WEBVTT - Bring Home The Hardware!

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<v Speaker 1>Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from my Heart Radio,

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<v Speaker 1>your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and advice. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>along with the guys from League dot com, here's your host.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a championship edition of Fantasy Football Weekly. We're

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<v Speaker 1>here to get you ready to bring home the hardware

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<v Speaker 1>or bring home the bacon, whichever is better to you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd rather have bacon, hardware or any day. Really depends

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<v Speaker 1>on the hardware. Maybe one of those cool trophy smack

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<v Speaker 1>trophies that I might want the hardware. Would you rather

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<v Speaker 1>go to a hardware store or a bacon store. I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like hardware, I'll be honest, I kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like I like hardware store trophy smack trophy filled with bacon.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're talking, we're gonna bring home. Yeah, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be us Fantasy Football Weekly. I'm Paul charging. My coad

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<v Speaker 1>today are Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson. As always, we

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<v Speaker 1>will give you nine players upon whom you can take

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<v Speaker 1>a chance because with all the injuries here at this

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<v Speaker 1>late stage of the season, you've got injury issues. We're

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<v Speaker 1>here to help you, and we will also have the

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<v Speaker 1>answer to three tough questions. Some of them forward looking

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<v Speaker 1>as we head into the off season. And as a

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<v Speaker 1>programming reminder, this is our last full over the air

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<v Speaker 1>break down every game Fantasy Football Weekly style with letter

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<v Speaker 1>grades on every player, and we begin Brian in Annapolis

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<v Speaker 1>Colts taking on the New York Giants. For the Colts,

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<v Speaker 1>they come hobbling in at the end of a brutal

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<v Speaker 1>season and now take on a Giant's team that's motivated

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<v Speaker 1>to try to salvage its playoff aspirations. Any colts that

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<v Speaker 1>you're willing to start here a couple, but most colts

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<v Speaker 1>should be put out to pasture or set to the

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<v Speaker 1>glue factory. By the long face, I get that that's

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<v Speaker 1>a cult joke. Uh, not a long face for Zack

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<v Speaker 1>Moss art face. Hey, I'm giving him a c I've

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<v Speaker 1>stuck with Zack Moss was our boy charge for you

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<v Speaker 1>gave up on him last week, so you can't. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't come to this Donkey show, and I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to be at this Donkey show, Zack Moss, just to see.

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<v Speaker 1>The Giants are allowing the third most rushing arts per

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<v Speaker 1>game to opposing running backs nine team. That is a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and it looks like we'll also be handling the bulk

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<v Speaker 1>of the Colts carries for the remainder of this dreadful

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<v Speaker 1>season for them. Um Dion Jackson kind of put himself

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<v Speaker 1>in the unfortunately not the boys house, but the doghouse

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<v Speaker 1>last week, and I don't know why. So it's the

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Moss show, so he just to see for him

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<v Speaker 1>a temporary expectations, of course, and just to see for

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Pittman. If cornerback Doory Jackson sits for the Giants,

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<v Speaker 1>and if he does, it will be his sixth straight game.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm benching Pittman if Jackson sits. If Jackson plays, excuse me.

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<v Speaker 1>But if Jackson sits, it looks like it's going that way.

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<v Speaker 1>I will give Pittman the seed despite Nick Foles at

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<v Speaker 1>quarter quarterback where the Colts, who, by the way, is

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<v Speaker 1>on the bench. That should be no shocker as his

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<v Speaker 1>Alec Pierce looked awful. Paris Campbell, Yeah, give Sam Ellinger

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<v Speaker 1>another shot. We know what Nick Foles is and he's

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and we know Matt Ryan's retiring one week

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<v Speaker 1>from today. I would rather like start the statue of

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Foles outside of the Eagle Will Stadium than the

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<v Speaker 1>actual Nick Foles. But uh and Gelanni Woods. Lastly, for

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<v Speaker 1>the Colts, he's on the bench, emerging as the team's

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<v Speaker 1>top tight end. Hopefully next year he gets treated as such.

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<v Speaker 1>But Kylan grantson moay Cox still stealing snaps and targets,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's a mess. Woods is on the bench. Over

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<v Speaker 1>to the giant side, Sae Kwon Barkley definitely not on

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<v Speaker 1>the bench. Over their last four games, the Colts have

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<v Speaker 1>allowed one hundred and seventy four combo yards and ten

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<v Speaker 1>total touchdowns opposing running backs. Should be a smash spot

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<v Speaker 1>for Sae Kwon. He gets an a who hasn't missed

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<v Speaker 1>a game this year, by the way, nor has Christian McCaffrey.

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<v Speaker 1>Knocks on where they don't get hurt like, these guys

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna miss a collective ten games this year. They're

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<v Speaker 1>so injury prune. So much for that a for Barkley,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna give the throw a couple of sea

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<v Speaker 1>darts at Darius Slayton and Isaiah Hodges. I like to

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<v Speaker 1>call those harpoons where where's where are they? Where those

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<v Speaker 1>harpoons hitting Matt with one for me? Thank you? Uh

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<v Speaker 1>see for both of those guys. Over their last three games,

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<v Speaker 1>the Colt steps surrendered six wide receiver touchdowns and three

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<v Speaker 1>different receipt receivers have topped one yards during that same span.

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<v Speaker 1>So Slayton and Hodges, if you're desperate, they get to

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<v Speaker 1>see Daniel Bellinger was close to giving him to see

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<v Speaker 1>the tight end of course for the Giants, but he

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<v Speaker 1>is on the bench. But Daniel Jones is not give

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<v Speaker 1>him a see. I mean, the Colts are beyond cooked.

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<v Speaker 1>So unfortunately for Jones, it doesn't feel like it has

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<v Speaker 1>the same shootout potential as the Vikings game did last week.

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<v Speaker 1>But Jones always a threat on the ground. He's fifth

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<v Speaker 1>in rushing yards and fourth in rushing touchdowns among quarterbacks.

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<v Speaker 1>The Colts haven't faced many mobile quarterbacks with Jalen Hurts,

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<v Speaker 1>Taylor heind He and Trevor Lawrence totaled four rushing touchdowns

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<v Speaker 1>and they're collective three games. So I think Jones gets

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<v Speaker 1>one through the air and hopefully gets one on the

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<v Speaker 1>ground as well. He see one that makes him that

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<v Speaker 1>makes him startable. I didn't know there was a Niit

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<v Speaker 1>false statue. Yeah, they did it. It was the the

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<v Speaker 1>Philly Special like when when Uh, No, it was. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like Doug Peterson like telling Nick Foles round the Philly

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<v Speaker 1>Special and they made a statue of that fall. It's

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Foles and Doug Peterson talking, telling each other's secrets.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so weird. It's a lesson here is do not

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<v Speaker 1>get so caught up in the excitement of your championship

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<v Speaker 1>that you put down a statue you can't really ever

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<v Speaker 1>take down. Well, if the Vikings managed to win, one

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<v Speaker 1>statue is going to go up all over the states everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>There's gonna be four statues in my driveway. I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 1>sure New Orleans takes on the Philadelphia matt for the

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<v Speaker 1>New Orleans defense is coming here on nicely. The offense, though,

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<v Speaker 1>remains pretty inconsistent here. Is there anybody you like against

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<v Speaker 1>a very tough Philadelphia defense. I don't like a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll start with Alvin Kamara, who missed practice on Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>and Thursday with a non injury related personal thing. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he completely cleared his Instagram page of all Saints stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>and head coach Dennis Allen said, I'll let Alvin explain himself.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't explain himself, propracticed and full on Friday. All

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<v Speaker 1>this adds up to offseason stuff, but he's probably going

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<v Speaker 1>this week. Uh. He's seen at least twenty rushing attempts

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<v Speaker 1>in each of the last two weeks. He's facing a

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<v Speaker 1>Philly defense that's kind of middle in the pack and

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<v Speaker 1>every running back metrics, so that adds up to a

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<v Speaker 1>B grade. If he's not active for some crazy reason,

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<v Speaker 1>his backup is David Johnson. Yes, that David Johnson. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's pretty much the only other healthy running back

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<v Speaker 1>on that roster. So if Camara was inactive, David Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>would get a C grade here. Yeah, the the catches Jordan.

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<v Speaker 1>When Jordan Davis is in the game, the Philadelphia run

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<v Speaker 1>defense is good. And now he's back and healthy, So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I remained very skeptical and I think at this

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<v Speaker 1>point album Camara has earned all the skepticism absolutely. Crystal

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<v Speaker 1>Lava has been limited this week with a hamstring injury

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<v Speaker 1>after missing last week. I don't think I'd start a

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<v Speaker 1>half healthy Olave in a tough matchup against Philly. The

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<v Speaker 1>Eagles have allowed the fourth fewest yards to wide receivers

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<v Speaker 1>this year. Rashid Shahid was the only Saints wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>to catch a pass last week, which means all the

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<v Speaker 1>passing game is really on the bench. That includes taste

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<v Speaker 1>him Hill and Andy Dalton. And why do I lump

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<v Speaker 1>them together? Yeah? Why do you lump them together? Dalton

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<v Speaker 1>was the only quarterback to play last week, but was

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<v Speaker 1>on the field for the snaps. That's really weird. Brian

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<v Speaker 1>correctly predicted a something once thought unpredictable thing that Taysom

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<v Speaker 1>Hill would have a good game. Yeah, he's reverse Russian

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<v Speaker 1>Roulette most weeks. Yeah, last week. Problem with playing any

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<v Speaker 1>of these guys, though, Guard Andrew's Pete and tackle Ryan

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<v Speaker 1>Ramcheck both look like they may miss this game too.

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<v Speaker 1>On the Eagle side, Jalen Hurts limited and practice Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>got first team reps ahead of Gardner Minshew then was

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<v Speaker 1>downgraded to doubtful on Friday. But believe it or not,

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<v Speaker 1>this is probably actually a good thing if you want

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<v Speaker 1>to start an Eagle's quarterback, because I think there was

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<v Speaker 1>a very good chance that if Hurts was active, he'd

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<v Speaker 1>be the first half, they wouldn't run him, and Gardner

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<v Speaker 1>Minshew would be in the second half, so we're probably

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<v Speaker 1>seeing Minshew the whole game. I'll give Minshew a B

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<v Speaker 1>grade here. Uh, downgraded a little bit because left tackle

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<v Speaker 1>Lane Johnson out for the remainder of the regular season. Still,

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<v Speaker 1>last week, Minshew managed three fifty five and two scores,

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<v Speaker 1>plus a rushing touchdown against a much better Cowboys defense.

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<v Speaker 1>If Hurts as a surprise active, I don't think we

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<v Speaker 1>can trust him for more than a few series. Miles

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<v Speaker 1>Sanders gets an A. Saints are allowing a hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two combo yards to the position that almost all

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<v Speaker 1>goes to Sanders, A J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to give both of them A grades here. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't even matter if it's Hurts or Minshew. Both

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<v Speaker 1>the seat, targets and yards each have topped a hundred

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<v Speaker 1>yards in three of the last four games. That includes

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<v Speaker 1>last week with Minshew and the Saints are middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the road against the wide receiver position and probably without

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<v Speaker 1>Marshawn Lattimore this week, who's been limited all week with

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<v Speaker 1>an abdomen injury. Last guy Dallas Goddard. He saw three

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<v Speaker 1>targets last week, caught all three of them for sixty

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<v Speaker 1>seven yards in his return. He was on the field

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<v Speaker 1>for of the snaps. He's totally fine from a health standpoint.

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<v Speaker 1>Problem is the Saints are the best tight end defense

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<v Speaker 1>in the league. They've only allowed thirty one yards per

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<v Speaker 1>game to the position and two total tight end touchdowns

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<v Speaker 1>on the season. So it's just a c for Dallas Goddard,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, You know those all through much of the

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<v Speaker 1>get Dallas Goddard starts. Earlier in this season, DeVonta Smith

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<v Speaker 1>was very, very inconsistent, but last week it was all

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<v Speaker 1>DeVonta Smith. So we'll see all that plays out and

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<v Speaker 1>give Ken Gardner Minshew feed three different players or not.

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<v Speaker 1>The final matchup of this segment, Washington takes on Cleveland,

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<v Speaker 1>will start on the Cleveland side, where Nick Chubb gets

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<v Speaker 1>his lowest ranking of the year. In the four Deshaun

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<v Speaker 1>Watson games, no Cleveland runner has scored a touchdown and

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<v Speaker 1>none of top one hundred yards, and the Commanders are

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<v Speaker 1>a brutal matchup, allowing the fifth fewest rushing yards. Only

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<v Speaker 1>Derrick Henry's topped eighties seven rushing yards against Washington all

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<v Speaker 1>year long, and he got the ball twenty eight times

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<v Speaker 1>in that game. That's how Derrick Henry top to eighties

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<v Speaker 1>seven rushing yards. I can only give you a C

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<v Speaker 1>grade on Nick Chubb. Marie Coop bur is healthy enough

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<v Speaker 1>to go here, and he has languished badly with Deshaun

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<v Speaker 1>Watson as well. Cooper's matchup his sensational If Benjamin st Juice,

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<v Speaker 1>starting cornerback for Washington, misses this game, because that would

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<v Speaker 1>set him up against rookie Christian Holmes on the right side,

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<v Speaker 1>who has given a perfect passer rating through three career games.

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<v Speaker 1>But if st Juice goes, you may want to consider

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<v Speaker 1>benching Amari Cooper outright. This is an away game and

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<v Speaker 1>something that Brian picked up on around mid season. Cooper

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<v Speaker 1>averaging just three catches for forty seven yards in road games,

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<v Speaker 1>and he has scored in just one of seven road

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<v Speaker 1>games this year, So a tricky spot for Marie Cooper

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<v Speaker 1>C grade. If Benjamin st just goes and bench grade.

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<v Speaker 1>If he doesn't all the non Cooper parts of the

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<v Speaker 1>passing game, we're all dead. Because Deshaun Watson has murdered

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<v Speaker 1>his receivers just two passing touchdowns in four games, which

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<v Speaker 1>is awful. He has failed to top one hundred sixty

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<v Speaker 1>one passing yards in three of his four start Kareem

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<v Speaker 1>Hunts on the bench. He's been totally ineffective this year.

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<v Speaker 1>And David and Joco, the only other Cleveland player you

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<v Speaker 1>might think about playing, has also struggled under Watson, even

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<v Speaker 1>with decent volume. The Commanders were just thrashed by George

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<v Speaker 1>Kittle for a hundred and twenty yards and two scores.

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<v Speaker 1>By Prior to that, they've only given up three tight

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<v Speaker 1>end touchdowns all season. And I just don't I don't

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<v Speaker 1>trust the Shawn Watson to write the ship here. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to rely on David and Joke. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>giving him a bench grade. Let's go to the Washington side.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very enthusiastic about Brian Robinson in this matchup. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought you're gonna say about Carson Wentz, but I am

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<v Speaker 1>kind of excited about Carson Wentz and you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>let's start with Carson Wentz. I am excited because here's

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<v Speaker 1>the thing. We don't really care about the turnovers. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's minus two points in your league, don't care. Wentz

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<v Speaker 1>gives you upside passing, upside point upside that Heineke never did.

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<v Speaker 1>And I like that part of it. You'll recall Wentz

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<v Speaker 1>played five full games to start the season. Three of

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<v Speaker 1>them were monster games over three hundred yards and multiple touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 1>His two bad games were against awesome pass rush defenses,

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<v Speaker 1>the Eagles and the Cowboys. Cleveland is nothing like that.

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<v Speaker 1>The Cleveland secondary looks a camp paper, but for most

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<v Speaker 1>of the season they've played bad quarterbacks. In an arctic

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<v Speaker 1>game last week, this is your championship underdog dart throw

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<v Speaker 1>player is Carson Wentz. I mean, if you're looking at yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're looking at the projections and you're down by twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>and you look at Carson Wentz, half his games with

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred yards and multiple touchdowns, this is the guy try.

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<v Speaker 1>You could try Carson Wentzon. And if you're in a

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<v Speaker 1>desperation need at quarter Yeah, he doesn't even have a

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<v Speaker 1>statue outside of the Eagles. It's a great point they

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<v Speaker 1>never gave him. We've got a handful of desperation quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 1>coming up in this show too. We'll talk more about

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<v Speaker 1>those guys as we go on and people need quarterback helping.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the number is around twelve starting quarterbacks not

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<v Speaker 1>going this week, it's ridiculous or previously starting. Okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about into his receivers. If I like Wentz

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<v Speaker 1>and by the way, be great on Wentz, uh, then

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta have some reasonable expectations for his receivers. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>start with Teary McLaurin, who has been super consistent no

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<v Speaker 1>matter the quarterback, going all the way back to wins

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<v Speaker 1>his start at the beginning of the year. Cornerbacks denzil

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<v Speaker 1>Ward and Martin Emerson will have a negative impact, probably

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<v Speaker 1>over the last five weeks. They've been very good, combining

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<v Speaker 1>for four receptions in forty nine yards per game allowed.

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<v Speaker 1>That's combined. Those are the outside cornerbacks that will be

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<v Speaker 1>trying to guard Terry McLaurin, but they have given up

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<v Speaker 1>some touchdowns. Um Also concerned is John Dotson eating into

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<v Speaker 1>his target share. John Dotson, by the way, see grad

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<v Speaker 1>and McLaren ce grade on Dotson as well. Who was

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<v Speaker 1>scored in three straight games and his volume exploding on

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<v Speaker 1>this one. He also is running on the outside He's

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<v Speaker 1>got that's the same Ward Emerson combo of cornerbacks against him.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a roughly neutral matchup, um, but still startable and

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<v Speaker 1>pinch you could try him and again the upside Carson

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<v Speaker 1>Wentz brings helps Hot Dotson as well. A C grade

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<v Speaker 1>for him. Um, Curtis Samuel I've vacillated on, but ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>I've left him on the bench incredibly low volume for

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<v Speaker 1>two months. Some signs of sparks of life lately, including

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<v Speaker 1>a touchdown reception from Carson Wentz at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>last week's game and his Wentz games at the start

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. We're promising he averaged sixty six yards

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<v Speaker 1>per game in weeks one through five. But what got

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<v Speaker 1>me ultimately on the bench grade for Curtis Samuel runs

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<v Speaker 1>from the slot almost entirely. Cleveland is allowed the second

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<v Speaker 1>fewest Fantasy points to slot receivers. So Curtis Samuel just

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<v Speaker 1>a volatile dart throw player, and that is it. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>go to the final guy to mention here, Brian Robinson.

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<v Speaker 1>I was gonna start with him because I'm very excited

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<v Speaker 1>about him here now, no back top sixty rushing yards

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<v Speaker 1>in the six game Wentz six games. Wentz was under

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<v Speaker 1>center to start the season, but Robinson only played two

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<v Speaker 1>of those games, and he scored in one of them.

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<v Speaker 1>In the last seven games, the Browns have allowed eleven

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<v Speaker 1>running backs of at least fifty five yards and where

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<v Speaker 1>a touchdown, and they ranked seven and rushing yards and

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<v Speaker 1>rushing touchdowns allowed to running backs. And Antonio Gibson isn't going.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a strong B grade on by Brian Robinson.

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<v Speaker 1>Almost gave him an A grade, but couldn't quite get there.

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<v Speaker 1>B grade Brian Robinson. When we come back, nine players

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<v Speaker 1>upon whom you can take a chance. It's our final

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<v Speaker 1>take a chance on me of the entire NFL season,

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned, chance, take a chance on me. Nine players

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<v Speaker 1>not normally a new starting line enough. These are all

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<v Speaker 1>guys that could potentially power you to the bacon inside

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<v Speaker 1>of the hardware. We're gonna help you bring it home.

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<v Speaker 1>We begin at the quarterback position. Matt Harrison. I'm uncomfortable

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<v Speaker 1>with the bacon inside the hardware. Do you want the

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<v Speaker 1>hardware inside the bacon? I mean, how does that work.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't we just like line them up side by side.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just keep him separate. We can bring them both home.

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<v Speaker 1>You can wrap hallapenos and have bacon wrapped palapenos with

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<v Speaker 1>the cream cheese inside. But that's not hardware. Hardware. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean you could wrap a hammer. I don't know. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Teddy Bridgewater looks set to start for Miami two US

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<v Speaker 1>in the concussion protocol for the second time this year,

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<v Speaker 1>which we all know means that he's had at least

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<v Speaker 1>his third concussion now. And by the way, those three

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter picks against Green Bay last week, that would

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<v Speaker 1>really explain how bad those were. It looked like a

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<v Speaker 1>guy who couldn't see straight. So if we get Bridgewater,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we see an accurate dincin dunk style, not

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<v Speaker 1>so dissimilar to to uh last time we saw Teddy,

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<v Speaker 1>he threw for three twenty nine and two scores against

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<v Speaker 1>the Vikings. Now, the pat are a little bit better

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<v Speaker 1>against the past than the Vikings are, but they've been

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<v Speaker 1>pretty weak against the past as of recent In the

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<v Speaker 1>last five weeks, no team has allowed more passing scores

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<v Speaker 1>than the New England Patriots eleven, and they've allowed the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth most passing yards in that time, and he's got

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<v Speaker 1>maybe the two fastest wide receivers in the NFL in

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<v Speaker 1>Tyreek Hill and Jalen Wattle. Teddy doesn't have to be special,

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<v Speaker 1>just get the ball in the hands of his playmakers. Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll take a chance at me, quarterback. I'm going with

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<v Speaker 1>slamming Sammy Donald at Tampa Bay sounds so good about

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<v Speaker 1>I'll talk about this game a little. It's Sam Donald.

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<v Speaker 1>But hey, Donald one touchdown at least one touchdown each

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<v Speaker 1>of his four starts since taking his job back. He

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<v Speaker 1>was basically given to anyone that owned a playbook, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was the last guy standing, I think. But Donald

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<v Speaker 1>has added two rushing scores on the ground as well

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<v Speaker 1>during those last four games, and in the one game

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<v Speaker 1>and one of the games he didn't score on the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>he ran for thirty yards, so he's basically giving you

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<v Speaker 1>two touchdowns a game. The Bucks blanked Trace McSorley last week,

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<v Speaker 1>but that was to be expected. In their two games prior,

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Burrow through for four scores. Brock Purty at two

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<v Speaker 1>passing touchdowns a game before that, the Bucks could be

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<v Speaker 1>without two starting corners, Carlton Davis and Jamal Dean. Two

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<v Speaker 1>starting safety's Antoine Winfield and Mike Edwards fight Avea could

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<v Speaker 1>miss this game. Carl nass I, their best linebacker, arguably

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<v Speaker 1>the best linebacker, is doubtful to play. So I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>with Sam Donald, who's he's looking dull? Right? And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it looked pretty good handing off the ball last week.

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<v Speaker 1>He did, but again at least one passing touchdown every game.

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<v Speaker 1>He had a rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown last game.

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<v Speaker 1>And for what it's worth, I didn't play in the

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<v Speaker 1>first meeting against Tampa this season, but he last saw

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<v Speaker 1>them in Week eighteen through for two touchdowns last year.

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<v Speaker 1>So Sam Donald, why not. Jared Goff had a quiet

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<v Speaker 1>game against the Bears last time they played, but that

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<v Speaker 1>was a while back, and since then, he's attempted at

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<v Speaker 1>least thirty seven passes in every game, and that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of volume has helped lead to multiple touchdowns in four

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<v Speaker 1>of the past five games for Jared Goff. I love

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<v Speaker 1>his matchup with A'man raw St Brown as the Bears

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<v Speaker 1>are in a real pitch with Kindall Vildor and Jalen

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson out, that means they've shifted their slot cornerback Kyler

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<v Speaker 1>Gordon to play outside the whole secondaries of mess in Chicago,

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<v Speaker 1>Jared Goff sitting on potentially a very nice game. We

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<v Speaker 1>hit the over chart mentioned Kindle Vildor twenty two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half times. Yeah, Yeah, let's go to the running

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<v Speaker 1>back position. Matt. I'm bummed that we took off the

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<v Speaker 1>Bam Bam button because I got Bam Bam Zonovan Night

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<v Speaker 1>ready to go. Last week, the Jets couldn't get anything

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<v Speaker 1>going against the Jaguars. Let's blame the up and coming

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<v Speaker 1>Jags D and Zach Wilson. Michael Carter did out snap

0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:48.399
<v Speaker 1>Night last week, but had zero touches and the Jets

0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:51.160
<v Speaker 1>kind of packed it in early Mike White. Starting this week,

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<v Speaker 1>the offense has fared much better with White. Zonovan hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>been held under thirteen PPR points and games where Mike

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<v Speaker 1>White starts and Night faces a struggling Seattle run D

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<v Speaker 1>and Seattle gave up a hundred and twenty eight total

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<v Speaker 1>yards to the Chiefs running backs last week, uh two

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<v Speaker 1>oh two and one to the Niners the week before,

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<v Speaker 1>to three and two to the Panthers backs the week before.

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<v Speaker 1>Kazanovan Night fire him up. I love I love that angle. Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>you take a chance of me running back. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>Houston's Royce Freeman at home against the Jaguars. Dropped the piano.

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<v Speaker 1>Freeman will be nice. He's looked okay. I mean as

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<v Speaker 1>far as the Texans running, He's no Damien Pierce. He's

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<v Speaker 1>the next guy up. It's not Dario Gunbawally or Rex

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<v Speaker 1>uh t Rex extinct per head whatever the name, nickname

0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:39.080
<v Speaker 1>I gave him many many years ago. He's like forty

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<v Speaker 1>years old. But Freeman against the Jaguars. And we'll talk

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<v Speaker 1>about this game a little more when we break it down.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's reason to believe Jacksonville might not go full

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<v Speaker 1>out on offense and defense. Here. Um So says he's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go with the starters. Well, he's gonna start them. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>how long they go, we shall see. We'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>that a little more. But Freeman up against likely mainly

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<v Speaker 1>j v Jacksonville squad. Uh. Freeman looking at at least

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen touches in this game. The Jaguars are allowing nearly

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<v Speaker 1>one thirty combo yards and a touchdown per game to

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<v Speaker 1>opposing running backs, and as I've alluded, to I suspect

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<v Speaker 1>they take some precautions on defense as they prepare for

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<v Speaker 1>King Henry in week eighteen, as they they go for

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<v Speaker 1>the a f C South Championships. So Royce Freeman roll

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<v Speaker 1>them out. Tyler al Jere has my highest ranking of

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<v Speaker 1>his entire career grantities only rookies. I mean, it's really

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<v Speaker 1>all year. Um, in the two weeks since Atlanta's by,

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<v Speaker 1>Algier has turned thirty five carries into two hundred thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>yards in a score. It's pretty good. Two weeks. Top

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, five receptions as well. Um, Atlanta get

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<v Speaker 1>this and I never would have seen this coming here,

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<v Speaker 1>We're at the end of the year. Atlanta has Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Football Focus is number one ranked run blocking unit. Who

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<v Speaker 1>did guest Algier has racked up five straight fifty yard performances,

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<v Speaker 1>so we and feel confident about him going there. And

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<v Speaker 1>for three straight weeks he's playing Arizona. For three straight weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>Arizona has given up one hundred rushing yards to opposing

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<v Speaker 1>running backs and they've given up four rushing scores in

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<v Speaker 1>those three weeks. So, uh, this is a a very It's

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<v Speaker 1>a great opportunity. By the way, the Atlanta's best run

0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:16.560
<v Speaker 1>stuffer Zach Allen may not play this game, so another

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<v Speaker 1>reason to like Tyler Elgier. Matt I believe you have

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<v Speaker 1>a wide receiver this week, not tight end. No, you

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<v Speaker 1>getting wrong everything. John Smith I pivoted to a tight

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<v Speaker 1>end in the same game. Mike Gasicki on the other side, Yeah,

0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.399
<v Speaker 1>Mike Kasicki, who has done nothing all year except for

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<v Speaker 1>the game's Teddy Bridgewater has played u In the game

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<v Speaker 1>against Minnesota, he was targeted a season high seven times,

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<v Speaker 1>caught six balls for sixty nine yards and two scores.

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<v Speaker 1>Gasicki's third highest target total came in Week four, when

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<v Speaker 1>Teddy Bridgewater came in for an injured to Uh and

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<v Speaker 1>played most of the game against Cincinnati. The Patriots have

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<v Speaker 1>actually allowed the fourth most touchdowns to the tight end position.

0:23:58.400 --> 0:24:01.240
<v Speaker 1>I mean the ghost of Darren Waller and Mitchell Wilcox

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<v Speaker 1>put up okay fantasy days against the Pats in the

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<v Speaker 1>last two weeks. It's a sneaky harpoon kind of seed.

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<v Speaker 1>Dart grade or mikesick O, Your take a chance on me, receiver, Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going tight end too, but I got a better one.

0:24:16.880 --> 0:24:22.840
<v Speaker 1>Jordan's Jordan Aikins against the Jaguars, it is doubt. Now

0:24:22.840 --> 0:24:26.159
<v Speaker 1>we all know about the tight end basketball player connections.

0:24:26.600 --> 0:24:30.679
<v Speaker 1>Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham, Lonnie Woods, My guy, did you

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<v Speaker 1>know that Jordan Aggins was selected in the third round

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<v Speaker 1>of the MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers as an outfield.

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<v Speaker 1>There are things obviously didn't pan out for him too

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<v Speaker 1>well playing baseball. He he went back to college played

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<v Speaker 1>college football. But yeah, he was a minor league baseball

0:24:46.359 --> 0:24:48.480
<v Speaker 1>player for like three or four years. But anyway, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a pro football, pro football player now. And uh, going

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<v Speaker 1>up against the Jaguars, who over their last six games

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<v Speaker 1>opposing tight ends or averaging six and a half catches

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<v Speaker 1>and seventy nine yards per game. And they've also sur

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<v Speaker 1>entered Jacksonville. That is five scores of the tight end

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<v Speaker 1>position over those last six games. And again I think

0:25:05.520 --> 0:25:08.520
<v Speaker 1>we see some second or third stringers on defense. So

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan's Aitkins. If you need it all or nothing, Dart

0:25:11.600 --> 0:25:17.440
<v Speaker 1>throw D. J. Chark is your guy. He has scored

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<v Speaker 1>or topped ninety eight yards and four of the past

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<v Speaker 1>five games, I would like a score and or ninety

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<v Speaker 1>eight yards. So this is a chart throw a Chark

0:25:25.640 --> 0:25:28.280
<v Speaker 1>throw D j you don't have a button for that.

0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:30.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I'm gonna like, how do I find

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<v Speaker 1>a shark dark combos. There's a splash right next to

0:25:34.080 --> 0:25:37.440
<v Speaker 1>the dart. That's a good point. There's your harpoon right there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we could do that. You're gonna jump the jump the

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<v Speaker 1>chart and a matchup with Chicago very tempting here. I

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<v Speaker 1>already mentioned the Bears are without starting cornerbacks Jalen Johnson

0:25:46.760 --> 0:25:49.359
<v Speaker 1>and Kendallville Door and Kyler Gordon's gonna move to the

0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:51.879
<v Speaker 1>twenty three and a half. Kyler Gordon's moved to the

0:25:51.880 --> 0:25:55.359
<v Speaker 1>outside last week. It was his first start on the outside.

0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:58.560
<v Speaker 1>He gave up a one hundred percent completion rate and

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<v Speaker 1>a touchdown in his coverage. DJ Shark Our guy. Let's

0:26:02.560 --> 0:26:05.560
<v Speaker 1>go back to the matchups. Arizona takes on Atlanta. Brian

0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:09.679
<v Speaker 1>Arizona is going to be helmed by David Blow in

0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:13.480
<v Speaker 1>this game. And I can't believe there's much to like here. Yeah,

0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:15.840
<v Speaker 1>David Blow that I'm going to, by the way, coming

0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:18.600
<v Speaker 1>up lame on Friday. That's not good either. Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 1>not a lot to talk about. I was gonna do

0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:23.119
<v Speaker 1>a Mr Blow, Mr Plow Simpson's joke. But I'm not

0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:26.800
<v Speaker 1>gonna can you sing that? Can you sing? He's David Blow.

0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:29.640
<v Speaker 1>That's his name. That name again is David Blow. He's

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<v Speaker 1>on the bench. He's on the bench. Though, Uh, sadly

0:26:33.800 --> 0:26:36.480
<v Speaker 1>my notes are funny. It's like Colt McCoy x, Trace

0:26:36.520 --> 0:26:39.280
<v Speaker 1>mcslrely crossed out David Blow, Like who else is next?

0:26:39.359 --> 0:26:41.640
<v Speaker 1>Jake Plumber coming out of retirement, knows David Blow. He's

0:26:41.640 --> 0:26:45.000
<v Speaker 1>on the bench. Uh as his mark, He's Brown, Greg Dortche.

0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:47.639
<v Speaker 1>They're on the bench because of Blow. As you mentioned,

0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:50.520
<v Speaker 1>DeAndre Hopkins added to the injury report on Friday with

0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:53.720
<v Speaker 1>a knee injury. If he goes, I'll give him a

0:26:53.760 --> 0:26:56.560
<v Speaker 1>see he'll he'll still see his volume. Just one catch

0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:59.199
<v Speaker 1>for four yards last week that was on ten targets.

0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:01.760
<v Speaker 1>He's still gonna get his like ten targets. So but

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<v Speaker 1>temper your expectations, you're probably not can get elite level

0:27:04.640 --> 0:27:06.920
<v Speaker 1>production from Hopkins. And it's not a great matchup either,

0:27:07.400 --> 0:27:09.960
<v Speaker 1>especially because we'll be facing cornerback A. J. Terrell, who

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<v Speaker 1>has been outstanding over the last month or so, allowing

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<v Speaker 1>fewer than two games two catches per game in a

0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:18.879
<v Speaker 1>passer rating of sixty five. So, yeah, Hopkins is a dicey,

0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:21.760
<v Speaker 1>dicey start, but if you must he gets at the sea.

0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:24.399
<v Speaker 1>James Connor not so dicey. They're gonna give him a B.

0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.840
<v Speaker 1>Atlanta is allowing on thirty five combo yards per game.

0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:30.880
<v Speaker 1>They've only surrendered one total total touchdown over the last

0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.520
<v Speaker 1>four but during that same four game span, Connor has

0:27:33.560 --> 0:27:37.639
<v Speaker 1>been a workhorse with touch totals of nine and twenty two.

0:27:38.080 --> 0:27:40.080
<v Speaker 1>Even in the last season, the Cardinals are using them

0:27:40.080 --> 0:27:41.840
<v Speaker 1>as a bell cow. So I like Connor with a B,

0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:45.040
<v Speaker 1>and I like Tray McBride enough to give him a C.

0:27:45.280 --> 0:27:48.359
<v Speaker 1>Over the last few games, opposing tight ends have total

0:27:48.640 --> 0:27:51.040
<v Speaker 1>total at least fifty yards and at least one touchdown

0:27:51.400 --> 0:27:53.720
<v Speaker 1>against Atlanta on each game. And you think Blow would

0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:55.439
<v Speaker 1>kind of lean on his tight end here. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you're super desperate, go with chick Tray mcbrin. If I

0:27:58.480 --> 0:28:00.200
<v Speaker 1>was super desperate, I was going with Jordan eight. It's

0:28:00.200 --> 0:28:03.280
<v Speaker 1>a minute not able if you're not able, If you're

0:28:03.280 --> 0:28:08.239
<v Speaker 1>not able to uh, because Jordans on all those rosters, right,

0:28:08.320 --> 0:28:10.879
<v Speaker 1>he used to play baseball, man, that's impressive. It's like

0:28:11.119 --> 0:28:14.000
<v Speaker 1>Dion Sanders going back to Atlanta there, Uh over to

0:28:14.040 --> 0:28:16.680
<v Speaker 1>the Atlanta side. Speaking of Tyler Algier, you take a

0:28:16.760 --> 0:28:19.800
<v Speaker 1>chance on me running back charts a great matchup for him.

0:28:19.880 --> 0:28:22.720
<v Speaker 1>For that reason, I'll throw another sea dart at Corderold

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:25.679
<v Speaker 1>Patterson only nine touches last week, but he had double digit.

0:28:26.160 --> 0:28:28.560
<v Speaker 1>But he had double digit touches in his four games prior.

0:28:28.640 --> 0:28:30.840
<v Speaker 1>And this just feels like a game where the quarterbacks

0:28:30.880 --> 0:28:32.560
<v Speaker 1>aren't gonna be asked to do much. So I'll give

0:28:32.960 --> 0:28:34.639
<v Speaker 1>Patterson a sea but it's really kind of like a

0:28:34.720 --> 0:28:38.120
<v Speaker 1>daily a daily dart, not a seasonal dart. Drake one

0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:40.960
<v Speaker 1>in just to see for him as well. He's been

0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:44.880
<v Speaker 1>fed uh some spotted d over his last three games.

0:28:46.960 --> 0:28:50.360
<v Speaker 1>That was off shot of my head. Uh. With target

0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:53.520
<v Speaker 1>totals of twelve, eleven and nine, you just broke charge

0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:57.040
<v Speaker 1>King Ralph. That's the only reason I know what that

0:28:57.160 --> 0:29:02.000
<v Speaker 1>is because of King Ralph, classic classic John Goodman moving.

0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:04.440
<v Speaker 1>By the way, where was I with drank Drake London

0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:07.600
<v Speaker 1>twelve eleven, nine targets. Yeah, he's got at least six

0:29:07.640 --> 0:29:11.080
<v Speaker 1>balls in each game with at least seventy yards, but

0:29:11.320 --> 0:29:14.000
<v Speaker 1>the Cardinals have allowed just to seventy yards receivers over

0:29:14.040 --> 0:29:18.400
<v Speaker 1>the last seven games. So for just the Sea for London, Uh, Mike,

0:29:18.720 --> 0:29:21.200
<v Speaker 1>Mike Coal Brewett on the bench, I miss you, Kyle

0:29:21.240 --> 0:29:23.840
<v Speaker 1>Pitts Desmont on the bench. And that's it for this

0:29:24.280 --> 0:29:26.520
<v Speaker 1>awful We've just got a couple of minutes. Let's see

0:29:26.520 --> 0:29:29.640
<v Speaker 1>if we can quickly get through Miami at New England.

0:29:29.720 --> 0:29:32.560
<v Speaker 1>Matt Yeah, Teddy Bridgewater was might take a chance on

0:29:32.640 --> 0:29:35.040
<v Speaker 1>me thrower and Mike Gaski was, might take a chance

0:29:35.040 --> 0:29:38.360
<v Speaker 1>on me catcher. Uh, Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle getting a

0:29:38.600 --> 0:29:41.080
<v Speaker 1>grades and this one. Jalen Waddle, by the way, hit

0:29:41.160 --> 0:29:43.640
<v Speaker 1>twenty one point six eight miles per hour last week

0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:46.600
<v Speaker 1>and it's a tight His touchdown catch fastest speed recorded

0:29:46.600 --> 0:29:49.560
<v Speaker 1>by any player this season and the sixth fastest speed

0:29:49.600 --> 0:29:53.080
<v Speaker 1>clocked in NFL history. Dang. Yeah, and everybody assumes Tyrek

0:29:53.160 --> 0:29:56.360
<v Speaker 1>Hills the fastest receiver on the team. He's not, no,

0:29:57.040 --> 0:29:59.520
<v Speaker 1>but but Hill caught up to him. But he did

0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:02.640
<v Speaker 1>and then probably didn't block anybody. Yeah, it's just ridiculous.

0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:05.640
<v Speaker 1>Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson are both on the bench

0:30:05.680 --> 0:30:07.920
<v Speaker 1>for me. If you can figure out this South Florida

0:30:08.000 --> 0:30:10.560
<v Speaker 1>time share, maybe you can help my grandparents get out

0:30:10.560 --> 0:30:14.320
<v Speaker 1>of their South Florida time share. Eight carries for one

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:16.760
<v Speaker 1>last week, nine for the other. It doesn't even matter

0:30:16.840 --> 0:30:19.360
<v Speaker 1>who got what. Snap counts almost steven and the Patriots

0:30:19.360 --> 0:30:21.840
<v Speaker 1>defense has allowed four total touchdowns to the running back

0:30:21.880 --> 0:30:26.440
<v Speaker 1>position all year. Land, sea, air space, underground, mold, people, tunnels,

0:30:26.480 --> 0:30:30.200
<v Speaker 1>all that. Uh. If you're a Remandre Stevenson team manager,

0:30:30.240 --> 0:30:32.440
<v Speaker 1>you're probably not in a championship this week. And I'm

0:30:32.520 --> 0:30:35.800
<v Speaker 1>raising my hand to uh. Fifteen touches for thirty three

0:30:35.840 --> 0:30:38.400
<v Speaker 1>yards last week, that was a mess. This week, he's

0:30:38.400 --> 0:30:40.680
<v Speaker 1>been limited in practice with an ankle injury. But the

0:30:40.720 --> 0:30:42.880
<v Speaker 1>Pats need to win to keep their playoff hopes alive.

0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:47.240
<v Speaker 1>And this matchup is good for Stevenson because he's the

0:30:47.320 --> 0:30:50.440
<v Speaker 1>pass catcher. Uh. Stevenson is fourth in the league and

0:30:50.520 --> 0:30:53.360
<v Speaker 1>running back receptions and the Dolphins have allowed these seventh

0:30:53.360 --> 0:30:56.840
<v Speaker 1>most receptions and receiving yards to opposing backs and the

0:30:56.880 --> 0:31:00.520
<v Speaker 1>most receiving touchdowns in the league. Two running backs. Damien

0:31:00.560 --> 0:31:02.840
<v Speaker 1>Harris is gonna be active. That's the that's the fly

0:31:02.920 --> 0:31:05.200
<v Speaker 1>in the oint. And he's totally off the injury report,

0:31:05.240 --> 0:31:07.720
<v Speaker 1>and I'm a little bit worried, like fresh legs Damien

0:31:07.760 --> 0:31:10.880
<v Speaker 1>Harris that they to him, So I'm I'm not gonna

0:31:10.960 --> 0:31:14.520
<v Speaker 1>play Harris, not in a championship camp, but the effect

0:31:14.560 --> 0:31:18.600
<v Speaker 1>on Stevenson could be significant. Yeah, so I had Stevenson

0:31:18.640 --> 0:31:20.520
<v Speaker 1>as a B, but it's probably more of a C

0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:23.520
<v Speaker 1>grade in this one. Mac Jones also gets a C grade.

0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:26.320
<v Speaker 1>It's a great matchup. Last time Jones faced the bottom

0:31:26.360 --> 0:31:29.080
<v Speaker 1>five pass defense, he torched the Vikings for three two

0:31:29.080 --> 0:31:33.000
<v Speaker 1>and two. Miami's defense bottom five in every category against

0:31:33.040 --> 0:31:34.840
<v Speaker 1>the past, and I think this is a high scoring game,

0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:38.240
<v Speaker 1>so Jones is kind of startable. Jacoby Myers and Kendrick

0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:41.120
<v Speaker 1>Borne both gets C grades as well. It's worth noting

0:31:41.160 --> 0:31:44.400
<v Speaker 1>that both John hu Smith and Hunter Henry could miss

0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:47.160
<v Speaker 1>this game with a concussion and a knee injury, respectively,

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:50.120
<v Speaker 1>and Tae Kwon Thornton, who was on the field of

0:31:50.160 --> 0:31:52.880
<v Speaker 1>the Snaps last week, miss time in practice this week

0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:55.920
<v Speaker 1>with a knee injury as well. Kendrick Borne targeted nine

0:31:55.960 --> 0:31:59.080
<v Speaker 1>times last week for six catches a hundred yards in

0:31:59.120 --> 0:32:01.080
<v Speaker 1>a score, and Myers was back to form as well

0:32:01.480 --> 0:32:03.520
<v Speaker 1>with six sketches of his own for eighty three yards

0:32:03.520 --> 0:32:06.960
<v Speaker 1>in to score. Suky score. Yeah, I fail Mary, Yeah,

0:32:07.000 --> 0:32:08.880
<v Speaker 1>I think, yeah, that was that was a fun score.

0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:10.920
<v Speaker 1>But they're both Sea grades. If you need some help.

0:32:11.320 --> 0:32:14.200
<v Speaker 1>When we come back, Denver takes on Kansas City. Obviously

0:32:14.240 --> 0:32:18.800
<v Speaker 1>you're starting Patrick Mahomes and you're starting Travis Kelsey. But

0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:22.800
<v Speaker 1>which other Chiefs do you go with in the championship game?

0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:25.640
<v Speaker 1>Including Jujuice Smith Schuster? Is this one of his rare

0:32:25.720 --> 0:32:27.880
<v Speaker 1>games where you want to put him in your lineup?

0:32:27.960 --> 0:32:31.000
<v Speaker 1>Just Jerick McKinnon, stay hot. Find out when we come

0:32:31.040 --> 0:32:45.000
<v Speaker 1>back to Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.

0:32:45.000 --> 0:32:47.480
<v Speaker 1>Pul Archie and Matt Harrison and Brian Johnson with you.

0:32:47.960 --> 0:32:51.160
<v Speaker 1>Denver takes on Kansas City and against all us, there's

0:32:51.200 --> 0:32:53.960
<v Speaker 1>a couple of Denver promcos you can think about starting here.

0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 1>No way, I know, let's start with Otavias Murray, who

0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.480
<v Speaker 1>did nothing in the Week four teen matchup with Kansas City.

0:32:59.800 --> 0:33:02.000
<v Speaker 1>But you get volume with Murray, uh, you don't get

0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:03.320
<v Speaker 1>a lot else. And this is a matchup with a

0:33:03.320 --> 0:33:05.440
<v Speaker 1>good run defense. Chiefs a lot of the eighth fewest

0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:08.680
<v Speaker 1>rushing yards, but they give up the most receptions and

0:33:08.720 --> 0:33:12.240
<v Speaker 1>the fourth most receiving yards. So maybe Murray chips in

0:33:12.320 --> 0:33:14.680
<v Speaker 1>a couple of receptions here, which is usually good for

0:33:14.920 --> 0:33:18.040
<v Speaker 1>since Melvin Gordon's departures a couple of receptions, I just

0:33:18.080 --> 0:33:19.720
<v Speaker 1>have the C grade on Murray. You're hoping for a

0:33:19.760 --> 0:33:23.920
<v Speaker 1>touchdown and that's really a touchdown in like fifty rushing

0:33:24.000 --> 0:33:29.040
<v Speaker 1>yards and twelve twenty yards through the air. That would

0:33:29.040 --> 0:33:31.720
<v Speaker 1>be about it for Murray. Uh. Let's talk about Jerry

0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:33.640
<v Speaker 1>Judy and Cortland Sutton both see by the way, see

0:33:33.680 --> 0:33:35.680
<v Speaker 1>graad on Murray. See grade on Judy and Sutton as well.

0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:38.560
<v Speaker 1>Judy scored three times against Kansas City when they met

0:33:38.600 --> 0:33:42.400
<v Speaker 1>three weeks ago, and he'll face Lagarious Sneed in the slot.

0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:45.520
<v Speaker 1>He's allowed the fourth most receptions, eleventh most yards, and

0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:48.280
<v Speaker 1>fifth most yards after the catch. It's such a powerfully

0:33:48.320 --> 0:33:50.840
<v Speaker 1>positive matchup for Judy. I'm giving him. I'm giving him

0:33:50.840 --> 0:33:54.160
<v Speaker 1>a starting grade here. As for Sutton, if you exclude

0:33:54.160 --> 0:33:57.200
<v Speaker 1>his injury short and Week thirteen game against Baltimore Courtland,

0:33:57.240 --> 0:33:59.880
<v Speaker 1>Sutton has produced at least five catches and sixty four

0:34:00.040 --> 0:34:02.000
<v Speaker 1>yards in four straight games. So he's been active and

0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:04.080
<v Speaker 1>he's been good, and he's got a favorable matchup against

0:34:04.160 --> 0:34:06.840
<v Speaker 1>rookie Joshua Williams on the outside. This team is probably

0:34:06.840 --> 0:34:08.680
<v Speaker 1>gonna have to pass a lot, so Judy and Courtland

0:34:08.680 --> 0:34:12.040
<v Speaker 1>Sutton c grades now on the Broncos side, or sorry,

0:34:12.040 --> 0:34:14.120
<v Speaker 1>on the chief side. You may be thinking the Broncos

0:34:14.160 --> 0:34:16.720
<v Speaker 1>Chiefs just gave up fifty one points to the lowest

0:34:16.719 --> 0:34:20.239
<v Speaker 1>scoring team in the NFL, and that everybody would be

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:23.680
<v Speaker 1>a plausible starter. But on the balance of the whole season,

0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:26.600
<v Speaker 1>the Broncos defense has at least been pretty good and

0:34:26.640 --> 0:34:29.640
<v Speaker 1>their secondary really good. Obviously, you're starting Patrick Mahomes and

0:34:29.680 --> 0:34:32.080
<v Speaker 1>Travis Kelsey obvious eight grades and they're both my number

0:34:32.120 --> 0:34:36.160
<v Speaker 1>one ranked players at their position this week. Um no

0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:39.400
<v Speaker 1>other receivers get a starting grade here, including Juju Smith Schuster.

0:34:40.080 --> 0:34:44.120
<v Speaker 1>His his past seven games, he's averaged fifty five yards

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:47.600
<v Speaker 1>and he's scored once in seven games for Juju. On

0:34:47.719 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 1>the semi bright side, his lowe touchdown in that span

0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:53.960
<v Speaker 1>did come against the Broncos in Week fourteen, but that's

0:34:54.000 --> 0:34:56.640
<v Speaker 1>the only receiver score Denver has given up in their

0:34:56.719 --> 0:34:59.160
<v Speaker 1>last month of games. And I don't think he's gonna

0:34:59.200 --> 0:35:01.279
<v Speaker 1>do it back to back, and he's gonna get stuck

0:35:01.320 --> 0:35:03.680
<v Speaker 1>a lot on Patrick Sirtan and that is a bad

0:35:03.719 --> 0:35:08.840
<v Speaker 1>matchup against profobul focus. His third highest graded cornerback Jerick McKinnon,

0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:11.160
<v Speaker 1>one of the great calls in recent recent history of

0:35:11.200 --> 0:35:15.600
<v Speaker 1>this show, Mattnerson nailing him a month ago, urging people

0:35:15.680 --> 0:35:18.479
<v Speaker 1>to pick up Jerick McKinnon, who was at that point

0:35:18.480 --> 0:35:22.040
<v Speaker 1>available in like leagues and all these fantastic Since then,

0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:26.239
<v Speaker 1>he has scored receiving touchdown in four straight games. He

0:35:26.280 --> 0:35:28.399
<v Speaker 1>gets a B grade asked for Patcheco. Over his last

0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:31.160
<v Speaker 1>seven games, Pocheco's averaging ninety one total yards per game,

0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:33.680
<v Speaker 1>with at least sixty eight yards in each. The Broncos

0:35:33.680 --> 0:35:36.080
<v Speaker 1>have been terrible against opposing running backs, which is why

0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:39.120
<v Speaker 1>I like both McKinnon and Pacheco, allowing one hundred sixty

0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:42.040
<v Speaker 1>nine total yards and two touchdowns per game to the

0:35:42.040 --> 0:35:46.400
<v Speaker 1>position over the last three and um McKinnon responsible for

0:35:46.440 --> 0:35:48.800
<v Speaker 1>a big junk of that damage with his breakout recess

0:35:48.920 --> 0:35:51.120
<v Speaker 1>receiving game at two score game when these teams met

0:35:51.120 --> 0:35:54.759
<v Speaker 1>three weeks ago, including that crazy that I don't know

0:35:55.080 --> 0:35:57.440
<v Speaker 1>pass from Mahomes that was like, you know, practical behind

0:35:57.440 --> 0:36:00.279
<v Speaker 1>his head. So there you go, be grades and Cannon

0:36:00.280 --> 0:36:02.719
<v Speaker 1>and Pocheco. Let's go to our next matchup, which is

0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:06.760
<v Speaker 1>Carolina taking on Tampa Bay Ran Yeah, for the essentially

0:36:06.840 --> 0:36:09.880
<v Speaker 1>the NFC South title. These teams first met in Week seven,

0:36:09.920 --> 0:36:12.240
<v Speaker 1>starting on the Carolina side. I don't give Dante Foreman

0:36:12.239 --> 0:36:15.120
<v Speaker 1>and Cuba Hubbard both of Sea. So prior to last

0:36:15.160 --> 0:36:17.960
<v Speaker 1>week we were singing the praises of the Lions run defense,

0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:22.440
<v Speaker 1>to legit, to quit all that. Ben Foreman goes off

0:36:22.440 --> 0:36:24.840
<v Speaker 1>for a hundred sixty five yards and a touchdown. Hubbard

0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:28.160
<v Speaker 1>adds one five on twelve carries. There. I think they're

0:36:28.200 --> 0:36:29.840
<v Speaker 1>both over a hundred and half. Yeah, it was like

0:36:29.920 --> 0:36:33.680
<v Speaker 1>D'Angelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart are back here. So now

0:36:33.680 --> 0:36:35.920
<v Speaker 1>the Bucks don't present the best matchup on paper, but

0:36:36.000 --> 0:36:38.560
<v Speaker 1>over their last three games, opposing backs of average one

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:43.120
<v Speaker 1>forty Comboy yards in total three touchdowns, Foreman had over

0:36:43.160 --> 0:36:45.160
<v Speaker 1>a hundred forty Comboy yards in the first meeting. I

0:36:45.200 --> 0:36:47.239
<v Speaker 1>like him a little more than Hubbard. He seems to

0:36:47.280 --> 0:36:48.680
<v Speaker 1>get a little a few more touches, But I'll give

0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:50.000
<v Speaker 1>both the Sea here. If you're here in need of

0:36:50.000 --> 0:36:52.520
<v Speaker 1>a running back. D J. Moore has become a very

0:36:52.520 --> 0:36:55.080
<v Speaker 1>strong start since Sam Donald has been back at quarterback.

0:36:55.160 --> 0:36:57.200
<v Speaker 1>Going to give him a b. He has at least

0:36:57.239 --> 0:37:01.080
<v Speaker 1>seventy yards and a touchdown reception in three of Donald's

0:37:01.120 --> 0:37:04.439
<v Speaker 1>four recent starts. I mentioned this earlier. The Bucks could

0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:07.160
<v Speaker 1>be without starting corners of Jamal Dean and Carlton Davis.

0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:11.359
<v Speaker 1>They could be without two starting safeties. Davis Carlton Davis

0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:13.040
<v Speaker 1>would be a huge loss for Tampa Bay. And I

0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:15.200
<v Speaker 1>would give d J. Moore and a Actually, if Carlton

0:37:15.239 --> 0:37:17.839
<v Speaker 1>Davis sits More actually had a good game when these

0:37:17.880 --> 0:37:20.719
<v Speaker 1>teams first met, when Davis and Dean were healthy. He

0:37:20.719 --> 0:37:22.840
<v Speaker 1>had seven catches sixty nine yards in a touchdown. That

0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:25.400
<v Speaker 1>almost feels like a floor for More. Here so a

0:37:25.520 --> 0:37:27.520
<v Speaker 1>B and again in a of Carlton Davis and mrs

0:37:27.600 --> 0:37:30.480
<v Speaker 1>this one and Sam Donald lastly for Carolina might take

0:37:30.480 --> 0:37:33.200
<v Speaker 1>a chance to the quarterback. Let's go Sammy over to

0:37:33.280 --> 0:37:35.279
<v Speaker 1>the Tampa Bay side. I got Leonard four Nette and

0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:38.160
<v Speaker 1>Richard White on the bench for net. It's been playing

0:37:38.239 --> 0:37:41.520
<v Speaker 1>hurt but still getting more touches than White. That that's

0:37:41.600 --> 0:37:45.680
<v Speaker 1>not good. UM tackle Tristan Worth's reinjured his ankle last

0:37:45.719 --> 0:37:48.080
<v Speaker 1>week for the Bucks. Tackle Josh Wells was put on

0:37:48.160 --> 0:37:51.480
<v Speaker 1>I R. Tampa Bay won't be getting back starting center

0:37:51.560 --> 0:37:53.839
<v Speaker 1>Ryan Jensen as they hoped they would be for this week,

0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:56.719
<v Speaker 1>so that line remains a mess. And over the last

0:37:56.719 --> 0:38:00.560
<v Speaker 1>six games, the Panthers have allowed just two backs surpassed

0:38:00.560 --> 0:38:03.479
<v Speaker 1>fifty rushing yards, so both both Bucks backs on the bench.

0:38:03.560 --> 0:38:05.840
<v Speaker 1>For me, Chris Godwin not on the bench, so he

0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:08.520
<v Speaker 1>gets a B. Continues to have a safe floor with

0:38:08.560 --> 0:38:10.759
<v Speaker 1>at least six catches in eight targets and all but

0:38:10.840 --> 0:38:13.800
<v Speaker 1>two games this year. Saw a season high thirteen targets

0:38:13.800 --> 0:38:16.320
<v Speaker 1>against Carolina back in Week seven, but only caught seven

0:38:16.760 --> 0:38:20.080
<v Speaker 1>for forty three yards. But since then, every non Kendal

0:38:20.520 --> 0:38:23.280
<v Speaker 1>Hinton receiver to see eight or more targets against Carolina

0:38:23.600 --> 0:38:25.840
<v Speaker 1>has logged at least sixty yards, so a safe double

0:38:25.880 --> 0:38:30.799
<v Speaker 1>digit PPR floor for Godwin. UH safe floor has not

0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:34.920
<v Speaker 1>been anything that you can associate with Mike Evans this season.

0:38:35.160 --> 0:38:37.400
<v Speaker 1>I can give him a see though only because Carolina

0:38:37.560 --> 0:38:42.040
<v Speaker 1>corner standout Carolina corner J. C. Horne will miss this game.

0:38:42.440 --> 0:38:45.359
<v Speaker 1>Only reason I'm giving Evans the starting grade here. When

0:38:45.360 --> 0:38:47.840
<v Speaker 1>these teams didn't met in Week seven, Evans did have

0:38:47.920 --> 0:38:50.719
<v Speaker 1>nine catches for ninety six yards, and that's also the

0:38:50.719 --> 0:38:57.080
<v Speaker 1>game he dropped that like touchdown um and his downfall

0:38:57.160 --> 0:39:00.200
<v Speaker 1>kind of started there this season, but uh, it's a

0:39:00.239 --> 0:39:02.080
<v Speaker 1>better matchup with Horn out, and he had a good

0:39:02.080 --> 0:39:04.880
<v Speaker 1>game last week, so see for him, kay dot and

0:39:04.920 --> 0:39:06.319
<v Speaker 1>he is on the bench for me a tight end.

0:39:06.320 --> 0:39:10.760
<v Speaker 1>There are better options. We've mentioned several and uh, lastly,

0:39:10.800 --> 0:39:13.200
<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady, I will throw a Sea Adam just because J. C.

0:39:13.360 --> 0:39:16.479
<v Speaker 1>Horn is out. Two nine scoreless yards in the first

0:39:16.480 --> 0:39:18.359
<v Speaker 1>meeting should have been more like three fifty and one

0:39:18.400 --> 0:39:21.520
<v Speaker 1>with that Evans drop, but that massive ceiling for Brady

0:39:21.960 --> 0:39:24.439
<v Speaker 1>has vanished. You probably better options out there. Just to see.

0:39:24.520 --> 0:39:27.680
<v Speaker 1>For the Jets taking on Seattle, Matt he already told

0:39:27.719 --> 0:39:29.279
<v Speaker 1>us you like and I agree. He's on a ad night,

0:39:29.520 --> 0:39:32.719
<v Speaker 1>very nice matchup. The passing games see had also much

0:39:32.760 --> 0:39:35.680
<v Speaker 1>tougher past defense. They do get Mike White back, What

0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:37.480
<v Speaker 1>do you make of this one? Kind of? I mean,

0:39:37.560 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 1>Mike White's average three seventeen yards per game this year

0:39:40.200 --> 0:39:42.600
<v Speaker 1>and it starts and finally found an online doctor who

0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:45.480
<v Speaker 1>cleared him of his rim injury. The Seahawks have allowed

0:39:45.560 --> 0:39:48.719
<v Speaker 1>multiple touchdown passes to six of the last eight quarterbacks

0:39:48.719 --> 0:39:50.960
<v Speaker 1>they faced. The only two that didn't hit that Mark

0:39:51.080 --> 0:39:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Sam Donald and John Wolford. So Mike White in my

0:39:54.200 --> 0:39:56.799
<v Speaker 1>opinion gets a B and Garrett Wilson he's back to

0:39:56.800 --> 0:39:58.759
<v Speaker 1>an A grade with me. With Mike White and even

0:39:58.960 --> 0:40:01.560
<v Speaker 1>in what seems like a tough for matchup, so Tarik

0:40:01.560 --> 0:40:04.840
<v Speaker 1>Woolan has been the Seahawks only like super great cover corner.

0:40:05.200 --> 0:40:07.520
<v Speaker 1>He stays completely on the right side of the field,

0:40:07.600 --> 0:40:10.000
<v Speaker 1>and even he has allowed five touchdowns in his coverage

0:40:10.000 --> 0:40:13.480
<v Speaker 1>over the last eight games. Wilson moves everywhere about equally,

0:40:13.520 --> 0:40:17.720
<v Speaker 1>so he'll find advantageous matchups against slot corner Kobe Bryant

0:40:17.960 --> 0:40:20.839
<v Speaker 1>and left corner Michael Jackson, neither of which are as

0:40:20.880 --> 0:40:24.120
<v Speaker 1>good as the Black Mamba or the King of Pop Jackson.

0:40:24.320 --> 0:40:27.879
<v Speaker 1>Pro Football focuses number ninety six corner Bryant number one

0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:30.120
<v Speaker 1>ten makes me feel I got Garrett Wilson in a

0:40:30.160 --> 0:40:32.279
<v Speaker 1>few leagues. That makes me feel better about him going.

0:40:32.400 --> 0:40:35.960
<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Kenneth Walker limited and practice Thursday and Friday

0:40:35.960 --> 0:40:41.080
<v Speaker 1>with an ankle injury. Didn't practice at all last Uh.

0:40:41.080 --> 0:40:43.359
<v Speaker 1>He did play last week after not practicing at all,

0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:45.000
<v Speaker 1>and at twenty eight touches and a hundred and five

0:40:45.040 --> 0:40:47.359
<v Speaker 1>total yards, He's gonna be fine. I'm gonna give him

0:40:47.360 --> 0:40:51.680
<v Speaker 1>a solid be against the Jets defense. It's a little

0:40:51.680 --> 0:40:54.080
<v Speaker 1>bit tougher than average, but Travis e. T N managed

0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:56.200
<v Speaker 1>a hundred and twelve total yards last week, and the

0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:58.799
<v Speaker 1>Detroit running backs they had a hundred and thirty nine

0:40:58.840 --> 0:41:01.759
<v Speaker 1>combo yards the week four. So I think Walker gets

0:41:01.760 --> 0:41:03.879
<v Speaker 1>almost all of it because all the other running backs

0:41:03.880 --> 0:41:07.280
<v Speaker 1>are hurt. Theres Homer, d J. Dallas, it's probably all Walker,

0:41:08.040 --> 0:41:12.239
<v Speaker 1>uh dk Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Looks like Locket might

0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:14.760
<v Speaker 1>go this week after having surgery on his fractured left

0:41:15.040 --> 0:41:18.720
<v Speaker 1>index finger only eleven days ago. He still has stitches

0:41:18.719 --> 0:41:20.960
<v Speaker 1>in the finger, but he's trending the right way. In

0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:23.640
<v Speaker 1>the last month of games, each of them are averaging

0:41:23.680 --> 0:41:27.000
<v Speaker 1>about nine targets per game and about six catches. Problem

0:41:27.040 --> 0:41:30.200
<v Speaker 1>is Sauce Gardner in the Jets secondary have been awesome

0:41:30.440 --> 0:41:32.839
<v Speaker 1>since week five. Here's the list of wide receivers who

0:41:32.880 --> 0:41:38.200
<v Speaker 1>have scored. Alan Lazard, Jacoby Myers, Byron Pringle, Justin Jefferson.

0:41:38.480 --> 0:41:41.640
<v Speaker 1>That's it in eleven games. I think Byron Pringle and

0:41:41.680 --> 0:41:45.280
<v Speaker 1>Justin Jefferson, whatever they're they're always in the same circles.

0:41:45.320 --> 0:41:47.759
<v Speaker 1>You know, they're everywhere together, and that spend. No wide

0:41:47.760 --> 0:41:50.360
<v Speaker 1>receiver is top two hundred yards. So I'll give Metcalfe,

0:41:50.600 --> 0:41:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Lockett and Gino Smith just to see in the Geno

0:41:54.280 --> 0:41:57.280
<v Speaker 1>Smith revenge game. This is his first ever start against

0:41:57.320 --> 0:41:59.960
<v Speaker 1>the team that drafted him. He has thrown for mult

0:42:00.000 --> 0:42:03.279
<v Speaker 1>to pull touchdowns in eleven games this year. However, the

0:42:03.400 --> 0:42:07.880
<v Speaker 1>Jets haven't allowed multiple passing score since Week three. Uh,

0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:10.880
<v Speaker 1>last guy, I'll mention we got a ludicrous alert as

0:42:10.920 --> 0:42:14.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna give give Noah Fant a c. The Jets

0:42:14.960 --> 0:42:18.160
<v Speaker 1>have allowed the seventh most receptions and yards to the

0:42:18.200 --> 0:42:21.360
<v Speaker 1>tight end position, and Fant is healthy has scored in

0:42:21.440 --> 0:42:23.799
<v Speaker 1>two straight So if you're in the tight end waste land,

0:42:23.960 --> 0:42:26.520
<v Speaker 1>Noah Fant is way better than those dumb tight ends

0:42:26.560 --> 0:42:30.640
<v Speaker 1>Brian mentioned. I'm just kidding, Brian. I'm sure they're not dumb.

0:42:31.600 --> 0:42:34.160
<v Speaker 1>They one played baseball. I understand one did play BABA,

0:42:34.239 --> 0:42:39.719
<v Speaker 1>which is very very important. Are you crying? I was

0:42:40.000 --> 0:42:45.400
<v Speaker 1>yawning about boring those tight end recom I just noticed this. Sorry,

0:42:45.719 --> 0:42:47.759
<v Speaker 1>back to the Panthers match up really quick. J C.

0:42:47.920 --> 0:42:52.560
<v Speaker 1>Horne their best cornerback Nightline. They elevated Josh Norman from

0:42:52.560 --> 0:42:58.160
<v Speaker 1>their practice on Caroline him on the practice squad. I

0:42:58.160 --> 0:43:00.600
<v Speaker 1>hope he's got a baseball bat with him. They'll remember

0:43:00.600 --> 0:43:03.600
<v Speaker 1>that baseball bat game against the Giants, Josh Norman and

0:43:04.600 --> 0:43:09.799
<v Speaker 1>he brought a baseball bat out, Like we need more

0:43:09.880 --> 0:43:13.560
<v Speaker 1>antics like that that happened. Yeah, everybody's very conservative now.

0:43:13.680 --> 0:43:16.720
<v Speaker 1>Josh Norman was great in those days. But one more game, Josh,

0:43:17.400 --> 0:43:19.880
<v Speaker 1>who's your Who's the starting quarterback next week for Tennessee.

0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:22.000
<v Speaker 1>In our final moments of this hour four hour, number

0:43:22.000 --> 0:43:25.440
<v Speaker 1>two starts. If you gotta hope they paced Ryan Tannehill

0:43:25.480 --> 0:43:28.200
<v Speaker 1>together right now, he's on. It's done, He's done. Yeah,

0:43:28.520 --> 0:43:31.200
<v Speaker 1>I think it's Dobbs. I think you had to like

0:43:31.400 --> 0:43:35.279
<v Speaker 1>absolutely wet the bed on Thursday night and he didn't. Right,

0:43:35.640 --> 0:43:38.919
<v Speaker 1>they let him pass thirty nine times. Malick Willis doesn't

0:43:38.960 --> 0:43:41.200
<v Speaker 1>get half that. I mean, it's it's gonna be forty

0:43:41.280 --> 0:43:43.279
<v Speaker 1>carries or Derrick hen Ring in that game though, it's

0:43:43.280 --> 0:43:46.400
<v Speaker 1>all all something. Maybe I don't Maybe I thought he

0:43:46.440 --> 0:43:49.440
<v Speaker 1>looked all right, and that's you know, Malick Willis. You

0:43:49.480 --> 0:43:51.440
<v Speaker 1>know there's a reason they never let him pass and

0:43:51.520 --> 0:43:54.920
<v Speaker 1>that they elevated Dobbs here despite fact you only bet

0:43:54.920 --> 0:43:56.719
<v Speaker 1>on the you went on the Lions like eight days

0:43:56.760 --> 0:43:59.360
<v Speaker 1>before that. You think Malick Willis ends up going to

0:43:59.520 --> 0:44:03.799
<v Speaker 1>Jamarca Russell route and becomes a wide receiver somewhere to

0:44:03.920 --> 0:44:08.560
<v Speaker 1>Marcus Ross, to mars Who's who's the white? Or getting

0:44:08.640 --> 0:44:11.560
<v Speaker 1>my Raiders quarterback babies meant to be a running back.

0:44:11.560 --> 0:44:13.640
<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's it. When we come back, three tough questions,

0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:17.440
<v Speaker 1>including some forward looking questions for next year. When we

0:44:17.480 --> 0:44:44.600
<v Speaker 1>return to Fantasy Football Weekly, our number two Fantasy Football Weekly,

0:44:44.600 --> 0:44:47.719
<v Speaker 1>Paul church In, Matt Harrison, and Brian Johnson with you.

0:44:48.200 --> 0:44:52.840
<v Speaker 1>It's championship week again. This is our final long form,

0:44:53.080 --> 0:44:56.200
<v Speaker 1>over the air version of Fantasy Football Weekly, but we

0:44:56.239 --> 0:45:00.480
<v Speaker 1>continue every week on your favorite podcasting platform. Encourage you

0:45:00.520 --> 0:45:03.319
<v Speaker 1>to subscribe it. This week seventeen chart, but should it

0:45:03.400 --> 0:45:09.720
<v Speaker 1>be Championship Week? Great question. Let's find out question number one.

0:45:09.920 --> 0:45:13.400
<v Speaker 1>With all the turmoil this week, should fantasy championship games

0:45:13.520 --> 0:45:19.319
<v Speaker 1>be played in weeks sixteen, seventeen or eighteen? We begin

0:45:19.400 --> 0:45:22.640
<v Speaker 1>with Matt Harrison, Well, not eighteen for sure, because that's

0:45:22.680 --> 0:45:26.960
<v Speaker 1>just crazy talk. I'm still fine with Week seventeen. With

0:45:27.080 --> 0:45:30.120
<v Speaker 1>the added seventh playoff team in the NFL, the top

0:45:30.160 --> 0:45:32.600
<v Speaker 1>teams are usually still vying for the number one seed,

0:45:32.840 --> 0:45:35.320
<v Speaker 1>like the Eagles are this week, like the Bills and

0:45:35.360 --> 0:45:38.320
<v Speaker 1>the Chiefs and the Bengals kind of are this week. Uh.

0:45:38.360 --> 0:45:42.120
<v Speaker 1>And with the seventh wild card or the third wild card,

0:45:42.520 --> 0:45:45.680
<v Speaker 1>there's there's just extra spots for everybody, so there's tons

0:45:45.680 --> 0:45:47.960
<v Speaker 1>of teams that are still relevant. So I'm fine with

0:45:48.000 --> 0:45:51.040
<v Speaker 1>either sixteen or seventeen, but i prefer seventeen because we

0:45:51.080 --> 0:45:53.520
<v Speaker 1>get one extra week of fantasy football, all right, Brian,

0:45:54.520 --> 0:45:57.479
<v Speaker 1>with all the tumult this week, fantasy championship games, should

0:45:57.480 --> 0:46:01.680
<v Speaker 1>they be played in weeks sixteen, seventeen or eight team Obviously,

0:46:01.760 --> 0:46:04.200
<v Speaker 1>this is only the second season we've had this eighteen

0:46:04.440 --> 0:46:07.239
<v Speaker 1>week season, so it made sense to say, okay, we'll

0:46:07.239 --> 0:46:09.919
<v Speaker 1>play fantasy through week seventeens. In the past, we would

0:46:09.920 --> 0:46:12.560
<v Speaker 1>always say, you know, Week sixteen should be the last

0:46:12.560 --> 0:46:16.560
<v Speaker 1>week for fantasy football when there's seventeen weeks. But after

0:46:16.640 --> 0:46:19.080
<v Speaker 1>this year, I'm going for let's go back to sixteen

0:46:19.120 --> 0:46:21.040
<v Speaker 1>weeks and we'll sit out these last two weeks. When

0:46:21.040 --> 0:46:24.680
<v Speaker 1>it comes to seasonal formats, we've got our daily fantasy

0:46:24.800 --> 0:46:28.760
<v Speaker 1>daily drafts gambling in the last two weeks weeks seventeen

0:46:28.800 --> 0:46:32.320
<v Speaker 1>and eighteen. There's enough shenanigans going on here in week seventeen,

0:46:32.360 --> 0:46:36.239
<v Speaker 1>where we're almost throwing out what has happened in these

0:46:36.280 --> 0:46:38.759
<v Speaker 1>previous sixteen weeks in a lot of leagues, and I

0:46:38.760 --> 0:46:41.000
<v Speaker 1>know that's gonna happen in fantasy football. It's not the

0:46:41.040 --> 0:46:43.880
<v Speaker 1>perfect game, but I'm good with sixteen weeks, so I'm

0:46:43.880 --> 0:46:46.399
<v Speaker 1>gonna that's my answer. I don't like that so many

0:46:46.440 --> 0:46:48.120
<v Speaker 1>players are hurt at this time of the year, and

0:46:48.120 --> 0:46:50.319
<v Speaker 1>the DNFL never should have extended the season by a week.

0:46:50.320 --> 0:46:52.440
<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know this, everybody, you know, all these

0:46:52.520 --> 0:46:55.000
<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks all getting hurt. This was a it was a

0:46:55.680 --> 0:46:58.000
<v Speaker 1>money grabbeded nothing to do with player safety. I don't

0:46:58.000 --> 0:47:00.239
<v Speaker 1>like that they added the week the extra week, So

0:47:00.480 --> 0:47:03.399
<v Speaker 1>just editorializing for a minute. Now. Last year, we didn't

0:47:03.400 --> 0:47:05.440
<v Speaker 1>have any issues a week seventeen. Everybody's playing a week

0:47:05.480 --> 0:47:08.840
<v Speaker 1>seventeen championship. We didn't have any issues. This year. We

0:47:08.920 --> 0:47:13.480
<v Speaker 1>have one team, Tennessee that clearly and obviously tanked, although

0:47:13.520 --> 0:47:17.440
<v Speaker 1>their team played shockingly well. Um and it was a

0:47:17.480 --> 0:47:20.480
<v Speaker 1>team that entered the week completely battered by injury. That

0:47:20.640 --> 0:47:23.600
<v Speaker 1>really and it had to take a confluence of events

0:47:23.640 --> 0:47:25.880
<v Speaker 1>like the week a team matchup being for all the

0:47:25.920 --> 0:47:28.160
<v Speaker 1>marbles and it was a short week for them too.

0:47:28.520 --> 0:47:31.160
<v Speaker 1>That's a good point. Under made the factor that into

0:47:31.160 --> 0:47:33.360
<v Speaker 1>my head. Um, you know we've got a finite amount

0:47:33.440 --> 0:47:35.440
<v Speaker 1>of fantasy season, Matt. This is to your point. The

0:47:35.520 --> 0:47:38.760
<v Speaker 1>NFL is shorter than the NBA, NHL, the MLB season,

0:47:38.800 --> 0:47:40.759
<v Speaker 1>and people of fantasy football they want to play. I

0:47:40.760 --> 0:47:43.719
<v Speaker 1>don't want to. I don't think Derrick Henry Resting is

0:47:43.880 --> 0:47:46.440
<v Speaker 1>enough of a reason to make fifty million people play

0:47:46.560 --> 0:47:49.320
<v Speaker 1>a week less of a game they love, at least

0:47:49.320 --> 0:47:51.879
<v Speaker 1>not yet. But if this, you know, if we see this,

0:47:52.040 --> 0:47:53.759
<v Speaker 1>if this is more than just a one off, I

0:47:53.800 --> 0:47:56.959
<v Speaker 1>will reconsider this, and I will also consider a week

0:47:57.080 --> 0:48:01.440
<v Speaker 1>sixteen seventeen combo do like the two week playoff matchup

0:48:01.840 --> 0:48:06.080
<v Speaker 1>playoff matchup as a possibility as well. Tough Question number two.

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<v Speaker 1>This is our last over the year two hour show

0:48:08.920 --> 0:48:13.120
<v Speaker 1>for this year. Also, this is the best time to

0:48:13.200 --> 0:48:17.319
<v Speaker 1>introduce rule changes for next year, when everybody's engaged and

0:48:17.320 --> 0:48:19.120
<v Speaker 1>they're thinking about the league, When you're trying to get

0:48:19.160 --> 0:48:22.960
<v Speaker 1>this done like next May, everybody's not really in a

0:48:23.000 --> 0:48:26.000
<v Speaker 1>fantasy football frame of mind. What are the rule changes

0:48:26.080 --> 0:48:29.160
<v Speaker 1>every league should consider for next year. We begin with

0:48:29.200 --> 0:48:31.759
<v Speaker 1>Brian Well, this is kind of in the same vein

0:48:31.800 --> 0:48:36.160
<v Speaker 1>as your combo your proposal for a combo week seventeen

0:48:36.440 --> 0:48:39.080
<v Speaker 1>Week sixteen seventeen Championship. I think when you get to

0:48:39.280 --> 0:48:42.439
<v Speaker 1>your final four uh in your league, whether you start

0:48:42.440 --> 0:48:44.080
<v Speaker 1>with four teams in the playoffs or you start it

0:48:44.080 --> 0:48:45.719
<v Speaker 1>with six, whatever, but when you get down to the

0:48:45.760 --> 0:48:48.279
<v Speaker 1>final four in those last two weeks, you kind of

0:48:48.280 --> 0:48:52.799
<v Speaker 1>go and all play method where either you're not head

0:48:52.840 --> 0:48:55.799
<v Speaker 1>to head it's not too to head to head matchups,

0:48:55.840 --> 0:48:59.000
<v Speaker 1>but either the top two scoring teams whether they're playing

0:48:59.040 --> 0:49:01.200
<v Speaker 1>each other or not, to the championship, or you do

0:49:01.200 --> 0:49:04.960
<v Speaker 1>accumulative score over those two week periods and then the

0:49:05.000 --> 0:49:08.840
<v Speaker 1>highest scoring team among the final four wins your championship.

0:49:08.880 --> 0:49:11.399
<v Speaker 1>Because to be the one seed and get knocked out

0:49:11.400 --> 0:49:13.719
<v Speaker 1>by a four four seed we had a four better seed.

0:49:13.760 --> 0:49:15.360
<v Speaker 1>I know that happens, and it sucks. I've been on

0:49:15.400 --> 0:49:17.600
<v Speaker 1>both ends of that stick. We all have. That happens

0:49:17.640 --> 0:49:19.000
<v Speaker 1>all the time. It happens all the time. But it's

0:49:19.080 --> 0:49:20.640
<v Speaker 1>kind of like the all play scenario when you get

0:49:20.640 --> 0:49:22.600
<v Speaker 1>down to your final four, whether the top to advance

0:49:22.680 --> 0:49:24.400
<v Speaker 1>after the first week of the playoffs, where you go

0:49:24.440 --> 0:49:27.719
<v Speaker 1>the the combined score of all the teams between that

0:49:27.760 --> 0:49:30.120
<v Speaker 1>two week period and the top scoring time. So that's

0:49:30.120 --> 0:49:31.359
<v Speaker 1>gonna have to be four teams. It could be any

0:49:31.440 --> 0:49:33.920
<v Speaker 1>number of teams. You're saying, just advanced the with with

0:49:33.960 --> 0:49:37.759
<v Speaker 1>four teams it's best. But yeah, I've got one that's

0:49:37.880 --> 0:49:40.600
<v Speaker 1>right on that. Just a little tweak, just a little

0:49:40.640 --> 0:49:45.360
<v Speaker 1>different and charge. Maybe you might feel this in your playoffs.

0:49:45.719 --> 0:49:48.520
<v Speaker 1>Your number one seed should always get to pick their

0:49:48.520 --> 0:49:52.919
<v Speaker 1>opponent of the available teams left. And in one league,

0:49:52.960 --> 0:49:55.920
<v Speaker 1>I got to pick my opponent that that I run chart.

0:49:56.040 --> 0:49:58.440
<v Speaker 1>You got to pick your opponent. One of my leagues

0:49:58.480 --> 0:50:00.160
<v Speaker 1>like this too, And I know I lost that I

0:50:00.320 --> 0:50:03.279
<v Speaker 1>did I pick wrong? Do you pick wrong? But it's

0:50:03.320 --> 0:50:06.200
<v Speaker 1>kind of a fun. You don't get much of an advantage.

0:50:06.200 --> 0:50:09.560
<v Speaker 1>There's no real home field for fantasy teams. I think

0:50:09.560 --> 0:50:11.640
<v Speaker 1>that you should be able to pick your opponent as

0:50:11.680 --> 0:50:14.040
<v Speaker 1>the number one seed, and if you have enough players

0:50:14.200 --> 0:50:15.920
<v Speaker 1>or teams in your league, let's say have an eight

0:50:15.960 --> 0:50:18.440
<v Speaker 1>team playoff, maybe your two seed gets to get the

0:50:18.480 --> 0:50:21.200
<v Speaker 1>next pick of the teams. I love the idea of

0:50:21.239 --> 0:50:24.399
<v Speaker 1>picking your poison and maybe having that come up and

0:50:24.600 --> 0:50:27.280
<v Speaker 1>bite you in the butt during the fantasy play getting

0:50:27.320 --> 0:50:29.319
<v Speaker 1>on a knock sam out of the playoffs. Right, didn't.

0:50:29.320 --> 0:50:34.279
<v Speaker 1>I didn't choose Sam. He's just too nice of a guys. Right.

0:50:34.320 --> 0:50:36.200
<v Speaker 1>So here's the Here are the rules every league should

0:50:36.719 --> 0:50:39.480
<v Speaker 1>should have. First of all, if you have any veto

0:50:40.120 --> 0:50:42.560
<v Speaker 1>process in your league, that's gotta go. Get rid of

0:50:42.600 --> 0:50:45.280
<v Speaker 1>that now. Next, if you're not, and these are the rules,

0:50:45.600 --> 0:50:48.319
<v Speaker 1>these next, these three, I will not play in leagues

0:50:48.360 --> 0:50:51.400
<v Speaker 1>that don't have these things. Blind bidding for free agents.

0:50:51.400 --> 0:50:53.440
<v Speaker 1>It's the only way to distribute free agents. If you're

0:50:53.480 --> 0:50:55.480
<v Speaker 1>not doing it that way, you are doing it wrong.

0:50:56.280 --> 0:50:59.320
<v Speaker 1>The last one, the next, well, next one. Super flexing,

0:50:59.400 --> 0:51:01.160
<v Speaker 1>here's the way to go. I mean, it's just the

0:51:01.200 --> 0:51:05.120
<v Speaker 1>quarterback position is almost worthless in non super flex leagues.

0:51:05.160 --> 0:51:08.280
<v Speaker 1>You should be playing super flex. Most people still aren't.

0:51:08.600 --> 0:51:11.520
<v Speaker 1>This is a mistake. Super Flex, where you can flex

0:51:11.520 --> 0:51:14.719
<v Speaker 1>a quarterback, very very important, and it brings makes the

0:51:14.800 --> 0:51:17.839
<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks as valuable as the rest of the positions, and

0:51:17.920 --> 0:51:20.839
<v Speaker 1>it totally changes the whole way that that system marks.

0:51:20.920 --> 0:51:23.200
<v Speaker 1>And if you want to just add super flex to

0:51:23.200 --> 0:51:27.360
<v Speaker 1>your league, don't exchange your flex position, add a super

0:51:27.360 --> 0:51:30.920
<v Speaker 1>flex position, just add another position to your lineup. And lastly,

0:51:30.960 --> 0:51:33.400
<v Speaker 1>if you haven't dabbled with an auction it's the most

0:51:33.440 --> 0:51:35.759
<v Speaker 1>fair way to distribute players, and you should be using

0:51:35.760 --> 0:51:37.640
<v Speaker 1>an auction charge. I still think we should do that

0:51:37.680 --> 0:51:39.960
<v Speaker 1>whiteboard auction that I came up with last year for

0:51:39.960 --> 0:51:42.320
<v Speaker 1>a playoff league. We gotta do that. We'll talk about

0:51:42.360 --> 0:51:44.880
<v Speaker 1>that on on one of our podcast episodes that may

0:51:44.880 --> 0:51:48.640
<v Speaker 1>be coming up next week. Tough question number three, since

0:51:48.719 --> 0:51:50.560
<v Speaker 1>once again this is our final over the year two

0:51:50.600 --> 0:51:52.839
<v Speaker 1>hour show, Who's going to be the first overall pick?

0:51:52.920 --> 0:51:55.719
<v Speaker 1>Who should be the first overall pick next year? Mat

0:51:56.360 --> 0:51:59.799
<v Speaker 1>It's incredibly tough for me to get away from Travis Kelsey. Uh.

0:51:59.840 --> 0:52:02.960
<v Speaker 1>He's proven to be the difference maker in fantasy football.

0:52:03.520 --> 0:52:06.560
<v Speaker 1>The difference between Kelsey and Hockinson or Kittle, one of

0:52:06.560 --> 0:52:09.640
<v Speaker 1>which is number two in most formats, is about six

0:52:09.680 --> 0:52:13.560
<v Speaker 1>PPR points. That's an extra touchdown per week. Nobody else

0:52:13.600 --> 0:52:16.480
<v Speaker 1>comes close to that difference. Yes, he's turning thirty four

0:52:16.560 --> 0:52:20.600
<v Speaker 1>next October, but the Chiefs don't have somebody who's just

0:52:20.640 --> 0:52:23.440
<v Speaker 1>gonna pop up and take that wide receiver one position

0:52:23.760 --> 0:52:26.600
<v Speaker 1>like Tyreek Hill had. So it's very likely that Kelsey

0:52:26.640 --> 0:52:30.120
<v Speaker 1>is Patrick Mahomes top target again next year. Brian who

0:52:30.160 --> 0:52:34.239
<v Speaker 1>should be the number one player taken in next year's drafts. Yeah,

0:52:34.320 --> 0:52:36.919
<v Speaker 1>we've always said we fear the cliff and a lot

0:52:36.920 --> 0:52:39.120
<v Speaker 1>of instances you'd rather get out of your early with

0:52:39.160 --> 0:52:46.520
<v Speaker 1>Travis Kelsey, I'm willing to go off again. Like basically,

0:52:46.520 --> 0:52:48.600
<v Speaker 1>the only player I'll go with them film and Louise

0:52:48.640 --> 0:52:50.759
<v Speaker 1>with is Travis Kelsey. I will throw this out there.

0:52:50.960 --> 0:52:52.759
<v Speaker 1>That is my answer as well. But I think next

0:52:52.840 --> 0:52:55.960
<v Speaker 1>year we see and in one quarterback leagues, we'll see

0:52:56.040 --> 0:53:00.560
<v Speaker 1>Josh Allen and Jalen Hursts and maybe Patrick Mahomes go

0:53:00.640 --> 0:53:02.720
<v Speaker 1>in the first round. We'll see a lot more people

0:53:02.760 --> 0:53:05.960
<v Speaker 1>reverting to not zero running back but doing the opposite.

0:53:06.160 --> 0:53:08.520
<v Speaker 1>It's charged finally coming in vogue. It's only taking me

0:53:08.560 --> 0:53:11.160
<v Speaker 1>fifteen years. I think average a DP will only see

0:53:11.200 --> 0:53:13.439
<v Speaker 1>Christian McCaffrey and Austin Ekela are going in the first

0:53:13.520 --> 0:53:16.120
<v Speaker 1>rounds as running backs next year. I don't agree with that. Well,

0:53:16.440 --> 0:53:18.719
<v Speaker 1>if you are people that are doing it wrong so

0:53:18.840 --> 0:53:21.520
<v Speaker 1>blinded by running backs, they will there. There will be

0:53:21.560 --> 0:53:23.279
<v Speaker 1>more than two that go in the first round. Those

0:53:23.320 --> 0:53:26.560
<v Speaker 1>should be the only two. I should say Barkley borderline

0:53:26.719 --> 0:53:29.680
<v Speaker 1>only because I couldn't get myself to do. Travis Kelsey,

0:53:29.760 --> 0:53:31.680
<v Speaker 1>I think should go second. Because of the age, and

0:53:31.719 --> 0:53:33.920
<v Speaker 1>I just I feel like I feel like the end

0:53:34.000 --> 0:53:36.760
<v Speaker 1>is the end is Nie, So I'm going Justin Jefferson,

0:53:36.920 --> 0:53:39.720
<v Speaker 1>I think will end up being the consensus first player

0:53:39.800 --> 0:53:42.400
<v Speaker 1>off the board. By going wide receiver, you avoid the

0:53:42.400 --> 0:53:45.720
<v Speaker 1>pitfalls that come with the running back position. Just asked

0:53:45.760 --> 0:53:50.719
<v Speaker 1>the of people who took Jonathan Taylor first overall this

0:53:50.760 --> 0:53:55.200
<v Speaker 1>past year but he was so safe, Or took Christian

0:53:55.280 --> 0:53:58.399
<v Speaker 1>McCaffrey with the first pick the year before that, or

0:53:58.640 --> 0:54:02.520
<v Speaker 1>the who put could picked Christian McCaffrey the year before

0:54:02.560 --> 0:54:04.839
<v Speaker 1>that too, We could keep going by by the way

0:54:04.840 --> 0:54:06.400
<v Speaker 1>we by the way it was sake Kawa Barkley the

0:54:06.440 --> 0:54:09.040
<v Speaker 1>year before that. We could keep doing this. People are

0:54:09.080 --> 0:54:11.719
<v Speaker 1>so locked into just taking last year's best running back

0:54:11.760 --> 0:54:15.399
<v Speaker 1>first overall, but everybody's been burned, and I think they're

0:54:15.440 --> 0:54:18.799
<v Speaker 1>finally gonna go to Justin Jefferson, a player not just

0:54:18.880 --> 0:54:23.160
<v Speaker 1>on a Hall of Fame trajectory. He's literally on a

0:54:23.280 --> 0:54:25.840
<v Speaker 1>trajectory to be the best wide receiver in the history

0:54:25.840 --> 0:54:28.520
<v Speaker 1>of the league. He's never missed a game, and his

0:54:28.719 --> 0:54:33.280
<v Speaker 1>quarterback has never missed a game. Fantasy players, I think

0:54:33.560 --> 0:54:35.759
<v Speaker 1>I want to believe are going to make the right

0:54:35.800 --> 0:54:39.040
<v Speaker 1>decision with the first pick next August and take Justin Jefferson.

0:54:39.120 --> 0:54:42.800
<v Speaker 1>Can't blame you. Let's work in one more matchup, Chicago

0:54:43.080 --> 0:54:47.280
<v Speaker 1>at Detroit. We begin with Justin Fields and a grade.

0:54:47.440 --> 0:54:49.960
<v Speaker 1>Detroit to surrender the fourth most passing touchdowns in the

0:54:50.000 --> 0:54:52.320
<v Speaker 1>third most passing yards per game, so Fields should be

0:54:52.360 --> 0:54:54.400
<v Speaker 1>able to chip in one to two touchdowns with his

0:54:54.520 --> 0:54:57.200
<v Speaker 1>arm here. And when these teams first met at week ten,

0:54:57.880 --> 0:55:02.080
<v Speaker 1>Fields through for two touchdown. He ran for two touchdowns

0:55:02.239 --> 0:55:06.200
<v Speaker 1>and piled up one d forty seven rushing yards in

0:55:06.239 --> 0:55:07.919
<v Speaker 1>the game. I was gonna I thought you were gonna

0:55:07.960 --> 0:55:13.279
<v Speaker 1>say he caught two touchdowns. It's worth noting that Jalen Hurts,

0:55:13.360 --> 0:55:15.600
<v Speaker 1>Daniel Jones, and Josh Allen all rushed for at least

0:55:15.600 --> 0:55:18.560
<v Speaker 1>fifty yards and a touchdown against the Lions this year.

0:55:19.000 --> 0:55:23.720
<v Speaker 1>So every indication here is monster game coming from Justin Fields.

0:55:23.760 --> 0:55:25.560
<v Speaker 1>So what about his receivers. I just said, I think

0:55:25.560 --> 0:55:28.120
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna throw one or two. So to whom could

0:55:28.120 --> 0:55:31.600
<v Speaker 1>they go? Let's talk Cole Commet, who finished with seventy

0:55:31.600 --> 0:55:33.960
<v Speaker 1>four yards and two touchdowns in the first meeting with

0:55:34.000 --> 0:55:37.400
<v Speaker 1>the Lions Week ten. Commet doesn't have any much competition

0:55:37.440 --> 0:55:39.640
<v Speaker 1>for targets these days, and the Lions have surrendered to

0:55:39.680 --> 0:55:42.480
<v Speaker 1>healthy three tight end touchdowns in the last four games.

0:55:42.480 --> 0:55:47.080
<v Speaker 1>So I've gotta be grade Cole commet and a C

0:55:47.440 --> 0:55:54.319
<v Speaker 1>grade on the previously mentioned Byron Pringle, Mooney's out, Claypool's hurt.

0:55:54.400 --> 0:55:57.920
<v Speaker 1>Pettis is hurt when your chips are down. You turned

0:55:57.920 --> 0:56:00.520
<v Speaker 1>to Pringle. Oh, yeah, I get it. I Oh, you're

0:56:00.560 --> 0:56:04.200
<v Speaker 1>salty about his meager box scores, but he never lays

0:56:04.320 --> 0:56:07.600
<v Speaker 1>down on the job. Pringle led all Chicago receivers and

0:56:07.680 --> 0:56:10.840
<v Speaker 1>snaps last week, and he's got a tasty matchup against Detroit.

0:56:11.120 --> 0:56:15.560
<v Speaker 1>Could you stack him with Justin Fields? DFS players would

0:56:15.560 --> 0:56:19.160
<v Speaker 1>be wise to consider Pringle in stacks with Justin Bale.

0:56:19.200 --> 0:56:21.680
<v Speaker 1>There we go. You just let me finish. Oh sorry,

0:56:21.719 --> 0:56:24.759
<v Speaker 1>no problem. Pringle won't get his feathers ruffled by a

0:56:24.840 --> 0:56:28.200
<v Speaker 1>Lions defense allowing the second most yards to wide receivers.

0:56:28.200 --> 0:56:34.800
<v Speaker 1>Including solid games for other inconsistent fantasy scores like Terris Marshall,

0:56:35.239 --> 0:56:40.440
<v Speaker 1>Jeff Smith, Elijah Moore, kJ Osborne and Isaiah Mackenzie. If

0:56:40.480 --> 0:56:43.080
<v Speaker 1>they can get it done against the Lions, why not,

0:56:43.640 --> 0:56:45.919
<v Speaker 1>Byron Pringle, I thought you were gonna find some other

0:56:46.000 --> 0:56:49.040
<v Speaker 1>like wide receivers who had chip names like Steve Derito

0:56:49.320 --> 0:56:51.759
<v Speaker 1>or I don't think there aren't. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe

0:56:51.760 --> 0:56:53.919
<v Speaker 1>they're out there somewhere. Can I give a quick shout

0:56:53.960 --> 0:56:59.080
<v Speaker 1>out to Minnesota legend um Mitch Hedberg. Remember his joke

0:56:59.120 --> 0:57:02.640
<v Speaker 1>where he goes uh he initially, I won't do the

0:57:02.719 --> 0:57:05.919
<v Speaker 1>voice he's like initially thought. I think pringles initially meant

0:57:05.960 --> 0:57:07.839
<v Speaker 1>to make tennis balls, but one day when the rubber

0:57:07.920 --> 0:57:09.880
<v Speaker 1>was supposed to show up, it was a bunch of potatoes.

0:57:11.239 --> 0:57:15.480
<v Speaker 1>If it will make chips instead, r I p Mitchend.

0:57:16.160 --> 0:57:18.560
<v Speaker 1>David Montgomery gets a C grade. Khalil Herbert is going

0:57:18.600 --> 0:57:20.120
<v Speaker 1>to be more involved than he was last week, and

0:57:20.160 --> 0:57:23.360
<v Speaker 1>that's an issue since Montgomery averages about half of the

0:57:23.400 --> 0:57:26.600
<v Speaker 1>stats and half the Fantasy points in Herbert games. Prior

0:57:26.600 --> 0:57:29.680
<v Speaker 1>to getting destroyed by Carolina's runners last week. The lines

0:57:29.720 --> 0:57:32.400
<v Speaker 1>have been a great run defense, no back at top

0:57:32.400 --> 0:57:35.720
<v Speaker 1>to eighty three rushing yards, including David Montgomery, who only

0:57:35.760 --> 0:57:37.640
<v Speaker 1>got thirty seven yards on nine attempts in the Week

0:57:37.640 --> 0:57:39.160
<v Speaker 1>ten matchups. So I can only give him a C

0:57:39.280 --> 0:57:42.960
<v Speaker 1>grade here. And for Herbert, I just not enough usage

0:57:43.080 --> 0:57:45.560
<v Speaker 1>last week. I think he's more just a spoiler for

0:57:45.640 --> 0:57:48.000
<v Speaker 1>Montgomery than somebody you're going to start in your championship game.

0:57:48.280 --> 0:57:50.880
<v Speaker 1>On the Detroit side, Jared Goffins might take a chance

0:57:50.880 --> 0:57:52.840
<v Speaker 1>on the quarterback. D J. Charcos may take a chance

0:57:52.840 --> 0:57:55.000
<v Speaker 1>of me wide receiver. I'm on Ross st. Brown a

0:57:55.320 --> 0:57:59.400
<v Speaker 1>grade he'll rebound from a couple of middling games. Chicago

0:57:59.560 --> 0:58:03.200
<v Speaker 1>is just two weeks removed from allowing three hundred seven

0:58:03.240 --> 0:58:06.280
<v Speaker 1>combined yards to the Eagles receivers, and they're missing their

0:58:06.280 --> 0:58:08.479
<v Speaker 1>top two cornerbacks. As I mentioned earlier in the show,

0:58:08.920 --> 0:58:13.040
<v Speaker 1>Undrafted Ricky. Free agent Josh Blackwell has played fifty three

0:58:13.160 --> 0:58:15.840
<v Speaker 1>NFL snaps of coverage and he's gonna be on amand

0:58:15.880 --> 0:58:18.360
<v Speaker 1>ross A. Brown. That is an extremely plus matchup for him.

0:58:18.400 --> 0:58:21.040
<v Speaker 1>A grade for him, and then a C grade on

0:58:21.120 --> 0:58:24.880
<v Speaker 1>DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. It's a pretty positive matchup

0:58:24.920 --> 0:58:27.360
<v Speaker 1>against a bad run defense in Chicago. The Bears go

0:58:27.520 --> 0:58:30.000
<v Speaker 1>up the seventh most rushing yards and the second most

0:58:30.080 --> 0:58:34.040
<v Speaker 1>rushing touchdowns to running backs. The volume here is always

0:58:34.040 --> 0:58:36.640
<v Speaker 1>a problem for these guys. They split the volume over

0:58:36.680 --> 0:58:39.840
<v Speaker 1>the past three weeks, Swift averaging just nine touches, will

0:58:39.960 --> 0:58:43.960
<v Speaker 1>Williams averaging thirteen touches and Williams has been bad over

0:58:43.960 --> 0:58:47.560
<v Speaker 1>the last month, averaging two point two yards per carry.

0:58:47.600 --> 0:58:50.000
<v Speaker 1>But the matchup is positive, so I'll give you a

0:58:50.040 --> 0:58:54.480
<v Speaker 1>C grade on DeAndre Swift and Jamal Williams. Let's take

0:58:54.520 --> 0:58:57.760
<v Speaker 1>a break. When we come back, Jacksonville will take on Houston.

0:58:58.960 --> 0:59:01.680
<v Speaker 1>The worry here, how along is Jacksonville play their starters?

0:59:01.720 --> 0:59:05.960
<v Speaker 1>Doug Peterson says, everybody's playing, but for how long? And

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<v Speaker 1>Houston hasn't become the easiest matchup in the world either.

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Johnson will helped figure out what to do with

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<v Speaker 1>Travis E. T n among others among the Jacksonville Jaguars,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe even Dan Arnold. Now that's the that's the championship

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<v Speaker 1>question right there, that's the tight end we were looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned Fantasy Football Weekly. Welcome back Fantasy Football Weekly.

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<v Speaker 1>A big block ole matchups coming your way, beginning with

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<v Speaker 1>Jacksonville at Houston. Houston's played inspired ball so so good

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<v Speaker 1>over the last month. They might find themselves out of

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<v Speaker 1>the number one slot in the draft. But let's start

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<v Speaker 1>in the jack Xonville's side. Yeah, for those who don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>Jacksonville and Tennessee are gonna play in Week eighteen for

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<v Speaker 1>the a f C South Championship. Now there's a small chance,

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<v Speaker 1>two percent chance, if Jacksonville wins this game and loses

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<v Speaker 1>next week, they'll get a wild card spot. But I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think that's enough motivation to play your starters the

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<v Speaker 1>entire game. Doug Peterson, as you said, charge Jacksonville head

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<v Speaker 1>coach said, the starters will start. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>long they're gonna finish. My gut tells me they played

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<v Speaker 1>a halftime and that's it, regardless of they're winning, losing,

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<v Speaker 1>or drawing against the Texans. So I'm proceeding with caution

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<v Speaker 1>here with the Jacksonville players, starting with Travis e TN

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<v Speaker 1>just to see for him. Despite the fact that Texans

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<v Speaker 1>are allowing on seventy two combo yards and one point

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<v Speaker 1>five total touchdowns per game to opposing running backs, e

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<v Speaker 1>t N at a hundred and fourteen combo yards when

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<v Speaker 1>these teams first met in Week five on just thirteen touches. Sadly,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's around his ceiling for touches, and this

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<v Speaker 1>one as well. I think this is your hunch. This

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<v Speaker 1>is my hunch. If you think if you think Jaguars

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<v Speaker 1>are playing the whole game. If you're playing, Yeah, if

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<v Speaker 1>you think they's gonna roll run each end to the

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<v Speaker 1>ground in this game, yeah, he's in eighth grade. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think he will. That's your call to make

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<v Speaker 1>on paper, great great play, but uh, I think they

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<v Speaker 1>show some caution here with e t N. So I

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<v Speaker 1>give him just a see here, I do have Christian

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<v Speaker 1>Kirk and Zay Jones on the bench here. Kirk had

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<v Speaker 1>had just one catch for eleven scoreless yards in the

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<v Speaker 1>first meeting. Say Jones had three catches for twelve scoreless yards.

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<v Speaker 1>Now baking in the risk that they sit their stars

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<v Speaker 1>starters in the second half, which a thing happens, It's

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<v Speaker 1>still an awful matchup. Teams just don't throw on the Texans,

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<v Speaker 1>who have surrendered the fewest wide receiver touchdowns this season,

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<v Speaker 1>just five. Why, They've allowed just one score to the

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<v Speaker 1>position over the last seven games. So I got Kirk

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<v Speaker 1>and Jones on the bench. I will give Evan and

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<v Speaker 1>Gram a c here that Texans are allowing five catches

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty plus yards per game two tight ends, and

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<v Speaker 1>Gram had six catches for sixty nine yards in the

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<v Speaker 1>first meeting. Dan Arnold and Chris Man. Hurts also added

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<v Speaker 1>three catches for thirty five yards in that game, so

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<v Speaker 1>tight ends do well here. Again, it's a matter of

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<v Speaker 1>how much Evan Anger will play in this one. I

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<v Speaker 1>know I'll be using Dan Arnold in DFS that is

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend. What well Yeah, yeah, stoop Connor engine, Michael Hasty.

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<v Speaker 1>They could, I think hasty still, but they might choose

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<v Speaker 1>to rest Hasty. Yeah. You know. This is why this

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the reasons I don't want any more

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<v Speaker 1>Week seventeen championships. I'm done with that. I want Week sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only taken one year for me or to really anyway. Lastly,

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<v Speaker 1>for the Jacks, Trevor Lawrence got him on the bench

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<v Speaker 1>to the Texans are yielding only thirty pass attempts per game,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're tied with the Jets for the fewest passing

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<v Speaker 1>touchdowns allowed for very different reasons really, but the thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>passing touchdowns allowed. Lawrence had two six yards in the

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<v Speaker 1>first meeting, but no touchdowns. Again, I think Jacksonville is

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<v Speaker 1>better served just saving themselves for the Week eighteen game,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than the two percent chance they win this game

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<v Speaker 1>and lose next week and get the wild card, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a dead meats spot anyway, Like anyway, Yeah, Jacksonville,

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<v Speaker 1>this game is weird anyway. Over the Houston side, Royce

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<v Speaker 1>Freeman might take a chance to me running back. I

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<v Speaker 1>think he's very viable this week. I think Brandon Cooks

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<v Speaker 1>and Chris Moore are viable as well, taking out last

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<v Speaker 1>week's game against Zack Wilson in the rain, which I

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<v Speaker 1>think is fair to do. When it speaks to the

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<v Speaker 1>Jacksonville defense. The Jaguars have allowed thirteen catches and one

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<v Speaker 1>sixty yards per game to wide receivers over the last

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<v Speaker 1>four five total touchdowns to wide to wide receivers during

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<v Speaker 1>that same four game span, and those numbers are actually

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<v Speaker 1>sapped by a game against the Ravens as well. Their

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<v Speaker 1>wide receivers haven't got a touchdown since like week three.

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<v Speaker 1>So I like Cooks and more here. I like Jordan Aikins,

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<v Speaker 1>whose might take a chance of meat receiver. And you

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<v Speaker 1>would think I would have a starting grade things And

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<v Speaker 1>he just told me to start three receivers. They all

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<v Speaker 1>have that potential sea level potential, mind you, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>not all gonna get there. I just no one's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>start Davis Mills, but he's another another you know a

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<v Speaker 1>daily flyer you could row out there. San Francisco takes

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<v Speaker 1>on Las Vegas. Matt brock Purty has thrown two touchdowns

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<v Speaker 1>in four straight games. Are you calling a fifth two

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<v Speaker 1>touchdown game? Yeah? I'm giving him a B grade and

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<v Speaker 1>this it sounds like a two touchdown game. He's not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna wow you with huge yard numbers minimum of one

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<v Speaker 1>and a max of two thirty four so far, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is the easiest secondary Purtty has started against so

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<v Speaker 1>far this year. The Raiders allowed to fifty five per

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<v Speaker 1>game through the air, seventh most in the league, and

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<v Speaker 1>they have a league low four interceptions all season. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think party can air it out here. Um, George Kittle,

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<v Speaker 1>I have an A grade on. He scored twice in

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<v Speaker 1>each of the last two weeks. Worth noting that Deebo

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<v Speaker 1>Samuel was also out during that time and Deebo is

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna play this week, and with brock Purty starting

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<v Speaker 1>in debo out, George Kittle is suddenly the top receiver there.

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<v Speaker 1>In those two games, hundred and twenty yards and he's

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<v Speaker 1>averaging over twenty yards per reception during that time. The

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<v Speaker 1>Raiders have allowed the eighth most receptions to tight ends

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<v Speaker 1>this year. Brandon Iu started to see the debo absence

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<v Speaker 1>uptick last week as well. Seven targets, five catches, eighty

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<v Speaker 1>one yards. He was on the field for of the

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<v Speaker 1>snaps over the last two weeks. The Raiders are an

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<v Speaker 1>average defense against wide receivers, but have a glaring week

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<v Speaker 1>spot in a Meek Robinson. Robertson Pro Football Focus is

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred and twenty four ranked corner. Both Ayuk and

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<v Speaker 1>Robertson move all over, but it looks like Robertson will

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<v Speaker 1>match up with a Uk most often, so I'll give

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<v Speaker 1>Auk a B here, and then there's not really that

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<v Speaker 1>much of a need to talk Christian McCaffrey. He's an

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<v Speaker 1>obvious a. I'm not gonna start Jordan Mason in a

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<v Speaker 1>championship week after he missed last week due to injury.

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<v Speaker 1>The matchups good, but it seems just too cute for

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<v Speaker 1>me to get that one fired up. So I do

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<v Speaker 1>think they're going to be cautious about how much they

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<v Speaker 1>used Christian McCaffrey in these final two games against very

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<v Speaker 1>bad opponents of backup quarterbacks. I agree, but the Vikings

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<v Speaker 1>are playing at the same time. If the Vikings are

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<v Speaker 1>staked to a big lead, the Niners could rest to

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<v Speaker 1>their starters in the second half because they just might

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<v Speaker 1>need not not naked still catch the Vikings in Week eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, but yeah, I don't think the Raiders are

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<v Speaker 1>gonna put up any points in this game. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>Jared nobody start Nobody pretty much. Jared stid him the

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<v Speaker 1>other quarterback. He's not a B grade, He's a B

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<v Speaker 1>H grade. Uh stid him taking over for Car. It

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<v Speaker 1>looks like Car's time in Vegas is done. Uh stid

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<v Speaker 1>him gets to face a top five past defense in

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<v Speaker 1>the league in his first start ever. He has played

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<v Speaker 1>in eight games, but he's never started a game. Um

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<v Speaker 1>and no one's starting Jared stid him in the championship.

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<v Speaker 1>So how does that affect Davante Adams and Hunter Renfro

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<v Speaker 1>Quite a bit? Actually, I've downgraded Adams to a C

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<v Speaker 1>grade and Renfro all the way to the bench. It

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<v Speaker 1>was it was a good matchup when Car was the quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>Minners give up a lot of receptions and yards the

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<v Speaker 1>wide receiver position. But Stid him and the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>we don't really know about how he'll play. Who he'll

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<v Speaker 1>target makes them if he in a championship week, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you have Adams, you're not in the championship because

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<v Speaker 1>he had four and two for fifteen in the last

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<v Speaker 1>two playoff weeks to get you there. So he's probably

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<v Speaker 1>not in many championship rosters at track record is horrifying. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>two touchdowns to four interceptions in his career and just

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<v Speaker 1>over fifty completions. It's pretty bad. It's extremely bad. He's

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<v Speaker 1>never been involved in a game in which he has

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<v Speaker 1>thrown for more than seventy two yards. Yeah, but those

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<v Speaker 1>have all been backup roles. He's never started a game

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<v Speaker 1>in his in his four year NFL career, so this

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<v Speaker 1>is his first. He'll probably eclipse seventy two yards. You

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<v Speaker 1>call him, I think so, set the biggest line. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and then finally Josh Jacobs. He only gets a C

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<v Speaker 1>grade here. The Niners are the best run defense in

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<v Speaker 1>the league. No running back has hit the sixty rushing

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<v Speaker 1>yard mark against San Francisco this year, and during their

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<v Speaker 1>eight game win streak, they've allowed one total touchdown to

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<v Speaker 1>the running back position with stidhaman why would the why

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<v Speaker 1>would the Niners respect the pass at all? They could

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<v Speaker 1>just load the box against Jacobs just to see for him. Alright,

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<v Speaker 1>final matchup of this segment Vikings and Packers. Justin Jefferson's

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<v Speaker 1>an obvious a but there are other receivers you can

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<v Speaker 1>start as well, including Adam Feeland. You know, not a

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<v Speaker 1>guy that's posting explosive box scores at this stage of

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<v Speaker 1>his career. But and the volume hasn't been great unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>theme and Theelands really become touchdown dependent. He has scored

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<v Speaker 1>in three of the past five games, though, so the

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<v Speaker 1>touchdowns have been there. Now. J Alexander is not star

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<v Speaker 1>cornerback Jayre. Alexander is not going to just shadow Justin Jefferson.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think he's gonna get Jefferson more often than not.

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<v Speaker 1>And that puts Theland on a much easier matchup against

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<v Speaker 1>Russeul Douglas's not easy, but easier. Douglas has a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of four touchdowns in his last seven games, so there

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<v Speaker 1>is the hope for a touchdown for Theland and that's

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<v Speaker 1>why he gets a C grade. T J. Hockenson averaging

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<v Speaker 1>Now he's up to nine targets per game. Since coming

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<v Speaker 1>to Minnesota, He's become the second most reliable receiver on

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<v Speaker 1>the Vikings and probably the second most reliable tight end

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<v Speaker 1>in fantasy foot ball. Will t J. Hockenson be among

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<v Speaker 1>your top five tight ends next season in draft season?

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<v Speaker 1>Probably yes, I think so. Kirk Cousins coming back, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's probably where. Where do you think he'll

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<v Speaker 1>rank him above Andrews, above Pitts, above Kids? Yes? Probably

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<v Speaker 1>because Kidle gets hurt, so he's probably number two. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. Uh No, I think dallascutably too. We'll see, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>um Let's Packers have only allotted one score to tight

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<v Speaker 1>ends in the last seven games. That is a worry

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<v Speaker 1>for Hockinson. Um and their rookie Kay Walker has been

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<v Speaker 1>actually very good in coverage of late, and that's a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a worry here too, But still a solid

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<v Speaker 1>B grade on t J. Hockenson. And then lastly, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>mention Dalvin Cook, who I really liken this one, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know last week I said he should be a

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<v Speaker 1>focal point for the Vikings against the Giants. Didn't really

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<v Speaker 1>work out that way, but he really should this time.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the last six games, the Packers have given up

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<v Speaker 1>seven rushing touchdowns and over five yards per carry. The

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<v Speaker 1>Vikings have been throwing Kirk Cousin's arm out of socket.

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<v Speaker 1>They should really be trying to establish the run here.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to see him get twenty carries in this game,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've got an A grade and a very favorable

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<v Speaker 1>matchup for Dalvin Cook. All right, let's go to the

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<v Speaker 1>Green Bay Packers. I'm gonna start with the running game.

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<v Speaker 1>A J. Dillon clocks in with a B grade in

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<v Speaker 1>this one because Aaron Jones just isn't healthy with this ankle,

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<v Speaker 1>and Dylan's getting most of the work, including five touchdowns

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<v Speaker 1>in his last four games, and he's getting almost all

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<v Speaker 1>the goal line work. Jones um. With Jones and the ankle,

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<v Speaker 1>Dylan's just healthier and safer. Vikings have a good run

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<v Speaker 1>defense all year, but they have given up almost one

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<v Speaker 1>rushing touchdown per game, so I think Dylan finds the

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<v Speaker 1>end zone here. Aaron Jones just the C grade, even

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<v Speaker 1>though I love him and I think he's way more

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<v Speaker 1>talented than A J. Dylon, But the ankle is just

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<v Speaker 1>a total wild card, and this is a good Vikings

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<v Speaker 1>run defense. Now. Jones is a very good receiver and

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<v Speaker 1>the Vikings ranked thirty one in receptions and twenty eight

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<v Speaker 1>and receiving yards to running backs. So Jones could chip

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<v Speaker 1>in some help through the air here, and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>he stays viable with a C grade. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 1>the receivers here, the or the passing game, at least

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<v Speaker 1>starting with Aaron Rodgers. Vikings have allowed three hundred or

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<v Speaker 1>more passing yards and or multiple touchdowns and eight of

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<v Speaker 1>their last nine games era Aaron Rodgers has posted three

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<v Speaker 1>straight multiple touchdown games at home against Minnesota. UM. Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>receivers here aren't great, particularly if Christian Watson does not plays,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's trending towards not playing. But Daniel Jones just

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<v Speaker 1>put up three or three or four yards with Richie James,

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah Hodgens, and Darius Slayton, So you know, I still

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a very safe start for Aaron Rodgers. B

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<v Speaker 1>grade for Aaron Rodgers that gets upgraded to an A

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<v Speaker 1>grade if Christian Watson is able to go, and if

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<v Speaker 1>Watson does go, it's a fantastic opportunity. The Vikings allowed

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<v Speaker 1>the most air yards the second most yards after the

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<v Speaker 1>catch to wide receivers, and Watson, of course is a

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<v Speaker 1>serious deep ball threat. And if Watson goes, I think

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<v Speaker 1>they let him run the exact same route that they

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<v Speaker 1>run play of scrimmage of this season when Christian Watson

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<v Speaker 1>dropped a wide open seventy yard touchdown. I think they

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<v Speaker 1>give a redemption if Christian Watson goes, and if he plays.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a B grade in this game. He would

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<v Speaker 1>have been an A grade if you were fully healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>What a difference a week makes starting this green Bay game.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be forty degrees in green Bay. That is

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<v Speaker 1>tropical factor on the East Goats like sixty degrees. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like a fifty degree difference minimum from last week. What

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<v Speaker 1>a different Allen. Allen Lazard's viable here, particularly with Watson

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<v Speaker 1>unlikely to play now. He's been almost invisible since what

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<v Speaker 1>Watson came back. But again, I don't think he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go here. Pre Watson, Lazard was averaging a healthy sixty

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<v Speaker 1>one yards and almost a touchdown per game. That's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be the case here. He comes in with a B

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<v Speaker 1>grade against the shaky secondary and then uh last guy

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<v Speaker 1>that bears mentioning, Romeo. Romeo Dobbs startable if Watson does

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<v Speaker 1>not go. He said, two decent games since returning from injury,

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<v Speaker 1>and again every viable receivers started against the Vikings secondary,

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<v Speaker 1>including Romeo Dubs and this one, Dobbs in this one,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, even Randall Cobb if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>try to play a little revenge against former Packer slot

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<v Speaker 1>cornerback Chandon Sullivan. Richie James just worked Sullivan for seventy yards,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know there's an opportunity for Randall Cobb in

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<v Speaker 1>a pinch as well with a c. Gray. When we

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<v Speaker 1>come back our final set of matchups for the whole year,

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<v Speaker 1>including the epic Monday nighter Buffalo taking on Cincinnati. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>talk you through that game and more when we come back.

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<v Speaker 1>Fantasy Football Weekly, final segment of the full slate of

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<v Speaker 1>two hour Fantasy Football weeklies, and we've got three big

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<v Speaker 1>games left. It's l A versus l A. Matt. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what happens when normally when l A play is either

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<v Speaker 1>l A team In so far it's all filled with

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<v Speaker 1>opposing teams, fans, third party team. So what happens when

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<v Speaker 1>it's Rams Chargers and nobody cares about either team? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's gonna be an empty stadium. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>in Major League Soccer, when the two l A teams play.

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<v Speaker 1>They call it l traffic. Oh what's the name of

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<v Speaker 1>the rivalry there? Uh? This one just you know, an

1:14:21.800 --> 1:14:24.719
<v Speaker 1>underrated rage against the Machine album The Battle of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>Right Uh? Fire up Cam Akers with a solid B

1:14:27.840 --> 1:14:29.960
<v Speaker 1>grade one eight teen and three on the ground last

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<v Speaker 1>week against Denver and faces a Chargers run defense that's

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<v Speaker 1>allowed five point five yards per carry workst in the

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<v Speaker 1>league and a hundred and twenty four rushing yards to

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<v Speaker 1>running backs per game, second worst in the league. I

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<v Speaker 1>did mention this about a month and a half ago

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<v Speaker 1>to Stash Acres and Kirrien Williams to see which one

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<v Speaker 1>emerged just for this matchup right here? Uh, fire up

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Higbee with a hig B grade. Uh. Derwin James

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<v Speaker 1>was concussed and ejected on the same play on Monday night,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's still in concussion protocol. He might not go,

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<v Speaker 1>and Baker's favorite target so far has been Higbee. Scored

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<v Speaker 1>three times in the last two weeks, including nine catches

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<v Speaker 1>ninety four yards and two scores last week against the Broncos.

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<v Speaker 1>I would not go so far as to start Baker Mayfield,

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<v Speaker 1>though he's got a pair of two hundred thirty yard

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<v Speaker 1>outings in a one eleven in his three games as

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<v Speaker 1>a Ram. In fact, the Rams abandoned passing the ball

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<v Speaker 1>a long time ago. The last Rams quarterback to throw

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<v Speaker 1>over just two D fifty yards was Matthew Stafford in

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<v Speaker 1>Week six against Baker Mayfield and the Panthers. So Baker

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<v Speaker 1>Mayfield was there to see it. That was fun. The

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<v Speaker 1>Chargers see the sixth fewest attempts passing attempts against them

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<v Speaker 1>because they've been so easy to run on. Plus Joey

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<v Speaker 1>Bosa returning to the field this week to apply some

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<v Speaker 1>extra pressure on Mayfield over on the other side. Justin

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<v Speaker 1>air bear he gets an A grade, especially there he is. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like the Rams will be without Aaron Donald

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<v Speaker 1>this week. He was, He's doubtful. Uh. Similar good offenses

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<v Speaker 1>have been able to get it done against the Rams

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<v Speaker 1>even when they do have Aaron Donald. Gino Smith and

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<v Speaker 1>Patrick Mahomes each top three twenty yards in just the

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<v Speaker 1>last month. So I gotta like his wide receivers Keenan

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<v Speaker 1>Allen and Mike Williams. They both get B grades. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>throwing Josh Palmer back to the bench, though Alan should

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<v Speaker 1>mostly line up in the slot against Kobe Durant. Durant

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<v Speaker 1>has allowed to touchdown in his coverage and back to

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<v Speaker 1>back weeks. Williams likely gets most of the Jalen Ramsey treatment,

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<v Speaker 1>but Ramsey's not nearly as scary as he used to be. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He allowed five catches for seventy eight yards in his

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<v Speaker 1>coverage last week against the Broncos wide receivers, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>allowed seven touchdowns in his coverage this year. Seventy five

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<v Speaker 1>yards in a coin flips chance that a touchdown sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like a B grade. That's fair for Mike Williams. Gerald

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<v Speaker 1>Everett saw the most snaps last week, but did not

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<v Speaker 1>see a target, So don't start a Charger's tight end.

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<v Speaker 1>And finally, Austin Ekeler. He's been nursing a knee injury

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<v Speaker 1>this week, but I think he's gonna go and I

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<v Speaker 1>think he'll be fine. I'm still giving him an A

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<v Speaker 1>grade here. He has as many receptions this year as

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<v Speaker 1>Nina has red balloons that he has sixteen scores through

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen games. Middle of the pack run defense without Aaron Donald. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Donald starts with two a's, so does Ard Vark,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what I'll give Austin Ekeler how many Nina balloons?

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<v Speaker 1>Noin anoints issue balloons. That's two nines, right. I bet

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<v Speaker 1>Dieter von Fortson goat would really like that reference. Probably,

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<v Speaker 1>So uh, let's see next. Hey, that's me Pittsburgh taking

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<v Speaker 1>on Baltimore. This is the Sunday night game. Nazi Harris

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<v Speaker 1>has been very good lately, topping ninety yards and or

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<v Speaker 1>scoring in the last seven games, but there's a brutal matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>Since the Rowe Kwan Smith acquisition, Baltimore arguably the least

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<v Speaker 1>best run defense, allowing just three point one's per carry,

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<v Speaker 1>with leadbacks averaging just forty four yards, and they've allowed

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<v Speaker 1>just one rushing touchdown again since Week nine. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>a terrible matchup for Harris, and he doesn't catch much.

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<v Speaker 1>He's averaging just one target over the last month. So

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<v Speaker 1>I can only give you a C grade on Nasey Harris,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he comes in hot in this game. The

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<v Speaker 1>passing game, you've got all the limitations that Kenny Pickett brings,

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<v Speaker 1>so I can only come up with C grades for

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<v Speaker 1>George Pickens, Deante Johnson and Pat Friarmouth will zip through

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<v Speaker 1>these guys quickly. Hopefully you don't need him in a

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<v Speaker 1>championship week. Pickens hit Baltimore Secondary for an impressive seventy

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<v Speaker 1>eight yards in Week fourteen, and he's currently in a

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<v Speaker 1>six game stretch in which he's top fifty two yards

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<v Speaker 1>five times and crossed the stripe twice, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>lot for Pittsburgh's receivers. He's gonna face Marcus Peters if

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<v Speaker 1>he can go through his calf injury, and he's not

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<v Speaker 1>playing that well anyway, giving up a career high hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and sixteen passer rating in his coverage C grade for

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<v Speaker 1>George Pickens. Deante Johnson still doesn't scored a touchdown, but

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<v Speaker 1>he has collected seventy eight yards per game across the

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<v Speaker 1>last four outings, averaging nine targets in that span. Oh hey,

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<v Speaker 1>it's my own nine times right there. We missed a

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<v Speaker 1>few nine times. We're a little off here. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not tired. It's our last one of the season,

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<v Speaker 1>that's part of it. Marlon Humphrey is his matchup most

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<v Speaker 1>often on the outside. He's a whole held opponents scoreless

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<v Speaker 1>all seasons, so Deante Johnson is not going to suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>score in this game. He's allowing also allowing to sixty

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<v Speaker 1>five yards per game. That's all you're gonna get from

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<v Speaker 1>Deonta Johnson. See great pat friar Mouth. Since Week twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>he's averaged the fifth most yards per game among tight ends,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's only scored twice all season. One of those

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<v Speaker 1>scores did come against the Ravens though week fourteen. So

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<v Speaker 1>and Baltimore is not isn't the toughest match up on paper?

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<v Speaker 1>Um so just to see great on friar Mouth, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>get a little something done here, and you wouldn't start

1:19:49.600 --> 1:19:52.160
<v Speaker 1>Kenny Pickens anyway. And then a couple of guys talking

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<v Speaker 1>about for Baltimore, but not many. J K. Dobbins gets

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<v Speaker 1>a B grade. Steelers defense has surrendered only thirty three

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<v Speaker 1>rushing yards per game to the Panthers and Raiders backfields

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<v Speaker 1>over the last two weeks, and those are two teams

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<v Speaker 1>that can run the ball. Since returning from injury, though

1:20:07.000 --> 1:20:11.000
<v Speaker 1>Dobbins seeing an edge of snaps over Edwards Gus Edwards,

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<v Speaker 1>he's averaging thirteen carries for one hundred one rushing yards

1:20:14.680 --> 1:20:17.959
<v Speaker 1>per game, good for almost eight yards per carry. Dobbins

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<v Speaker 1>has over one rushing yards in both career games against

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<v Speaker 1>the Steelers as well, So we'll put a B grade

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<v Speaker 1>on JK. Dobbins. C grade on Gus Edwards. Solid showings

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<v Speaker 1>over the last three weeks, including running for seven yards

1:20:30.400 --> 1:20:33.920
<v Speaker 1>per carry himself, but Gus hasn't gotten a goal line

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<v Speaker 1>touch since Dobbins return and the Steelers run defense as

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<v Speaker 1>good as I mentioned earlier, So just the C grade

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<v Speaker 1>on Gus Edwards. And the only part of the passing

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<v Speaker 1>game that you care about is Mark Andrews, who has

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<v Speaker 1>now gone eight games without a touchdown and in Tyler

1:20:50.439 --> 1:20:53.840
<v Speaker 1>Huntley games, Mark Andrews averaging just forty yards per game.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be hard for him to break out of his

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<v Speaker 1>scoreless funk against the Steelers, who have allowed only three

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<v Speaker 1>touchdowns to tight ends all year. Or uh, Andrews played

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<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh in Week fourteen and he caught two catches for

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen yards. So I've only got the C grade on

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<v Speaker 1>a deflating end of season for Mark Andrews. The Monday

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<v Speaker 1>Night er, Brian is this is the This is an

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<v Speaker 1>awesome matchup filled with fantasy implications. Buffalo taking on Cincinnati. Yeah,

1:21:20.400 --> 1:21:22.280
<v Speaker 1>we couldn't asked for a better game to close out

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<v Speaker 1>a championship weekend. Buffalo highly motivated going for the number

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<v Speaker 1>one seed. Cincinnati wants to lock up their dead so

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<v Speaker 1>that they'll be potentially get a number one seed themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>They're still alive in that regard as well, so they'll

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<v Speaker 1>both be going at this one hard. Starting on the

1:21:36.200 --> 1:21:40.000
<v Speaker 1>Buffalo side, I got Devin Singletary and James Cook on

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<v Speaker 1>the bench. They're going to be eating into each other's

1:21:43.439 --> 1:21:46.599
<v Speaker 1>workload in a pretty bad matchup. Over the last five weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals are allowing just on one combo yards to

1:21:50.400 --> 1:21:54.000
<v Speaker 1>opposing running backs who have total just two touchdowns during

1:21:54.040 --> 1:21:57.400
<v Speaker 1>that five game span. So I cut Singletary and Cook

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<v Speaker 1>on the bench. If you're desperate, go ahead and start one.

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't see a path to UH success for

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<v Speaker 1>either Stefan Digso I do see a path to success.

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<v Speaker 1>Here're gonna give him an A. Despite slumping UH recently

1:22:09.560 --> 1:22:13.320
<v Speaker 1>in some pretty good matchups, Dick hasn't scored in three

1:22:13.360 --> 1:22:15.960
<v Speaker 1>straight games when he could end that drought against the Bengals,

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<v Speaker 1>who have surrendered five wide receiver touchdowns over their last

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<v Speaker 1>two games. For that reason, I'll give Gabe Davis a C.

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<v Speaker 1>Davis has scored in two of his last four and

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<v Speaker 1>based on the fact the Bengals have allowed five wide

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<v Speaker 1>receiver touchdowns over the last two games, I'll give Davis

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<v Speaker 1>better than a coin flips chance here to score. So

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<v Speaker 1>C for him, uh A C for Dawson Knox as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Middle of the road matchup for Knox. The Bengals are

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<v Speaker 1>allowing just over five catches and fifty yards per game

1:22:43.080 --> 1:22:45.800
<v Speaker 1>to opposing tight ends. That is good. What is bad

1:22:45.800 --> 1:22:49.160
<v Speaker 1>as they've only surrendered three touchdowns two tight ends all seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>Or just a C for Knox. Josh Allen though definitely

1:22:51.920 --> 1:22:53.479
<v Speaker 1>not a C, definitely not a B. Just gonna give

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<v Speaker 1>him an A. I don't think there's any quarterback you'd

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<v Speaker 1>start over Josh Allen this week despite it not being

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<v Speaker 1>the best matchup. Josh Allen is a easy auto A

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<v Speaker 1>auto start over to the Bengal side. Joe Mixing not

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<v Speaker 1>an auto A, but I'll give him an auto B here.

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<v Speaker 1>Last week is twenty three touches were the most Mixing

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<v Speaker 1>has seen since Week nine. But it's a tough matchup.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bills have allowed the ninth fewest combo yards to

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<v Speaker 1>opposing running backs, but again, Mixing appears to be back

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<v Speaker 1>in the bell cow role. Yeah, but he just doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>look good. I mean the thing with Mixing the eye test,

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<v Speaker 1>he looks plodding. They're giving him the touches. So I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it'd be much more of a split since he

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<v Speaker 1>came back with p Ryan, But they're kind of phasing

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<v Speaker 1>p Ryan out. It's kind of like you just want

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<v Speaker 1>to save one, you know, in emergency break glass, Like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if they're not thinking about running Mixing into the

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<v Speaker 1>ground and then cutting him in the off season. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>with you there, and it's been a long two years

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<v Speaker 1>from Mixing. You know, the Bengals played extra quarter of

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<v Speaker 1>the season last year going to the Super Bowl. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think they run him into the ground and in

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<v Speaker 1>this one. So the b for Mixing. I got an

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<v Speaker 1>a on Jomar Chase. Not going to bore you with

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<v Speaker 1>stats proving the chases elite. That is an own fact.

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<v Speaker 1>All that really matters here is a trade as White

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<v Speaker 1>shadows Chase or not. White has allowed just one score

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<v Speaker 1>and owns a fifty two percent catch rate that is

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<v Speaker 1>elite for a cornerback. In his five games since returning

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<v Speaker 1>from injury, White did have a bad outing against Miami

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<v Speaker 1>and Week fifteen when we surrendered sixty seven yards and

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<v Speaker 1>that touchdown I referenced Uh since his offense arguably more

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<v Speaker 1>electric than Miami's. So either way, UH in A for

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<v Speaker 1>Jamaar Chase. But the less trade Avious White's easy better.

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<v Speaker 1>The less trade as White he sees, the better. I

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<v Speaker 1>think White could uh cover t Higgins as well, But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna give Higgins and A here there's only one

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<v Speaker 1>White and there's two elite wide receivers. For the Bengals.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bills have surrendered the tenth most yards per game

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<v Speaker 1>and fifteen touchdowns to wide receivers. That is the fifth

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<v Speaker 1>most on the season. I I do expect, like I said, what,

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<v Speaker 1>White to cover Higgins at times. But Buffalo's other corner,

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<v Speaker 1>Dane Jackson, is very beautibul. Jackson has ranked eighties second

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<v Speaker 1>among corners by Pro Football Focus and has surrendered three

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<v Speaker 1>touchdowns over his last seven games. So in A for

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<v Speaker 1>both Higgins and Jamaar Chase. And I will give Tyler

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<v Speaker 1>Boyd to see even though like Tyler, when I give

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<v Speaker 1>him a starting grade he has scored, the yard isn't there.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'll only give him the c because the Bill's

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<v Speaker 1>slot corner Toron Johnson has allowed the most touchdowns of

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<v Speaker 1>any slot corner in the league. So in a suspected shootout,

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<v Speaker 1>I will give Boyd a see here if you're desperate

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<v Speaker 1>for wide receiver. And lastly, Joe Burrow gonna give him

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<v Speaker 1>an a. I just love Higgins and Chase too much.

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<v Speaker 1>I should mention Hayden Hurst expected to make his return

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<v Speaker 1>to tight end, So no more Mitchell Wilcox sadly, but

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<v Speaker 1>no Hayden Hurst either. They're both on the bench here,

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<v Speaker 1>but Joe Burrow is not. He gets in a even

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<v Speaker 1>though they have lost right tackle Lyle Collins, that is

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<v Speaker 1>a huge loss for the Bengals, but they're really only

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<v Speaker 1>three year four quarterbacks that would start over Joe Burrow

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and uh odds are you don't have both

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<v Speaker 1>on roster in one quarterback week. So in a for

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Burrow, I think the Bengals win this game. What

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<v Speaker 1>do you think it's gonna be a great game him?

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the better lately than the Bills have honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, and I hope so that keeps things a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more interesting and fresh, doesn't it? Home team? We

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<v Speaker 1>were talking before about running backs who might go in

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<v Speaker 1>the first round. I'm gonna just give me a yes. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna give you some names next year. Will this

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<v Speaker 1>guy go in the first round? Derrick Henry, No, Matt,

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's a tail into the first round guy

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<v Speaker 1>to Austin Ekeler, Yes, yes for sure. Christian McCaffrey, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>yes for sure. Nick Chubb No, same avenue as Henry.

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<v Speaker 1>Late first round guy. I think he's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>go in the first round, say Kwan Barkley, Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>the for me, that the only there's three. It's McCaffrey, Ekeler,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe Barkeley. That's just seven or eight wide Barkley.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe Barkley is hitting free agency, didn't pick up

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<v Speaker 1>his fifth year option. It would be interesting thing to

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<v Speaker 1>see his landing place. And I think that that depends

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<v Speaker 1>on a lot, like if he ends up in Kansas

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<v Speaker 1>City or something along those lines. Oh my gosh, all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden he's a top three player. Maybe all right,

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<v Speaker 1>what about the highest scoring fantasy running back this year,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Jacobs also had a free agency landing spot means

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<v Speaker 1>a lot obviously, Yeah, I don't think so. I I

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<v Speaker 1>just feel like there's a lot of skepticism on how

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<v Speaker 1>he could do this again. And we've seen this movie

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<v Speaker 1>before with um who got ground up in the last year,

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, yeah, Jacobs is going to be somewhat protected

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<v Speaker 1>wherever he lands up and not gonna be like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>go touch the ball. I'm gonna give you one more

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<v Speaker 1>running back that could possibly go in the first round.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes or no? On Dalvin Cook, No, I think he's

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<v Speaker 1>a second round kind of a guy. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>one that you didn't mention. What about Miles Sanders. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got a guy that I've been negative on for forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Dude has a let even touchdowns this year. He's got

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<v Speaker 1>more rushing yards than Dalvin Cook on fewer carries. Like

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<v Speaker 1>he's right there. I think I think everybody's wised up

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<v Speaker 1>to the rushing quarterback. I think Justin Fields is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be a first rounder, Jalen Hurts is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a first rounder, and Josh Allen is gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>Are there gonna be first rounders this next August? And

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<v Speaker 1>there's least seven wide receivers that can have We talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it. It's it's it's gonna We're gonna have seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>guys in the first round sound way, many thanks to

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<v Speaker 1>my co host Matt Brian Scott Fish who is not here.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a very difficult show to pull off. You

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<v Speaker 1>guys have done it for a long time and at

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<v Speaker 1>a very high level, and I never take it for granted,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know our listeners do not. Thank you. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you very much. Robbie Rosenhouse, who is our usual producer,

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<v Speaker 1>Max Fuller filling in today, Thank you Max, but Robbie

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<v Speaker 1>for all of the all of the help throughout of

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