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Speaker 1: You're saying that humans need fantasy to make life bearable.

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Speaker 1: Humans need fantasy to be human.

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Speaker 2: My goodness, that was good. You guys are prone, bets, relentless,

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Speaker 1: All right, hit that horn babeles there. Hello, and welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Fantasy Flex podcast, presented by Prize Picks. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Samantha Parbati. On today's episode, I am elated

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Speaker 1: to be joined by the one and only Chris Towers,

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Speaker 1: Fantasy analysts at CBS Fantasy, who you can find on

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Speaker 1: Twitter at Sea Towers, CBS. Welcome to the Fantasy Flex. Chris,

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Speaker 1: how was your week three?

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Speaker 2: It was okay? Three weeks in, only fifteen more to go.

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Speaker 2: I've reached the point now. I know Scott Fish has

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Speaker 2: just want to watch the games, and I take my

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Speaker 1: You know, I totally totally get that. Yeah, people ask

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Speaker 1: also I'm just getting pings constantly from Yahoo or like

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Speaker 2: And then once the actual playoffs come, I do follow it. Yeah, Like,

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Speaker 1: that kind of brings us into our first question. First

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Speaker 2: But I'm optimistic pessimistic about the Bears in general right now.

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Speaker 1: Right now, all right, fair enough, all right, the next

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Speaker 1: Our next segment is called full send or that's calf,

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Speaker 1: Obvious means that's not true, or it's kind of.

433
00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 2: I haven't been snowboarding in probably sixteen years now, I

434
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,560
Speaker 2: really want to go again. I'm worried I'm going to die.

435
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,480
Speaker 1: Oh my god, you have to come, so I will.

436
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,199
Speaker 2: Actually, my hips, my hips are so bad that like,

437
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,040
Speaker 2: I'm just worried. I skateboarded a lot as a kid,

438
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,200
Speaker 2: and so I've got bad hips, and I'm just worried

439
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,879
Speaker 2: I'm gonna fall one time and just like be done

440
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,760
Speaker 2: being a walker for the rest of my life. That's

441
00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 2: my big concern.

442
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,920
Speaker 1: No, No, you have to come. If you ever come

443
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,320
Speaker 1: out to Colorado, we can go snowboarding together. I am

444
00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 1: actually teaching skiing and snowboarding part time at Barkingbridge this winter,

445
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,439
Speaker 1: so I'm super excited about that. So yeah, come, I

446
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:16,320
Speaker 1: send it with me.

447
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,919
Speaker 2: I had flights to I had a flight to Denver

448
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 2: that were scheduled for the day that Rudy Gobert and

449
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,679
Speaker 2: Tom Hanks had announced they had COVID, which in my

450
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:30,439
Speaker 2: mind is the day COVID started. Yes, so I was

451
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:35,119
Speaker 2: going to go snowboarding in in Denver and then the

452
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 2: world shut down. So maybe next maybe next winter.

453
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,400
Speaker 1: Awesome, Well I'm gonna hold you to that, all right.

454
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,920
Speaker 1: The first guy we're going to talk about is Sam Darnold.

455
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 1: So my Carolina Panthers are three and oh, as you know,

456
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 1: and Donald has finished as QB seventeen, QB thirteen, and

457
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: he did really well this week. He's got a soft

458
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,560
Speaker 1: schedule coming up with Dallas, Philly, Minnesota, the Giants, and

459
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 1: the Felt on deck. Are you sending it on him

460
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,960
Speaker 1: as a stream book QB one in the next few weeks.

461
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,359
Speaker 2: Or do you think that's cap I actually had him

462
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 2: ranked like fourteenth this week. He finished eighth and six

463
00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,760
Speaker 2: point per passing touchdown league. The two rushing touchdowns helped.

464
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 2: I don't think you can count on that, but he

465
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 2: could have had two passing touchdowns very easily in that

466
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,440
Speaker 2: game as well. So yeah, I buy him as a

467
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:29,879
Speaker 2: streamable quarterback. I think he's in the Teddy Bridgewater, Derek Carr,

468
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 2: maybe Daniel Jones range, where if they have a good matchup,

469
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 2: I think they have the skills to take advantage of.

470
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,040
Speaker 2: Especially I just really like the Carolina Panthers offense and

471
00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 2: the skill position players they have. I am as much

472
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 2: as I'm in the tank for Julio Jones, I might

473
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,400
Speaker 2: be even more with DJ Moore because I've I think

474
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 2: he's one of the I don't know eight most talented

475
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 2: wide receivers in the NFL, and if Darnald can keep

476
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 2: playing like this, I think DJ Moore is going to

477
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 2: continue to be one of the best fantasy wide receivers.

478
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: I am so hype about DJ moore breakout season. I mean,

479
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,479
Speaker 1: obviously he's been productive in the last few years, but

480
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 1: it was like he just got this wrap of being

481
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: like unpredictable and kind of a fantasy nightmare. He was

482
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 1: my touchdown last season. He literally was like twenty five

483
00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:24,040
Speaker 1: points or two points type guy, and it was very frustrating.

484
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,359
Speaker 1: So love to see him perform. Well, I've actually just

485
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,880
Speaker 1: been really surprised. If that hasn't been now surprising, I've

486
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: been really surprised with how like am i A. Robbie

487
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 1: Anderson has been from a fantasy perspective.

488
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, he seems to be back in the I mean

489
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 2: everybody was like, oh, Robbie Anderson and Sam Darnold put

490
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,080
Speaker 2: together with the Jets, this is gonna be great. They

491
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,439
Speaker 2: know each other. Well, it turns out he's playing like

492
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 2: they're using him like they used him when he was

493
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,439
Speaker 2: with the Jets, which makes him a boom or bust

494
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 2: like flex option. Yeah, it's disappointing.

495
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,800
Speaker 1: Definitely, definitely disappointing. All right, The next guy we're going

496
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,719
Speaker 1: to talk about is Trey Sermon. What is roller coaster?

497
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,400
Speaker 1: This has been all right? Benched in week one, fumbles

498
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: and gets concust in its first NFL carry in week two,

499
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,199
Speaker 1: then with just like the crazy attrition in the backfield,

500
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 1: he gets the start in week three, posts twelve touches

501
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: for thirty three our purpose yards and a touchdown. Are

502
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,679
Speaker 1: you going full sund On Sermon season? Or is it cap?

503
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: Once Elijah Mitchell.

504
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 2: Is healthy and we'll see what happens in week four.

505
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 2: I think he's got If Elijah Mitchell doesn't play in

506
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 2: week four, I think Trace Sarmon has one more chance

507
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,800
Speaker 2: to prove himself and he has another game like this.

508
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,399
Speaker 2: I think Elijah Mitchell is going to get that starting

509
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,479
Speaker 2: job back. He absolutely Trace Sarmon has the opportunity to

510
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,400
Speaker 2: take this job and run with it. We know how

511
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 2: talented he is. We know that Kyle Shannan really liked

512
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,439
Speaker 2: him coming into the season. What happened between the draft

513
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 2: in week one, I don't think we'll ever really know.

514
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,760
Speaker 1: But I wish we had insight in that in that

515
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 1: when we were doing drafts.

516
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 2: Right, there's so many. This is something that I've noticed

517
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 2: over the last couple of seasons really twenty twenty and

518
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one. To go off on a slight tangent again,

519
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,679
Speaker 2: is that the NFL changed media policies last season with

520
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: because of COVID, media members weren't allowed to come into

521
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 2: contact with players. They had limited practice, you know, viewing opportunities,

522
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,199
Speaker 2: and a lot of teams just made that stuff permanent.

523
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,199
Speaker 2: So there have been a lot of limitations in what

524
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 2: reporters are or aren't real allowed to report. There's a

525
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 2: lot of limitations on what they're allowed to see, Like

526
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 2: there are some teams who you can't even report who

527
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 2: goes in what order during team individual drills like that

528
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,639
Speaker 2: kind of stuff. They have sanctions on what you're allowed

529
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,360
Speaker 2: to report and still have access. And so I think

530
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 2: that's what we're seeing, you know, with you know, Miles

531
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,200
Speaker 2: Gaskin in the preseason when he didn't start the first

532
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 2: game at was something that I just think we didn't

533
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,879
Speaker 2: have an opportunity to know because the reporters couldn't tell us.

534
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,640
Speaker 2: So I think that's probably what happened with San Francisco.

535
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,800
Speaker 2: I'll say, if Trey Sermon has a big game of

536
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:56,160
Speaker 2: Week four. He can be a really good fantasy option.

537
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,719
Speaker 2: If not, I would guess they're going to go right

538
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 2: back to Elijah Mitchell whenever he healthy.

539
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: Yeah. I was actually pretty concerned or maybe surprised to

540
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 1: see the usage of Kyle Uschek. Just like that to

541
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,479
Speaker 1: me kind of communicated how if he Kyle Shanahan is

542
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:17,159
Speaker 1: on leaning on sermon kind of long term, so I

543
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: am not sending it fully on him, though I did

544
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,879
Speaker 1: bench Mike Davis to speak for him, so that's the

545
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 1: first time I've obviously been able to start him. Hopefully, yeah,

546
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: hopefully we will see him. Yeah. I think it was

547
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: like a one point difference, to be honest, even though

548
00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 1: of course I will holed over this decision for like.

549
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 2: Mike Davis.

550
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,679
Speaker 1: Fair enough, fair enough, all right. The next guy we're

551
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: going to talk about is Chubba Hubbard. So crazy unfortunate

552
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 1: injury to CMC, which I saw from my phone. I

553
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: was like in the mountains and I'm just like looking

554
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 1: at this whole thing unfold, very scary. Though I guess

555
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 1: there's maybe a little more optimism because he didn't go

556
00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 1: on IR so that kind of suggests the Panthers think

557
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: he would will return I guess earlier than three weeks.

558
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: But Hubbard is still probably going to be the top

559
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 1: waiver target. He's pretty effective. Eleven rushes for fifty two

560
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,919
Speaker 1: yards and caught three of five targets for twenty seven yards.

561
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 1: Are you going full send on him, i e. Spending

562
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: all your fab to get him? Or is that a

563
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: little cap for a one to two week rental.

564
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if I would blow all of

565
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,880
Speaker 2: my fab on him. I wasn't doing that on Elijah

566
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: Mitchell either, But Hubbard is more the type of player

567
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 2: who I would be willing to do that rather than

568
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,159
Speaker 2: Mitchell because we know the Panthers, you know, based on

569
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 2: what they did with Mike Davis last season, they want

570
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 2: to just use one guy primarily, and they're going to

571
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 2: get him involved in the passing game and they're going

572
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: to use him heavily in both facets of the game.

573
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 2: And so that's the kind of player I'm looking for

574
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 2: on waivers as a guy who can legitimately become a

575
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 2: must start option. I think it's a much narrower path

576
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 2: for someone like Elijah Mitchell because he's not going to

577
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 2: have a big passing game world load you know, Hubbard

578
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 2: played thirty eight to fifty two snaps after the first quarter,

579
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 2: Royce Freeman played just ten, So I think that's a

580
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 2: pretty good sign. And I think he could go from

581
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 2: you know, we saw with Mike Davis last year he

582
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 2: was a perceived replacement level player to a must start

583
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 2: fantasy option in this offense. I think Shabbahubbard could absolutely

584
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 2: make that kind of jump and he'll probably be a

585
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 2: top twenty running back for me this week in the rankings.

586
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 2: So I'm sending that that's the term, right, Yes.

587
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 1: Okay, what was as a follow up? What would your

588
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: FAB recommendation be in terms of like percentage.

589
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 2: I would say probably forty percent of my remaining FAB

590
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 2: for him. But if I'm truly desperate, like if there's

591
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 2: leagues where I'm zero to three, I might be willing

592
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 2: to go higher than that because I just need to

593
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 2: get wins fair fair enough.

594
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's it's tough because I do write

595
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: a way we call him too, and I have to

596
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,440
Speaker 1: like give one statement at the animal always like it

597
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: depends though, like I need the roster. But yeah, I

598
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 1: think I would feel comfortable with like thirty to forty

599
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: percent if you're if you really need him. Otherwise, I

600
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: think you can probably stay away from him if you're

601
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: in a really good spot.

602
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 2: But yeah, like if you're not going to start him

603
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 2: in the next couple of weeks, like there's no buys.

604
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 2: So if you're if you're if you have two running

605
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 2: backs you feel confident in. He's not a super high priority.

606
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 1: Fair enough, all right. The next guy we're going to

607
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 1: talk about is Odell Beckham. So he made his season

608
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: debut this weekend and looked really good. Five catches online

609
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: targets for seventy seven yards in a touchdown, and he

610
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: tacked on ten rushing yards with Jarvis Landry out on

611
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: ir and Beckham looking this good, Are you going full

612
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: send on him restless season?

613
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, full send. He played forty seven to fifty

614
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 2: seven snaps before the fourth quarter. They barely played him

615
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 2: in the fourth because they were winning by so much.

616
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 2: I'm very impressed with how Odell Beckham played because I

617
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 2: thought he was going to be limited in his first

618
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 2: game back, and the fact that he wasn't, the fact

619
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 2: that he played his full role, the fact that he

620
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: was clearly the number one option in that offense in

621
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 2: the passing game. I think think he's going to be

622
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 2: a top twenty four wide receiver moving forward, which I'm

623
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 2: surprised at.

624
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: I am very bummed personally that I don't have any

625
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 1: exposure to him, and that wasn't necessarily intentional, just kind

626
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 1: of like ended up being that way.

627
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 2: So kind was for me. I was reading a lot

628
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 2: of camp reports and I kept saying like, oh, don't

629
00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 2: expect him to play a normal role in September, or

630
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 2: at least for the first few weeks, and so I

631
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 2: wasn't surprised at all that he was an active the

632
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 2: first two weeks. I had him going into week one

633
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 2: before he knew he was going to be an active.

634
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: I had him like fifty fifth a wide receiver, so

635
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 2: I was fading him a little bit. But yeah, now

636
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 2: I have a little bit of fult off.

637
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: Fair enough, all right. The last guy, I don't think

638
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: anyone has FOMO about him because he's probably widely available.

639
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 1: But it's going to be Dawson Knox. He has scored

640
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: in two straight games. Is he a viable streamer in

641
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: this high upside Bills offense or do you think that's

642
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: cap especially just like considering how crazy the tight end

643
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 1: landscape is especially like you just mentioned, like it's really

644
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: so wide open after something point, So do you think

645
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: he is a viable streamer?

646
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 2: He plays tight end, and he's active for NFL games.

647
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 2: He has a heartbeat, So yeah, he can be a

648
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 2: stream a viable streaming option because all he has to

649
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 2: do is catch a ball at the two yard line

650
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 2: and fall forward. But that's really all it takes to

651
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 2: be a top twelve tight end most weeks, and so

652
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 2: he plays an awesome offense. Josh Allen answered my questions

653
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 2: about whether the first two weeks we're a sign of

654
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 2: things to come, and yeah, I think Dawson Knox is

655
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 2: going to be in the fifteen to twenty range at

656
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 2: tight end. And if you don't have a good one,

657
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 2: I've got started David Najoku last week that blew up

658
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 2: in my face, and then I started somebody terrible who

659
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 2: didn't do anything this week. So yeah, I might be

660
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 2: interested in picking up David Dawson Knox.

661
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: Awesome, all right, Chris, we have eight more rapid fire

662
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: questions in the right name one player you just can't quit.

663
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 2: Probably Moore or Julio Jones. Maybe more to Julio Jones

664
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 2: now because you've had to make more excuses for him

665
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,719
Speaker 2: the last year and a half. But I I just

666
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 2: I've seen no reason to think he's taken a step

667
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 2: back as far as his ability and talent to go,

668
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 2: even though the fact that he's thirty two years old

669
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 2: and so as long as Julio Jones is healthy. It

670
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 2: takes a lot of energy. It takes a lot of

671
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 2: effort for me not to rank him as a top

672
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 2: twelve wide receiver just as a reflex. I just think

673
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 2: he's absolutely one of the like three or four most

674
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 2: gifted players to ever play the position, and so I'm

675
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 2: gonna believe in him as long as he as long

676
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 2: as he's around, I love that.

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Speaker 1: Well, I am very optimistic on him moving forward. All Right,

678
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: you told me that you are a or at least

679
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 1: used to be, a Dolphins fan, So some of these

680
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: questions are going to be Dolphins bemed Okay, predict when

681
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: the Dolphins will win their next Super Bowl.

682
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 2: I do have a Dolphins jersey behind me. It's a

683
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 2: you can't see it, but it's a Chris Chambers. So

684
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 2: throwback to the mid two thousand Dolphins and you know

685
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 2: I grew up a Dolphins fan. Obviously they're the Dolphins,

686
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 2: and so I've I've lost a lot of the rooting

687
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 2: interest for them. I can't imagine being emotionally invested in

688
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 2: that team at this point. But it hangs off me

689
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 2: like a like a like a phantom limb, you know.

690
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 2: So I will say the Dolphins will win their next

691
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,919
Speaker 2: Super Bowl twelve years now. I can't tell if that's

692
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 2: too optimistic or not optimistic enough.

693
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 1: That is the longest anyone has given me in terms

694
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: of from what but fair enough. I get the struggles,

695
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,799
Speaker 1: and I appreciate your honesty. Of course, give us one

696
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: Dolphins player you think is underrated for fantasy.

697
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 2: Will Fuller. He's another guy that I will always make

698
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 2: excuses for. He left yesterday's game. I think it was

699
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 2: just a cramp. But man, I love guys who get hurt.

700
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 2: Is the thing I love, like the quote unquote injury

701
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 2: prone guys, and so because I just I don't think

702
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 2: we actually are as good at predicting injuries as we

703
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 2: think we are totally, so I'll always advocate In baseball,

704
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 2: John Carlos Stanton has been my guy for years, Will Fuller,

705
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 2: Julio Jones, and every time they get hurt, I feel

706
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 2: like an idiot, and Will Fuller left Yester's game with

707
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 2: I believe it was just cramps. That's what it looked like.

708
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,320
Speaker 2: He should have scored a touchdown. There was a defensive

709
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 2: pass interference that didn't get called in the end zone,

710
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 2: absolutely blown call. I just think he's a really, really,

711
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 2: really good player. I think people have forgotten that he

712
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 2: was wide receiver eight before his suspension. Last season, he

713
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 2: was point two points in PPR, behind AJ Brown in

714
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 2: points per game. Right now, with Jacoby Brissett in that

715
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 2: offensive line, I don't think his upside is quite that high.

716
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 2: But if this offense figures it out, if Tua gets

717
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,839
Speaker 2: healthy and they can figure out how to protect him,

718
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 2: I do think will Fuller has top twenty upsides, So

719
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 2: I think he's the most underrated player on that offense.

720
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Speaker 1: I was very nervous when I saw him down in

721
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: the end zone, just sitting there, but happy to see

722
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: him walk off, and it didn't look like he was

723
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: like limping or anything. So hopefully it is a cramp

724
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 1: type situation and not serious, all right. Was Joe Flacco

725
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 1: ever elite? Yes or no? No?

726
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 2: It was against Denver in the in the playoff game,

727
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 2: if that Denver defensive back just knocks the ball down

728
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 2: rather than I don't even remember he was. There was

729
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 2: a big play to win the game. And if that

730
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 2: guy just knocks it down, he just like fell down

731
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 2: three feet short of the ball. He just knocks it down,

732
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 2: Joe Flacco probably loses eighty million dollars in career earnings

733
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 2: and that discussion never has to happen. He is, He

734
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 2: was perfectly fine.

735
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Speaker 1: It is crazy how pivotal little like plays and then

736
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: there's not a little play, but like just a singular

737
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: play can just narrative on eight player. So for sure,

738
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 1: all right, will any Dolphins player finish in the top

739
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: five at their respective position for fantasy?

740
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 2: Noah, Mike Eski might have the best chance just because

741
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,359
Speaker 2: of how bad tight end is, but I have no

742
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 2: confidence in that actually happening.

743
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, he bageled in the first week five point six

744
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: fantasy points. I think in half tpr in week two

745
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: and then he I think he had like eight targets yesterday, but.

746
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 2: He was well on I think it might have been

747
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 2: like twelve. Actually, he was well on his way to

748
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,359
Speaker 2: a bad game yesterday, because I think he had two

749
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 2: targets heading into the fourth quarter, and then in the

750
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,280
Speaker 2: fourth quarter in overtime, Jacoby Brissette just threw it to him. Overall,

751
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 2: we had twelve targets, ten catches, eighty six yards.

752
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: He had a huge first down catch. I feel like

753
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: I extended the game.

754
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so he I don't have any faith in him,

755
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 2: like he's in that streaming tight end discussion for me,

756
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 2: maybe higher than Dawson Knox, but not much.

757
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: Aside from Chubba Hubbard, who do you think managers should

758
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: prioritize on the waiver wire this week?

759
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 2: Emmanuel Sanders. If you've subscribed to the Fantasy Football Today newsletter,

760
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 2: which you should, I write it eight times a week.

761
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 2: It's my primary job at this point. I've been advocating

762
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,319
Speaker 2: for a manual Sanders since the preseason and through the

763
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 2: first two games when he didn't do all that much,

764
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 2: and it was because Josh Allen just flat out missed

765
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 2: him on a couple of really makeable big plays. And

766
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 2: if Josh Allen had been a little more accurate the

767
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 2: first two games of the season, well we saw in

768
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,839
Speaker 2: Week three when Josh Allen played better, Emmanuel Sanders had

769
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 2: a big game. I think if you believe in Josh Allen.

770
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 2: Moving forward, you should have Emmanuel Sanders on your roster,

771
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 2: and he's available in about forty percent of CBS fantasy leagues,

772
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 2: so I would guess Yahoo and ESPN's even higher because

773
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 2: they usually have a lower roster rate.

774
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, he's definitely under fifty percent roster in Yahoo.

775
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 1: So he is headlining my waiver, maare Colin.

776
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 2: I think that the way they've used him so far

777
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 2: down the field, he's been really still really good the

778
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 2: last couple of years. He ruptured his achilles like three

779
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 2: or four years ago, and he still played at a

780
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 2: really high level. So I think Emmanuel Sanders is a

781
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 2: must roster player.

782
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: Love that. Give me one player who you think is

783
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: primed for a big fantasy season next year.

784
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: Would be cheating to say Christian McCaffrey. We're talking about

785
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 2: players who haven't done it yet. I'll say Jalen Waddle. Okay,

786
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 2: not to actually be a Dolphins homer or to paint

787
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 2: myself as that, but.

788
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: Oh, I love what I've seen from him, so.

789
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 2: They clearly love him. Yeah, I mean, yet yesterday he

790
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 2: you know, I think there were two or three situations

791
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: where you can say Najie Harris. The way he was

792
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 2: used in the passing game was a symptom of the

793
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: Steelers dysfunction as much as a sign of how good

794
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 2: he is. And I think you can say the same

795
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 2: thing about Jayleen Wattle yesterday. They just can't really move

796
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 2: the ball in chunks, so they have to use Jalen

797
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 2: Wattle's playmaking with the ball in his hands. But he's

798
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 2: a really good playmaker with the ball in his hands.

799
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 2: I think once that offense figures things out, I mean,

800
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 2: the breakout might come this year if if Tua gets

801
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 2: healthy and they figure things out. But he is someone

802
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 2: I feel very confident in moving forward.

803
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,319
Speaker 1: I love that. I am all over Jalen Waddell. All right,

804
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: we have two more questions. How many times do you

805
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: think it would take you to make an extra point?

806
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 2: I've tried several times in my life. It's never happened.

807
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: That's super cool.

808
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 2: I just cannot figure out the mechanics of it. But

809
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 2: I think, like ten okay, I could get it because

810
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,280
Speaker 2: I'm actually I'm a pretty good punter. I can probably

811
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 2: punt the ball about forty yards at max. I'm not

812
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 2: gonna say every time, So I feel confident that I

813
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 2: could get it through the uprights. It would just it's

814
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 2: more about the form and the technique.

815
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: I think it.

816
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 2: Doesn't have to look pretty for sure, Right, yeah, No,

817
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,879
Speaker 2: it's gonna wobble just barely over that bar.

818
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,879
Speaker 1: Well, I definitely could not make that. You could give

819
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 1: me one hundred tries incentivize me saying there's a million

820
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,880
Speaker 1: dollars if I make that, I don't think I would

821
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: so very impressive, all right. The final question is if

822
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 1: you had one cardinal rule to tell someone just getting

823
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: into fantasy this year, what would it be?

824
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 2: The one that I've been saying a lot since the preseason.

825
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 2: I don't know if you've watched ted Lasso, but it's

826
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 2: fast become one of my favorite shows. One of the

827
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 2: one of the key things that I love from that

828
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 2: show is, you know, one of his players messes up

829
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 2: and he tells him, you know what the you know

830
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 2: what the happiest animal is. It's a goldfish. There's a

831
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 2: ten second memory gag goldfish that that is. I think,

832
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,280
Speaker 2: you know. We we were doing the burn book section earlier,

833
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 2: and one thing that made me think is like, you

834
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 2: should really never do that. You should never like just

835
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,439
Speaker 2: say I will never draft that player again, I will

836
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 2: never have that guy on my team because situations changed

837
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 2: and context is so important for fantasy football, and so

838
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 2: if a player who has disciplined, think Joe Mixon this

839
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 2: season disappointed a lot of people the first four years

840
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 2: of his career, I never had him on any of

841
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,439
Speaker 2: my teams. I think Adam won because of a rookie draft,

842
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,720
Speaker 2: but other than that, I never really had him because

843
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 2: I didn't buy this idea that he was such an

844
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 2: incredible talent that he was going to overcome the bad

845
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 2: situation he was in. I think the situation is a

846
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 2: lot better. So I have a lot of Joe Mixon

847
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 2: this year. You should goold never. I mean like there

848
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,359
Speaker 2: are I will never begrudge someone saying like I'll never

849
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 2: draft Joe Mixing specifically, or Tyreek Hill or anyone who

850
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 2: you know they find objectionable as a person off the field.

851
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 2: That makes perfect sense. But as far as you're just

852
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 2: talking about production in the NFL and fantasy, you should

853
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,880
Speaker 2: never say I will never take a player. You should

854
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 2: always have an open mind and take approach each player

855
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,760
Speaker 2: every week and every season with an open mind and say,

856
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 2: you know, this is a fresh start. Let's look at

857
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 2: the situation as objectively as possible. Look at the player

858
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,399
Speaker 2: and see what their chances are producing. Because if you're

859
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,720
Speaker 2: too emotional about it and you say I'll never draft

860
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 2: that player again, you're gonna miss out on some guys.

861
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: That is excellent advice your fantasy football and a lot

862
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: of facets of life. I think for sure, all right,

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Speaker 1: questions with our esteemed guest, Chris Towers. Chris, I cannot

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Speaker 1: Please tell everyone where they can find you this NFL season,

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