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Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, it is Wednesday, September seven, two thousand

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Speaker 1: twenty two. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented

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Speaker 1: by Subway. Please try the Subway Series, meaning your pick

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Speaker 1: of twelve irresistible subs. We are one sleep from actual football. Florio,

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Speaker 1: I can't contain myself, man, like I've been. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we do football prep for months leading up to this

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Speaker 1: and like it's finally here. I don't know, it's like

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Speaker 1: I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve right now.

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Speaker 1: It's very much Christmas Eve. I guess I should introduced

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Speaker 1: me all right, ourselves, right, it's me your main MG.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant along, Michael left Florio. That's how fired up

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Speaker 1: we are. We have the specialists over there behind the cameras.

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Speaker 1: There there, it is a cast of dozens helping us

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Speaker 1: put together this show. Producer Randy uh Randy, let's just

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Speaker 1: say about everything that happened in Vegas stays in Vegas.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes you bring a little bit of a fever and

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Speaker 1: a summer cold or something back with you. Randy's under

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Speaker 1: the weather, so we wish him well and hopefully we've

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Speaker 1: all had the Vegas flu before. We've all had the

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Speaker 1: Vegas flu before, So Randy, we we hope you're all right.

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Speaker 1: We hope to see you back again soon before we

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Speaker 1: get into this week. So we've got plenty to talk

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Speaker 1: about here with that game day coming up. It is

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Speaker 1: not too late for sure, for sure to sign up

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Speaker 1: for NFL Fantasy Football. It is free, It is easy.

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Speaker 1: You can download the NFL Fantasy app, or you can

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Speaker 1: go to Fantasy dot nfl dot com. I'm sure there's

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Speaker 1: still plenty of drafts going You and I uh did

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Speaker 1: our draft for the Fantasy Live league last night. You

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Speaker 1: did not get Kyle Pitts in the third round. Someone

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Speaker 1: else beat you too. He wouldn't with the first pick

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Speaker 1: of the third round, So I guess if I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to get him in the first it's Kyle Pitts

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Speaker 1: no matter what, unless Alex wilk takes him with the

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Speaker 1: first silverall pick of the third round. The hard part

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Speaker 1: about doing this job and giving our takes is that everybody,

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Speaker 1: especially in the building, is listening to what we say.

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Speaker 1: So that makes it really hard to draft against people.

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Speaker 1: So I had my home league draft on Sunday, and

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Speaker 1: like Drake London, Caldarius Tony, all these guys that you

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Speaker 1: know are going way earlier than expected. And then one

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Speaker 1: always like you don't always like the same guys that

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Speaker 1: I like, And I'm like, yeah, I think it's the

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Speaker 1: so hard, man. But anyway, there's still plenty of time

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Speaker 1: to get your league up and going. Even once the

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Speaker 1: put your league together and do some drafts, so I'll

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Speaker 1: be sure to sign up for that. Speaking of games,

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Speaker 1: we are going to go through all the games in

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Speaker 1: Week one. We got game previews, have must start sleepers

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Speaker 1: guys to avoid all that and more. But let's start

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Speaker 1: with a little bit of news, because we actually have

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Speaker 1: news now going into Week one. The long regional nightmare

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Speaker 1: is over. Mitch Rubinski has been named the starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I don't know that that is

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Speaker 1: a major surprise. I know it was kind of an

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Speaker 1: interesting battle between he and Kenny pick It all throughout camp,

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Speaker 1: Sense Again, I don't know what we're doing with Mason Rudolphin,

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Speaker 1: I continue to say with Naji Harris, I'm somewhat concerned

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Speaker 1: I think it makes them a little bit safer. Not

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Speaker 1: huge game to start the season. Let's just let's just

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Speaker 1: start with the basic question. I didn't write this, neither

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Speaker 1: did Floria. This is our producer Hythan who wrote this.

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read it verbatim. Will Josh Allen steam

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Speaker 1: have a very good Fantasy day. I think this will

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Speaker 1: be a high scoring game. In fact, Marcus U in

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Speaker 1: the Startom Sindham column this week, I said to sit

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Speaker 1: each defense in this game, the Bills and the Rams,

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Speaker 1: kind of grind down the clock. And really, when you

427
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Speaker 1: look at last year, it was a fairly even split

428
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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter between Sanders and gain Well. He

429
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Speaker 1: was getting a lot of usage Layton games, so I

430
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Speaker 1: think that can happen again. I think he has more

431
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Speaker 1: pass catching upside. So he's a guy that if you've

432
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Speaker 1: got him on your roster, especially if you're in a

433
00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,760
Speaker 1: deeper league, he's worth maybe maybe putting in as a

434
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Speaker 1: flex as a sleeper this week. I like that call.

435
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Speaker 1: He might be out there in like ten team leagues

436
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,240
Speaker 1: on the waiver wire, that's the thing. Yeah, he may

437
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Speaker 1: be available, true, and a whole lot of leaks. So

438
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Speaker 1: go check check your waiver wire, see if the game

439
00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,719
Speaker 1: was hanging around there. If nothing else, pick him up,

440
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Speaker 1: stash him because you may want to use him a

441
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Speaker 1: little bit later on in the season. Moving along on

442
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Speaker 1: our Week one game previews over the a f C

443
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Speaker 1: East Patriots at Dolphins, and look, these are two teams

444
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Speaker 1: that are sort of I think everybody's looking up at

445
00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,120
Speaker 1: the Bills in the a f C East, but two

446
00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:35,280
Speaker 1: teams that I think are sort of intriguing, and they

447
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,760
Speaker 1: start the season against one another. Who should we be starting, sitting, etcetera.

448
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,760
Speaker 1: This week? I think on the Patriots side, like I'm

449
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,000
Speaker 1: trying to get away from there from a lot of

450
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,159
Speaker 1: their offensive players and maybe the running backs there Harris

451
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,600
Speaker 1: and Stevenson, but even there we're not sure exactly how

452
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,400
Speaker 1: the workload is gonna go. With the Dolphins. You paid

453
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Speaker 1: such a high price for Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle, you're

454
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Speaker 1: starting them. I think I would sit the rest of

455
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Speaker 1: the Miami team except for Chase Edmonds. I would be

456
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,840
Speaker 1: starting Chase Edmonds in fantasy football this week. And the

457
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,760
Speaker 1: thing about the Patriots defense, Marcus is Bill Belichick always

458
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,760
Speaker 1: game plans to stop your best weapon, and we know

459
00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,120
Speaker 1: that as Tyreek Hill, it's also Jalen Waddle. Like both

460
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,240
Speaker 1: of those guys uh downfield. I think the Patriots are

461
00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,439
Speaker 1: gonna put a lot of emphasis on trying to stop

462
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Speaker 1: that deep ball. And if that's the case, there's just

463
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Speaker 1: gonna be so much underneath open for little dump offs

464
00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,399
Speaker 1: to Chase Edmunds or or not. Really They'll they'll have

465
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Speaker 1: defenders back, so they'll be running lanes open up for Edmonds.

466
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Speaker 1: I have him ranked as a top twenty running back.

467
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Speaker 1: I think just he's gonna be such a big benefactor

468
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Speaker 1: all year long, really of teams just trying however they

469
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Speaker 1: can to stop those two receivers. If there's a mid

470
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,199
Speaker 1: round guy that I'm sad I didn't get more shares of,

471
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Speaker 1: it's probably Chase Edmonds. Um. I tried to draft him

472
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Speaker 1: in a lot of places, and I felt like it

473
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Speaker 1: got harder as we got so many times I felt

474
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Speaker 1: like I had him in my queue and he would

475
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Speaker 1: go a pick or two, uh, right before I was

476
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Speaker 1: on the clock. So I think big things are coming.

477
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Speaker 1: So I think this is a good start to the

478
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Speaker 1: season for him. Ravens at the Jets, we sort of

479
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,400
Speaker 1: touched on this at the top of the show because

480
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Speaker 1: we know it's not Zack Wilson. It's gonna be Joe

481
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Speaker 1: Flacco getting the start on the raven side. Obviously, you're

482
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Speaker 1: starting Lamar Jackson, you're starting Rashad Bateman, you're starting Mark Andrews.

483
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Speaker 1: There the running back situation, I would probably be hands

484
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Speaker 1: off with this week, just because you know J. K.

485
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,400
Speaker 1: Dobbins doesn't look if he's too certain to play they

486
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Speaker 1: just brought in Kenyan Drake. Mike Davis is sort of there,

487
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Speaker 1: but you're really gonna be I think needing a touchdown

488
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 1: from Davis to kind of get a good day. I'm

489
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Speaker 1: sort of out on the Ravens running backs this week.

490
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Speaker 1: On the Jet side, it's not a lot I'm excited about.

491
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Speaker 1: I think you're starting Breeze Hall probably, um, you know,

492
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Speaker 1: depending on your roster construction. If you're in a deep league,

493
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Speaker 1: maybe Michael Carter. But there's not too much I'm fired

494
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Speaker 1: up about. But I do think you start Alijah More.

495
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Speaker 1: And you talked earlier about how More was so much

496
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Speaker 1: better last year without Zack Wilson. So he's not gonna

497
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Speaker 1: have Wilson. We know that in Week one. But also

498
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Speaker 1: I just think this is gonna be kind of a

499
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Speaker 1: game script issue where the Ravens can score, they get

500
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Speaker 1: out early, and then we know they like to run

501
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,600
Speaker 1: the ball, can run the ball effectively, even where they

502
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 1: mixed mismash of running backs. Uh, this could be a

503
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Speaker 1: thing where Baltimore tries to shorten the game, forces the

504
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Speaker 1: Jets to throw the football, and we'll see Alijah More

505
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 1: pick up a lot of points in the third and

506
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Speaker 1: fourth quarters of the game as the Jets try to rally.

507
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,640
Speaker 1: But I know we're excited about the Jets pieces, but

508
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 1: maybe just me, I'm I'm too chicken to actually play

509
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,360
Speaker 1: any of them this week. I think what you said

510
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,080
Speaker 1: was the right approach, Like Breeze Hall a lot more

511
00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,440
Speaker 1: the rest. He probably take a wait and see approach,

512
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Speaker 1: even Breeze Hall. I mean, you probably can't get away

513
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,359
Speaker 1: from him. But if you have another good option, like

514
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Speaker 1: say you have a Chase Edmonds or him, and maybe

515
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,680
Speaker 1: the right move to to just wait and see with

516
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Speaker 1: all Jets. Yeah, it's just you know, I'm still I'm

517
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Speaker 1: curious to see how this shakes out between Hall and

518
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Speaker 1: Carter because I don't think Michael Carter is going away neither.

519
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,680
Speaker 1: I think early on it could be close to even.

520
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: I think Bruce Hall gets the larger shares the season

521
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Speaker 1: goes on, but Michael Carter is much better than I

522
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Speaker 1: think he gets credit. Absolutely. I mean, with this the

523
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 1: guy who was, you know, sharing time with Javonte Williams,

524
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: who we all love. They were very good together in college.

525
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,840
Speaker 1: I don't see why we just you know, fade him

526
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Speaker 1: right now. The Jaguars at the Commanders, which I'm sort

527
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 1: of dubbing myself the the Carson Wentz Revenge Bowl because

528
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Speaker 1: it was the Jaguars. It basically got went punted out

529
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Speaker 1: of Indianapolis last year. So this is his chance to

530
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Speaker 1: maybe get some revenge in a game that ultimately is

531
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Speaker 1: not going to really mean a whole lot because neither

532
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: these teams are go away very far this year. But uh,

533
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Speaker 1: they do have some interesting fantasy players. So who should

534
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,439
Speaker 1: people pay attention to? Yeah, I think this is one

535
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: of those games markets where it's best to take away

536
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: and see approach with most of the players involved. I

537
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,520
Speaker 1: think like Christian Kirk as a wide receiver, three is fine.

538
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin is obviously someone that you need to play.

539
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: I would try to avoid the running backs from Washington

540
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Speaker 1: any of the other receivers or tight ends there. But

541
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Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, Travis e TN got a lot of hype

542
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Speaker 1: this draft season. He was going, it's like a third

543
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Speaker 1: or fourth round pick, and I say start him and

544
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Speaker 1: start him with confidence. I know James Robinson's back, and

545
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Speaker 1: people are using that to to be maybe a a

546
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Speaker 1: bit worried about Travis e t N. It's his first

547
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: game back. A few like nine months after tearing his achilles.

548
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Speaker 1: I I don't know how he's gonna look one or

549
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 1: how much work he's even going to see. And I

550
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Speaker 1: think even if the Jags are playing from behind in

551
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Speaker 1: this one, I think E. T. N will be the

552
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Speaker 1: back they use in the passing game there, and if

553
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Speaker 1: they're playing with the lead, I could see him being

554
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Speaker 1: the one that grind out the clock because I don't

555
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,040
Speaker 1: think James Robinson, fresh off of this achilles injury, is

556
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Speaker 1: gonna be able to carry the ball fifteen to tony times.

557
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: I really want to watch the backfield usage for the

558
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Speaker 1: Jaguars because I do like Travis et. But I also

559
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Speaker 1: have drafted a lot of James Robinson because he seems

560
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Speaker 1: to be hanging around. He's on the board like the

561
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Speaker 1: tenth round, so I'm like, well, I'll definitely take a

562
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Speaker 1: shot at end of the tenth round. So I'm very

563
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Speaker 1: curious as to what Robinson looks like and how he

564
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: gets used, and you know whether or not as we

565
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Speaker 1: get maybe a month into the season, if that role

566
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Speaker 1: increases for him. There Browns at the Panthers, which on

567
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Speaker 1: paper just feels like yeah, um, I have I've been

568
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Speaker 1: on record saying this. I just I just don't want

569
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Speaker 1: any part of the Browns off psibly this year. If

570
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Speaker 1: you've got n chub, you're starting the chubb that I

571
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: think is is maybe the clear cut. I can make

572
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,200
Speaker 1: a case for starting Kareem Hunt as well, especially because

573
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: I think he gets a lot of dump offs. I

574
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Speaker 1: think with Jacoby Brissette being there on the Panthers side,

575
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,120
Speaker 1: we know you're starting Christian McCaffrey. You know, maybe you're

576
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Speaker 1: probably starting DJ More to let me say that too,

577
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: you're gonna start DJ More in that offense everybody else.

578
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,399
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm too excited about it. I

579
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Speaker 1: will say, though, be aware of a Bari Cooper and now,

580
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,200
Speaker 1: depending on where you drafted him and what the rest

581
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,199
Speaker 1: of your wide receiver depth looks like, you may be

582
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: forced to start him, but chances are you have maybe

583
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,960
Speaker 1: a better option. I just don't want any part of

584
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: a Jacoby Brissette led passing game. UH. In two seasons

585
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 1: as a full time starter, his best wide receiver was

586
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Speaker 1: it was t Y Hilton, who was still very much

587
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: the height of his powers, and even then, UH he

588
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 1: was barely a top twenty five receiver at the end

589
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: of the year. I just don't know that you're gonna

590
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,239
Speaker 1: be satisfied with what you get out of a Mari

591
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,639
Speaker 1: Cooper if you start him. I just I can't do

592
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: it this year. Yeah, I have him as a sit

593
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 1: in the start Sits column, and I said basically what

594
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: you said the other day on the pod, like, I

595
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,639
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be how it was early in

596
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 1: his career for Cooper. It's gonna be super boom or superbuss,

597
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,239
Speaker 1: like he'll catch a long touchdown or he'll give you

598
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 1: like eight fantasy points something like that. I don't want,

599
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: do not want this year alright, last one before he

600
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 1: hit a break. Colts and Texans. The Colts obviously we're

601
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 1: super excited about. The Texans have I think a lot

602
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: of sleepers on their team this year. Yeah, I think

603
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:33,640
Speaker 1: from the cold side of the ball, we know we're

604
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 1: starting Jonathan Taylor, we know we're starting Michael Pittman, Nahem Hanes.

605
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a flex option, Matt Ryan. It's like a

606
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: deeper streaming option this week. I think if you I

607
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: don't know if you would need to stream a quarterback

608
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 1: in Week one, but if you do, Matt Ryan is

609
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 1: a guy for you on the Texans side of things.

610
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,360
Speaker 1: I think we're starting Brandon Cooks and there's one other

611
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: player I think we should start, and it's Damian Pierce. Uh.

612
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce got a lot of hype as the preseason

613
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Speaker 1: went on. He was PFF's number one rated running back

614
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: from from this preseason. Um, but this is kind of

615
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: I will say, like it's showing a lot of faith

616
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Speaker 1: in a rookie. Because the Colts last year we're in

617
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 1: the bottom two or three in fantasy points allowed to

618
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 1: the running back position. We know they have a good defense,

619
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: but my thinking is Pierce is explosive. He showed that

620
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: in the off season and even more so if they're trailing.

621
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 1: I know Rex Burkhead is the one we expect to

622
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,120
Speaker 1: be in a lot, but Damian Pierce was a much

623
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 1: better pass blocker than he gets credit four in college.

624
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: He's a good receiver, so and he's more explosive. If

625
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: you're trailing, you don't want just a five yard dump off.

626
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,879
Speaker 1: You want someone who could take it twenty yards or

627
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: something like that. So I think Pierce is gonna get

628
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 1: more work than than some may think. Right now, that's

629
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: the thing that I that I only have a question

630
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 1: about is just what happens if the game script goes negative.

631
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: But you know there's talk that he can be a

632
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: three down back there, so that maybe he does stay

633
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 1: on the field. I know Adam Rank has already written

634
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: in Rex burkhead as if that helps. No One All

635
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: Star for Week one. Okay, still a whole heap of

636
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 1: games left to get too. We got Packers and Vikings

637
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: coming up in a little bit Chiefs, Cardinals, Raiders, Chargers.

638
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: Will get to all of those and a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: Next on the NFL Fantasy Football Show. Giants Titans. Next

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Speaker 1: up on the docket. You're starting, say, Quan, you know

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Speaker 1: that starting your guy Ciarius Tony. I think in in

642
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 1: some league, maybe it's a flex option. I think you're there.

643
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if there are many other Giants that

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00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: you can get really excited about. On the Titan side,

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00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 1: we know Derrick Henry is going to start. Um, you know,

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00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: I know Robert Wood says he expects to play. We'll

647
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Speaker 1: see how many lineups he makes his way into. There's

648
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: not a lot there in Tennessee that I'm super excited about.

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Speaker 1: I did have to draft Ryan Tannehill as a second

650
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Speaker 1: quarterback in one league last night, and that was mostly

651
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Speaker 1: just because he was the best option available in the

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Speaker 1: fourth It was like the fourteenth round. Everybody else had

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Speaker 1: taken a second quarterback. I'm like, I should probably take

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Speaker 1: one just for safety's sake. All Right, we'll take Ryan Tannehill. Um,

655
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Speaker 1: but I will give you a sleeper here. And that's

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Speaker 1: back with the Giants. Sterling Shepherd is back and healthy again.

657
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Speaker 1: And we talked about guys who tore their achilles. He

658
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Speaker 1: had achilles tear sort of midway through last season, but

659
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Speaker 1: he is back. He's been at practice for the last

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Speaker 1: week or so. Sideon that. I didn't realize this. Uh,

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Speaker 1: if he can get I don't even I don't even

662
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Speaker 1: think he needs fifty catches, like forty nine catches. I

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Speaker 1: think it is will make him the third leading receiver

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Speaker 1: in Giants history. He's got a lot of passes uh

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Speaker 1: for Big Blue. But when he's healthy, he has been

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Speaker 1: one of their more consistent pass catchers in this offense.

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Speaker 1: And I think as much as we like Darius Tony,

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Speaker 1: he's just a steady presence there. And I think if

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Speaker 1: he's somebody that Daniel Jones is comfortable with, I think

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Speaker 1: he sees plenty of targets. I wouldn't start him as

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Speaker 1: more than a flex, but I think there's a path

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Speaker 1: for him kind of being a little more than expected,

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Speaker 1: because you know, when we've talked about the Giants, we

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Speaker 1: haven't talked about him at all this offseason. But he's

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Speaker 1: just he's kind of there. He's consistent, he's sort of

676
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Speaker 1: take him for granted, and I think he's got some

677
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: sleeper potential if nothing else, maybe he ends up being

678
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Speaker 1: a waiver wire pick up next week. My Giant fan

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Speaker 1: friends are more cited for Sterling Shepherd than Kenny Golladay.

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00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: That's where we are now. That is where we are now.

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Speaker 1: I still think it can't be any worse for Kenny

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Speaker 1: Gollady than it was last year. So I share a

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Speaker 1: team with a Giants fan, uh, and we drafted Kenny Golladay,

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Speaker 1: and he's like, we should drop him for Sterling Shepherd,

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Speaker 1: Like we we gotta give Golladay at least one more shot,

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Speaker 1: give him a chance. It's time for Who's Gonna Eat?

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Speaker 1: Packers Vikings game. Florio, who do you have your eye

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Speaker 1: on in this one? Yeah? On the Viking side, Justin

692
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: Jefferson is a must start option, Dalvin Cook is a

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Speaker 1: must start option. Kirk Cousins is in play as a

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Speaker 1: QB one. I think um Adam Dealing as maybe like

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Speaker 1: a flex option, and I think IRV Smith Jr. Is

696
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Speaker 1: a sleeper there as well. It feels weird saying this.

697
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: There's not as much to get excited for on the

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Speaker 1: Packers side of the ball, But I think Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: is still in play as a start. Uh, He's just

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Speaker 1: made a career of dominating Minnesota. I think Aaron Jones

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Speaker 1: is a start, and I think Aaron jones backfield mate

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Speaker 1: in A. J. Dillon, is a start. And I drafted A. J.

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Speaker 1: Dillon in a couple of leagues, and Marcus I'm just

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Speaker 1: starting him this week. I think that we're gonna see

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Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, especially if Alan Lazar doesn't play line up

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Speaker 1: in the slot a bit out wide. Just used a

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Speaker 1: lot in the passing game. I think we're gonna get

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Speaker 1: a lot of two RB sets. It wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 1: at all if A J. Dillon actually sees more carries,

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Speaker 1: and last season that was the case. He was seeing

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00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: sixteen plus carries a week and averaging over eighteen fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: He was using near the goal line. You see that

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Speaker 1: like why he's used at the goal line because he's

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Speaker 1: an absolute monster. So I would still be starting him

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Speaker 1: more as a low and derby two, but someone that

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Speaker 1: would would be in my starting line. I think he

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Speaker 1: gets a big bumping targets share as they try to

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Speaker 1: figure out how to how to distribute all these targets

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Speaker 1: that the Davante Adams left when he went to Las Vegas.

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724
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Speaker 1: at Cardinals another game with plenty of fantasy options to start.

725
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Speaker 1: Let's go to the Cardinal side to begin with Kyler Murray.

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00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: You know you're starting James Conner, even though I have

727
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: my regression concerns, You're still starting James Connor. Marquis Brown.

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Speaker 1: We'll see if zach Ertz is ready to go. If

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00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: he is, I think he's certainly worth starting on that

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Speaker 1: offense as well. On the chief side, obviously you're starting

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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, You're starting Travis Kelsey. Clye Edwards, a layer

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Speaker 1: is probably gonna be a starter in a lot of

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Speaker 1: leagues this year. But a guy that I think has

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Speaker 1: to be in your line up this week is Juju

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Speaker 1: smith Schuster because I think he is the wide receiver one.

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Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey is the number one target overall, Juju is

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Speaker 1: the wide receiver one. And I know the last couple

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Speaker 1: of seasons have got people down on Juju. Last year

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00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: he was hurt. The year before that, he had like

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Speaker 1: nineties seven catches, but not even nine hundred yards. That

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00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 1: was more function of the quarterback and less to have

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Speaker 1: to do with Juju. Now he's got a quarterback that

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Speaker 1: can push the football down the field. I think you're

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00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 1: gonna see a Juju Smith Schuster that's closer to what

745
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: we saw during that big year he had in Pittsburgh.

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00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: Maybe not quite that big, but I still think he

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00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 1: puts up a lot better numbers. I think he gets

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00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: over a thousand yards this year, and I think it

749
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: starts this week because a lot of teams are going

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00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: to focus their attention on Travis Kelsey, that ball has

751
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,399
Speaker 1: got to go somewhere else. So I like Juju a lot.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I was like luke warm on Juju

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Speaker 1: early in this summer, but really speaking with you and

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00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: Matt Harmon, friend of the show, and both of you

755
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: guys like really backing him and got me on board.

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Speaker 1: And now I have Juju in a bunch of my

757
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: starting line this week. Look what's what's Harmon gives the

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Speaker 1: stamp of approval on a wide receiver, and I think

759
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: we all just like, Okay, yeah, that's that's it, especially

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Speaker 1: on someone like Juju, who were like, is he still

761
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,920
Speaker 1: the same guy? And when he's like He's still the

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Speaker 1: same guy, We're like, I'm on board. You know that.

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Speaker 1: That's that reception perception seal of approval is good enough

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Speaker 1: for a lot of us. Another big game in the

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Speaker 1: a f C West. Expect a lot of track meets

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Speaker 1: in this division. This could be one Raiders Chargers. I

767
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 1: am of an age where I hear Raiders Chargers and

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Speaker 1: I think NBC on a Sunday afternoon with Bob Trumpie

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Speaker 1: and Don Criky doing the game. I know that people

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Speaker 1: under thirty or like, who the hell are they don't

771
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 1: worry about it anyway. Again, sort of a lot of

772
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: fantasy options to kind of muddle over in this game. Yeah,

773
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: this is going to be a really fun game. On

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00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,760
Speaker 1: the charger side, you're starting also Neckler, you're starting Justin Herbert,

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00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: You're starting Keenan Allen, You're starting Mike Williams. I think

776
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: Gerald Everett, Josh Palmer are more like guys to have

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00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: on your bench to see what they do before you

778
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: get him in your starting lineup. For the Raiders, you're

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00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: starting Davante Adams. I think you're still starting Derek Carr.

780
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,240
Speaker 1: Darren Waller, the running back is a little like Josh Jacobs.

781
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: I think is a little bit more depending on what

782
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: your options are. But one player I'm sitting in this

783
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: game Marcus is Hunter Renfro, And my thing with Hunter

784
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: Renfro has been last year was the perfect storm for him,

785
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Speaker 1: Like they lost all of their receivers. Darren Waller was hurt,

786
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 1: and he is a volume dependent type of receiver. Uh,

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00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: he's not a field stretcher, so it's not like he's

788
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: gonna be able to pick up points in chunks. I

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00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: know he was useful in the red zone and near

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00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 1: the end zone last year, but I still think Devantae

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Speaker 1: Adams is gonna be their top target there. I think

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00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: Darren Waller will be number two. I don't expect him

793
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Speaker 1: to get anywhere close to the touchdown total he had

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Speaker 1: last season. So when he don't have volume there and

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Speaker 1: you're a slot receiver, you quickly become Cold Beasley, someone

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Speaker 1: that's like more useful for your real life team, who

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00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,280
Speaker 1: will have some nice weeks, but who's more like a

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Speaker 1: guy that you never feel really comfortable starting in fantasy.

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Speaker 1: All those things you just listed are why I don't

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Speaker 1: think I drafted Hunter Renfro much of them anywhere this

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00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: past year, because you're right, if he's not getting that

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00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: target volume, you know, and he's getting you six yards

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00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: to catch, it's just not gonna really amount to much

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Speaker 1: this year. So I've I've kind of stayed away from

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Speaker 1: him there By the way, you mentioned Gerald Everett. H

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00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: That's a name that I've heard both Austin Ekeler and

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00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert talking up a lot lately, just unsolicited. I like,

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00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: just like Gerald Everett. I've had him as like a sleeper.

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00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: He's been a top fifteen tight end I think in

810
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: my rankings, but I want to see it a week

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Speaker 1: first before we start him absolutely and not starting him

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Speaker 1: just yet. I do want to see how the Chargers

813
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: are going to use him. Sunday Night Football, it is

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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers and the Cowboys, two teams that have big

815
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 1: time aspirations this year and teams that have some intriguing

816
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: fantasy pieces guys you're starting, but also guys that you know.

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00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: Maybe you're kind of taking a weight and see attitude

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Speaker 1: on Yeah. On the Bucks, I'm starting uh Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: I'm starting Mike Evans. We gotta see what Chris Godwin

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Speaker 1: situation is. If he plays. I think he's more of

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00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 1: like a flex range. I would be a little cautious

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Speaker 1: if he sits. Gauge and Julio each get a boost there.

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Speaker 1: I'm starting Leonard four Nette as well. With the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: I'm starting Ceedee Lamb, I'm starting Dak Prescott. I'm starting

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00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: uh Dalton Schultz. But I'm being aware of the running game.

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Speaker 1: I'm saying you could still start Ezekiel Elliott. I have

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Speaker 1: him as an RB two in my rankings, but the

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Speaker 1: Bucks every year. The last like three or four years

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Speaker 1: have been towards the top. If they don't allow the

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Speaker 1: fewest Russian yards to running backs, there in the top

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Speaker 1: two or read like this is one of the best

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Speaker 1: run defenses in football. And if we have to worry

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00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: about Tony Pollard stealing targets away from Zeke, then we're

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Speaker 1: relying on Zeke doing a lot of his damage on

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Speaker 1: the ground, and this is a bad matchup for that.

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Speaker 1: So again, I'm still I still have him in the

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Speaker 1: starters range, but don't be surprised if after the game

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Speaker 1: you're like, oh, I thought I expected more out of

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Speaker 1: Zeke Elliott. It's just a really tough matchup. I'm I'm curious,

840
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: and like I've drafted him in a lot of places,

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00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be starting him. I'm curious how exactly they're

842
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: gonna use him, because while analytics Twitter and fantasy Twitter

843
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,880
Speaker 1: loves Tony Pollard, the Cowboys keeps saying like as Zeke goes,

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00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: so go we, which means to me that they're going

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00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,320
Speaker 1: to try to lean on him. So I'm very curious

846
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 1: to see what he has to offer. This week Monday

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00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: Night Football, the Broncos and the Seahawks. Uh to scene

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Speaker 1: for Seattle. Right, they trade Russell Wilson away, and they

849
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: gotta start their season by facing Russell Wilson coming back

850
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: into their house screaming, let's ride on national TV. And

851
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: now a second normal we get the Sunday month, second

852
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: Monday night game. They were like, nope, we want you're

853
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 1: You're an Island game against the guy you traded away.

854
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: Good luck Seattle. But I will say, look, let's let's

855
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: start with the Bronco side. You're starting Russ Uh, You're

856
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 1: you're starting the Javonte Williams. You may be starting Melvin Gordon.

857
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: You're certainly starting Courtland Sutton. Maybe even Jerry Judy is

858
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: a potential flex play there. On the Seattle side, Yeah,

859
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: you're probably starting Shoud Penny. Uh. You know, I don't

860
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: know if you're starting Tyler Lockett, but you are starting

861
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf. And this is just as sort of a

862
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: reminder that that it's okay to start Dk Metcalf. I

863
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: know there was a lot of concerned, borderline panic about

864
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: Metcalf this offseason because the quarterback situation wasn't great. Totally

865
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: understand that it makes a whole lot of sense um.

866
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: But he's still the number one wide receiver there in Seattle.

867
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 1: He's still going to get a ton of targets. He's

868
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: still just a physical specimen who's hard to tackle once

869
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: he has the football in his hands and on. But

870
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 1: that if this game goes the way I expect, the

871
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: Broncos have a lead, the Seahawks are gonna be in

872
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: catchup mode, which means it's gonna be Gino Smith throwing

873
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: the football a lot a lot of those targets are

874
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,320
Speaker 1: gonna go to DK metcalfs. So if anybody has any

875
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: any trepidation about starting him, I say, don't worry about it.

876
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: The volume is going to be there. It's okay to

877
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: start Dk metcalf this week. What what I'm as you

878
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: were talking about the game script, I've had this galaxy

879
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 1: brain idea like Geno Smith should start until he gets

880
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,560
Speaker 1: out of hand and then you you just bringing Drew

881
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: Locks to just air it out the field and see

882
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 1: if you start taking the balls down to the field.

883
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: That's interesting. I don't know if Pete Carroll's gonna think

884
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: that way. No, he's gonna be like, let's just run

885
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: the ball war Yep. That's why I'm starting with Shot

886
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:41,879
Speaker 1: Penny because he's gonna be like, you know what's gonna

887
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 1: help us not fall behind? Four touchdowns, running three times

888
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,320
Speaker 1: every job with just like the three three runs in

889
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: a punt. This is gonna be our strategy. And then

890
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: when things go bad, we're gonna let Gino sling the football.

891
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: Good luck, Pete. Let's get to some under the radar

892
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: players we like this week, Floria, who's a sleeper you

893
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 1: think is gonna ball out? I think Romeo Dobbs is.

894
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 1: And I mean this is a draft sleep, a week

895
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: one sleeper, every kind of sleeper you want. But Alan

896
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: Lazard is legit up in the air right now. Um,

897
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: and even if he plays like, there's just no proven

898
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: top target there. And Romeo Dobbs has been making plays

899
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,720
Speaker 1: all preseason, all throughout camp, he's been getting the most hype,

900
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,800
Speaker 1: So I think you just want him on your roster

901
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: in case it comes to fruition Like the Packers, what

902
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 1: could I mean, what's wrong with taking a shot on

903
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: potentially their wide receiver one there with Aaron Rodgers. So

904
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 1: I don't know if you start jobs just yet, but

905
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: definitely search the waiver wire in case he's still out there,

906
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: you definitely want this guy on your ross. I'm sure

907
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 1: he's out there in a lot of leagues because it

908
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: feels like Romeo Dobbs is one of those folks that

909
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,960
Speaker 1: people like us drafted a lot, but that the general

910
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: public still has not clued into. So I'm sure he's

911
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: available on a lot of waiver wires. I'm gonna go

912
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 1: with Jamis Winston, and we started the show talking about

913
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: the Saints and the Falcons, and I mentioned that that

914
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: Winston has more touchdown passes against the Falcons than any

915
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: other team in his career. Now, obviously, you know you

916
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,400
Speaker 1: have to take that with a grain of salt, because

917
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: you know, defenses and coaches have changed and a lot

918
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: of things that are different over the years. But the

919
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 1: point being, the Falcons defense generally has not been very

920
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: good and Jamis has figured out how to exploit it.

921
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: I don't think the Falcons defense is going to be

922
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: very good again. I think Jamis is going to figure

923
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,760
Speaker 1: out how to exploit it in week one. Over the season,

924
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: it will be ups and downs with Jamis Winston, just

925
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: because that's who he is. But I think he gets

926
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,240
Speaker 1: off to a hot start. I think you mentioned Michael

927
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,240
Speaker 1: Thomas is a guy to start him, Chris Olave, Alvin Kamara.

928
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: I think he spreads the ball around. Uh, And I

929
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,439
Speaker 1: think Jamis Winston gets off to a pretty fast week one.

930
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: I agree. I actually wrote about him as a start

931
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: in the Start sitcom this week, So I'm with you

932
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,879
Speaker 1: on on Winston. And then Kenyan Drake is my other

933
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: sleeper there, Marcus Um. I've added Kenyan Drake to a

934
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 1: lot of like the back end of my rosters, just

935
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,919
Speaker 1: because we don't know what J. K. Dobbins, if he's

936
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 1: going to play, how much he's gonna play, And then

937
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: behind him we already know Gus Edwards isn't ready yet,

938
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: so it's really like Kenyan Drake and Mike Davis there.

939
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: So Drake is the one I'm thinking could be the

940
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: lead ball carrier, maybe even see a couple of targets there.

941
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: I'm adding him just in case this Dobbin's injury lasts

942
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 1: longer than we anticipate. Yeah, I think Kenyan Drink's a sleeper.

943
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: Also think Mike Davis just because he may be the

944
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 1: goal line guy and has a touchdown upside. But it's

945
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,719
Speaker 1: gonna be a combination of both. Um I think I

946
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: think for both you probably need a touchdown to feel

947
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: really good about their weekly performance. Plus we know that

948
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: Lamar is gonna run the balls. Yeah, so that's something

949
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 1: always keep in mind. My other sleeper is Nico Collins

950
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,040
Speaker 1: here in Week one, and he was another draft sleeper

951
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: that we were talking about. Is we got closer to

952
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 1: this point in the year. Yeah, we know Brandon Cooks

953
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: is the wide receiver one that is undisputed there in Houston,

954
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 1: but Collins has really solidified himself as wide receiver too.

955
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be a pass heavy offense,

956
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: partially because that's how Pep Hamilton's runs. Partially because they're

957
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: going to be losing a lot of games and having

958
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: to throw the football. And I think Week one will

959
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: be an example. They've got the Colts, and I see

960
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 1: Indie being able to put up a lot of points,

961
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,359
Speaker 1: whether it's Jonathan Taylor on the ground, through the air

962
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: with Matt Ryan and Michael Pittman. But I see the

963
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,399
Speaker 1: Colts getting out to a lead, and I think it's

964
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 1: gonna be Davis Mills throwing the football two Cooks and

965
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: to Collins to try and keep the Houston Texans in

966
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,760
Speaker 1: this game, so very much like Nico Collins in Week one. Yeah,

967
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 1: I like that call as well, and I think he

968
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: can he can catch a lot of touchdowns potentially this

969
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 1: year wouldn't be bad at all. By the way, a

970
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,879
Speaker 1: deep sleeper. I like Brevin Jordan's too. The tight end there.

971
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:22,839
Speaker 1: I liked him in draft season a little bit. It's

972
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: like a late tight end to something like that. Very

973
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 1: much a deep sleeper potential this week and maybe all

974
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 1: throughout the season for Houston. By the way, if you

975
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,879
Speaker 1: want more sleepers every week, I write a sleeper's column.

976
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,280
Speaker 1: You can find it at NFL dot com slash sleepers.

977
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 1: The good News out earlier this week, came out on Tuesday.

978
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: During the season, Let's let's let's reggae hornet up um.

979
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: During the year, it'll be out on Thursdays, but you

980
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: can again find it at NFL dot com slash Sleepers.

981
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,320
Speaker 1: Almost done here, but we've gone through plenty of draft strategy.

982
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: We've given you sleepers guys to avoid. So many different

983
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,799
Speaker 1: topics we can think of as we get ready for

984
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 1: the start of the NFL and the fantasy football season.

985
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: What last bit of advice do you have for people?

986
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: I would be aggressive on the waiver wire, and especially

987
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 1: with players that potentially have upside. I think the mistake

988
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: a lot of people make is they'll see a player

989
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: have a big game, They're like, well, I want to

990
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:17,560
Speaker 1: see him do it again, and it's like, well, at

991
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,719
Speaker 1: that point, he's on someone else's roster, and or the

992
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: other mistake I think people make sometimes is they're like,

993
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: they'll have a player I always use cope easily as

994
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 1: this example in the past, but someone like that who

995
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: can give you, like, you know, a safe floor of

996
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: like nine ten points a week, and they're like, well,

997
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: I need this guy in case someone gets hurt or

998
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 1: by weeks. It's like, no, I think you had better

999
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: suited cutting that guy and just taking upside flyers and

1000
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: hoping something sticks, because not only does that change your

1001
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 1: starting lineup, then it could change your dynamic and standing

1002
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,239
Speaker 1: in the league altogether. Sitting on those guys with the

1003
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,839
Speaker 1: safe floor but low ceilings, uh, just it's not it's

1004
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: not satisfying. It's not at all for me. It's just

1005
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: gonna be simple and just just enjoy this man like this,

1006
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: we're playing a game based on a game, and I

1007
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: know everybody wants to win and it's certainly exciting, and

1008
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 1: we're all going all in on this. Um, don't let

1009
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: this stress you out and affect your your week to

1010
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: week and your day to day life. UM, you know,

1011
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,319
Speaker 1: don't don't get too high or too low over this

1012
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,600
Speaker 1: because in the end, it doesn't really matter. And don't

1013
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: tweet at players. Do not tweet at the players when

1014
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: they they know when they perform poorly, they don't like it.

1015
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: They they're more upset about it than you are, right,

1016
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 1: So don't give them a hard time. It's just also

1017
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,960
Speaker 1: for us, right. We all want the players to be

1018
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 1: inclusive of what we do. We want them to be

1019
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,080
Speaker 1: a part of our community. I think it's awesome what

1020
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,800
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler is doing with our friends over at Yahoo.

1021
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 1: We want more players to embrace fantasy football the way

1022
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 1: Austin Ekeler has. That happens if we're not out there

1023
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: giving them hell on social media whatever. They have a

1024
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: bad game, so uh, enjoy it. Don't tweet a players. Uh,

1025
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,240
Speaker 1: and just let's just make this a really really fun season.

1026
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 1: We'll make it a fun season. Though. We have a

1027
00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,720
Speaker 1: stardom sinem show that's gonna be airing every single week. Florio.

1028
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:02,959
Speaker 1: Please tell everybody how fun it's gonna be. It's gonna

1029
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,879
Speaker 1: be so much fun. Last year we would break out

1030
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: money guns every week and we give you fantasy advice

1031
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,400
Speaker 1: as well, telling you who to start and sit. But

1032
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: we just it's a loose show. We have a lot

1033
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: of fun in how we do it. So it's gonna

1034
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: be Florio to be. Kimmy checks every single Thursday. You

1035
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 1: can see that they're on NFL dot com. You can

1036
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,320
Speaker 1: find it on our YouTube channel, on the NFL channel

1037
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 1: on any Fast devices. That's a free ad supported television.

1038
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 1: I've had to asked that question like four times before.

1039
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:31,240
Speaker 1: I remember what fast stood for. Also, the NFL Fantasy

1040
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: App is gonna have it as well, so that was

1041
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: a mouthful. We got through a whole show week one.

1042
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 1: It is here. We have finally made it. That is it.

1043
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 1: We are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the

1044
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by sub Boy. You know

1045
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 1: the drill, tell to friends, to tell to friends, rate

1046
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:51,240
Speaker 1: review and remember it's football season. Anything can happen. Enjoy

1047
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: Week one. We'll be back with you on Monday. Have

1048
00:47:54,200 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 1: a good what everybody and a want a father