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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, presented by Draft Kings. It's me

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Speaker 1: your man, MG, Marcus Grant, masking and socially distancing when

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Speaker 1: and where appropriate. We got a good show for you,

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Speaker 1: as we always do on Fridays, and when we will

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Speaker 1: get into the recap of last night's TNF game between

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Speaker 1: the Bengals and the Browns, look ahead to some of

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Speaker 1: the big questions in week two, plus we'll play a

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Speaker 1: little bit of real or mirage, talk about some of

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Speaker 1: the big performances that happened in week one, whether or

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Speaker 1: not they are important of things to come, or whether

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Speaker 1: or not it was just a flash in the pan

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Speaker 1: where we joined as always on Friday, by our pal

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Speaker 1: Michael f Florio. But before we do all of that,

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Speaker 1: let's talk to our faith for producer, Senior Edward L.

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Speaker 1: Murphy esquire, So, MURF through one weekend, one game, how

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Speaker 1: are your fantasy squads looking? Hey? Last night with the

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon and the way he performed was not great.

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Speaker 1: I did have Odell Beckham, I have a few shares

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Speaker 1: of him in some leagues, but man, oh man, it's

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Speaker 1: like seeing Joe Bernard in there. I think I tweeted

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Speaker 1: something last night. Like every level of football, whether it's

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Speaker 1: pee wee high school to even some college, it's like,

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Speaker 1: if you are the running back who gets the bulk

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Speaker 1: of the yards, they usually reward you with the touchdown

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Speaker 1: once again like the red zone, and it's like the

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Speaker 1: NFL does not care. It's like, oh, cool mixing, you

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Speaker 1: just got eight yards, all right, g Bernard, come in,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna call your number. You're gonna get this touchdown.

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Speaker 1: Like there's just no rewarding the players there. So that's

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Speaker 1: kind of what happened last night at the end of

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Speaker 1: that game, because I was across my fingers for some

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Speaker 1: garbage time there. It's almost like every running back or

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Speaker 1: at least like Joe Mixon is like Wendell Brown from

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Speaker 1: varsity blues. Uh and and Zach Taylor decided to go

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Speaker 1: out and be Bud Kilmer and pull him out to

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Speaker 1: go on, yeah, to let to let you over not

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Speaker 1: get those Yeah, It's it's gotta be frustrating. Um. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how on the whole. You gotta be

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Speaker 1: excited Odell's back, at least for fantasy. Yeah. And I've

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Speaker 1: always been an Odell fan um. I think he was

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Speaker 1: just a guy that need to get the same page

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Speaker 1: with Baker Mayfield. I thought the issues are more of

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Speaker 1: a Baker problem than Odell problem, because everyone knows that

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Speaker 1: he's the guy that's gonna show up and he's gonna

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Speaker 1: work hard and and and finally they're got in the

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Speaker 1: same page. So yeah, drafting him like the third round

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Speaker 1: and uh like he was going usually in the third

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Speaker 1: some production back from him. So if this this problem,

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Speaker 1: the offense is on the same page together, click, and

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Speaker 1: those two running backs and the receivers they have, I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be pretty good. Yeah, no doubt. We

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Speaker 1: will certainly dig into that as well. But that I

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Speaker 1: know a lot of Fantasy managers feel the way you did.

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Speaker 1: Seeing Odell getting me in zone, I think was certainly

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Speaker 1: very exciting for a lot of folks. So hey, let's

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Speaker 1: bringing in our good friend Michael F. Florio. Good to

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Speaker 1: see him on Fridays as always. Florio, how you feeling

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Speaker 1: over there, I'm feeling great. We had a last night's

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Speaker 1: game was surprisingly really good for Fantasy. I was not

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Speaker 1: expecting as many Fantasy points as we got out of it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. I feel like styles make fights, and you

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Speaker 1: have two teams that are fairly evenly matched, so maybe

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Speaker 1: we did. So, yeah, that'll that'll interesting. Well, we'll get

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Speaker 1: into that in just a second, but want to start

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Speaker 1: with a little bit of fantasy news, and we will

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Speaker 1: start with the New York Jetropolitans. Jamison Crowder is out

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Speaker 1: for this week's game against the forty nine ers. Adam

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Speaker 1: Gaze went so far as to say he's been our

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Speaker 1: best player for the last two years. He's probably not wrong,

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Speaker 1: But now that he is out, Levian Bell is on

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Speaker 1: injured reserve, so he's gone for at least the next

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Speaker 1: three weeks. I mean, like, are there any Jets that

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Speaker 1: you would think about playing this week? I think the

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Speaker 1: only one I would consider is Chris Herndon, and that's

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Speaker 1: lot of volume there for him, but I'm staying away

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Speaker 1: averaged the least amount of yards and touchdowns per game.

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Speaker 1: Since I know Adam Gaze is a brilliant offensive mind,

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Speaker 1: or so we've been told, but nothing the Jets offense

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Speaker 1: For me, this week, I'm looking to avoid every single

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Speaker 1: one of the Jets fantasy players. Yeah, I'm sort of

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Speaker 1: terms of scheduling. I'm sort of with you on Chris

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Speaker 1: But but on the whole, uh, it is a hashtag

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Speaker 1: But since we're talking about tight ends in that same game,

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Speaker 1: George Chittle looks like he's going to play everybody around

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Speaker 1: the forty Niners say they fully expect him to play.

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Speaker 1: He's been dealing where they sprained me that he suffered

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Speaker 1: in Week one. Now he came back and played in

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Speaker 1: the second half of that game, but was completely shut

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Speaker 1: out by the Cardinals. I know he's had some time

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Speaker 1: a simple as saying, if George Kittle plays, then you

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Speaker 1: put him in your lineup this week? Yeah. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if that is the correct answer, but that is

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Speaker 1: how the approach that I'm taking this week. Like, I

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Speaker 1: have a few leagues where I have George Kittle and

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Speaker 1: I've gone out and I've picked up a back of

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Speaker 1: Titan Thomas is someone that I really like, is a

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Speaker 1: pivot in case Kittle doesn't suit up. But my approaches, Hey,

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Speaker 1: if Kittle is playing, I'm putting Kittle in my lineup.

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Speaker 1: We've seen him do this before where he won't practice

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Speaker 1: and then he'll end up suiting up and playing. And

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Speaker 1: George Kittle is an absolute beast. It only takes one

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Speaker 1: or two plays for him to put up big fantasy

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Speaker 1: numbers because we know what he can do with the

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Speaker 1: ball in his hands after the catch. So if Kittle

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Speaker 1: I totally agree with that, although I will say the

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Speaker 1: Niners are getting some help back. Brandon au is expected

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Speaker 1: make an impact catching the football in that offense. Jordan

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Speaker 1: see more Jordan Read, but I don't. I don't know

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Speaker 1: we'll see if he's on the field Sunday against the

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Speaker 1: Jets in Baltimore. Greg Roman, the offensive coordinator, says the

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Speaker 1: running back rotation for the Ravens is going to be

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Speaker 1: different every week everywhere in the world. Fantasy football managers

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Speaker 1: just got sick to their stomach because, you know, we

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Speaker 1: we were trying to figure out how this split was

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Speaker 1: gonna go between mark Ingram and j K Dobbins. Last meet,

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Speaker 1: Dobbins sort of wins based on the strength of getting

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Speaker 1: But now with this news, I mean, what do you

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Speaker 1: see as the outcome in this back field? M be

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Speaker 1: was a little hopeful that maybe they would just use

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Speaker 1: those two backs and not use Gus Edwards. But Gus

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Speaker 1: Gus Edwards is going to go away. He's been an

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Speaker 1: effective player in real life for the Ravens whenever they

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Speaker 1: use him. Last week, Mark Ingram led them and carries

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Speaker 1: with ten That is not a high number at all

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Speaker 1: for fantasy. J K. Dobbins will lead them in snaps

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Speaker 1: with that's not a high number, and Dobbin saw both

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Speaker 1: touches inside the five yard line. I think this is

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Speaker 1: especially if it's a guessing game each week, Like what

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Speaker 1: if one week Dobbins leads and touches and then the

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Speaker 1: next it's Ingram. It's just gonna be a headache. And

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Speaker 1: for me, I have then ranked as more as flex

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Speaker 1: options than r B TWOSA this week. They're both outside

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Speaker 1: They're they're just flex options for me right now. Well,

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Speaker 1: and you know, you mentioned obviously Ingram and Dobbins and Edwards,

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Speaker 1: was hoping that there was still something there for mark Ingram.

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Speaker 1: I think he's still a talented player. I still think

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Speaker 1: he has something left. I thought that maybe Dobbins would

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Speaker 1: be a year away from a big workload in this offense,

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Speaker 1: but it appears that maybe his time is I won't

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Speaker 1: I originally had attended. And and you're right, if if

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Speaker 1: you almost have to sort of back away. You flex

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Speaker 1: we can get some sort of clarity as to how

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Speaker 1: they're going to use things. And look, I say this

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Speaker 1: all the time. Situations like this are great for real

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Speaker 1: football because it makes you hard to defend. They are

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Speaker 1: more for fantasy football because we just want clarity. And

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Speaker 1: get any from the Ravens and their backfield. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: backfield in the same division, James Conner was dealing with

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Speaker 1: an ankle injury. It looks like he may play. He

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Speaker 1: out of Pittsburgh from Ed Bouchett, who was a long

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Speaker 1: time Steelers beat writers, suggest that Benny Snell Jr. Could

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Speaker 1: get a bigger role in that Steelers backfield even if

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Speaker 1: Connor is healthy and when he is ready to go. So, now,

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Speaker 1: what do you see as James Connor's fantasy value if

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Speaker 1: this turns into more of a rotation situation. To me,

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Speaker 1: this is a very similar backfield to the Ravens, right,

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Speaker 1: Like you could have two, maybe even three backs involved

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Speaker 1: because Jayleen Samuel's was still used a little bit in

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Speaker 1: the passing game in Week one, Benny Snow looked good.

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Speaker 1: Benny Snow earned his run in this offense. I think

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Speaker 1: with his Week one performance rushing for over a hundred yards,

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Speaker 1: and my take on Connor heading into the season was,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how long he's gonna stay healthy. Turned

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Speaker 1: out it was just one week. But I thought as

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Speaker 1: long as he stayed healthy, he would see the bulk

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Speaker 1: of their work, he'd be a bell cow back and

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Speaker 1: he would be a value in fantasy. But now that

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Speaker 1: doesn't look to be the case. And I think a

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Speaker 1: something I'd be very fearful of if I have Connor

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Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt still does have more Fantasy points. Like Kareem

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Speaker 1: hearing here is Joe Mixing. Uh, he just did not

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Speaker 1: team league, and I've been searching for the whole year.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to pick him up there. But I think

430
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Speaker 1: even in like in more than like a twelve team league,

431
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Speaker 1: he can be on that like low end tight end,

432
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Speaker 1: one high end tight end to range in a ten

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Speaker 1: team league. I don't think I'm ready to go and

434
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Speaker 1: and grab him yet. But everything he said it's true,

435
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Speaker 1: like Burrow has been throwing to the tight ends a lot.

436
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Speaker 1: I do think last night, though, might have been a

437
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Speaker 1: little matchup dependent, because throwing to the tight end was

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Speaker 1: clearly in their game plan. They targeted Sample nine times.

439
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Speaker 1: Who's almost six times, And we saw the week before

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Speaker 1: that what Mark Andrews did catching the two touchdowns against

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Speaker 1: the Browns. You may be able to pick on the

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Speaker 1: Browns with tight ends this year going forward, but I

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Speaker 1: do think in twelve team leagues are deeper that he

444
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Speaker 1: is very much a name that you're gonna look at

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Speaker 1: on the waiver wire this week if you're in need

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Speaker 1: of a tight end, especially because I've heard you talk

447
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Speaker 1: about it before. Markets Like we always think tight end

448
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,480
Speaker 1: is so deep, but by like next two, three, four,

449
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Speaker 1: we're suddenly sitting there like, wow, I need to pick

450
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Speaker 1: up and start juice Sample. I mean, look at this.

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Speaker 1: Just in our early segment alone, we've talked about George

452
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Speaker 1: Kittle being hurt, we talked about Chris Herndon being maybe

453
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Speaker 1: a start if you're struggling, and now we're talking about

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Speaker 1: picking up Drew Sample. I mean, this is this is

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Speaker 1: where we are and we haven't even gotten to the

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Speaker 1: second Sunday of the season. At the tight end position.

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Speaker 1: A couple other things that I took away from last night.

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Speaker 1: One looks like you can start running backs against the Bengals.

459
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Speaker 1: I know that they have a couple of injuries along

460
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Speaker 1: the front line. Gino Atkins isn't there, My Daniels isn't there,

461
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Speaker 1: So maybe that changes a little bit when those guys

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Speaker 1: get back at healthy end. As you mentioned, starting tight

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Speaker 1: ends against the Browns through two weeks seems to be

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Speaker 1: a pretty good deal. So that's just something to keep

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Speaker 1: an eyes which you mentioned Logan Thomas earlier. They got

466
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Speaker 1: Washington next week, so maybe Logan Thomas ends up as

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Speaker 1: kind of a sleeper tight end pick when when when

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Speaker 1: the ft takes on the Browns in Week three, So

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Speaker 1: we'll keep an eye on that certainly. In the meantime,

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Speaker 1: look at some of the big questions facing fantasy folks

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Speaker 1: in Week two. We will start down in Tampa Bay,

478
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Speaker 1: where the wide receiver situation is sort of influx. There

479
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: was some good news though for the Bucks. Chris Godwin

480
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,320
Speaker 1: was back on the field. He was in concussion protocol

481
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Speaker 1: earlier in the week, so it looks like there's a

482
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Speaker 1: chance he can play this week against the Carolina Panthers.

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Speaker 1: But look, Mike Evans was banged up. Last week. We

484
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Speaker 1: saw Scottie Miller get a whole lot of touches. There

485
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Speaker 1: was talk that if Godwin doesn't play that maybe we

486
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Speaker 1: see some Justin Watson on the field for Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: How are you approaching the Buccaneers pass catchers this week?

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Speaker 1: I had Mike Evans outside of my top ten. When

489
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Speaker 1: I thought that Chris Godwin was gonna be playing. That

490
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Speaker 1: will be changing. Like now that Godwin is doubtful, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna be bumping up Mike Evans a lot. And then

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Speaker 1: I think Scotty Miller is the other name you take

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Speaker 1: interest to. There. We know Chris Godwin, he works a

494
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Speaker 1: lot out of the slot. Within missing there, we did

495
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Speaker 1: see like Evans actually run the second most routes for

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Speaker 1: the Bucks out of the slot in week one. I

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Speaker 1: think he'll still see a good amount of work there.

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Speaker 1: But someone's gonna have to step up and take those

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Speaker 1: Chris Godwin routes. I think it's going to be Scotty Miller.

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Speaker 1: And I think Scotty Miller is a sneaky name that

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Speaker 1: you could pick up and actually start this week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know. It's It's interesting because I think Miller is

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Speaker 1: a guy that I targeted off the waiver wire in

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Speaker 1: a couple of leagues, just because you saw the targets right,

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Speaker 1: and it seems like he and Brady have a connection,

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Speaker 1: at least through one game. It's something that to keep

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Speaker 1: in mind. And I do think that if if Godwin

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Speaker 1: does not play, you see Miller move inside to the

509
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Speaker 1: slot as you mentioned, to take those routes, Watson ends

510
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Speaker 1: up being the other guy on the outside. And we

511
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Speaker 1: know of it. Brady loves his his slot guys. I mean,

512
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Speaker 1: we saw that with Wilker and Edelman for so many years.

513
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Speaker 1: We saw it with Godwin a little bit last week.

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Speaker 1: And you just add the fact that he seems to

515
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Speaker 1: like Scotty Miller with movie Miller to the slot. That

516
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Speaker 1: seems really bode well for what his targets could be.

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Speaker 1: On top of it, it's just such a good matchup.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we we saw the Raiders passing game have

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Speaker 1: some success against the Panthers in Week one. I gotta

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Speaker 1: think that, uh, the Bucks could do the same against

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Speaker 1: this team in Week two. So that's something just to

522
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Speaker 1: kind of keep an eye on. Speaking of quarterbacks, the

523
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Speaker 1: Rams and the Eagles face off against each other. Neither

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Speaker 1: Jared Goff nor Carson Wentz had great fantasy weeks in

525
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Speaker 1: week one, So who do you think is more likely

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Speaker 1: to rebound? Will it be Jared Goff or will it

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Speaker 1: be Carson Wentz. It's Jared Goff for me. I mean

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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Everyone around him it feels like is dealing

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Speaker 1: with some sort of injury. I know they're hoping that

530
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Speaker 1: they're gonna get their pieces back from the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: They're hoping that Miles Sanders is gonna be good to

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Speaker 1: go this week, but that's just a lot of injuries

533
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Speaker 1: around him, and he was secked eight times in Week one.

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Speaker 1: It's hard to throw the football successfully when you're getting

535
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Speaker 1: pressured that much, getting taken down that often, and I

536
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Speaker 1: think the Rams secondary scared is me a little bit

537
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Speaker 1: more than the Eagles. I think this is a perfect

538
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Speaker 1: bounce back game for Jared Goff and Robert Woods and

539
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Speaker 1: Cooper Cup to just all go off and take advantage

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Speaker 1: of that Eagle secondary. I one agree with you. I

541
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Speaker 1: think this is the Jared Goff bounce back game. And

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Speaker 1: I liked Carson Wentz coming into the season, but what

543
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Speaker 1: I saw from them on Sunday gave me a lot

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Speaker 1: of reason to be concerned all the reasons you laid out.

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Speaker 1: The offensive line looks like it has some issues. The

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Speaker 1: pass catchers seem to be struggling to stay healthy. Miles

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Speaker 1: Sanders was missing last week. I think for the Rams

548
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Speaker 1: last week we saw a lot of the run game

549
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Speaker 1: because that's just sort of the way the game plan

550
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,120
Speaker 1: worked out, and especially because Malcolm Brown was running so well.

551
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh was smart enough to say, hey, look, you

552
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 1: know what, let's just keep writing this and they didn't

553
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,399
Speaker 1: need golf to go out and necessarily have a huge game.

554
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Speaker 1: I think this week they will put the ball in

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Speaker 1: Goff's hands more. I think they'll start getting a lot

556
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Speaker 1: of those people involved, and as you mentioned, I think

557
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Speaker 1: the wide receivers have some big days. So for everyone

558
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Speaker 1: who has Cooper Cup and it's a little bit nervous

559
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Speaker 1: about what Cooper Cup did last week, I think this

560
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Speaker 1: will be a week that you can exhale because I

561
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: think he's going to get his I think the Rams

562
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: passing game is gonna get going. And you know this,

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Speaker 1: this has the potential to be maybe a higher scoring

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Speaker 1: game because I do think the Eagles are gonna have

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Speaker 1: to throw the football to try to stay in it.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we see a full complement of Miles Sanders too,

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Speaker 1: because that will I think help Carson Wentz and will

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Speaker 1: help the Eagles move the football. There. Next question, since

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Speaker 1: we're talking about the Eagles and we talked about what

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Speaker 1: happened with him last week against the Washington football team

571
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Speaker 1: and and that defense, how much attention should we be

572
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Speaker 1: paying to the w F T D S T in

573
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Speaker 1: Week two. I like the run their w F T

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Speaker 1: D S T. I think we should be paying attention

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Speaker 1: to them. Eight. Like I said, Carson Wentz was sacked

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Speaker 1: eight times. It was a Washington who did that. Their

577
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Speaker 1: front four is legit there they can get after the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna change this week because I

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Speaker 1: love Cayler Mury. I love the Cardinals you know offense,

580
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: but he was set fifty times last year, So I

581
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: do think they'll be able to get to Kyler Murray

582
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: And in my opinion, sacks are the easiest way to

583
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,360
Speaker 1: rack up points because you can't really rely on interceptions

584
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: and fumble recoveries as much in my opinion, as you

585
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 1: can on the sacks. So I think that they are

586
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: in play this week, and I've actually picked them up

587
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Speaker 1: in a couple of leagues where I missed out on

588
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: the Rams defense, I've went and picked up them as

589
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,919
Speaker 1: my fallback option. Yeah, I I'm sort of got Kyler

590
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: Murray on. Might be weareless this week just because I'm

591
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 1: wondering how that defense is going to get after them.

592
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: I do think they are a nice pick up in

593
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,160
Speaker 1: a lot of leagues, and I do think if they

594
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 1: have a good week this week, you're gonna see them

595
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: picked up and stashed in a ton of fantasy leagues

596
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: all across the game. The other part of this, though,

597
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 1: is for years, we always are looking for defenses to

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Speaker 1: pick on where we can start all of our guys

599
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: and Washington had been one of those defenses that we

600
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Speaker 1: sort of pick on, like, hey, you know they're playing

601
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Speaker 1: Washington this week. You know, get your get your your

602
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Speaker 1: fantasy guys in there. I'm wondering if me be that

603
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 1: starts to go away this year, If this defense is

604
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,719
Speaker 1: as good as it looked in Week one, if they

605
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: can sort of keep this up all throughout the year,

606
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: it maybe a situation where you you think twice before

607
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Speaker 1: automatically just plugging your guys in against Washington, especially your quarterbacks,

608
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Speaker 1: if you know they're going to be under durest for

609
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: the course of four quarters. Uh. You know, hey, Florial,

610
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: maybe maybe Washington's not that fantasy push over. We we

611
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 1: might have to look somewhere else this year. Huh. I

612
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 1: I agree. I think there's defense we've seen in years past.

613
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Speaker 1: How like you can add a you know, a top

614
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: defensive player in the NFL draft and it can really

615
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: start to change your defense. And they've done, They've already

616
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Speaker 1: added a bunch of first round picks to that d line.

617
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Speaker 1: But then you bring in Chase Young. I think that

618
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: was the final piece they needed. And like you said, Marcus,

619
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: it happens every year where there's suddenly defenses that are

620
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: a lot better and you can't just attack them in fantasy.

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Speaker 1: I think that's what the first couple of weeks of

622
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Speaker 1: the fantasy season is for, like figuring out which defenses

623
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 1: we can pick gone and which we no longer can.

624
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: Another one that I used to love to pick on,

625
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: especially with receivers, was the Bucks. But there's certainly a

626
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: lot less fun to pick on. So these first early

627
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: couple of weeks I think really help us figure out

628
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: which of those defenses we can just be like, hey,

629
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Speaker 1: start everyone against them, and which we can't do that

630
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: too anymore. Yeah, the Bucks, and you you mentioned I

631
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 1: do agree with that one as well. I felt like

632
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: the Bucks problem last year was that they just got

633
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: put in bad situations because their quarterback kept turning the

634
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Speaker 1: football over that that sort of happened last week. But

635
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Speaker 1: I think in the long term, I think Brady will

636
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: sort of right himself and that will help that Bucks

637
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 1: defense out a ton. You don't think Brady is gonna

638
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: throw thirty picks, I'm gonna I'm gonna go out on

639
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: a limb and say, I don't think Tom Brady is

640
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: gonna throw thirty picks this year. Just call me crazy,

641
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna happen. Speaking of quarterbacks, and

642
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,479
Speaker 1: very interesting quarterback matchup this week, the Ravens and the

643
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Speaker 1: Texans play. It's Lamar Jackson against Deshaun Watson, two of

644
00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 1: the marquee young quarterbacks in the National Football League. I

645
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: think everybody is gonna be interested in watching this game.

646
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: For you, which quarterback has the bigger day? Is that

647
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 1: Lamar or is it the Sean? This is a really

648
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: easy one for me, it's Lamar Jackson. Like Lamar can

649
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 1: have a huge Fantasy day with just a couple of

650
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: runs on his own and then the Texans defense does

651
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: not scare me nearly as much as the Ravens. The

652
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: Ravens since twenty nineteen, the only team that has allowed

653
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,280
Speaker 1: less fantasy points two quarterbacks has been the Patriots and

654
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: the Texans. Just I know it was a hard matchup

655
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 1: in Week one, but they just didn't look completely in sync.

656
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: They had a lot of drops, there was a lot

657
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: of miscommunications. So for for me that I have Watson,

658
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: actually he's still a QB one for me in twelve

659
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: team leaks, but in ten team leakus, I think you

660
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 1: may be able to get away from him at times.

661
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: Just I'm really scared by this defensive matchup. But now watch,

662
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 1: He's gonna go out and put up thirty points. I mean,

663
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: I still like the Shawn watch. I like Lamar Jackson. Better,

664
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: let me just get that out of the way. I

665
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 1: think he has the bigger week because I just think

666
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 1: the game script will be more conducive to him of

667
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: going out and doing his thing. But I do see

668
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: a situation where Watson ends up kind of salvaging a

669
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: decent fantasy day, just because I think that the Texans

670
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: may be forced to play catchup and they may be

671
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: forced to throw the football, uh, and that you will

672
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 1: see sort of Watson be able to pick up some

673
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: some second half points that way. The one thing that

674
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: does concern me is we saw last week against the

675
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: Chiefs that Deshaun Watson had to kind of run for

676
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: his life. He had to scramble a few times, especially

677
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: in the second half. The Chiefs got in his face

678
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,200
Speaker 1: and made him really uncomfortable. If Kansas City can do that,

679
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: Baltimore can certainly do that. So that's a little bit

680
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: of a concern. Maybe the upside of that is that

681
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: he gets you some rushing yards and maybe he gets

682
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: you another rushing touchdown like you see right there. But

683
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: I'm sort of with you, though, Florio. I do think

684
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: that it's going to be more of a Lamar Jackson

685
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: day than a Deshaun Watson day. Um just quick side note,

686
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: I mean, how how are we feeling about the the

687
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: Houston pass catchers, will Fuller, Brandon Cooks, et cetera against

688
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: that raven secon there that that shut down the Browns.

689
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: I'm trusting will Fuller, like I had a lot of

690
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: will Fuller in my leagues this year, and I'm starting him.

691
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: I what we saw in Week one, the Chiefs are

692
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: a very very tough matchup, especially for wide receivers, and

693
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: will Fuller still put up numbers. He's still got a

694
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: ton of volume. He led them in every single category

695
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: basically you can imagine. So I'm trusting him. I'm avoiding

696
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 1: cook Cooks, I'm avoiding Cob I'm not trusting anyone outside

697
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: of will Fuller against the Ravens. I've got a league

698
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: where I'm putting Brandon Cooks in. I'm not thrilled about it,

699
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 1: but he's sort of the best option that I have

700
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,239
Speaker 1: at the moment. Uh So, I'm gonna go with that

701
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: and hope that maybe he could pop one or two

702
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: big plays and make me feel better about that. But yeah,

703
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: I think beyond will Fuller, it's hard for me to

704
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,479
Speaker 1: trust any any of those Texans pass catchers. Um speaking

705
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 1: of past catchers, Michael Thomas we know is going to

706
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 1: be out for the next several weeks as he deals

707
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 1: with a high ankle sprain. The Saints have a very

708
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: good matchup on paper against the Law Vegas das first

709
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 1: game ever in Las Vegas in NFL history. So which

710
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: pass catchers do you think benefit the most from Michael

711
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: Thomas not being there? I think it is Jared Cook,

712
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: believe it or not, Like he had seven targets last week,

713
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: but he also had nearly fifty percent of the Saints

714
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: air yards. And I was shocked when I saw that

715
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: number because I's like Jared Cook, really but if he's

716
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: gonna see usage like that, I think that he is

717
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: an obvious, like tight end one that you need to play.

718
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: But I also think there's going to be like a

719
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,239
Speaker 1: boost for everyone kind of around there because we know

720
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: the volume that Michael Thomas sees each and every week.

721
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,200
Speaker 1: So I think it's kind of a all hands on

722
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 1: deck scenario, like trying to replace him. You know, you

723
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: gotta start Camara. But it was great seeing him used

724
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: like he was in the passing game last week. Emmanuel

725
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: Sanders called a touchdown. I think that he is in

726
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: play this week. And I even think tray Coon Smith

727
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: can be a sleeper. So while I think Jared Cook

728
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: is the biggest benefactor, I think it just it helps

729
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 1: everyone in that offense. Yeah, obviously, right, Uh, Jerry Cook

730
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: obviously had the big game as you mentioned last week,

731
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: the nice game as you mentioned last week. It's also

732
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: a revenge game for him going against the Raiders, for

733
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: whatever that does for you. I like Emmanuel Sanders, uh

734
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: last week. If you go back and look, he didn't

735
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: play a ton of snaps, but he played a lot

736
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,439
Speaker 1: of key snaps. The fact that he had four red

737
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: zone targets last week that was the most of anybody

738
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: in the NFL in Week one. It means, like I said,

739
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 1: he wasn't on the field a lot, but he was

740
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: on the field when the Saints were in scoring position. Obviously,

741
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 1: with no Michael Thomas, I think those snap numbers go up.

742
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: I think the target numbers go up. But especially if

743
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: they are going to look for him down near the

744
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: goal line, that that means he's got a chance to

745
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: put up some decent fantasy numbers this week. So I

746
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,839
Speaker 1: do think that he's a nice flex play in a

747
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: lot of situations. I think he's been a popular add

748
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:53,319
Speaker 1: off the waiver wire, understandably because Michael Thomas isn't there.

749
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: We wait to see how long it's going to be

750
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: until MT returns, because that is certainly going to impact

751
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: how the rest of the Saints offense goes until he's

752
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: back on the field. It's time for Best Value presented

753
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: by Draft Kings. We go through our favorite values of

754
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: the week in Daily Fantasy. So I'm getta started with

755
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. You're looking at the land down in Tennessee. Huh. Yeah.

756
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 1: He's made eleven starts with the Tennessee Titans coming into

757
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: this week, but he's top nineteen fantasy points in eight

758
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: of those. It's a good matchup against the Jaguars, where

759
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: he actually has reached his highest point total in any

760
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: of those starts as a member of the Titans. My

761
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,399
Speaker 1: only concern with him is the Jacks can get ran

762
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 1: all over and Derrick Henry's the guest pure runner in football.

763
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: So I have a little bit of concern that this

764
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: could be a more of a safe floor rather than

765
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: that high ceiling game for Ryan Tannehill. But I do

766
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: think that high ceiling is in play here, and for

767
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 1: his costs and you can get around nineteen fantasy points,

768
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: I think he's a great value. Well, I'm gonna go

769
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: with Jared Goff, and we talked about it in the

770
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 1: last segment that game against the Eagles that it just

771
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: seems set up for the Rams to throw the football more.

772
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: It seems set up for Golf to kind of get

773
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: on track. I mean, he didn't have a touchdown pass

774
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: last week. I'd like to think he wants to get

775
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: on the board. Sean McVeigh wants to get him on

776
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: the board, and so I think it's gonna work out

777
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: well for Robert Woods, Cooper Cup, all those guys, Tyler Higbee.

778
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: Even this feels like a big Jared Golf game coming.

779
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take him as my quarterback value. All

780
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 1: right over to the running backs. Jonathan Taylor has been

781
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: the hot name in fantasy circles now that it looks

782
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: like his opportunities are going to increase. Uh I gets

783
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: up being surprisingly a good value this week. Yeah, I

784
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: don't think his Draft Kings prices caught up yet to

785
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: the volume that we're all expecting him to see. Remember,

786
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: coming into the year, a lot myself and a lot

787
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: of others were saying, like, Jonathan Taylor his league winning

788
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: upside if he can just shed Marlon Mack. Did not

789
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: think Marlon Mack was gonna get hurt in Week one

790
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: and starting in week two, Jonathan Taylor was gonna be

791
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: their starter. But here we are, and I know that

792
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: he Hines had the two touched ends last week. Maybe

793
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: it's a mistake on my part, but I'm still expecting

794
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor to become that goal line runner for the Colts.

795
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: And the one knock on him was this guy cannot

796
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: catch passes. Right, he was their leading receiver in Week one.

797
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,240
Speaker 1: I think that you are it's okay to get Jonathan

798
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: Taylor in your lineup, and I think he is an

799
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,280
Speaker 1: absolute smash at Draft Kings. Yeah, I mean Jonathan Taylor

800
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: catching the ball the way he did, I think that

801
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: that knocked down a whole lot of myths about him

802
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: and certainly made him a little bit more exciting. I'm

803
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,319
Speaker 1: gonna go with David Johnson on my side, and I

804
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: know we expressed concern about the Texans offense and what

805
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: it means. I think Johnson, though, still has a bit

806
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: of a stable floor this week, especially without not looking

807
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: like Duke Johnson is going to be available. That means

808
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: that David Johnson's gonna get pretty much all of those

809
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,240
Speaker 1: backfield opportunities, and I think he's gonna be fairly game

810
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: script independent. I don't think he's gonna be affected by

811
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 1: it because they can throw him the football a lot.

812
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: We saw that in Week one, So I still think

813
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna get on the field. He's gonna get a

814
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 1: ton of opportunities. And I think if you're the Texans,

815
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: maybe the best way to try to keep some of

816
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: that pressure off the Shawn Watson is just having at

817
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: pass catching running back as an outlet to kind of

818
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: keep those rushers a little bit slowed down and give

819
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: Watson sometimes look downfield a little bit later in the game. Alright,

820
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: So the wide receivers, I I t tease the Anniston

821
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,720
Speaker 1: Sudeka's comments, Uh, we're the Millers. We're going two different Millers,

822
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: but you've got one Miller on your side. Yeah, Marcus,

823
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 1: when you made that joke, it went over my head initially,

824
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: but then I saw that we both have a Miller

825
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 1: and I got and I was like, all right, oh,

826
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,360
Speaker 1: but I like Anthony Miller a lot this week. Six targets.

827
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 1: In Week one, he was the Bears leading receiver. He

828
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: had an amazing touchdown catch that I don't know how

829
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 1: he was able to catch that ball and stay in

830
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,959
Speaker 1: bounced for the score, but he was. And then he's

831
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,839
Speaker 1: an even better matchup this week against the Giants. They've

832
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: allowed the fourth most fantasy points two receivers since twenty nineteen,

833
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: and we saw what these Steelers were able to do

834
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: against that secondary last week. Big been throwing for three touchdowns,

835
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: ju Ju funding the ends on twice that James Washington

836
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: finding it. I think Anthony Miller out of the slot

837
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: for the Bears this week is going to have a

838
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 1: nice safe floor with the catches in the yardage, and

839
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 1: I would not be surprised if he scores for a

840
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: second street week. Absolutely love Anthony Miller this week as

841
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: a as a nice flex play. I'm gonna go Scotty Miller.

842
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: And we talked about the Buccaneers and their wide receivers.

843
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: And I think, regardless of what happens with Chris Godwin

844
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: this week, I like Scotty Miller as a value play. Uh.

845
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's a pretty nice number considering how

846
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: much Tom Brady targeted him in Week one and what

847
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 1: he could potentially do in this offense. The matchup is

848
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: fantastic against the Carolina Panthers. If Miller is outside, I

849
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,320
Speaker 1: think it's one thing. If he's somehow moves into the slot,

850
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: I think his production gets even better throwing catching passes

851
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: from Tom Brady. But with what especially if you're going

852
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: to go big and other positions in your draft kings lineup,

853
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: the chance to get Scotty Miller in there at a

854
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 1: discount price is a pretty nice option over to the

855
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 1: tight end. We keep coming back to the Los Angeles Rams,

856
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 1: and I know how much you love Tyler Higbee, so

857
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: this this does seem like a good opportunity to slide

858
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 1: him in. Yeah. I don't think Higbee Week one is

859
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: indicative of who Higbee is. I know that he did

860
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: not have a big Fantasy day at all, but that

861
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: was a surprisingly pretty low scoring game, and and the

862
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: Rams offense. I don't think really got clicking against the

863
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: Cowboys defense. I'm not nearly as fearful against the Eagles defense,

864
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 1: especially because I don't think the Rams are gonna be

865
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: able to run all over them. The Eagles their their

866
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: front defense is really really strong, but their secondary is

867
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: how at least in years past, you've been able to

868
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: pick on this defense. So I think it is a

869
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: good day for Jared gofflick me said earlier, and I

870
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 1: think it's a good day for his past catchers too.

871
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: I think Tyler Higbee gets in on the fund this week,

872
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 1: and with his price being reduced to what it is,

873
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: I I think I would be using Higbee in a

874
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,760
Speaker 1: lot of my DK lineups. I would know Jared Cook

875
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,240
Speaker 1: and the price may be a little bit more elevated

876
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: at fifty this week. I just think because of what

877
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 1: we talked about earlier, UH and how the Saints maybe

878
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: using him with no Michael Thomas in the lineup, I

879
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: think it's it's sort of worth it to maybe spend

880
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: a little extra on that part of your lineup. Get

881
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: Jered Cook in there and understand that there are going

882
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: to be UH, They're gonna be opportunities there. In fact,

883
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: we are pounding the table for Jerry Cook. That is

884
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 1: how much we like him this week. So I do

885
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: think that there's there. Look, if there's a spot that

886
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: maybe you don't necessarily go, you know, supervalue, I think

887
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 1: it's at the tight end position because Jered Cook is

888
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 1: is going to be there. Uh. Finally, we look defensively,

889
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: and we were of the same mind on this one.

890
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 1: We keep coming back to the same game. But the

891
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,360
Speaker 1: Rams just it just feels like the best opportunity, especially

892
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: for what the value is this week. Yeah, We've mentioned

893
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: it many times. Carson Wentz was sacked eight times in

894
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: week one. Aaron Donald and those boys I think are

895
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 1: gonna be getting after him again this week. Right now,

896
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: it feels weird to say when I'm picking on the

897
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: Eagles office, right, Yeah, I didn't think we would be here,

898
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: especially not in week two, But here we are. We

899
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: are picking on the Eagles because hey, look, as you mentioned,

900
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: if Washington can get eight sacks, you gotta believe that

901
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald those guys can get a pretty good number

902
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 1: as well. So I'm gonna I'm gonna do the same thing.

903
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the Rams for the week. Seems

904
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: like a pretty good option, so that's what we're gonna do.

905
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 1: It is time for a segment we debuted last week

906
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,320
Speaker 1: called Ask a Nerd. It went so well we decided

907
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 1: to bring it on back. We are asking our resident

908
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:31,799
Speaker 1: nerd researcher Matt Okada about rookie running backs. Clyde Edward

909
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 1: Hilaire obviously made a big splash in Week one, but

910
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: a lot of his rookie cohorts played pretty well that

911
00:42:37,080 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 1: first week of this season, so we wanted to know

912
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: what does that mean historically, at least over the last

913
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 1: five years for rookie running backs when it comes to

914
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: their fantasy finishes. So that's so I'll go on and

915
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 1: ask our resident Nerd. Thanks again, Marcus. With the potential

916
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: rise of Clyde Edwards Laire and Jonathan Taylor as fantasy

917
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 1: stars of this season, let's take a look at the

918
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 1: best fantasy finishes by rookie running backs over the last

919
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: five years. Coming in at number five is former Jaguars

920
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,479
Speaker 1: rookie Leonard four Nett, who scored two hundred thirty point

921
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 1: two Fantasy points and finishes the RB nine and seventeen. Incredibly,

922
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,760
Speaker 1: four Net did all that in only thirteen games fused

923
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: of any back on our list, and number four we

924
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 1: have surprise rookies sensation Kareem Hunt, who rapped up two

925
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:24,080
Speaker 1: nine point to Fantasy points in seventeen and finished as

926
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 1: a number four running back that season as well the

927
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: five players on our list, Hunt was drafted the latest,

928
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 1: as he was selected in the third round eighty six

929
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: overall by the Chiefs at number three. Sits Alvin Camara,

930
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,359
Speaker 1: the first running back on our list to break three

931
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,920
Speaker 1: hundred Fantasy points, as he told three point four in

932
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 1: seventeen to finishes the RB three. Like Hunt, Camara was

933
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: the third round pick in twenty seventeen, rounding out an

934
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:52,319
Speaker 1: incredible draft class that also included Christian McCaffrey, Dalvin Cook,

935
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,720
Speaker 1: and Joe Mixon. The number two spot goes to Cowboys

936
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,799
Speaker 1: star Ezekiel Elliott, who scored three D twenty five point

937
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: four Fantasy points seen rookie campaign. Eliot's fifteen rushing touchdowns

938
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:06,399
Speaker 1: in his debut season are tied for the second most

939
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 1: in NFL history by a rookie, behind only Eric Dickerson.

940
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: And finally hurdling his way to number one on our

941
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: list is se Kwan Barkley, But Barkley point Fantasy points

942
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: for the Giants in ten aren't just the most on

943
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,399
Speaker 1: our list, they're the most by any rookie at any

944
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 1: position ever. Thanks once again for asking a nerd and

945
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: may the fantasy points be with you. Thank you, Matt

946
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: appreciate it. There. Okay, So now that he's put that

947
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: out there, I mean Clyde Edwards Hilaire obviously the big

948
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: week last week, he's on pace to score over three

949
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 1: hundred Fantasy points. Uh, do you think he gets there?

950
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: And are there other guys you think in this class

951
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: that could maybe get to that three hundred point mark.

952
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 1: I do think he gets there. I had him as

953
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 1: a top six running back hitting into the to the

954
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,280
Speaker 1: season and Marcus we spoke about it last week how

955
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: that might have been too low. He got twenty five carries,

956
00:44:57,239 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: six inside the five and week one I think he

957
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 1: breaks at three hundred point mark. The only other rookie

958
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: running back I can see doing it is Jonathan Taylor,

959
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:07,120
Speaker 1: and I think he actually has a road to that

960
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:10,240
Speaker 1: now that Marlon mac got hurt and he's just getting

961
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,719
Speaker 1: the what I expect him to get the bulk of

962
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: the groundwork, and we already saw him use a lot

963
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,880
Speaker 1: in the passing games, so I think Jonathan Taylor ken

964
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,839
Speaker 1: push for that number as well. Outside of that, I'm

965
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: not sure any other rookie running back can this season. Yeah,

966
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: I would agree with that. I think Taylor. I think

967
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,320
Speaker 1: Taylor is the only other one I know. DeAndre Swift

968
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: was one of those guys in the actual draft that

969
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: we thought, you know, was gonna be one of the

970
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: top running backs off the board, But he's in a

971
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 1: situation where I just I don't think the offense in

972
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,799
Speaker 1: Detroit lends itself to him getting there. So I think

973
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: you're right, it's it's Edwards Hilaire. It's Taylor that sort

974
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,879
Speaker 1: of get there. Some other names though that that were

975
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,240
Speaker 1: very surprising in Week one in terms of their production

976
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,720
Speaker 1: and their usage. So of J K. Dobbins, Zack Moss,

977
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: and James Robinson, which one of those three do you

978
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,720
Speaker 1: think will remain relevant the longest over the fantasy season.

979
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,440
Speaker 1: I think in twenty it's going to be Zack Loss.

980
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 1: He split had an even split and carries with Devin Singletary.

981
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,359
Speaker 1: Singletary was used more in the passing game than Moss,

982
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: but Moss was also still utilized their a good amount,

983
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,480
Speaker 1: and just like we saw him last year, the Bills

984
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: don't trust Devin Singletary near the goal on and when

985
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: they got near inside the ten, it was Zack Moss

986
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 1: on the field, not Devin Singletary. So I think he

987
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: will be relevant the longest this season. But I think

988
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: in one on it's J K. Dobbins, no question. Yeah,

989
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,920
Speaker 1: I think Dobbins is hurt by what we talked about earlier,

990
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: the fact that the Ravens running back situation could end

991
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: up being a mess if they sort of go with

992
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 1: a true muddled committee situation there. And I think for

993
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:40,880
Speaker 1: Robinson at a situation where I just don't know that

994
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: the Jaguars are going to have enough volume in their

995
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: run game, expect they're going to be playing from behind

996
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: a lot and that could that could potentially impact his

997
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: ability to get the football in the second half of

998
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 1: a lot of games if they have to throw the

999
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 1: football and into becoming a gardener midshoot thing. So alright,

1000
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: that leads us to Best of the Pack presented by

1001
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 1: Panini Training Car. We got three cards out of the pack,

1002
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,680
Speaker 1: have some big name players and we're wondering what's going

1003
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:06,319
Speaker 1: to happen to them in week two, so we will

1004
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: started running back with girlyer that right there. Fadd Gurley

1005
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,800
Speaker 1: and the alt of Falcons take it on the Dallas

1006
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 1: Cowboys this week. When you look at this, how dependent

1007
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 1: do you think Girle is going to be on game

1008
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 1: script in order to be productive. I think it's gonna

1009
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: be pretty dependent. I will say, you get five targets

1010
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:27,839
Speaker 1: in week one, so you love to see that kind

1011
00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: of past game usage. But even with the volume he saw,

1012
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: he didn't do a whole lot with it. And he

1013
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 1: doesn't really look like the Todd Gurley from two years ago.

1014
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,399
Speaker 1: He looks more like the Todd Gurley from last year.

1015
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 1: So I have really big concerns about the knee and

1016
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:44,399
Speaker 1: and just how he's going to be able to play

1017
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: if that knee is not what it was a couple

1018
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: of years ago. So Gurley, if you have him, I

1019
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 1: think you still have to start him, but I do

1020
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:53,240
Speaker 1: not feel good about him going forward. Yeah, the targets

1021
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:55,319
Speaker 1: were encouraging, the fact that they still use him near

1022
00:47:55,360 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: the goal line is sort of encouraging. And I'm holding

1023
00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 1: on to the fact that the Falcons are going to

1024
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: play in a lot of high scoring games. You just

1025
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 1: hope they don't get blown out in the first half,

1026
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 1: and then that change is what they do, because then

1027
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Girley might not be as involved

1028
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: in the second half of games when you need him

1029
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: to kind of get you those fantasy points. All right,

1030
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: Number two, DeAndre Hopkins, I mean we don't have to

1031
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: really worry about him being game script dependent. Sixteen targets

1032
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: in week one? Do you think that was an anomaly?

1033
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: Or is this how it's going to be most weeks

1034
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:32,040
Speaker 1: for him? Man? I came into this year down on

1035
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 1: d Hop. He was still in my top ten, but

1036
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,439
Speaker 1: I just did not think he was gonna get full

1037
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: sped the ball like he would every single year in

1038
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,760
Speaker 1: year in Houston, getting a hundred and fifty plus targets.

1039
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: And then this happens in Week one. He dominated their

1040
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,919
Speaker 1: target share, dominated their air yard share. I think he's

1041
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 1: gonna make me look foolish. I expect big volume for

1042
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 1: d Hop every week. I mean, if it makes you

1043
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,840
Speaker 1: feel better, I know there are a lot of fantasy

1044
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,560
Speaker 1: analysts who sort of felt that way. Even I thought, Okay,

1045
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,359
Speaker 1: he'll be fine, but he's not gonna get the same

1046
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,319
Speaker 1: volume he did in Houston that was wrong in week one.

1047
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: I still think there are going to be weeks we

1048
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: will see more Christian Kirk and Larry Fitzgerald and who

1049
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,919
Speaker 1: knows who else. But the idea that he can't come

1050
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:14,280
Speaker 1: close to his target numbers that he did in Houston,

1051
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 1: maybe it is time to sort of rethink that in

1052
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury's offense. All right, our last best of the

1053
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:25,320
Speaker 1: pack for this week it is Dalvin Cook the Minnesota

1054
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,240
Speaker 1: Vikings taking on the Indianapolis Colts this week. The Colts

1055
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,760
Speaker 1: run defense was so so against the Jaguars in week one.

1056
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 1: Do you like this matchup for Dalvin Cook? It? The

1057
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 1: matchup doesn't scare me at all. Like it's not a

1058
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: great matchup by any stretch, but it's also not one

1059
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,880
Speaker 1: of the harder, hardest matchups in the league. My concern

1060
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 1: with Dalvin Cook Moore is his usage in week one,

1061
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:51,880
Speaker 1: Like he only had twelve carries, Alexander Madison had six.

1062
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 1: Madison had four targets two Cooks two. And I know

1063
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: Cook scored the two touchdowns and you were feeling good

1064
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 1: about him. But after because I I cooked in a

1065
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and after I was looking at the

1066
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:06,399
Speaker 1: box car. I was like, uh, fourteen touches, Like I'm sorry,

1067
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: thirteen touches, fourteen opportunities like I want more out of

1068
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 1: my top five or top six overall. Pick yeah, and

1069
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 1: and you hope that he doesn't become game scripted out.

1070
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: I mean, the last week the Vikings had to throw

1071
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: the football late because the Packers sort of ran away.

1072
00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:24,239
Speaker 1: Maybe this week's it's a little bit closer, but it

1073
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,200
Speaker 1: is worrisome because that Viking defense looks kind of leaky

1074
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,440
Speaker 1: and if they start giving up points, you do wonder

1075
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:31,839
Speaker 1: what that means for Dalvin Cook. Hopefully this week though,

1076
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:33,560
Speaker 1: it's not an issue, and we'll see him get a

1077
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 1: pretty heavy workload from start to finish for the Vikings.

1078
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: Offen finishing up the show with a little real or

1079
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 1: mirage looking at some big things that happened in Week

1080
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 1: one and trying to figure out whether or not these

1081
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,160
Speaker 1: things can be replicated throughout the year. So we will

1082
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 1: start with the Tennessee Titans Corey Davis, who actually had

1083
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,880
Speaker 1: a big game on Monday Night for the Titans against

1084
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos. We've been waiting for the Corey Davis

1085
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: breakout for a while, so real Mirage. This is the

1086
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: Corey Davis breakout season. I thought it was real until

1087
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: we heard that A J. Brown might need to miss

1088
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,400
Speaker 1: this week and maybe multiple weeks. Because we've seen Corey

1089
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 1: Davis attempt to be a number one wide receiver in

1090
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,880
Speaker 1: this league for three and a half years, never really

1091
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,239
Speaker 1: lived up to the expectations, and then a week one

1092
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 1: he had a monstrous day and they kind of came

1093
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 1: out and said, hey, the defense was dictated that we

1094
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,279
Speaker 1: throw to Corey Davis like they were focusing on A J.

1095
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:27,680
Speaker 1: Brown and John new Smith. So now if if a J. Brown,

1096
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:29,880
Speaker 1: this is time. I think Corey Davis is gonna go

1097
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: back to murage. But I think when this offense is

1098
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,840
Speaker 1: fully healthy, he can be a really nice second piece

1099
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: for them in that passing game. You know what, I

1100
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,319
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna buy into this. I think this might

1101
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: be a real thing for for Corey Davis. Maybe it

1102
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: just took a little extra time, Maybe it just took

1103
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,320
Speaker 1: a change at quarterback to right. We saw that Marcus

1104
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:50,839
Speaker 1: Mariota obviously was not the answer in this Titans passing game.

1105
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,319
Speaker 1: Maybe Ryan Tannehill is. So I'm gonna start to buy

1106
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 1: in I know that he's getting snatched up on waiver wires.

1107
00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 1: I know he was a late round draft pick and

1108
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: a lot of leagues. But if he's out there, um

1109
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:01,440
Speaker 1: you take a flyer on him and see what this

1110
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 1: turns into. Speaking of wide receivers, Russell Gauge had a

1111
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: big week in Atlanta, one of three hundred yard receivers

1112
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,280
Speaker 1: that the Falcons had in week once. So Russell Gage

1113
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 1: being a thing for the Falcons, real or mirage, I

1114
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: think it's real. Like like he said, all three went

1115
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 1: over a hundred yards. Julio gets, you know, the talk

1116
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: because he's Julio and he just completely went off yard wise.

1117
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: Kevin really had the two touchdowns, so we're talking about him.

1118
00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:28,480
Speaker 1: But Russell Gauge had twelve targets just like those other two,

1119
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: and nine catches just like those other two over a

1120
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:33,879
Speaker 1: hundred yards. I think he is the new mohammed'san new

1121
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,879
Speaker 1: here that slot specialists that we know Matt Ryan likes

1122
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,719
Speaker 1: to target in the offense. So I think that I

1123
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,400
Speaker 1: think he'll be a little up and down, but I

1124
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,319
Speaker 1: think that he is real this season. Yeah, I'm I'm

1125
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 1: buying in as well. I mean, we saw at the

1126
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 1: end of last season. He really played well in this

1127
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,880
Speaker 1: Falcons passing game, and he seems to be picking up

1128
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 1: where he left off. The thing that sort of hurts

1129
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,600
Speaker 1: my heart is that I think Russell Gauge becoming a

1130
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 1: thing goes against Hayden Hurst being a thing in that

1131
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 1: off fans. And I was a huge Hayden Hers stand

1132
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,759
Speaker 1: all off season. But I think with the Falcons having

1133
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: a huge volume in their passing game, I do think

1134
00:53:07,560 --> 00:53:10,879
Speaker 1: there's opportunity for Russell Gauge to be very consistent all

1135
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:16,759
Speaker 1: throughout the year. So Jimmy Graham, he had seven targets, Uh,

1136
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 1: he entered it into three three Texas for twenty five

1137
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:21,440
Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown. But the Bears seemed to be

1138
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,840
Speaker 1: looking for him in Week one. So Jimmy Graham's fantasy

1139
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: resurrection real or mirage, mirage, murragemurrage. Do not do this again.

1140
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:32,800
Speaker 1: Do not get sucked into Jimmy Graham just because he

1141
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: caught a touchdown. Yeah, he was targeted seven times, but

1142
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 1: if you take that touchdown away, it's still a pretty

1143
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:41,520
Speaker 1: gross fantasy day. Maybe he'll have some weeks where he'll

1144
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,360
Speaker 1: catch a touchdown and he'll be an alright, fantasy option.

1145
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 1: But we saw that in a few years ago now

1146
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 1: with Seattle when he was able to be fantasy relevant.

1147
00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:51,799
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna be able to catch double

1148
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 1: digit touchdown passes this year. Though. I want nothing to

1149
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 1: do with Jimmy Graham. Yeah, I'm with you. I'm staying

1150
00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:58,960
Speaker 1: away from this when I'm calling this a miurage, just

1151
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: because I just don't think the Bears are going to

1152
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 1: have enough targets to go around consistently. And if his

1153
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 1: catch rate is gonna be bad, and if his yards

1154
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: yards totals are gonna be bad, he becomes heavily touchdown dependent.

1155
00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,600
Speaker 1: And I just don't think this Bear's offense is going

1156
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:14,239
Speaker 1: to score enough to support that. So I'm out on

1157
00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:18,279
Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham. All right. So last one. It starts with

1158
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:22,800
Speaker 1: some very burning questions being asked on the Carolina Panthers bench.

1159
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:29,520
Speaker 1: We'll take a look at that man doing. How do

1160
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: you say that, sir per Oh, sir Perk? Wow, you

1161
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:42,040
Speaker 1: call him that? So that what's a Surp Perk? So

1162
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 1: the question is Robbie Anderson becoming friends with Surper and Carolina?

1163
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:51,200
Speaker 1: Is that going to be real or a mirage? I

1164
00:54:51,239 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be real. The NFL gave us so

1165
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: much great stuff in Week one that was easily the best.

1166
00:54:56,719 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: I mean, there's so many ways the Panthers can have

1167
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 1: fun with that, Like, how are they not going to

1168
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:03,440
Speaker 1: just keep playing that up all year? I think this

1169
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:06,480
Speaker 1: is very real, all right, you know what I think?

1170
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 1: I think maybe, but I'm gonna say, I'm gonna saying rock.

1171
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:11,319
Speaker 1: He just seems so befuddled by it. I mean, he

1172
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,880
Speaker 1: called it a bear. Uh he asked if that was

1173
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,759
Speaker 1: really his name. He's like, like, what up? Surper? Like,

1174
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,920
Speaker 1: he just seems so confused by the whole thing. I

1175
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 1: think I think he and Surper may keep each other

1176
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 1: at arms lengths distance for most of the year. But

1177
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:30,279
Speaker 1: I will tell you what, that was absolute gold to

1178
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:33,200
Speaker 1: start the season. And you know, perhaps to the Panthers

1179
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 1: were putting that out there. They have one of the

1180
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:36,920
Speaker 1: best social media departments around, and that was that was

1181
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 1: fantastic work to start the season. So all right, there

1182
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,680
Speaker 1: you go. That is it. We are done. We appreciate

1183
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,040
Speaker 1: you hanging out with the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented

1184
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1185
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,759
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1186
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:53,680
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1187
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,120
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1188
00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:18,200
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