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Speaker 1: Wow. Welcome to the NFL Fantasy Football Show presented by

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Speaker 1: Draft Kings. Here's your host, Marcus Grant. What is up?

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast

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Speaker 1: presented by Draft Kings. It's me your man, MG, Marcus Grant.

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Speaker 1: Still masking and socially distancing, win and where necessary, and

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Speaker 1: big Wednesday show for you. Of course, we will have

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Speaker 1: starts and sits. We will look at some of the

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Speaker 1: wire taps, the guys you might have scored off the

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Speaker 1: waiver wire and whether or not you should start them

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Speaker 1: this week. Plus we're gonna recap some of the rookie

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Speaker 1: depending on what we have seen so far from them

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Speaker 1: this season. Plus a special guest is going to be

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Speaker 1: sitting in and joining us on the show today. So

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Speaker 1: we got plenty to get through before this one is up.

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Speaker 1: But before we died into any of that, as we

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Speaker 1: always do at this time, we'll talk to our faithful producer,

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Speaker 1: Senior Edward L. Murphy. Esquire Murph, what is new in

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Speaker 1: your corner of the world. Well, I actually have like

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Speaker 1: a Cults story since they're playing Thursday Night football. Um,

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Speaker 1: I live in Park Labre here, so anyone that knows

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Speaker 1: l A, it's a humongous complex and um for a

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Speaker 1: bit of time here, I was working out at the

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Speaker 1: gym over and like the the activity center here, and

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Speaker 1: there was a guy wearing like VCU stuff and just

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Speaker 1: a humongous mammoth of a man. And I'm like thinking,

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Speaker 1: like what's going on here? And he and he has

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Speaker 1: a cults playbook. So I'm like searching the roster and

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Speaker 1: this is like what I guess a year or two

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Speaker 1: ago now, And I'm looking and going through the roster

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Speaker 1: and i finally see someone that looks like and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: oh damn, like this is this is mo Alei Cox,

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Speaker 1: like former college basketball player, Like this makes total sense,

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Speaker 1: Like he's here why in this small, tiny gym. I

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Speaker 1: have no idea, But this guy is like I don't

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Speaker 1: get why you ever played basketball because he has a

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Speaker 1: football body. He is like a thick dude and he's

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Speaker 1: like next to me and I'm not small, but he

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Speaker 1: was just like doing his cult to work out my

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Speaker 1: trying to peek over and try to see what, like,

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Speaker 1: you know, they hadn't going on a little uh you

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Speaker 1: know what they have the players doing the offseason. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was a pretty cool experience to be working out

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Speaker 1: actually a guy who's making impact in the NFL like

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Speaker 1: right now and like the weirdest gem of all gems.

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Speaker 1: But I'm sure he is not living here anymore. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't think so. That that story is actually right up

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Speaker 1: there with me having beers with former Saints kicker Garrett

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Speaker 1: beach uh and him basically trying to draw attention to

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Speaker 1: himself by saying he helped the Saints get to the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl. But Cox, that's that's actually kind of cool

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Speaker 1: working out alongside him. All right, Yeah, let us turn

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Speaker 1: our attention to our special guest today. Adam Rank has

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Speaker 1: the day off and that we will be joined instead

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Speaker 1: our one and only resident nerd. You see him on

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Speaker 1: this show every Friday. It is Matt Okada, and Matt,

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Speaker 1: we are so excited to have you here. It's nice

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Speaker 1: to let you spread your wings a little bit. We'll

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Speaker 1: come hang out with us. So certainly excited to have

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Speaker 1: you here. How you doing doing great? It's it's interesting

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Speaker 1: the research side where normally am. But we certainly appreciate

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Speaker 1: all the work you've done on the research side as well,

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Speaker 1: So no, I would let you kind of get a

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Speaker 1: little bit of shine, put all that that knowledge to work,

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Speaker 1: and we will start it with some of our fantasy headlines.

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Speaker 1: And the first one certainly not an exciting headline. Christian McCaffrey,

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Speaker 1: who came back last weekend and had a nice week

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Speaker 1: obviously the first thought is that Mike Davis is back up.

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Speaker 1: But Matt, I mean, this Buck's defense has been very

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Speaker 1: back news, this time out of Indianapolis, and this is

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Speaker 1: continue with Indianapolis is running back by committee, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Matt and we were already sort of frustrated because Jonathan

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Speaker 1: But now that they really might go with a three

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Speaker 1: you doing it to us? Frank? This is not exciting,

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Speaker 1: So I think it's definitely too soon to throw in

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Speaker 1: a disappointing season for him so far. In Andy. Our

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Speaker 1: According to Steven Jones, Andy Dalton is going to go

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Speaker 1: Dalton did not look good, certainly not did not look

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Speaker 1: other two guys, and most of the fantasy assets for Dallas, Cooper, Lamb, Zeke,

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Speaker 1: of production, and the hurting offensive line doesn't help either,

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Speaker 1: you know that Dalton was a long time starter in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: a strength. And so I think you're gonna see teams

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Speaker 1: pressure Dalton a lot. So that will have an impact.

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Speaker 1: But I'm with you. I think you can have at

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Speaker 1: least a little bit more confidence in Cooper and Ceedee

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Speaker 1: I mean, are we had a point? Is it's safe

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Speaker 1: to drop Michael Gallup regardless of who the quarterback is

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Speaker 1: I think so he's gonna have games where you wish

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Speaker 1: a huge gallup. Family's probably my biggest miss actually of

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Speaker 1: the off season. And I think he's extremely talented, but

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Speaker 1: of guys that we didn't mention in this segment who

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Speaker 1: have been very productive. I mean, you talked about Chase

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Speaker 1: Claypool a couple of blow up games he's had. I

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Speaker 1: think we're still sort of waiting to see what happens

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Speaker 1: with say Michael Pittman, but I think some opportunity there

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Speaker 1: for him. So there are a lot of really tough

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Speaker 1: Brandon iok another guy who has has had some moments

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Speaker 1: this year in San Francisco. So there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: really good players to talk about in this group, and

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun, I think, to sort of watch

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Speaker 1: these guys developed over the next couple of years. So

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Speaker 1: keep an eye out for that. There you That was

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Speaker 1: Fast Connections presented by Verizon Time for our t n

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Speaker 1: F preview. We do this every single week. We're looking

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Speaker 1: at the Colts and the Titans. Very interesting matchup obviously,

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Speaker 1: both for the standings in the playoff race, but also

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Speaker 1: fantasy wise as well, So just jump right into it.

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Speaker 1: We talked about the running back situation and how we

448
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Speaker 1: basically are kind of nauseous at what Frank Rick is is.

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Speaker 1: I suggest that he wants to do for the rest

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Speaker 1: of the year. But let's look at these wide receivers

451
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Speaker 1: because I think it's been a frustrating year for this

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis passing game. But if you had to pick a

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Speaker 1: Colts wide receiver in this one, who would it be

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Speaker 1: for you? It it has been frustrating. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: with the guy who's theoretically been the least rustrating even

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Speaker 1: though you really haven't been starting him. It's Zach Pascal. Listen.

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Speaker 1: He's had six plus targets and forty plus yards in

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Speaker 1: three straight games. No other Cults whiteout has three of

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Speaker 1: those games all year. He leads Indie wide receivers in

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Speaker 1: pretty much every category routes, targets, receptions, yards, touchdowns. He's

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Speaker 1: actually the only one to score a touchdown, has two

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Speaker 1: of them, and he's become their primary slot wide receiver

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Speaker 1: and Tennessee's labed some strong fantasy days to slot wide receivers,

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Speaker 1: including Tyler Boyd, Keelan Cole, Juju Smith Schuster. So I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go with Zach Pascal here, I do. I just

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Speaker 1: don't trust t why Hilton in general, let alone coming

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Speaker 1: up a groin injury. And Michael Pittman I loved as

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Speaker 1: a prospect. I don't know if I'm ready to trust

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Speaker 1: him either. Pascal is the most reliable in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with. I do like Zach Pascal. I

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Speaker 1: think I'm sort of burnt. I think I started him

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Speaker 1: one week when I really needed help and nothing happened.

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Speaker 1: And so I will admit to being a little bit salty.

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Speaker 1: I'll also admit to being a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: homer and taking a usc guy in Michael Pittman in

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Speaker 1: this one. He had his best game of his young

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Speaker 1: career last week against the Ravens in a day where

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Speaker 1: the Colts really struggled, probably more than normal to get

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Speaker 1: anything going in the passing game. And it sort of

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Speaker 1: speaks to Pittman's season that the video we are running

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Speaker 1: right now is him practicing and warming up, because that's

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Speaker 1: that's kind of how the season has gone for them.

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Speaker 1: But I think what we saw from him last week

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Speaker 1: is a vote of confidence that you're gonna get from

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers and you're gonna get from Frank Reich in

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Speaker 1: this offense. I'm totally with you on t Y Hilton.

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Speaker 1: Between the growing injury and the fact that for whatever

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Speaker 1: reason he and Rivers just have not been able to

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Speaker 1: connect down the field. That sort of gets me out

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Speaker 1: on him, even against a Titan secondary that has given

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Speaker 1: up some plays this year. So look, I think if

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Speaker 1: you're talking just more traditional fantasy leagues, more redraft leagues,

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Speaker 1: I think you have to sort of be in a

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Speaker 1: bad way to be starting a tight or a Cults

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Speaker 1: wide receiver in this one. So you know, God speed

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Speaker 1: to you if you have to do that. But um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I I'm gonna go Pittman. It could very

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Speaker 1: well backfire on me. Like I said, I I have

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Speaker 1: washed my hands of this Colts passing game a long

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Speaker 1: time ago. So, uh, if you don't like us talking

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Speaker 1: about the Colts passing game, let's talk more about the

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Speaker 1: Colts passing game. And if you had to spin the

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Speaker 1: wheel of Indianapolis tight ends, who do you think it

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Speaker 1: lands on this week. Yeah, this is a full blown

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Speaker 1: wheel of fortune. So don't at me if we're wrong here.

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna go with Trey Burton for a lot

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Speaker 1: of the same reasons I went with Pascal. Burton is

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Speaker 1: averaging the most Fantasy points among the Colts tight ends

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Speaker 1: after missing the first three weeks. He leads the tight

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Speaker 1: end core and targets per game and receptions per game,

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Speaker 1: and most importantly to me, he's running around on sixty

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Speaker 1: three percent of snaps compared to forty six percent for

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Speaker 1: Doyle and thirty four percent for Mo Mo Ali Cox.

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Speaker 1: And I want opportunity for my tight ends, and that's

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Speaker 1: that's basically if you can call sixty three percent of

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Speaker 1: snaps running around, that's what the opportunity is for Burton.

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Speaker 1: He's a slot tight end for the cold and he's

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Speaker 1: the only Coolds tight end to finish as a tight

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Speaker 1: end one multiple times despite playing fewer games. So last

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Speaker 1: week was certainly not pretty as you can see on

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Speaker 1: the screen, but I'm gonna go with Trey Burton. I

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Speaker 1: will probably double down on Trey Burton as well. Um, Look,

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Speaker 1: we talked about the frustration of Jonathan Taylor, what has

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Speaker 1: added to it has been Trey Burton getting gold line carries, Like,

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Speaker 1: what is happening? What is going on with that? But

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Speaker 1: in terms of of tight introduction, then hey, that works.

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Speaker 1: However he gets in the end zone, You're not gonna

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Speaker 1: complain if you're starting him. I think the thing that

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Speaker 1: we have learned this year is that Philip Rivers really

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Speaker 1: does like throwing to the tight end position running backs

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Speaker 1: and tight ends. He likes peppering with targets. Uh you know,

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Speaker 1: so Nahem Hines has had his games. Trey Burton has

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Speaker 1: had some opportunities. It's the reason we were talking at

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Speaker 1: all about Moli Cox because Philip Rivers lights getting the

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Speaker 1: ball into that tight end position. But if I had

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Speaker 1: to pick one, I am with you a d percent

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Speaker 1: It's probably gonna be Trey Burton. But again, if I'm

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Speaker 1: starting him, I'm gonna hold my nose. I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: like it, but I it was kind of granted Barrett

540
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Speaker 1: as much as possible. Over the Titan side, Ryan Tannehill

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Speaker 1: had a really great start to the season and then

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Speaker 1: for the most part has been pretty good this year.

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Speaker 1: But this Colts defense is sort of a different animal.

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Speaker 1: When you were looking at quarterbacks and trying to rank

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Speaker 1: them this week, about where did Tannehill fall for you? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Tannehill falls right around QB twelve for me, which is

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Speaker 1: basically where he's been this season, kind of in the

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees Baker Mayfield range for me this week. And

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Speaker 1: given that that's where he's been and the fact that

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Speaker 1: he's facing this Colts defense, like you said, allowing the

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Speaker 1: fewest fantasy points per game to quarterbacks, maybe it's a

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Speaker 1: question how does that work out? Well? I don't think

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Speaker 1: the Colts d is maybe quite as good as they

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Speaker 1: look in that little red number in your fantasy app Um.

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Speaker 1: They they've had most of their good games against bad quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: In fact, they've only faced one quarterback who's currently in

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Speaker 1: the top seventeen in fantasy points per game. That was

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Speaker 1: Mr Jackson last week, who they did do pretty decently against.

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Speaker 1: But Tannehill has been super reliable. I think he has

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Speaker 1: a good chance to be a fringe QB one. So

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Speaker 1: that's where he falls for me, around QB twelve. Fringe

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Speaker 1: QB one is kind of what I was expecting. I

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Speaker 1: would think there are some guys, you know, like I

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Speaker 1: would actually consider starting maybe two a tangamaloa over him

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Speaker 1: this week. I like Drew Lock potentially as a streamer

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Speaker 1: this week, so I think he would sort of follow,

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Speaker 1: maybe right around that same spot. I would project for

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Speaker 1: Tannehill somewhere in the neighborhood of seventeen eighteen points, which

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Speaker 1: is kind of what he's been giving you the last

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Speaker 1: few weeks, which again it's not it's not great, but

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Speaker 1: it also won't necessarily sink your week if you can

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Speaker 1: get production from other places. So I always sort of

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Speaker 1: have this belief where if I have multiple options at

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Speaker 1: a position and I'm not totally sold on one on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night, I will probably wait. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: kind of how I feel about Tannehill this week. And

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Speaker 1: if I have another quarterback option, whether it's on my

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Speaker 1: roster or out there on the waiver wire, if I

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Speaker 1: have another guy that I feel okay about, I would

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Speaker 1: probably forego starting Tannehill on Thursday night and then seeing

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Speaker 1: what that other option can get me on Sunday. I

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Speaker 1: just feel like there's nothing worse or more frustrating than

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Speaker 1: starting a guy on Thursday night. He puts up a

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Speaker 1: bad number and then you're forced to stare at that

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Speaker 1: for a couple of days until Sunday or Monday. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And that's that's kind of how I'm feeling about Tannehill

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Speaker 1: in this one. It could work out, it could not.

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Speaker 1: I would rather err on the side of caution and

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Speaker 1: give myself a little more runway to figure out my

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Speaker 1: quarterback spot for the week. All right, last thing here,

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Speaker 1: Corey Davis has been in the middle of his breakout season.

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Speaker 1: He is this year what Davante Parker was last year. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And it's been fun to watch. I really truly have

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Speaker 1: enjoyed it. Last week, I knew it was a bad

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Speaker 1: matchup against the Bears, but I thought he would do

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Speaker 1: more than zero catches for zero yards. I figured that,

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Speaker 1: you know, he would have more catches than I did

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Speaker 1: last week, but that wasn't the case. So now, going

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Speaker 1: against this Colts defense, how worried should we be about

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Speaker 1: Corey Davis. I'm actually not very worried. I know, yes,

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Speaker 1: he did disappear against the Bears defense, But to your point,

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Speaker 1: that Bears defense has made wide receivers disappear all year,

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Speaker 1: and Davis has been good or otherwise almost the whole

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Speaker 1: the whole season. UM double digit Fantasy points in all

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Speaker 1: five games besides that Bears game, including fifteen plus in

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Speaker 1: the two weeks prior to it. And as good as

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Speaker 1: the Colts have been against quarterbacks, they actually have not

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Speaker 1: really been wide receiver killers. They've allowed four top twenty

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Speaker 1: four wide receivers in the last three games. And I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of looking back to the Week six game that

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Speaker 1: they had against the Bengals where Tee Higgins, A J. Green,

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Speaker 1: and Tyler Boyd all had twelve plus fantasy points. I

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Speaker 1: think this is kind of a similar passing attack where

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Speaker 1: they've got multiple angles of attack, and I think the A. J.

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Speaker 1: Brown and Corey Davis cann have decent games here, So

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Speaker 1: I'm okay rolling him out, trying to keep buying into that.

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Speaker 1: What is his eighteenth year breakout for Corey Davis. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm on order the Davis breakout, and I

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Speaker 1: think I feel better about him this week. I also,

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Speaker 1: just as a side note, I learned the hard way

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Speaker 1: last week to never bench A J. Brown. I decided

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Speaker 1: on one team I I went with Alan Robinson over

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Speaker 1: A J. Brown, and I regretted that decision. So I

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Speaker 1: have learned my lesson. All apologies to Mr Brown, I

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Speaker 1: will do my best to make a space for you

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Speaker 1: in my lineup. Each and every week. I have learned

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Speaker 1: I have been humbled, so you know, that's that's how

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Speaker 1: I feel about that. But I do think Corey Davis,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's not He's not going to repeat with

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Speaker 1: a donut this week. He'll get to something at least

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Speaker 1: good enough to be in a flex spot for you.

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Speaker 1: And it's been fun to see the Corey Davis breakout

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Speaker 1: continue after so many years of sort of waiting for

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Speaker 1: this to finally have. Hey, look, Ryan Tannehill has been

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Speaker 1: great for this offense. That's that has been the thing.

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Speaker 1: I think that sort of kick started this Tennessee offense

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Speaker 1: was making the switch from Marcus Mariota to Ryan Tannehill.

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Speaker 1: It is Veterans Day and Salute to Service is the

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Speaker 1: NFL's year round effort to honor, empower, and connect with

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Speaker 1: have Adam Rank here with his weekly starts and sixs,

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Speaker 1: but he was kind enough to leave us with some

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Speaker 1: of his starts of the weeks. Will throw that up

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Speaker 1: for you touch you take a look at them. At

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Speaker 1: the quarterback spot, we got ranked going with Jared Goff

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Speaker 1: and Derek Carr, who I really do think it's a

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Speaker 1: nice streaming option. This week. His running back picks for

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Speaker 1: starts Antonio Gibson and Kareem Hunt. That's despite Mick Chubb

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Speaker 1: coming back. I still I still agree. I think Karee

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Speaker 1: Hunt is gonna be fine. Wide receivers Christian Kirk who

657
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: got hot last week, and Curtis Samuel who has been

658
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: hot for a couple of weeks. His tight ends this

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Speaker 1: week a couple of Iowa Hawkeyes, t J. Hockinson and

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Speaker 1: Noah Fanse and I don't believe that this was written

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Speaker 1: by Kimmy check So I think that's gonna be just fine.

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Speaker 1: And defenses the Eagles and the Cardinals, which maybe a

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Speaker 1: little bit of a surprise picking the Cardinals against the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. But now that was nice enough from Adam Rank.

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Speaker 1: Matt and I have our own picks for the week.

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Speaker 1: So if you're going to go with a start of

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Speaker 1: the week, Matt, who would it be? All right, Marcus

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Speaker 1: raizor hand? If you lost all trust in James Conner

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Speaker 1: and any fantasy analysts to recommend starting him in Week nine?

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Speaker 1: My hand is raised, and I lost trust in myself.

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Speaker 1: Here's the thing. I'm flying conn arrogant in Week ten,

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Speaker 1: trust issues and all. Here's the thing. Pittsburgh has fallen

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Speaker 1: behind in each of the last two weeks, and the

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Speaker 1: snap counts and touch counts for their running backs have

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Speaker 1: been dismal as a result. I don't expect that in

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Speaker 1: Week ten against the Bengals, who they've beaten in nine

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Speaker 1: straight meetings. The steely we're gonna win. Plus since he

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Speaker 1: has allowed a top ten running back in three straight games,

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Speaker 1: and with Big Bend battling co bid restrictions and injured knees,

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Speaker 1: it's lightly likely Pittsburgh will have to rely heavily on

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Speaker 1: Connor regardless of who starts at QB. By the way,

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Speaker 1: two of those wins were by Mason Rudolph, so even

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Speaker 1: if he starts. I'm not scared. Connor is a lock

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, for somewhere like seventeen and twenty two

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Speaker 1: fantasy points, which will slot him in between a high

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Speaker 1: end RB two and a strong RB one. I think

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Speaker 1: you can go back to him this week. Kind of

688
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Speaker 1: a little bit jaded, but do it. I I certainly

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Speaker 1: understand the trepidation. Like I I think last week was

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Speaker 1: a shock to the system for everybody because we thought

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Speaker 1: that he was just gonna run wild against the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: and then the game script sort of worked against him.

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Speaker 1: I also would like for the Steelers to stop giving

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Speaker 1: goal line opportunities. It's like Chase Claypool and Benny Snell.

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Speaker 1: Give them to your main running back. Let him just

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Speaker 1: run it on end please. I'm gonna go with Nick

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Speaker 1: Chubb and you saw Kareem Hunt on Adam ranks list.

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Speaker 1: I still think there's opportunity for both of these guys

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Speaker 1: to eat. We have seen it during the year, which

700
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Speaker 1: was there early in the season. We know that the

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Speaker 1: Browns want to run the football primarily, and this is

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Speaker 1: a great opportunity for them to do that against the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. Giving up the third most fantasy points per

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Speaker 1: game to the position. They have allowed over rushing yards

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Speaker 1: to running backs and ten rushing touchdowns to the position.

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Speaker 1: Everything about this screams and it's going to be an

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Speaker 1: opportunity for the Browns and Kevin Stefanski to do exactly

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Speaker 1: what they want to do, which is to run the

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Speaker 1: ball early and often. And I think there's gonna be room,

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Speaker 1: as I said, for both Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt

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Speaker 1: to eat against this defense. So if you have one

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Speaker 1: or the other, you can put them in. You can

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Speaker 1: start them both with confidence, you can feel pretty good

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Speaker 1: about how things are gonna go this week. Alright, So

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Speaker 1: now you're sleeper of the week, who's maybe a semi

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Speaker 1: under the radar guy. People should know. Oh boy, I'm

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Speaker 1: going way out on a limb for this one, markets,

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Speaker 1: So hopefully you will bear with me. And the pun

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Speaker 1: is intended because it's Nick Foles of the Bears. Listen,

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Speaker 1: he's coming off eason high twenty two Fantasy points versus

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Speaker 1: the Titans. He's had sixteen plus in three of his

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Speaker 1: last four. Basically, he's been good in every good matchup

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Speaker 1: and bad in every bad matchup. And the Vikings are

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Speaker 1: a very good matchup. On Monday Night Football. Since Week four,

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Speaker 1: they're allowing the fourth most fantasy points to quarterbacks, and

726
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Speaker 1: they had allowed to top seven qb in three straight

727
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Speaker 1: before last week split Lions quarterback situation. This secondary for

728
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Speaker 1: for Minnesota is extremely injury depleted. Their highest rated healthy

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Speaker 1: cornerback is Jeff Gladdeney, who's hundred fourteenth highest graded PFF

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Speaker 1: corner so it is a mess back there. Plus David

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Speaker 1: Montgomery in the concussion protocol out of that Titans game,

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Speaker 1: he's eating up a lot of inefficient touches this season.

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Speaker 1: I think that the Bears rely on Folds in this

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Speaker 1: one if he's out or not full strength, and Fools

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Speaker 1: gets himself a couple of touchdowns in a few hundred

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Speaker 1: yards and you're feeling okay, Look, we always did at

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Speaker 1: least one or two big blow up games from Nick Foles,

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Speaker 1: so I think we might be due for one. So

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Speaker 1: I don't think that is the craziest thing. Plus, we

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Speaker 1: like we like spicy takes on this show, so that

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Speaker 1: that definitely fits into the spicy take category. My sleeper

742
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Speaker 1: for the week is Eric Ebron, going back to that

743
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers offense and their matchup this week against their

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Speaker 1: matchup this week, and and I think one the Bengals

745
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Speaker 1: have struggled against the tight end position all year long. Uh,

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Speaker 1: They've given up a ton of yards, they've given up

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Speaker 1: a lot of touchdowns to the position. And if you're

748
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Speaker 1: talking about a sleeper tight end or a tight end

749
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Speaker 1: that you're streaming this week, really all you're looking for

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Speaker 1: is touchdown upside, and Ebron has that. You want a

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Speaker 1: guy who's going to get looks when they get down

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Speaker 1: near the end zone. So I think there's an opportunity

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Speaker 1: for Ebron to sort of do that. And I think

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Speaker 1: even more, if it's not Ben Roethlisberger, I think that

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Speaker 1: might even be a better deal for Ebron just to

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Speaker 1: get a big body target somewhere in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the field from Mason Rudolph to throw the football too. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: we know how bad tight end has been all season long,

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Speaker 1: how frustrating it has been to fill that slot. So

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Speaker 1: if you could just find a guy who catches the

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Speaker 1: ball in the painted area at least once in a game,

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Speaker 1: you can feel kind of okay about your tight end spot.

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Speaker 1: And I think Eric Ebron has that potential for you

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Speaker 1: in Week ten. You know that was secure starts presented

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Speaker 1: by Visa. Well, Adam Rank was nice enough to not

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Speaker 1: just leave his starts for the week. He also left

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Speaker 1: us a bunch of sits for the week as well,

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Speaker 1: because you know, Adam Rank is nothing if not thorough.

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Speaker 1: His quarterbacks to avoid Matthew Staffordians Washington, Teddy Bridgewater against

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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. The running backs Jerick McKinnon, who has just

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Speaker 1: been such a crapshoot this year in the Niners back field,

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Speaker 1: uh and Melvin Gordon for the Broncos. Tyler Lackett's a

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Speaker 1: surprising sit at wide receiver along with Dj Moore. I

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Speaker 1: have the since Dj Moore is to sit because he's

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00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: just frustrated Rank and Adam is just washing his hands

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Speaker 1: in the whole situation. I understand tight ends Hunter Henry

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Speaker 1: and Mike Gesicki and defenses the Broncos against the Raiders

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Speaker 1: and the Panthers against a Bucks offense that is likely

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Speaker 1: to be pretty salty this week after what happened on

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. So those are Adam Ranks sits. Matt

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Speaker 1: who is the one player that you are urging people

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Speaker 1: to avoid if possible this week. Yeah, you saw a

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Speaker 1: couple of Panthers on that list. There's a reason for that.

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Speaker 1: It's a Buccaneers defense. I'm sitting what I'm calling the

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Speaker 1: Panthers wide receivers, but really it's basically d J. Moore

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Speaker 1: and Robbie Anderson, So I'm with rank on DJ Moore. Listen,

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Speaker 1: the Bucks have allowed only two top twenty wide receivers

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Speaker 1: in their last seven games and zero top twelve over

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Speaker 1: that stretch. They've held Davante Adams, Michael Thomas, and Keenan

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Speaker 1: Allen outside the top twenty five. That is not good

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Speaker 1: for for Panthers wide receivers. And More, Robbie Anderson Curtis

792
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Speaker 1: Samuel have kind of taken turns being the best Fantasy

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Speaker 1: wide reciper for this team all year, which makes it

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Speaker 1: hard to rely on any of the trio even in

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Speaker 1: good matchups. This is not a good matchup. More only

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Speaker 1: has seven plus targets once in his last seven games.

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Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson really hasn't had a great game since Week five.

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Speaker 1: Both guys had a decent game against Tampa Bay in

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Speaker 1: Week two, but they both had double digit targets to

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Speaker 1: do that. And now that Curtis Samuel is kind of

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Speaker 1: coming into his own and getting a lot of touches.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel confident that are either of those guys

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Speaker 1: who's going to get enough work to be happily started.

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Speaker 1: I agree, I'm I'm very worried about the the Panthers

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Speaker 1: wide receivers this week and Anderson after a nice start

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Speaker 1: to the season, it's just kind of settled in. He's

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Speaker 1: just been met man, I think for the last for

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Speaker 1: the last few weeks. So you have a guy who's

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Speaker 1: just being sort of average, put him against a good

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Speaker 1: defense and it's probably a situation that is best avoided

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Speaker 1: if possible. I'm gonna go with Joe Mixon and I

812
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Speaker 1: know we keep sort of touching on this this Steelers

813
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Speaker 1: Bengals game, and you know, first off, you've got Mixings

814
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Speaker 1: sort of coming off an injury and you're kind of

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Speaker 1: concerned about, you know, what his health is going to

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00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: be coming back into this one. But this is also

817
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Speaker 1: just it's a different Bingals offense. We know that they

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Speaker 1: have put the game on the arm on the shoulder

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Speaker 1: of Joe Burrow and sort of let him go to work.

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Speaker 1: It's a bad matchup to begin with against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: They are not giving them a whole lot to the

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Speaker 1: running back positions, So that is enough to make you concerned.

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Speaker 1: In fact, the fewest fantasy points per game to running

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Speaker 1: backs allowed by the Steelers, so that is already enough

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Speaker 1: of a concern. You've got Mixing coming off an injury,

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Speaker 1: and in his career against Pittsburgh, he's been just okay,

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Speaker 1: just one game with over a hundred scrimmage yards against

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh so far from Mixing, and with the idea that

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Speaker 1: I expect Pittsburgh to score a lot of points, I

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Speaker 1: think after last week's poor showing, I imagine they're gonna

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Speaker 1: want to get off to a quick start, so that

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Speaker 1: could certainly kilt the game script away from Mixing and

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Speaker 1: maybe more towards Jill Bernard, who he knows sort of

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Speaker 1: their designated pass catcher. So I'm sort of worried about

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon being on the field in this one and

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Speaker 1: just kind of concerned about, you know, what he could

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Speaker 1: possibly do. Alright, last one star player that you are

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00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,919
Speaker 1: concerned about this week? Oh boy? All right, I'm going

839
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Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson here. I mean, on the season, he's

840
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Speaker 1: the QB twelve, which is disappointing based on where you

841
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 1: drafted him twenty plus fantasy points only once in his

842
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Speaker 1: last four games. These are his fantasy fantasy finishes since

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Speaker 1: Week five, Marcus twentieth six, eighteen nineteen. That is not

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Speaker 1: what you want out of Lamar Jackson. And he simply

845
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Speaker 1: has not been connecting with Mark Andrews and Marquise Brown lately.

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Speaker 1: And if you're not doing that in this offense, you're

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Speaker 1: probably not doing much. And then this week in prime time,

848
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Speaker 1: he draws the Patriots defense. I know they're not quite

849
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Speaker 1: what they were last year, but they've only allowed one

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Speaker 1: top fifteen quarterback all season. It was Russell Wilson. They

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Speaker 1: smothered Josh Allen in Week eight, and last year when

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Speaker 1: they faced Jackson, Belichick held him to a hundred and

853
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Speaker 1: sixty three passing yards, a t D and a pick.

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00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: He salvaged his fantasy day with two rushing touchdowns. But

855
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: I'm not relying on that this week. He's still a

856
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 1: top ten quarterback in my rankings, but I am going

857
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,399
Speaker 1: to be wary of Lamar this week. I yeah, I'm

858
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: very worried about Lamar. I feel like, you know, we

859
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: can always sort of go back to him just because

860
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: his rushing ability gives him a semi safe floor, but

861
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: in terms of throwing the football, it has not turned

862
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 1: out I think the way we would have anticipated this year,

863
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 1: and you know, I think there are a number of

864
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: factors for that, but regardless, the bottom line is the

865
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: production hasn't been what people were drafting when they spent

866
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: probably a you know, second or third round pick on

867
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. The big name that I'm really concerned about

868
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:34,879
Speaker 1: this week is Adam Feeling, and there are a number

869
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: of reasons for this as well. I talked about the

870
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: Vikings offense earlier and how they have understandably pivoted towards

871
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,399
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook because he has been playing so well over

872
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 1: the last few weeks, but also the Bears. It's just

873
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: a bad matchup. We talked about what they did to

874
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,120
Speaker 1: Corey Davis last week, how they have shut now wide receivers,

875
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: and they have traditionally done a good job of shutting

876
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 1: down Adam Feeling. In a eleven games against Chicago in

877
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 1: his career, he has not yet hit seventy receiving yards

878
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: in a ball game. So that means it's gonna be

879
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 1: really tough to get a pretty safe, solid floor out

880
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,720
Speaker 1: of Adam feeling throwing. The fact that you know the Bears, uh,

881
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: if there is a place they are vulnerable, and it

882
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 1: is probably against the runs, So you're really going to

883
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: need Chicago. You would need Chicago to get out to

884
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,800
Speaker 1: a big lead and force the Vikings to throw. The football.

885
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 1: Problem is the Bears don't have the kind of offense

886
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,919
Speaker 1: that's conducive to them getting out to a big lead

887
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,879
Speaker 1: and forcing the opponent to throw. Although I do know, look,

888
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: I know you had Nick Foles as a sleeper pick

889
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: this week, so maybe it happens. Who knows, um, but

890
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 1: but at least everything by the numbers suggests, uh, this

891
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 1: could be a fairly close game, And I don't know

892
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: that it necessarily lends to Adam Feeland getting peppered with

893
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of targets there, So I I look,

894
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: I get it. If you have to start him, I

895
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 1: totally understand, But it's not one that I would be

896
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,239
Speaker 1: looking for a whole lot of production out of this week.

897
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,720
Speaker 1: So those are our picks. If you want the rest

898
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: of Adam Ranks starts in sitch and go check them

899
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: out at NFL dot com slash start. That's easy enough.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we will close out the show as we

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00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 1: always do on a Wednesday, with some wire taps the

912
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: guys that you might have scored off the waiver wire

913
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:46,320
Speaker 1: and whether or not you're gonna give them a shot

914
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 1: in your lineup. So, uh, Matt, I think I have

915
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: an idea of how you're gonna go on this first

916
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,760
Speaker 1: one because we talked about the Panthers wide receivers against

917
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. But Chris Samuel has sort of been a

918
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,479
Speaker 1: Swiss army knife and it doesn't look like there's gonna

919
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: be Christian McCaffrey this we so would you maybe give

920
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,880
Speaker 1: a little bit of burn to Curtis Samuel against Tampa.

921
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: I actually, I actually would. I feel a little bit

922
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,800
Speaker 1: okay about it. When I when I talked about the

923
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 1: Panthers wide receiver wide receivers earlier, I kind of focused

924
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 1: on more and Anderson and I left Samuel out for

925
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:19,040
Speaker 1: a reason. And it's because he's not just a receiver

926
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: and he's not just a running back, both of whom

927
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 1: kind of will get shut down by the Buccaneers defense lately.

928
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: At least, he's just, like you said, a Swiss army knife.

929
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,319
Speaker 1: I think they can get him involved creatively in ways

930
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: that the Buccaneers defense is not used to stopping. He's

931
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: been the most consistent of that wide receiver crew. He

932
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 1: leaves a trio and touches and yards and touchdowns since

933
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: Week seven, and with cmc out I think he's going

934
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 1: to get a healthy number of touches again. So he's

935
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 1: not he's not necessarily high upside, but I think he's

936
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: going to get enough work to be viable even in

937
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: a tough matchup. I think that's the key there is,

938
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 1: just the the opportunity and the ways in which they

939
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: can get him the football. I mean just because the

940
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: matchup is bad. I think that Joe Brady is going

941
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 1: to have to be a little bit creative with what

942
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: they do offensively here, and so I think that means

943
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,760
Speaker 1: moving Curtis Samuel around. Plus, look, I I I understand

944
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: that past performance is no it's no predictor for for

945
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: future performance. But he's been hot and they have found

946
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: ways to sort of unlock him the last few weeks,

947
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna need some of that, just

948
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 1: because I don't think they're gonna be able to just

949
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: drop back and throw the football down the field to

950
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,239
Speaker 1: more and Anderson. So I think that's enough to make

951
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:31,360
Speaker 1: me feel okay about Curtis Samuel. This week over to Houston,

952
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson looks like he might get a little more

953
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: opportunity because David Johnson's and concussion protocol. Will certainly wait

954
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: to see what the final verdict is of that is

955
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: going to be. But if he doesn't go, then that

956
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: means we see a lot more of Duke Johnson against

957
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: the Browns. Maybe not the best matchup on paper, but

958
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: is there enough volume there for you to feel okay

959
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 1: about starting him? Yeah, this one really is more about

960
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 1: the other d Johnson and whether or not he plays

961
00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,359
Speaker 1: if he doesn't. Duke Johnson's big game week No kind

962
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: of came out of nowhere. He was not trending up

963
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 1: in snaps or touches before that game, so I wouldn't

964
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: expect him to be good again. But if David Johnson

965
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,760
Speaker 1: is out, I'm okay putting Duke Johnson in my lineup.

966
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 1: The Browns have been kind of middle of the road

967
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,360
Speaker 1: versus fantasy running backs, but the games that they have

968
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: allowed decent fantasy results have been games with high touch accounts.

969
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: So if Duke Johnson is the only guy and he's

970
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: getting a high touch count, then I feel okay. Plus,

971
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: it's a revenge game. Revenge I think that that has

972
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 1: a lot to do with it, the whole revenge game factor.

973
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: I'm torn on this one because I do think with

974
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,319
Speaker 1: David Johnson out than that means we're going to see

975
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: more of Duke Johnson and and something of a specialized role.

976
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 1: My I will say concern I think I think the

977
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: thing that has been unfortunate for Duke Johnson in his

978
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,359
Speaker 1: career that I always talk about is that he's a

979
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,879
Speaker 1: good player, and he's sort of a multi threat player.

980
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,560
Speaker 1: But everywhere he's gone. He's a good running back who's

981
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: been on a team with better running acts, and he's

982
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 1: a good receiver who's been on a team with better receivers,

983
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: And that's sort of the issue I think this week. Um,

984
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: I don't love the matchup, but I think if they

985
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 1: can find a way to get him the ball a

986
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: little bit more, I think that is sort of comforting.

987
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: I do still worry, though, that Deshaun Watson likes to

988
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: throw the ball down field, so it means we could

989
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:20,439
Speaker 1: see more Will Fuller, more Brandon Cooks, and maybe less

990
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,160
Speaker 1: of Duke Johnson. So I think if I'm if I'm hurting,

991
00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:25,480
Speaker 1: if I really need somebody to fill my flex spot,

992
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 1: I probably go with Duke Johnson there. But I'm not

993
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: necessarily happily just plugging him in my lineup and and

994
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:34,399
Speaker 1: hoping for the best. All right, last one, and it's

995
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: another revenge game situation. Last week, Kaitlin Blange surprised a

996
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:42,319
Speaker 1: whole lot of folks. Justin Jackson got hurt. Blage came

997
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: in and actually put up a pretty decent number. Not

998
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: that anyone was starting him, because certainly nobody expected that

999
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,600
Speaker 1: to be the case, but now you know, we'll see

1000
00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 1: what happens with Jackson if he's able to play, but

1001
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: Blange could be back on the field. And like I said,

1002
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,279
Speaker 1: if a revenge game against the Miami Dolphins. So if

1003
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: you needed running back help, would you turn to Calin Blage.

1004
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 1: This one is a true revenge game because he was

1005
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:11,720
Speaker 1: just kicked to the curb by this team. Um oh boy, listen.

1006
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:15,280
Speaker 1: I will admit I was actually Kalin Blage fan coming

1007
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: out of college. He is a fierce runner if he

1008
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 1: gets space, and we saw it last week. He looks

1009
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: pretty decent. If if Justin Jackson is out, LA is

1010
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,640
Speaker 1: clearly not comfortable leaning on Josh Kelly. I think I

1011
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:31,480
Speaker 1: would be okay it as a flex, not as an

1012
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:34,760
Speaker 1: RV two, but as a flex or maybe a second

1013
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,479
Speaker 1: flex if you've got roster response for it. I would

1014
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:41,399
Speaker 1: feel okay about Blage. Especially the Miami defense has been

1015
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 1: very good, but they're weaker on the ground than they

1016
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: are through the air, So I think if the Chargers

1017
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,720
Speaker 1: want to put up some points, it maybe through Bloge.

1018
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,320
Speaker 1: A year ago, I never thought I'd be saying those words.

1019
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:55,600
Speaker 1: Saying these words, but I think I'd be okay starting

1020
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: kalin Blage in a in a flex position. Um, it's

1021
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:00,719
Speaker 1: you know, it's a little little bit of what he

1022
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,160
Speaker 1: did last week. It's a little bit of the revenge

1023
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 1: game factor. And admittedly it's a little bit of the Hey,

1024
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:09,840
Speaker 1: he is free from the shackles of an Adam Gays offense,

1025
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: so maybe that has something to do with it as well. Uh.

1026
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: Like I said that there there, it's not It's sort

1027
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:19,040
Speaker 1: of like Duke Johnson where I'm not just rushing and

1028
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:21,520
Speaker 1: excited and you know, proclaiming to the world. But I'm

1029
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,840
Speaker 1: starting klin Blage. But if if I'm if I'm in

1030
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: a deeper league, if I'm really hurting off the waiver wire,

1031
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,800
Speaker 1: I can I can tell myself a story where starting

1032
00:50:31,880 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: klin Blage is not a terrible option. Uh, and I

1033
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:37,759
Speaker 1: can feel okay about it. I mean, you know, I

1034
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,360
Speaker 1: know that. You know this time last year, Uh, he

1035
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: was something of a punchline in fantasy football circles because

1036
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 1: he's just nothing was happening with him. So maybe a

1037
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:49,000
Speaker 1: change of scenery is all he needs. I mean, we've

1038
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,800
Speaker 1: we've seen it with any number of guys, right Ryan Tannehill,

1039
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 1: Davante Parker. I guess it's not a change of scenery

1040
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: but a change of coach. Robbie Anderson. We see these

1041
00:50:57,719 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 1: guys kind of get away from Adam Gates and goes

1042
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 1: somewhere else and have success. Kenyan Drake another one as well,

1043
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: who finished the season strong last year after getting out

1044
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: of Miami. So, uh, this is where we are. Twenty

1045
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:12,360
Speaker 1: is a weird year. We're talking about starting Klin balage

1046
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:16,239
Speaker 1: uh and not immediately getting laughed off the circuit. So hey, Matt,

1047
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 1: I appreciate you sitting in for us. It was a

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00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,800
Speaker 1: great show. I hopeful, hopefully you enjoy being here with

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00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 1: us today. I did. It was a blast. Rank If

1050
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:26,239
Speaker 1: you want to take some extra vacation time, I'll be here.

1051
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: Absolutely we would. We'd love to have you back at

1052
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 1: some point. We're probably to do that at some point

1053
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 1: in the future and get you back on the show.

1054
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:34,759
Speaker 1: And meantime, we'll have you back on Friday for for

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Speaker 1: Aska Nerds, So we look forward to that one of

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