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Speaker 1: Mike Harmon. Mike and Dan break down everything you need

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Speaker 2: Hey, welcome in. It is another episode the I Watch

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Speaker 2: a Flex podcast as we get ready in Arnest for

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Speaker 2: Week sixteen of your National Football League season. Playoff time

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Speaker 2: Guillotine League playoff time. Not that I'm participating, but we're

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Speaker 2: having fun chopping it all up. And on Thursday night

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Speaker 2: we got a great introduction to the week. A game

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Speaker 2: for playoff jockeying and position in the AFC, little bit

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Speaker 2: of fantasy storylines, a little bit of history. All of

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Speaker 2: that to say, welcome in, Thanks for being with us

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Speaker 2: and sticking with us through the year. Dan Byer is

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Speaker 2: on Fox. You got me, and you got our executive producer,

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Speaker 2: Ian Roddy at Ian Roddy underscore You've got me at

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Speaker 2: Swollen Dome, ian A barn Burner, you were with us

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Speaker 2: in the studio here at Fox Sports Radio. It was

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Speaker 3: Yes, Yes, it was an exciting, exciting game between the

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Speaker 2: Well you join thirty four to twenty seven is your

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Speaker 2: final Bo Nicks With a nice effort. We thought that

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Speaker 2: came into the game tied for the best scoring defense

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Speaker 2: See as time, now as time. But you would not

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Speaker 2: No, that's it, right. He had a he had a

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Speaker 2: that same thing here for Gus Edward. Yeah right, nothing nothing,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. But he actually used his legs eight times

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Speaker 2: But the Gus Edward run was a thing of beauty

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Speaker 2: of course, But you look at a workload like that,

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Speaker 3: True, the only thing you need to worry about is

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Speaker 3: Mike? I felt terrible. There's been a seventeen year old

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Speaker 2: But as soon as you have to start caveating it

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Speaker 2: out right, you know the basis is true exactly. That's

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Speaker 2: why now the devil is in the details. He's Ian Roddy,

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Speaker 2: long suffering Jets fan me over with my bears. Good

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Speaker 2: times all around as we get ready for Week sixteen

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Speaker 2: of your National Football League. Dam Bayer on vacation. Wish

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Speaker 2: him happy and merry Christmas. Over at dan Byron Fox.

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Speaker 2: Find Ian at Ian Roddy Underscore. You find me over

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Speaker 2: at Swollen Dome. Okay, we come back. We'll get Ian's

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Speaker 2: defenses and we'll get through Lightning round style, my rankings,

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Speaker 2: hot plays, Cold Soares and Ninja stick with us. It's

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Speaker 2: I Watch a Flex. We continue. It's I Watch Flex

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Speaker 2: Week sixteen. Merry Christmas, Happy Honika. Whatever you celebrate, however

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Speaker 2: you celebrate, and your families alone some isolation time you're

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Speaker 2: with your work people because you got to grind through

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Speaker 2: to the end of the year. Whatever the case may be.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for taking some time out to hang with us

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Speaker 2: here on I Watch Flex. We truly do appreciate your support.

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Speaker 2: Evangelize as we've round out the regular season all the

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Speaker 2: way through the Super Bowl. For tonight, it's me and

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Speaker 2: my guy, our executive producer, Ian Roddy dan Byer on vacation.

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Speaker 2: So as we go through, we have a bunch of

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Speaker 2: the stories swirling in the background, but in the end,

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Speaker 2: we love our rankings. Everybody loves to rank stuff. At

453
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Speaker 2: some point I'll start ranking the Christmas movies that I've

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Speaker 2: been watching on all of the random networks and how

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Speaker 2: much I love or hate them.

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Speaker 3: What's your favorite Christmas movie of all time?

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Speaker 2: Of all time? Is it Batman Returns?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 3: I diehard.

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Speaker 2: I had a moment and a phase where maybe I

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Speaker 2: sucked into just the tapestry of love.

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Speaker 3: Actually, oh, I was not expecting that. There's like well

463
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Speaker 3: written stuff. Now are the characters great?

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Speaker 2: People know we've established that left and right, you certainly

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Speaker 2: have that. I go back to the classics. I will

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Speaker 2: always watch It's a Wonderful Life at least once during

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Speaker 2: the holiday. Of newer movies, a guilty pleasure has been

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Speaker 2: Fred Klaus.

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Speaker 3: Oh, okay, okay, I'm surprised by every answer you've given.

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Speaker 2: Some Yeah for folks unaware, that is our guy, Vince

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Speaker 2: Vaughn Ludacris spinning tunes. John Michael Higgins is one of

472
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Speaker 2: the Elves and Elizabeth Banks mixed therein with Paul Giamati

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Speaker 2: and Kevin Spacey. Can I say Kevin Spacey's name without

474
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Speaker 2: someone trying to attack me? Yeah? Okay, but yeah, you know,

475
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Speaker 2: giving giving you a little bit of range there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I am I home Alone Okay, Home Alone one

477
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Speaker 3: and two they both have to be on there, even

478
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Speaker 3: though even though Home Alone two is pretty much just

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Speaker 3: Home Alone one in New York. Well, but that's a

480
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Speaker 3: good thing. That's a good thing. Anything in New York

481
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Speaker 3: is always going to be an upgrade in my opinion.

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Speaker 3: And then Elf, absolutely one. And then I did kind

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Speaker 3: of say a tongue in cheek, but die Hard really

484
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Speaker 3: is one of my favorite Christmas. Abeah.

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Speaker 2: Look it is a Christmas. It's always the debate, and

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Speaker 2: I would agree with you one hundred percent. Look, if

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Speaker 2: we've got Christmas as any part of the plot line, backdrop, whatever,

488
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Speaker 2: even if it's for a scene and a half, it

489
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Speaker 2: constitutes an absorption into that world totally. So the last

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Speaker 2: Navidad to everybody, and you know, in your favorites, because

491
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna do this on letterbox and stuff soon enough.

492
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Speaker 2: My kids go toed me. I watch enough movies that

493
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Speaker 2: I should get an account. So at Swollen Dome there

494
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Speaker 2: as or no that one's at. Mike Harmon will be

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Speaker 2: ranking stuff and doing that. But at Swollendoba you went,

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Speaker 2: you went with your blue sky user name. Yeah, because

497
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Speaker 2: I was actually able to get my name right. It's

498
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Speaker 2: it does a little check and this one took a

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Speaker 2: little longer through their process. I'm like, all right, come on,

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Speaker 2: there's not that many users. We're still kind of new

501
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Speaker 2: to this either way. All of that to say, I'm

502
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Speaker 2: having fun going And I've actually watched a bunch of

503
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Speaker 2: Lifetime in Hallmark movies, including the Chiefs movie.

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Speaker 3: I don't even think I know about that.

505
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Speaker 2: So there was a movie put out and loosely based

506
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Speaker 2: on the whole Taylor Swift Travis Kelsey kind of thing,

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Speaker 2: or at least that's how they it was termed.

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Speaker 3: So so it came out in the last year well.

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Speaker 2: And like two weeks ago tonight or tomorrow night, the

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Speaker 2: extended cut is available. See now we're going down a

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Speaker 2: rabbit hole viewing. But Ddrich Bader from Drew Carey Show

512
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Speaker 2: Office Space. He was Lawrence I remember the Next Door Nambor.

513
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Speaker 2: Now he was in American Housewife as the dad. He's

514
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Speaker 2: voiced Batman in one of the cartoons all that. Uh

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Speaker 2: you got ed Begley Junior, whose face you would remember.

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Speaker 2: It's been around for a long time. Uh, you've got

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Speaker 2: the guy from the jump to conclusions. Matt from Office Space.

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Speaker 2: Megan Price, who was on a sitcom that, for the

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Speaker 2: life of me, I'm not remembering the title of, but

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Speaker 2: with Patrick Warburton, and I think it's Goldie Goldie Hawnks's daughter, right,

521
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Speaker 2: so Kate Hudson's brother, so Oliver Hudson. See what I

522
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Speaker 2: did there? I was able to map that out.

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Speaker 3: Uh, seeing rules of engagement was in head, but.

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Speaker 2: I didn't want to get wrong. And David Spain and

525
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Speaker 2: Spades Spade, it's always great. But he and Warburton, like

526
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Speaker 2: you could tell they were riffing on each other a lot,

527
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Speaker 2: and like you could see people in the backgrounds. It's

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Speaker 2: kind of laughing as they're going into the lines, like yeah,

529
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Speaker 2: that wasn't scripted, but either way, so you know one

530
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Speaker 2: of those. And I'm trying to think of who the

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Speaker 2: leads were. They were people I wreck like the woman

532
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Speaker 2: I recognized her. But that's in cod squenchal, the idea

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Speaker 2: being that, all right, you've got all this hoopla around

534
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Speaker 2: the love story with the chiefs, Let's make something about

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Speaker 2: chiefs fandom. Let's make something about chiefs and family and

536
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: put it all together. It was actually pretty good. Oh no,

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Speaker 2: I gotta admit, is it something that I you know,

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Speaker 2: if I'd gone and paid money in a theater for

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00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,719
Speaker 2: would I have been happy? Maybe not? But all all told,

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Speaker 2: it was cheesy, you know what? And that's what a

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Speaker 2: holiday movie is supposed to be.

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Speaker 3: Sounds like, sounds like a movie I should watch with

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Speaker 3: my girlfriend.

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Speaker 2: I think your girlfriend would like.

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Speaker 3: There we go, that's I'm doing it, and.

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Speaker 2: You get to talk about the chiefs Andy Reid pops

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Speaker 2: in for a minute, cameos from a couple of other

548
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Speaker 2: Chiefs in there. All right, so you got that? All right,

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Speaker 2: I'll watch it all right? Basically, all right, here's the

550
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 2: promise for those that haven't seen it, go watch it now.

551
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Speaker 2: You're gonna come back and hate watch anything here that

552
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 2: I say or do. You've got a fan of the

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00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 2: year contest that the Chiefs are gonna do. Guy gets

554
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 2: sent out. His job is to scout, naturally, the woman

555
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Speaker 2: who's running the thing. Families all around, family rung business.

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00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 2: They've got their history with the Chiefs, fandom whatever and

557
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 2: Hunter Kings. So Joey King's sister is the lead. This

558
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 2: matters in a larger world. If you're a teenager, listening,

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00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 2: you know exactly what I'm talking about. But the point

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Speaker 2: being that she's now starting to run the family business

561
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Speaker 2: and they have this magical hat that when they wear it,

562
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 2: great things happen. Hilarity ensues, people fall in love. There's chaos,

563
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Speaker 2: there's chiefs, there's the game. There's all these little back

564
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Speaker 2: and forth and there's a lot of starky dialogue which

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Speaker 2: is all up my sleeve for anybody that's listened to me.

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Speaker 3: So it's like a Marvel movie pretty much.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we can get through that. Absolutely, a lot

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Speaker 2: of morphing and infinite timeline, no question about it. All right,

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Speaker 2: He's ea and roddy how by Carmen. Let's get into

570
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Speaker 2: the rankings. Let's do it locked and loaded as we

571
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Speaker 2: get ready for week sixteen to no on surprise in

572
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Speaker 2: inc Josh Allen against New England. You're looking at just

573
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Speaker 2: a ridiculous run that he has been on these last

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Speaker 2: couple weeks. Even with a bye week, he's got thirty

575
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Speaker 2: more points than the next closest quarterback over the last

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Speaker 2: four weeks. Interesting spot because of New England again over

577
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Speaker 2: the last same time period four week period, giving up

578
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Speaker 2: twenty points a game to opposing quarterbacks. That's seventh worst,

579
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Speaker 2: eighth worst around the NFL. You're looking at six touchdowns

580
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Speaker 2: against two interceptions as well as a rushing touchdown. Look

581
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Speaker 2: at their schedule, they haven't faced a bunch of guys

582
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Speaker 2: with mobility and right now Josh Allen is a man

583
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Speaker 2: on a mission trying to pin down that number one seed.

584
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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow against Cleveland. They're still alive for the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: As we discussed in the first segment of the podcast,

586
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Speaker 2: over the last three games post by averaging about twenty

587
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Speaker 2: two points per game. Cleveland will start Dorian Thompson Robinson.

588
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 2: As we discussed, got to think there's gonna be a

589
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 2: ball or two up for grabs, just like with James,

590
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 2: no matter how bad this defense is, they need to

591
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 2: show up for one game, the battle for Ohio. Maybe

592
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 2: they do it here. Jordan Love against New Orleans. He's

593
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 2: not been great, his last four games been more on

594
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: the Josh Jacobs bandwagon. But a big spot here again,

595
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 2: rookie quarterbacks starting. We didn't get deep into it Spencer

596
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 2: Rattler because he actually played last week, so we didn't

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Speaker 2: really highlight that. But he's gonna get the go. How

598
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Speaker 2: about Baker Mayfield going up against Dallas back to back,

599
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,280
Speaker 2: looking at twenty plus points and two straight games twenty

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Speaker 2: nine against the Chargers. Things are humming. Mike Evans, the

601
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Speaker 2: fight to get him back to one thousand yards, Bucky

602
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Speaker 2: Irving out of the backfield, you name it, you got it.

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Speaker 2: And then I debated, you know, a little bit of

604
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 2: a price shot with Kyler Murray, but he's been grossly inconsistent.

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Speaker 2: We've got one twenty plus game over the last four weeks.

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Speaker 2: Otherwise we're looking at an eleven, a ten, a seventeen,

607
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 2: which isn't terrible, but that means Jalen Hurts gets the

608
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 2: nod twenty one point three over his last four and

609
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 2: maybe he and his wide receiver have taken all the

610
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 2: hate on again like a Marvel villain. Take out all

611
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 2: the hate and it's all the energy to feed them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that is such a weird situation. But the weirdest

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Speaker 3: part about it is the fact that amidst all of it,

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Speaker 3: they continue to win.

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Speaker 2: That's it.

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Speaker 3: And they continue to win and still look like one

617
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Speaker 3: of the best teams in the league, and and you

618
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 3: got their coaches fighting on the sideline. I just don't

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Speaker 3: the Eagles are a complete anomaly to me.

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Speaker 2: But that's just it. Right. It's like all working environments.

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Speaker 2: It works until it doesn't. Right. In our business, plenty

622
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 2: of legendary tales about co hosts who could work together

623
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 2: for four hours, didn't talk before a show, didn't talk

624
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 2: after a show. Right, maybe they'd get onto an email

625
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: thread with their producer or producers, but otherwise there's no

626
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 2: interaction they have. You know, the kids are growing, they're

627
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 2: not hawking, they're not going anywhere whatever, in all all

628
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 2: walks of life, whatever business you're in. Listening to the podcast, man,

629
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 2: you've got people that are folks you deal with, but

630
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 2: it works because they're good at their job. In Philadelphia

631
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 2: right now, we've got a lot of folks that are

632
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 2: pretty damn good at their jobs good way, position by position.

633
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 2: And even if you can say, all right, this guy's

634
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 2: a little less than he once was as a unit,

635
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 2: offensive line, defensive line, they're getting it done and right

636
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 2: now that's secondary for Philly. Cooper Dejean and company. They're

637
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 2: flying around. So it is a fun story there in Philadelphia.

638
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 2: And offensively, I don't need Jail and Hurts and aj

639
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 2: Brown to be best friends. Just for sixty minutes. They

640
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 2: have to not kill each other on a football field.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just not kill each other. If as long as

642
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 3: you can do that, the super potentially to the base

643
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 3: of it all, as long as you don't kill each other,

644
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 3: you should be able to win a Super Bowl.

645
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 2: Here, do you guys think you can do that well?

646
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 2: And don't fall apart physically like Detroit's doing. But we'll

647
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 2: get to them. Yeah, as we continue. Any exceptions or

648
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: annotation do you want to make there.

649
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 3: I'm with you on all that. It's the the Kyler

650
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 3: Murray thing hurt my soul personally because I have shares

651
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 3: of him in most leagues that I'm in, So that

652
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 3: that's been a really painful year for me because I

653
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 3: had such high hopes for him, especially because the rushing

654
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 3: upside was supposed to be like the floor for him.

655
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 3: That that's what kept him as a good option regardless,

656
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 3: Like even if he had a bad passing game, he

657
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 3: was always going to have that rushing production to fall

658
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 3: back on, and he just hasn't this year.

659
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is really the most curious part.

660
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 3: It really is.

661
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 2: As much as you want him to be a he

662
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 2: wanted to develop as a downfield passer. You didn't think

663
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 2: that part of his game would just be neuter exactly.

664
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 3: And it's like, if you're not going to be running,

665
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 3: we would like to see you then at least feeding

666
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:48,240
Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison Junior, which hasn't happened, or you know, getting

667
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 3: Trey McBride a ton of touchdowns, which hey, he still

668
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 3: hasn't even had his first one. So yeah, it's just

669
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:57,399
Speaker 3: a lot of head scratching, very very odd season there

670
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 3: in Arizona. What did they do well?

671
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 2: Well, they get the ball to mcbri really well until

672
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 2: the red zone. All right, let's go to the running

673
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 2: back position. We start with Jamier Gibbs going up against Chicago.

674
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 2: He's averaging nearly twenty one points per game over last

675
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,879
Speaker 2: four and that's while splitting time with David Montgomery. So

676
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 2: for PPR purposes, for all of those things, I mean,

677
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 2: he's an absolute monster. I did enjoy his little commentary

678
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 2: during an interview about how much he would have liked

679
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 2: to have been playing in Dallas because he doesn't like

680
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,439
Speaker 2: the cold of the NFC North. But again, you plan it, Dome,

681
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 2: get over it, and you look at the opportunity here

682
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 2: as a Bears squad, as I alluded to before, they're

683
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:41,720
Speaker 2: talking an awful lot about the off season and vacations

684
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 2: and future destinations. Over the last four weeks, Bears giving

685
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 2: up the fourth most fantasy points per game to opposing

686
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 2: running backs. James Connor go back to Arizona. Well here

687
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 2: over the last four weeks, he is fifth amongst running

688
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 2: backs for fantasy purposes. You have thirty plus the last

689
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 2: over the last two So I mean we've got some

690
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 2: opportunity here. You look at the Carolina defense. They have

691
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 2: struggled at times, playing better ball of late from the

692
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 2: offensive standpoint, but still when we look at them rushing defense,

693
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 2: nice and easy middle of the back as we go.

694
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 2: Chase Brown seventh amongst fantasy running backs here this last month,

695
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 2: averaging nearly twenty three points per game. So I think

696
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 2: we've got an opportunity here to make some hay as

697
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 2: a runner around receiver. Against Cleveland, they're playing out the

698
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 2: string at this point. Another disaster. Thought it was turning

699
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 2: maybe turning around, and you find some more juice with

700
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 2: Jamis Winston to at least be interesting. Instead, he's demoted.

701
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs against New Orleans, he's the leader four string

702
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 2: games with at least twenty fantasy points per set it

703
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 2: forget it, And finally James Cook gets back on the radar.

704
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 2: Over the last month, he's ninth, averaging about seventeen points

705
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 2: per game. There is a four point nine in there,

706
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 2: which is odd because that was the game that Josh

707
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 2: Allen had his superhero moments against the Rams. That's okay,

708
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 2: we don't, we don't, we don't have to look back.

709
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 2: Let's looking forward at the opportunity that doth prevent present itself.

710
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 2: And you look at a new England squad given about

711
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 2: twenty five points per game to opposing runners five total

712
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 2: touchdowns in this last.

713
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 3: Four weeks, and like touching on James Cook there as well,

714
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 3: the game script should be very heavily in their favor

715
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 3: or in his favor specifically because the Bills, you know,

716
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 3: you expect them to absolutely blow the Patriots out.

717
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 2: Here fourteen point favorite.

718
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 3: Fourteen point favorite. That's a crazy line. To those who

719
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,759
Speaker 3: are versed in sports betting, you don't often see a

720
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 3: two touchdown line there like that, But so that says

721
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:52,399
Speaker 3: a lot.

722
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,760
Speaker 2: We have two of those this week. Wow, Monday Night football.

723
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 3: Wow, I'm trying to say it's a rare occurrence. We

724
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 3: got two days, No it is, but we have two

725
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 3: this week. It's just man, the football gods. Sometimes the

726
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 3: schedule makes it what it is, especially at the end

727
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,240
Speaker 3: of the season. Yeah, true, but nutrition and team's trending

728
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 3: one way or the other. But at that point being

729
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 3: if the Bills really are blowing out the Patriots, then

730
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 3: they are in theory, going to be handing the ball

731
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:19,839
Speaker 3: off a lot more to run down the clock, and

732
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,359
Speaker 3: that means more opportunities for James Connor and I mean

733
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 3: for James James Cook.

734
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: The other guy. This is where we get into it,

735
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 2: and he'd be mentioned in the Ninjas. But since we're

736
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 2: on it now, Ray Davis.

737
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 3: Oh, maybe get a yeah. Yeah, the backup.

738
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 2: As you're looking at, hey, we don't. We can save

739
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 2: you for good because we've got this game in hand.

740
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 2: If it plays to form.

741
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 3: That actually, yeah, to that point is because then if

742
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 3: you're blowing them out by enough, then you're playing your

743
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 3: backup running back as opposed to you're starting running back.

744
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 2: And Mitchell Trubisky is in Yeah, I got Mitchie. See

745
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 2: the vision there you go, all right, wide receiver position.

746
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,800
Speaker 2: Let's race through it as we don't need to extend

747
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 2: too terribly much because some of the usual suspects right

748
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: off the top, Jamar Chase absolutely killing it of late.

749
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 2: Look at the numbers that he's been putting up so

750
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:10,879
Speaker 2: week in week out, it is just absolutely absurd, and

751
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 2: certainly over these last four weeks, when we look at

752
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 2: an average points per game, he's at twenty eight points

753
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,279
Speaker 2: per game week twelve by followed by a twenty one,

754
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 2: a forty five and then an eighteen and an Eighteen's

755
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:25,760
Speaker 2: an off day.

756
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 3: Right, he doesn't hit twenty, It's like, come on, Jamar.

757
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 2: Come on. So yeah, there you have it. So there's

758
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 2: number one Mike Evans going up against Dallas again, healthy opportunity.

759
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 2: No Trevon Digs in the defensive backfield. There for Dallas,

760
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 2: they've been smarting throughout the season. Here's an opportunity. How

761
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 2: about this last four games eleven twenty six, eleven thirty seven. Yeah,

762
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,359
Speaker 2: let's keep going with a good times roll. Hopefully it's

763
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 2: not an odd even pattern like baseball fans will remember

764
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 2: Brett Saberhagen in the mid eighties. There you go, look

765
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 2: it up. We got a'mon Ross Saint Brown twelve twelve,

766
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 2: ten thirty seven, thirty seven going up against Carolina. This

767
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 2: is one I hang a star on it because may

768
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,280
Speaker 2: not need him again. Go back to the ground game,

769
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 2: same kind of situation where Detroit comes out and hammers

770
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 2: the Bears in Chicago.

771
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 3: But I will say with David Montgomery missing, you know, obviously,

772
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 3: like you said, Jamiir Gibbs gets more opportunities. But it

773
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 3: could also mean that they pull a little bit away

774
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 3: from the ground game and start passing more because you

775
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 3: do have such a reliable guy in Saint Brown.

776
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 2: That's what you call foreshadowing. You've got the opportunity short

777
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 2: intermediate passing, same as a run play as we've seen

778
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 2: them do it. Puka Deakua going up against the Jets.

779
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 2: If you look at the per game average over the

780
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 2: last four weeks, he is fourth amongst wide receivers. Of course,

781
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 2: that includes that forty two point lunacy in that shootout

782
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 2: against the Bills, but his floor during this time seventeen,

783
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 2: So opportunity doth present itself, sorry buddy. And then finally

784
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,359
Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson going up against Seattle. I know we've had

785
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,880
Speaker 2: some highs and lows for him on the course of

786
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 2: the season. Over the last month going back to week twelve,

787
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 2: he had a five point game, but after that, seventeen, thirty, two,

788
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 2: and twenty look for him to make some Hey, that's

789
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 2: a big game. I can't wait to watch that one.

790
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 2: Between the Vikings, Seattle still vying for a playoff spot.

791
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 2: So justin Jefferson in our good graces once again.

792
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,959
Speaker 3: The Vikings have been so much fun to watch this year,

793
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 3: and it's I mean, maybe it's just me being biased

794
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,319
Speaker 3: as a I'm rooting so hard for Sam Darnold as

795
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 3: a Jets fan. I really do want to see him

796
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 3: do well. But yeah, they've been They've been really really

797
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 3: fun to watch.

798
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:49,520
Speaker 2: I just like it. The more the better he plays,

799
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,399
Speaker 2: more people have to be like, oh, it really is us.

800
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 3: Would you pay him this offseason if you were the Vikings,

801
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 3: because regardless he's going to get paid by someone, I.

802
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 2: Would say this. I would all for him, say a

803
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 2: two or three year deal, because I got to figure

804
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 2: out what McCarthy is. That's hell there wise, for one,

805
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 2: because he had a second surgery, what does that mean?

806
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 2: But if I look at the overall landscape and they

807
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 2: did sign Daniel Jones, this is some Bucky Brooks and

808
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 2: I actually talked about on our Sunday morning show, Fox

809
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 2: Football Sunday. Join Us each and every week Andy Furman

810
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 2: and I do an hour with Bucky and then Bucky

811
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 2: and I kind of takes some other big picture looks

812
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 2: at the league as a whole, and he pointed out

813
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 2: Astuteley and you saw it in their last game, right,

814
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 2: a lot of sideline shots and what's all going on

815
00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 2: big picture? And Daniel Jones getting signed there, So wondering

816
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 2: if Kevin O'Connell with Jones in the building after picking

817
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,760
Speaker 2: him up for the Giants, if they don't, maybe think

818
00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:47,720
Speaker 2: they can have a reclamation project there on the cheap.

819
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 2: So maybe something just that simmers in the back, right,

820
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 2: Like it's that you know, vegetable that you know you're

821
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,319
Speaker 2: just letting steep and eventually it finds its way to

822
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 2: the table or whatever. For Sam Darnold, Like what else

823
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 2: is out in free agency that's going to be even

824
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 2: close to this, right, Kirk Cousins. Maybe there's a trade

825
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 2: that goes into place, and then to fight about how

826
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 2: money gets picked up. But in the draft, what do

827
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 2: you got two guys that you're really excited about? Maybe

828
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 2: and even then folks are like those might be stretches.

829
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 2: I don't know. Chadeur Sanders and Cameron Ward are going

830
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 2: to be the two guys that get drafted early, But

831
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 2: am I convinced that they immediately come in and set

832
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,240
Speaker 2: the world on fire. No, they're going to the Giants

833
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 2: and the Raiders.

834
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 3: Right, and so they wouldn't be going to a team

835
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 3: like the Vikings who just drafted JJ McCarthy.

836
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 2: Right. Like Vikings obviously are having a great season, they're

837
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,879
Speaker 2: not getting they're not drafting. Again, you've got McCarthy. So

838
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 2: it becomes the you can franchise tagg him because again

839
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 2: dollar cost averaging at the quarterback position, you're not paying.

840
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 2: I mean, McCarthy's got his signing bonus is nothing like

841
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 2: he makes nothing, but it's not like the days of

842
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 2: yesteryear when the quarterbacks came in and were making a

843
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:03,359
Speaker 2: ton of money right off the jump. So you've got

844
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 2: that option that you can maybe play that out another

845
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,759
Speaker 2: year and that allows McCarthy to get healthy and then

846
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,399
Speaker 2: he can truly evaluate where he is or like I said,

847
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 2: I mean the Jones thing that Bucky brought up, I

848
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 2: thought was kind of an interesting wrinkle to it is,

849
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 2: if you think you can salve the gym.

850
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, that is because you did salvage Sam Darnald, and

851
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 3: that's you know, I could make Kevin O'Connell, you know,

852
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,400
Speaker 3: really feeling himself think all right, I can do it

853
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 3: with Jones as well. But to me, I just feel like,

854
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 3: if you tangibly see Donald playing at this level, I

855
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 3: think you got to pay him, whether it be a

856
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 3: short term deal or a long term one. I know

857
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,800
Speaker 3: they drafted McCarthy. I don't. I'm not saying that I

858
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,400
Speaker 3: could see them just trading him this offseason, because they did.

859
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,399
Speaker 3: They did really like him. But when you have something

860
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,240
Speaker 3: that like, you have a known commodity in Donald versus

861
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 3: a mystery box and JJ McCarthy, it's like, say, Donald

862
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 3: is a boat. You know you got a boat here

863
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 3: are you gonna Do you want the boat or do

864
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 3: you want what's behind curtain number two? What's behind curtin

865
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,399
Speaker 3: number two? It could even be a boat, It could

866
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 3: be a go the old.

867
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 2: Trades on all those game shows, could be anything.

868
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 3: So the point is do you want that or do

869
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 3: you want a known commodity that you see succeeding in

870
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 3: your system? In Darnold anyway, I don't want to you know.

871
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's it's one hundred percent a great

872
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 2: talking point Smith and I did it a little bit

873
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 2: on the show. But it's certainly one of those considerations.

874
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 2: And I think, as Stuteley as you point out, it's

875
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 2: either way you've got great options. If you're Minnesota, it's

876
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 2: a good problem that it's a good problem to have.

877
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 3: Now again, whatever you think of Daniel Jones, getting out

878
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,600
Speaker 3: of New York can't be the worst thing for him.

879
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, can he play?

880
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 2: I don't know. He looked pretty good a couple of

881
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 2: years ago. Not great, but he and Brian Dable that's

882
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 2: why they like they went back to it and he

883
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 2: got paid. Was you saw what Dabel did with Josh Allen.

884
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:51,399
Speaker 2: He got a lot of credit for that.

885
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 3: He's an NFL quarterback at the very least.

886
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,799
Speaker 2: Right, he's gonna stick around. But the idea of you

887
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 2: paid him thinking you'd get another year, well guess what

888
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:04,359
Speaker 2: he got hurt several games in pretty serious injuries too.

889
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 2: People kind of dismiss it. Again, once you're back on

890
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,479
Speaker 2: the field, there's only so much that can do for you, right,

891
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 2: But you know, should you have been back on the field,

892
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:14,719
Speaker 2: that's the other question coming off a neck injury, coming

893
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,279
Speaker 2: off the leg injury that he had, because obviously his

894
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 2: game was compromised by the way, you also had your

895
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 2: devoid of talent beyond Neighbors and Tracy and your offensive

896
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:29,320
Speaker 2: line stunk. But hey, that's just me thousand thirty thousand

897
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 2: foot view. All right, that'll do it for the rankings.

898
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 2: When we continue here on I Watch Flex, Ian Roddy

899
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 2: and I we'll get into all of our hot plays,

900
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 2: cold soars, ninjas, and streaming defenses for a huge Week sixteen. Hey,

901
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 2: welcome back in I Watch your Flex Week sixteen. It's

902
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 2: winning time, Ian Roddy with me our executive producer. I'm

903
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 2: Mike Carmen, and thanks for staying with us as we

904
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 2: traverse the fantasy playoffs. All right, let's run through them

905
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 2: the hot plays, cold sores, Ninja's. Before we get to

906
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 2: Ian's defense is hot plays. Anthony Richardson going up against

907
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 2: Tennessee a bit of a price shot. We're going daily

908
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 2: fantasy kind of look, or two quarterback leagues where maybe

909
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,320
Speaker 2: we got some upside. So Richardson going up against Tennessee.

910
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 2: Tennessee goes to Mason Rudolph, another new quarterback situation. As

911
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:21,279
Speaker 2: much as I love the potential of Will Levis, at

912
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,839
Speaker 2: some point you've got to stop the bleeding, and that's

913
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,319
Speaker 2: what they're looking to do here, maybe potentially trying to

914
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 2: play spoiler a little bit in this one. Indianapolis a

915
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:31,879
Speaker 2: three and a half point home favorite. Indianapolis has tied

916
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 2: to a bunch of playoff pursuits this week now, so

917
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 2: this is where it gets fun between them and the

918
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:40,759
Speaker 2: Bengals and other teams that are on that fringe trying

919
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 2: to stay alive. Jared Goff, you alluded to it beautifully

920
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,720
Speaker 2: before with no David Montgomery. You don't have the sledge

921
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:48,399
Speaker 2: home hammer to start or close a game, so why

922
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 2: not jump start it with your passing game. Aaron Rodgers

923
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,600
Speaker 2: against the Rams. I like what I see in the

924
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:56,239
Speaker 2: last couple of weeks Smith that I have talked about it,

925
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,040
Speaker 2: you and I have talked about it on the podcast

926
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 2: and off it's a look more fluid. I don't know

927
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 2: how much healthier he is, but he's at least stepping

928
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 2: into throws and the timing is back. And look what

929
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,840
Speaker 2: did a lot of it come in a crunch time,

930
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 2: very compressed window. Yeah, but you got to start somewhere definitely.

931
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, his his great game last week

932
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,640
Speaker 3: was against the Jaguars, so I'm not going to get

933
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,719
Speaker 3: too excited about it. But but yeah, I mean to

934
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,840
Speaker 3: that point, it's we tangibly see him looking well and

935
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 3: it's not like these are your positional rankings. These are

936
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 3: you know, hot plays that you could see doing well.

937
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 3: So I like it.

938
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:34,279
Speaker 2: The idea also of playing spoiler and his notes from

939
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 2: this week of hey, I'll come back, I'll be a mentor, right,

940
00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,840
Speaker 2: might be all lip service and trying to get a

941
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:41,600
Speaker 2: little bit back of the hey, I'm the King of

942
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 2: New York swagger he had when he first showed up

943
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 2: the town. I'm willing to push in a little bit

944
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 2: for the final three weeks.

945
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 3: Last week does show how easy it is, though, to

946
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 3: just win back over the fans like it really is.

947
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,439
Speaker 3: You play bad, your public enemy number one, You play well,

948
00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:57,440
Speaker 3: You're the greatest thing that's ever happened. Fans love him

949
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:58,880
Speaker 3: again after a few good games.

950
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,879
Speaker 2: But just like you, weres you looked behind door number two?

951
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:06,839
Speaker 2: What's there? Right? If you move on from Aaron Rodgers's,

952
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 2: what's some easitable alternate because you're not getting one of

953
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 2: those top two guys, right, So what's in the next box,

954
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 2: same thing, idea. Jonathan Taylor going up against Tennessee back

955
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 2: to back big games for him, over a one hundred

956
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,359
Speaker 2: total yards in each of those. First time we've been

957
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 2: able to say his name in a while. Jerome Ford

958
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 2: I mentioned him before. Seven carries eighty four yards in

959
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 2: a score last week, averaging five point two yards per carry.

960
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 2: And while I'm concerned about the overall point total, I

961
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:36,280
Speaker 2: believe he gets fed the ball a number of times

962
00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:40,960
Speaker 2: here against a bad Cincinnati defense. Bucky Irving against Dallas.

963
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 2: Like we've celebrated Bucky Irving at every turn, you're looking

964
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 2: at eighty eight or more yards three of his last four.

965
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 2: We'll go with him. Brian Thomas Junior going up against

966
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,800
Speaker 2: Las Vegas last two games, Ian eighteen catches on twenty

967
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,440
Speaker 2: six targets for one hundred and ninety one yards. Doesn't

968
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 2: matter who's throwing the ball. Opportunity for number one receiver

969
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:02,880
Speaker 2: on the other side of that game, Jacoby Myers. I

970
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:05,680
Speaker 2: got to celebrate him four more receptions in every game

971
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:06,359
Speaker 2: since week one.

972
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 3: How about that?

973
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 2: Not huge yardage, not massive output, but opportunity. And that's

974
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:15,080
Speaker 2: all we can ask for at this point, which is

975
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:18,160
Speaker 2: why at the back end we're also looking at Juwan

976
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:23,720
Speaker 2: Jennings seven plus targets five of his last six games, opportunities.

977
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 2: Is it always pretty? No? Will this week's be pretty?

978
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 2: I don't know. Miami's an interesting squad here in the

979
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 2: final three weeks, as are the forty nine ers. But

980
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 2: what we know is Jennings is right now the clearly

981
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 2: established number one wide receiver, which means he's no worse

982
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 2: than a mid number two for you this.

983
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 3: Week, Jennings is uh.

984
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 2: I don't know that.

985
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 3: That's one of the bigger, more surprising stories of the

986
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 3: season for me, the fact good run, the fact that

987
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:52,279
Speaker 3: he's the number one over I mean, obviously I Yuke's out,

988
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:53,960
Speaker 3: but even when Ayuk was still in, he was the

989
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 3: number one. And we remember in the Super Bowl not

990
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 3: a lot of people remember this, he was on pace

991
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,279
Speaker 3: to be the Super Bowl MVC. We haven't had the

992
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,799
Speaker 3: Niners won that game. So yeah, I don't know if

993
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:06,959
Speaker 3: that was the game where his ascension started. I guess

994
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,799
Speaker 3: it was, but but yeah, there he is popping up again.

995
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny for the year in PPR leagues, he's

996
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 2: only twenty second amongst wide receivers because there have been

997
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:18,320
Speaker 2: some really big duds and he did miss two games,

998
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:22,200
Speaker 2: so we're talking more in a total point perspective two

999
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 2: games that were missed ahead of the bye. Before that

1000
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:28,439
Speaker 2: he had two sub six games. But otherwise we've had

1001
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:30,759
Speaker 2: some pretty big games along a little bit of a

1002
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 2: roller coaster of late. I'll ride the crest here that

1003
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:37,240
Speaker 2: he gets fed with a couple of big plays against Miami.

1004
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 2: All right, time for the cold soars c J Stroud

1005
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:42,760
Speaker 2: against cancer? How often do I go after CJ Stroud?

1006
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 2: Am I being a bully at this point?

1007
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think you are actually well, you should probably

1008
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:50,120
Speaker 3: not be wearing that I Hate CJ. Stroud t shirt

1009
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:52,319
Speaker 3: you have on doing the show.

1010
00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 2: Smith ac cusbya wearing an I Hate Sean Payton earlier

1011
00:51:56,520 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 2: averaging just fourteen points six points over his last three.

1012
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 2: It's been a rough go with Bobby Slowick this time around.

1013
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:04,400
Speaker 3: It has.

1014
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 2: You know, the offensive line has been bad. He's holding

1015
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 2: the ball a bit too long and no matter what

1016
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,200
Speaker 2: they've done between Mix and Nico Collins, everybody else, that's

1017
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 2: not working. Russell Wilson going up against Baltimore, you look

1018
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 2: at his last four games thirteen twenty seven, sixteen eight

1019
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,960
Speaker 2: point four. I'm out, even with the Ravens defense not

1020
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 2: being a world beater, just not Russ. For fantasy purposes,

1021
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:30,240
Speaker 2: is mid two for me. Aaron Jones against Seattle, touchdown

1022
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,319
Speaker 2: three or four, Like he's gonna have to make a big,

1023
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:35,239
Speaker 2: big contribution in the passing game, I think for him

1024
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:37,720
Speaker 2: to really have some big fantasy value this time around.

1025
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 2: On the other side of that game, charbonn Ay, he's

1026
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,920
Speaker 2: banged up. You've got other players trying to creep in,

1027
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,880
Speaker 2: but it's it's not the best of matchups, obviously against

1028
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 2: a strong Minnesota front. Jayden Reid going up against New

1029
00:52:50,880 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 2: Orleans five catches on six targets, thirty four yards. You

1030
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 2: go back to week thirteen, a couple of touchdowns against Miami.

1031
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 2: You know he has only one other touchdown since Week seven.

1032
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 3: I did not know that.

1033
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:05,880
Speaker 2: For whatever else is going on in Green Bay, very quietly,

1034
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 2: he's slipped to the back. You got Debo. Last double

1035
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:11,959
Speaker 2: digit point total was week six.

1036
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:13,640
Speaker 3: It's over.

1037
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:16,799
Speaker 2: He had a good run, too bad. I've got a

1038
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,839
Speaker 2: rookie card number out of two sitting about. And then

1039
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:23,560
Speaker 2: we got Terry McLaurin going up against Philly. Five touchdowns

1040
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:26,000
Speaker 2: is last three. Look, you're not benching him. This becomes

1041
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:29,440
Speaker 2: just the cautionary tale of I'm checking my options and

1042
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 2: I certainly get laundry lists of wide receivers. Somehow. He's

1043
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:35,160
Speaker 2: always in there to complicate things and the decision making

1044
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 2: process because he's great. But this is a defense playing

1045
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:42,319
Speaker 2: about as well as you can right now. Fearful we

1046
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:43,959
Speaker 2: don't get any juice from him this week.

1047
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, it's funny because he's always been good, but

1048
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,279
Speaker 3: I don't think anyone really understood how good until now

1049
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 3: that he's got a legit quarterback in Daniels.

1050
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:55,799
Speaker 2: There you go. My long rambling comes to an end

1051
00:53:55,840 --> 00:54:00,720
Speaker 2: with the Ninjas. Pennix Junior DTR Daily Fan see pickups

1052
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,759
Speaker 2: for Pennix. Maybe he's a guy you're just going for

1053
00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,479
Speaker 2: the downs. You've got a mid quarterback and a bad

1054
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:08,719
Speaker 2: matchup because there's plenty of those on the board. You're like,

1055
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:10,799
Speaker 2: I really don't know I can go either way on

1056
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 2: a quarterback. So against the Giants, let's push all in

1057
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:17,279
Speaker 2: for DTR against Cincinnati. We just know what Cincinnati is.

1058
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:19,880
Speaker 2: Could they curb him to the point where He's a

1059
00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 2: two point player, absolutely, but might there be some glory

1060
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:27,279
Speaker 2: to be found. Maybe Kendre Miller going up against Green

1061
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,960
Speaker 2: Bay last couple of games nineteen carries seventy eight yards.

1062
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 2: No Alvin Kamara, so an opportunity for him to take

1063
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,839
Speaker 2: on a bigger role. Amra Abdullah, We're looking at him

1064
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:39,840
Speaker 2: as a receiver. He's got three touchdowns in his last

1065
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 2: five games, multiple catches five of his last six, seven

1066
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:46,000
Speaker 2: for seven fifty eight and a score in the air

1067
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 2: last week for the Hapless Raiders. Ray Ray McLeod mentioned

1068
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:56,040
Speaker 2: him earlier, quiet ish but again working on the number

1069
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 2: two squad with Pennix. Maybe we find a little lightning

1070
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 2: in a bo here for Detroit, how about the Tim Patrick express.

1071
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:06,399
Speaker 2: I wanted to go Jamison Williams, like I was kind

1072
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:10,000
Speaker 2: of torn. You can flip the coin between these secondary receivers,

1073
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 2: and I almost want to go Williams because he was

1074
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:14,400
Speaker 2: quiet last time. Five catches, seven yards and then he

1075
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:17,040
Speaker 2: had the flip of the football that caused so much

1076
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 2: ruckus that maybe they try to feed him early so

1077
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,279
Speaker 2: he can get his celebration out of the way.

1078
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:25,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, you've got like the big explosive option in Jamison

1079
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,479
Speaker 3: Williams who could really really hit for you, but could also,

1080
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,239
Speaker 3: you know, give you a dud zero points. Or Tim

1081
00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 3: Patrick who's going to give you the higher floor but

1082
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 3: a lower ceiling problem.

1083
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,879
Speaker 2: There you go. And then finally we mentioned him before,

1084
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:41,919
Speaker 2: Marvin Harrison Junior. Arizona's still alive, still an opportunity. Look,

1085
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 2: you've seen multiple catches every week since they're by nothing

1086
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 2: explosive though, right we've got I think it's one one

1087
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,279
Speaker 2: hundred yard game on the season. Goes back to the

1088
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,640
Speaker 2: Kyler Murray and running and waiting for something to really

1089
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 2: gel that hasn't but for one week when we need

1090
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 2: him most. Let's push to the center of the table

1091
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:05,400
Speaker 2: against Carolina.

1092
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:07,240
Speaker 3: Shall we get to my defenses?

1093
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 2: Let's go? Yeah, what do you got, buddy?

1094
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:11,360
Speaker 3: I come to you with three defenses this week, and

1095
00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:14,240
Speaker 3: actually all three teams we've mentioned at some point throughout

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00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 3: the show.

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00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,000
Speaker 2: All right, Gold, Frankensense, and merv Let's go.

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00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:20,439
Speaker 3: We'll start with the Atlanta Falcons, who are forty five

1099
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:24,799
Speaker 3: percent rostered right now in ESPN Leagues, thirteen sacks over

1100
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 3: their last three games, and last week they showed that

1101
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 3: they can take advantage of good matchups. They got twenty

1102
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:33,680
Speaker 3: one points versus the Raiders. This week they play the Giants,

1103
00:56:33,719 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 3: so that's another good matchup. Why are they a good matchup?

1104
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 3: They have allowed the fourth most fantasy points per game

1105
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 3: to opposing defenses. So the Falcons again they've shown they

1106
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,720
Speaker 3: can take advantage of good matchups. This is a good matchup.

1107
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 3: Drew lock is starting at QB. Don't overthink it. I

1108
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:49,799
Speaker 3: think the Falcons are a good play this week.

1109
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, Drew Locke back under center. Atlanta aggressive turnover potential

1110
00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 2: is there?

1111
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:57,839
Speaker 3: Next the Indianapolis Colts. They are a lot less roster

1112
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:01,400
Speaker 3: twenty seven percent rostered, so be available in most leagues.

1113
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:04,920
Speaker 3: They're playing against the Tennessee Titans, who you also mentioned.

1114
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:08,719
Speaker 3: They've allowed the most fantasy points per game to opposing defenses.

1115
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:12,319
Speaker 3: Last week, the Bengals got eighteen fantasy points on them,

1116
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:14,520
Speaker 3: and it actually would have been even more had Jordan

1117
00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:16,920
Speaker 3: Battle not dropped the football as he was about to

1118
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 3: cross the line. That would have got them a defensive touchdown.

1119
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 3: So still eighteen points despite him not getting them that touchdown.

1120
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:26,120
Speaker 3: The Colts defense hasn't been great this year, but with

1121
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,080
Speaker 3: this matchup they've got a chance to give you a

1122
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 3: great performance, and that's what you look for in streaming defenses.

1123
00:57:30,840 --> 00:57:33,800
Speaker 3: So I like the Colts, and then last the Bengals,

1124
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:37,360
Speaker 3: who are fifty percent rosters available in half a league's.

1125
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:40,880
Speaker 3: Like I said, they took advantage of a great matchup

1126
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:44,040
Speaker 3: last week, getting eighteen fantasy points versus the Titans. This

1127
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:47,000
Speaker 3: week though they have another great matchup. They're facing the Browns.

1128
00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 3: As we've been talking about, they're starting Dorian Thompson Robinson DTR.

1129
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:55,720
Speaker 3: This I thought was an interesting stat here. DTR actually

1130
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:58,400
Speaker 3: has a higher interception rate in his career than Jameis

1131
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:01,680
Speaker 3: Winston does. And as we know, Jamis is known.

1132
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 2: For yeah pretty much as Hallmark thor crab legs and eating.

1133
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 3: W Yeah exactly. So I had it been Jamis starting,

1134
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:10,400
Speaker 3: I still would have liked the Bengals here. But now

1135
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:13,760
Speaker 3: we're putting in someone who's a newer quarterback, way less experienced,

1136
00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 3: and he has a higher interception rate. So I really

1137
00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:19,000
Speaker 3: like the Bengals here. All three are strong, strong start

1138
00:58:19,080 --> 00:58:19,640
Speaker 3: somebody like this.

1139
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 2: Tied for ninth in takeaways this year are the Bengals

1140
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:28,040
Speaker 2: with twenty twelve interceptions eight fumbles. The problem is they've

1141
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 2: given the ball away eighteen times to mitigate some of

1142
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:34,800
Speaker 2: those games. No, that's great stuff. As we continue here,

1143
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:37,439
Speaker 2: it's week sixteen. We'll be with you all the way

1144
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 2: through the Super Bowl here and I watch Flags dan

1145
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 2: Ian and I back with you on Monday night to

1146
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 2: recap the havoc, the chaos, and of course that great

1147
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:50,200
Speaker 2: Green Bay, New Orleans game as we get you ready

1148
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 2: for Championship week. We appreciate you hanging out with us

1149
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:57,680
Speaker 2: as you are in the holly holly holiday hustle and bustle.

1150
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,160
Speaker 2: Be safe out there, and thanks for staying with us

1151
00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:03,520
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1152
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:06,200
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1153
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Speaker 2: me over at Swollen Dome. Good luck this weekend as always,

1154
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:14,160
Speaker 2: fire up the roster questions. If nothing else, we start

1155
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:17,200
Speaker 2: to figure out who's still alive, and by that I

1156
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 2: mean what players have gotten you to the Promised Land.

1157
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Speaker 2: Send them over at Swollen Dome. We appreciate you, thanks

1158
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Speaker 2: for hanging out with us, and I watch your flex