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Speaker 1: Wow, what is up? Welcome to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me and your man, NAMG

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Speaker 1: Marcus Grant, still fully vaccinated and boosted and still dodging

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Speaker 1: variants like Neo in the matrix. We have made it

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Speaker 1: to the end. It is championship week, and congratulations to

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Speaker 1: all of you who are out there playing for a title.

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Speaker 1: I know it has been a slog We're gonna try

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Speaker 1: as always by the specialists and producer hythe Them Today

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Speaker 1: producer Justin on the road. Have safe travel, sir. We

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Speaker 1: certainly appreciate all your help this season. Got a cast

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Speaker 1: of dozens that help us put this thing together. And

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Speaker 1: I'm joined on screen as always by Michael f Florio.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we talked about this on Monday.

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Speaker 1: Did you make it to any championship weeks? Are you?

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Speaker 1: Are you vying for any titles right now? Yeah? I have.

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Speaker 1: I have three championship games this week. My league of record,

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Speaker 1: which my home league, which is by far the one

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Speaker 1: I want the most. But then uh, I'm playing friend

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Speaker 1: of the show Matt Harmon in a charity league, and

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Speaker 1: I'm in the Flex Championship as well. All right, well

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Speaker 1: that the that it works out. Well, I had one shot.

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Speaker 1: I needed a decent game from Miles Gascon. I didn't

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Speaker 1: get the game I needed from Miles Gaskin. So unfortunately

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Speaker 1: I am oh four on championship opportunities this year. Well, uh,

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Speaker 1: it happens sometimes. I always feel like as long as

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Speaker 1: So it didn't work out the way I wanted. We'll

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Speaker 1: dust it off. We will try again next year. We

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Speaker 1: got a busy show for you though. As always, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna ask are we starting Trede Lance this week? Are

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Speaker 1: we possibly benching Alvin Kamara in Week seventeen? Plus we

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Speaker 1: are previewing every single game on the Championship Week slate.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's start, though, as we always do, with

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Speaker 1: some fantasy headlines. And I guess this first one not

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Speaker 1: necessarily a direct FANU he headlined, but certainly a big

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Speaker 1: football in NFL headline. By now, you probably know that

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster John Madden passed

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Speaker 1: away on Tuesday at the age of eight five And

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Speaker 1: for a guy who never actually played in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that there's someone who had more influence

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Speaker 1: over the National Football League than John Madden won championships

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Speaker 1: as the head coach of the Raiders, but really, to

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Speaker 1: to one generation, he was the head coach of the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: To another generation or two, he was known as the

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Speaker 1: And so for a guy to have such an impact

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Speaker 1: across so many generations, again for having never actually put

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Speaker 1: is absolutely amazing. Uh. It is a huge loss for

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Speaker 1: think of the impact that John Madden has had. And

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Speaker 1: My dad always makes fun of me that I work

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Speaker 1: So uh, that is one of them. I'm sure there's

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Speaker 1: Some news that broke just before we started recording this show.

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously we know justin Jefferson's gonna get touches.

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Speaker 1: I was in on Theland just because of the touchdown opportunity.

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Speaker 1: But with him now out, I think kJ Osborne is

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Speaker 1: New Orleans where Alvin Camara did not have a great

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Speaker 1: in particular folks should key in on. Yeah, there's a

430
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Speaker 1: lot of Rams that I like this week, but one

431
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Speaker 1: I like a lot is Tyler Higbee. He returned last

432
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Speaker 1: week after missing a couple of games on the COVID list.

433
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Speaker 1: He caught five of his six targets for uh forty

434
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Speaker 1: one yards. It was nine nine or more fantasy points

435
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Speaker 1: and two straight games and now four of his last five.

436
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Speaker 1: That is a safe floor, which is a lot more

437
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Speaker 1: than we could say about most other tight ends. Plus

438
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Speaker 1: he gets the Ravens now who are in the top

439
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Speaker 1: five and fantasy points allowed to tight ends, and they've

440
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Speaker 1: just struggled against the position all year. Now you add

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Speaker 1: in all the injuries they have in that secondary, I

442
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Speaker 1: think I think Tyler Higbee, along with the Rams receivers

443
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Speaker 1: are all in play this week. I think it's a

444
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Speaker 1: situation similar to what I mentioned with the Cowboys, where

445
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 1: the matchup is really good. You can you can stream

446
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Speaker 1: all the pass catchers uh, and I do like Tyler

447
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Speaker 1: Higbee is a nice streaming option that tied end this week.

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Speaker 1: So there you go. If you you need some help there,

449
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Speaker 1: I think that's a good spot for you to go

450
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Speaker 1: and fill in your tight end spot. Hey, this is

451
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Speaker 1: the part of the show where we talk to you

452
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Speaker 1: about talk. Have you made TikTok your fantasy savior so far?

453
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Speaker 1: This I don't know. I'm just I'm winging it right now,

454
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Speaker 1: But go check us out at NFL Fantasy. These are

455
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Speaker 1: some of the goofy things that we have going on here,

456
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Speaker 1: apparently dogs with ghost masks on and Bill Belichick, you know,

457
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Speaker 1: dress like a pirate because that's that's what you want

458
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Speaker 1: on a TikTok. Anyway, go find us there at NFL Fantasy.

459
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Speaker 1: Can also follow me at Marcus Grant. Time to get

460
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Speaker 1: back into our game previews. It is the Raiders and

461
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Speaker 1: the Colts. We mentioned at the top of the show

462
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Speaker 1: that Carson Wentz has been placed on the COVID nineteen

463
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Speaker 1: list but could come back potentially for the game on Sunday.

464
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Speaker 1: On the other side, though, anybody that you have an

465
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Speaker 1: eye on this week, Florio, Yeah, this this game is

466
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Speaker 1: pretty straightforward. You start the running backs, maybe Darren Waller

467
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Speaker 1: if he plays, and that's kind of it, except for

468
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Speaker 1: I think people should still be starting Hunter Renfro. I

469
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Speaker 1: know the last couple of weeks he has been a

470
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Speaker 1: little disappointed, just six points two weeks ago thirteen last week,

471
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Speaker 1: as we're seeing teams kind of be like, hey, we

472
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Speaker 1: need to let someone else in this passing And besides

473
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,600
Speaker 1: Hunter Renfro breed us. We saw the Browns a couple

474
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Speaker 1: of weeks ago bracket coverage him. But I still think

475
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Speaker 1: if if Darren Waller comes back, that's a huge boost

476
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Speaker 1: four Hunter Renfro. But the volume and the floor that

477
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 1: he brings each week, he's almost a lock for double

478
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Speaker 1: digit fantasy points. We know they're going to use him

479
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,359
Speaker 1: in the in the red zone, so he has a

480
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Speaker 1: chance of scoring a touchdown and if he does that,

481
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Speaker 1: then he has a chance of giving you fifteen twenty

482
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Speaker 1: fantasy points. So I say continue to start Hunter Renfro,

483
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Speaker 1: especially since the weakness in the Colts defense is the secondary.

484
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Speaker 1: The Raiders are optimistic that Darren Waller will be back

485
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Speaker 1: this week, so that does give the defense one more

486
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Speaker 1: thing to focus on, maybe opens up a little bit

487
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,520
Speaker 1: more space for Hunter Renfro. To make some some catches

488
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Speaker 1: there Dolphins and the Titans. As we're recording this, I

489
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Speaker 1: know our own producer, Justin is on an airplane, so

490
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Speaker 1: he's not hearing anything I'm gonna have to say about

491
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Speaker 1: this one, but this should make him happy. I'm gonna

492
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Speaker 1: say to avoid any Dolphins running backs. I mean partially

493
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Speaker 1: because the Titans defense has been really good against the

494
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Speaker 1: run for much of the season. We've really been picking

495
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Speaker 1: on them through the air when we have in fantasy.

496
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Speaker 1: The other part of it is I don't know which

497
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Speaker 1: Dolphins running back you want anymore. I mean, you see

498
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Speaker 1: on the screen there no Miami running backs played more

499
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Speaker 1: than the snaps. In Week sixteen, we got a much

500
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Speaker 1: heavier dose of Philip Lindsay than I would have imagined

501
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 1: against the Saints, Miles Gascon Duke Johnson weren't out there

502
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Speaker 1: as often as I had anticipated. So now we go

503
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Speaker 1: into this week against a good run defense with a

504
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Speaker 1: running back situation that is a complete mess. I want

505
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 1: no part of it. If you can avoid starting any

506
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,280
Speaker 1: or all of these running backs, I absolutely would do it,

507
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Speaker 1: because this just seems like a bad situation. Uh. From

508
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Speaker 1: that to a match up with a lot of good

509
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Speaker 1: running backs in it. It's the Broncos and the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: Any of these running backs in particular catch your eye

511
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Speaker 1: this week? Yeah, I think people should still be starting

512
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Speaker 1: the Broncos running backs this week. Look. I know Melvin

513
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Speaker 1: Gordon gave you a less than a full point last week,

514
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Speaker 1: and I know Javont Williams, outside of scoring the touchdown,

515
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Speaker 1: didn't do a whole lot. But this is a really

516
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,160
Speaker 1: good matchup for them. I don't love Drew Locks starting

517
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Speaker 1: because he won't throw to the backs nearly as much

518
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Speaker 1: as Teddy, but the Chargers weaknesses against the run. We

519
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: just saw Rex Birkehead. Rex Birkehead ran all over them,

520
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: So I think Melvin Gordon and Javonte Williams will still

521
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Speaker 1: be able to I have them both ranked as r

522
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Speaker 1: B twos this week. I know last week was a

523
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Speaker 1: little disappointing, but I think you continue to ride these

524
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Speaker 1: two absolutely. Um. The Charger run defense has been vulnerable

525
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Speaker 1: all year long, and we love, we love the the

526
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Speaker 1: the Broncos running backs. Um, we're getting much closer. I

527
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Speaker 1: think I don't know what's gonna happen in free agency,

528
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Speaker 1: but I suspect Melvin Gordon won't be back in Denver,

529
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Speaker 1: so we're getting that much closer to Javont Williams potentially

530
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Speaker 1: being a workhorse. I'm getting all excited about what could

531
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Speaker 1: happen next year. Al Right, Eagles and the football team. Uh,

532
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Speaker 1: the Eagles coming off of win. The football team coming

533
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Speaker 1: off of a really awful loss that the not the

534
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Speaker 1: only fight we saw from them was on the sidelines. Yikes. Um,

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Speaker 1: I would say this. I would say, I'm gonna go

536
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Speaker 1: out on the limb. I'm say just to sit Terry McLaurin.

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Speaker 1: I was like, do I do I go sort of

538
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Speaker 1: conservative and say beware of Terry McLaurin, But no, I'm

539
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Speaker 1: gonna say you just go and you sit Terry McLaurin.

540
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: I mean the last four games, you see the stat

541
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Speaker 1: eight catches, a hundred and thirteen yards. That's in four games,

542
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Speaker 1: combined with no touchdowns. These are the sort of numbers

543
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Speaker 1: we were expecting from him on some of his better days.

544
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Speaker 1: This year. It hasn't been there, and it hasn't mattered

545
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Speaker 1: who the quarterback is. I mean, Taylor Heineke was back

546
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: this past week. Um, it just hasn't mattered. And the

547
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: Eagle secondary has been one of their their better spots

548
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,160
Speaker 1: so far this year. So this is a situation where

549
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: I'm just really really worried about Terry McLaurin. I don't

550
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Speaker 1: even talked about this a lot, Floria, but you know, quietly,

551
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,119
Speaker 1: he has been one of the bigger disappointments across fantasy

552
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: football this year. Yeah, he has been. And uh, I

553
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 1: don't think it's a Terry McLaurin issue. I think he

554
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: is a very talented receiver. I think it's the rest

555
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,720
Speaker 1: of the offense. But at some point, I do agree,

556
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: we gotta just be like, hey, it's not working out

557
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: for Terry. We gotta sit this guy. He is basically

558
00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: single digits most weeks, with like a twenty point game

559
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: sprinkled in. At this point, I wouldn't want to be

560
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,120
Speaker 1: starting him this week. Oh, I mean he is. He's

561
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: right now a third or fourth wide receiver at best,

562
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: I think on a lot of fantasy rosters with the

563
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Speaker 1: production he's been giving you. By the way, you want

564
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Speaker 1: more starts and sits, There's one more edition of the

565
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Speaker 1: Stardom Sit Hum Show. It's gonna be Michael left Florio

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Speaker 1: hosting it alongside Adam Rank. I don't know what you

567
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Speaker 1: guys are gonna be at home? Will will be money guns?

568
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Speaker 1: Are Are there going to be money guns this week?

569
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Speaker 1: I haven't there there will be money guns. I shot

570
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: it all over my living room the other day. How

571
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: to clean it up after before calliated? But there will

572
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: still be money guns. Sweet, so there will be more

573
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: money guns. You can check that out streaming at four

574
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: pm Eastern in the NFL Fantasy App, the NFL App,

575
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: nfl dot com, or YouTube in case you missed it

576
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: streaming live, you can always check it out on demand.

577
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: You know, Kyle Pittz has been hot lately. Can he

578
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Speaker 1: keep it going against the Bills? On Sunday? Will debate

579
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,160
Speaker 1: that and more next on the NFL Fantasy Football Show.

580
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Speaker 1: We're looking at the Falcons and the Bills, but we

581
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Speaker 1: are specifically taking a look at Kyle Pitts and we

582
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: talked about him a little bit on Monday and the

583
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: fact that he's actually having a good season, even if

584
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 1: it doesn't match up to our ludicrous preseason expectations of

585
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: him on the field and in fantasy the number starting

586
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: to perk up as well. He has been eleven points

587
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 1: or better in three straight games. Can you make it

588
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: four in a row this week against your Buffalo Bills.

589
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: I think. So. What what I like for Kyle Pitts

590
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: is that the targets have been consistently six or more

591
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: for him as of late. But the air yards have

592
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: gone up, the red zone usage has gone up. So

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Speaker 1: I like Kyle Pitts. I think that he definitely can

594
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Speaker 1: get to eleven. I mean, that's not asking a whole

595
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: lot out of him. I am curious to see how

596
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Speaker 1: they guard him if they basically choose that he is

597
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: the wide receiver one that they need to stop there

598
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 1: or not. But I think Kyle Pitts, Uh, He's definitely

599
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: in play as a tight end one for me this week,

600
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: and he's having a better season than I think a

601
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: lot of people realize he really is. Um. Like I said,

602
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: it's sort of because we expected the moon from him

603
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: and he hasn't quite gotten there. That's not his fault,

604
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: that's our fault. But he's starting to pick things up,

605
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: and I'm curious see how he finishes the season, and

606
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,239
Speaker 1: I'm excited for what we will see from him next season. Uh.

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00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: Giants and the Bears, which means we can talk about

608
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: Darius Tony, who is back and healthy and back in

609
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: the lineup again with the New York Football Giants. It

610
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: has been sort of an up and down thing. Last

611
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: week was not particularly good. I mean, that's sort of

612
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Speaker 1: been the Giants offense. Uh was that an anomaly about

613
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 1: you know, the usage and the production or was that

614
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: sort of a warning and should we be worried about

615
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: him this week? I think Tony is in play as

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Speaker 1: a sleeper this week. It depends on how you look

617
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Speaker 1: at last week. I know the production wasn't great, but

618
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Speaker 1: he did lead that team with nine targets last week,

619
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Speaker 1: so to me, I love the volume. The Bears are

620
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,480
Speaker 1: in the top third in fantasy points allowed to wide receivers,

621
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Speaker 1: which isn't a great matchup, but it's still a pretty

622
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 1: favorable one. And then Tony has some explosiveness himself, So

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Speaker 1: I think all of that factor together kind of makes

624
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: him a little bit of a sleeper this week. I'm

625
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: really excited to see what he could be though next

626
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: year and beyond, because I think this kid could play.

627
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: It's just more of the offense around him is It's

628
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 1: just awful right now. The offense is just generally bad. Um.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what I expected that I didn't think

630
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 1: it was gonna be a top ten offense, but you know,

631
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Speaker 1: they had se Quon, they added Kenny Golla Day. I mean,

632
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: we were curious to see what Daniel Jones was gonna be.

633
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: But for this offense to be as bad as it

634
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: has been has been surprising. But I do think Tony

635
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: has been a bright spot at times. If they can

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00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: get him the ball out in space and just sort

637
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: of let him be athletic, I think there really is

638
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: something there. Um, I don't know. I don't know if

639
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 1: i'd start him this week, just because I don't trust

640
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: the offense at all, But I think the future is

641
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: is pretty bright for Kadarius Tony. Okay, that'll get us

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00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: back into our game previews. We will start this round

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Speaker 1: with the Texans and the forty Niners. We talked about

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo at the start of the show. He's got

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Speaker 1: a thumb injury. Maybe SATs in favor of Trey Lance

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Speaker 1: this week. Uh does that impact the way you're looking

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Speaker 1: at any potential forty Niners in this game? It is?

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Speaker 1: It is, I said earlier, I think that the Niners

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Speaker 1: are gonna run a whole bunch in this game. Because

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Speaker 1: it's a good matchup to run on. It's a rookie

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Speaker 1: quarterback who can run. What that means is I don't

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Speaker 1: love the past catchers as much, and I think Deebo Samuel,

653
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Speaker 1: because of what he will give you in the run game,

654
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Speaker 1: is still an obvious must start. George Kittle because of

655
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Speaker 1: what he can do after the catch, is an obvious

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Speaker 1: must start. But Brandon Nayuk is not. Brandon Nayuk the

657
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: last two games has just seven targets combined. He saved

658
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Speaker 1: his day last week with that touchdown, but still you

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Speaker 1: look at his last few games fifty scrimmaed yard sixty six,

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Speaker 1: thirty six forty. If you take away those touchdowns that

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Speaker 1: he has scored in those uh two of those games,

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Speaker 1: he's basically giving you single digits almost every single week.

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Speaker 1: So I don't expect the Niners to throw. I don't

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Speaker 1: expect them to have to throw or to want to

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Speaker 1: throw a whole bunch. So I think this is a

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Speaker 1: week with Trey Lands starting markets that you can get

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Speaker 1: away from Brandon Aiyuk. The thing I've taken away from

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Speaker 1: the Niners offense is that there isn't space for three

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Speaker 1: pass catchers consistently, and we know George Kittle is going

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Speaker 1: to get his But last week we saw them go

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Speaker 1: back to throwing the ball to Deebo Samuel and not

672
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Speaker 1: just using him as a runner. I feel like when

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Speaker 1: Ayuk was getting a lot of those targets, part of

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Speaker 1: it was when George Kittle was out. Part of it

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Speaker 1: was when Deebo Samuel turned into the world's greatest hybrid

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Speaker 1: running back. Um, now that those other two guys are

677
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Speaker 1: sort of back in the passing game, maybe there just

678
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: isn't enough for for Brandon Aiuk. So I'm sort of

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Speaker 1: with you to kind of be where they're um Panthers

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Speaker 1: and the Saints, And I'm gonna tell you that, you know,

681
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Speaker 1: like you know, in my sleeper column, I referred to

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Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson as the Rustin Cole Player of the week

683
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: because time is a flat circle, right, So we started

684
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Speaker 1: the year all excited about Robbie Anderson. Then he did

685
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Speaker 1: absolutely nothing for much of the season. In the last

686
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Speaker 1: few weeks, he's sort of come back into our lives again.

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Speaker 1: He's starting to see more targets, starting to see more production.

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Speaker 1: You go back to Week four teen, twelve targets against

689
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Speaker 1: the Falcons turned that into eighty four yards. Last week

690
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: he had ten targets which he turned into five catches

691
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Speaker 1: for fifty eight yards. I know the quarterback situation is

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Speaker 1: still a disaster right now. I don't know if they're

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Speaker 1: gonna still go back to this, you know, Cam and

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Speaker 1: Sam thing that they did previously. But I think either way,

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00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: they're starting to remember that, hey, we have Robbie Anderson

696
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Speaker 1: on our team and he could be a playmaker when

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00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 1: we need him to. Plus the fact that the Saints

698
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: run defense is still really really good. Chuba Hubbard has

699
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: been underwhelming so far this year, so this could be

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Speaker 1: a situation where the Panthers have to throw the football

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Um Bucks and the Jets. The Butts

702
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Speaker 1: have already locked up the NFC South title, but still

703
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Speaker 1: have a shot at the one seed in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: They obviously need some help. They need the Packers to

705
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Speaker 1: lose once or twice in there somewhere as well. But

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Speaker 1: fantasy wise, what should we pay attention to here? Yeah?

707
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Speaker 1: I was looking at this game and I was like, well,

708
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Speaker 1: people know to start Brady and Gronk and a b

709
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Speaker 1: and on the Jets. Maybe you want to start Michael

710
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Speaker 1: Carter Orlijah More, but I really wouldn't want to in

711
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Speaker 1: this matchup, so I settled on must start Ronald Jones

712
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Speaker 1: because I know Ronald Jones scored sixteen Fantasy points last week.

713
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people were expecting a little

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Speaker 1: bit more without Leonard four Nette. But what I love

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Speaker 1: twenty two touches. I know he only turned it into

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Speaker 1: eighty one scrimmage yards, but that was against a pretty

717
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Speaker 1: good Panthers run defense. You look at the Jets, they

718
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Speaker 1: are anything, but they allow the most Fantasy points to

719
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Speaker 1: running backs this year. This is a game where I

720
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Speaker 1: think the Bucks could have a lead and a pretty

721
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Speaker 1: sizeable one early on. And if that is the case,

722
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Speaker 1: I'd expect to see a lot of Ronald Jones grinding

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Speaker 1: out the clock. We know he's explosive and can break

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Speaker 1: a long run. And for all the reasons that I'm saying,

725
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Speaker 1: I think it makes Keyshawn Vaughan also a little bit

726
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: of a deeper sleeper here. But basically, you you want

727
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Speaker 1: to play the Bucks running back against the Jets, That's

728
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Speaker 1: exactly what you wants. Why I have keys Shaw Vaughn

729
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: and the sleeper column this week too, because I do

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Speaker 1: think there's an opportunity for him to get some touches.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we saw him a couple of weeks ago

732
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Speaker 1: and he was getting the stair down from Tom Brady

733
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Speaker 1: for dropping passes. Um, but I think I think you

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Speaker 1: shake that off, and I think he's got a chance

735
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Speaker 1: in some deep leagues or maybe just as a sneaky

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Speaker 1: DFS play to to get into a lineup somewhere. We

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Speaker 1: got a few more game previews as we wrap up

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Speaker 1: the show, start with the Jaguars and the Patriots. Someonena

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Speaker 1: make this simplefore you start the Patriots defense. I mean

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00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 1: there's no secret here. Um. I mean I could go

741
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: into some long analysis about why. But look, the Pats

742
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: d has been good, the Jaguars offense not so much. Um,

743
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Speaker 1: So look, you can make this one easy. Sometimes fantasy

744
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: football is a simple game. Sometimes the matchups are right

745
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 1: there in front of you. This is when where the

746
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: matchups are there in front of you, especially where James

747
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: Robinson unfortunately done for the year with an achilles injury.

748
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Speaker 1: That takes away maybe the biggest and best weapon that

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville had. So this is an easy, easy start at

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Speaker 1: this point. UM, Lions and the Seahawks this game does

751
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: not seem super exciting, but we'll find a way to

752
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: spice it up. We should, folks do for fantasy. Here

753
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,359
Speaker 1: must start a monro St brown And and Marcus. I

754
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,919
Speaker 1: know I liked I like the sun God coming into

755
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Speaker 1: the year, and I don't know if anyone liked him

756
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: more than you do, so kudos to you. But he

757
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,720
Speaker 1: has just been awesome the last month, at least eleven

758
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: targets in all four games, at least fifteen fantasy points

759
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,840
Speaker 1: in all four games, with twenty three or more in

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Speaker 1: three of them. He did it last week without Jared Goff,

761
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Speaker 1: Like people were scared. I was a little bit worried

762
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: about him. He had a season high hundred and ten

763
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: yards last week, he scored a touchdown. He's still got

764
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: all that volume. They're using him more in the red zone.

765
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,280
Speaker 1: What more could you ask for. I know he's a lion,

766
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: and maybe that scares some people off. He's not a

767
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 1: huge name, but he's huge production right now and it's

768
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 1: not a tough matchup at all. I would can I

769
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: think he's a must start play right now? I agree, No,

770
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Speaker 1: I mean I think the way they've been using him

771
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: in the offense It's what I anticipated all year long.

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00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 1: I mean, it took until you know, we thirteen or

773
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: so for it to finally happen. But I'm excited about it,

774
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Speaker 1: and I think that bodes well going forward. Let's move

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Speaker 1: on to Sunday night football, to the Vikings and the Packers.

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Speaker 1: We talked at the beginning of the show. Adam Feeland

777
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Speaker 1: is gone for the year, but Dalvin Cook is back

778
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Speaker 1: off the COVID nineteen less so one star out, one

779
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 1: star back in. I will say though, on the other

780
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: side of the ball, to start Ellen Lazard, I got

781
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: him as a sleeper this week. Maybe he's maybe just

782
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Speaker 1: a regular start. I'm not sure, and I will I

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Speaker 1: will admit till last week not being fully in on

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Speaker 1: Alan Lazard. Uh. You know, and a lot of I know,

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Speaker 1: a lot of folks you included Florio had Marquez Valdes

786
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 1: Scantling as a guy to keep an eye on until

787
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: he ended up being unavailable. Uh, and then it turned

788
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 1: out to be Alan Lazard was the guy. But he

789
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: is started get a lot more looks from Aaron Rodgers.

790
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: I've always been hesitant about whoever the number two wide

791
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: receiver is in Green Bay, figuring that Davante Adams is

792
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: gonna get all the work, but maybe they're starting to diversify.

793
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: And on top of it, it's a good matchup because

794
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: the Vikings have struggled against wide receivers all year long.

795
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: So I may end up being a week too late.

796
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: We'll see, but I do like Allan Lazard this week

797
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: against the Vikings. Last one Monday Night football. It is

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00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: the Browns and the Steelers. Is uh? The a f

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Speaker 1: C North continues to be a rock fight. It's not pretty,

800
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: but all these things are still kind of hanging around

801
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 1: in this thing right now. I imagine this one is

802
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: going to be equally a rock fight between two teams

803
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: that again aren't necessarily aesthetically pleasing to watch offensively, but

804
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: they'll find a way to make this one interesting. Fantasy wise, though,

805
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: what what should folks pay attention to? Basically, I think

806
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,320
Speaker 1: you want to start the running backs and the wide

807
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: receiver ones here and that's basically and the rest of

808
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: it just get away from. But let's focus in on

809
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,439
Speaker 1: Deontae Johnson. I think he is a must start play

810
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: this week. Look, he is the safest bet for double

811
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: digit fantasy points every week. He is one game with

812
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: less and ten fantasy points all year where he scored

813
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: nine point eight. He's gonna give you double digit targets

814
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,879
Speaker 1: almost every single week. He had that weird game last

815
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 1: year last week. It feels like it happens once a

816
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: year where he just kind of forgets how his hands work, uh,

817
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: and he just dropped them all for no reason at all.

818
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: But he still scored fifteen Fantasy points. Souh, this guy.

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Speaker 1: It wouldn't being Big Ben's final home game as well.

820
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,279
Speaker 1: Maybe they looked to throw a little bit more. I

821
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if Deonce Johnson called a touchdown. He

822
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: is just as safe as safe could come. And he's

823
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: been showing us some upside lately as well. So just

824
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: continue to start this guy and don't think twice about it. Alright,

825
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: So you mentioned it, and that's that's been the talk

826
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,400
Speaker 1: lately that this is maybe it for been. Do you

827
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: do you think Ben's not gonna be back in Pittsburgh

828
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: next week or next year. I don't think Ben should

829
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: have been back in Pittsburgh this year. I think last

830
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: year when he had to said solo picture on the bench,

831
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: that that should have been it for him, but they

832
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 1: decided to play in the nostalgia card. It really hasn't

833
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,359
Speaker 1: worked out. I think you have to move on after

834
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: this season. I mean I would agree, but I also

835
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 1: think the organizations put itself in a tough tough spot

836
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Speaker 1: because there are no easy answers. I mean, unless they

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Speaker 1: can somehow, what swing a deal for Aaron Rodgers or

838
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: something like maybe get Russell Wilson in there, I don't

839
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: there are no easy answers for the Steelers at quarterbacks.

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00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 1: So we'll see, uh, but they sort of made this

841
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 1: bed and they're gonna have to lie in it at

842
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Speaker 1: some point. Those are all of our game previews best

843
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Speaker 1: of By the way, a note that hit as we were,

844
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: uh going through all of those. Travis Kelsey also off

845
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,760
Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen reserve list, so he's back and available

846
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: for you this week for the Kansas City Chiefs and

847
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 1: your fantasy team. One last round of sleepers before you

848
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: head into your championship matches. So who is your first

849
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:42,320
Speaker 1: one for the week? For me, it's Devin Singletary. I

850
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: know earlier in the year, Marcus we joked that there's

851
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 1: no Bills running back you want to trust, and then

852
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 1: that he needs three forms of idea to find the

853
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: end zone. But it's kind of changed over the last month.

854
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 1: He first started dominating snaps for the Bills about a

855
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,800
Speaker 1: month ago, but then as of late, he's been getting

856
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,879
Speaker 1: a lot of touches as well, seventeen touches last week

857
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: twenty three the week before. He's giving you a fifteen

858
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: or more Fantasy points now in three straight games. So

859
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: and this is a great match up against the Falcons,

860
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: who can be ran on. If the Bills are playing

861
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: with the lead, I would expect a Singletary to get

862
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 1: a good amount of volume late. Plus he had a

863
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: touchdown last week Marcus at the goal on where he

864
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: ran extremely hard and the Bills were fired up. So maybe,

865
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: just maybe he only needs two forms of ide to

866
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: fund the end zone now, which is great. I mean,

867
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: our Devin Singletary dreams are coming true. And I do

868
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 1: notice that it has been sort of between Zack Moss

869
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,879
Speaker 1: and Matt Brita who has been the odd man out

870
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: in recent weeks. So I do like that call. I'm

871
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 1: gonna Keyshaw Vaughn. We talked about him just a little

872
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: bit ago, and you talked about how Ronald Jones is

873
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 1: a good starting option against the Jets. I do agree

874
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: with that, but I also think there's going to be

875
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:49,240
Speaker 1: room for Keyshawn Vaughan. I think what we saw last

876
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: week sort of suggested that the Buccaneers realized that if

877
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 1: they're going to replace leonardour Net, at least in the

878
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: short term, it's going to be a two man operation.

879
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: So I don't think it's gonna be solely Ronald Jones

880
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: getting all those touches. I think he Shaan Vaughan is

881
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: going to be involved in there as well, and who knows,

882
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: maybe they give him some more targets and hopefully he

883
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,279
Speaker 1: doesn't drop those so he doesn't get a death stare

884
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 1: from Tom Brady. But I do like him as a

885
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: sleeper this week. Who is your next sleeper pick here

886
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: this week? For me, it's Josh Palmer, with the contingency

887
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: that if Mike Williams gets activated off the COVID list,

888
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: he loses some of his shine. But Josh Palmer has

889
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: been playing well as of late. We saw him score

890
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 1: uh the touchdown, the lone passing touchdown for the Chargers

891
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 1: last week, and this has been a thing when he

892
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,360
Speaker 1: when one of Keenan Allen or Mike Williams has missed.

893
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,760
Speaker 1: Josh Palmer is good for you know, double digit fantasy points.

894
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: He can be either a wide receiver three or a

895
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: flex options. So if Mike Williams is out again this week,

896
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: then I think Josh Palmer is in play. I would

897
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: like to see if that's gonna happen again, because we're

898
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,879
Speaker 1: always sort of looking for a third wide receiver there

899
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 1: in in Los Angeles, and maybe it could be the

900
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 1: guy if there's no Mike Williams. All Right, I'm gonna

901
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 1: finish this out with, believe it or not, Jared Goff,

902
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: and I know it's fun to make fun of him.

903
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: He's an easy punch line for fantasy folks. He's an

904
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,600
Speaker 1: easy punch line for NFL folks. But he's put together

905
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,839
Speaker 1: a couple of decent games in the last month or so. Now.

906
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: He obviously missed last week because he was on the

907
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 1: COVID list, but he's back this week, and Florio talked

908
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: about m on Ross st Brown is being a good start.

909
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 1: I do think there is a space where Jared Goff

910
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 1: can have a decent number, and I'm not I'm not

911
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: expecting him to go out and give you a twenty

912
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 1: five thirty point game. But if you can get you

913
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: in the realm of eight team to twenty, which isn't

914
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 1: bad if you're streaming quarterbacks or you just need a

915
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: second quarterback for this week in a super flex league

916
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 1: or something like that. I mean, it's a good matchup

917
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: and there is some familiarity here. I mean, let's not

918
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,359
Speaker 1: forget that golf until this season was playing in the

919
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 1: NFC West. He would see the Seahawks twice a year,

920
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: so at least has some understanding of how this defense operates.

921
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: So maybe all that put together means that Jared Goff

922
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,960
Speaker 1: can be a nice starting option for you. All right,

923
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: if you want more sleepers, you got one last chance

924
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 1: to check out my sleeper column. It is live now

925
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 1: nfl dot Com slash Sleepers. You can act check that

926
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,360
Speaker 1: one out, and we will have one more go around

927
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: on NFL Fantasy Game Day. It'll be me, It'll be Florio,

928
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: it'll be Adam Rank. No, Kimmy Checks, congratulations her. She

929
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: will be off and happily married by the time Sunday

930
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,439
Speaker 1: comes around. So congratulations in advance to Kimmy Checks for that.

931
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: We're happy for you, we love you, We're gonna miss you.

932
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: But enjoy, enjoy your new life. It's gonna be great. Uh.

933
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: In the meantime for NFL Fantasy Game Day, you can

934
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,760
Speaker 1: check us out at noon Eastern and all the normal spots.

935
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: He just streaming there, so be sure to come hang

936
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:34,839
Speaker 1: out with us for one last Sunday before we get

937
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: out of here. This is our final streaming show of

938
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 1: the season. We will still have podcasts, of course, We'll

939
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,439
Speaker 1: still be doing audio only pods and maybe a little

940
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 1: bit of V O D stuff, but this is our

941
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 1: last streaming show of the season, so I wanted to

942
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 1: give out some thank you's before we go. Um. I

943
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 1: always shout out the specialists at the start of the show,

944
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 1: but even or not, their parents gave them names. So

945
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: I want to kind of recognize some of these folks

946
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: by name who help do this all the time. Lauren Day,

947
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:07,480
Speaker 1: Sam Tavares, Christie Stapleton, Jack Dean Parker, Finton Sean, Kelly,

948
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: Drake Baker, Randy Chavez, thank you so much for putting

949
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: up with us. And look weird technical glitches pull behind

950
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:18,319
Speaker 1: the curtain. We had some major technical melt bounds this

951
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: morning before we were able to get this show up

952
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 1: and running, and I'm so grateful for you guys, UH,

953
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: putting up with it, dealing with it, doing it with

954
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 1: professionalism and in humor all year long, whether it's us

955
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: needing to move times for a show, whether we're at home,

956
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,879
Speaker 1: whether we're in studio, you guys have been amazing over

957
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. I loved I would hope

958
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 1: that someday we get to a spot where I get

959
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: to actually see your whole faces and not just half

960
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: of your faces behind a mask. That would be absolutely wonderful.

961
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: But we're so grateful and thankful for all the work

962
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:49,359
Speaker 1: you have put in, not just this year, but last

963
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 1: year as well. Shout out to Justin Graver producer Justin, who,

964
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, is on a plane right now as

965
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 1: we are recording this. Dude, you stepped in in the

966
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: midst of the season and immediately we're iron heaters to

967
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 1: keep this show running. It was seamless. I'm so grateful

968
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 1: for the work that you have done on this one. UH.

969
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: We we certainly appreciate everything and look forward to continuing

970
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 1: to work with you on beyond just this streaming show.

971
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: Shout out to UH producer Hythean Kalani bro. We have

972
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: been together for a long time doing this. I appreciate

973
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 1: your work. I appreciate your friendship even more. Uh. Let's

974
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: keep this thing going for who knows how until the

975
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,520
Speaker 1: wheels fall off before until one of us likely dies

976
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: either behind a microphone or at our desk. That's probably

977
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 1: the the way this whole thing ends. But until then, uh,

978
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: you and I together for this whole thing. Bro Uh

979
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 1: shout out to Jason Kleinman and too Rick Savage, who

980
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: are sort of the head coach in general manager of

981
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: this whole operation, who put this thing together, who had

982
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: put this group together, uh, and allow us leeway to

983
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: maybe be a little bit silly sometimes and uh, you know,

984
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,560
Speaker 1: maybe do some things that I don't know, we otherwise

985
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 1: not not be able to do because if who signs

986
00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 1: our paychecks on a regular basis. So thankful for you

987
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 1: for that, and of course thankful to you, Mike Florio Man,

988
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 1: because we've been together doing this for a couple of

989
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:04,319
Speaker 1: years now. This year just got to be us. Last

990
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,400
Speaker 1: year was was kind of a mixture of hosts, but

991
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,840
Speaker 1: this year it was just you and me kind of

992
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: ride or die through this whole thing. I appreciate you,

993
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 1: I love what we're putting together here, and I hope

994
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,359
Speaker 1: we can keep this going for a little while, man,

995
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 1: because I think it's been a good thing. UD like

996
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:17,880
Speaker 1: to see this thing build and grow a little bit

997
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: if we can. Yeah, you're you're gonna make me get

998
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: all emotional on the podcast, Marcus, So thank you. I

999
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: just want to echo your sentiments. Thank you to you

1000
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: and to you know, to hype them, and Justin and

1001
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: the specialists. Those are my people, man. They make it

1002
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,840
Speaker 1: fun to be on the show, fun to come into work.

1003
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:35,840
Speaker 1: And I know I'm kind of the new guy on

1004
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: on this podcast and and all of you guys have

1005
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 1: done everything you could to make me feel very welcomed

1006
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,319
Speaker 1: and and all of that. So I look forward to

1007
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: work every day and it's because of the great people

1008
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: that we get to work with. So just super thankful

1009
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 1: to to everyone who helps put this show together. Absolutely,

1010
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:54,680
Speaker 1: and finally, a big thank you to all of you

1011
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 1: out there who watch our streaming show, who listened to

1012
00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 1: this podcast, who interact with us, who connected with us

1013
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 1: via social media or any other way that you can.

1014
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,760
Speaker 1: We're always grateful for you. I always say this, Um,

1015
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:07,800
Speaker 1: if it weren't for you, we'd just be talking to ourselves,

1016
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: and you know, somebody's not gonna give us money for that,

1017
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: So we're certainly thankful for all of you, for all

1018
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 1: of your support. We wish you, uh you know, nothing

1019
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: but health and happiness in the new year. Uh, and

1020
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 1: we wish you best of luck if you were in

1021
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: your championship. Congratulations in advance of those of you who win.

1022
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: Condolence is in advance for those of you who do not.

1023
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: But in the meantime, for us, that is it. We

1024
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: are done. We appreciate you hanging out with the NFL

1025
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,840
Speaker 1: Fantasy Football show. You know the drill, tell to friends,

1026
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 1: to tell to friends, rate review and remember, if the

1027
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,840
Speaker 1: sky is the limit, then outer space travelers are habitual

1028
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Speaker 1: line steppers. Be safe, take care of yourselves, get vaccinated.

1029
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 1: Best of luck in championship week, and we will see

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Speaker 1: you in two y Coko hand the bat who co

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