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

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Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Show. It's me your man, MG. Marcus Grant,

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Speaker 1: still fully vaccinated, still dodging variants like neo in the matrix.

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Speaker 1: As always, We've got producer Hythem and producer Justin alongside.

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Speaker 1: We've got the specialists, the cast of dozens that help

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Speaker 1: you were watching the streaming show, he's just another voice

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Speaker 1: in the ether. If you're listening to the podcast, it

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Speaker 1: is not Michael f Floria who decided that he wanted to,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, do things like spend time with family

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Speaker 1: and stuff. Uh so, sitting in coming out of the bullpen,

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Speaker 1: always doing an excellent job. It is our fantasy researcher extraordinary.

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Speaker 1: You know him as our ask a nerd from last season.

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Speaker 1: It is the one only Matt Okada. Matt appreciate you jump.

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Speaker 1: But in how are things on this Monday? Things are good.

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Speaker 1: We got to watch the Brady Belichick showdown last night.

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Speaker 1: It was I mean, I don't know if it's what

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Speaker 1: a nice little chess match, So I enjoyed that. And

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Speaker 1: we're almost on to Week five, one more game. I

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Speaker 1: think I think people wanted it to be they wanted

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Speaker 1: and and it wasn't that. Um. At times it was sloppy. Uh.

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Speaker 1: We saw we saw both quarterbacks I think miss some

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Speaker 1: throws at times. We saw turnovers. The rain, as much

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Speaker 1: I think the rain sort of contributed to some of

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Speaker 1: the sloppiness a little bit. Um. But we got drama

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Speaker 1: at the end. I mean, you know, we we had

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Speaker 1: the Bucks come down score late. We had Mac Jones

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Speaker 1: trying to bring the Patriots back, only to have Nick Folks, who,

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Speaker 1: by the way, Nick Focus still in the league, which

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Speaker 1: look as as as someone who's approaching the official title

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Speaker 1: of old. Uh. Seeing Nick Folks still around warms my heart. Um,

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Speaker 1: but he ends up donking one. So I would say

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Speaker 1: that as a as some when you are a Patriots

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Speaker 1: how did you feel watching that? No, I think if

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Speaker 1: this was his first year away, it would have been

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Speaker 1: more conflicting, But having watched him play a whole year

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Speaker 1: conflicting feeling was there. What what I did come away

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Speaker 1: with was in the whole argument of is Brady or

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Speaker 1: Belichick more important to the Patriots dynasty, the answer is neither.

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Speaker 1: It was minitary and Guskowsky being the best kickers in

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Speaker 1: the league for the entirety of the dynasty and always

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Speaker 1: making the kick at the end of the game, which

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Speaker 1: fulk could not do. I mean, you know, for all

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Speaker 1: the talk of the of the tuck rule game, if

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Speaker 1: Adam been a Terry doesn't make a field goal, none

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Speaker 1: of it matters. No, So there you go. By the way,

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Speaker 1: if you want to follow Matt Ocada, which you should,

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Speaker 1: you go check him out on Twitter at Matt o'conna.

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Speaker 1: He's always He's also writing over at ball blast dot

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Speaker 1: com Kate and Michelle and the whole crew over there

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Speaker 1: doing excellent jobs. Will check them out, And if you

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Speaker 1: want to ask him questions directly, you can do that.

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Speaker 1: On our Sunday show NFL Fantasy Game Day. He is

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Speaker 1: usually in the YouTube channel answering questions that you guys

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Speaker 1: have right up until kickoff, So there's plenty of ways

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Speaker 1: for you to get into matt Occotta's brain and taps

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Speaker 1: him of his fantasy knowledge. Um got plenty of coming

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Speaker 1: up on the show today, we will debate Sam Donald

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Speaker 1: versus Daniel Jones, two guys who have really stepped up

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Speaker 1: this season, both on the field and in fantasy. We'll

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Speaker 1: ask if it's time to sell high on Jonathan Taylor,

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Speaker 1: and of course we'll break down the Monday night football

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Speaker 1: game between the Raiders and the Chargers. That one should

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Speaker 1: be a really good one in the NFC West. But

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Speaker 1: first let's start the show off with a few fantasy headlines.

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Speaker 1: We will start with David Montgomery, who was having a

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Speaker 1: huge game for the Bears against the Detroit Lions on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: but ended up leaving the game in the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: at least some period of time. Matt, how do we

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Speaker 1: feel about Damian Williams as a fill in? We feel

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Speaker 1: Damian Williams has had some tiny stretches of fantasy production,

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Speaker 1: those times, but those were also with the Chiefs on

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Speaker 1: what David Montgomery was doing, which was just looking incredible

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Speaker 1: regardless of how the offense looked and putting up fantasy points.

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Speaker 1: I think he'll be okay, but I'm not gonna be

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Speaker 1: locking in as an RV two. I think that's fair.

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Speaker 1: I keep going back to the fact that for David Montgomery,

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Speaker 1: filling in in that Tarik Cohen roll catching passes, being

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Speaker 1: would say, if you've got David Montgomery, it probably behooves

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Speaker 1: when Trey Lanta hit that shot to Deebo Samuel, which

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Speaker 1: I surmise that even Jimmy Garoppolo could have done for

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Speaker 1: works for this question, Marcus, I'm okay plugging him in

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Speaker 1: he could easily be one of the top five best

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Speaker 1: high floor as a rusher. He does have a lot

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Speaker 1: Trey Lance. And like I said, this is the moment

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Speaker 1: Trey Lance takes over. We were waiting for when Justin

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Speaker 1: Lock in their fantasy lineups. But for you, Matt, what

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Speaker 1: definitely waiting on Judy to come back. They do have

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Speaker 1: I learned as we look back on what happened over

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Speaker 1: is something that you learned just by watch in football yesterday? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, very simply, DJ Moore is a bona fide

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Speaker 1: I mean thirty two Fantasy points after fit someone between

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Speaker 1: three straight, eight catches in all of three of those games,

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Speaker 1: And simply put Sam Donald looks competent and Robbie Anderson

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Speaker 1: that on Sunday he had four catches for a hundred

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Speaker 1: and eleven yards. That's great. He hasn't had more than

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Speaker 1: five catches in any game this season, so you really

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Speaker 1: are counting on chunk plays for him to get you

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Speaker 1: those yards or you know, he needs to get in

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Speaker 1: the end zone. So I think I think it is

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Speaker 1: going to be a bit of a roller coaster. Um.

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Speaker 1: I am curious to see, you know, with crowder back

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Speaker 1: and and and have this offense sort of gaels. It

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Speaker 1: was nice, by the way, to see Michael Carter get

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Speaker 1: some work, especially down near the goal line. That was

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Speaker 1: that was kind of refreshing. But uh, you know, we'll

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Speaker 1: keep an eye out court Davis. Um, all right, so

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Speaker 1: that was the good. Now over to the bad, which

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Speaker 1: brings us to I'm salty. We're gonna sprinkle it up

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Speaker 1: a little bit here with some folks who let us down.

444
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Speaker 1: This week. Who are you disappointed in this week? Matt,

445
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Speaker 1: Well not not Many people know how big of a

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Speaker 1: Swift e I am as much as you do, Marcus.

447
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Speaker 1: We we've talked about this a couple of times over

448
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Speaker 1: the offseason. I checked actually on Fantasy pros. I had

449
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Speaker 1: a ranked as the RB seven entering the year, which

450
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Speaker 1: was the second highest the entire industry, and in my defense,

451
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Speaker 1: he's top five. But last week was not good. Jamal

452
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Speaker 1: Williams out carried him fourteen to eight and out gained

453
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Speaker 1: him sixty six to sixteen on the ground. Swift still

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Speaker 1: got a little bit of pass catching work, but that

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Speaker 1: amount of usage for Jamal Williams is a little bit

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Speaker 1: concerning for me. I think we had we were starting

457
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Speaker 1: to get to a point where we could believe that

458
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Speaker 1: Swift could join that top tier of PPR running backs.

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Speaker 1: Those guys do not lose carries to Jamal Williams. Is

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Speaker 1: like this. Even Aaron Jones when he lost some carries

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Speaker 1: of Jamal Williams, it wasn't like this. So less than

462
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Speaker 1: nine Fantasy points in a game where the Lions were

463
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Speaker 1: playing catchup and he should have killed it. It hurt

464
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Speaker 1: me a little bit again, He's still startable, he's still

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Speaker 1: very good, but I think he's a long way from

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Speaker 1: being a super of stud and I am fearful that

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get intermittent dug weeks like this from him,

468
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Speaker 1: And that was something I was hopeful was not going

469
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Speaker 1: to be the case. So it was a big let down,

470
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Speaker 1: both for the week itself and for the potential future.

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Speaker 1: These were the Those were the kind of games that

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Speaker 1: I was really worried about DeAndre Swift having. Now, I

473
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Speaker 1: think the trick for him is to minimize the number

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Speaker 1: of games like that that he has. If he could

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Speaker 1: have more games like he did the first couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks of the season, fewer like he had on Sunday, Uh,

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Speaker 1: then I think you really are onto something. And I

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Speaker 1: think your devotion to DeAndre Swift is is justified by

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Speaker 1: the way. Are you a Taylor Swifty as well? Or

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Speaker 1: just a DeAndre Swift e I'm early stuff early Taylor

481
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Speaker 1: I was a big fan of. Kind of lost me

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Speaker 1: a little bit when things went more poppy. Got it

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Speaker 1: all right, that's fair. I am. I'm a little bit

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Speaker 1: salty with ceedee lamb uh, And maybe I shouldn't be

485
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Speaker 1: salty with him so much as it is just the look.

486
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Speaker 1: The Cowboys have so many weapons, and on a day

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Speaker 1: where Dac didn't have to do a ton for the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys to win, maybe this is to be expected. I mean,

489
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Speaker 1: Dak had fewer than two hundred passing yards through the

490
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Speaker 1: ball just twenty two times, and they spread it around.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Dalton Schultz had another good game of Mari

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Speaker 1: Cooper had some plays. Uh, Cedric Wilson had a couple

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Speaker 1: of catches in this one. So uh, maybe this was

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Speaker 1: just a situation where it just wasn't Lamb's day. I

495
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Speaker 1: just yeah, I really feel like he's a guy that

496
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Speaker 1: the ceiling is really high in any given weeks, so

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Speaker 1: it's hard to sit him. Uh. And look, credit the

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Speaker 1: Panthers defense too, which has looked very good so far

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Speaker 1: this season. Even though they lost. You have a thirty

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Speaker 1: six points. I get it. They gave up thirty six

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Speaker 1: points to one of the best offenses in the league.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any shame in that. Um, But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was left, I was left wanting more. I end

504
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Speaker 1: up may I may end up taking an L because

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Speaker 1: of it, because I didn't get much out of Seedee Lamb.

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Speaker 1: But there's no reason to worry, right We're not and

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Speaker 1: the last two weeks have not been great for Seedee Lamb,

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Speaker 1: But there's no reason to panic at this point, is

509
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Speaker 1: there not? Not in the sense that you know, we're

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Speaker 1: taking him out of our lineups or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: But you know, we talked about things we learned earlier.

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Speaker 1: One of the things I learned from this week is

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Speaker 1: that this Cowboys offense is not gonna be what we

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Speaker 1: thought it was gonna be based off the first five

515
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Speaker 1: weeks of last season, when this defense was awful and

516
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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott was throwing for five hundred yards a game.

517
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Speaker 1: This defense is no longer awful. Treyvon Diggs might be

518
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Speaker 1: the best player on defense in the league right now,

519
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: and as a result, they are running the ball, they're

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Speaker 1: doing it well, and Doak is being extremely efficient throwing

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Speaker 1: touchdowns at a beautifully high rate, but not posting four

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Speaker 1: hundred yard games on the regular And that just means

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Speaker 1: we're not going to get the two top fifteen wide

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Speaker 1: receivers out of c d and Cooper that we thought

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Speaker 1: we might be able to get coming into this year.

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Speaker 1: So he's still going to be a great He's still

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Speaker 1: got you plug in every single week, but I think

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have some intermittent rough games switching off between

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Speaker 1: him and Cooper. Also, the tight ends just out of

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Speaker 1: nowhere super productive, which is not good unless you're Dalton Schultz. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz is has stepped that. I know. We were

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Speaker 1: kind of debating it would be Dalton Schoulzer Blade Darwin,

533
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Speaker 1: and through four weeks the answer appears to be Dalton Schultz. Also,

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Speaker 1: Tryvon Diggs kid was the breakout star hard knocks, and

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Speaker 1: I just imagine him going nuts every time he sees

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Speaker 1: his dad get an interception, which has been a lot

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Speaker 1: so far this season. So are you on the TikTok

538
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Speaker 1: like the kids out there? If you are, and you

539
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: should be, you should go check out the NFL Fantasy.

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00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: We just launched our TikTok account that not all that

541
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: long ago, so we got plenty of good stuff there.

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00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,119
Speaker 1: Uh as you can check out on a regular basis.

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00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: You can also, just for my own vanity, you can

544
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Speaker 1: follow me on the TikTok at Marcus grant Um. You know,

545
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Speaker 1: I put a couple of things there. Use some shout

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Speaker 1: out to the research team, shout out to Matt Frederick.

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Speaker 1: Shout out to man Okada who hooked me up with

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Speaker 1: some stats that I turned into TikTok's. Uh it involved

549
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Speaker 1: me dancing. It's a whole scene. You know. You can

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Speaker 1: come and point and laugh if you want, but just

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Speaker 1: watch them, That's all I'm asking. Uh So go check

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Speaker 1: it out on the on the TikTok there alright, time

553
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: for a round of true or false. I've got five

554
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Speaker 1: different statements here, and Matt and I will decide whether

555
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Speaker 1: we think these are true or false statements when it

556
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: comes to fantasy this year. The first one is we

557
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Speaker 1: no longer need to fear the Washington foot Ball team defense.

558
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 1: Last year, we were sort of avoiding him by the

559
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Speaker 1: middle part of the year because they were just so good.

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Speaker 1: So far this year they have not. They can get

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Speaker 1: off of the quarterback a little bit, although Chase Young

562
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Speaker 1: still hasn't really gotten on track, but beyond that, nothing

563
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Speaker 1: about them is formidable. Is it time that, uh we

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Speaker 1: we kind of shed our fear of the w f T? Yeah?

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00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: I mean true, absolutely true, And I don't really have

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Speaker 1: an explanation for why, because they still have the stud

567
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Speaker 1: front seven that they had last year, but they have

568
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Speaker 1: looked like a shell of theirs. They just revitalized Matt

569
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Speaker 1: Ryan and a Falcons team that had been looking like

570
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Speaker 1: puppet Yoda from episode six just wasting away. They made

571
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Speaker 1: the whole team look good. I'm not necessarily targeting them

572
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Speaker 1: with streamers or anything like that. You know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying they're the Falcons on the defensive side of the ball,

574
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Speaker 1: but I'm not shying away from them. They're still okay

575
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Speaker 1: against the run. But I'm starting my running backs against them,

576
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Speaker 1: and I'm not gonna sit decent quarterbacks or receivers just

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Speaker 1: because they're facing the Washington defense. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: for me the big part. It's not necessarily that I'm

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Speaker 1: going after that. It's not like, you know, hey, let's

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Speaker 1: pick on the Falcons defense, or let's pick on the

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Speaker 1: Texans defense. We haven't reached that yet. But in the

582
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: past it was like, oh, I don't know if I

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Speaker 1: want to start this guy against Washington. Now I'm like,

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Speaker 1: that's Washington, let's give him a shot. I think it's fine. Um,

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Speaker 1: they've given up the third most points in the NFL

586
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: so far this year, and and You're right, they have

587
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Speaker 1: not looked like the team that we all thought was

588
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Speaker 1: ready to be a defensive juggernaut in this league for

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Speaker 1: a number of years. Maybe they turn it around, but

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Speaker 1: until they do, I don't think you really need to

591
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: to be very scared of them. Um on the other

592
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Speaker 1: side of the ball, we talked about Terry mclauren just

593
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Speaker 1: continuing to be a beast. I know it's only Week four, uh,

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Speaker 1: and there's still a lot of season left to go

595
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Speaker 1: in an offseason and what have you. But when we

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Speaker 1: get to say July or August next year, will we

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Speaker 1: be talking about Terry McLaurin as a first round wide receiver. Oh,

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Speaker 1: it will probably depend a little bit on who the

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Speaker 1: quarterback is because we don't necessarily know, But I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure that it should. If you just watched this guy

601
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Speaker 1: play football, it is not hard to tell he is

602
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Speaker 1: one of the best in the game at the wide

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Speaker 1: receiver position. He is dominant in every way, absolutely brilliant

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, and he's been stuck with bad quarterback play

605
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 1: and on relatively bad offense. Now will that change. Probably not.

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Speaker 1: And also there's the fact that twelve running macks might

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Speaker 1: get drafted in the first round next year, which makes

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Speaker 1: it tough to call him a first rounder, but he

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00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: should absolutely be in the conversation up with the best

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Speaker 1: receivers in the league by next year. I think there's

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Speaker 1: a good chance we are drafting in the top five

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Speaker 1: of the position, and that might be second round just

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Speaker 1: because of those running backs in the first but it's

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Speaker 1: going to be close to it, and he's got the

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Speaker 1: talent to be there. Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: it's false, not because of McLaurin, but just because, as

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Speaker 1: you pointed out the way the first round may shake out,

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Speaker 1: we're still going to have a ton of running backs

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Speaker 1: going in that in that first round, I still think

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about Travis Kelsey probably slotting in there.

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Speaker 1: Uh you know, a Tyreek Hill maybe gets in there somewhere,

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Speaker 1: somebody like that. So I just think it's a numbers

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Speaker 1: game that pushes McLaurin out. It's not anything about his situation,

624
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Speaker 1: his talent, anything like that. Um I tweeted a couple

625
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Speaker 1: of weeks ago that he might not truly be quarterback proof,

626
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Speaker 1: but he's not really far away from that when you

627
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Speaker 1: look at the guys that he's played with and the

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Speaker 1: fact that he has been productive all throughout his career.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say he won't be, but like you said,

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Speaker 1: he will be in the conversation. And if you know,

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Speaker 1: if I'm in a draft and somebody you know slides

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00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: him in at twelve, um, I'm not gonna think it's crazy,

633
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: you know, unless something, unless something catastrophic happens back out

634
00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: of the season. It just it just feels right. Um,

635
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor can score touchdowns. It is a thing that

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00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: can happen. I've seen it with my own eyes. It

637
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,960
Speaker 1: happened on Sunday. Uh, he finally had a good game

638
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: that we have been waiting for for nearly a month.

639
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: So now that it's happened, it's time to sell high

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Speaker 1: on Jonathan Taylor. True or false? Big false? Not necessarily

641
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: because Jonathan Taylor is going to be everything we thought

642
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: he was. But this game just returned him to the

643
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: value add or just below where you drafted him. So

644
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: I think selling now is is a net loss. I

645
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: think he will continue to be better. The Colts offense

646
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: appears to mildly be figuring itself out to a degree.

647
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: It looked a little better this past week. Interestingly enough, Um,

648
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: they had injuries on the offensive line that maybe helped him.

649
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: Quintin Nelson was out for the first time in his career,

650
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: and he's They've been running behind Quinton Nelson at a

651
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: crazy rate. And don't get me wrong, Quittin Nelson's one

652
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 1: of the best guards, one of the best offensive linemen

653
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: in the league. But they seem to maybe mix it

654
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: up a little bit more. Maybe they will help them

655
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: learn that you don't just want of stuff a behind

656
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: your best guard, try to mix it up a little bit,

657
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: getting the ball in other ways, and I think he

658
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: will continue to be a little bit better. Again, it

659
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: may be a situation where you are selling him at

660
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: some point, but I don't think it's right now, just

661
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: because the value is not quite there yet. First hundred

662
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 1: yard game of the season, D three on the ground,

663
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: twenty Fantasy points this week for Jonathan Taylor, And you're right,

664
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: I I wouldn't quite make the move for Taylor just yet. Um,

665
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: But if he has another good game, I don't know,

666
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: maybe maybe I think about it. I guess i'd have

667
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: to watch and see exactly how it progresses. I will

668
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 1: say though, that uh Naheim Hines has been way more

669
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: of a presence than I anticipated, and I don't anticipate

670
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: Hines going away at all. Um. You know, I know

671
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: somewhere Adam Rank is probably smiling because he has been

672
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: the biggest nahem hinz stand that you can find. Um,

673
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: we wanted more out of Jonathan Taylor. We did not

674
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: expect him to be the RB twenty after the first

675
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: four weeks of the season. And I think you're right

676
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,959
Speaker 1: if you if you make the move now, you're not

677
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: going to get the kind of value for him that

678
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: you hoped. Um, So stay the course. Hopefully this is

679
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 1: the start of good things. Uh. And maybe it becomes

680
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: so good that you just don't want to move Jonathan Taylor.

681
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: So you know that would also be a net positive.

682
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: I think for a lot of folks that that may

683
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: be the case. If you do. If you do feel

684
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: that you want to, though, mark your calendars for October seventeenth,

685
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 1: that's when they play the Texans. You're gonna be able

686
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 1: to sell them after that game for higher than you

687
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: did after this one. Trust me. Yeah, Yeah, that's where

688
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: the value goes up after the Houston Texans come on

689
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: the board. Um, so true are false? The tight end

690
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: position has actual depth this year. Like we we we

691
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: always try to tell ourselves that, and then we get

692
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: to this point in the season, were like, we lied. Uh,

693
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: this year I felt like it was the opposite. We

694
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: didn't tell ourselves the story that the position is deep,

695
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 1: but this year there seemed to be more viable players.

696
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 1: So so true or false the tight's position, the tight

697
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: end position has actual depth in one. I want to

698
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: say a true so badly. I just want for there

699
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: to be some tight ends in this league that we

700
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: can start besides the three we have to draft in

701
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: the first three rounds. But here's the thing. For every

702
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz that we add, we lose the consistency of

703
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 1: George Kittle and Mark Andrews. So sure, we've gotten a

704
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: couple other guys that stepped up, but we don't have

705
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: the guys who were supposed to have been stepping up

706
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: stepping up as of yet. Even Travis Kelsey got a

707
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: bad game, but I'm not holding against him and all

708
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,359
Speaker 1: he's Travis Kelsey and Darren Waller. I'm sure we'll pop

709
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: off tonight. Those two might be the only guys that

710
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: are just game proof. But no, I'm calling it false.

711
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,959
Speaker 1: I will believe it when I have ten guys who

712
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: can average thirteen fantasy points a game. At the very least,

713
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 1: then I'll call it deep. Until then, this is still

714
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: a hot mess of a position, and I don't like it.

715
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I think I think I just want it

716
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: to be. I think I'm just wanting to will this

717
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: into existence. Um. I mean, I do like the fact that,

718
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: you know, Dawson Knox has kind of been a thing

719
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,399
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, but then again, he still

720
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 1: hasn't top fifty receiving yards, right, I mean the c

721
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 1: J Uzamba game was fun, but really who started c J? Like,

722
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: no one started that. Nobody took advantage of that game.

723
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: You know, Moiley Cox ended up with a couple of

724
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: touchdowns on Sunday. So maybe it is maybe it is

725
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: still very hit or miss and we don't have the consistency. Um,

726
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: you know, you're right. George Kittle right now is the

727
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: tight end number ten so far this season. Mark Andrews

728
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: is number nine. Um, I mean we got we got

729
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: Gronk at number two, which I don't think anybody saw

730
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,919
Speaker 1: coming after the first four weeks. Uh So, so maybe

731
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,760
Speaker 1: you're right. Maybe for the people we've gained, we've lost something.

732
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:42,720
Speaker 1: I don't know um alright, last one true or false?

733
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: It is time to avoid the Saints offense. Except for

734
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, He's still at least viable, but but everybody

735
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: else on this offense, it's just time to to step

736
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: away from them. I'm gonna say true here. As disappointing

737
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,439
Speaker 1: as Washington has been on defense, the Saints have been

738
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 1: on offense more or less again except for Camara, and

739
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: even Camara had that one absolute out of a game.

740
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: The thing is, there's just not enough offensive production to

741
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 1: go around, even if we knew the right pieces each week.

742
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: This is no longer the Drew Brees Saints of old.

743
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: We have finally reached a Sean Payton Saints system that

744
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: is not just running up and down the field uh

745
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,439
Speaker 1: and scoring points like crazy. But again, like even if

746
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: they were putting up better numbers overall, we just can't predict.

747
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: Is it gonna be Deyonte Harris, Is it gonna be

748
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: Mark West Callaway, They're gonna be Jawan Johnson. I don't know.

749
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: Someone's probably gonna score a touchdown in that group, but

750
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: I don't know who it is, and the yards are

751
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: absolutely not there to make Whoever else is not scoring viable.

752
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: So I'm starting Camara. I'm doing it happily, but that

753
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: is it was staying away from the rest. I think

754
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: this is absolutely true. Um, I was. I have been

755
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,720
Speaker 1: on my own personal Jamis Winston watch because the first

756
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,760
Speaker 1: three weeks he didn't reach a hundred and fifty passing yards.

757
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 1: He got over that on Sunday he got two passing yards.

758
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: That was the good ish news. The bad news is

759
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 1: he only had one touchdown and and offensively, the Saints

760
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: just really I haven't found a way to get going.

761
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: I thought coming out of the preseason that Marquiz Callaway

762
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: was going to be a thing. Um, he really hasn't. Uh.

763
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: Deanta Harris, as you mentioned, has kind of popped in.

764
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: Jowan Johnson's had a touchdown, but it just it has

765
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: been pretty bad. Um. You know, do you think Michael

766
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 1: Thomas helps this? You win and if he comes back

767
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: and that situation has been so cloudy, but uh, does

768
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: this get better if Michael Thomas is in the offense? Yes,

769
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: actually it probably does. And once he's back, we can

770
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: add another guy to this list. I'm pretty confident. I mean,

771
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston we know is a guy who can produce

772
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: he can put up numbers, So this is weird and odd,

773
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: and I think it might have to do with the

774
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: fact that he doesn't have a number one that he

775
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: can feed. When Michael Thomas comes back. Maybe probably that

776
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: helps quite a bit. We can put him in our lineups. Two.

777
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: I've been holding onto him in one or two leagues,

778
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: just kind of waiting. We'll see, We'll see what happens.

779
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: But it couldn't come soon enough for the Saints and

780
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: for for our fantasy rosters as well. Time for another break.

781
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: We will check the waiver wire heading in a Week

782
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,439
Speaker 1: five when we return on the NFL Fantasy Football Show.

783
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at some of the top Week

784
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: five waiver wire targets at quarterbacks. Sam Donald, who we

785
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: talked about, Tray Lance, who looks like the starter at

786
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,919
Speaker 1: least for the moment in San Francisco, Daniel Jones who's

787
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: been playing well. Taylor Heineke has been hot as well.

788
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: You're running backs Kenneth Gainwell, and then a trio of ravens.

789
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 1: I don't know what you call it is a flock

790
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: of ravens. I have no idea. Let's have us Murray

791
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 1: Levian Bell, Devonte Freeman. No, it is not. I promise

792
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 1: it's not. Uh. Damian Williams in the mix, especially if

793
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: David Montgomery has to miss significant time. Sam J. P

794
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 1: Ryan as well, Joe Mixing dealing with an ankle injury.

795
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: Something to keep an eye on as the week progresses.

796
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: At wide receiver A J. Green He's a thing again,

797
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney who had a big game against the Lions

798
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: on Sunday, Lavisca Chenalt who played well especially with DJ

799
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 1: Chark uh not available for the foreseeable future. Jamison Crowder

800
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: is back now for the Jetropolitans, and Darius Tony who

801
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: got some love for the Giants uh last week. Then

802
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: a couple of Titans Dawson Knox and Max Williams. Yes,

803
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: the position might not be deep like I wanted to be,

804
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 1: but uh, these are guys who were getting some work.

805
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:29,280
Speaker 1: So a couple of names to talk about though, Sam

806
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: Donald and Daniel Jones a couple of quarterbacks we have

807
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,439
Speaker 1: been waiting on for a few years now to break out,

808
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 1: and it looks like they're starting to do that this year.

809
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,399
Speaker 1: Both these guys playing really well for the first month

810
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: of the season. If you look at it over the

811
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: rest of the schedule. Which one of those two quarterbacks

812
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: do you want? For me? It's Donald, and there's a

813
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,720
Speaker 1: couple of reasons. One is just how the players both look.

814
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 1: I think Donald actually looks legitimately like a franchise quarterback.

815
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: When I watch him throw, he looks good when I

816
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: watched him move. He looks good when he takes off

817
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 1: for some inexplokable reason, because we never saw it in

818
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: the early half of his career, to run into the

819
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 1: end zone. He looks good. And Daniel Jones, I think

820
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: he is putting up numbers. You know, he's He's got

821
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: a lot of rushing yards, but I don't know if

822
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: he really looks this good, so it's harder for me

823
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: to trust. On top of that, Donald has some of

824
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: the best weapons in the league. I don't know what

825
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 1: to think of the Giants weapons right now. And the

826
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: schedule looks very nice for Sam Donald is welcoming up

827
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 1: much better than it does for Daniel Jones. So I'm

828
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: I'm I'm on board with Sam Donald. Consider me sold

829
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: I guess Adam Gates period, I am I am doubling

830
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: down on that, and not just because I'm an sc homer.

831
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:53,280
Speaker 1: I really do think the path is better for Sam Donald.

832
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about that schedule, right, I mean

833
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: the next few weeks, they've got Philly, they've got Minnesota,

834
00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: they've got the Giants, they've got the Falcons um. I mean,

835
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: none of those are terrifying defenses. They get that they

836
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: get to face. I mean even the games that at

837
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: least I thought would be difficult to mean, we we

838
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: talked about Washington. They're coming up in a few weeks.

839
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 1: That's not as scary as it once looked. Miami not

840
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 1: as scary as it once looked. So I think there's

841
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: definitely possibilities for Sam Donald to to continue to be productive.

842
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,439
Speaker 1: On top of it, you mentioned the weapons. I'll also

843
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: go one further, one step further and tell you that

844
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: I like Joe Brady as an offensive coordinator better than

845
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: I like Jason Garrett as an offensive coordinator. So I

846
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: just think there are a lot more reasons for me

847
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 1: to kind of latch onto Sam Donald. Look, Daniel Jones

848
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 1: has been good. He's the QB six. Donald is the

849
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: QB five. They are right next to each other, uh

850
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: in the rankings at the moment. But Donald has played really,

851
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: really well and I'm happy to see it. Um I

852
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 1: just he's added to the list of Adam Gays ex

853
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: pats who have found success once they have moved on.

854
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:56,399
Speaker 1: So I'm cool with that. Um So, now your top

855
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: waiver wire targets in in week five, if you have

856
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: the top priority or if you're gonna blow a bunch

857
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 1: of fab budgets, where are you going with that? Well,

858
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: I don't know how much of my budget I'm gonna

859
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: blow in this guy because he's not super exciting, but

860
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 1: I'm targeting Jamison Crowder. Yes, it's not a flashy pick.

861
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: He's not going to become in RB one like some

862
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 1: other guys might be able to do from the way

863
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: for wire for you, But when Jamison Crowder is on

864
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:28,280
Speaker 1: a football field, he's a startable PPR wide receiver period

865
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: the end. And he came back in his first week

866
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,760
Speaker 1: back this week put up seven catches on nine targets

867
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: for sixty one yards on a touchdown. And you will

868
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 1: not get that touchdown sometimes and it'll just be seven

869
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 1: catches in sixty one yards, But that's still not bad

870
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: as a PPR flex play. And so, and I think

871
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 1: you're gonna get it consistently because this is what he's

872
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: done for his entire career, that this Jets team is

873
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: always going to be losing, Crowder will be getting those

874
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: targets as a result. It's gonna be the modus operandi

875
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: of this team for the entire season. I mean, listen,

876
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: there's plenty of other options with more upside on this

877
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: week's waiver wire, so I do not fault to anyone

878
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 1: for going for them. But maybe this is even the

879
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: guy you put second on your list, but he is

880
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,280
Speaker 1: a plug and play flex starter. Give me some crowd

881
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,879
Speaker 1: at I like it because, as you mentioned, the consistency,

882
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 1: and you're right, he's not a sexy name, right, People

883
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: look at Jamison Crowder and it's like, but I think,

884
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: especially if you don't necessarily have the top waiver priority,

885
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: and if let's say you are a good team, right

886
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: you you're three and one, you're four and oh, and

887
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: you know you're not gonna necessarily get a lot of

888
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: these guys. Uh, Crowder I think is a nice ad

889
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: because it is that consistency, that guy you can plug

890
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: into the flex spot, uh and be fairly confident you're

891
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,320
Speaker 1: going to get a good game from a weekend and

892
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 1: a week out. Um, I am leaning toward Kenneth Gainwell myself, uh,

893
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 1: And we saw this past week that he outshined Miles Sanders,

894
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: and I think he's starting to close the gap in

895
00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 1: terms of usage and production on Sanders. Sanders will still

896
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,359
Speaker 1: be the lead running back. I still think he's going

897
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 1: to be the RB one, but I think that gap

898
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: between he and Gainwell is going to close, in part

899
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: because I think gain Well is a little bit of

900
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: a better pass catcher and that's important in this Philadelphia

901
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,760
Speaker 1: offense and they want their running backs to catch the football.

902
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: He has out targeted UH Sanders through the first four

903
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: games of the season. I think that trend is going

904
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: to continue. And it just seems like they're starting to

905
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: find more ways to use him and more things to

906
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,640
Speaker 1: do with him. And so, um, you know, he's not

907
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: gonna be a guy that's gonna pop in. There's your

908
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: RB two, and you're gonna, you know, start him every

909
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: week and he's gonna get you, you know, eighteen to

910
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 1: twenty points. But I think he can be a nice ad,

911
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: a nice piece that can flex sometimes for you and

912
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 1: that we know, when you have guys injured or on by,

913
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,799
Speaker 1: you can plug him in and uh, and he can

914
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,399
Speaker 1: get you some some nice numbers there, so uh, keep

915
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 1: an eye out for him. I felt like he should

916
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 1: have been drafted in a lot of spots, but I

917
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: get it. But now you have a reason to go

918
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: out and get connect gain well, so you should probably

919
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 1: do that. By the way, if you want more waiver

920
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: wire picks, and why wouldn't you, because if you're not adding,

921
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: then you're really not trying. Go check out Michael f.

922
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: Florio's waiver Wire column. You can find it at NFL

923
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 1: dot com slash waiver Wire each and every week. Uh.

924
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: And even though he's not here with us on the show,

925
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: I think we still roped him into riding a waiver

926
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 1: wire column. So sorry, you're never fully off during the season.

927
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 1: That's just how it works. Sorry about your luck. Time

928
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 1: to take a look at the Monday night football contests

929
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Los Angeles Chargers.

930
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,760
Speaker 1: In my brain, I still want to say like Oakland

931
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:20,960
Speaker 1: Raiders and San Diego Chargers, But you know whatever, at

932
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: some point I'll get over it has only been I

933
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 1: don't know how many years now whatever, um two of

934
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 1: the top passing offenses in the league with two of

935
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: the hottest quarterbacks in the league. So between the two

936
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 1: of them, who you got Tonight's Derek Carr or Justin Herbert?

937
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: Give me Herbert. And yes, I know that Derek Carr

938
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: is posting literally historic pass yard numbers, but hey, I

939
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 1: still think the shoe the other shoe might fall at

940
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: some point here with Car in this offense. I'm not

941
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 1: saying they're gonna be bad, but I don't think they're

942
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: gonna be posting numbers like this the whole year. That

943
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,800
Speaker 1: might happen this week in l A against the Chargers,

944
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,360
Speaker 1: who are the number four defense against quarterbacks right now.

945
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: They've allowed less than fourteen points per game to opposing quarterbacks.

946
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: And Herbert is, in my opinion, matchup proof. He's got

947
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,359
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen and Mike Williams. You can't go wrong with that.

948
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: Give me the Give me Herbert and the Chargers by

949
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: a decent bit. I when I first put this question down,

950
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: I I originally went with Derek Carr, and then I

951
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: reversed myself and I went back to Herbert in part

952
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: because I think for the Raiders, if they're going to

953
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: be successful on Monday Night, it's gonna be a little

954
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,480
Speaker 1: bit because they're able to run the football. The Chargers

955
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: have struggled so far this season against the run, and

956
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,439
Speaker 1: for all the great things the Raider passing game has done,

957
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 1: I do think John Gruden still wants to try and

958
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:48,440
Speaker 1: ground and pound a little bit, So I think that

959
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: might just sort of lessen some of the burden on

960
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 1: on Derek Carr. Justin Herbert's just slaying it, man, and

961
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,239
Speaker 1: I think a part of it is because their lead

962
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,399
Speaker 1: running back is Austin Ekeler, a guy who was still

963
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 1: very fully involved in the passing game too. So that

964
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:04,640
Speaker 1: means that you can sort of put the game in

965
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert's hands, and I kind of think that's what's

966
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:11,000
Speaker 1: going to happen. Um. Speaking of the Raider running game,

967
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 1: we're still waiting word on Josh Jacobs. He's expected to

968
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:18,399
Speaker 1: be a game time decision for the Raiders tonight. Last

969
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,719
Speaker 1: week we saw Peyton Barber step in and play very

970
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,000
Speaker 1: very well. I mentioned the Charger running game, uh IS

971
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: or running defense, I should say, has been sort of struggling.

972
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 1: So if Josh Josh Jacobs can't go, would you feel comfortable, say,

973
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:33,719
Speaker 1: you know, in a season long lineup or a daily

974
00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: lineup sliding in Peyton Barber. Yeah, I mean, I think

975
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,360
Speaker 1: to the points you just brought up, he has a

976
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,839
Speaker 1: very good chance at having a good good if he's

977
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,879
Speaker 1: the guy having a good game, because he was good

978
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: last week. I think that they're going to be is

979
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 1: gonna be a high scoring game where they're playing a

980
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,799
Speaker 1: lot of not necessarily catch up, but we have to

981
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 1: outscore the Chargers, and I think Peyton Barber will get

982
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: involved in every aspect of the game as a result,

983
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 1: Alton be decent. Not necessarily are we one, but decent.

984
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: And if if you're if you've waited to start him

985
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,399
Speaker 1: in the season long league, hopefully you feel good about

986
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: it because it's gonna happen one way or the other.

987
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: But I also would feel good about like a Tonight

988
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: Daily if you put him in. Yeah. Uh yeah. The

989
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 1: worst thing ever is to have a player who's a

990
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:22,000
Speaker 1: game time decision on Monday night, because that leaves you

991
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 1: with pretty much no options. So uh, if you were

992
00:48:25,239 --> 00:48:28,360
Speaker 1: waiting on Josh Jacobs, either because you're starting him or

993
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: you've got Peyton Barber, godspeed. Yeah, it's just not a

994
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,560
Speaker 1: fun place to be. It's just not a fun place

995
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,399
Speaker 1: to be. Right now. But if Peyton Barber is the guy,

996
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: I would feel very comfortable having him in the lineup. Um,

997
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: last one, we know everybody is starting both Keenan Allen

998
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 1: and Mike Williams, and me, Mike Williams is the wide

999
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: receiver to right now, like wow, but which one do

1000
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: you think has the bigger night tonight? Is a Keenan

1001
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:56,319
Speaker 1: or is it the BMW. It's really tough to go

1002
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 1: against Mike Williams right now, but I'm gonna say Keenan

1003
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: Allen here. Part of that is because I just do

1004
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,000
Speaker 1: think that Keenan Allen is gonna be over the course

1005
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 1: of the whole season, the higher finishing and more reliable

1006
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: fantasy wide receiver of this duo. I still love Mike

1007
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: Williams believe he can be a wide receiver one, but

1008
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,800
Speaker 1: I will go with Keenan over the course of the season.

1009
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,439
Speaker 1: But also specifically with the Raiders, they've looked a little

1010
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,479
Speaker 1: bit more susceptible to the underneath slot kind of guy

1011
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 1: this year so far, then to the big bodied downfield threat.

1012
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 1: We saw that with the Steelers, we saw that with

1013
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:31,439
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, so it's gonna be close. I think both

1014
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 1: can be great. In fact, I'd probably be happy to

1015
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,239
Speaker 1: start both, no questions asked, but I'll take keen by

1016
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 1: a little bit. I do agree that I think over

1017
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 1: the course of the season, Keenan is going to eventually

1018
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: outscore Mike Williams. I'm gonna lean with with Big Mike tonight.

1019
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,359
Speaker 1: I just wonder how much attention the Raiders are going

1020
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: to pay to Keenan. Allen's trying to make sure he's

1021
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,080
Speaker 1: not the guy that beats them. So maybe this means

1022
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 1: that some better things for for Mike Williams. But I'm

1023
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:57,480
Speaker 1: with you. I think it's gonna be close. I think

1024
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 1: both guys are gonna be productive. I have been surprised

1025
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: by the target share that Mike Williams has had. I mean,

1026
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:06,760
Speaker 1: that's about target share, and I think after the first

1027
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 1: two weeks actually that he led in targets, he had

1028
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 1: more than than Alan. Um. You know, these guys are

1029
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 1: going to get the ball a lot all year long

1030
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,879
Speaker 1: in this offense. And I think they're both gonna be

1031
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,799
Speaker 1: pretty excellent tonight. And you're not sitting either one of

1032
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: them for any real reason unless you have you know,

1033
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:24,000
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know why you would be

1034
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 1: sitting either one of them. As to be honest with you,

1035
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,040
Speaker 1: I can't even come up with a with a good

1036
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: excuse for why you would. So I I think both

1037
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: of them are going to be good tonight, and I

1038
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:34,760
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a really really fun game tonight,

1039
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:37,560
Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to it. Uh, we're trying to

1040
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: get out of work, even though the you know, the

1041
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: the charges are our next door neighbors at the new

1042
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: the new studios. I will be trying to get out

1043
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:45,880
Speaker 1: of there to avoid some traffic and get home and

1044
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:47,719
Speaker 1: watch it on my own couch because that'll be a

1045
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:51,919
Speaker 1: lot more comfortable. Um, Matt, appreciate you always coming out

1046
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,799
Speaker 1: of the bullpen and bringing heat as you normally do.

1047
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 1: For folks who want to find you though. What's the

1048
00:50:56,719 --> 00:51:00,359
Speaker 1: best place to catch up with your stuff? Yeah at

1049
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,920
Speaker 1: Metal caught on Twitter again? Check out ball Blast Football, Uh,

1050
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 1: the podcast, The website is a ton of good content

1051
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,160
Speaker 1: over there. Or you can drive up to the NFL

1052
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:11,600
Speaker 1: Media building right next to so fine wave up the

1053
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,879
Speaker 1: third story and I'm sitting next to the window there,

1054
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 1: So there you go. Also, just how to throw this

1055
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 1: to you, Marcus, group of Ravens. I thought it might

1056
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:22,120
Speaker 1: be a murder because the crow. The crows are a

1057
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: murderer when they're in a group. A group of Ravens

1058
00:51:24,440 --> 00:51:27,520
Speaker 1: is called an unkindness. As a researcher, I felt I

1059
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 1: had to find that for you, and I think that's

1060
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,319
Speaker 1: a pretty fair word for the Ravens backfield. So there

1061
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Speaker 1: you go. They have they have historically been unkind two opponents,

1062
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,360
Speaker 1: and this year I think they've been unkind to fantasy

1063
00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:41,080
Speaker 1: managers trying to figure out exactly what's happening. So yeah,

1064
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: I appreciate that knowledge on our way out because for us,

1065
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:47,600
Speaker 1: that is it. We are done. We appreciate you hanging

1066
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 1: out with the NFL Fantasy Football show. You know the drill.

1067
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: Tell two friends to tell two friends rate review and

1068
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,120
Speaker 1: remember if no one buys a ticket to a movie,

1069
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:55,759
Speaker 1: do they still show it? And how would you know?

1070
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,799
Speaker 1: Be safe to kill yourselves? Get vaccinated and we'll see

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Speaker 1: you on Wednesday. Wan Thing and Waning Coco Coco