion from Fantasy slight diversion from Fantasy Football Weekly. But

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Speaker 1: let's let's talk about the teams we think are going

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Speaker 1: to get as a team, the offenses that are going

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Speaker 1: to get a lot better, and a couple of them

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Speaker 1: that we think are going to get a lot worse. Now, Matt,

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, and I think this says

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Speaker 1: something about human psychology. I had a plethora of teams

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Speaker 1: of them that you're going to offer. I also like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just struggled to come up with team offenses that

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Speaker 4: And initially with with that one, I picked one team

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Speaker 4: Offense in football last year, but they lost their offensive

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Speaker 4: So I think that there is something there with Detroit

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. It's the offensive coordinator is

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Speaker 1: is that going to affect this team? And and you know,

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Speaker 1: for me, I don't know, but let me give you this.

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Speaker 1: Back then they had Shane Steichen Jonathan Gannon. Those two

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Speaker 1: most rambling podcast, every Voyd being this could happen in

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Speaker 4: Gone with Dan Campbell not being like a guy who's

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Speaker 1: Right right, yep, I you know there's a scenario here

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Speaker 1: there is a scenario here where the offensive coordinators are

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Speaker 1: Right, so let's dive in, Matt. I will let you

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Speaker 1: go first. Give me one of give me one of

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Speaker 4: I have the Jacksonville Jaguars. They've finished twenty fifth in

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Speaker 4: last year. And he's also at least partially responsible for

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Speaker 4: That's one of the things that kind of made me

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Speaker 4: But he's gonna be after like doing the forest Gump

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I don't have a problem going either one at

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Speaker 3: The Jets Jets.

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Speaker 4: Jets Jets, who finished twenty fourth in total yards per

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Speaker 4: I like Breece Hall a lot. Garrett Wilson quietly coming

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Speaker 4: And if you're asking, can justin field support a top

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're all values, right, and you know that's part

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Speaker 4: So I think the Fantasy Football Weekly peacock off, Yes,

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Speaker 1: We'll come back momentarily and we'll talk through one more team,

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Speaker 1: one more offense we think is going to get a

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Speaker 1: lot better, and then two offenses that we think are

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Speaker 1: going to get a lot worse. When we return, Welcome

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Speaker 1: back Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchion and Matt Harrison with

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Speaker 1: you talking through teams that we think are going to

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Speaker 1: get better, players to target, teams that we think have

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Speaker 1: a chance to get worse, and players you want to avoid. Matt,

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Speaker 1: We've got one more team that I think is going

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Speaker 1: to get a lot better, and they have to because

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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots ranked thirtieth in points, thirty first

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Speaker 1: in yards. By the way, do you know which team

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Speaker 1: finished dead last in yards?

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Speaker 3: It was the Bears.

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Speaker 1: Yes, it was the Bears.

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Speaker 3: Neither of us chose them. And they're so obvious.

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Speaker 1: I know, right, Why didn't we take the Bears as

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Speaker 1: as an offense. It's going to get a lot better.

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Speaker 1: Maybe too obvious, right.

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Speaker 3: I mean they have to get better.

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Speaker 1: I think the I think they will thirty.

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Speaker 3: First, will finished and dead last.

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Speaker 1: Again, No, no, no, they will get better. Thirty first

460
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Speaker 1: and passing touchdowns for the Patriots twenty seventh and rushing touchdowns.

461
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Speaker 1: They overhauled the whole coaching staff, which they should have

462
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Speaker 1: and by the way, another case in point. Last year,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots didn't really do a formal coaching higher. If

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Speaker 1: you recall they had they had decided that, you know,

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Speaker 1: we we think we know enough again, this is this

466
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Speaker 1: time last year. We think we know enough about Jared

467
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Speaker 1: Mayo that he's our guy. We don't have to look

468
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Speaker 1: at anybody else, we don't have to talk to anybody else,

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Speaker 1: and that that'd up being a mistake. And if you remember,

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Speaker 1: the Raiders did the same thing last year and they

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Speaker 1: both end up firing their coach, which is, you know,

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Speaker 1: I just think you always should go through the exercise

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Speaker 1: of finding finding your coach anyway. Absolutely, so now they

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Speaker 1: bring so now they bring in Mike Rabele. Josh McDaniels

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Speaker 1: back with the Patriots, where obviously he had a lot

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Speaker 1: of I think it's got to be his third because

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Speaker 1: he's been, he's been, he had two other head coaching

478
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Speaker 1: jobs he left for came back. So Josh McDaniel's back. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So let's let's talk to the Patriots and what I

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Speaker 1: think they'll get better. First, offensive line better. They were

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Speaker 1: the worst offensive line in football last year. They ranked

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Speaker 1: thirty first and pass blocking by Pro Football Focus, thirty

483
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Speaker 1: second in run blocking by Pro Football Focused, and exactly

484
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Speaker 1: those rankings by ESPN's past Block Win Raid and Run

485
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Speaker 1: block win raid, so worst offensive line in football last year.

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Speaker 1: Three new starters, including the fourth overall pill pick, Will Campbell,

487
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Speaker 1: longtime Minnesota starting center Garrett Bradbury, who's just a guy,

488
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Speaker 1: and journeyman right tackle Morgan Moses also just a guy,

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Speaker 1: but just guy, just a guy's honestly, are are a

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Speaker 1: huge improvement for this offensive line. We'll take that, Matt.

491
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Speaker 1: We know Mike Rabel is gonna run the ball like crazy.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna add balance, They're gonna protect their investment in

493
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Speaker 1: Drake May and not get him killed. He almost died

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Speaker 1: on the field last year. So I believe that this

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Speaker 1: is going to be a much more balanced offense. I'm

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Speaker 1: still a fan of Romandra Stevenson. You know, by by

497
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Speaker 1: most metrics, Stevenson looked bad last year, but zero help.

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Speaker 1: I mean, just the offensive line was so bad. You

499
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Speaker 1: had the worst run blocking offensive line in football. So

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Speaker 1: he was getting he was getting the handoff, and he

501
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Speaker 1: was just getting buried on every play. But they also

502
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Speaker 1: brought in Travon Henderson in round two, and those that

503
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Speaker 1: combination of those two between them, I think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have a capable running game.

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Speaker 4: And yeah, I think they'll have fresh legs too, which

506
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Speaker 4: is probably important running behind that line.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you might want that. And you know, granted Vrabel

508
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Speaker 1: had Dereck Henry when he was with the Titans, but

509
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Speaker 1: note that over his tenure, Mike Vrabel had the second

510
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Speaker 1: most running plays over his tenure with the Titans. Again,

511
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Speaker 1: they had Derrick Henry, but you know, you know, he

512
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Speaker 1: likes to run the ball. So then that brings us

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Speaker 1: to the passing game. I thought Drake May was gallant

514
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Speaker 1: last year. He was getting the offensive line was so bad.

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Speaker 1: He was taking the hike and he was just immediately

516
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Speaker 1: having to scramble and be inventive and creative, and he

517
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Speaker 1: did it a lot, a lot. You know, if you

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Speaker 1: can get Drake May into a spot where he can

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Speaker 1: over the course of the season, Matt where he can

520
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Speaker 1: just trust that offensive line, sit in a clean pocket

521
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Speaker 1: and start delivering passes, it's I think he's he is

522
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Speaker 1: a candidate for a really nice step up this year.

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Speaker 1: And as a reminder and why I targeted Drake May,

524
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Speaker 1: He's the first quarterback I took in my Scott Fish Bowl.

525
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Speaker 1: Dude's got some wheels. Yeah, you know, he can run

526
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Speaker 1: a little bit, and I feel like people don't really

527
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Speaker 1: lies that that he can run as well as he

528
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: had four hundred rushing yards last year and he only know,

529
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Speaker 1: only started twelve games.

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Speaker 3: That's not nothing.

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Speaker 1: That's not nothing. He's gonna help a little bit that way.

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Speaker 1: The receivers are still, man, I don't know if Stefan Diggs,

533
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Speaker 1: you know, is he going to be one hundred percent

534
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Speaker 1: at the start of the season. Don't know. Mac Collins

535
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Speaker 1: isn't special. The breakout candidate and a deep deep sleeper

536
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Speaker 1: Kayshawn Booty.

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Speaker 3: Oh well, I think it's Booty.

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Speaker 1: Yeah it is. It's Booty, I believe, And so I

539
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Speaker 1: just keep your look. Last pick of the draft candidate,

540
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Speaker 1: Kayshawn Booty. Somebody they're going to throw you know, I

541
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Speaker 1: don't know thirty touchdown passes this year, you know, somebody

542
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Speaker 1: as a team, Well hopefully somebody's going to catch some touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: And they can't all. It can't all be like Diggs

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Speaker 1: and Hunter Henry. So I don't if there's somebody, if

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Speaker 1: there's a sneaky play to be had, I think that's

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Speaker 1: the sneaky play. All right, Let's talk about teams we

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Speaker 1: think are gonna get worse. Man, which which team which

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Speaker 1: team do you believe is going going to get worse?

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Speaker 1: And how much worse?

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Speaker 4: Oh, how much worse? Well, that makes it much more difficult. Well,

551
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Speaker 4: the team I chose was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who

552
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Speaker 4: finished third in yards per game just under four hundred

553
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Speaker 4: per game last year, third in passing offense, fourth and

554
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Speaker 4: rushing offense, and fourth in points at twenty nine point

555
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Speaker 4: five per game. That's a great amount of points right there.

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Speaker 4: So there's not a lot of room to improve there.

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Speaker 1: No, it'd be tough.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, things almost have to get worse because they went

559
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Speaker 4: so well last year, and they went so well that

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Speaker 4: Liam Cohen, who I mentioned earlier, was hired by the Jaguars.

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Speaker 4: The Bucks promoted Josh Grizzard to offensive coordinator. He was

562
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Speaker 4: the passing game coordinator last season with the Bucks, but

563
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Speaker 4: this is his first stint as an OC. And then

564
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Speaker 4: the other big thing is Tristan Wurf's the top rated

565
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Speaker 4: pass blocker in the league by Pro Football Focus. He

566
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Speaker 4: just had arthur scopic knee surgery. He's gonna miss the

567
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Speaker 4: start of the season and probably be on the pup

568
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Speaker 4: M about half of the season.

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Speaker 3: There.

570
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Speaker 4: Worfs, by the way, he gave up zero sacks and

571
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Speaker 4: one quarterback hit in six hundred and sixty four pass block.

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Speaker 3: Snaps last season.

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Speaker 1: Jeez charge not.

574
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Speaker 3: Going to help with pass blocking.

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Speaker 1: Whoever his backup is well, Bucky.

576
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Speaker 4: Irving is not going with pass walking. He was one

577
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Speaker 4: of the worst pass blocking running backs in the league

578
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Speaker 4: last year, a horrible, failing twenty eight point nine Pro

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Speaker 4: Football Focus grade is not good. I think that this

580
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Speaker 4: WARF's injury might nuke Bucky Irving more than we want

581
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Speaker 4: to admit, because Rashad White is actually quite a bit

582
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Speaker 4: better at pass blocking, and I think when they go

583
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Speaker 4: back to pass Rashod White's going to be on the field.

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Speaker 4: The rest of the Tampa offensive line was anywhere from

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Speaker 4: bad to average, and they're missing their best guy. I

586
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Speaker 4: should mention as well, Chris Godwin coming back from just

587
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Speaker 4: a gruesome ankle injury where his foot was being all

588
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Speaker 4: floppy and gross. He's not guaranteed to start the season.

589
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Speaker 4: The Bucks are saying they're hopeful he's ready, but Godwin

590
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Speaker 4: finished last season his season is the third ranked wide

591
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Speaker 4: receiver in points per game, and his injury was in

592
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Speaker 4: Week seven. That didn't help Baker Mayfield in the first

593
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Speaker 4: seven weeks with Godwin, Mayfield finished as a top five

594
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Speaker 4: quarterback five times, so five out of seven games. In

595
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Speaker 4: the last ten games, he finished in the top five

596
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 4: only three times, that's three out of ten games, and

597
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Speaker 4: he finished outside of the top sixteen three times. So

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Speaker 4: Godwin was very important to that passing offense. They did

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Speaker 4: draft Emecha Egbuka, Yes, Johnson.

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Speaker 1: And I love that pick. Love and to me, that

601
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Speaker 1: tells me they can afford to wait on Chris Godwin,

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Speaker 1: I think, and I'm not sure why they just he

603
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Speaker 1: was free, his contract was up and they decide to

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Speaker 1: resign him. I don't know why they did. You're going

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Speaker 1: to put the first round equity into one of the

606
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: most NFL ready players in the league in Igbuka. But

607
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Speaker 1: if it lets them wait on Godwin, if they want

608
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Speaker 1: to get him fully right on that angle, if he's

609
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: not right for week.

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Speaker 4: One, yeah, absolutely, And I think that they do have

611
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Speaker 4: They have a pretty deep wide receiver room right there.

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Speaker 4: Jalen McMillan was a guy we all liked a little

613
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 4: bit last year and showed some flashes once Godwin went down.

614
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Speaker 4: So I think that they're four or five deep at

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Speaker 4: wide receiver, which makes things a little murky at the

616
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Speaker 4: wide receiver position.

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Speaker 3: Especially when they're all healthy.

618
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Speaker 4: But Mike Evans and Chris Godwin have been so good

619
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Speaker 4: and so consistent for so long that it's pretty hard

620
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Speaker 4: to feel bad about them. But overall, I think the

621
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Speaker 4: losses of Cohen and Werf's are the biggest things that

622
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Speaker 4: just loom large in this scenario. And well, I don't

623
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Speaker 4: think Tampa's going to fall into the bottom half of

624
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Speaker 4: offenses in the league. I think that they go from

625
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Speaker 4: the fourth best offense to like the twelve to fifteen range.

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Speaker 1: I'm starting to warm up to that angle and I

627
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: want I think Bucky Irving's awesome, and I'm still really

628
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Speaker 1: bullish on his season.

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Speaker 3: But I know you are.

630
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Speaker 1: He's slippery's heck, he's so good. He gives you power,

631
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: he gives you elusiveness. He can catch, he can he

632
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: can do everything except past block. And that's suddenly an

633
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: issue right now. Yes, we'll see. I'm nervous about it.

634
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Speaker 1: The team I'm also nervous about. Well, I'm really not.

635
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Speaker 1: It's just this is a team I still like in

636
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Speaker 1: an offense I still like. I just don't know if

637
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Speaker 1: they can get up to fifth and points scored again

638
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: and seventh in yards. This is going to be tricky,

639
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: and it's the Washington Commanders. Still like him, still drafting

640
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Speaker 1: some commanders. I just drafted Jayden Daniels in a startup

641
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Speaker 1: m league at pick three. What do you think of

642
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: the Empire League? What do you think of that?

643
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Speaker 3: I like that a lot who went picks one and two.

644
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen. It's quarterback heavy. It's six points for touchdown

645
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 1: pass quarterback Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson went one and two.

646
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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, And then I took the youth movement you

647
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Speaker 3: have there.

648
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Speaker 4: I mean, if if Daniels is healthy, you've got a

649
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 4: quarterback for the next ten to fifteen years in your grade.

650
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: And Joe Burrow was tempting because it's six points per

651
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,280
Speaker 1: touchdown pass and Burrow could lead the league in touchdown

652
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: passes every year potentially. So I gave a lot of

653
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Speaker 1: thought to Burrow but did not. I ultimately took Jayden

654
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Speaker 1: Daniels in Parks's just more fun, and he's younger. It's

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Speaker 1: like three years younger. Anyway, Ken Washington get back to

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Speaker 1: top five, Well, mate, yes they can, but maybe not.

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Speaker 1: Here's your concerns number one schedule. They're not playing a

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Speaker 1: fourth place schedule this year. They have by Vegas win total.

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Speaker 1: This year, they have the ninth toughest schedule by last

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Speaker 1: year's in total, the eleventh toughest schedule specific to the

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Speaker 1: quarterback position. In fantasy, they have the seven tough toughest

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00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: schedule based on last year's fantasy points allowed. And in

663
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Speaker 1: the off season, there are a couple of things that

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Speaker 1: Washington didn't do that I really pull three things that

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Speaker 1: I really wanted them to do. I would have liked

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Speaker 1: to have seen more improvement across the offensive line for

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Speaker 1: Washington beyond just the Laramie Tunsall acquisition. Tunsell's not even

668
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: that good, you know, Houston wanted to get rid of

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Speaker 1: him and his contract. He's just okay and not any

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Speaker 1: better than that. So I didn't love that part. And

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00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:42,800
Speaker 1: then they didn't address the running game. Matt Brian Robinson

672
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 1: is just a guy. He's Pro Football focuses thirty sixth

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Speaker 1: ranked runner last year, right in the same wheelhouse as

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Speaker 1: Cam Akers, Jalel McLoughlin, and the undead corpse of Kareem Hunts.

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Speaker 3: Nothing crazy with that running back draft.

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Speaker 4: Yes, they wouldn't have thrown a second, third, fourth round

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Speaker 4: pick on one of these many awesome guys.

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Speaker 1: Sixth rounder. Right, they put a seventh rounder into Jacory

679
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Speaker 1: Krossky Merritt, but he is not going to be a

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Speaker 1: factor here, So you get you get nothing better from

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Speaker 1: Brian Robinson. We know what he's all about. He's four

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Speaker 1: point three yards per carry basically every year. I can

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Speaker 1: get that at the seven to eleven. I don't. That's

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Speaker 1: that bothered me. They still don't have a viable wide

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Speaker 1: receiver two on this team. So they went out of

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00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: the year with Terry McLaurin and no help, and they

687
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: brought in Michael Gallop. Who cares they re signed it.

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00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: Noah Brown, he's hurt and they yes, they brought in

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Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel, so let's talk about him. He's not a

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Speaker 1: wide receiver too, he never was. He might be their

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Speaker 1: running back, right, you know, and we just you know,

692
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: we know what his role is. He's your slot guy,

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00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: he's your bubble screen guy. Occasionally he might be our

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Speaker 1: running back instead of Brian Robinson. Matt You saw the

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00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: Ota videos him laboring clearly overweight on the field.

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Speaker 3: Oh it is fat debo.

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Speaker 1: Fat Debo. I am very nervous about Fat Debo coming

698
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: off his worst season ever with career lows in receiving

699
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: yards per game, yards per game, broken tackle rate, and

700
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: he scored just three times last year. So there is Deebo.

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00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: Samuel to me is not a wide receiver too. And

702
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: then what if zach Ertz finally falls off the table

703
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: at age thirty four? So you know, I just feel

704
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: like the Commanders caught lightning in a bottle. They caught

705
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 1: teams by surprise with how good Jayden Daniels was right

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Speaker 1: out of the gate, and God forbid anything happens to

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Speaker 1: Jayden and Daniels. I mean, and this is true for

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Speaker 1: most of the offenses in the NFL. Take the quarterback

709
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: away and it's a disaster. But I just think, I

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Speaker 1: think that I think there are reasons to wonder if

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Speaker 1: Washington can still be a top five ish offense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and you alluded to the schedule a little bit.

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Speaker 4: Having your schedule change. I mean, going from the fourth

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Speaker 4: place schedule to the second place schedule. It's not that

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Speaker 4: big of a difference because that's like three games difference. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: it's really the divisions that you end up playing if

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00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 4: you get a lucky schedule and you end up playing

718
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Speaker 4: like the AFC South and Right and the NFC South,

719
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Speaker 4: you're feeling a lot better. But once you start getting

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Speaker 4: into those other divisions where it's a lot more difficult,

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Speaker 4: that makes a big difference.

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Speaker 1: It does make a big difference. Now Washington does. I'll

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Speaker 1: mention this. Washington comes out of the gate with a

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Speaker 1: pretty favorable schedule early on, and then it gets a

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Speaker 1: lot harder. But they get some easy early games against

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Speaker 1: a Giants defense. The Bucks defense will be better, so

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Speaker 1: the secondary is gonna better. But they've got New England

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Speaker 1: and Cleveland and they got Giants twice in the first

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Speaker 1: six games, and then it gets then it gets dicey,

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Speaker 1: so you know, we'll we'll see if we'll see how

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Speaker 1: Washington goes after that. But this is this could be

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Speaker 1: this could be a quick start for Washington, but a

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Speaker 1: tricky finish.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And I mean they have the NFC North this year,

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Speaker 4: which is one of the more the most difficult teams

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Speaker 4: to play if you're going to play division. And then

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Speaker 4: they have the AFC West, which I think we allso

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Speaker 4: Kansas City, we all like the Chargers, we all like

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00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 4: the Broncos this year and you've got the Raiders on

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Speaker 4: the upswing, so their schedule is significantly more difficult just

741
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Speaker 4: because the rotation of divisions they got this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, totally agree, totally agree. All right, my man, this

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Speaker 1: has been a ton of fun. Let's hope we're right

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Speaker 1: about the teams we're optimistic about. Let's hope we're wrong

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00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 1: about the teams that were worried about, because maybe maybe.

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Speaker 4: It will be the first place or fifth place or whatever.

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Speaker 4: Somebody's got to move down a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Somebody's got to go down. You know, this is another

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Speaker 1: thing as a side note, because we've had a lot

750
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Speaker 1: of these tangential side notes today. When when when betting

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00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 1: futures like the win totals, you know, vikings win totals

752
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: eight and a half play win totals Jordan Mason over

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Speaker 1: ten touchdowns? Are we are wired as human beings to

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Speaker 1: want to go over over over over over. And I'm

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00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: not positive with the rationale for that is, but that

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Speaker 1: is that is how it works for us. Is just

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00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:18,280
Speaker 1: human beings. That's just that's just who we are. And

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Speaker 1: and it's just easier. It's hard to find the it is,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to find the underplays.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that that's that's it. That's an important thing.

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Speaker 4: But some of these over unders this year that I've seen,

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Speaker 4: and I have I haven't looked too closely at it

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Speaker 4: in the last couple of weeks, but some of them

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Speaker 4: they're a little lower than I thought they'd be. They're

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Speaker 4: very enticing numbers to get the over on. Yeah, so

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Speaker 4: I think that that's an interesting thing. But those are

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Speaker 4: kind of one of my favorite plays. I like to

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Speaker 4: do the divisional winners as like parlays and that kind

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Speaker 4: of thing. I think that those are really fun to do.

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Speaker 4: And then and then the over unders. If you can

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Speaker 4: find the teams that you are down on and you

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Speaker 4: start betting the on that can that can be a

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Speaker 4: pretty lucrative way to hit hit a few bets here.

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Speaker 1: I think it is. It's just, you know, the money

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Speaker 1: flows to the overs, so it pushes the it pushes

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Speaker 1: those lines up and those odds up. But there's uh,

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Speaker 1: there's you know, there's real cases to be made.

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Speaker 4: I believe I will be out in Las Vegas, Nevada,

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Speaker 4: right in front of the first week of the NFL

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Speaker 4: season two, so oh, I know that I'll be placing

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Speaker 4: a few wagers there.

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Speaker 1: No, don't tell me you're gonna be in Vegas. I'm

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Speaker 1: only two hours from Vegas. When I'm in Minnesota for

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Speaker 1: the Scott for Scott Fish's Home League Draft, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do Fantasy Football Weekly at the State Fair. You're gonna be.

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Speaker 4: Here, I'm gonna be No, it won't be State Fair week.

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Speaker 4: It will be the right before week one.

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, I believe.

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Speaker 1: Okay, good, good.

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Speaker 3: So you can can meet me if you want.

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Speaker 1: I might depends on what you're doing. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Well, we could talk about that off air.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I understand why you don't want to say

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Speaker 1: what you're going to do in US Vegas on air.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. It's it's very secretive and mostly nude.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you there. That's all I needed to hear,

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Speaker 1: mostly nude in Thank you, Matt, and thank you for

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Speaker 1: everybody who listened through the entirety of this rambling podcast.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you very much, and we'll talk to you

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