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Speaker 1: I'm Michael Barr, and welcome to the Bloomberg Business of

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Speaker 1: Sports podcast. Guess what day it is. It's Wednesday, my

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Speaker 1: favorite day for the podcast because it's fantasy football podcast

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Speaker 1: talk and we have the experts here, Rich Truman extraordinary

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Speaker 1: producer and Damien Sassaur with Bloomberg Just you guys are

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Speaker 1: great and you guys knock it out of the park.

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Speaker 1: Uh this week week I can't believe we're in week

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Speaker 1: four already. This thing is moving. Um hubba Hubbard is

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Speaker 1: looking very good right now. Is one of the running

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Speaker 1: the Ravens, and this is this is amazing. It's it

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Speaker 1: shows you how you have to be stacked up Richard

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Speaker 1: in running backs because we're gonna he's gonna be next

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Speaker 1: man up. And if you don't have plenty of running backs,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna be in trouble. Well, we did see that

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Speaker 1: last week with Alexander Madison. Uh, Dalvin Cook, Charles Vomer's possession,

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Speaker 1: Uh missed the game. Charles did not have Alexander Madison.

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Speaker 1: I did, and I reaped the benefits. Now going forward

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Speaker 1: to this week, I know we're not going to talk

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Speaker 1: that much about our league, but Michael, I know you

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Speaker 1: have Hubbard, so I'm sure that he'd probably been your

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Speaker 1: story lineup. Oh, yes he is. He's definitely. He's gotta

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Speaker 1: get match up against Dallas. Yeah, yeah, this is this

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Speaker 1: now when he came into the game, yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: three was the week of the backup running back. I

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Speaker 1: mean I mean Kareem Hunt in Cleveland. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: we basically taught Peyton Barber with a big game, you know,

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Speaker 1: the same amount of touches is Jonathan Teller last week.

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Speaker 1: So you know, we're starting to see some of these

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Speaker 1: RB twos bubbles to the surface. Here. Have any sleepers,

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Speaker 1: Richard that you're looking at running back wise? Uh? I

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Speaker 1: do like Miles Sanders against the Chiefs. As Damian Portant

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Speaker 1: point out last week, the Chiefs have one of the

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Speaker 1: worst uh rushing defenses in the league. Uh their second worst,

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Speaker 1: in fact, to give up a hundred sixty yards a game. Uh.

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Speaker 1: So I like Miles Sanders with the Eagles. And since

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Speaker 1: we're talking about sleeper picks, uh, I gave two last week,

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Speaker 1: did think that Tyson Williams and the Ravens would have

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Speaker 1: a good game, but he only had five carries for

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Speaker 1: did give you Mike Williams of the Chargers seven catches,

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Speaker 1: I like Miles Sanders and I'll go with Jacobe Myers

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Speaker 1: of the Patriots might be playing catch up against Tampa.

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Speaker 1: Tampa is the worst team in the league against the past,

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Speaker 1: giving a three eight yards. Uh, lots of dinks and dunks,

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Speaker 1: I predicted Jocobi Meyers. If you're in a PPR league, Damian,

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Speaker 1: anything in that crystal ball that you've seen, that your

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Speaker 1: I think some of those fireworks may adhere to Leonard Fournette,

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Speaker 1: any of the Survivor leagues? Uh? The Jets, I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: They're playing Tennessee. You think that's a good bet, gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: if you're in a Survivor league to take Tennessee. Uh?

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Speaker 1: how brutal have the Jets and Giants been. I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you how brutal since the start of the two thousand

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Speaker 1: much worse than that, except if you're from Detroit. No,

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Speaker 1: then don't don't even. I'm not even. I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: rail about Justin Tucker in the sixty six yard record field.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna do it, but I will say that

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Speaker 1: people that were tweeting, that were at the game and

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Speaker 1: some friends that I know, yes there was disappointment. But everybody,

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Speaker 1: and including all the Detroit Lions fans, had that same thing.

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Speaker 1: It's like, just when you think that we can't lose

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Speaker 1: Who's the game And it's just disappointment after disappointment. Congratulations

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Speaker 1: Justin Tucker, Uh, you you now have an NFL record.

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Speaker 1: And Tom Dempsey with the Lions is rolling over in

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Speaker 1: is just he he just looks great. But they do

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Speaker 1: have a tough test against Aragona this week. I do

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Speaker 1: think though, if you're talking about the player of the

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Speaker 1: right there, Lock, I'll give you a safer pick Joe

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Speaker 1: Mixon tomorrow night against Jacksonville. I hope you're right. I

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Speaker 1: know you do. I know you do. And one of

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Speaker 1: Shultz is probably a pretty big pick up off the

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Speaker 1: By the way, folks, the game then, I am. Yes,

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Speaker 1: of course, Tampa Bay in New England the exciting game.

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Speaker 1: But I'm looking at for a lot of points. I'm

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Speaker 1: looking at that Rams and Arizona game. They're gonna be

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Speaker 1: Now that's a four o'clock game for people on the

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Speaker 1: high scoring game. You are correct. Yeah, And the Monday

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