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Speaker 1: What's up. It is Wednesday, August kid two. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Show, where we are not on

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Speaker 1: any kind of a pisc count's but your man Namt

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Speaker 1: Markus Grand joined by Michael F. Floria. We've got a

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Speaker 1: cast of dozens the specialists over here after the side.

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Speaker 1: You can't see them, but they're behind the cameras. Trust me,

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Speaker 1: they are there. And we got plenty to talk about

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Speaker 1: on this show today. But before we get at into that,

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Speaker 1: I should remind you that it is not too late

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Speaker 1: download the fantasy apps. So Florio, we got a whole

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Speaker 1: slate of games to talk about. I mean, we're cann

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Speaker 1: get that. We got plenty to talk about. But but

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Speaker 1: last week was sort of the appetizers. This week is

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Speaker 1: a little bit I won't say it's the main course,

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Speaker 1: but it's like the I don't know, the extra bread

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Speaker 1: or something that they bring to your table. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think it's Yeah, it's not the main course. That's the

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Speaker 1: regular season. But yeah, like last week was it was fun.

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Speaker 1: It was a little taste that we had actual football

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Speaker 1: on our TV. But this week is the real, like

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Speaker 1: we get every team playing. I think we're gonna get actual,

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Speaker 1: like outside of Josh Jacob's like actual fantasy people playing

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Speaker 1: as well. So I'm really excited we will see some

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Speaker 1: starters playing. But on today's show, we are going to

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Speaker 1: continue our division previews, looking at the a f C North.

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Speaker 1: As I mentioned, it's the first full week of the preseason,

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Speaker 1: so we'll dive a little bit into some of the

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Speaker 1: things we might be looking for. But first we're gonna

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Speaker 1: start with what I'm calling the question of the day.

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Speaker 1: They're the news headlines. I'm gonna be honest with you,

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Speaker 1: nothing really major or shattering news wise, But one thing

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Speaker 1: to see the unofficial depth charts come out for teams

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Speaker 1: as they get ready for their preseason games, and you

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Speaker 1: start to see people sort of murmur on social media

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Speaker 1: about things they're seeing on these depth charts. Some of

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Speaker 1: the things that have jumped out to me in the

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Speaker 1: last couple of days, Traylon Burke's reportedly running with the

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Speaker 1: twos and threes, although that has been heavily disputed and

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Speaker 1: included by our Palela Justin Graver, who was deep into

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Speaker 1: Titans Twitter, He disputed that one really hard. Gino Smith

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Speaker 1: reportedly listed as the QB one he's expected to start

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan said, well, by rule, we gotta put him

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Speaker 1: Tyler all Gear in the Atlanta who people sort of like,

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Speaker 1: has been listed as the eighth string running back, which yikes, uh,

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Speaker 1: But I guess it's all sort of comes together to

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Speaker 1: to beg the question when we look at these knowing

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Speaker 1: from the regular season starting, how much stock do you

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Speaker 1: put into these preseason depth charts in a vacuum? Very little,

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Speaker 1: I guess, though for me, I think it does matter

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Speaker 1: this trail on Burt's story. The other story that came

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Speaker 1: is the leading candidate to be this year's Jamar Chase

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Speaker 1: can't catch like like that's what it especially because the

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Speaker 1: reporter who tweeted it was like it happened one time,

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Speaker 1: like and everyone's running with it. Gino Smith, we've heard

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Speaker 1: so that one matters a little bit to me. Jimmy

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Speaker 1: the Falcons one that that's just you know, coaches do

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Speaker 1: weird things with rookies this some of years. So to me,

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Speaker 1: I think only if it backs up with the beat

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Speaker 1: reporters have been saying a lot has been happening in camp,

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Speaker 1: then maybe Hanger had a little bit on it. But

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Speaker 1: from the most part, this is just coaches being coaches.

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Speaker 1: Like I think that's the part to remember, right, Let's

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Speaker 1: maybe the media relations people. It's the folks who are,

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Speaker 1: So I think it's something that's sort of note in

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Speaker 1: it's all about deceiving and that's why so much now

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Speaker 1: I think it's a mistake if you put too much

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Speaker 1: because like, this could all be completely different three weeks

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Speaker 1: from now, which side note, By the way, Bill Belichick

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Speaker 1: of knew about him was basically like, I don't don't

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Speaker 1: care anything about fantasy football. Yeah, we see that every week.

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Speaker 1: We've met for years, Bill, So I guess congrats are

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Speaker 1: finally saying that out loud, all right. I think that's

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Speaker 1: a good way to get into our a f C

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Speaker 1: North preview. We looked at the a f C East

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Speaker 1: earlier in the week, So again we're gonna go in

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Speaker 1: order of last year's finish within the division, which starts

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Speaker 1: us with the Cincinnati Bengals. They were ten and seven

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Speaker 1: Coming into this year, and it's nothing against Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: it's just the quarterbacks ahead of him, Josh Allen, Justin

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Speaker 1: whole group, they all can run. Patrick mahomes like they

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Speaker 1: don't want to bank on that's all having just outside

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Speaker 1: the the median rushings hold like the number right in

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Speaker 1: and you know, nearly fifty touchdowns. So I don't know

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Speaker 1: last year. I think that's doables. That's fine. You drafted

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Speaker 1: complain about it. And if you want Joe Burrow, you

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Speaker 1: on this roster, I mentioned Joe Mixon was the RB

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Speaker 1: late first round, I wouldn't take him. Uh, Like, in

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Speaker 1: Naji Harris, I think that is a tear that should

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon gets knocked the lowest of that bunch, which

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Speaker 1: means that I've actually drafted him more than the other

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Speaker 1: five That's maybe that's the highest I would think about

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Speaker 1: reaching for Joe Mixon because I think sort of like

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Speaker 1: we talk about with Joe Burrow, right, Like I think

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Speaker 1: when you talk about your elite level running back, either

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Speaker 1: they put up Banana's rushing yards and rushing touchdown totals

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Speaker 1: they catch a ton of passes. Right, You've got your

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey's, your Austin Ekeler's. UM. Mixon does a little

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Speaker 1: bit of both, but I don't think he does any

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Speaker 1: the elite running backs. But he's kind of in that

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Speaker 1: little too high because I think if you're you're sitting

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Speaker 1: at five, I would also think about a Cooper Cup,

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Speaker 1: Justin Jeffresson, somebody like that. And that's that's the difference

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Speaker 1: for me between this, like it's the second tier running back.

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Speaker 1: For me, it mixes right in there with because you,

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Speaker 1: like you said, he's not in the elite group. The

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Speaker 1: elite group, I'll take over the elite wide receivers, but

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Speaker 1: the secondary tier I'll take Justin Jefferson, Cooper Cup, Jamar

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Speaker 1: Chase over them. So I think I think that's why

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Speaker 1: you start You're starting to see or you have been

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Speaker 1: seeing Joe Mixon sort of settle into that mid to

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Speaker 1: late part of the first round in a lot of drafts.

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Speaker 1: All right, like we did on Monday, will do it again.

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Speaker 1: First player drafted, a sleeper and a player to avoid,

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Speaker 1: and just for you know, the sake of the audience.

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Speaker 1: You and I were talking about the show for the

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Speaker 1: a f C North, it was sort of hard to

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Speaker 1: come up with maybe some sleepers and some players to

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Speaker 1: avoid because a lot of these teams everything. He was

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Speaker 1: pretty clear cut. But that I will leave it to you.

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Speaker 1: It is exactly what you said. It is very clear cut.

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Speaker 1: The first player drafted I think should be Jamar Chase.

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Speaker 1: he could literally break Fantasy football. So Jamaar Chase, I

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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase is buzz Lightyeary there like Tyler Boyd is

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Speaker 1: But I do think there's a path for that for me,

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Speaker 1: look at their leaders from last season. Ben Roethlisberger in

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Speaker 1: But getting back to Nagi Harris, he was the RB

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Speaker 1: My first Steeler drafted, even though we were kind of

428
00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,480
Speaker 1: worried about him, it's a d percent Naji Harris. He's

429
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,160
Speaker 1: still a first round caliber type of player. Uh. There's

430
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,680
Speaker 1: no other Steeler that goes really even that close to him.

431
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,520
Speaker 1: Deontay would be the closest. My sleeper is George Pickens,

432
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,960
Speaker 1: for for everything I was saying about him. My player

433
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,439
Speaker 1: to avoid is Chase Claypool. But that's only because I

434
00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,600
Speaker 1: think Claypool and Pickens could have very similar stats come

435
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,359
Speaker 1: the end of the year. And Claypool because he's the

436
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,120
Speaker 1: no name in the non commodity he's the one going earlier.

437
00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,040
Speaker 1: If Pickens and Claypool's ADP were to flip, my answers

438
00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,840
Speaker 1: for this would flip. Well, I'm gonna go the first

439
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,960
Speaker 1: two the same as you got, right. I got Nagy

440
00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 1: Harris as the first guy off the board, George Pickens

441
00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,560
Speaker 1: as the sleeper, even though you know certainly in Fantasy

442
00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,680
Speaker 1: Twitter the drumbeats have been allowed for him. In fact,

443
00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,800
Speaker 1: you talk about the stuff out of camp. I'm watching

444
00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,919
Speaker 1: my Twitter feed this morning and Mark Caboli, who's one

445
00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:30,800
Speaker 1: of the beat writers in Pittsburgh, I just had a

446
00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,760
Speaker 1: tweet that said, holy bleep, George Pickens and I was like, okay,

447
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:39,639
Speaker 1: well a DP definitely shot up at this point for me,

448
00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 1: the player to avoid is whoever the Steelers quarterback? Is

449
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,399
Speaker 1: um a great answer, you know that that that player, obviously,

450
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,920
Speaker 1: whoever starting has more value, But it's not enough that

451
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,840
Speaker 1: I'm willing to take a shot at that at that

452
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,040
Speaker 1: player in draft him. I just don't think there's gonna

453
00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,879
Speaker 1: be enough there. So, whether it's truebisky or can you

454
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,200
Speaker 1: pick it, or if it is Mason Rudolph some way

455
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:02,840
Speaker 1: in some upset, I am staying away from Steelers quarterbacks

456
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,119
Speaker 1: in this draft. All right, we'll step away for another moment,

457
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,560
Speaker 1: come back and we'll look at the Cleveland Browns next

458
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:20,000
Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football Show, over to Cleveland and

459
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,240
Speaker 1: taking a look at the Browns who were eight and

460
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,879
Speaker 1: nine one. And I don't know about you, but seeing

461
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,159
Speaker 1: eight and nine still sort of makes my brain a

462
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:31,000
Speaker 1: little bit. I'm used to eight and eight, uh, seven

463
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,040
Speaker 1: and nine, but eight and nine still makes my brain

464
00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,000
Speaker 1: itch a little bit. But all right. So let's look

465
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,800
Speaker 1: at the passing leader from last year. Baker Mayfield just

466
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,200
Speaker 1: over three thousand yards, seventeen touchdowns, thirteen picks, was the

467
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,879
Speaker 1: QB twenty five and now he's collecting mail in Charlotte's. Uh.

468
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,520
Speaker 1: The rushing leader, Nick Chubb fifty nine yards, eight rushing

469
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,120
Speaker 1: touchdown team was the RB thirteen. Receiving This was sort

470
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,359
Speaker 1: of ugly when I wouldn't looked at this. Uh. The

471
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:59,160
Speaker 1: leader by receiving yards was Donovan People's Jones and that

472
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,400
Speaker 1: that shook me up when I saw that thirty four

473
00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,159
Speaker 1: catches for five seven yards and three touchdowns. He was

474
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 1: the wide receiver sixty four if you're doing it by receptions.

475
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,000
Speaker 1: And it was Jarvis Landry who caught fifty two passes

476
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,000
Speaker 1: for five hundred and seventy yards. What in the name

477
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,719
Speaker 1: of Julian Edelman is that two touchdowns? Wide receiver fifty

478
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,439
Speaker 1: two wolf. The Browns obviously have had a lot of

479
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 1: changes in the off season. They bring in DeShawn Watson,

480
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: whose fate we're still sort of waiting on. We know

481
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,000
Speaker 1: at the moment that we're recording this he has a

482
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 1: six game suspension, but that very well could change. We're

483
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,479
Speaker 1: not sure when um they bring in Amari Cooper as well,

484
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,520
Speaker 1: who ostensibly is the wide receiver one. So I know

485
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,080
Speaker 1: this is sort of a a loaded question depending on

486
00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 1: other factors, but how high are you willing to draft

487
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 1: Amari Cooper? Not high at all? Like he he is

488
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 1: someone that when they got to Shaun Watson and we

489
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 1: didn't know what was going to happen, I was like,

490
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,680
Speaker 1: if the Shawan plays all year, Amari Cooper is a

491
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 1: dark horse to be the the wide receiver one eyes.

492
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: I think he's upside is very high, but we have

493
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,919
Speaker 1: no idea right now what is going to happen in

494
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,359
Speaker 1: this situation. And his value was still directly tied to

495
00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,359
Speaker 1: that quarterback position. That like in the Best Ball Draft

496
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 1: earlier today, he was the best available receiver in ADP

497
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 1: and I took Darius Tony over him. So like I'm

498
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 1: really letting Amari Cooper just slide, he'd you have to

499
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,640
Speaker 1: fall a good amount past the top of thirty wide receivers.

500
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 1: I think. I think for me, it really is dependent

501
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 1: on what we learned about the quarterback situation. UM, if

502
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: if the suspension for Watson stays at six games and

503
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,440
Speaker 1: we know he's gonna be there for the last two

504
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,720
Speaker 1: thirds of the season. I would take a swing at him,

505
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: probably around the fifth or sixth round. I think, I

506
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: think there's potential there is maybe your third wide receiver if,

507
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,160
Speaker 1: as some people surmise, Shaun Watson's gone for the full year.

508
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,640
Speaker 1: It's double digits for me. Um, it really is double

509
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 1: digits because I think if if it's Jacoby Brissette you're

510
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 1: looking at, I think I went back and the years

511
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,960
Speaker 1: where Jacoby Brissette was a start. I think his leading

512
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 1: receiver might have had like nine just over nine d

513
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: yards and that was sort of t Y Hilton at

514
00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 1: the height of his powers sort of thing. Um, I

515
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 1: don't know that a Marii Cooper is quite there and

516
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,880
Speaker 1: can salvage that within Jacoby Brissette, I think. I think

517
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 1: if we have Brisett for seventeen games, I think for

518
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: for Hooper, you're looking at seven hundred yards something like that.

519
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: It's not great. If you're an imposing defensive coordinator, You're

520
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,679
Speaker 1: gonna be like, everyone cover this guy. We don't need

521
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,959
Speaker 1: to worry about the others. Like it's not a great situation.

522
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,879
Speaker 1: It really isn't, and it trickles down beyond that to

523
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 1: the running back spot. And we've talked about this fair

524
00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: amount in the last couple of weeks. What happens for

525
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb. So I was looking at sort of a

526
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,160
Speaker 1: DPS and guys that were around him, and so I'm

527
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: gonna ask, who would you rather have on your roster

528
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 1: similar a DPS, Nick Chubb, Javonte Williams, or Leonard Fournette.

529
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:53,920
Speaker 1: I know, for me, it was kind of an easy

530
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 1: call here. Yeah, this Leonard Fournett's my guy. Yeah, I'm

531
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 1: glad you agree, because I think he could catch I

532
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: don't know, seventy five plus passes this year from Tom

533
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 1: Brady if he is the lead back, like like we

534
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: all like, I suspect at least I think Leonard four

535
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,280
Speaker 1: Nette could easily be top five running back this year.

536
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,360
Speaker 1: And he's not getting that love, I think because he's

537
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: Leonard four Nette, and like I think people get fatigued

538
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 1: with him or whatever. Or he comes in to wait

539
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,200
Speaker 1: camp overweight one you know, one value meal overweight or whatever.

540
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,200
Speaker 1: People were like, oh no, I love that. He was like, yeah,

541
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:32,239
Speaker 1: I enjoyed my off season. Like I'm like yeah, and

542
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 1: I would take Chub over Javonte though I think that

543
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: he's much safe. For Javonty Williams, I think is being

544
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 1: overrated just because of what the ceiling is. But there's

545
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: a lot that has to go right from the get go.

546
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,000
Speaker 1: Is still breathing, he's still upright, and you know, collecting

547
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,639
Speaker 1: a paycheck in Denverse. That that to me. And we're

548
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 1: not going to get five hundred touches out of the

549
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,399
Speaker 1: running backs with Russell Wilson there, I don't think, at

550
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,120
Speaker 1: least I don't think you are either. Uh. For Nett,

551
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, he's the guy who's going to catch

552
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,919
Speaker 1: the most passes out of this group, and he's the

553
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,199
Speaker 1: only one that at least right now projects to be

554
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,360
Speaker 1: a three down back there. Um, you know, I know that,

555
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: I know Fantasy Twitter, I know Dynasty Twitter especially loves

556
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 1: Rashad White, but he's still down the depth chart a

557
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: little bit. Keyshawn Vaughan. I guess we'll kind of be

558
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: there to give for Nett arrest occasionally. But uh, for

559
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: Nett and Tom Brady, they have trust in one another

560
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,159
Speaker 1: and people know that for Nett can can pick up

561
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: and pass protection they need to. We know he can

562
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 1: catch the football, And I'm not worried he will he

563
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 1: will shed some lbs before we get to week one.

564
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: So I just don't think that's a story here, and

565
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I don't understand why for Net is

566
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: going as late as he is, but I'm cool with it.

567
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 1: Fantasy Twitter has always loved Leonard for Nette's backup running back,

568
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 1: and outside of the James Robinson year, they've never been

569
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 1: right like it's always job, although it's funny. So I was.

570
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,240
Speaker 1: I was in a a salary cap mock draft last night,

571
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,919
Speaker 1: and I will say that the people I was drafting

572
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,320
Speaker 1: with seem to like Leonard Fournette because he went for

573
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,639
Speaker 1: a pretty decent allary in that one. So while I

574
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: think a lot of maybe you know, snake drafts are

575
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: sort of disrespecting him, I feel like he's getting the

576
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: proper respect when it comes to salary cap draft. I

577
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: haven't done one yet, so I have one coming up

578
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks. I'm excited to see how

579
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: that goes. But Leonard in a snake draft, Leonard for

580
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: Nette being available in the second round to me is

581
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 1: every reason to take a receiver in round one because

582
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: then I could get like Chase Jefferson, Cup something like that,

583
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 1: and them pairing with the Leonard Fournette, who I think

584
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,640
Speaker 1: could be a top five running back. I love that start, yeah,

585
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 1: and I think that's that's pretty solid, all right. So

586
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: for the Browns, and this was another fairly difficult one

587
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 1: for me to put together. At least first player drafted

588
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: sleeper player to avoid first player draft, it should be

589
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,439
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb. I think he's gonna get enough work. He

590
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 1: also said this year he's tired of finishing as the

591
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 1: second leading rushing yards running back, so he he wants

592
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: the title this year. He's he's invested. I guess my

593
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: sleepers David and Joeku, who I've always believed in talent wise,

594
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: he's just struggled to put it all together. But the

595
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,359
Speaker 1: Browns got rid of Aouston Hooper and then made this

596
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,440
Speaker 1: guy like a top five or top seven paid tight

597
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: end in football. So I think David and Joeku is

598
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: someone to keep an eye on their player to avoid. Man,

599
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: it could be pretty much all of them, but I

600
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: decided to go Spicy and Symari Cooper because it's all

601
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 1: about the price. And I agree with you, like if

602
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson is there for two thirds of the season

603
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: fits six rounds, sounds great, but right now you're kind

604
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 1: of having to take him in that range and we

605
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 1: have no idea what that season, the whole season could

606
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,400
Speaker 1: look like for him. So I'll just keep my hands

607
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: clean and let someone else have that headache. Which is

608
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 1: why I haven't drafted a Marty Cooper anywhere, because you

609
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: are having to pay that price without knowing you know

610
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: what you're getting. In terms of pass catchers there, I'm

611
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: with you. Nick Chubb first one off the board, without

612
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: a doubt, my sleeper. He's the Ernest Johnson, and I know,

613
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: I know the Browns say there they don't want to

614
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: trade Kareem Hunt, but I don't know. Me thinks at

615
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: some point they might trade Kareem Hunt, which which opens

616
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: up an opportunity for the Ernest Johnson, who we saw

617
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: last year win Hunt and and Or Chubb were injured.

618
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: Johnson was great in that role, and and I think

619
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: that if if Hunt moves out of the way, that

620
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 1: I think Johnson slides in and it is going to

621
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: be fantastic for me. I'm avoiding any non Amari Cooper

622
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Uh, you know, it's if if it's DPJ,

623
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: if it's d David Bell is a guy that people

624
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: sort of like, but again that was all sort of

625
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: predicated on who the quarterback was going to be. I

626
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 1: think even with Jacobe Rissette, Cooper still gets a lot

627
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 1: of targets, so he at least keeps some fantasy relevance

628
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: even if it's not great. Beyond that, there's nobody that

629
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,240
Speaker 1: I really want any part of that offense. Nope, Nope,

630
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: it's gonna be. It's gonna be a weird year in Cleveland. Um,

631
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: you know, we just kinda keep an eye on kind

632
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: of what it had the potential to be really good.

633
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 1: Now it's just a lot, a lot of question marks

634
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: around there. Rounding out our preview of the a f

635
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: C North, it's the Baltimore Ravens. They were also eight

636
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 1: and nine, but because of tiebreakers, they finished last in

637
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 1: the division in one. Injuries a big part of the

638
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Speaker 1: story in Baltimore last year. But passing and rushing leader

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Speaker 1: same guy, Lamar Jackson d eighty two yards passing, sixteen touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: thirteen interceptions. He with the QB fifteen. Uh. The rushing

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Speaker 1: leader also Lamar Jackson seven hundred sixty seven yards just

642
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Speaker 1: two rushing touchdowns for Lamar, which right feels really really low.

643
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 1: U the receiving leader Mark Andrews hundred and seven catches,

644
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: thirteen hundred sixty one yards, nine receiving touchdowns, and he

645
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: kicked Travis Kelsey off the throne as the top tight

646
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: end in the fantasy game. He is your tight end one.

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00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 1: At the end of last season, It's time for Who's

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson specifically, because we saw a couple of years

652
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Speaker 1: ago he was the league MVP. He had a huge

653
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Speaker 1: rushing total was you know, was not only you know

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Speaker 1: he finishes the QB one um, but also if you

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00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: just broke out his rushing members, I think it was

656
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: like a top fifteen running back as well. He's still

657
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: going off the board. Is a top five quarterback right now?

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00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: When you look at his fantasy history, only once has

659
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: he ever finished as a top five quarterback. That was

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00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: the year that was twenty nineteen is m VP year?

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00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: Beyond that, He's never done it. So is he actually

662
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: a top five quarterback or are we just sort of

663
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: going off of what we hope and believe can happen

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Speaker 1: a little bit of each. I think um, but I

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00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 1: very much so have him as a top five fantasy quarterback.

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00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 1: In fact, he's my QB three in my rankings. I'm

667
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: pretty high on him. Look at what he did last

668
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: year despite missing all that time, seven hundred and sixty

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Speaker 1: seven rushing yards. Like of all the Russian quarterbacks, there's

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Speaker 1: arguably one that you could say confidently can rush for

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Speaker 1: a thousand yards in any season, and it's Lamar Jackson.

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00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: So he gives you RB one production on the ground.

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Speaker 1: And then I think last year he was healthy, he

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00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: was throwing the ball better than he ever has, So

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping that we can see that continue. We could

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Speaker 1: get a little bit of an uptick in the passing

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Speaker 1: numbers with the same old Lamar Jackson rushing numbers. I've

678
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Speaker 1: gone back and forth between like him verse Jalen Hurts,

679
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: but he's safer to me than Jalen Hurts him verse

680
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. I think he his ceiling is higher than

681
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: Kyler's him verse Mahomes. To me, I'm like, Mahomes is

682
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: better in real life. But he doesn't have Tyreek Kille. Now,

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00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 1: he's not gonna run like Lamar. So there was all

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Speaker 1: I know, we're getting nitpicky when we're talking about like

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Speaker 1: the elite of the elite guys. But for me, Lamar

686
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: just felt like he brought the right combination of like

687
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: a very safe floor but also a very high ceiling.

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00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: I think, well, I think when we're talking about the elite,

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00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: I think we sort of have to get nitpicky because

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00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: you know, we're trying to just separate great from great.

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00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: Probably not gonna make a lot of friends with us.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's the top five quarterback. And I

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Speaker 1: say that as somebody who early in the off season

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Speaker 1: had him in my in my rankings in the top five.

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Speaker 1: But as I'm going through this getting ready for this show,

696
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Speaker 1: I'm starting to break it down and I know the

697
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: ceiling is there, but but can he reach it again?

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00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,959
Speaker 1: And and so far he only has won three thousand

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00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: yard passing season in his career, and that was again

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Speaker 1: his m v P year where he ran for twelve

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Speaker 1: hundred yards. And and he's sort of the for me,

702
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: he's sort of the reverse of Joe Burrow. We talked

703
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 1: about Burrow as a passer being good but not really

704
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: much of a runner, And I think for Lamar he's

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00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: a great runner. He's a good but not necessarily great passer,

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00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: and he doesn't I think have the pass catcher enough

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00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: pass catchers around him to elevate him to that next level.

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00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews very good, Rashod Bateman we think can be

709
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,400
Speaker 1: very good. Beyond that, I mean, who's catching the ball

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00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 1: that we were that we're really excited about. There's nobody there.

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Speaker 1: So in order for Lamar to be that top five guy,

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00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: he does have to run for a thousand, eleven hundred yards.

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00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: He does have to give you, you know, five to

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00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: seven rushing touchdowns, and on top of that, he has

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00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: to get you back to three thousand passing yards, which

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00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: has only done once in his career. So I understand

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Speaker 1: why we're drafting him as as a top five QB.

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00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: Like I said, I had him in my top five quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: But I just worry that we are sort of projecting

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00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: him at his ceiling right now, and it's a ceiling

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00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,280
Speaker 1: that he really is only hit once in his career.

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Speaker 1: Question this is this is purely like philosophy kind of question.

723
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: He's playing for like a contract this year. Do you

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00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,359
Speaker 1: think that inspires him? Do you not put weight into that?

725
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: I I think it's a nice thing to talk about,

726
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,399
Speaker 1: but I think I think on a week to week

727
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Speaker 1: basis when he steps on the field, like, I don't

728
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: think he's thinking like, hey, man, I gotta get X

729
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,359
Speaker 1: number of yards to get my numbers up to get

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Speaker 1: my contract, Like I think I think over the course

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00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,879
Speaker 1: of a season. I think it's something he can put

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Speaker 1: on tape, but I think it's hard to to put

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Speaker 1: any weight into that on any given week. But it's

734
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: fun to talk about. He's his own agents too, so

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00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 1: you think like he like like hypes him like if

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Speaker 1: you get this many yards today, they're gonna give you

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00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: this much money. You think he's talking to like the

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Speaker 1: film you know, the film department there in the Ravens, like, hey,

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Speaker 1: I need you to cut this off for me so

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Speaker 1: I can put this on my real that sort of thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't feel like YouTube videos out there

742
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,359
Speaker 1: like trying to get attention. I don't know. Man, talk

743
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: to talk to Odell Beckham's dad. Maybe he could put

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00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: together he can like put together some clips for you.

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00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 1: And like, you know, use some final cut, pro put

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Speaker 1: it on YouTube and now if you get a bigger contract.

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00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 1: obviously the Mars going to run the football a lot,

752
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: but they do have actual, honest to goodness running backs,

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Speaker 1: one of whom is JK. Dobbins, who's back after missing

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00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 1: all of last year. What are your expectations for Dobbins

755
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: this year? Ah, He's one of the harder players for

756
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: me to figure out this season because he has tremendous upside.

757
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: I think I think he showed us that when he

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00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: was healthy that he can be an RB one, and

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00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: I think his path to being so is a lot

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Speaker 1: like mark Ingram's was in nineteen when he scored double

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00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: digit touchdowns and rushed for a thousand yards. Because I

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Speaker 1: don't know how involved in the passing game he'll be,

763
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: which gives me concerns. Also, he's not like fully back

764
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: at a camp. I think to me, he he belongs

765
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: as like a low end RB two who has the

766
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: upside of being an RB one. But I think the

767
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: people who love JK. Dobbins do kind of sugarcoat the

768
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: volatility that he can bring. I I say this, I

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00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,720
Speaker 1: think this year we see him get maybe more carries.

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Speaker 1: And we've seen out of a Ravens running back in

771
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: some time. You go back to I think it was

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00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: the last time a Ravens running back had more than

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00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: two hundred carries and that was that mark Ingram year.

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Speaker 1: I think he can get that just because while Dobbins

775
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 1: is still sort of working his way back, he's a

776
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 1: lot closer to being back than saying Gus Edwards. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know who. I don't know if

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00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: it's you know, Justice Hill is just coming back. I

779
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: think Corey Clement is there. There's nobody else there that

780
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: I think you can count on to have a heavy

781
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 1: role in this offense. But the pass catching is is

782
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: a concern. You know. I think at best you're looking

783
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: at thirty thirty five targets for him this year. Um,

784
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 1: I don't think any I think any Ravens running back

785
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: has had an extreme number of targets as long as

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00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson has been there. And I don't see that

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00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: changing this season. So you are talking about needing him

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00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 1: to get a good rushing total, some good rushing touchdown totals.

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00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily certain that happens because Lamar is still

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00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: going to take a whole bunch of those carries on

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00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,320
Speaker 1: his own. But I do think he has a ceiling

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00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: as a strong RB two. I think that's that's sort

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00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: of where I'm pegging him this year. Um, it's not

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00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: what we thought last year. I think I think a

795
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: lot of us believe the breakout was coming. Then unfortunately

796
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: the injury happened and he missed the entire season. But

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00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: I am cautiously optimistic about j K. Dobbins this year.

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00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 1: I think that's the right approach, alright. So with the Ravens,

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Speaker 1: first player drafted, sleeper and your player to avoid uh

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Speaker 1: first player drafted, I think should be Mark andrews Um

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00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: he tight ends. Elite tight ends are worth taking in

802
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 1: the yearly rounds, and he was the tight in one

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00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: last year. I go back and forth between him and

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00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey is my tight end one um, but he

805
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 1: belongs in that group sleeper Isaiah Likely he is getting

806
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: a lot of of hype out of camp, but it's

807
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: hard to be a second tight end, so I'll just

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00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: go with Devin DuVernay. I know it's gotten some hype

809
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 1: as their potential wide receiver too. We know he's got

810
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: speed players to avoid. Man, it's like the entire team

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Speaker 1: outside of them are Rashad Bateman, Mark Andrews, and JK. Dobbins.

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Speaker 1: Like I'll say they're running backs because I have some

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00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: concerns with them, and I'm not as bullish on Dobbins

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Speaker 1: as other people. But this is one of the most

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Speaker 1: clear cut fantasy teams in fantasy football. We were in

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00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 1: lockstep with with our our categories here. Mark Andrews is

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00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 1: number one off the board for me. Would you dare

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Speaker 1: take him in the first round? No, I'm I did

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Speaker 1: it last year. I'm no longer taking a tight end

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Speaker 1: in the first Yeah. I did the Kelsey in the

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Speaker 1: first round thing last year, and there seems to be

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Speaker 1: the earliest I'll take one this year. Yeah. I said

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Speaker 1: Kelsey was good last year, but he wasn't first round

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00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: good last year, so I think I'm off that for

825
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: me as well. Devin dubern is my sleeper, and it

826
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Speaker 1: really is sort of a dart throw more than anything,

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Speaker 1: just because the passing volume in Baltimore just not great.

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Speaker 1: And if if we know Andrews is gonna get probably

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Speaker 1: a hundred fifty targets shot, Bateman is probably any the

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00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: neighborhood of you know, eight to ninety targets. So how

831
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: much is left for Devin Duverney Not really sure, but

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00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 1: you know, he seems to be getting at least a

833
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: little buzz as the second wide receiver there. And for

834
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Speaker 1: you to avoid it's it's any running back after Dobbins.

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Speaker 1: It is just kind of a you know, it's not

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Speaker 1: a who's who, it's a who's that more than that,

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Speaker 1: more than anything. So I think I'm staying away from

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Speaker 1: from that group pretty much in Generalzilla is there now? Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's right, that's right, he is, Um, yeah, still not

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Speaker 1: doing yes, So there he goes. There's that. It's our

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Speaker 1: a f C North preview. We will keep our a

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Speaker 1: f C our Division previews, I should say, going uh

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Speaker 1: into next week. We'll look at the a f C

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Speaker 1: South coming up on Monday's show. Uh. We have a

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Speaker 1: whole slate of preseason games coming up this weekend. In fact,

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Speaker 1: if my math is right, eight of them will be

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Speaker 1: carried live on NFL Networks. I got it in. Just

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Speaker 1: just take going to the can not to that. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go to the film department be like, hey, can

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Speaker 1: you cut this up and show that I got that in?

851
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: Got in that promo. Um. And of course you can

852
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: see pretty much all the preseason games over the course

853
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:13,239
Speaker 1: of the preseason on NFL Network. But look, we're not

854
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Speaker 1: gonna get into each and every game because it's too

855
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Speaker 1: long and not all of them are super fantasy relevant.

856
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: But we each kind of looked at some position groups

857
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Speaker 1: that we have some interest in paying attention to this weekend.

858
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Speaker 1: So for you, what what is a group or some

859
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 1: players or a team or what have you that you

860
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: are paying attention to this week I think the Panthers

861
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 1: quarterback battle is an interesting one right now, and obviously

862
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 1: it has great fantasy implications, not because we want the

863
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 1: quarterback per se, but like DJ Moore, Christian McCaffrey, etcetera. Um.

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00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: Recent reports the last couple of days have been that

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Speaker 1: Baker is feeling more comfortable in the offense and starting

866
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: to pull away from Sam Donald. So this could be

867
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Speaker 1: a chance for him to really get like a stranglehold

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Speaker 1: on that quarterback job. Put Sam Donald in the rear

869
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 1: view mirror and run away from it. But if he

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Speaker 1: struggles and Sam Donald keeps cloves, maybe even plays better,

871
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 1: then I think that becomes some wearrisome. So Baker versus

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00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 1: Sam Donald picks one and three from draft, I'm excited

873
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 1: to watch this quarterback battle playoff. Has an NFL team

874
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: ever streamed quarterbacks, because if not, this is the duo

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00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,880
Speaker 1: to do it with, I'd be down right just like

876
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,760
Speaker 1: stream If the Panthers just streamed Mayfield and Sam Donald

877
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 1: based on the matchup and who they thought could do

878
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 1: the best. I really want them to get rid of

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00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: Matt Correll and p J. Walker and bring in Josh

880
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 1: Rosen as the QB three, just to get finish out

881
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,320
Speaker 1: that draft. Finish out the draft class. Yeah, Josh Rosen,

882
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: who famously said nine mistakes were made ahead of me.

883
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:38,720
Speaker 1: He was like, I feel like he was already a stark,

884
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 1: just ticking off names at night when he went to bed.

885
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 1: He was a very unsuccessful version of Yeah, they didn't

886
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 1: work out quite so well for him. For me, I'm

887
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 1: keeping it out of the Packers wide receivers because it's

888
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: a group that is fairly unknown. I mean, we don't

889
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: we don't know what this offense is gonna look like

890
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: without the boss Appams. Because when things went bad, things

891
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: were troublesome, you just knew that Rogers gonna throw it

892
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: up to Adams in more often than that they were

893
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 1: going to have some success. Alan Lazard right now projects

894
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 1: to be the number one wide receiver. They went out.

895
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: They drafted Christian Watson. But the drum piets are very

896
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,439
Speaker 1: loud for Romeo Dobbs in the last couple of weeks,

897
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:17,240
Speaker 1: which look I known early in the in the training

898
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: camp season, are on Daniel Jeremiah said, Look, Royo Dobbs

899
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: is gonna open some eyes, right, He's gonna turn some heads.

900
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: And I kind of cluded me into him. Now everybody

901
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 1: is on him, which makes me nervous because you know

902
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 1: what happens when the whole fantasy community is on a guy,

903
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: It just goes sideways. So but I do want to

904
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: see sort of how this group shakes out. You know,

905
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 1: who's who's getting the most snaps, who's getting a lot

906
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: of targets, and that sort of thing. I'm very very

907
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: curious about that group h elsewhere A should look at it.

908
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: Up north from US in Seattle. I'm very curious about

909
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,919
Speaker 1: how the running backs are gonna get their their work.

910
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: And I know it's just preseason game one, but there

911
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:57,359
Speaker 1: is a battle there right now. And the word out

912
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 1: of training camp is like Rashad Penny's one an, Walkers

913
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Speaker 1: one B, and then like d J. Dallas is getting

914
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,439
Speaker 1: the third down work. So I'm really curious to see because, uh,

915
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: it's been a big topic Penny versus Walker, and I'm

916
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 1: on the side of Penny. I think what he did

917
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,959
Speaker 1: down the stretch last year is so like it wasn't

918
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 1: just a hot stretch, like he was by far the

919
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 1: best running back in football. But then there's a lot

920
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: of people out there who like Ken Walker as well.

921
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: So to get a glimpse at how they're gonna use

922
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: their running backs and maybe some early information I think

923
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: can go a long way. I tweeted a couple of

924
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: days ago there are five running backs who last year

925
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,840
Speaker 1: finished with more than one half of a rush yard's

926
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,840
Speaker 1: over expectation per carry, which I know is a mouthful. Basically,

927
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 1: it means you are getting more yards than what you

928
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: are expected to get. Um, you're being super efficient essentially,

929
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: So five guys who averaged more than half of a

930
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: rush yard of over expectation per carry and at the

931
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: same time more than four yards after contact per carry.

932
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 1: Rashad Penny was one of those five guys. Uh. The

933
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: other names were guys like Nick Chubb, John from Taylor,

934
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: Tony Apolo, Elijah Mitchell. He is very talented, very good.

935
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,280
Speaker 1: He just hasn't been able to stay on the field.

936
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 1: And I even think his injuries get overblown a little

937
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: bit because I figured it out. It's like sixty two

938
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: of the time he's missed as an NFL player were

939
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: from the one time when he tore his a c L. So,

940
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 1: like I understand, he's had trouble staying on the field,

941
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:22,440
Speaker 1: but I think a lot of that is because of

942
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 1: one huge injury. So as long as he stays healthy,

943
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: I think there's there's plenty of opportunity. I'll keep the

944
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: running back theme going and I'm gonna go down to

945
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 1: Miami where there are a lot of names and a

946
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: lot of mouths to feed. And we talked about this recently.

947
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: I don't know that there's any one guy that you

948
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,240
Speaker 1: are hands down like, I gotta have him in this draft.

949
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 1: But you know, I want to see if we'll get

950
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: some idea of the pecking order with Chase Edmonds and

951
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 1: Raheem Mostirt and what Miles Gaskin and you know, I

952
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:58,040
Speaker 1: don't know if savan Akha matter or just how this

953
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 1: is Sony Michelle, so any how exactly this is going

954
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: to work and which one of these guys is on

955
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: the chopping block, because I don't imagine all these guys

956
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: are gonna survive the preseason in Miami. So I just

957
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: kind of want to get a feel for it. Uh,

958
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel obviously had success with running the football in

959
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,240
Speaker 1: San Francisco. Can he bring that same level of success

960
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 1: to Miami? So I just want to I just want

961
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 1: to keep a note about the Dolphins running backs coming

962
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: up this week. You're gonna be in the best place

963
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: to watch all these games, That's right. I'm gonna be

964
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,560
Speaker 1: in Canton for the Fantasy Football Expo. Looking forward to that. So, uh,

965
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 1: if you are going to be in Canton this weekend, uh,

966
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: come find me. I'll be around, but looking forward to

967
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 1: that should be a whole lot of fun. The expo

968
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: was a good, good time. Shout out to Brad Evans,

969
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: Bob long All, the folks who put that thing on.

970
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 1: We'll have to go what We'll have to plan this out.

971
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: I'm saying I'm saying. I'm not saying this. I mean,

972
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: I know you. I'm saying this for the benefit of management.

973
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: Like we should all go. We should all be there.

974
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: All the specialists back there too. Uh, they should all

975
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: come with us and we can all make a big

976
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 1: thing out of this hang out in Canton. Go to

977
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, do some content if you're there

978
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 1: this weekend. You know Marcus won't say no to a

979
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: free drinkers. I will not. I absolutely will not. So

980
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: it should be a whole lot of fun in the meantime.

981
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 1: That will do it for this edition of the NFL

982
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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Show. Stay happy, safe and healthy, do good

983
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 1: and live well. Take care of yourselves and the people

984
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: around you. Oh happy birthday, Pop. I love you the

985
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 1: rest of you. We will see you next week. I'm

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Speaker 1: don't go. I'm don't go. O