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Speaker 1: Wow um, Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented

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Speaker 1: by Draft Kings. Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Welcome through another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Show

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Speaker 1: presented buying Draft Kings. It's me your man, MG. Still

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant. I know my name is still masking and

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Speaker 1: socially distancing wind and where necessary and big Wednesday show

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Speaker 1: for you. In fact, might as well just take this

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Speaker 1: moment to up let you guys know. We're doing a

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Speaker 1: Wednesday and a Thursday show. Normally we're Wednesdays and Fridays,

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Speaker 1: take a break. We would let you guys take a

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Speaker 1: break as well. A plus, it's a game on Christmas Day,

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Speaker 1: so what we will do a show for you on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: So we get to double up with us this week

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Speaker 1: and on this special Wednesday, will be joined by Matt

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Speaker 1: o'conna are Resident NERD will step in pinch hitting for

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Speaker 1: Adam Ranking. We got plenty to talk about. We'll have

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Speaker 1: also go with a situation we called yolo or hell

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Speaker 1: We got plenty more to talk about, so it will

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Speaker 1: be a busy, busy show for us on this Wednesday

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Speaker 1: and this time as well. Just turn into our good

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Speaker 1: friend Matt o'conna, the resident nerd, who is wearing a

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Speaker 1: pretty spectacular sweater. I don't know if everybody can see

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Speaker 1: pretty fantastic. Where where did you come up on that sweater?

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Speaker 1: You know, it's probably from like a Saver's or some

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Speaker 1: other reclaimed clothing store that is usually where the best

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Speaker 1: great things there. So we got plenty plenty of talk about.

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Speaker 1: Glad you are with us today. It's nice to see

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Speaker 1: you back here again. And uh, we'll get wet double

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Speaker 1: Matt o'ka in our lives. Yeah, it's gonna be great.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's turn to our attention to some fantasy

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Speaker 1: headlines to start this show off. The first one kind

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Speaker 1: of a big piece of news coming out of Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: Cam Acres has an ankle sprain and high ankle sprain

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Speaker 1: and it's going to miss at least week sixteen. We'll

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Speaker 1: see what happens with week seventeen. But Week sixteen looks

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Speaker 1: like he is out against the Seattle Seahawks, which means

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Speaker 1: that Darryl Henderson steps back into a prominent role in

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Speaker 1: that Rams backfield. But what are your expectations? What is

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Speaker 1: the ceiling for Darryl Henderson against the Seahawks defense that's

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Speaker 1: been fairly good against the run. Yeah, they have been

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Speaker 1: particularly in giving up yards. They allowed the third fewest

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Speaker 1: rushing yards to running back. So that's tough. And it's

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Speaker 1: what we saw last time these two teams play. All

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Speaker 1: I don't know that the yardage totals are going to

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Speaker 1: at least in a flex. But yeah, Snell lowers his upside.

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Speaker 1: don't love either of them. We have, i think, navigated

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Speaker 1: it seems to be a theme today. Todd Gurley is

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Speaker 1: That announcement was made by interim head coach Rockey Morris

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Speaker 1: But my bigger question for you, Matt is does this

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Speaker 1: a fantasy relevant player? Oh? Man, this is a painful question.

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Speaker 1: I have Todd gurley jersey hanging in my closet. He's

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Speaker 1: been one of my favorite fantasy players for years. I've

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Speaker 1: I think absolutely. I mean even before this benching, and

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Speaker 1: this is probably why he was benched. You know, he

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Speaker 1: And since we six, he's averaging two point six yards

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Speaker 1: So it has not been pretty. Now he loses his

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Speaker 1: job to Edo Smith, I don't think we ever see

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Speaker 1: think we see him get like Adrian Peterson current veteran

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Speaker 1: Even I think the most pessimistic folks about Todd Gurley

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Speaker 1: But here we are, and it will be very interesting

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Speaker 1: to see where he gets valued next year in draft.

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Speaker 1: If he gets drafted, I think he'll get drafted based on,

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Speaker 1: could be. But certainly the days of us considering him

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Speaker 1: the way people sort of talk about him, Uh, you

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Speaker 1: starting sits for to take a look his quarterbacks this week,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, Justin Herbert Hurts. No surprise, especially after what

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Speaker 1: pair of David's David Montgomery, David Johnson and Monty really

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Speaker 1: be more of a run first offense. So you have

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00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,200
Speaker 1: those things working sort of against RUSS this week. You

430
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,480
Speaker 1: also have a Rams defense that likely is going to

431
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,080
Speaker 1: be a little bit salty about what happened last week,

432
00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,680
Speaker 1: losing to the Jets on their home field. All in all,

433
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,000
Speaker 1: this just is not a very comfortable situation if you're

434
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Speaker 1: talking about playing for a fantasy championship. So again, I

435
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,480
Speaker 1: understand if you don't have better options, if you feel

436
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,200
Speaker 1: like you're sort of stuck into starting RUSS, I get it,

437
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,760
Speaker 1: But I also wouldn't be very excited about trying to

438
00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,879
Speaker 1: start RUSS in this situation, which leads us to a

439
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,680
Speaker 1: star player that maybe we are worried about. And I

440
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,280
Speaker 1: feel like Matt yours is sort of an extension of

441
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,720
Speaker 1: what I just sort of argued about. It absolutely is

442
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: almost everything he said pretty much applies to the star

443
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 1: I'm worried about, and it's dk Metcalf, and it's a

444
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,080
Speaker 1: rough star to be worried about, just like your Russell

445
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: Wilson Colum. Because we've been relying on these guys all year.

446
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,920
Speaker 1: But listen, when these two teams played in Week ten,

447
00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,720
Speaker 1: Metcalf had two catches and twenty eight yards and that

448
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,679
Speaker 1: was it. And he was shadowed that game by Jalen

449
00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:30,479
Speaker 1: Ramsey on seventy seven percent of his routes. Jalen Ramsey

450
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,719
Speaker 1: is not just a pro bowler, He's probably an All

451
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,840
Speaker 1: Pro this year. It is a tough, tough matchup for

452
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,840
Speaker 1: Metcalf and for the entire Sharks offense. Also, he hasn't

453
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Speaker 1: had more than fourteen fantasy points in any of his

454
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Speaker 1: career games against this team, and they're the number one

455
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,639
Speaker 1: defense against wide receivers this season. So I think his

456
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,640
Speaker 1: upside is captain matter what. And he's been a little

457
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,280
Speaker 1: less consistent over the second half of the season. We

458
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 1: will remember how good he was in the first kind

459
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,360
Speaker 1: of eight games twenty one fantasy points per game. Over

460
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 1: the second half only four teen, only four, So he

461
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 1: hasn't been that consistent high upside wide discover one as

462
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: as often as he was early on. And listen, this

463
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,719
Speaker 1: is met Caffine Wilson. Okay, we might both end up

464
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 1: looking silly because these guys can do almost anything to

465
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 1: almost anyone, but I don't see it happening in this game.

466
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 1: I think the odds are that both are kind of

467
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,760
Speaker 1: reduced in their fantasy point out put it in their

468
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 1: ability to carry this team in this game. I'm sitting.

469
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 1: I'm I'm probably not sitting DK Metcalf, That's why he

470
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:34,199
Speaker 1: wasn't my sit, but I'm very worried about it. I look,

471
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: I don't mind looking silly, right if I if I

472
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: if I suggest that Russell Wilson's gonna have a bad

473
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: game and he doesn't, Hey, fine, that's great. You know,

474
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,159
Speaker 1: I'm saying like I think I think anybody's willing this

475
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Speaker 1: to take that, but I do think you know, look,

476
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: I think we would not be doing our jobs if

477
00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,879
Speaker 1: we didn't, you know, at least warn people about our

478
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 1: concerns about this going in. I would say, similarly, the

479
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 1: star I'm concerned about is Dalvin Cook. And again I'm

480
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,159
Speaker 1: not telling you to sit Dalvin Cook, because hey man,

481
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,520
Speaker 1: it's Dalvin Cook and the dude's been fantastic. But I

482
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,760
Speaker 1: do have a little bit of concern, uh, just going

483
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:09,639
Speaker 1: up against that Saints run defense, especially because the Viking

484
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: past defense is such that teams are throwing the ball

485
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: at will. They're scoring points pretty regularly. So one the

486
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: game script may not favor Cook just getting a ton

487
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: of touches in this one. But the other part of

488
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: it is, I know the Saints Rundy has given up

489
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 1: a few yards they had, you know, the really bad

490
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 1: game against the Eagles a couple of weeks ago. We're

491
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,640
Speaker 1: both Jalen Hurts and Miles Sanders had over a hundred

492
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,640
Speaker 1: rushing yards. And even last week, you know, Clyde Edwards,

493
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 1: a layer had about seventy nine almost eighty yards on

494
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 1: the ground before he got hurt. Levian Bell came in

495
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,879
Speaker 1: gave you about sixty yards in a touchdown. But the

496
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 1: numbers tend to favor going against running backs in this matchup.

497
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,880
Speaker 1: So Dalvin Cook is still going to get opportunity. He's

498
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,840
Speaker 1: still gonna be in your lineup. But I think there's

499
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 1: a chance that maybe the number is not going to

500
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,719
Speaker 1: be one of those big, huge numbers that we got

501
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,119
Speaker 1: used to seeing from Dalvin Cook. Uh, And I can

502
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 1: be a little bit frustrated in a really big situation there.

503
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: So okay, played Dalvin Cook. I'm not telling you to

504
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: sit him because I don't want I don't want angry

505
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: people in my Twitter mentions. Um but I'm just I'm

506
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 1: just telling you that I have concerns, that's all. I

507
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 1: just have concerns. So we talked about our starts and

508
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 1: sits four weeks sixteen. Now we're gonna maybe dig a

509
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: little bit deeper for those of you who are in

510
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Speaker 1: deeper leagues, or maybe you just have some some really

511
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: tough lineup decisions to make. I pulled out a handful

512
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,400
Speaker 1: of guys who could be considered maybe deep sleepers, maybe

513
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 1: some yolo plays, if you will, and calling this Yolo

514
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: or hell no? Uh So, Matt, We're gonna kick around

515
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: some of these names and decide whether or not it's

516
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: worth taking the shot, or if it's just way too

517
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: risky uh and you'd rather just pass on them. So

518
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 1: the first one, Mittell True Bisky, who has turned things

519
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,920
Speaker 1: around the last few weeks. I know the fantasy number

520
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,440
Speaker 1: wasn't spectacular last week against the Vikings, but overall playing

521
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 1: better football and has what on paper is a really

522
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: good matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. So again, Yolo or

523
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: hell no? Would you throw Mr Drabinsky in a season

524
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:14,120
Speaker 1: long lineup? In Week sixteen? Full yellow for me. Don't

525
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: tell anyone, but I'm a closet Robinsky Truther. I wanted

526
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 1: him to start from the beginning of the season. I

527
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: never wanted to see fulls. I think he's okay NFL

528
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: quarterback if given the right pieces, but a pretty good

529
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,159
Speaker 1: fantasy quarterback. He has sneaky rushing ability, We've seen it

530
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 1: several times, and he's a decent passer. Sometimes inconsistent for sure,

531
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: but he also has you know, good weapons Alan Robinson

532
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 1: on the outside, couple good tight ends now and when

533
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: the right matchup comes around, he is solid. So this

534
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 1: is a very right matchup. You mentioned it. They're the

535
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: number two best or worst, but on time you look

536
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: at it matchup for quarterbacks allowing over twenty two fantasy

537
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: points per game, I think he has a very good

538
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 1: shot being QB one I am. I am very much

539
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 1: on the yellow train with Mitch. This week. He was

540
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,239
Speaker 1: definitely in my my waiver Wire column as a guy

541
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 1: to pick up. I know he's out there and a

542
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,040
Speaker 1: good number of waiver wires, So certainly if you're playing

543
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,360
Speaker 1: in a two q BLEE to QB league, I think

544
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: that goes without saying. But um, if you've got quarterback issues.

545
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: If you've got quarterbacks, you're just not certain on Philip Rivers,

546
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,760
Speaker 1: for instance, who was on Adam ranks sit list this week.

547
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 1: I would not think it's a crazy idea to think

548
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 1: about starting Mitch Drabinsky against the Jaguars in Week six.

549
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 1: Team plus. Look, if you're the winning a title with

550
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 1: Mr Rubinsky, that's a story you can tell people forever

551
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 1: and ever and ever. It'd be great. It's you know,

552
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 1: I know someone who said they once won a fantasy

553
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: league with Matt Moore and to this day they never

554
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,359
Speaker 1: let us forget about it. So, uh, this could be

555
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 1: a great story to tell. Um savant Akman, who has

556
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: had a pretty good season in relief down there in Miami. Uh,

557
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,360
Speaker 1: there is a chance maybe Miles Gascon can come back.

558
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: That's something to sort of keep an eye on this week. Uh.

559
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 1: You know, Matt Brita is occasionally getting touches down there,

560
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,040
Speaker 1: but the match up against the Raider run deef it

561
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 1: seems really good. So yolo or hell no on this one. Okay,

562
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: I feel like I have to qualify this one because

563
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: if Gaskin plays, it's hell no. I do not trust

564
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 1: any of these running backs if they're all If all

565
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: three of them are out there, we have not seen

566
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: Gaskin and Akhmed on the field at the same time

567
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 1: all year, so it's really hard to know what we're

568
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: going to get if Gaskin is not playing, though it's

569
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 1: Yolo for sure. He's been Whoever has been the lead

570
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 1: back for this Dolphins team has been decent for fantasy,

571
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,640
Speaker 1: especially what we saw from him last week. So I'm

572
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 1: happy to run him out there, especially in a really

573
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: good matchup with the Raiders like you mentioned. But if

574
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: Gascon plays, I'm not going to try to get cute

575
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: and hope that Akhmed keeps the lead. I'm just gonna

576
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: sit both of them, wash my hands of the matter.

577
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 1: I yeah, word for word kind of what you said there.

578
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: What I have appreciated about the Dolphins this year is

579
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: that they really have been a one running back team.

580
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: You know, whoever, whoever that act is generally gets the

581
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: majority of the snaps, the majority of the touches, and

582
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: they haven't really done a platoon situation. Now they've they've

583
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: used different backs because of injury. You know, you had

584
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: Miles Gascon for a while, then he got hurt. You know,

585
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: you had Achmed in there, you know at times. But

586
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: whoever is the lead back, you know, is going to

587
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: get a heavy workload. But the question is, as you mentioned,

588
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 1: we don't know what it's going to be. Like if

589
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: Gascon is back, does he come back and take the lead?

590
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: Do they stay with Acumen because he's playing well? Do

591
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: they do some mixture of the two? Uh? This is

592
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 1: not the week that I want to experiment and find

593
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: out which one is. Why it's right, Like, I have

594
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 1: no idea. I don't want to experiment. I don't want

595
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: to play around and try to guess which one. So

596
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: you're right, if if Gascon into being healthy, Uh, then

597
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: I completely back away from Savan Akhmed. But you know,

598
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: if there's no Miles Gascon, let's get you up. Let's

599
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: go and make this thing happen all right in the

600
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: year of our fantasy Lords. Here, I am asking you

601
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: whether or not you would consider starting Tyler Effort on

602
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: the Jaguars offense against the Chicago Bears. But I'm doing

603
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: it because the Bear shockingly have given up a lot

604
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: of fantasy points to the tight end position. And you know,

605
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: I know we haven't really talked about Tyler Effort being

606
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: a fantasy relevant tight end in what three or four years,

607
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: maybe more? I don't know, um, but is is this

608
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: a yolo play or is this a bridge too far?

609
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: Here's the thing I feel like, pretty much every championship

610
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: is between Travis Kelsey's manager and Darren Waller's manager. Don't

611
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: know if you'll need to, but if you don't have

612
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,600
Speaker 1: one of those two guys and you made your way

613
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: in absolutely yellow with Tyler Eifford, why not. It's the

614
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: tight end position. Outside those two guys, almost anybody can

615
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: be a tight end one in any given week. Eifford

616
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: has been kind of okay eight plus Fantasy points in

617
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 1: three of his last four. But really it comes down to,

618
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: like you mentioned, the match of the Chicago's giving up

619
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: the second most points a tight ends sixteen Fantasy points

620
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: per game, and they've allowed a top twelve tight end,

621
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: which is a starter, in seven of their last eight.

622
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: And not all those guys have been standard starters. So

623
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: it's a crazy to think about starting Tyler Ifford fantaty

624
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: James ms was five years ago. It might feel better,

625
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: but I'll do it because it's a tight end position

626
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: and there's a good chance he's a tight end one.

627
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: So I have gone around and around on this in

628
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: the hours since I put together this rundown. Like when

629
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: I first did it, I was thinking, Yolo, like, let's

630
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: do this right, Like the matchup is good. Uh, as

631
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: you mentioned, Ifort had a relatively safe floor in regards

632
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: of tight ends over the last few weeks, and I

633
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: was like, Hey, Yolo, let's do this. Then I started

634
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: looking and I'm like, I don't know yet. I think

635
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: he had three three catches last week. He's not getting

636
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 1: a ton of targets necessarily. And I started to think,

637
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 1: hell no, what has sort of gotten me back closer

638
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: to the Yolo side of the fence, Like I'm literally

639
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: still on the fence, but I guess I'm leaning more

640
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: towards the Yolo side. Uh. What got me there is

641
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,080
Speaker 1: you know this talk that there might not be James

642
00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 1: Robinson this week, and Robinson is not exactly a getting monster.

643
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 1: But I think I feel like, if if Robinson's not there,

644
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: some of those short throws, some of those underneath throws

645
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: that might normally go to him out of the backfield,

646
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: maybe they end up going in Tyler Effort's direction. I

647
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: don't I don't necessarily believe that Daria Ogan Balle is

648
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: gonna step in and suddenly, you know, absorb all these

649
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: opportunities that Robinson had. So what has me more towards

650
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: you know, sort of believing in effort is just if

651
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: maybe he gets you know, two or three extra looks. Uh,

652
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: if Robinson can't go and play in that game, plus

653
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: the matchup sort of being in his favor. This one,

654
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: this one. Honestly, I think of the group that I

655
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: came up with is the scariest one of them all

656
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: for me. So uh, but you're right, You're probably right

657
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 1: about the fact that most championships are between you know,

658
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: Kelsey and Waller at this point, because if you had

659
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 1: any other tight end you were probably scrambling for for

660
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: so much of the year it was pretty ugly. Um

661
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: all right, last one, and I want to come up

662
00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: with a defense. Uh, the Arizona Cardinals. Uh, we've been okay,

663
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know that they've been a spectacular

664
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: defense so far this year. But uh, at first I thought,

665
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: you know, when I put this together, that they would

666
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: be facing Nick Mullins. Now it looks more and more

667
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,239
Speaker 1: like they may be facing C. J. Beethard. By the way,

668
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: the Niners have have signed Josh Rosen off the Bucks

669
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: practice squad. Uh, he is with them. I don't expect

670
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: I don't expect Rosen to start this week, but maybe

671
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: Big seventeen, which is just hard of curiosity. But the

672
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: Cardinals defense, if you're looking for a streamer, would you

673
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: consider them against? Uh? A forty Niners offense that just

674
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 1: has major quarterback issues. First of all, signing Rosen just

675
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: to play against the Cardinals will be the most amazing.

676
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: But in terms of this defense in in this matchup,

677
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: absolutely look yellow. I am more than happy to start

678
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. I would start almost any defense against the

679
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: forty Niners right now, and probably regardless of quarterback. They've

680
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: allowed a top ten fantasy defense in six of their

681
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 1: last seven games, including v number one defense in two

682
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: straight weeks to Washington and Dallas, which is not a

683
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: great defense. Uh. And listen, they're turning over the ball

684
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: at an insane rate sixteen turnovers in their last five games.

685
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: That's gonna probably be the case no matter who's under center.

686
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: And the Cardinals overall, like you mentioned, you know, their

687
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: fantasy defense has not been spectacular, but they're top five

688
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 1: in the league. In sacks. I expect them to be

689
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: able to get home against again whatever quarterback is there.

690
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: I think this is a startable defense for your fantasy championship.

691
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: I would agree. I think they're very streamable this week. Um,

692
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: I I definitely loved them when it was Nick Mullins.

693
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 1: I don't feel I don't feel terrible about it against C. J.

694
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: Bethard Um. The point you made about them giving up

695
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 1: the number one defense back to back me, it's it's

696
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 1: one thing if it's Washington, because we look at that

697
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: Washington defense and you see like there's there's talent there.

698
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: They are a good defense, I mean with with Chase

699
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 1: Young upfront and in that secondary, very good defense allowing

700
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 1: the Cowboys to be the number one overall defense, and

701
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: that's a whole different story here. That's something something is

702
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 1: wrong when that's happening. And so I I do think that,

703
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: you know, having having that on their resume the last

704
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: couple of weeks should make you feel a lot better

705
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: about starting the Cardinals. So there is we were straight

706
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: up yolo like all over the place on this one.

707
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: That's good. So uh, you know, you can look I

708
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: say this and sometimes you have to go out and

709
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: you have to sort of play hero ball, right like,

710
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: especially if you've gotten this far, don't be conservative. Take

711
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:34,399
Speaker 1: some big swings because you know bigger swings mean bigger hits.

712
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: It's a bigger miss who knows. But you know you

713
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 1: have a better story's you have a better story to

714
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: tell when it's all said and done. If you end

715
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: up winning a Fantasy championship because Tyler Eifert went for

716
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: like eight yards and a touchdown, um, you know that's

717
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: something you don't let the people in your league forget

718
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: for years and years and years. Let's talk some keepers,

719
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: shall we, For everybody who maybe isn't playing in Championship

720
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: week or even those of you who are, and just

721
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 1: to have an eye out towards the future, a list

722
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: of guys who their performances this year maybe okay, maybe

723
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,399
Speaker 1: not what you expected, maybe even better than expected. Uh,

724
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: and where they or not you would keep them at

725
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: their ADPs based on where they were average drafted uh

726
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: this past year. So let's start with Josh Jacobs, who

727
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 1: uh getting around to a DP. He is a top

728
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,840
Speaker 1: ten running back right now, even though it's for me,

729
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: doesn't always feel like he's been a top two running back,

730
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: but in around to a DP would you would you

731
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 1: keep him this year? Yeah? I mean that's about where

732
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: he's a vout where he should be valued and that

733
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: and for me with a keeper, that's not really ideal.

734
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 1: I want to get a value out of my keeper,

735
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: as in there around you know three guy, but keep

736
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: them for around five or six. Jacobs is a round

737
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: two guy who you're keeping it round two. It's just

738
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,920
Speaker 1: kind of what he is and probably where he belongs.

739
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna slot in as an RB twelve

740
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: to fifteen or something like that next year, which is

741
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,279
Speaker 1: very valuable for your fantasy squad on, but it's not

742
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: great as a keeper option. And to your point about

743
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,439
Speaker 1: kind of not really feeling like what he is, He's

744
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:10,280
Speaker 1: had five weeks outside RB two territory, including three single

745
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: digit fantasy days. That's it's been a little bit inconsistent.

746
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: So I'd rather go somewhere else and get a value

747
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: if you can find one. But this is fine, I

748
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: suppose if you can need to keep him. I think

749
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: that's the best way to describe it. It's fine. Um,

750
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: it's it's not exciting, and I think if I were

751
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: looking at that, if I were looking at Josh Jacobs

752
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: with a second round a DP. If I'm giving up

753
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: a second round pick, I probably don't. I probably put

754
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: him back in the pool because there's a good chance

755
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 1: I could probably get him at that value again next year.

756
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: And what I saw this year just earlier. Remember early

757
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: in the first couple of weeks of the season, he

758
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,000
Speaker 1: was getting a lot of targets, he got a lot

759
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: of catches, and I think we all thought, hey, if

760
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: this keeps up, then he really will have a major

761
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: boost in production and a boost in value this year. Uh.

762
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 1: And that has the faded over the back half of

763
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 1: the season, and just that inconsistency means that he has

764
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: not been you know, he's not been the guy that

765
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: I that I wanted him to be. And especially look

766
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: if if his uh if what I'm giving up ends

767
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: up being what his ADP actually is, then yeah, there's

768
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: there's no real value for me holding onto him. Um.

769
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,359
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift, who has really come on in the back

770
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: half of the season, he liked a number of these

771
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: other rookie running backs have really picked things up in

772
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 1: the back half of the season. Um, we'll see what

773
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: happens with the Lions. That I think there's gonna be

774
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: another remaking there. Whether it's head coach, I think certainly

775
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: I would be surprised if Adrian Peterson is back. So

776
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: for giving him a round six a d P. If

777
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: you've got to lose a sixth round draft pick, would

778
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 1: you hold onto to DeAndre Swift? Yes? Absolutely, this This

779
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: is exactly what I want. When I was just describing

780
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: what I don't really think I'm getting with Josh Jacobs

781
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: at round two, That's what we're getting with with Swift

782
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 1: here in round six, because I think he can be

783
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: a guy who should be drafted in round two. Like

784
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: you said, Adrian Peterson free agent probably are gonna be gone.

785
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: Coaching regime gonna change. It was not good this year.

786
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: The run game and the offense in general was not pretty.

787
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: I think there's a better than fifty percent chance that

788
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 1: that gets improved in I think, listen, he's an extremely

789
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 1: talented player. I think he has all the makings of

790
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: like a Nick Chubb type year to breakout where we're

791
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 1: seeing sixteen hundred scrimmage yards and double digit touchdowns potentially.

792
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 1: I think he's a legit RB one next season. To

793
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 1: keep him around six is huge about it. I mean,

794
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,960
Speaker 1: you remember, in in the off season before the draft,

795
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,200
Speaker 1: for a lot of people, DeAndre Swift was their number

796
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,240
Speaker 1: one running back. I mean it was. It was pretty

797
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: much a conversation between he and Jonathan Taylor. Uh, and

798
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: a lot of folks had Swift as their number one

799
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: back and it took a while. Um you know, I

800
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 1: think some of it is with these rookies sort of

801
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: getting acclimated to the game. You had situations where a

802
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: lot of them were in committee situations, whether it was

803
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: Taylor or Swift or Dobbins. I always I always forget

804
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,439
Speaker 1: when I sa a Taylor and Swift in that order,

805
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: but Taylor or Swift and Dobbn's all all sort of

806
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: working in tandem with other running backs there. But I

807
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: really feel like the Lions are gonna open the door

808
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: for Swift to be more of a workhorse. Maybe not

809
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: a true, you know, loan running back, but I do

810
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: I don't see a lot of other guys coming in

811
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: there to take some of those touches from him, and

812
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 1: so I do envision we'll be talking about him as

813
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,319
Speaker 1: a second round pick in a lot of leagues next year.

814
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: At worst. At worst he falls to the third round.

815
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: But I just don't see that happening. So if if

816
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: I can save uh, you know, three rounds, basically, I'm

817
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna take that deal pretty much all day Alright.

818
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: Couple of wide receivers on the list. Terry McLaurin, who

819
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: I think we all agree is a great wide receiver.

820
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 1: He just I fear he's going to end up, you know,

821
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: having Alan Robinson syndrome where he goes to the NFL

822
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: and he is struggling to get a consistent quality quarterback. Right,

823
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: He's already been through a hand so far in Washington

824
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 1: and just a short amount of time. Um, you know,

825
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins very well may have partied his way out

826
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:10,759
Speaker 1: of Washington after his his latest misstep here. So for

827
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 1: all the talent Terry McLaurin has you worry about his situation,

828
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: let's put it around five. Is it worth banking on

829
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: that upside to give up a fifth round pick? For me?

830
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: It is, And there's a couple of reasons. One, I

831
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: absolutely love Terry McLaurin. I think he's one of the

832
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: most talented receivers in the NFL already. He is unbelievable. Two,

833
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,600
Speaker 1: you mentioned the quarterback situation. It's certainly not been pretty.

834
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: That Allen Robinson comp is scary. I don't like it.

835
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: Although Allen Robinson has kind of stayed as a fringe

836
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: wide receiver one for most of his career, even with

837
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: bad quarterback player. We could see that with McLaurin. But

838
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: what I will say is McLaurin was really really good

839
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: with Haskins and Kyle Allen this year. It was just

840
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,799
Speaker 1: that Alex Smith window where he kind of was less

841
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: used and was not as productive. Smith kind of preferred J. D. Mckisson.

842
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 1: I don't think Alex Smith is going to be a

843
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 1: long term answer there order back, whether it's Haskins probably not,

844
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: or someone else. I think that there's a good chance

845
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 1: that Terry McLaurin is still very good. Also, only three

846
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns this year, that's gonna positively regress. He's going

847
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: to score more. So I think he's a potential wide

848
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: disceiver one. This is a good value. I'm torn, but

849
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: I do think I would probably hold on to him

850
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: with a round five value because again I think I

851
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 1: think when we talk about redrafts next year, he'll be

852
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: coming off the board probably a couple of rounds earlier,

853
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: I do want to keep an eye on what the

854
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 1: quarterback situation is in Washington because I'm sort of with you.

855
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: I don't think that the future franchise quarterback for for

856
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 1: the Ft is on the roster right now. Alex Smith

857
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 1: has been a great story and he seems to be

858
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,960
Speaker 1: a shoe in for comeback Player of the Year, but

859
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: he's also not the long term answer. Like I said earlier,

860
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: I think the Dwayne Haskins experiment has pretty much run

861
00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: its course. I can't imagine they're just gonna want to

862
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: deal with him too much longer, especially considered he hasn't

863
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: he hasn't proven to be a breakout star at the position.

864
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 1: UM probably not enough for them to to deal with

865
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: the headaches that that he's causing them off the field.

866
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: So UM, I would be surprised if the football team

867
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,840
Speaker 1: is not in the market for a quarterback in this offseason.

868
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: We'll see where they end up draft. Here's the thing,

869
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 1: just as a decide, not even fantasy related, They're in

870
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: a weird situation, Matt because if they win the division,

871
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 1: they make the playoffs, they get get a significantly worst

872
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: draft spot. Right like that, Kim cuffs them, so you know,

873
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: I know that your fans want to win, teams want

874
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,439
Speaker 1: to win, players want to win. But at the same time,

875
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 1: making the playoffs with potentially a record under five hundred

876
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: severely hamstrings your ability to improve your roster next year.

877
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: So they're in a really, really weird spot there. I

878
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 1: don't know, um, Tyler Lockett and Tyler Lockett right now.

879
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: I mean, you want to talk about an interesting case

880
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: study because he had two huge games. He had a

881
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 1: thirty seven point game and he had the fifty three

882
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: point game in Week seven against the Cardinals. That's of

883
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 1: his fantasy scoring for the year. Everything after that has

884
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,439
Speaker 1: been just really nothing you really want to talk about.

885
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: He has one touchdown since Week seven, around four a

886
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:19,760
Speaker 1: DP for a guy that we know what his ceiling

887
00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: can be, but we have seen the floor way more

888
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 1: times than I would care to really think about. So

889
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a risk reward thing. Do you

890
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: take that round four you know, give up that round

891
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 1: four pick and hope that he gets back to the

892
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett of past years, or do you stay away?

893
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,879
Speaker 1: I mean to answer this question, I care to think

894
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,880
Speaker 1: about those bad weeks because there's been a lot of them.

895
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 1: Two games as the number one wide receiver. You mentioned them,

896
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: but nine outside of the top thirty wide receivers, six

897
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,439
Speaker 1: games of single digit fantasy points since Week eight. After

898
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: that game you mentioned the fifty three point one he's

899
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 1: been the wide receiver. Fifty two was a whole sege

900
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,520
Speaker 1: in half of the season. He's the Why does he

901
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: fifty two? Uh? He by the end of he will

902
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,879
Speaker 1: be in the same total fantasy points as the guys

903
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,399
Speaker 1: were drafting in Round four. It's just like he's gonna

904
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: be this year. But I don't want that on my

905
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 1: fantasy team if I can help it. That's the same

906
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: round where I'm gonna be able to get guys like

907
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: Allen Robinson, Robert Woods, Julio Jones, maybe even I would

908
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: much rather have those guys where a weekend, week out,

909
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: I know I'm going to get a strong performance rather

910
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,919
Speaker 1: than Tyler Lockett twice a year winning me the week

911
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:35,919
Speaker 1: and every other week stinking it up. Locket is right

912
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,919
Speaker 1: now where I feel like Amari Cooper was the last

913
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: couple of years, um in that I stayed away from

914
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper in a lot of drafts this year because

915
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: I didn't want to ride the roller coaster, Like it's

916
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 1: great when Amari would go out and get you those

917
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 1: thirty thirty five point weeks, but then he follows it

918
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: up the next week with like four, and I didn't

919
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:56,920
Speaker 1: want that. And that's kind of where I'm at with

920
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,560
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett right now, which is probably why I don't

921
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: think I would keep him, certainly not in a round

922
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: four a DP. I don't think I would hold onto

923
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: him because one DK Metcalf looks to have taken over

924
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,799
Speaker 1: as the number one wide receiver in that offense. He's

925
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 1: just more consistent. Um He's also the guy that they

926
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 1: tend to take more deep shots with, which means you

927
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: don't necessarily need as many catches if he's getting you

928
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 1: big chunk plays and getting in the end zone where

929
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: his Lockett has been more of the short intermediate pass

930
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: catching guy, uh and so it's been a little bit

931
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,320
Speaker 1: harder to put up big numbers for him. So I

932
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: like the ceiling. I know what he potentially can be,

933
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: but I don't want to, you know, fret every week

934
00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: whether or not he's going to hit that ceiling and

935
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,240
Speaker 1: worry more that he's gonna be kind of staying towards

936
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: his floor. So I think I would probably pass on him,

937
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 1: uh and see who else might be available for me

938
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:46,919
Speaker 1: around that same time at the wide receiver spot, because,

939
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, there are a lot of really good

940
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: guys what wide receivers So deep that you get to

941
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: the fourth round, there will be plenty of guys to

942
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,360
Speaker 1: choose from that might get you more consistent production on

943
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,000
Speaker 1: a week to week basis. All right, so the last

944
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: one I put this on here. I feel like this

945
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: is going to be a pretty easy answer, but I'm

946
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 1: just sort of I'm sort of testing a hypothesis here. Uh.

947
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 1: You talked about championships coming down to the Travis Kelsey

948
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 1: manager versus the Darren Waller manager. I'm pretty sure Travis

949
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,600
Speaker 1: Kelsey is going to be a first round pick in most,

950
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: if not all leagues based on what he has done.

951
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: Darren Waller, though, had a Round five a d P.

952
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 1: With what he has done the last couple of years,

953
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: around five feels like a steal for Darren Waller right now,

954
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: doesn't it. This might be one of the biggest steels.

955
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:36,439
Speaker 1: This is an absolute OMG slap the keeper button. Yes

956
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,080
Speaker 1: for me, um tight ends in general, if you can

957
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: get one of the top tier guys, I'm okay going

958
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 1: in the first two rounds, so Waller and Kittle I

959
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: would also be okay, probably taking in round two. So

960
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: if I can keep Waller in round five, absolutely yes.

961
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 1: I mean he's currently on pace for around right around

962
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: two and seventy fantasy points. That would be a top

963
00:47:56,800 --> 00:48:01,080
Speaker 1: ten tight end fantasy season all time. He is elite,

964
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,720
Speaker 1: and he and the positional advantage you get by taking

965
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,759
Speaker 1: one of these top tight ends is second and none.

966
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 1: So yes, Waller and round five as a keeper, Yes,

967
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: will learn around four or three, maybe even two as

968
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,720
Speaker 1: a keeper. Get yourself one of these tight ends, however

969
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,479
Speaker 1: you can. So you basically I said, I was testing

970
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: a hypothesis and you you nailed it when you use

971
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,160
Speaker 1: the word elite, because that's that's the question I'm starting

972
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:28,320
Speaker 1: to ask people, is whether or not they think Darren

973
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 1: Waller has reached the level of elite fantasy tight ends.

974
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,799
Speaker 1: And I think I think the answer is yes. Um.

975
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 1: I remember I asked, I asked Adam Rank a couple

976
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,440
Speaker 1: of weeks ago that question and he said at the

977
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,920
Speaker 1: time that he was knocking on the door. Then since then,

978
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 1: Waller has gone out and had a couple of even

979
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: better games, And I think it's just it's getting harder

980
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: to deny, especially at a position that is a shallow

981
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,839
Speaker 1: asked tight end has been We know Kelsey he's going

982
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,319
Speaker 1: to be there. Chittle is still going to be there.

983
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 1: He had he had injury issues this season which sort

984
00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: of prevented him, but when he was on the field,

985
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 1: he looked like the George Kittle that we've come to

986
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: know in his relatively short NFL career. Um, you know,

987
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:08,360
Speaker 1: but Mark Andrews has fallen off, you know, Zach Or

988
00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:11,080
Speaker 1: it's where have you gone? Um? There's so many kind

989
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: of middle tier tight ends that were just underwhelming this

990
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:16,600
Speaker 1: year that I think. I think when you talk about

991
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 1: the top guys at the position, uh, it's Kelsey, Kittle

992
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 1: and Darren Waller now, and if you're talking about keeping

993
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: him with a fifth round ADP, that might be one

994
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 1: of the easiest calls that anybody has in this offseason. Um,

995
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: it's just he's just been great, um, you know, and

996
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 1: in credit to him, credit to the Raiders for figuring

997
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: out how to to maximize what he can do. But uh,

998
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: that that's going to be I think a very easy

999
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: call for a lot of folks. Who have Darren Waller

1000
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: in chief re leagues, So happy keeping. Uh. For those

1001
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: of you who observe this offseason, I'm sure we'll talk

1002
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,640
Speaker 1: plenty of about that. We'll talk about some dynasty stuff too,

1003
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: uh in the off season when we get to that

1004
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:56,840
Speaker 1: point as well. Let's finish some things out with wire

1005
00:49:56,920 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 1: taps like to do this on Wednesdays, the guys that

1006
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,799
Speaker 1: you might have snagged off the waiver wire, and whether

1007
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: or not you're gonna give them some run in your lineup.

1008
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: So let's start with Levian Bell. The obvious being that

1009
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: without Clyde Edwards de Laire, his role grows in the

1010
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 1: Chief's offense. The downside being that he's playing the Falcons,

1011
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: which I know, at first blush seems like what but

1012
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: the Falcons have been pretty good against fantasy running backs

1013
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 1: so far this season. So, Matt, if you snagged Levian Bell,

1014
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: are you immediately just without thinking plugging him into the

1015
00:50:26,520 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: lineup this week? Not quite without thinking. I think it

1016
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: depends on what else I have. But there's a good

1017
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:36,440
Speaker 1: chance that if I picked up Levian Bell, it's because

1018
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: I probably need him. Like we talked about the multiple

1019
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: times in this show, RBS are Scarce. Wherever you can

1020
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,319
Speaker 1: get a starter, you're probably plugging him in. I think

1021
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: you probably are starting him. But not only is their

1022
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:52,000
Speaker 1: run defense kind of impressive of late and maybe a

1023
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 1: little bit concerning, but their past defense is still just terrible.

1024
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 1: And when you have Patrick Mahomes against the past defense

1025
00:50:57,960 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: that bad, it just feels like maybe one of the

1026
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: four D four games for Mahomes where the running backs

1027
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 1: don't even need to do anything. So I think it

1028
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: might be a little bit of a trap. I think

1029
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:09,359
Speaker 1: laby On Bell is gonna be okay, like an RB

1030
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,800
Speaker 1: two low end RB two, so you're probably gonna have

1031
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 1: to start him, but I don't expect a huge day.

1032
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 1: That's kind of where I sit on this too that

1033
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 1: I feel like if you went and got lev Uh,

1034
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 1: maybe it's because you lost Clyde Edward de Layer, or

1035
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,319
Speaker 1: you have another running back that you're not sure about

1036
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:27,080
Speaker 1: so you picked them up um, And I probably would

1037
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 1: start him as an RB two maybe a flex, but

1038
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:32,000
Speaker 1: I'm not really excited about the matchup. And I think

1039
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:35,200
Speaker 1: your point about it being a Patrick Mahomes game UM

1040
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,319
Speaker 1: rings really true, and that they may not ask much

1041
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:40,920
Speaker 1: of Levian Bell because they may not need him to

1042
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: do much this week, But I do feel like if

1043
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,600
Speaker 1: you picked them up, chances are you probably didn't because

1044
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: you're in a situation where you've got to start the guy,

1045
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:49,840
Speaker 1: uh and you're kind of hoping for the best in

1046
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:54,120
Speaker 1: Week sixteen. UM Tony Pollard, who was great last week.

1047
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 1: I honestly didn't expect much from him against the forty

1048
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: nine Ers. The Cowboys had struggled to run the ball

1049
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,640
Speaker 1: with easy Elliott and Pollard ended up having a huge

1050
00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:05,800
Speaker 1: game for the Dallas Cowboys. Now they get the Eagles

1051
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: this week. UM, I guess is it for you? Is

1052
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: it as simple as if Zeke plays, then you sit Pollard?

1053
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 1: Or would you even would you even consider starting Pollard?

1054
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:20,360
Speaker 1: If Zeke is back this week, I would consider flexing Pollard.

1055
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,440
Speaker 1: If Zeke is in. If if Zike is out, it's

1056
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:25,920
Speaker 1: a smash play or but very likely RB one. But

1057
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,560
Speaker 1: even if Zeke is in, I think I'm probably willing

1058
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 1: to flex Poulard. Listen, he's been better, he's looked better,

1059
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 1: he's produced better. Maybe it's fresh legs, maybe Zeke, I

1060
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 1: don't know, it's worn down, but Pollard has been better.

1061
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: And beyond that, you know the Cowboys playoff prospects are

1062
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 1: not great even if they do manage to somehow win

1063
00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:47,560
Speaker 1: this division, which is still possible, I believe. UM. But

1064
00:52:47,719 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: even if they make it, they know they're not winning anything.

1065
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:52,919
Speaker 1: So why run Zekiel Elliott into the ground. Wait until

1066
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:54,719
Speaker 1: that comes back next year and they can have a

1067
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 1: proper run at everything and just give polar some run.

1068
00:52:57,719 --> 00:52:59,400
Speaker 1: I think there's a good chance that Paul even if

1069
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,800
Speaker 1: Zeke is there, Pollard leads the team and touches and

1070
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 1: is the better fantasy back, so I'm probably starting either way.

1071
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,320
Speaker 1: He has looked more explosive even when they've been on

1072
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 1: the field together. Uh. Pollard's point total from last week

1073
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,600
Speaker 1: had thirty one points. I believe last week that's more

1074
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:15,880
Speaker 1: than Zeke has had in about two two and a

1075
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: half years. Uh, It's been a while since he has

1076
00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: put up that many fantasy points in a game. I

1077
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 1: believe Pollard has more twenty yard runs this year than

1078
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,320
Speaker 1: Zeke on about a hundred and twenty fewer carries. So

1079
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: everything points to him having having a better season right now.

1080
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: And you're right. If if Zeke doesn't play, uh, then

1081
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: you're you're starting Pollard. No questions asked but it would

1082
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,200
Speaker 1: be interesting. I think that there are there's a story

1083
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: to be told about using Tony Pollard as a flex

1084
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:42,960
Speaker 1: even if Ezekie Elliott is on the field this week

1085
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,920
Speaker 1: in a huge game with major playoff implications in the

1086
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: NFC East between and it's funny. It feels like a

1087
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 1: tradition for the Eagles and Cowboys to play either Week

1088
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,879
Speaker 1: sixteen Week seventeen. Uh, and it ends up being high

1089
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,280
Speaker 1: comedy because usually the way one of those teams loses

1090
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,440
Speaker 1: is something. Uh, well's hysterical to me because I don't

1091
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:03,479
Speaker 1: have a rooting interest. If I had a rooting interest

1092
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:04,919
Speaker 1: in one of those teams, I don't think I would

1093
00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: be laughing quite as much. But but uh, it'll interesting

1094
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 1: to see if that happens again this week. Um. Last

1095
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: one and I sort of showed my hand on this one,

1096
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,680
Speaker 1: but j D mckissic against the Carolina Panthers, Like I said,

1097
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:21,000
Speaker 1: we're still waiting to see what happens with Antonio Gibson

1098
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:24,720
Speaker 1: this week. Um. But but even with Gibson on the field,

1099
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: would you consider starting j D mkissick against Carolina? I

1100
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:33,480
Speaker 1: would certainly in a PPR, I think even with Gibson

1101
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:36,320
Speaker 1: there he's likely to get a good amount of passing

1102
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:38,880
Speaker 1: work and some Russian work as well. And the Panthers,

1103
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,680
Speaker 1: you know, we've gone back and forth on this, whether

1104
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:44,399
Speaker 1: they're tough for easy for fantasy running backs six most

1105
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 1: fantasy points with the position this year, but they've been

1106
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,359
Speaker 1: better of late. But they've also allowed the third most

1107
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,680
Speaker 1: receptions to the position this season, and that's been pretty consistent.

1108
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,120
Speaker 1: So I think there's a good chance j D mckiss

1109
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:59,040
Speaker 1: it gets six seven receptions even if Antonio Gibson is there,

1110
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:02,640
Speaker 1: and if he's not. Jade mckensick has gotten more than

1111
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 1: eleven carries in two straight eighteen points per game over

1112
00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: his last three. He's been consistent, he's been producing. I

1113
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 1: will roll him out there no matter what and be

1114
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:15,080
Speaker 1: more excited if it's justin. I always like to look at,

1115
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 1: you know, the passing games that we consider concentrated where

1116
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,800
Speaker 1: there aren't a lot of guys getting targets, And in

1117
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:23,320
Speaker 1: Washington all year, it's been pretty consistent that most of

1118
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: the targets go through Terry McLaurin, Logan Thomas, and j

1119
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 1: D mckissic, And so I think that's going to continue

1120
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 1: this week, even if Antonio Gibson is back on the field. Um,

1121
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,759
Speaker 1: and it hasn't really mattered who the quarterback has been.

1122
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:37,840
Speaker 1: It's pretty much been those guys. Uh, seeing all the

1123
00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:39,919
Speaker 1: targets there. So, like I said earlier in the show,

1124
00:55:40,040 --> 00:55:44,080
Speaker 1: I feel okay with starting J D McKissick this week, Matt,

1125
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,240
Speaker 1: appreciate you sitting in. I know we'll see you tomorrow.

1126
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,719
Speaker 1: Four ask a nerd. I gotta asked, are you Are

1127
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:52,520
Speaker 1: you playing for championships in in any leagues? This week? Oh?

1128
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,360
Speaker 1: I was hoping you wouldn't ask you that we almost

1129
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,160
Speaker 1: made it to the end. I am not in a

1130
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,239
Speaker 1: single one. Has been a super unlucky year. I had

1131
00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 1: a lot of George it'll I'm just gonna be watching

1132
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 1: and cheering for you guys. Hey, you know what I

1133
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: always say this look, getting into a championship is hard.

1134
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:09,239
Speaker 1: Winning a championship is even harder. For me. The goal is, look,

1135
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:10,759
Speaker 1: if you can make the playoffs, and then at that

1136
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: point all bets are off because anything can happen. I

1137
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:15,400
Speaker 1: think I squeaked through in one league, the rest of

1138
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:18,200
Speaker 1: them not so much so. Uh, you know, I I

1139
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:21,719
Speaker 1: feel your pain. I once you to the playoffs at

1140
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:23,759
Speaker 1: this at that point it's sort of out of your hands,

1141
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 1: so certainly no shame in that. But I appreciate you

1142
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,480
Speaker 1: sitting in today. Like I said, we'll see you tomorrow.

1143
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:33,239
Speaker 1: Huh yeah sounds good. As for us, that is it.

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00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

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00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:38,320
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by Draft Kings. You know

1146
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 1: the drill. Tell two friends to tell two friends rate

1147
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:43,440
Speaker 1: review and remember there's no problem so big that it

1148
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:45,280
Speaker 1: can't be solved with a little bit of self delusion.

1149
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,480
Speaker 1: Be safe, take care of yourselves, wear a mask, and

1150
00:56:47,520 --> 00:57:08,960
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