1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, It's Tuesdata Simpertam twenty twenty four. Welcome to 2 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Showhere, we don't make waiver claims 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: once we're eliminated. It's me your man, MG Marcus Grant, 4 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: joined by Michael f Florio and La Kwan Jones. We 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: are all agreed on that, right, like when you're out, 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: like the waiver wires off the list. 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: Correct. 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 3: No, yes, I'm gonna tweet it up tomorrow and there 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 3: will be. 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 1: Pushback Captain Captain Chaos LaQuan Here's like, yeah, of course, no, 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: no not. 12 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 2: I literally did a dirty move last week. 13 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 4: I said it on the pod, like I didn't even 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 4: start Russell Wilson. I took him. They didn't even start him. 15 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 4: My buddy needed them. He lost. 16 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: Oh well, but like, were you or were you? 17 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 4: Like yeah, oh yeah, I was eliminated. I was just 18 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 4: being toxic in my league. I mean that's that's what 19 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 4: I do. 20 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: But you guess feel that way. I don't know why 21 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: I changed. I don't know why it changed. 22 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: I just changed. 23 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: My thing is like your league feet covers you for 24 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: fourteen weeks, you fifteen on is earned. 25 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 4: But if I could shake things up amongst my friends. 26 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 2: Why not. 27 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 4: I mean, like I got the group chat, like they're 28 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 4: sending me hate mail. It's fine. I mean, look, I 29 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 4: don't care. I'm out of the playoffs. He's like, I 30 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 4: just send it all to spam. It's fine, don't worry 31 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 4: about it. Yeah, all right. Anyway, this this could be debated, 32 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 4: certainly on a future show. These are things we can 33 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 4: debate in the off season. We have more time to 34 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 4: stretch out a little bit. But I meantime, we do. 35 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: Have a look at some of the guys that maybe 36 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: bounced you from your league, some of the guys that 37 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: might be the reason you are currently eliminated in your 38 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: fantasy league, plus some waiver wire deep dives, and some 39 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,960 Speaker 1: guys we are putting on the waiver wire going forward. 40 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: Let's start with some big questions for Week fifteen and beyond. 41 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: First one, Florio, A lot of us were big on 42 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. Thought he was, you know, gonna be everything, 43 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: the guy that you wanted. Yeah, it hadn't really worked 44 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: out that way. I mean, at this point, what is 45 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray when it comes to fantasy I mean, I 46 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: guess he's a QB one, but he's not a strong 47 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: QB one is he. 48 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 3: No, he is the QB ten on this season. And 49 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 3: when you go through his game logs, there's a few 50 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 3: twenty plus performances and a couple of like twenty eight, 51 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: but there's a lot of less than fifteen games as well. 52 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 3: And I had someone yesterday texting me, like do I 53 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 3: play Kyler Murray or Will Levis? And I said Kyler Murray, 54 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: but like they were like, I think I'm gonna go 55 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: with Will Levis. And that's the point that we have 56 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 3: reached when it comes to Kyler. That being said, his 57 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 3: next couple of games are really nice. He gets the 58 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 3: Patriots next week, who we have seen allow a lot 59 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: of really big performances, like Anthony Richardson had won against 60 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: them last time in their last game. Then he gets 61 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 3: the Panthers, who we know are not a good defense 62 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 3: and can be had, and then the Rams, who are 63 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 3: a good defense. Lakwan, but like that could be a 64 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 3: very high scoring game, especially if they're chasing points or 65 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 3: something like that, so like he could still make up 66 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 3: for his struggles this year. But yeah, like Kyler Murray, 67 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 3: like if I have him, I'm starting him the rest 68 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 3: of the year, And just kind of knowing that he 69 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 3: could give me twenty eight in a game or he 70 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 3: could give me like thirteen, and there's really no rhyme 71 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 3: or reason. 72 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's the hard part, is that there's 73 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: no there's no telling when it's going to happen, right, 74 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: I mean, you know he gave you almost twenty nine 75 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: against the Jets, which isn't a great matchup on paper. Uh. 76 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: You know, against the Vikings, which seem like a better matchup, 77 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: you only get fifteen. Like there's just no you know, 78 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: there's no telling when what's going to happen. It's just 79 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: so much confusion. 80 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 4: You get the playoff though in the championship with him 81 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 4: against the Rams, Like that's a one hundred percent you 82 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 4: could just check off, Like I'm starting Kyler Murray that week? 83 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: Is this just is this? 84 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: Are you talking as an analyst or is a Rams 85 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: fan who's just tired of watching Kyler like, you know, 86 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: run through your team? 87 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 3: Uh? A little bit of both. 88 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 4: Just based on Colum bet colm Be, you know, it's 89 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 4: a little bit of both. I just think that we 90 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: struggle against mobile quarterbacks and you have Josh and go 91 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 4: inside the sideline, you know, extending into plays this is 92 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 4: similar to what Murray does. So he'll find success. 93 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 3: We'll still win. 94 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: We'll win. Now there you go. 95 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you about two a tongue of by 96 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: Lola Kuan because he is tormenting you through the presence 97 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: of John new Smith. 98 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: But he's also been really hot lately for Fantasy. 99 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: I mean, you look over the last four weeks, he 100 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: right now is the QB two behind Lamar Jackson. You know, 101 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's still very much in the mix obviously with that, 102 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: but four straight games with at least twenty three Fantasy 103 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: points is two of the championship quarterback we're looking for. 104 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 4: I think so, and I think a lot of people 105 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 4: are sleeping on what's happening. Like you don't have many 106 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 4: quarterbacks that are being this consistent week to week. And 107 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 4: it's regardless of the defense that he's facing. And when 108 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 4: you look at this offense, like we need to really 109 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 4: remember what they have out there. They have a speedster, 110 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 4: tight end speedster on the perimeters, Will Waddle and Tyreek Hill. 111 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 4: Then you still have Deman h And still going out 112 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 4: there making huge plays and Jalen Ray getting sprinkled in 113 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 4: as well. This is a high power offense. And I 114 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 4: know we looked at to h last season. You know, 115 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 4: he was just kind of like a mid tier quarterback 116 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 4: for fantasy. But he's really stepping up and he's going 117 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 4: out there lighting it up. And I really think for 118 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 4: the rest of this playoff run, like you can check 119 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 4: the box off of that. You know you're gone to 120 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 4: start two of regardless if it's the Browns, Texans, et cetera, 121 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 4: et cetera. There's just too much upside and too much 122 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 4: firepower on this offense that you want just to have 123 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 4: a piece of. 124 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,799 Speaker 1: So I'm looking at the schedule for the fantasy playoffs. 125 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: He's at Houston this week, so it's indoors, no worry 126 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: about weather. Then in week sixteen, he's at home against 127 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. Again, you'll be in South Florida, 128 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: no real concerns about weather. They're week seventeen though he's 129 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: on the road at Cleveland. It's going to be December. 130 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: It's gonna be right around Christmas, just after Christmas too. 131 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: That's a night game. It's gonna be cold, it may 132 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: be snowing. The narrative of two in the cold. Weather's 133 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: gonna come back right when you need him in championship weeks. 134 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: That's one I would definitely for sure keep an eye on. 135 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: But to keep the quarterback theme going, I'm gonna ask 136 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: both of you this, I'll start with you, Florio, rest 137 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: of the season. 138 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: Would you rather start Patrick Mahomes or bow Knicks. 139 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 3: Bo Knicks? Because since Week five, before the Monday night 140 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: game of last week. From so from week five through 141 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 3: week twelve, he was averaging it was like twenty two 142 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,799 Speaker 3: fantasy points per game, and that's top five quarterback numbers. 143 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: And I know Mahomes has gotten better at least in 144 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 3: the middle of the season and we were like, all right, 145 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 3: this is the guy that you drafted and stuff. He's 146 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 3: starting to come back around. Then the last two games 147 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 3: it's right back to being Patrick Mahomes. That is not 148 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: great for fantasy. And I know they were low scoring 149 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 3: divisional games, but less than seventeen fantasy points now and 150 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 3: four of his last five games. He has just two 151 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 3: games this year with over twenty fantasy points. So he's 152 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 3: all flour And that's fine in the regular season, but 153 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: when you get to this time of the year, only 154 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 3: the good teams are left. So I need more than 155 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 3: just a floor of fifteen fantasy points with the ceiling 156 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 3: being something like eighteen. So bow Knicks brings that because 157 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: not only is he getting better passing results, but he 158 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 3: runs more as well. So yeah, I'll take bow Knicks there, 159 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 3: all right. 160 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: I mean ask you look on the same thing. Mahomes 161 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: are nixt rest of the season. 162 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 4: Ah Man, this is actually tight for me, honestly because 163 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 4: both of them are playing really well these last couple 164 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 4: of games. But bo Knicks does give you a little 165 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 4: bit more upside with his legs and he's absolutely incredible 166 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 4: out of the pocket. Mahomes, you're looking at a structured 167 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 4: offense where you have DeAndre Hopkins making the big plays, 168 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 4: Juju Smith Schuster showing up last week, and Travis Kelce, 169 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 4: Like you have all these big names and you have 170 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 4: all these you know, superstars on the Chiefs offense. But 171 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 4: Bo Nicks, man, it's just so fun to watch, and 172 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 4: it feels a little bit more better being that you 173 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 4: have him in starting lineups and you're watching them do 174 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 4: all these amazing things as a rookie, Like he's definitely 175 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 4: in that Rookie of the Year conversation. It's like, more so 176 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 4: I'm happy I got them on rosters because it's absolutely 177 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 4: just fun to watch Broncos games. 178 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: Again. 179 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he's certainly in the offensive Rookie of 180 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: Year conversation without a doubt. 181 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, look at ahead Week seventeen. He gets the Bengals, 182 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 3: Mahomes gets the Steelers on a Wednesday. I'd much ready 183 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 3: to go against the Bengals. 184 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 2: I think I'd much rather have the Bengals. 185 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: I think the other part of this too, and I 186 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: think you guys were both sort of hinting at this, 187 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: is for the Broncos to win, they need bon Knicks 188 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: to go out and have big games. 189 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 2: Like the Chiefs. 190 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: I really do think the Chiefs are just they sit 191 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: around and they just pull, you know, ideas out of 192 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: a hat, like how are we gonna win a game 193 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: this week? Like, hey, maybe maybe we'll doink one off 194 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: the upright as time expires, Uh, to win to win 195 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: the division? Like yeah, it's just it's it's crazy, But 196 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't always involve Mahomes going out and throwing for 197 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 1: you know too, eighty three hundred yards and three touchdowns. 198 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: Whereas for the Broncos to win, they generally need a 199 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: lot of performance out of bow Knicks. So I think 200 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: that's the reason that I would lean Nix over Mahomes. 201 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 3: Where do you think Mahomes gets drafted next year? Like 202 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 3: the top five? 203 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: Probably not, No, No, ten. I think he's still top ten, 204 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, I mean I still needs top tics. 205 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: People a gonna be like it's it's Patrick Mahomes, Like, 206 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 1: you know, he'll figure it out. I mean, right now, 207 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: he's what he's QB eleven, I think at the moment. 208 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: So I think that's still you know, I think he's 209 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,719 Speaker 1: still get drafted in the top ten. 210 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 4: Quarter Betta. 211 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: It's certainly not gonna be a third round pick in 212 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: fantasy the way it has been the last couple of years. 213 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 3: Have you been in league lately. 214 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: That's that's a good point because I think, you know, 215 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: home leagues a lot of more casual leagues. It's gonna 216 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: be it's gonna take longer for that to catch up. 217 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: Then it will win the super Bowl. That's going to 218 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: carry over into the next draft. Like I just want 219 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: in the world. 220 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 3: Josh Lamar, Hurts, Jaden, Joe Burrow, they're all going over him. 221 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 1: I think, yes, that's five for sure. Wow, so he 222 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: could be six. He couldn't have been the quarterback six, 223 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: just just on name value. I mean, it's really possible 224 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: that could actually happen. All right, So those are guys 225 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 1: maybe you could win your leagues for you. These are 226 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 1: guys that might have bounced you from your respective leagues. 227 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: Another round of the fantasy faux paws, the guys that 228 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: likely killed your fantasy playoff hopes for the season. 229 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 2: Lakwan Yours goes all the way back to Thursday night 230 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: with the guy who's still looking for his first catch 231 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: of the week. Oh God, I. 232 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,559 Speaker 4: Want to start off saying matt aka young link on 233 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 4: ex Twitter, I apologize because I told him that Kayden 234 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 4: Reid was going to go to the freaking moon with 235 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 4: this matchup, and he did not. 236 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 2: He did not. 237 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 4: He put up a donut. And I don't understand why 238 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 4: he was running less routs than usual, why he only 239 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: had one target? 240 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 2: What is going on? 241 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 4: You have the matchup, the lines allowed the most completions 242 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 4: and your yards two slot wide receivers, and that's exactly 243 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 4: what he is, purely on the Packers offense. And he 244 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 4: did not show up. So he probably bounced a lot 245 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 4: of people. A lot of fantasy managers put him in 246 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 4: the flex or even their wide receiver one or two 247 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 4: and he just completely did not show up. So I 248 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: apologize young Link aka Matthew. 249 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: I mean it made sense, right, but you look back, 250 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: it's been boom or bust with Jaden Reid. He's had one, two, three, four, five, 251 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: seven games with fewer than thirty receiving yards, including four 252 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: in a row with less than thirty receiving yards. So 253 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: if you've been leaning on him, he has let you down. 254 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: And you know, if you missed the playoffs, he could 255 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: have a lot to do with the reason that you 256 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: are done with your fantasy season Flourya. You similarly have 257 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: another receiver that we've been able to lean on who 258 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: disappeared in a big spot. 259 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 3: And look, none of this was his fault. But aj 260 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 3: Brown goes out against the Panthers puts up forty three 261 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 3: yards and eight point three fantasy points, and I tweeted 262 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 3: out yes because at one point I believe it was 263 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 3: at halftime he still doesn't have a target, and or 264 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 3: late he didn't get his first one till like late 265 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 3: in the first half something like that, and Garafalo then 266 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 3: was like, no, he was wide open for a long 267 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 3: touchdown and Jalen Hurtsmith them so I went back and 268 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 3: watched that play and got very frustrated. Then you see 269 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 3: the play where DeVonta Smith catches a touchdown. AJ Brown 270 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 3: is in the middle of the field wide open and 271 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 3: hurts his eyes around him, and then he decides, now, 272 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 3: I'm gonna throw it to the to DeVonta Smith who 273 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 3: made the catch, but who has a defender draped all 274 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 3: over him. And like I was very frustrated, I know 275 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 3: fantasy managers were very frustrated. No one was more frustrated 276 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 3: than aj Brown himself because after the game they asked him, 277 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 3: what is one thing this team needs to improve on, 278 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,199 Speaker 3: and he simply said passing Like he's he doesn't care 279 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 3: that s Pegmon Barkley is an MVP candidate. He's like, 280 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 3: me and DeVonta Smith are awesome, and we are getting 281 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 3: held back right now because our quarterback can't seem to 282 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 3: get us the ball. And for the beginning of the year, 283 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 3: AJ Brown looked like he was going to be like 284 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 3: a runaway wide receiver, one league winner. And now in 285 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: the last six weeks or so, my teams that have 286 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 3: had that have AJ Brown, which are a whole bunch 287 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 3: of them, are slowly just free falling, and I'm sure 288 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,079 Speaker 3: I'm not the only one, and it is insanely frustrating 289 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 3: because he's doing his job and getting open and they 290 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 3: just can't get him the ball. 291 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 2: That's wild. 292 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: You know that on a team where you know things 293 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: are going well, you're leading the division, you're still very 294 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: much in contention for the top seed in the NFC, 295 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: it was a little bit of saltiness going on. So 296 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: the Syrian he sort of handles that down the stretch 297 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: for sure. Meanwhile, for you in fantasy, uh, you know, 298 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: maybe that's the end. I don't have to worry about it. 299 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 2: It's over for me. 300 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: Brock Bowers and he was not quite as disappointing as 301 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: the other two guys that you mentioned, but still you 302 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: had expectations, I think for brock Bowers. I mean we 303 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 1: had been saying for weeks that he was kind of 304 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: the only thing that you could count on in the 305 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 1: Raiders offense. But then when you needed a big performance 306 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: out of him in a matchup that looked great against 307 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers, you get eight points, that's it. Three catches 308 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: for forty nine yards. You also get three rushing yards 309 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: yep beee. But other than that, it just was not 310 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: a good day for brock Bauers. It was just sort 311 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: of meh. Now that they've got quarterback issues there in 312 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: Las Vegas, with Aiden O'Connell done for the year and 313 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: looking like Desmond Ridard is gonna ridor gonna be the 314 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: starter for the remainder of the season, you know, brock 315 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: Bowers had been our one true tight end king, and look, 316 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: barring something amazing, he's likely gonna finish as the tight 317 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: end one. Right now, has like a twenty one point lead, 318 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: almost a twenty two point lead over George Kittle for 319 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: that number two spot, So it seems like he's on 320 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: track to be the tight end one. 321 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: But this was a week that you probably needed him, 322 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 2: especially if you were. 323 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: In a tight battle somewhere in your league and did 324 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: not work out with brock Bowers. 325 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: As you're starting fantasy tight end, I'm gonna take a 326 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 2: quick break. Come back. 327 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna dive into some waiver wire guys to be adding, 328 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: guys to be saying goodbye to. 329 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 2: That's coming up the NFL Fantasy Football Show all right time. 330 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 1: Now I want to dive into the deep waiver wire. 331 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: Had a lot of waiver wire picks for you. On 332 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: Monday's show. You can go back and check that out 333 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: in case you want the more intense list. But in 334 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: terms of some deep dive options Laquad, who should folks 335 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 1: look at? 336 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 4: Hey, if you're in entight spot, I think Tim Patrick's 337 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 4: a great pickup. I mean, honestly, you're just looking for 338 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 4: the touchdown upside. He's always been a red zone demon. 339 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 4: I mean you go back to twenty nineteen through twenty 340 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 4: twenty two with the Denver Broncos. He actually led them 341 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 4: in touchdowns with eleven. So it's one of those things 342 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 4: that if you're looking for a guy that has the 343 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 4: upside with some type of buying. With his recent increase 344 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 4: in usage, I honestly I'm going to be looking for 345 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 4: guys that are going to be seeing the end zone. 346 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 4: So Tim Patrick, he's definitely one of those guys that's 347 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 4: probably out there with living and breathing on the wire 348 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 4: that you could pick up, put it on the bench, 349 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 4: and hopefully you won't have to put him in, but 350 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 4: if you do, he's a good pickup. 351 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: Uh Yeah, And look, you know we're not wishing for 352 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: anything to happen, but if something happens to another receiver 353 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: there in that's right, and that means potentially more opportunities 354 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: for Tim Patrick going forward. 355 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 2: Floyd, We've been. 356 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: Telling people about this guy for the last couple of weeks, 357 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: but now I guess it's things have become real for 358 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: him in Las Vegas. 359 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, Sincere McCormick and I have him on a whole 360 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 3: bunch of teams. I started him on a lot of 361 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 3: them this week and it wasn't the biggest fantasy day, 362 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 3: just ten point nine fantasy points. But don't overlook what 363 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 3: he did. He played nearly sixty percent of the snaps, 364 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 3: fifteen carries, turned that into seventy eight yards, had three targets, 365 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 3: and if you watch the game, though he looked the part. 366 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 3: He had a lot of long runs. He had or 367 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 3: a couple of long runs. He had a couple where 368 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: he was able to break defenders and run through contact 369 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 3: and just look the part. And that to me is 370 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 3: always what I'm looking for the most, first and foremost. 371 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 3: And look, they keep talking him up. I believe he 372 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 3: is there running back the rest of the way. And 373 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 3: the Raiders have a really good schedule, including getting the 374 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 3: Jags and Saints in the final two weeks. So if 375 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 3: you're in the fantasy playoffs and you have some Seer McCormick, 376 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 3: he could be an option that you use as your 377 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 3: RB two or flex option because of the schedule. 378 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I look, just truth be told, watching him, 379 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: he looks like he's been the most explosive, most productive 380 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 1: running back the Raiders have trotted out all season long. 381 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 2: And so again, I think this is the time of the. 382 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: Year where teams that are out of it start looking 383 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: at some of their younger players, seeing what they've got 384 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: and giving those guys more opportunities. We talked on Monday 385 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,439 Speaker 1: about Tyrone Tracy and how that seems to be the 386 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: case with him and the Giants. Could be the same 387 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: thing with since Seer McCormick and the Las Vegas Raiders. 388 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: So the Niners have the next man up, after the 389 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: next man up, after the next man up, and its 390 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: Patrick Taylor. We've gone through Christian McCaffrey, We've gone through 391 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: Jordan Mason. Isaac Garrindo left the game on Sunday with 392 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: an injury. We're not sure of his status, especially with 393 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: the Niners having a short week and playing on Thursday. 394 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: Patrick Taylor was the guy that took the opportunities after 395 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: Garrinda went down, and he would be the starter if 396 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: Grinda's not able to go this week. So that's something 397 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. Patrick Taylor should be a 398 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: really popular name. We love those running backs in the 399 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan offense, understanding that with each successive running back 400 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 1: that comes in, the ceiling probably goes down a little bit. 401 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: I don't know that you can expect the same from 402 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: Taylor that we did from Grinda or Mason, or maybe 403 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: a fully healthy McCaffrey, but the volume potentially should be there. 404 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: I would also throw in, as a little bit of 405 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: a sweetener, Israel Abana Kanda is now there in San 406 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: Francisco as well, and he's gonna be the next man 407 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: behind Patrick Taylor. Which I'm gonna make a reference that 408 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: is old and neither of you probably get, but forty 409 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 1: nine Ers running backs are turning into spinal tap drummers 410 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: where each of them just kind of falls by the 411 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: wayside and under the ice steps up. Just google it, guys, 412 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: It's fine either way. The point is the Niners can't 413 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: seem to keep a healthy running back. Patrick Taylor's the 414 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: next guy up. But if you maybe want to play 415 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: three D chess Israel Aabana Konda is another name to 416 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: keep in your back pocket that maybe you want to 417 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: add just in case things continue to go the way 418 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: they have been going. So if you are adding folks 419 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 1: as always, you were probably dropping folks. So La Kwan 420 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: who shouldn't be saying goodbye. 421 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 4: To So the fantasy playoffs are here, and Caleb Williams 422 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: has been playing you know, good football for the most part. 423 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 4: He's not turning the ball over. He has a couple 424 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 4: back to back games with twenty plus fantasy points. But 425 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 4: these next two games, man, you got the Vikings and Lions. 426 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 4: These are going to be tough battles, especially with the Vikings. 427 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 4: They're up there in the top three. When it comes 428 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 4: to QB pressures, Kate Williams is the most sacked quarterback 429 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 4: in an NFL right now. So with this Bears offense 430 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 4: just not looking good, just overall just bad. I don't 431 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: see much upside for him to be trusted in the 432 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 4: fantasy playoffs. I love the things that he's putting on 433 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 4: tape out there. He looks good out of the pocket 434 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 4: when he makes his pocket magic happen, but sometimes it 435 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 4: doesn't translate to fantasy points, and you're looking at the 436 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 4: next two matchups Vikings and Lions. They're bottom of the 437 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 4: table when it comes to fantasy points per game allowed 438 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 4: the quarterbacks. So I'd rather go to trusted options. I'd 439 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 4: rather go to other veteran options out there for the 440 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 4: fantasy playoffs. But I cannot put my trust into a rookie. 441 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 4: He has to go bye bye. All of that makes sense. 442 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 4: I'm still telling you that he's gonna be in the 443 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 4: sleeper's column this week. But everything you said, everything you 444 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 4: said absolutely makes sense, especially this time of year. The 445 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 4: matchup this week, though against the Vikings is good. 446 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: When they played in Week twelve, it was one of 447 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: the better performances than Caleb has had this year. But 448 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: I certainly understand if in the playoffs you're just not 449 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: going to trust your fantasy life to Caleb Williams and 450 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: inconsistent at best Bears offense Floria. 451 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 2: Who are we letting go of? 452 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 3: This one hurts my heart so much, but I can 453 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 3: guarantee you this player will not be in your sleepers 454 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 3: article this week. Kyle Pitts, I mean, look, is it 455 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 3: his fault? I don't know. It might be Kirk Cousins, 456 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 3: but like, like we said last week, at some point 457 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 3: the excuses are just old, Like Okay, he's had now 458 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 3: numerous play callers, numerous quarterbacks, and it just has not 459 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 3: come to fruition. I don't know if he is not 460 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,959 Speaker 3: the same guy since his knee injury. I don't know 461 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 3: if he doesn't have that dog in him. I don't 462 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 3: know why Ray Ray McCloud is getting targets over him. 463 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 3: But in his last three games, Kyle Pitts combined in 464 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 3: his last three games two catches for twenty three yards. 465 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: In four of his last five games, he has one 466 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 3: catcher fewer for less than fifteen yards. And that is it. 467 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 3: Like there's simply no floor, no ceiling. Right now, I 468 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 3: don't see any way you can trust Look, if you 469 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 3: draft the Kyle Pitts, your season's probably over by now. 470 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 3: But if you survived this regular season, I don't see 471 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 3: any way you could trust him in the fantasy playoffs 472 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 3: because he's such a threat right now to give you 473 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 3: less than three points. And we haven't outside of a 474 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 3: couple of games earlier in the year, we haven't really 475 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 3: seen much upside in two months now with this new 476 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 3: version of Kirk Cousins. 477 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: I mean, what if I told you that he was 478 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: he was in the initial list of sleepers but did 479 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: not make the cut because of all the things that 480 00:21:59,119 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: you just said. 481 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 3: I would feel really bad if he wasnt the sleeper list. 482 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: Uh. I mean he was like I said, like, you know, 483 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: I go through and I just start putting names that 484 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 1: are potential candidates for it, and then you know, you 485 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,919 Speaker 1: start to do the research and you dive in and 486 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: you're like, yeah, no, that's not gonna work, or you know, 487 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: maybe I can put this guy instead, like and like, 488 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: so he was like he was on the long list, 489 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: he did not make the short list. 490 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 3: If I was just like, there's no way he's on there, and. 491 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 2: Then you were like, like he's there. He's actually there. 492 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 4: I know first on the list. 493 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 2: He's number one this week. 494 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 1: No, but I will tell you that the the list 495 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,879 Speaker 1: for tight end sleeper options in week fifteen is not great. 496 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: So so believe it at that for sure. Well, if 497 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: we're talking about Atlanta, falcons will stay in Atlanta and 498 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: we can move on from Kirk Cousins. 499 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 2: It has not been great for a while for Cousins. 500 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: We were talking on Monday before Monday Show and how 501 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: we were so surprised at the reaction of Vikings fans. 502 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: I mean, they were just straight up hostile to Kirk 503 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: Cousins in what was the I mean, I don't know 504 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: if you call it a revenge game, but the homecoming game, 505 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. Either way, they did 506 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: not welcome him back, which surprised me because I just 507 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: thought Minnesota's were nice anyway. But also it wasn't that 508 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: Cousins was a disaster for your team. He actually helped 509 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: you have some success, So we were all a little 510 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 1: bit surprised by the venom that he that he had. 511 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 2: But also he has not played well for a while now. 512 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: Ten fewer than ten point three fantasy points in his 513 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 1: last four games for or three straight rather with single 514 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: digit fantasy points. Three inch and forty four yards against 515 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 1: the Vikings, which is good, but no touchdowns, two interceptions, 516 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: which is not good. Nine point seven points there, and 517 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: there are some semi good matchups. I mean, you know, 518 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: the Raiders have been kind of tough, but it's a 519 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: decent matchup on paper. He finishes at Washington, who I 520 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 1: know have been better, but still I can give up 521 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: some yards. The Giants kind of a so so matchup, 522 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: but I wouldn't trust Cousins against any of those at 523 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: this point. Surprised he's still rostered in thirty five percent 524 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: of NFL dot Com leagues. 525 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 2: That even seems a little bit high. 526 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: I would imagine that number is gonna start to go 527 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: down in the next couple of days. There's just you know, 528 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: if you're streaming quarterbacks, there are a lot better options 529 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 1: out there than Kirk Cousins. We can finally let go 530 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: of him and move on and say goodbye for sure. 531 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: So there it is, let it go. Time to say 532 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: bye bye to those players, Time to say bye bye 533 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: to all of you out there listening. We appreciate you, 534 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: of course. As always, no I'll do it for this 535 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: edition of the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, The Happy, Safe, 536 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: and Healthy, do good, and live well. Enjoy the day, everybody. 537 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: We would talk to you again tomorrow.