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Speaker 1: All right, let's get into it. Hi, Mike, thanks for

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Speaker 1: coming on the show again. Oh thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: It's a it's a beautiful morning. We're heading into week seven.

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Speaker 1: It's we're almost halfway through the fantasy season. It's it's

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Speaker 1: really kind of sad. I know, I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people will look forward to the break from the grind,

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Speaker 1: but I could have enjoyed it. I'm weird like that

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Speaker 1: the grind is the best part of the year because

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Speaker 1: it's a grind about fantasy football. I mean, if I

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Speaker 1: enjoying it or anything. Sure, of course I wouldn't like

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Speaker 1: the grind. I'd want to be out of it. But

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Speaker 1: it's fantasy football time. I mean, you're right. It makes

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Speaker 1: me sad that we're so far along already, and I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I just hope that I make the playoffs

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Speaker 1: in all my important leagues so that I can hold

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Speaker 1: on to it just a little longer. Yeah. No, I

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Speaker 1: kind of went overboard this year. I played in I

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Speaker 1: I'm doing football full time, I just don't have time

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Speaker 1: to look at all the different waiver wires, and especially

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Speaker 1: this week. You know, this week was a huge one

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Speaker 1: who I have where, or if I even got half

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Speaker 1: to actually playing the game. Yeah. Yeah, I was a

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Speaker 1: messy week for waiver wire. I mean I saw Time

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Speaker 1: So we've got Nile Davis, who they just traded for

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Speaker 1: How are these carries going to be split up this week? Well,

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Speaker 1: So you're looking at, you know, a higher volume passing

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Speaker 1: this is probably the week that Alshon Jeffrey owners have

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Speaker 1: play in this game. Cameron Meredith, I think everybody's starting

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Speaker 1: him at this point. They should be. They really should be.

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Speaker 1: Now what about in the future weeks, I mean, is

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Speaker 1: nil Davis going to take this job over. We can

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Speaker 1: look at his nine career games he started, and he's

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Speaker 1: been a startable running back in flex leagues eight of

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Speaker 1: those nine games. That's a great percentage. And then in

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Speaker 1: it really is. But it's important to remember this. It's

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Speaker 1: important to remember that Indie Reed running backs are typically excellent.

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Speaker 1: You know, there's a reason that why at PFF we

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Speaker 1: didn't really do to It was more on volume. If

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Speaker 1: you go through those game logs, nil Davis was purely

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Speaker 1: getting things going. I just don't believe in Nila Davis's talent,

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Speaker 1: really not good that's terrible news. In Time Montgomery, I

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Speaker 1: you know, five to ten carries, but I can't see

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Speaker 1: been sitting behind are not Ladanian Tomlinson. But there's people

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Speaker 1: who you know, just haven't had the right chance, haven't

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Speaker 1: had the right circumstance, and when they get that chance,

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Speaker 1: they become an RV one and you never see it coming.

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Speaker 1: And so you know, because we're saying it's Pal, it's

431
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Speaker 1: probably not Pal. It's probably someone crazy like Don Jackson, right,

432
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Speaker 1: But you know, I'm looking at what Pal's done this season.

433
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Speaker 1: He's averaging six yards per carry right now, when is

434
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Speaker 1: long is sixteen yards. He hasn't even broken off a

435
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Speaker 1: long run, but he's getting big chunks of yards, and

436
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Speaker 1: I think he's going to take this job and run

437
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Speaker 1: away with it and be one of the these guys

438
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Speaker 1: that everyone's wishing they had become Fantasy playoff time. Maybe

439
00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,679
Speaker 1: I'm too optimistic on Pal, but I'm still a big believer.

440
00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,320
Speaker 1: For me, he's kind of like an upgraded version of

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Speaker 1: Theo Riddick running the ball, but he can catch the

442
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Speaker 1: ball to the backfield, which is good, which is why

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Speaker 1: I do believe he could have flex play written on him,

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Speaker 1: just because what he does out of the backfield, he

445
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Speaker 1: catches passes. And the reason I would say that Michael

446
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,720
Speaker 1: Turner was behind Yeah, I know he was behind Latinian Tomlinson.

447
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Speaker 1: But the thing with Michael Turner is that, you know,

448
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,159
Speaker 1: once Tomlinson was gone, Turner was the guy. Like they

449
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,720
Speaker 1: didn't have any doubt. They were like, we're putting this

450
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Speaker 1: guy in. He's the guy. And I think Sproles was

451
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Speaker 1: there at that time with him, and he was like

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Speaker 1: the third down guy. But balal Paul once this free

453
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Speaker 1: agency market hit. You know, Chris Ivory, I was never

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Speaker 1: a huge Ivory guy. And I know last year, even

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Speaker 1: when Ivory was struggling towards the end of the year,

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Speaker 1: I want to say, Balal pal never never carried the

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Speaker 1: ball more than ten times. So that tells you that

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Speaker 1: Todd Bowles basically didn't believe in him. Even when Ivory

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Speaker 1: was struggling. There was games where if we didn't even

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Speaker 1: play and Powell never even hit. I want to say

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Speaker 1: the number was ten carries um. And then they the

462
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Speaker 1: Jets almost let him walk in free agency. You know,

463
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Speaker 1: they kept signing people. We were like, Okay, I guess

464
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Speaker 1: I'm not bringing Paul back. And then he was signed

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Speaker 1: like after the fact, after they got Kyrie Robinson, after

466
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Speaker 1: they got Matt Forte, So he was kind of an afterthought.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know if the Jets coaching staff really

468
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Speaker 1: likes Baul Paul is like that guy Um, but they

469
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Speaker 1: might not have a choice going forward just because Matt

470
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Speaker 1: Forte is not holding up. Those are some good numbers. Mike,

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Speaker 1: You've You've got me nervous about my my affinity for

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Speaker 1: for pal Um. You know, you also think about Michael Turner.

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Speaker 1: He was a big bruiser that that's not pal It's

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Speaker 1: not really vault. Yeah, I'm just trying. I'm just trying

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Speaker 1: to use stats to validate my opinion about pal So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: sorry to believe me. I could be wrong. Believe me,

477
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Speaker 1: I've been wrong before. Well, Doug Martin is going to

478
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Speaker 1: be out again, and you Quiz Rodgers had thirty carries

479
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Speaker 1: last week? Is he going to get another twenty plus

480
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Speaker 1: this week? I was yelled at on Twitter yesterday for

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Speaker 1: suggesting that Jaquiz Rodgers is a fantastic start. He actually

482
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Speaker 1: ended up. He ended up in my Locks of the

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Speaker 1: Week article that I write for PFF, and there are

484
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Speaker 1: so many reasons to like him. This week. Now, you know,

485
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Speaker 1: everybody points up. You know he had thirty five touches

486
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Speaker 1: last game. Well, that doesn't always dictate what you're going

487
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Speaker 1: to get the next game. Now, he got a total

488
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Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty nine yards against the Panthers. The

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Speaker 1: Panthers are not a bad run defense. Their past defenses, yeah,

490
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Speaker 1: their past defense is pathetic. But now we're talking about

491
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Speaker 1: going up against a forty nine Ers defense that has

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Speaker 1: allowed a one hundred yard rusher in five straight games.

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Speaker 1: They've allowed every opponent to total a minimum of twenty

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Speaker 1: four carries, including thirty or more in four of them.

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Speaker 1: So you're talking about massive volume. There's really know what

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Speaker 1: was a Peyton Barber behind him on the depth chart?

497
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Speaker 1: This guy most people don't even know his name. Now,

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Speaker 1: another reason to like him is that the forty nine

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Speaker 1: Ers can't sustain long drives with Colin Kaepernick. We know

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Speaker 1: what he is. He's a boom er bust player. And

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Speaker 1: so the great news here is that if Colin Kaepernick

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Speaker 1: can't keep along or can't score on a drive, well

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Speaker 1: that's just gonna be lots of time for Jaquis Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: If Colin Kaepernick can score, Rodgers is game script proof.

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Speaker 1: He will play in the passing game. That's what he's

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Speaker 1: been known for his entire career. The forty nine Ers opponents,

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Speaker 1: like my favorite stat of all of it, the forty

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Speaker 1: niners opponents, because of that unable to sustain drives is

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Speaker 1: sixty nine point five plays per game. That's the third

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Speaker 1: most in the NFL. I don't know if Jaquis Rodgers

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Speaker 1: is a touchdown guy, but the forty nine Ers have

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Speaker 1: alone nine rushing touchdowns in their last five games, so amazing.

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Speaker 1: It really is Juquis Rodgers. He's a fantastic play And

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Speaker 1: you know, when we're talking about running backs, when we're

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Speaker 1: talking about dfs and whatever else, you're just looking for

516
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Speaker 1: guaranteed volume that running back. The difference in Fantasy points

517
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Speaker 1: per touch between running backs is very, very minuscule. So

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Speaker 1: what you do is you follow the volume and scoring

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Speaker 1: will come. Jaquis Rodgers has a fantastic matchup and is guaranteed,

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Speaker 1: it's a guarantee to see twenty touches. How high do

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Speaker 1: you have him in your rankings. I'm seeing him number

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Speaker 1: twenty three ECR and I was brave enough to bump

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Speaker 1: him all the way up to sixteen but I could

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Speaker 1: even see him going higher. I mean, I would not

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Speaker 1: be the least bit shocked if if even a marginal

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Speaker 1: talent like Rogers goes off and ends up the RB

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Speaker 1: two or RB three this week. Oh I agree. I

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Speaker 1: actually myself I put him up too. I believe it

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Speaker 1: was number eleven or twelve. He's run in that RB

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Speaker 1: one border territory just because I couldn't start him over

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Speaker 1: some other guys, you know, like Todd Gurley or whatever.

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Speaker 1: But he there is, make no mistake about it. He

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Speaker 1: is a must start this week. Yeah, and you guys

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Speaker 1: may think that Mike and I are a little bit

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Speaker 1: too high in Rogers, and that may be the case,

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Speaker 1: but expert consensus rankings haven't at number twenty three. That's

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Speaker 1: startable in every small flex league. He's startable that some

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Speaker 1: people the ECR. Some people may have not adjusted their

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Speaker 1: rankings yet for Doug Martin being out, so that number

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Speaker 1: is only gonna go up. I promise you By the

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Speaker 1: time game time comes around, a lot of people are

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Speaker 1: going to catch on. And I do believe he's gonna

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Speaker 1: end up. His ECR should probably end up right around

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Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy left practice with a tight hammy. He's had

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00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: some hammy problems in the past, but is he concerned

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00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,440
Speaker 1: to miss week seven or maybe even longer. He is.

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00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 1: They called it a mid mild to mid grade strain,

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Speaker 1: and I'm waiting to hear more information, but it sounds

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Speaker 1: like from from the doctors that I follow and the

571
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Speaker 1: doctors that I you know, have a good track record

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Speaker 1: for talking about these injuries. Jane Brammle's one. He was

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Speaker 1: saying that usually what that means is that it's a

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Speaker 1: minimum one to two week injury, and it could be

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Speaker 1: three to four if it's a grade two strain. They

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Speaker 1: haven't talked much about it. Teammates said that they didn't

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Speaker 1: see a specific time where he where he was actually injured,

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Speaker 1: so there's a lot of questions surrounding it. So I

579
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 1: haven't totally given up hope, but I don't think he

580
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Speaker 1: plays this week. I think that that's off the table.

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Speaker 1: So I think you're looking at Mike Gillislee against the Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: How many cares is he gonna get? Are they going

583
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Speaker 1: to trust him with the full load? I would think so. Um,

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00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,919
Speaker 1: Jonathan Williams hasn't really shown himself. Carlos Williams is obviously

585
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: out of the picture. Reggie Bush is done. I don't.

586
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,919
Speaker 1: I didn't understand that signing when they did it. I

587
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: still don't understand it. And there's a lot of people asked,

588
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: like one of the biggest questions was do I start

589
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: Mike Gillisle or jo Quiz Rodgers And my answer was Rogers.

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00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,360
Speaker 1: And again I caught some flak for that because of

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Speaker 1: the yards per game that Miami's allowing. They've allowed it's

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Speaker 1: I think seven hundred something rushing yards through six games,

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Speaker 1: and yeah, that's that's that's a lot. They've only allowed

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Speaker 1: one rushing touchdown that was to La Garrett Blunt in

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Speaker 1: Week two, And like, look at listen to these names

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Speaker 1: that they've gone against, Kristen Michael, La Garrett Blunt, Isaiah Crowell,

597
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: Jeremy Hill, DeMarco Murray, and Levon Bell. Those are not

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Speaker 1: the easiest running backs to stop. So to think that

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00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: Mike gillisly is in that company, I don't really think so. Um. Also,

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Speaker 1: a lot of those guys that I just mentioned, they

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Speaker 1: have a quarterback who can actually present a threat. I

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00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 1: don't know if people worry about Tyrod Taylor and you know,

603
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,120
Speaker 1: Robert Woods and Marquis Goodwin or Justin Hunter. I don't

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00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,120
Speaker 1: think that people are too worried about that. Whereas Gillislee

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00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 1: is going to see more stack boxes than some of

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Speaker 1: these running backs did. Michael, let's take a close look

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Speaker 1: at our rankings, and for those of you listening at home,

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Speaker 1: you can follow along by opening up fantasypros dot com

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Speaker 1: then clicking Week seven rankings right there towards the middle

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Speaker 1: of the screen under the yellow banner. These are our

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Speaker 1: Expert Consensus Rankings, which I often refer to as ECR.

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Speaker 1: It takes the rankings of one hundred and forty experts

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Speaker 1: and forms a consensus expert opinion, and it's really been

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00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,359
Speaker 1: accurate in the past. But obviously Mike and I have

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00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 1: varying opinions on players. So we're going to talk about

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Speaker 1: some noteworthy players that we believe in more or less

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00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: than ECR this week, and we're going to start at

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. Mike, who's a guy that you're really

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Speaker 1: fond of this week? Andy Dalton. Andy Dalton, I noticed

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Speaker 1: that I'm hiring him than most. I haven't at number

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Speaker 1: five right now, and I know it's hard to trust

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton that high, but Andy Dalton's been really good

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Speaker 1: this year. Actually, averaging almost eighteen fantasy points a game.

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Speaker 1: And the part where you have to like him a

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Speaker 1: little more. Not only is the run game struggling, but

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Speaker 1: they're going against the Browns this week. Seven point five

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Speaker 1: percent of the attempted passes against the Browns this year

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Speaker 1: have gone for a touchdown, which is that's the most

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. They've allowed at least two hundred and

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Speaker 1: seventy eight passing yards in five of their six games.

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Speaker 1: I went through every single quarterback that's played against them,

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Speaker 1: and it was Carson Wentz in his first game nineteen

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Speaker 1: point two Flacco he averages. So I looked at every

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Speaker 1: quarterback and I basically said, here are the fantasy points

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Speaker 1: against others, and here's what they did against the Browns.

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Speaker 1: Every quarterback had at least one point two more fantasy

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Speaker 1: points than they do on average. Andy Dalton, as I said,

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Speaker 1: he's sitting close to eighteen fantasy points. This Browns team

639
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 1: has allowed three passing touchdowns in four straight games. And

640
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: you know, like understand that some of these quarterbacks Ryan Tannehill,

641
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, Marcus Mariota is so bad. Yes, yes, they've

642
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 1: allowed more ultiple passing touchdowns going back to last year.

643
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: It's been thirteen and fourteen games. They've allowed multiple touchdowns

644
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 1: AJ Green. They don't have a cornerback or a secondary

645
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: or a prayer to stop AJ Green in this game,

646
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, it should be a game where he's got

647
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, at least three hundred and two. Green's my

648
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: number one wide receiver this week. I'm starting him in

649
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: every single DFS lineup. I think it's like the Julio

650
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: Jones matchup against the Panthers a few weeks ago, where

651
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: you know, I just couldn't afford to leave him out

652
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 1: of my lineup. It's just a perfect matchup for him. Yeah,

653
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: speaking of what, Julio Jones has got a fantastic one

654
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: this week too, So those two are easy the top

655
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: two wide receivers for me. Yeah, yeah, I definitely. I

656
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: really like Mike Evans too, just because the volume he's getting,

657
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: he has had so many more air yards than anybody else.

658
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 1: It's really not even close. And it's another good matchup

659
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: for him. It really is. Mike and well, Vincent Jackson's

660
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 1: out too, So if you look at the splits through

661
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: Mike Evans career with Vincent Jackson at all line up

662
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: like his targets per game is ridiculous. I think it's

663
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: I want to say, it's somewhere around like fourteen targets

664
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: per game, which is just unheard of. Mike Evans might

665
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: end this season with over two hundred targets, and you

666
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,960
Speaker 1: know that's yeah, that's always good. Yeah, yeah, it's amazing.

667
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: What if they can do throw the ball to Humphries

668
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 1: or Cameron Bright Rogers. It's the Mike Evans Show this week.

669
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: It's the Mike Evans Show the rest of the season,

670
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: and I'm trying to buy him in every single league

671
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: because I don't think his stock is high enough. I

672
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:23,959
Speaker 1: think it's going to keep going up. Oh yeah, no,

673
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: I did my rest of the season rankings. I think

674
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 1: I have him at number four for the rest of

675
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: the season. So he's he's a fantastic one. I was

676
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: trying to get him wherever I could, but nobody wants

677
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: to sell a guy that's seeing that many targets. So

678
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: you've got Andy Dalton all the wa up at number five.

679
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: I'm a believer in Dalton too. I'm telling everyone to

680
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: start him this week. I've got him at number nine.

681
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 1: But there's one guy that I have a little bit higher.

682
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 1: I Blake Bortles at number seven. Blake Bortles has been horrible.

683
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: He just he really looks bad. But he's going to

684
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: be against the Oakland defense. I mean, I would tell

685
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: you to start Joe Flacco against the Oakland defense or

686
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: Seam Bradford against the Oakland defense. We're talking about Blake Bortles,

687
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: who was really good last year and he's got some

688
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: killer weapons. Alan Robinson's a clearcut wide receiver. One. He's

689
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 1: another great start this week, isn't he? And then Alan

690
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: Hearns He really hasn't put it together this year, but

691
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: we know he's a good talent. And then Marquis Lee's

692
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: he's breaking out into a fine fantasy football player that

693
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: I went at mine flex in this week against Oakland.

694
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: So I like Blake Bortles to start. If you've got

695
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: a start sick question about Blake Bortles, the answer is starting.

696
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: I actually have Bordles. It's what do you mentioned that?

697
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: Because in my Locks of the Week article it's for

698
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: DFS purposes, But Andy Dalton and Blake Bortles were my

699
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks that I said start sweet. Now, how do

700
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,479
Speaker 1: you feel about Alex Smith? Because I'm also high on him.

701
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: I've got him at number eleven. If if the Saints

702
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 1: weren't so bad against the run, I would I would

703
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: be I'd be more inclined to play Alex Smith. But

704
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: like Spencer Wearing, Jamal Charles should have field days against

705
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: this defense. That's why I'm super high in Spencer weare

706
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: this week. These Saints are allowing opposing running backs to

707
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: average thirty touches per game. It's about twenty four carries,

708
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: six six receptions. They're allowing a touchdown on eight point

709
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: three percent of carries. That is, let me explain how

710
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: bad that is. The next closest team is six point

711
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: one percent. So we're talking like a thirty percent increase

712
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: more touchdowns against the Saints than any other team. Spencer

713
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: Ware and Jamal Charles, you could argue that they're both

714
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 1: going to be top fifteen plays this week. That's where

715
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: I've got them. I've got Jamal Charles number fifteen and

716
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: Spencer Ware number nine right now. You know, I'm thinking

717
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: about it though, and Spencer where he got all those carries,

718
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: especially later in the game because the field was wet,

719
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: and I'm thinking maybe they just didn't want to run

720
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: Jamal Charles out there and risk further injury. They were

721
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: playing on give them a bunch of carries. Either that

722
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: or it was coach speak. But I think Jamal Charles

723
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: might outtouch spencer Ware this week. I don't know, like

724
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 1: so it was conflicting. Last week the OC was talking

725
00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: about and he was saying, we're going to sprinkle in

726
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: some Jamal Arles, and that's ideal. That's actually what happened.

727
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: That was before the whole weather thing even came up.

728
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 1: I know Andy Reid said he's ready. But I got

729
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 1: into this conversation with Brandon Mary Henley, she's my co

730
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: worker at PFF. We got into the conversation last week

731
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: and it was almost like an argument because she started

732
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: saying that Jamal Charles would see more carries because he

733
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: gives them the best chance to win. I said that

734
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: I didn't even know if that was the case anymore,

735
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: because I think spencer Ware is that good. You know,

736
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: you're talking about a guy that's averaged over five yards

737
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: per carry and he's doing a lot of it after contact.

738
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 1: He led the league three point eight yards after contact

739
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 1: last year. He's continuing to do it this year. When

740
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 1: when Charles went down last year, you saw Chark Hendrick Weston,

741
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,959
Speaker 1: Spencer Ware step in. They want eleven straight games. So

742
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: I don't know if we want to talk about Jamal

743
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: Charles given them the best shot to win. He's he's

744
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: coming on thirty years old, He's coming off two ACLS.

745
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: You know, Jamal Charles is not the same running back

746
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,239
Speaker 1: he was five years ago. And Jamal Charles is going

747
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:55,879
Speaker 1: to be gone next year. So I want to talk

748
00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: for just a second about Spencer Ware's dynasty value with

749
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: Jamal Charles gone. Just how high is Spencer We're going

750
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: to be drafted and do you think that he's worth

751
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,720
Speaker 1: trading for in dynasty leagues? Because I think his value

752
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: is still too low in dynasty leagues. It probably is.

753
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: Honest to god, I got offered Derrick Henry for him

754
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: the other day, and I don't know if I should

755
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: admit that I turned it down. But I'm a believer

756
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: in Spencer Ware. I got him everywhere I could. After

757
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: last year, a lot of people thought, oh, okay, it's

758
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 1: cool he was a backup that did did some work

759
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: with Jamal Charles out. I've seen him as a lot

760
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: more than that. I love him I view him as

761
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 1: like a top fifteen Dynasty running back, and I think

762
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: I'm probably higher than most. But there we have almost,

763
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 1: you know what, a ten game sample of him seeing

764
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: tons of carries, and he's averaging upwards towards six yards

765
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 1: per carries. So Spencer where is the real deal. He's

766
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,760
Speaker 1: playing on Andy Reid's team. Andy Reid's not getting fired

767
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 1: anytime soon, so spencer Ware. Yeah, I do believe if

768
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: you can get him in Dynasty for you get him

769
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: off someone that doesn't realize that Jamal Charles is probably

770
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 1: towards the end of his career and he might not

771
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: be back next year. Yeah, trade for spencer Ware. You know,

772
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 1: if spencer Ware wasn't behind Eric Fisher and friends, I

773
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: would say that you're crazy because I think Derrick Henry

774
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: is going to be really good. But it's just a

775
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: better offense to be in. So I think I probably

776
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: would have turned the trade down too. Yeah. No, it's

777
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: weird to say that, because I do want to get

778
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: some Derrick Henry. If you can get it. You could

779
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: probably get him cheap right now because people are like, oh,

780
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 1: now he's behind Marco Murray. I'm just holding out to

781
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: this piece if you're looking for those guys that are

782
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: looking to win now, you could probably trade for Henry

783
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: right now. Now, let's talk about some of the guys

784
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: here on the fringe at the running back position that

785
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: you know people aren't sure if they should start him

786
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: or sit him. They're right there around twenty five to

787
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: thirty five in the rankings. I'm high and Zach Zenter again,

788
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 1: I know he's all the way down at forty six

789
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,920
Speaker 1: in ECR and I've been a Zenter fan all season,

790
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: but you know, he got the job done. And unless

791
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: Washington comes back, and they're talking about it being a possibility,

792
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: but unless he comes back, I think Zenner earned himself

793
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,720
Speaker 1: some more carries and it's it's not a bad matchup.

794
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: So I think with the volume that Zenner is gonna get,

795
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 1: he's startable in deeper flex leaks, Zener is an interesting one.

796
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, like, like we talked about before,

797
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: is like we're strapped at the running back position this year.

798
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: There's not many guys that you could say, oh, they're

799
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: guaranteed to get this much work, because you really can't.

800
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: Senator did a fine job last week, but whenever they

801
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: have theo Riddick and or Dwayne Washington. The lineup, they

802
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: don't give the ball to Zenter at all, like he's

803
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: just just not part of the game plan. It was

804
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: reassuring to see him used over for set because for

805
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: set is just a guy that he's just a guy that.

806
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: Let's just say that. But if Dwayne, if Dwayne Washington

807
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: is back this week, Zener goes way down my boards.

808
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 1: That's something I'm paying attention to. I just don't know

809
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: if he's back, if if they're still saying they're gonna

810
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: hold him out another week. I don't know what's going

811
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,160
Speaker 1: out with Riddick because I noticed that I'm higher on

812
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:55,919
Speaker 1: Riddick this week than a lot of people. But I'm

813
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: guessing it's because they don't think Riddic's gonna play. I'm

814
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 1: assuming right now that Riddick does play and that Washington

815
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: does play. But it's just something we have to pay

816
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:09,919
Speaker 1: attention to. But if both Riddick and Washington are out, yeah,

817
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: Zack center is absolutely a flex play. How do you

818
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: feel about Jerick McKinnon. He's sitting there at twenty six ECR.

819
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,959
Speaker 1: I've got him bummed up to twenty one. I watched

820
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: this guy play on tape, and he looks like he

821
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,959
Speaker 1: can be really good. I know the stats aren't there's

822
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: yards per carry are low, but you know, they've had

823
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: a lot of guys injured on their offensive line, and

824
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: I think this is a big week for him. I

825
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,720
Speaker 1: know that Philly has had a really good run defense.

826
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,839
Speaker 1: I've had a bunch of people from Philadelphia say, man,

827
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: you talk down on our defense way too much. But

828
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 1: the fact of the matter is, I think that it's

829
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: due for regression. You look at the guys Philly has

830
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: has gone up against and it's it's not a very

831
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 1: impressive list. I think they're a mediocre, maybe a little

832
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: better run defense this year. And for a guy like

833
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: McKinnon who's getting the touches that he's getting, I think

834
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: that he's startable. This should be a bounce back game

835
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:58,840
Speaker 1: for McKinnon. You even look at the last couple of

836
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,919
Speaker 1: weeks against Phil Riddick. You know, he scored a couple

837
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 1: of touchdowns although they were receiving. But then Matt Jones

838
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 1: last week, Matt Jones was able to go off for

839
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty five yards against them. So I

840
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: mean they're not they're they're not a wall, and we're

841
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: not talking about a Minnesota team that's going to allow

842
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: a ton of points to Philly. So I would imagine

843
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,839
Speaker 1: Jerrick McKinnon's going to see a healthy workload. And there's

844
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: only been one running back that has seen more than

845
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: twelve carries against Philly, and that was Matt Jones. Obviously

846
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: we just talked about what he just did. McKinnon. The

847
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: only reason I worry about him is because he's he's

848
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: a very patient runner, almost too patient of a runner

849
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: for his offensive line. Um, it's like Levion Bell when

850
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: he gets the ball, he takes time, he kind of

851
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 1: analyzes what's going on in front of him, and then

852
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 1: then he goes and he finds his way. Where in

853
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: this with this offensive line that just Andre Smith, the

854
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,919
Speaker 1: right tackle, he was just announced out for the year.

855
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: You know they lost Matt Khalil, their left tackle earlier

856
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: in the season. So it's an offensive line that is

857
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: not ideal for Jerrick McKinnon. Um, they don't block very well.

858
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 1: When they block well is when he's going to make

859
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: tons and tons of plays. That's my issue with him.

860
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,120
Speaker 1: But this week, I do believe he's gonna get enough

861
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: carries to land himself in you know that bottom end

862
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: RB two, high end RB three conversation with upside for

863
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 1: more because as I talked about, he's always he's always

864
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: that guy that you're just waiting for him and he's

865
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: gonna make that splash play. I don't necessarily think Asiata

866
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: is a better guy to play. Where do you how

867
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: do you feel about these pass catching backs? You know

868
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: the James Whites who I think he's overrated after the

869
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, and Dean Lewis coming back eventually. You know

870
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 1: guys like Geo Bernard and Chris Thompson, Darren Sproles. Where

871
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: do you stand in those guys this week? Well, Geo,

872
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,879
Speaker 1: I'm slowly backing off Geo. I liked him last week.

873
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: Um but I like Geo when it's a negative game

874
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: script for them where they're underdogs, where they're gonna have

875
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 1: to be throwing because Cincinnati wants Jeremy Hill to be

876
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: the guy and a lot of people have given Jeremy

877
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: Hill a lot of crap because they just they say,

878
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: they say that I don't believe he's good. You know

879
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: this and that after the preseason. You know, it's such

880
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: a roller coaster that you ride with some of these

881
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,359
Speaker 1: running backs and Jeremy Hill, we don't see more than

882
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: more ups and downs than him. Um. I have not.

883
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: I have not given up on Jeremy Hills running back.

884
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: I do believe he's a fine running back. UM, So

885
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not a huge fan of Bernard. I've

886
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 1: never really been. Um. I think there was one. I

887
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: don't Actually, there may have been zero games last year

888
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: where Geoe Bernard scored more than sixteen standard Fantasy points,

889
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: which is it basically means he has no upside um

890
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 1: in the offense. And that was with Hugh Jackson there,

891
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 1: So there there were of course they were going to

892
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: take a step back this year. Um. But as for

893
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 1: James White, I watched this guy on tape and I

894
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: still I believe his talent is underrated. His talent now

895
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: in regards to fantasy situation, New England's it's frustrating. It's

896
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: frustrating to own any Patriots running back, which is why

897
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: I typically avoid trying to roster them. But it's starting

898
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: to clear up a little bit. We know La Garrett

899
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 1: Blunt is La Garrett Blunt in good game scripts, He's

900
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 1: going to score a touchdown, he might get fifty yards whatever.

901
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: But James White, he's been over the last two weeks

902
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 1: since Tom Brady got back, James White has been the

903
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: number eight running back in standard leagues, number six in PPR.

904
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: And if you go back to last year, there were

905
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:26,799
Speaker 1: six games that James White played where he was like

906
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: this getting the starter snaps. When Dion Lewis was out.

907
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: He was a top twenty four running back and four

908
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,640
Speaker 1: and five of the six games, and then he was

909
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: a top twelve, I want to say, in three of

910
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: the games. So it's like, I understand, the touches are

911
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: not they're not twenty touches a game. They're not Jamal

912
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,480
Speaker 1: Charles or Levion Bell type touches. But he's doing everything

913
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: he can with the touches he's given in a high

914
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: scoring offense. The problem is when you find games where

915
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 1: they're going to be murdering the opponent you worry about.

916
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: You know, well, he see more than five catches and

917
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 1: is that it? You don't really know. So I understand

918
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,239
Speaker 1: the worry with James White, but the results they've really

919
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 1: really been there, like every single week that he's played,

920
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: and so it's it's hard to argue against James White.

921
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: Right now. Yeah, I agree, I have him right there

922
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 1: in the back end of my flex but you know,

923
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: I see where he is all the way up there

924
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: in ECR and I'm just kind of shaking my head

925
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: like that always happens after two touchdowns. Well, I don't

926
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 1: know why the experts are falling for the touchdown trap.

927
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: I mean, touchdowns are touchdowns, They're they're kind of flukey.

928
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: You know, some players put up a lot of touchdowns

929
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: and that's consistent, but James White isn't one of those guys.

930
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: It's just going to come down to opportunity, and he's

931
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 1: not getting a ton of touchdown opportunities. So I'm not

932
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,399
Speaker 1: expecting a touchdown this week. I'm mean, sure it could happen.

933
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: It could happen where he gets two touchdowns again, but

934
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 1: I'm not banking on it. So I have him right

935
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: there on the fringe this week. No, I believe me,

936
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: I understand the worry in mine. I didn't even realize

937
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,479
Speaker 1: he scored two touchdowns last week. I justly just pulled

938
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,359
Speaker 1: up that box score to look at it. I didn't

939
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,120
Speaker 1: even realize he did. And that's just that's my feeling

940
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 1: on James White. Like the week before that, I watched

941
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: James White and on tape like he just looks so

942
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:07,800
Speaker 1: good with the ball in his hands. Scott Barrett and

943
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: I were having a conversation about James White and saying

944
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,919
Speaker 1: that even when Dan Lewis, he hasn't resumed practicing yet.

945
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 1: We don't know if he's coming back anytime soon. We

946
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,399
Speaker 1: don't know that Dean Lewis is necessarily better than James

947
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: White in the passing game, like watching from a film perspective,

948
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,399
Speaker 1: like Dean Lewis, he was a solid player, don't get

949
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 1: me wrong, But what player hasn't been in that role

950
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:32,360
Speaker 1: for the Patriots and not succeeded. So we look at

951
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:34,480
Speaker 1: James White and we think that he's perfectly fine for

952
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: this offense. They're starting to give him a couple more

953
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,919
Speaker 1: carries because last year there wasn't a single game where

954
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,879
Speaker 1: James White saw more than five carries. And this week

955
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: or this past week seven carries, five carries the week prior.

956
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: So he's getting a couple more carries. But that's not

957
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,280
Speaker 1: what you roster him for. You're looking for the catches.

958
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 1: From Tom Brady and I, I I said, it's hard to

959
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: argue with the results, but I do understand the worry

960
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: because it's almost impossible sometimes to imagine a running back

961
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,839
Speaker 1: carries his level of efficiency, because going back to last year,

962
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: he averaged the most Fantasy points per touch of any

963
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:13,399
Speaker 1: running back, higher than Dion Lewis, and that continued into

964
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 1: this year. So it's just it's it's tough to argue

965
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 1: with his efficiency, but I do understand the worry, Mike.

966
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,919
Speaker 1: Let's talk about some wide receivers. Now, there's a couple

967
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: of guys that ECR has out of the top thirty five.

968
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: So ECR, you know, the expert consensus is telling you,

969
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 1: probably not a good idea to start these guys, but

970
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:32,480
Speaker 1: I'm starting all of them. The first one is Time

971
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 1: Montgomery Weird he talked about him a little bit. ECRs

972
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,360
Speaker 1: at number thirty eight, I expect that one to climb.

973
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:38,919
Speaker 1: I have them all the way up at twenty six.

974
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 1: Right now, I want to talk about Jamison Crowder. He's

975
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: clearly the number one there in Washington. Jordan Reed's probably

976
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 1: gonna be out again. ECR hasn't at forty five. How

977
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 1: high are you on Tagley? How high are you on Crowder?

978
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:54,239
Speaker 1: I am somewhat high on Crowder. Quandre Diggs is the

979
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:58,280
Speaker 1: slot cornerback for Detroit, and he hasn't really been something

980
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 1: to worry about. I know, like that's the reason a

981
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 1: lot of people like Tavon Austin last week and he

982
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: kind of killed all of us, but Jamison crowds the

983
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: Jamison crowded. The reason that I'm a little worried about

984
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: him is that ever since and it's it's total backwards,

985
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: but ever since Josh Doxon got odd of the lineup,

986
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,720
Speaker 1: it seems like they're giving him less care less targets

987
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 1: and I don't understand why, because he's producing on the

988
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: targets he's being given. IM trying to pull up the

989
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 1: targets because I actually tweeted about it um recently. Yeah,

990
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: so the last three weeks, three targets, three targets, four targets.

991
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: I just don't understand why they're not using them. And

992
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 1: then you look at Jordan Reed. We don't know if

993
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: he's going to be able to play. I don't think

994
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 1: he's been cleared from his concussion yet, so the targets

995
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 1: should be there. Marvin Jones, Golden Tate. They're gonna match

996
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: up with Prashad Breland and Josh Norman, which, regardless of

997
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 1: what people think, that's that's a really tough matchup. So

998
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: I'm down on Marvin Jones this week, Golden Tate. I'm

999
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: not buying into a one week sample yet. I do

1000
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,840
Speaker 1: think that I totally went to the other side of

1001
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 1: the ball. I'm just talking about the entire game now.

1002
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: But Quandrie digs this year, Like I said, he hasn't

1003
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,439
Speaker 1: been really good. Jamison Crowder should be able to get

1004
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 1: more than four targets in this game. The loan concert

1005
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 1: is why the reason I think he's ranked outside of

1006
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,880
Speaker 1: the top thirty is because of that. You know, he'd

1007
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: have to keep up massive, massive efficiency in order to

1008
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 1: live up to a wide receiver three price tag. I'm

1009
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 1: also high in Michael Thomas. ECR has him at thirty seven.

1010
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: I've got him at thirty one. I might even bump

1011
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,880
Speaker 1: them up a little more, but I just think in

1012
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,360
Speaker 1: that offense in this game, Michael Thomas is a really

1013
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: talented player and he's healthy. Now. I think he's even

1014
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,720
Speaker 1: passed up sneed. I know he hasn't in the snap count,

1015
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: but I think Thomas is going to be a better

1016
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:46,720
Speaker 1: target for Drew Brees going forward. The rest of the season.

1017
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,359
Speaker 1: I didn't even realize how good this guy has been.

1018
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: I drafted him in one of my keeper leagues and

1019
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: he was kind of just like a backup receiver for

1020
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,520
Speaker 1: me because I thought he might turn into something. And

1021
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: I started going through my teams this week looking at

1022
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 1: waiver wires and things like that, and I knew Michael

1023
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: Thomas had been good. I didn't realize how good um

1024
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,839
Speaker 1: eleven point eight or more PPR points in every game

1025
00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 1: but one. Over his last three games, He's scored in

1026
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,200
Speaker 1: every single game. He's starting to see more and more targets.

1027
00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: There's never been There hasn't been a game where he

1028
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 1: has he's had a fewer than five targets. So if

1029
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: you're comparing him and Crowder, although the perception on Crowder

1030
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 1: might be that he's just missing the targets, not only

1031
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: is he missing the targets, but Thomas is producing better too.

1032
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,239
Speaker 1: So Michael Thomas is a guy that I think a

1033
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: lot of people, it seems like with his ECR have

1034
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: falling fallen into okay, touchdown. You know, the reason that

1035
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 1: he's kind of been producing is because of just touchdowns.

1036
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,240
Speaker 1: It's really not um. He's seeing the targets, his yardage

1037
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 1: totals are, they're decent um. So, yeah, Michael Thomas is

1038
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,440
Speaker 1: he's a he's a every week wide receiver. Three. Who's

1039
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 1: a wide receiver that you're really high on this week?

1040
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,360
Speaker 1: Mike a wide receiver that I'm really high on that

1041
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,600
Speaker 1: maybe not everybody else is is maybe like Alshon Jeffrey

1042
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 1: m as I said. I know I said earlier that, um,

1043
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people have been dogging Jeffrey, and I

1044
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 1: know that a lot of people are saying that they'd

1045
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:07,320
Speaker 1: start Cameron Meredith over him because he's seen more targets.

1046
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:10,160
Speaker 1: And well, I can't argue, you know, with the production

1047
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 1: and kind of what they've allowed to this point. What

1048
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 1: I can argue is that Alshon Jeffrey is the more

1049
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,560
Speaker 1: talented wide receiver. He's been a wide receiver one for

1050
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: a few years. It's not like this is his first

1051
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: go around and it's just all based on hype. No,

1052
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 1: we've seen the guy do it after, you know what

1053
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffrey like the last six quarters, like that he's

1054
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: played with Brian Ware. He has seen eighteen targets, so

1055
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 1: he's getting there. It's more and more, you know, that's

1056
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: after the first you know, a couple of weeks with him,

1057
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 1: he wasn't barely seeing anything. Another reason to like Jeffrey

1058
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:46,319
Speaker 1: that kind. I came across this last night. He's the

1059
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:49,240
Speaker 1: only receiver with more than three hundred and one yards

1060
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:54,120
Speaker 1: receiving that has not scored a touchdown. And John Brown

1061
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: has three oh one, but Jeffrey sits at four hundred

1062
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 1: and eighty seven yards zero touchdown. Yeah, it's amazing, it

1063
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 1: really is. You know, people are looking at Kenny Britton

1064
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,880
Speaker 1: thinking he's had a fantastic season. He has basically the

1065
00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: same yardage, just two touchdowns. So when you look at

1066
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 1: that much yardage, his target numbers, you know, starting to

1067
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 1: rise and everything. The fact that the Packers are missing

1068
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,399
Speaker 1: three cornerbacks in this game. I love Elshan Jeffrey this week,

1069
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 1: and if I were to be playing Thursday DFUS, he

1070
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: should be locked in your lineup. The other guy wanted

1071
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: to talk about is Brichard Perryman. I don't think it's

1072
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:32,120
Speaker 1: any I don't think it's any mistake that Perryman had

1073
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,760
Speaker 1: eight targets, which was more than he said to all season,

1074
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: the first game that they have a new offensive coordinator.

1075
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: I think that Perryman's gonna have a much bigger role

1076
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 1: in this offense. I think he's going to pass up

1077
00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace and I've got Perryman right there at number

1078
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:48,839
Speaker 1: forty one, which in deeper leagues that's a starter. You

1079
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 1: can't really Here's here's the concern though with him this

1080
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,239
Speaker 1: week is that Joe Flacco missed practice. I think it

1081
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,360
Speaker 1: was on Tuesday. I don't know if I don't know

1082
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 1: if he practiced yesterday, but Joe black I was dealing

1083
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: with some sort of shoulder injury and they were trying

1084
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 1: to give him some rest. What Perriman does is get

1085
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,360
Speaker 1: the deep ball. The worry I have for him is

1086
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: that him and Mike Wallace are kind of similar players.

1087
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,240
Speaker 1: You know, they have a similar averaged at the target.

1088
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: Perraman is actually deeper downfield where they think that Wallace

1089
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:20,680
Speaker 1: is probably the more well rounded receiver at this point

1090
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:24,439
Speaker 1: in their career. You know, Kamar Aiken is eating things

1091
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,360
Speaker 1: up a little bit underneath the reason. I think the targets,

1092
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:28,879
Speaker 1: I don't know if it even has to do with

1093
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 1: the OC change. It might have something more to do

1094
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:35,160
Speaker 1: with Steve Smith being out and Kamar Aiken just not

1095
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 1: having the reps that he needs to in order to

1096
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 1: I don't know. I struggle when talking about the Ravens

1097
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 1: because coming into the year, I thought we could have

1098
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: locked in Kamar Aiken into one of the starter roles,

1099
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: and it just really, it really hasn't happened. You know.

1100
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:53,880
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace isn't every down player, Breshad Perriman is becoming that,

1101
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,800
Speaker 1: and then Steve Smith was eating up the slot snaps

1102
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:59,280
Speaker 1: snaps before he got hurt. He's not going to play

1103
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: this week. Jets are definitely definitely beatable through the air.

1104
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 1: But my concern is Flacco, as it typically usually is.

1105
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 1: I never feel comfortable with Joe Flacco, Micha. Let's talk

1106
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 1: about some tight ends. Who's a tight end that a

1107
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:15,839
Speaker 1: lot of people aren't starting this week, but you would

1108
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:20,680
Speaker 1: encourage them to start anyway. Oh man. It's really tough

1109
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: for me and tight ends because they're they're kind of

1110
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 1: all over the board. But because I mean Delaney Walker

1111
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:28,359
Speaker 1: at people would probably be starting him if they had him,

1112
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,399
Speaker 1: just because he is Delaney Walker. He had a bad

1113
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:35,760
Speaker 1: game last week, but he's he should bounce back. Antonio

1114
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:38,359
Speaker 1: Gates is one that I would urge people to not

1115
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:42,600
Speaker 1: shy away from this week. Interesting, Yeah, because you look

1116
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: at Atlanta and they've been kind of like you know,

1117
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,399
Speaker 1: we talked about the Saints run defense. Atlanta has been

1118
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:52,399
Speaker 1: like the tight end gold mine for everybody. There's been

1119
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:56,320
Speaker 1: multiple games like if you go through it, they've allowed

1120
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 1: at least one ten point PPR tight end and all

1121
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,240
Speaker 1: the one game the only game that they didn't allow

1122
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 1: a ten point tight end was against Denver and that

1123
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: was the week that Virgil Green missed and John Phillips

1124
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:12,480
Speaker 1: was forced to be the starter. He saw one target.

1125
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,160
Speaker 1: But you go through their weeks, they have allowed more

1126
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:18,879
Speaker 1: than seventy yards to three of the tight ends a touch.

1127
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:20,839
Speaker 1: They have a lot to think. It's like six tight

1128
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 1: end touchdowns already. The reason that I like Hunter Henry,

1129
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 1: I'd actually probably rank him higher going forward. But here's

1130
00:53:28,840 --> 00:53:30,960
Speaker 1: the thing, Antonio Gates, you want to look for him

1131
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:33,680
Speaker 1: in good matchups because I know for a fact they've

1132
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,719
Speaker 1: said it is that the Chargers in Philip Rivers, they

1133
00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:38,840
Speaker 1: want to get Antonio Gates the record. I want to

1134
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 1: say he's six touchdowns away right now where they want

1135
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 1: him to be the standalone guy. So I do think

1136
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: they're going to force feed him, especially against the defense

1137
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:48,399
Speaker 1: like Atlanta, who might worry a little bit more about

1138
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry than Antonio Gates. I love Julius Thomas this week.

1139
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:55,359
Speaker 1: I'd pick on Oakland for tight end every week. They

1140
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,759
Speaker 1: were number thirty one last year against tight ends in

1141
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: Fantasy points, and this year they've been really bad too.

1142
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:03,920
Speaker 1: I think Blake I already talked about how I love

1143
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,359
Speaker 1: Blake Boardles this week. I think Julius Thomas ends up

1144
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 1: getting a touchdown or two, and I have him all

1145
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,960
Speaker 1: the way up at number five this week. Yeah, I wouldn't. Yeah,

1146
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: I agree with you, and I think that I haven't

1147
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,239
Speaker 1: been nine, but I could understand why you like him.

1148
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:18,319
Speaker 1: A lot of people like Travis Kelsey for that reason

1149
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:21,759
Speaker 1: last week, but understand that the field conditions were really,

1150
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 1: really bad last week. The Chiefs only through the ball

1151
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: twenty two times. That's not going to happen with the

1152
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: Jaguars this week. I do believe that that game is

1153
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:31,600
Speaker 1: one of the shootouts. I think the over under on

1154
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:34,080
Speaker 1: that game is forty nine. So yeah, I definitely like

1155
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: Julius Thomas as well. Now there's some people still scrambling

1156
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 1: to figure out what defense they're going to stream this

1157
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,240
Speaker 1: week because maybe they didn't win their their waiver claim

1158
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:45,400
Speaker 1: for for Cincinnati or whoever it was that was available.

1159
00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:47,840
Speaker 1: Who's a defense that they can pick up that you

1160
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:52,360
Speaker 1: think will be reliable this week? You know this is

1161
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: I told people Tennessee, I don't think. I think, like

1162
00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:58,439
Speaker 1: right now, they're probably gonna be struggling to find many

1163
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:00,480
Speaker 1: defenses that are on the waiver wire they could pick

1164
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:02,799
Speaker 1: up because waivers are cleared and all that stuff. But

1165
00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:05,480
Speaker 1: if you're looking for one that might people might be

1166
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: scared of. It's Tennessee against the Colts. Nobody Nobody really

1167
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,920
Speaker 1: wants to start a defense against a top tier quarterback.

1168
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:14,479
Speaker 1: But understand that Andrew Luck. I think he's been sacked

1169
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:17,040
Speaker 1: twenty three times this year already. He's holding onto the

1170
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:20,680
Speaker 1: ball I think every longer than every other quarterback outside

1171
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,200
Speaker 1: of Tyrod Taylor, and Tyrod Taylor obviously makes room with

1172
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:26,160
Speaker 1: his legs and that's why he holds onto the ball longer.

1173
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:30,320
Speaker 1: Tennessee has twelve sacks over their last two games. Andrew

1174
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 1: Luck is also known to throw the occasional pick six.

1175
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:35,600
Speaker 1: This game is in Tennessee. I believe they might be

1176
00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:40,040
Speaker 1: a slight favorite in this game, so I'd say Tennessee.

1177
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,880
Speaker 1: Tennessee should be a solid play this week. Also, like

1178
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,799
Speaker 1: the Giants at Los Angeles, case Keenum is not going

1179
00:55:45,840 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: to break a record this week. Don't worry about that, guys.

1180
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 1: The Giants have a pretty good defense too, so I

1181
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,799
Speaker 1: think case Keenum turnover machine, it's going to happen again

1182
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,440
Speaker 1: this week. And then the other one that I think

1183
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:58,160
Speaker 1: it's kind of sneaky is the Tampa Bay Bucks at

1184
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,319
Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick. I'm not even gonna say that team. All

1185
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,319
Speaker 1: you have to say is Kaepernick, and you know it's

1186
00:56:02,360 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: a good start for a defense, right. Yeah, I would

1187
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 1: probably see the Giants over them, but I understand the

1188
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:09,719
Speaker 1: thought process on that as long as they get some

1189
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,880
Speaker 1: of their front four back, because I know they were

1190
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 1: missing some before their bye week. The Giants, and it's

1191
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,440
Speaker 1: important to the state that the Giants at the Rams,

1192
00:56:18,920 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: they're not really a way team because you usually look

1193
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:23,520
Speaker 1: for a home team when you're trying to stream a

1194
00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,320
Speaker 1: defense in a one where they're favored. I know this

1195
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: is at LA, but it's in London, so it's actually

1196
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,799
Speaker 1: nobody really has the home game here. If anything, the

1197
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 1: Giants are probably a bigger team, so this is almost

1198
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:38,000
Speaker 1: a Giants home game. Mike. I've had a lot of

1199
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:41,040
Speaker 1: trade questions emailed and tweeted to me lately because it's

1200
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:43,480
Speaker 1: just that time a fantasy football season where everyone's trying

1201
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:45,839
Speaker 1: to trade. So I want to talk really quick before

1202
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:49,160
Speaker 1: we end about trade theory, then highlight a piece or

1203
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,200
Speaker 1: two that maybe we should target. What are you looking

1204
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:54,120
Speaker 1: for when you're trying to find a buy low candidate.

1205
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:57,600
Speaker 1: I'm looking for someone that people are panicking on that

1206
00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:00,800
Speaker 1: has a history of production. Not necessarily one year player

1207
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:03,239
Speaker 1: that you just believe in, but I'm looking for someone

1208
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 1: with a history of production, like an Alshon Jeffrey. Alshon

1209
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: Jeffrey is somebody that I've targeted in oh God, way

1210
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 1: too many leagues, and I did end up getting him

1211
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:13,600
Speaker 1: in a few of them. In one I was able

1212
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:17,000
Speaker 1: to get Alshon Jeffrey for Frank Gore. So it goes

1213
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,360
Speaker 1: to show you that the view on Jeffrey right now,

1214
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:22,440
Speaker 1: like coredible. Yeah, like I said, some people believe that

1215
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,280
Speaker 1: Cameron Meredith is the more valuable receiver right now. And

1216
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:27,760
Speaker 1: if you can find someone like that, those are the

1217
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:31,040
Speaker 1: ones that you should be targeting. For me, I'm looking

1218
00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:34,080
Speaker 1: a lot for low touchdown rates man and guy who's

1219
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:37,160
Speaker 1: getting enough volume and you know goal line touches or

1220
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,760
Speaker 1: red zone targets that he's gonna end up getting toucheddown.

1221
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:42,960
Speaker 1: So there's plenty of guys that stand out, but the

1222
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: number one guy is Alshon Jeffrey. I am right in

1223
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:47,080
Speaker 1: line with you. That's who I had written down. But

1224
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:49,840
Speaker 1: for me, the person that I am trying to buy

1225
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:54,520
Speaker 1: in every single league right now is Jamis Winston. Believe

1226
00:57:54,520 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 1: it or not, I love pairing Jamis Winston and Tyrod

1227
00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:00,200
Speaker 1: Taylor the rest of the year, in fact of it

1228
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:02,960
Speaker 1: so much that I would rather have that duo than

1229
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 1: any single quarterback in fantasy football than besides Cam Newton.

1230
00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 1: I'm trying to trade Tom Brady in one of my

1231
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: leagues right now because his stocks so high, and I

1232
00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:14,360
Speaker 1: know that I can go out there and get Jamis

1233
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:16,120
Speaker 1: and Tyrode for a lot cheaper if you look at

1234
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 1: their schedules the rest of the way. Jameis Winston has

1235
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 1: the easiest schedule ever, especially in the playoffs Fantasy Football playoffs,

1236
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:25,960
Speaker 1: where he gets the New Orleans Saints twice and then

1237
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: he only has two rough weeks it's a Week eleven

1238
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: in Week twelve, and Tyrode has perfect matchups those week.

1239
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:33,360
Speaker 1: I think Jamis Winston, Tyrod Taylor the rest of the

1240
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:36,960
Speaker 1: season are a great duo and I'm recommending everybody go

1241
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:39,600
Speaker 1: out and make a move for these guys. Yeah, Jameis Winston,

1242
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:42,520
Speaker 1: he was somebody I loved before the season started. I

1243
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: do want to see him start to play better before

1244
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:46,680
Speaker 1: trusting him completely, because he has a good matchup this

1245
00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:49,920
Speaker 1: week against San Frand and he should do fine. Hopefully

1246
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:52,240
Speaker 1: it's a confidence builder. Hopefully the bye week did him well.

1247
00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:55,760
Speaker 1: You know, like like talking about some other players who

1248
00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:58,520
Speaker 1: I would love to buy on right now that I

1249
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:02,040
Speaker 1: like I talked about history, one being Aaron Rodgers. You know,

1250
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 1: right now people are looking him as you know, should

1251
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: I start him or someone else? That's never a question

1252
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:10,920
Speaker 1: that people ask. And if you look at his upcoming

1253
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:14,480
Speaker 1: schedule the Bears this week, then the Falcons, the Colts,

1254
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: the Titans, Redskins, these are not teams that you should

1255
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 1: be scared of when starting Aaron Rodgers. He'll find his

1256
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:23,280
Speaker 1: group sooner the rather than later. And I looked at it,

1257
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:25,480
Speaker 1: It's funny because people can that consider this guy to

1258
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 1: be in a massive slump. Yeah, and he is. But

1259
00:59:28,560 --> 00:59:30,680
Speaker 1: outside of the Minnesota game, because I don't think I'm

1260
00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:33,760
Speaker 1: gonna I don't want to count any quarterback against Minnesota.

1261
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:36,480
Speaker 1: They're just that good. But if you look at every

1262
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:39,240
Speaker 1: other game, in his other four games, he's had ten touchdowns,

1263
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:41,600
Speaker 1: ten total touchdowns, two and a half per game. I

1264
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 1: don't think that that's putting you outside the top five

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Speaker 1: at your position. And considering what's going out with their

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Speaker 1: running game and their lack of running game, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be throwing more going forward. Love Aaron Rodgers. And another

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Speaker 1: one who you can get essentially free is Jeremy Macklin.

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Speaker 1: His target. His target numbers are still up. He's averaging

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Speaker 1: seven points six per game. That averages twenty first among

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Speaker 1: wide receivers, and a lot of people are panicking on him.

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Speaker 1: They're selling him for dirt cheap. Some people in ten

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Speaker 1: team leagues have told me that he's been dropped, which

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Speaker 1: is just crazy to me. He's been a consistent wide

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Speaker 1: receiver two wide receiver three when he plays, so he's

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Speaker 1: got some touchdown regression as well. I've got a theory

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Speaker 1: that I use in fantasy football pretty often, probably one

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Speaker 1: or two times a year, and it's called trade arbitrage.

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Speaker 1: And so what I'm trying to do is I buy

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Speaker 1: a guy low and then like four weeks later, I'll

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Speaker 1: sell the same guy. I'll sell him a lot higher.

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Speaker 1: And this guy right now is c J. Anderson. I'm

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Speaker 1: looking at his upcoming schedule and it's great. He's got

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Speaker 1: San Diego, Oakland, New Orleans. After these three or four

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Speaker 1: games that he has coming up, I'm immediately going to

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Speaker 1: turn around and sell him because I don't like his

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Speaker 1: matchups in the playoffs. But I think his stock is

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Speaker 1: about to soar and you can get him real cheap

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Speaker 1: right now. So I'm trading for CJ. Anderson. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: for those that didn't watch the game last week against

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Speaker 1: the Chargers, CJ. Anderson show I had a monster game,

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Speaker 1: just lost a lot to penalties. So um, yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: he's a fantastic play or trade is good. Yeah. No,

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Speaker 1: he's definitely a trade target because he's a very talented

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Speaker 1: running back. You know. Um, this is a this is

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Speaker 1: an offense that struggled to find their I guess identity

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Speaker 1: with Trevor Simeon and Paxton Lynch, but their defense is

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Speaker 1: still good. They're gonna get to Marcus ware back soon.

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Speaker 1: That'll help, and that's never going to take their running

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Speaker 1: game away. I just think Kubiak needs to get back

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Speaker 1: to the basics here, go back to the running game.

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Speaker 1: And I do like your calling c J. Anderson. Well, Mike,

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Speaker 1: that's all the questions we have for you this week.

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Speaker 1: Really appreciate you coming on again. Always fun to talk

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Speaker 1: to you. And good luck this week. Absolutely good luck

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Speaker 1: to you. All right, that's all we have for the

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Speaker 1: weekly ranking show. We've got one more show coming up

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Speaker 1: this week with Justin McMahan of Daily Fantasy Insider dot

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Speaker 1: com to talk about DFS for the week seven slate.

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Speaker 1: Make sure to tune him for that. And remember we've

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Speaker 1: got the My Playbook Ultimate Sweepstakes and all you have

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Speaker 1: That's Bobby at Fantasy pro dot com. Thanks for listening

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Speaker 1: and enjoy your football. I just wanted you to watch

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Speaker 1: me just star kind of b I don't even know

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Speaker 1: how to can the street Barks inside kicking into Dick

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Speaker 1: in the Sand, Trouble